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Tayside Saturday Series. Balgay , Dundee

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Autumn Series No 2 CATI

Sat 27th Sep 2025

Last updated: 30th Sep
Type of event: Local
Type of terrain: Parkland, Urban, Woodland
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This is a local orienteering event suitable for both newcomers and experienced orienteers. The hill is a wooded area offering some fast running with some steep slopes.  All courses include the adjoining Victoria Park with grass areas and scattered trees.  The longest course includes a section in the neighbouring residential area.  The area is mostly very runnable and makes good practice for map reading and decision-making on the run.  All courses involve some climb!

Location

Nearest town: Dundee

Pre event information

Club members will be on hand at registration to help any newcomers get started.

Directions / Parking

Parking at Lochee Sports Centre, Ancrum Road in Dundee. Use the  car park and nearby streets.

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From A85 take the Perth Road exit. Follow past Ninewells to 3rd roundabout and exit onto Glamis Road. Follow into Ancrum Road. Lochee park is on the right.

Facilities

Toilets avaiable at the sports centre facility close to car parking.

Bring your own water and refreshments.

Registration & Start Times

Registration from 10:45. In a tent close to the parking area. Yellow course maps will be available here. If you are borrowing a dibber, collect it here too. Other maps will be given out at the start

Starts 11am to 12:30.

Courses close 2.30pm.

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Course Information

Course details -

Yellow 2km 85m climb.  Orange  2.7km 110m. Green 3.5km 115m

Map scale 1:4000 Contours 5m..  Orange course maps will use two sides. There will be a turn over point at one control. Make sure you start using the right side of the map. Ask if you are not sure.


Starts are located near the top of Balgay Hill.  There will be signs from Registration to the Starts area.  It is less than 10 minutes walk to the start.
Full body cover advised. Nettles and brambles in places.

Balgay Hill has some steep woodland which could be slippery so appropriate footwear should be worn. There are some small access road on the hill so runners should be aware of the potential for slow moving traffic. The area is in a public park within an urban area and there will be other members of the public, dogs and cyclist within the area to be aware of.  Participants on the Green course will need to cross quiet residential streets and so should take care when doing so.  Participants aged under 16 on the Green course must be shadowed on the urban section of the course.

Distances given above are straight line distances between the controls, except for the urban part of the green course, where the reasonable runnable distance has been included in the total.

Club members will be on hand at registration to help any newcomers get started.

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

Entries open 4th Sept - Close 24th Sept

online 

http://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?event_id=16254

Please email the organiser lgorienteering@gmail.com with the details of anyone under 16 wishing to run the Green course.

Entry Adult BoF member £6 SOA member £7. Non members £8 

Groups pay as adult

         Junior/Student BOF members £3 SOA members £4 Non members £5

Limited entry on the day available £10 adults £5 juniors

If you need an Si card (dibber) you can borrow one at no cost, however a £30 replacement fee will be charged if the dibber is lost.  This can be collected at Registration.

Contacts / Officials

Lesley Grattan

Dogs allowed?

On a lead in parking and registration areas

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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