WHITE ROSE 2002
Final Details

Supported by Yorkshire Water & Morrison Utility Services

24th - 26th AUGUST

White Horse, Kilburn, N Yorks

Site Map | Parking | Registration | Courses | Starts | Bike-O

Sponsors: Eborienteers would like to thank our sponsors Yorkshire Water and Morrisons Utility Services for their support. Yorkshire Water provides over 1.7m households and 140,000 businesses with water and sewerage services, supplying around 1.24 billion litres of drinking water each day. They are heavily involved in charity and sponsorship in the Yorkshire region. Morrison Utility Services support the water distribution services on behalf of Yorkshire Water, including pipelines, tankers and construction works.
Directions
/Parking:		 GR 515805. From the A1 North or South take the A168 towards Thirsk. Turn off the A168 at Thirsk onto the A170 towards Scarborough. 2 kilometres east of Thirsk turn right onto the unclassified road towards Kilburn and Bagby. The route will be signed from this point using 'WR2002' signs. Turn left in Kilburn, and then right at the next junction. Do not approach from the North (Sutton Bank) or the East (Byland/Oldstead). When you enter the field, please follow the instructions of the Marshalls and park neatly. Your parking pass must be displayed in your windscreen at all times. If you have not ordered a pass, car parking is £1 per car per day. The Event Centre and Camping are adjacent to the car park.
Facilities: Portaloos, Yorkshire water, and a skip will be provided.
Ultrasport, CompassPoint, Wilfs, CompassSport and Fat Pigs will be in attendance. A milkman will visit the site every day .
Thirsk, a small market town with a supermarket and a swimming pool (01845 522447), is a 15-minute drive from the event.
Campsite: The campsite is in a gently sloping grass field, and will be available from 4pm Friday to 4pm Monday. The entrance will be closed to vehicles every evening from 10pm to 8am. Please have your campsite pass ready for checking when you arrive and clearly display it on your tent/caravan/dormobile. There are separate areas for caravans & dormobiles, 'youth camp', and general camping. Please follow the instructions of the Marshalls. All campers will receive a bottle of Yorkshire Water, courtesy of our sponsors.
There is limited space for cars in the camping field. Please park/camp in as small an area as possible. If you don't need your car next to you, please leave it in the car parking field. There will be a one-way system for cars. If we run out of space, you may be asked to move your car. Please co-operate with the Marshalls.
Please respect other campers at all times, but in particular after dark. We request that you make no noise between the hours of 11:30pm and 7:30am. Please do not drive in the field after 10pm. Note that Eborienteers are not responsible for maintaining peace and quiet - we expect people to be considerate to others. Unreasonable behaviour will result in disqualification from the event.
The camping field is separated from the car parking by a deep ditch, which may only be crossed at the marked point. Please take care at all times.
E-punching: All badge, colour coded and relay courses will use SI Electronic punching. If you are not sure how to use this, help will be available at Enquiries.
Prizegiving: The White Rose Trophies are based on the cumulative times for Days 1 and 2. Prizes will be awarded to the first 3 in M21L - M75L, W21L - W75L, JW1 - JW4, JW5L, JM1 - JM4 and JM5L and to first only in short classes and JM5M, JM5S and JW5S.
The prizes have been supported by Ultrasport, CompassPoint, Wilfs, CompassSport, Fat Pigs and Yorkshire Water. The Badge event prizegiving will take place at 16:30 on Sunday in Assembly. The Relay prizegiving will be at 14:30 on Monday in the Relay field.
Times:
  Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
Campsite opens: 16:00 08:00    
Campsite closes: 22:00 22:00 22:00 16:00
         
