Bush EstateSun 23 Aug

The Bush Estate (including the Edinburgh Technopole science and business park) can be reached by heading for the Edinburgh City Bypass at Straiton Junction for the A701 and at Lothianburn Junction for the A702, both of which will take you to close to Bush Estate.
 

Parking will be available on hard standing within the Bush Estate, signed from the entrance to the Estate at NT247 638 on the minor road linking the A701 at Gowkley Moss to the A702 near Easter Howgate. What 3 words ///throat.leaps.student

TBC

Parkland and woodland with many paths and tracks and masses of summer vegetation

The map (updated in 2025), will be printed on waterproof paper, control descriptions will be printed on the map (no loose control descriptions) and the map scale is likely to be 1:5000.

General Safety

• Traffic. Competitors will have cross quiet Estate roads during the event. Please be vigilant for traffic.
• Other Users: The Estate is very well used by the general public, including dog walkers, runners, families out for a walk, bikers etc. Please respect their right to be there at the same time as you are orienteering.
• Please slow down to a walk and give plenty of room if passing off-lead dogs and stand still if an off-lead dog is agitated.
• Well behaved dogs welcome within the rules of the park
• .Take care when running along or crossing the estate roads, although quiet there may be traffic.
• All courses are in the confines of the park. There is no requirement to leave the park as part of the event.
• You must report to Download even if you do not complete your course, so we know you are back safely (and don't need a search party). Please return to Download by 4pm.I
• It may be muddy so we strongly recommend that competitors on all courses wear studded or grippy shoes if they have them, as the steep slopes can be slippery in both wet and dry conditions.
• Whistles are strongly advised, and we require full leg cover for all competitors, as per standard rules.
• Poor weather. In the case of rain please ensure you wear an appropriate clothing..

There will be 3 separate short course each be around 1 - 1.5km in length and all visit the maze at some point. These courses will not have control codes in the second column of the control descriptions. It is up to you to make sure, by accurate map reading, that you are at the right control. The winner's time is the combined time for Courses 1, 2 and 3. A penalty of 2 minutes will be added to your time for each control wrongly punched.

You will be allocated to a course for your 1st run at 'check' then join the other queues when you come back for your 2nd and 3rd runs.

DOWNLOAD: You must download immediately after you complete each course. You are then free to clear your SI dibber and start your next course.

You will be given a new map each time and can keep them all.

There will be a free Maze only course this year.

Read more about Course lengths and Difficulty here

Read more about Course lengths and Difficulty here

Advance entry via RaceSignUp is required. Entries will be open on Monday 10th August but to guarantee a set of Ultrasprint maps, on waterproof paper, please enter by 8pm on Tuesday19th August.

Online entries will remain open until 6pm on Saturday 22nd August, but anyone who enters after the stock of waterproof maps has been used up will have to use a non-waterproof version.

There will be limited entry on the day at the event at registration, only between 1-2pm, but this will be subject to maps being available and late entrants may need to use non-waterproof maps. Payment by cash or contactless.

ENTRY FEES: (TBC)

Seniors (age 26 and over)

• BOF members: £8
• SOA members: £9
• Non-Members: £10

Juniors, Students, Young Adults (age 21-25)

• BOF members: £5
• SOA members: £6
• Non-Members: £7

Entry Fees cover all three sprint courses (a 3-map bundle).

NB For this event, because of the layout of the maze we can only accept entries from individuals or pairs of one Adult & one Junior or 2 Juniors. (for an additional fee of 50p per junior) Adult pairs or larger groups will not fit in the the maze so may have to split up into individual entries.

There will be a free Maze only course for juniors or non-members (TBC).

Free SI card hire, if required, but £30.00 charge will be made if lost. Note that SIAC will NOT be used for any controls (it won’t work because of the close proximity of the maze controls

REGISTRATION: Will be in a tent within the estate, look out for signs from the parking plus the banners, and will be open from 1pm to 2:30pm

START and DOWNLOAD: These will be very close to Registration.

START TIMES: 1st race: 13.30 – 14.30 2nd race: up to 15.00 3rd race: up to 15.30

Please arrive in plenty of time to complete all your courses by the course closure time of 16.30.

There are no allocated start times. First start is from 13.30 as above and the start procedure is described under 'Course Information'.

DOWNLOAD: You must download immediately after you complete each course. You are then free to clear your SI dibber and start your next course.

• Toilets TBC