Scottish Individual Championships Saturday 27th May 2023

Event on Sat 27th May 2023

Scottish Individual Championships Saturday 27th May 2023 at Creag Mhic Chailein, near Connel, Oban (locally known as Clais Dhearg).

27th May 23

Location

Nearest town:

Postcode: PA37 1PR
Lat/Lon: 56.4467,-5.33043
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Event Details

Creag Mhic Chailein

Sat 27 May, 2023

National level event

Location Info

Near: Connel

Lat,Lng: 56.4467 ,-5.33043

OS Grid Ref: NM948332

Postcode: PA37 1PW

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Pre Event Info

Acknowledgements

Lorne Nelson of Nelson Estates for permission to use the area and the Farm Manager (Jonathon MacKenzie) for assistance with the logistics and event layout at the steading, including car parking, the finish field, run in fence crossing.

Questions, Pre-Event Enquiries : Email:

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Please check here for last minute information.

Final details will be here for downloading:

This page is a works in progress, but the content is correct as of Feb 13th.

Directions / Parking

Location

Venue: Creag Mhic Chailein, near Connel, Oban (locally known as Clais Dhearg).

Assembly: At the Culnadalloch Steading.

Postcode: PA37 1PR

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Grid Reference: NM 948 332

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/czTLR6Q9QQoqvhAd8

Parking

On fields to the NW of and accessible via the steading.

Camper-vans on hardstanding in the steading yard.

A fee of £3 per vehicle on entry.

Arena and Finish

On fields adjacent to steading, as used for the 2011 S6D Day 3..

No feather banners please due to overhead power lines.

Toilets

Small number of Portable Toilets at the steading yard.

Enquiries, Dibber Hire and String Entry

There are no entries on the day except for the String course.

Hired dibbers and maps for White and Yellow will be available at the Enquiries tent.

String map and dibbers also at the Enquiries tent.

SIAC dibbers will be hired for a fee, but standard non-SIACs will be free.

Officials

Weekend Coordinator: Terry O’Brien BEM (STAG)

Officials for the Individual Championships are:

Organiser: Brian Bullen (FVO);

Planners: Stephen Wilson (CLYDE) and Klaas Wynne (CLYDE);

Controller: Ewart Scott (ESOC). Assistant Controller: Fran Loots (TAY)

Acknowledgments

Questions, Pre-Event Enquiries:

Email:

Creag Mhic 10 K 28 May 2022

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Map / Terrain

Map and Scales

1:10,000 for all classes

First mapped by Stirling Surveys for the 1993 British Senior Squad selection race.

Used and updated for the 1994 Scottish Championships, the 1996 British Championships,

the 2011 Scottish 6-Day Day3, and miscellaneous other events.

Registration and Start times

Enquiries, Dibber Hire and String Entry

There are no entries on the day except for the String course.

Hired dibbers and maps for White and Yellow will be available at the Enquiries tent.

String map and dibbers also at the Enquiries tent.

SIAC dibbers will be hired for a fee, but standard non-SIACs will be free.

Toilets

Small number of Portable Toilets at the steading yard.

Start Times: 12:00 – 15:00

Start times may be seeded according to BOF Rules Appendix A if it's necessary to have a

start interval on any course of less than 3 minutes.

Courses Close: 17:30

Early controls will be collected from 16:00.

Course Information

Embargoed area

Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1IO63n-6usG_-jGSNPdjTT-BiLOA6wZ8&usp=sharing

Any visits to the area prior to May 30th 2022 can be discounted, participants who have been the area since then should contact the organiser.

Terrain

High quality runnable oak and birch woodland and rough open.

Detailed contours and very few line features.

First used by the British Senior Squad for one of the 1993 selection races.

For links to routegadget of recent events see below.

Courses

M/W10 to M/W90, and colour coded White, Yellow, Orange, Light Green.

NO ENTRY ON THE DAY.

String course – near finish – FREE.

M/W21E, M/W20L, M/W18L courses to be included in the UK Elite Orienteering League.

http://www.ukeliteoleague.org.uk/

Entry Details

Entries

Entries are likely to open in mid March, with an early bird entry date of Monday 17th April.

Dog restrictions

Dogs Dogs are allowed in the car park fields only, may be walked on leads but under strict control at all times. Dog poo must be removed as the fields are grazed by sheep (and Highland cattle).

Miscellaneous

Prize-Giving

The prize giving will be at the relay event in conjunction with the relay prize giving.

There are individual trophies for the competitors who qualify as 'Scots' for the winners of the Long Courses of age classes M10 to M80 and W10 to W75, with the exception of M/W21 for which the trophies are awarded to the Elite classes M/W21E for three categories: overall winner, native Scot, and fastest member of a Scottish club.

There are also Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for the first three in each of the A, L and E classes (not the B or S classes). Trophy Eligibility:

All members of Scottish open clubs (where that club is their main or first club) shall automatically be recognised as “Scots”. All other orienteers claiming to be a “Scot” must notify the organiser before the event.

An orienteer qualifies as a “Scot” if any of the following is/are true:

They were born in Scotland.

One of their parents was born in Scotland.

They are a current member of the Scottish Orienteering Association.

Detailed rules are on the SOA website:

https://www.scottish-orienteering.org/resources/event-officials/#51-67-event-rules-guidelines

RouteGadgets

Creag Mhic 2021 2021-06-27 (routegadget.co.uk)

Spring Series Creag Mhic 2014-03-09 (routegadget.co.uk)

ECKO, CATT 7 2014-12-14 (routegadget.co.uk)

Oban 2011 - Day 3 - Creag Mhic 2011-08-02 (routegadget.co.uk)

https://www.ecko.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#65

Creag Mhic Spring 2010 2010-04-20 (routegadget.co.uk)

Creag Mhic 2009-03-15 (routegadget.co.uk)

Creag Mhic 2007-05-15 (routegadget.co.uk)

Creag Mhic, SOL4 / FCC Final 2006-05-07 (routegadget.co.uk)

Important Event Information

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