Course Details

Last edited: 27th Jul

For the main 6 Days, a full range of age classes is available, from M/W10 to M/W85. White, Yellow, Orange, Light Green, and Green courses are also available for less experienced or casual orienteers.

Please Note:
The starts locations are referred to by colour, these have nothing to do with the colour of courses. See the table of classes below for details.
Also, you may have noticed on the programme that we also have a touch-free finish.

Distances to starts

Day 1

* White & Green starts: 1.0km / 70m climb along good tracks
* Blue, Red & Yellow: 1.0km / 70m climb along good tracks

Day 2

* White start: 2.0km / 90m of climb along metalled roads and good tracks
* Green, Red, Blue & Yellow: 1.8km / 90m climb along metalled roads, good tracks and a short section of the grassed field

The GRBY start is 0.65km from the White start for those adults who wish to drop children before going on to their own. All routes will pass the Finish field about 1.4km from Assembly. We hope to have clothes drop near the Finish field.

Day 3

* White start: 0.65km / 5m climb along good track
* Green, Red & Blue: 0.65km / 30m climb along good tracks, then rougher ground and forest
* Yellow start: 0.75km / 30m climb along good tracks then rougher ground and forest

Note: Courses 5-7 have been moved from the White start to the GRB start on this day to allow good TD5 courses. On the way to their Yellow start, the Elites will pass a short practice course.

Day 4

* White start: 1.6km / 90m climb along paths and rougher ground.
* Green, Blue, Red & Yellow starts: 1.8km / 120m climb along paths and rougher ground.

Day 5

* White & Green starts: 1.5km / 75m climb along rough vehicle tracks.
* Blue & Red starts: 2.2km / 160m climb along rough vehicle tracks, ride and paths.
* Yellow start: 2.2km / 175m climb along rough vehicle tracks, ride, paths and runnable forest.

Day 6

* White & Green: 1.8km / 90m climb along paths and rougher ground
* Blue, Red & Yellow: 1.8km / 90m climb along paths and rougher ground

Distances to the Start Diagram:

Which classes at which start

Classes
Course	M	W	Start
1	M10B	W10B	White
2	M10A, M12B	W10A, W12B	White
3		W12A, W14B	White
4	M12A, M14B		White
5		W75S, W85	White* except for Day 3
6	M85	W70S, W80	White* except for Day 3
7	M75S, M80	W65S, W75L	White* except for Day 3
8	White		White
9	Yellow		White
10	Orange		White
14	Light Green		Green
15	Green		Green
16		W14A, W16B	Green
17	M14A, M16B		Green
18	M70S	W55S, W60S, W70L	Green
19	M65S	W50S	Green
20	M75L	W45S, W65L	Green
21	M60S	W40S	Green
22		W18S, W20S, W35S	Green
23	M55S	W60L	Blue
24	M70L	W55L	Blue
25	M18S	W16A, W21S	Blue
26	M50S		Blue
27	M45S	W50L	Blue
28	M40S, M65L		Blue
29	M20S, M35S	W45L	Blue
30	M60L	W40L	Blue
31	M21S	W18L, W20L, W35L	Blue
34	M16A	W21L	Red
35	M55L		Red
36	M18L, M50L		Red
37	M45L		Red
38	M40L		Red
39	M20L, M21L, M35L		Red
40		W21E	Yellow
41	M21E		Yellow

(*) except on Day 3. Green start that day.

Technical Difficulty

These will provide a choice of courses at Technical Difficulty (TD) levels 1 - 5, where TD1 is the easiest and TD5 is the most difficult.

TD1 - M/W10B, White
TD2 - M/W10A, M/W12B, Yellow
TD3 - M/W12A, M/W14B, Orange
TD4 - M/W14A, M/W16B, Light Green
TD5 - M/W16A, Green
TD5 - M/W18, M/W20 - Long and Short
TD5 - M/W21 - Elite, Long and Short
TD5 - M/W35, M/W40, M/W45, M/W50, M/W55 - Long and Short
TD5 - M/W60, M/W65, M/W70, M/W75 - Long and Short
TD5 - M/W80, M/W85

The following is an explanation of the colour coded courses:

White – Technically easy with most controls on paths. Where paths don’t exist, a taped route may be necessary. Mainly used by 6-10-year-olds and family groups.
Yellow - Uses linear features like paths, walls, and streams. Mainly used by under 12s and family groups.
Orange - Involves basic use of the compass and route choice. Ideal for competent youngsters or novice adults.
Light Green - Uses simple contour and point features. Ideal for improvers as the navigational difficulty begins to increase.
Green - Very hard navigational difficulty. Mostly used by experienced under 18’s and adults wanting a short but challenging course.

Course Lengths

Course lengths will vary from day to day, depending on the area. We are planning courses as follows:

Day & Date	Venue	Format	ELT Elites
1-Sunday 28^th July	Auchingarrich	Standard	50 > 60 mins
2-Monday 29^th July	Edinchip	Standard	50 > 60 mins
3-Tuesday 30^st July	Dundurn & Cnoc a’Mhadaidh	Middle Distance	Middle Distance
4-Thursday 1^st Aug	Culteuchar & Dron	Standard	50 > 60 mins
5-Friday 2^nd Aug	Craig a Barns	Standard	Full Classic
6-Saturday 3^rd Aug	Grandtully	Middle Distance	Middle Distance

The following table provides information about the expected leading times which are valid for the ‘Standard’ days. For the two days labelled as ‘middle distance,’ the course lengths and winning times will be shorter on the TD5 course. The other courses will not be shortened.

Expected Leading Times-Standard Days
Junior		Senior
M/W10A	20 minutes	M80L+, W70L+	40 minutes
M/W12A	25 minutes	M75L, W65L	45 minutes
M/W14A	30 minutes	M55-70L, W35-60L	50 minutes
M/W16A	45 minutes	M18L, W18L, W20L	50 minutes
		M20L, M35-50L	55 minutes

Except for M/W21, the course lengths for Senior Short (S) classes are approximately 2/3 of those for Long (L) classes.

For M/W21L the course length is set at 80% of the length of a 60-minute Elite course.

For M/W21S the course length is set at 60% of the length of a 60-minute Elite course.

For Junior B classes, the course is the same as the A course for the age class below (e.g. M14B will run the same course as M12A).

World Ranking Event

WRE status has been granted for the events on Day 3 at Dundurn & Cnoc a’Mhadaidh and for Day 5 at Craig a Barns.

UK Orienteering League

The events on Day 1 at Auchingarrich and Day 6 at Grandtully both count towards the UK Orienteering League.

Reversed Seeded Start

For the M & W21 E competitors, a Reversed Seeded Start shall be used on Day 6 at Grandtully. See Day 6 for more information.

Categorised under: Competition • Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Day 4 • Day 5 • Day 6