Course Details
For the main Six 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.
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 Information
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 28th July |
Auchingarrich |
Standard |
50 > 60 mins |
|
2-Monday 29th July |
Edinchip |
Standard |
50 > 60 mins |
|
3-Tuesday 30st July |
Dundurn & Cnoc a’Mhadaidh |
Middle Distance |
Middle Distance |
|
4-Thursday 1st Aug |
Culteuchar & Dron |
Standard |
50 > 60 mins |
|
5-Friday 2nd Aug |
Craig a’Barns |
Standard |
Full Classic |
|
6-Saturday 3rd 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 |
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|---|---|---|---|
|
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.
Chasing Start
For the Elite Orienteers, Day 4 on Thursday 1st August at Culteucher & Dron a chasing start format shall be used.