Enquiries: 17:00-19:00 09:00-15:00 09:00-15:00 08:00-09:00
         
EOD Badge and Colour Coded,SI-card hire/collection: 17:00-19:00 09:00-12:30 09:00-12:30  
Relay registration:
17:00-19:00		 09:00-12:30
16:00-18:00		 09:00-12:30
15:00-16:30		  
Start times:   10:30-13:30 10:30-13:30 10:30-11:00
Courses close:   16:00 16:00 14:30
String course   10:30-13:00 10:30-13:00  
Prizegiving:     16:30 14:30
Bike O:   See here    
Map Bag
Reclaim:		 Following a successful pilot at the last White Rose, there will be a collection point at Download for your used map bags. Reclaimed map bags are used at beginners, schools and training events. Please donate your bag & help Ebor's green initiative!
Coaching: Jenny Whitehead (British Squad) will be offering advice on orienteering techniques at the Day 2 finish from 16:00.
Please bring your map if you want to practice in a technical area 0.5km from the finish.
Note that the prizegiving will be in the main assembly field at 16:30
Complaints: All complaints must be made at Enquiries using the forms provided and will be considered under BOF rules and the verdict displayed on the noticeboard. A £5 deposit must be paid if you challenge the verdict.
  Registration
SI Cards
(dibbers):		 Please use the same SI card for all days. To avoid confusion at the Relays, please do not share SI cards. In particular, the same SI card must not be used for different relay legs. Please hand in any hired SI cards after downloading on your last day.
Note that a £20 charge will be made for lost SI cards. Cards may be hired for £1 a day each. Please go to the SI Hire point. Pre-paid hired cards can be collected from the same point.
Registration
/EOD		 For pre-entries you do not need to register again.
Changes to courses and times on the day will be possible subject to map and start time availability - please go to the 'Changes' point. There will be limited EOD for the Badge classes subject to map and start time availability. Yellow, Orange and Red Colour Coded courses using Master Maps are offered for Seniors, beginners and accompanied Juniors only. Solo Juniors should enter the appropriate Junior Badge course (details available at Enquiries). You cannot run a Colour coded course or shadow a Junior before a Badge course.
For entry on the day, please pay at the Pay point, fill in one entry slip per person, and take it to Badge or Colour Coded Registration.
EOD Fees
  Own Si card Hired SI card
Senior Badge £9.00 £10.00
Junior Badge £5.00  £6.00
Colour coded: £4.00  £5.00
Relays: For those who have not pre-entered, declaration forms will be available from relay registration on payment of the £15 fee, subject to course availability. Kits can be collected from relay registration on presentation of a completed form. To help avoid problems, please run in the declared order and do not share SI cards.
String
Course:		 There will be a free string course for young children from 10:30am to 1pm on Saturday and Sunday
  Competition Details
Bike-O: See here.
Out of
Bounds:		 All woods and the path above the White Horse are out of bounds except during the competition. Farmland and the gliding club are out-of-bounds at all times. Maps showing these areas will be displayed in the Assembly area and at pre-start. They will also be marked on the competition maps. Anyone entering Out of Bounds will be disqualified.
Terrain:
(all days)		 Mixed coniferous and deciduous forest, with varying runnability and an extensive network of paths and rides. Many parts of the area are rocky, with numerous crags and old quarry workings. The area is hilly - course lengths have been reduced to take this into account. To the east is a steep escarpment with large cliffs, and to the west the steeply sided mound of Hood Hill. Areas marked as slow undergrowth are VERY slow at this time of year. Rides, clearings and small paths may be overgrown. The rough open may be very rough, courses have been planned to avoid these areas where possible
Course
Lengths:

(Subject to final controlling)

Course Men Women Juniors Day 1
Length km		 Day 1
Climb m		 Day 2
Length km		 Day 2
Climb m
1 21L     7.5 335 6.5 410
2 35L     5.6 305 5.9 370
3 40L     5.8 270 5.5 345
4 45L 21L JM5L 5.2 250 5.0 315
5 50L/21S     5.1 360 4.9 205
6 55L/35S 35L   4.8 350 4.4 150
7 6L/40S 40L JM5M/JW5L 4.0 165 4.1 135
8 65L/45S 45L/21S   3.5 175 3.7 125
9 70L/50S/55S 50L/55L/35S   3.2 130 3.4 115
10 75L/60S 60L/65L/40S JM5S/JW5S 2.7 95 2.7 80
11 65S/70S 70L/75L/45S/50S/55S   2.4 65 2.3 70
12 75S 60S/65S/70S/75S   1.7 90 1.9 50
13     JM4/JW4 2.7 115 2.7 105
14     JM3/JW3 1.9 60 1.9 40
15     JM2/JW2 1.8 50 1.2 15
16     JM1/JW1 1.7 35 1.3 10
17 Yellow Yellow   1.7 35 1.3 10
18 Orange Orange   1.8 50 1.2 15
19 Red Red   4 140 4 120
Map: 1:10000 5m contours 2001/2002 by Acorn Mapping.
Preprinted & bagged for all Badge and Relay classes.
Master maps for Yellow, Orange and Red. Blank maps will be on display in the start lanes and at Assembly.
NOTES: Recent forestry activities have made some ruined walls even more ruined. Thinning activities are still going on - the effect will be to create obviously new paths and clearings and make areas more runnable.
Significant changes will be displayed at Assembly and in Pre-start.
Only significant rocky areas and boulders have been marked. There are taped routes on some junior courses that should be ignored by other competitors. There are crossovers on many courses - please make sure that you visit the controls in the correct order.
Control
Descriptions:		 Because we are using the same area for all days, Control descriptions will not be available in advance.
The descriptions will be available in the start lanes at -3 for days 1 and 2. In addition, control descriptions will be fixed to the back of the badge event maps and the front of the relay maps.
Descriptions will be pictorial for badge courses 1-14 and relay courses A1, A2, A3, B1, and C1, and written for badge courses 15-16, Yellow, Orange and Red, and relay course D1.
Controls: Control markers will be hung from aluminium stakes. The control numbers and SI units will be on the stakes. The units will flash and 'beep' when your SI card is correctly inserted.
There will be no backup punches. If a unit fails, please report the control number to the Finish.
Drinks points will be marked on the maps
Routes
to Starts:
All days: The routes to the starts will leave the entrance to assembly and head north past the camping field. The SI Clear station will be at the exit from this camping field. Please make sure you clear your SI card until it flashes and 'beeps'. Follow the markers to the start area. All woods on the way to the start are out-of-bounds. Please do not walk up the road.
There will be no warm-up area near the start. There will be a bottle dump at the starts.
Day 1: The start is 1.3km (30 minutes) uphill walk from assembly. The route crosses a minor road. Take care crossing the road. The finish is 1km (20 minutes) walk from assembly, and joins the route to the start after 300m. Take care crossing the road. Please do not walk down the road.
Day 2: The start is 0.8km (20 minutes) steep uphill walk from assembly. The finish is in the parking field 400m from assembly.
Relay: The start and finish is 1.3km (25 minutes) flat walk to assembly using a track and a rough path through the woods. There is ample space for club tents. Limited toilets will be provided. Unfortunately, Traders cannot enter the relay field.
Start
Procedure:
Badge/colour coded: In order to give balanced start times, Start times will be allocated for all competitors apart from Colour Coded, helpers and parents splits. Late starters must report to the start officials, who will let you start as soon as possible. Start times will not be changed. You must bring your completed start slip to the start. Please hand in your start slip when called up at -4 where your Si card will be checked. There will be a separate start lane for Colour coded. Control descriptions will be available at -3. Badge courses will have pre-marked maps in boxes labelled for each course after the start line. Colour coded courses will have Master Maps after the start line. Courses 1-12 on Day 2 have to cross a minor road between -4 and -3. Please take care.
Day 2,
Course 13,
JM4 and JW4:		 Note that this course is in two parts, with parts 1 and 2 printed on the front and back of the map. Use Part 1 first, then turn your map over for Part 2.
Relay: Map units will be sealed in a bag with a label that must not be broken until you start.
Control descriptions will be pictorial for all courses apart from D1 and will be attached to the front of the map. Changeover will be by touch.
Maps will not be collected - please do not show your map to anyone else until the competition has ended.
Call up will be 10 minutes before each start.
   
