CLARO
	Schools' Orienteering in Yorkshire

North & East Yorkshire Schools League 2001/2002

• Orienteering is a sport for all ages. Primary School children through to adults can take part at their own level and enjoy the excitement and challenge that orienteering brings.
• The North and East Yorkshire Schools League exists to provide an opportunity for the children in our schools to compete against each other on a regular basis throughout the year.
• As most events take place on Sunday mornings it does require teacher or parental commitment but being an all age sport any adults who help out are encouraged to take part as well.
• Pupils can compete in the schools' league as members of a school 'squad' or as individual family members. However, it is much more fun if pupils can enjoy the social benefits and camaraderie which come from competing for their school or college as a group.
• Juniors are eligible to compete if they attend a school, which is situated in the EBOR, HALO or CLARO areas, or if they are affiliated to any of those three clubs through their school or as family members.
• For newcomers to the sport there is plenty of help on hand from experienced orienteers. Attending a 'Come and try it' event is a good way to start but it really isn't that difficult!

This Year's Events

This year's league runs from September 2001 to May 2002 and together with other orienteering events aimed at children, will provide the opportunity for regular orienteering through the school year.
The initial list of this year's events is as follows:

Further events will be added to the list as they become available through the year.

It should be noted that the dates for Wheldrake and Brimham are provisional at this stage. Details of the individual events can be obtained from literature distributed at earlier events or from the websites run by the three clubs, EBOR, HALO and CLARO.
There is no need to inform anyone of your intention to take part before an event unless you have a large group (over 10 children), in which case it is wise to let the event organiser know you are coming.
While there will be twelve events scheduled through the year it is not necessary to attend them all. The scoring system only counts each pupil's best four scores. Consequently the more events that are attended, the more experienced pupils will become, and hopefully the higher scores they will achieve. It is only necessary to attend four events as a minimum. This will allow schools to stick to events in their region if transport is a problem.

The Scoring System

At an orienteering event there are a variety of courses and each one is defined by a colour. White is the easiest course for younger juniors who are just starting while Brown is the hardest course and is appropriate for very experienced orienteers. The number of points that are scored depends on both how hard the course is and how fast the pupil runs it compared to the winner's time. Each pupil's score is worked out as follows:

The Colour Factors are as follows:

The right choice of course is very important!

Each junior's best 4 scores from the 12 events will count to their overall score for the year.

The Competitions

There are two league competitions: An individual competition with separate classes for boys and girls. This runs in Key stage categories with the first three in each category receiving medals. There is also an overall school competition, again split into Key stages, where all competing pupils' scores count towards their own school's total. This encourages as many members as possible from a school to take part. The prize giving will take place at the Yorkshire Schools' Championships next year.

HOW TO ENTER?

Obtain details of the events you wish to attend from the list below and turn up on the day. Typically registration is from 10:30 am to 12:30 am. At the event each junior should choose an appropriate course and enter in the usual way. However when registering each junior must give their full name (first name and surname) and put down the name of their school and the year group they are in this academic year. At some events the juniors' times may count towards other competitions, like their own club's league. Therefore it might be wise to put down BOF ages and the club name as well. Having registered and obtained a start time go through the normal starting procedure. There will be experienced adults available to give advice if needed.

Results

As soon as possible after each event, results will be displayed on the Ebor and Halo websites enabling all pupils to follow their own progress. Up to date results will also be displayed at events through the season

Contact Information

• EBOR (Eborienteers): www.eborienteers.org.uk
• HALO (Humberside and Lincolnshire Orienteers): www.halo-orienteering.org.uk
• CLARO (Harrogate Area): http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/andrewk/claro.htm

Any queries or further information requires, please contact me:

• E-mail: martyn@andrewsfam.demon.co.uk
• Telephone: (01757) 268600 (Home)
• (01757) 228391 (Hambleton Primary School)

Martyn Andrews (Schools' League Organiser)