Brampton Urban Event – Saturday 22nd April

Updates: 20/04/2023 – Final Details

Entries: Pre-entries are now closed. There will be entry on the day available for courses 4 and 5, subject to map availability. Please bring the correct change – Adults  £6,  Juniors  £2

If you are new to orienteering and would like to go round as a group, or in a pair, just enter one person, and use the option to select any additional maps that your group would like at £1 each.

Brampton: a Cumbrian market town near Carlisle, with many interesting buildings, shops, cafes, and pubs.

Event Centre and parking: William Howard School, Longtown Road, Brampton, CA8 1AR. NY526613 What3Words: ///animator.ranged.wept

Cars can remain in the school car park after your run, so you can visit Brampton. The school building will close by 3:30pm.

North West Urban League: this is the first event of the 2023 NWUL. BL is also hosting the 6^th and final event of the 2023 league, in Penrith in November. Counting scores are 3 out of the 6 league events, so if Cumbrian orienteers can get to both of these BL events, they just need one more to get a full counting score!

Terrain: complex housing estate, with senior courses also taking in regular suburban housing estate, parkland, and the town centre. Some areas of grass, so shoes with some grip will be useful. Please do not wear shoes with dob spikes.

Courses:

Course	NWUL Categories	Course lengths (add around 30% for actual running length) Climb less than 1%	Style of course
1	M Open, M Vet 40+, W Open	5.4km	Sprint + Urban
2	M Supervet 55+, M Ultravet 65+ W Vet 40+, W Supervet 55+	4.5km	Sprint + Urban
3	M Hypervet 75+ W Ultravet 65+, W Hypervet 75+	3.3km	Long Sprint
4	M/W16- i.e. born between 1/1/2007 and 31/12/2010	2.4km	Sprint
5	M/W12- i.e. born after 1/1/2011 Those born after 1/1/2013  must be accompanied	1.2km	Sprint

NB Anyone aged 16 or over on the day of competition may enter any course. But to count in the M/W16- league category, if your 16th birthday is in 2023 you need to enter course 4.

NB Anyone born between 1/1/2007 and 31/12/2010 may enter course 4 or 5. But to count in the M/W16- league category, they need to run course 4.

Facilities at Event Centre: toilets, indoor room with space to leave bags, registration, SI hire, 1st Aid, download, and help available to get you started. Please remove shoes if muddy.

Dogs: Allowed in Event Centre car park, but not in the building, or in the enclosed outside seating area.

Start times: 11:00 – 12:30

Courses close at 14:15, by which time you need to be back at the school. So if you think you will take longer than 90 minutes, please can you start early.

Walk to the start/finish: 350m on taped route, via pedestrian crossing. Some side roads, so younger children need to be accompanied.

Double-sided maps: Please note that courses 3, 4, and 5 are printed double-sided, with no overlap, as otherwise the criss-crossing of the courses would make it too difficult to read.

Junior map at the event centre: A course 5 map will be available at Registration, for competitors on courses 4 and 5 to look at before they go to the Start. ALL competition maps will be at the Start.

Map: The map is British Orienteering ISSprOM 2019 standard at scale 1:5000, enlarged to 1:4000 for courses 1 and 2, and 1:3000 for courses 3, 4, and 5. Updated in 2003 by Keith Tonkin.

Control descriptions: Loose control descriptions will be available in the start lanes: symbolic for courses 1-4, and text for course 5. A black X represents a park bench.

Safety: There will be vehicle traffic and pedestrians: please be patient. There are some narrow alleyways. Please take corners wide, and make absolutely sure you do not run into anyone.

Please can anyone with an existing medical condition leave appropriate information at registration.

Officials: Planner and Organiser: Carol Edwards Assistant Organiser: Jane Yates Contact: secretary@borderlinersorienteering.org

Covid: Please read https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/COVID19_participant_code_of_conduct before attending the event.

Acknowledgements Thank you to:
Brampton Parish Council for permission to hold the event
William Howard School for providing the event centre, and particularly Miranda Karam for her liaison work, and Jeff Rayson for opening the school on a Saturday

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Travel to the event – please check public transport details

Train travel: NB Brampton Station is 2.1 miles from the event centre. There is a footpath most of the way into the town – see map below.
Newcastle 09:47 arr Brampton 10:57. Departs Brampton for Newcastle: 13:49, 15:44, 17:41
Carlisle 09:22 arr Brampton 09:42. Departs Brampton for Carlisle: 12:54, 14:50; 16:47, 18:43
Please check times before setting off.

Bus travel: 685 bus Carlisle Bus Station (bay 5) to Brampton Market Square, then 300m walk to event centre: 09:15 arriving 09:38, and every 30 mins
Return is 12:12, arriving Carlilse 12:35 and every 30 minutes

Car travel: No direction signs. Please find your way there, and park in the school carpark.