SOUL - Urban Event 11th Feb 23 FINAL DETAILS
START LIST
https://www.taysideorienteers.org.uk/documents/Start_Blocks__6_Feb_2.pdf
Final Details
Safety
Remember, this is an urban event. Please take care when crossing roads, respect the hazards of street furniture and have consideration for other users of the area.
Please don’t come to the event if you have symptoms of COVID and respect other people’s personal space.
There will be a first aid kit and club first aider available from registration/download. The nearest A&E is Perth Royal Infirmary, PH1 1NX
For Safety and Insurance reasons, U16s on day can only take part in course 6 & 7. Juniors should be accompanied to the start and be familiar with Urban Orienteering maps and symbols. Courses 6 & 7 do traverse very minor roads and parking areas in the housing estate which will have some traffic.
Please wear clothing appropriate to the weather conditions on the day.
Travel to the event
The Event Centre is at North Inch Community Campus (PH1 5BF). Please don’t enter the building in spikes or muddy shoes.
Parking in car parks on North Side of Gowan Terrace or on street, legally and with consideration.
Bus route 9 from Perth Town Centre passes close-by.
Start/Finish/Download/Results
A Toilet is available just inside the door of the North Inch Community Centre
The start is 600m from Registration in the Community Centre. Under 16s should be accompanied to the Start
Please go to the start at your start block. There will be a queuing system for popular courses. It is a punching start
Please punch the finish control. After you finish your course, don’t forget to download in the Community Centre. Please do NOT wear spikes or muddy shoes into the Centre.
Results will be available on the Tay website as soon as possible after the event: https://www.taysideorienteers.org.uk/
Terrain and Courses
For Safety and Insurance reasons, U16s on day can only take part in course 6 & 7.
Courses 6 and 7 (juniors) do not cross any busy roads but they do traverse very minor roads and parking areas in the housing estate which will have some traffic. Orienteers should be familiar with Urban Orienteering Maps and symbols. Both courses cross one main road at a Manned Zebra crossing where there is a timed-out leg to facilitate safe crossing. A timed out crossing means that the time taken to cross the road (upto 2 minutes) is not included in the course time. Parents who wish to follow juniors for safety reasons must run their own course first if they wish their run to count.
Map
Map was surveyed and drawn by Chris Smithartd in 2022 using the ISSprOM 2019-2 mapping standard. A full illustrated legend can be viewed at Orienteering Map Symbols | Maprunner. Please take particular note of the uncrossable features.
Maps Scale 1:4000. Map size - all courses 75% of A3. Maps for courses 1,2 &3 will be double sided.
Courses
There is a punching Start and Finish but SIair is enabled for the controls.
Course 1
MO
8.2km, 27 controls
Course 2
MV (40+) WO
6.7km, 21 controls
Course 3
MSV (Supervet) (55+) WV (40+)
6.1km, 19 controls
Course 4
MUV (65+) WSV (55+)
4.1km, 17 controls
Course 5
MHV (75+) WUV (65+) WHV (75+)
3.2km, 16 controls
Course 6
MJ WJ (under 16)
4.1km, 22 controls
Course 7
MYJ WYJ (under 12)
3.5km, 17 controls
There are a number of out of bounds areas with red hatching including football fields. The OOB must be observed even if people are not playing football. They will not be taped.
There are four relatively busy roads in the area - Dunkeld Road (especially at shopping centre car park exit), Gowans Terrace, Bute Drive (from traffic lights on Dunkeld road to join Gowans Terr) and The Rookery/Lark Drive heading from Gowans Terr towards the town. All are in the competition area. Runners on course 1-5 should expect to cross all of them except Dunkeld Road which may however be a route choice, and they must be treated with care.
Muirton has a lot of walkways and pavements. Take care running on these especially at corners and junctions and at pavement edges. Take particular care too at the large and small roundabouts and many parking areas.
Rough grass areas on the map are very rough and some areas of white woodland are fairly dense and difficult to run through.
Some wood areas are marred by litter which could prove dangerous e.g rusty cans. Please do not touch or pick up litter.
Competitors should not get close to the River Tay. If you are closer than 50m, stop and turn around.
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