RESULTS
Results are available:
START TIMES update
Please check your allocated start times on Racesignup. We had to make some amendments to start times earlier this week to comply with seeding rules and to accommodate requests from some competitors. Anyone who has made a change request in the past 2 days should re-check their start time on Friday evening as we may need to make some other adjustments.
LOCATION
The Venue: Holmbush Estate and Buchan Country Park are to the South of the A264 Pease Pottage (Crawley) to Horsham road. The venue is approximately 15 minutes from Gatwick Airport and 1 hour from Heathrow.
The area was used for the Long Race at JK2017 See the JK2017 RouteGadget site for the map (and courses).
FINAL DETAILS
Final details will be published on or before Thursday 13th March. We have had some last-minute issues with access to the parking field that have been resolved, but this will require some changes to instructions for arriving at the event. The new parking area is adjacent to the previous one and so does not change journey times, but has a different entry/exit point.
START TIMES
The seeding process has been completed and start times are now available in the entry list on Racesignup.
The ability to amend start times has been re-enabled for the convenience of competitors entered for the Worth Lodge National Event on Sunday 16th. You must not edit your BMC start time without first obtaining the permission of the organiser or you will be disqualified from the event.
EVENT LAYOUT
Assembly is within 500m of all parking, and will have traders, toilets, download, first aid etc. The run-in and commentary are in the assembly field which has good views of runners approaching the final control. There is plenty of space for club tents and a natural slope that should allow everyone to see what is happening. The start is flat/downhill, 1.5km from assembly and <1km from parking. The final details will provide further information on event arrangements.
MAP SCALES
Following final controlling and review of the updated map, we have decided to provide maps at 1:7500 for older and younger age classes. This means that we have some new courses (6a, 7a, 9a, 10a) using the 1:7500 maps. The Course details page has been updated to show map scales.
ENQUIRIES
Mike Elliot, the Organiser, can be contacted via bmoc2025@gmail.com
The day after the event, SouthDowns Orienteers have a UKOL-ranking event at Worth Lodge Forest.
See here for details.