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Tayside Local Series.  Crieff

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Nov event rescheduled

Sun 30th Mar 2025

Last updated: 09th Jan
Type of event: Local
Type of terrain: Woodland
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Info

Tayside's November local event at Knock of Crieff

Location

Nearest town: Crieff

Pre event information

On the day results will be available at 

https://www.taysideorienteers.org.uk/results

Directions / Parking

From the A85 through Crieff turn up Hill Street which then becomes Ferntower and then turn off at Ewanfield (signed to Crieff Hydro).There is ample parking within the grounds of Crieff Hydro but very limited parking at the start/finish area. Please park in the main car park for the hotel accessed from Ewanfield what3words. http://w3w.co/disbelief.haggle.memory

The start will be signed from here.

Facilities

No toilets or refreshments at the start but there are good facilities at the hotel with a range of options for lunch and coffees. Absolutely no studs or outdoors shoes within the hotel.

Registration & Start Times

Registration is adjacent to the start/finish and download

Registration is open from 10.45 am.

Collect any ordered Si dibbers.

Contact registration for first aid

From the car park - follow signs and tape to the start.Max 10 mins walk uphill on track and road.

Start times - 11am - 12 noon. Courses close at 1:30pm

Course Information

There are 4 courses

Yellow  (younger competitors and relative beginners)  2km long and 110m climb

Orange (more experienced competitors) 2.2km / 85m

Short Green 2.2km / 145m

Green contour only 3.5km / 190m

Start and Finish Adjacent to registration

Download by registration tent.

Explanation of colour courses see BOF or SOA website

Explanation of colour courses

  • White are very easy with all controls on paths. They are mainly used by 6-10 year olds and family groups.
  • Yellow use simple linear features like paths, walls and streams. They are mainly used by under 12’s and family groups.
  • Orange progress to basic use of the compass and route choice. They are ideal for novice adults or experienced youngsters.
  • Light Green are ideal for improvers as the navigational difficulty begins to increase and uses simple contours and point features.
  • Green are used mostly by experienced under 18’s and adults wanting a short but challenging course with a very hard navigational difficulty.
  • Blue are a longer, more physically demanding course in comparison to the green. The distances are more varied between controls and the course attracts experienced orienteers.
  • Brown & Black are very physically demanding and have a very hard navigational difficulty. They are for experienced orienteers only.
  • Score means visiting as many controls as possible in any order in a specific time, like 45mins.

Entry Details

Enter  - details of on line entries to follow

FEES

Seniors
£5 - British Orienteering member
£6 - Scottish Orienteering member
£7 - Non-member

Juniors/Students
£2 - British Orienteering member
£3 - Scottish Orienteering member
£4 - Non-member

Late entries/on the day entries an additional £1

Contacts / Officials

Fran Loots - organiser and planner

Phone 07518 958032

Dogs allowed?

This is a popular dog walking area. All dogs should be kept on a lead.

Safety and Risk

A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the organiser, but participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event.

Keep It Clean campaign - Forestry Commission Scotland

Our forests are at risk from tree pests and diseases. These can dramatically affect the health of our trees, upsetting the delicate ecosystem balance and devastating large areas of woodland.
Pests and diseases hitch a ride in mud and debris on shoes, paws and tyres, ending up in new forests. Here, they can spread rapidly in environments with no natural resilience.
Read more about this on the FCS website.

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