The Meadows & BruntsfieldWed 4 Sept

Registration will be in The Royal Dick, Summerhall with toilets and food & drink options.

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Please try to walk, bike or use public transport, if at all possible.

Mainly urban street terrain with many road crossings so all Under 16s must be accompanied.

Sprint style map at 1:4000. Please refresh your understanding of the Sprint mapping symbol set - Sprint (ISSprOM 20-19-2) - here and in particular the symbols indicating out of bounds areas (olive green), impassable features which must not be crossed and artificial barriers.

Those new to Urban orienteering can see examples of sprint maps (showing artificial barriers as thick purple lines) that were used in February this year for EUOCs Big Weekend, at South Queensferry (event called Saturday WRE) and Bughtlin (event called Sunday Sprint/Urban), on Routegadget here

The map will be printed on waterproof paper while stocks last, later entrants will be issued a map on non-waterproof paper.

• Please take extra care when crossing roads, some will be busy.
• There will be other people in the area and there are some narrow paths so please be careful watching out for people running in the opposite direction to you.
• Please avoid running close to local residents homes.
• You must report to Download even if you do not complete your course, so we know you are back safely, and we don’t have to mount a search for you.
• The area may be busy with the general public, including dog walkers, runners and bikers. Please respect their right to be there at the same time as you are orienteering.
• Please give any dog walkers you encounter extra space ie don’t run too close, especially if their dog/dogs are off lead

• There will be 2 courses - Long course (about 5km) and one short course (about 3km) – a shortcut from the long course.
• Physical controls will be micro O kites.
• Paper maps will be issued and the event can be run either using MapRun or using a watch as the timing system.
• Results will be posted on this webpage and will be included in an Sprintelope Extra! mini-league.
• As road crossings will be involved on both courses all Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

To use MapRun

• Download the MapRun app to your mobile device
• Choose Select Event - the Sprintelope Extra! MapRun courses can be found in the folder UK/Scotland/Edinburgh/WOC Extra!
• Choose a course then select Go to Start to see the map
• More information here https://www.scottish-orienteer...

Read more about Course lengths and Difficulty here

• Pre-Entry strongly advised: Entries will be open on RaceSignUp at 10am on Wednesday 28th August and close at 8pm on Tuesday 3rd September. You will need to create an account the first time.
• If you miss this deadline send an email to email hidden; JavaScript is required to ask about a late entry.
• Entry on the evening of the event may still be possible but this is subject to spare maps being available, payment by contactless ONLY.
• Remember all under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Either enter separately but run together or order an extra shadowers map for £1 if only the Junior is entered.
• Fees: Senior £4, Junior (under 21)/Student £2. Shadowers map £1

• Registration and Download will be located in The Royal Dick public house and will be open at 5.30pm. (TBC)
• Course maps will be issued at Registration, competitors should use these to navigate to the Start a 5-minute walk away (also marked with micro-kites) , but we recommend that you don’t geek the courses before you start.
• START PERIOD: 5.30pm - 6:45pm. (TBC)
• COURSE CLOSURE: Courses will close at 7:45pm. If you are unsure about how long you will take to go around your course please come and start early.
• PLEASE return to Registration (even if you do not complete the course, as a safety check that all competitors have returned) and to declare your finish time.