Class Course combination Start time Call up time
A A1, A2, A3 10:30 10:20
B A1, A2, B1 10:40 10:30
C A3, B1, C1 10:50 10:40
D B1, C1, D1 11:00 10:50
 
Course Length Climb TD Course Length Climb TD
A1 3.7k 250m 5 B1 2.8k 180m 5
A2 3.7k 250m 5 C1 2.7k 130m 3
A3 3.7k 250m 5 D1 2.1k 80m 2
  Prizes for first 3 teams in the following:
A No restriction
B 120+ teams, all women teams, at least 1 woman teams
C 120+ all women teams, 160+ teams, Families (2 parents + 1 junior child)
D 48- teams, 48- womens teams, Families (1 parent + 2 junior children)
  All relays are open - members of any age, either sex, and from any club
Finish: Finishes will be manned. Please make sure that you 'punch' the finish unit. There will be no map collection. Please do not show your map to anyone else until they have finished.
Water and orange juice will be provided, courtesy of Yorkshire Water.
Please go to the Download tent when you get back to assembly, even if you did not complete the course.
Any problems must be reported to Enquiries, not to Download, after downloading. Please hand in any hired SI cards after you have downloaded on your final day.
Cancellation: In the event of cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances, a notice will be posted on the Ebor web site, and a message left on 01904 415608. Eborienteers reserve the right to retain all or part of the entry fees to cover costs.
Entry
Enquiries:		 If a mistake has been made, please contact P Watson, Briar Cottage, 7 Beckside, Wilberfoss, York YO41 5NS 01759-388269 (before 8pm please).
Late entries can be made up to 20th August preferably by email to peterwatson_bc@btinternet.com provided that payment is received before the event, subject to map and course availability.
Results: Results will be promptly posted on the Eborienteers website, www.eborienteers.org.uk. Printed copies will be mailed to those who have paid for them as soon as possible after the event. If you have not prepaid and want a printed copy, you must leave an SAE and £2 at Registration.
Dogs: On lead only please in car park, camping and assembly areas only.
Safety: Leg cover compulsory. Whistles advised.
Take care crossing the roads. Note that on Day 2 Courses 1-12 and Red have a road crossing.
Lone runners should leave their car-keys & details at Enquiries.
Competitors and spectators attend the event at their own risk. This is a tourist area - please look after your property and in particular lock any valuables out of sight. Do not leave unattended cars unlocked.
Please respect other users of the area. Eborienteers accept no liability for loss or damage to property or persons however caused.
Tourist
Attractions:		 Amongst other local attractions we suggest that you visit Thompsons woodcarvers in Kilburn, a short walk South of the event centre.
Officials:
Position Name Phone
(before 8pm)		 e-mail
Event co-ordinator: Nev Myers 01904 767677 neville@myers-n.demon.co.uk
Day organiser: Kevin Holland 01904 415608 kevinholland@ntlworld.com
Planner: Steve Whitehead    
Controller: Chris Wright (CLOK)    
Bike O Organiser: Steve Willis    
Bike O Planner: Frank Appleton (Claro)    
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