The 35th White Rose Orienteering weekend will be held in the southern North York Moors from 25th to 27th August 2007. Since 1972, the "White Rose" has been a very popular date in the orienteering calendar combining good quality races in excellent North York Moors terrain with relaxed and "runner-friendly" organisation.
The White Rose is one of the few O weekends to offer an exclusive campsite for competitors and this is what makes the event an exceptional opportunity for a real orienteering holiday weekend in really great North Yorkshire terrain. Other accommodation options are available including numerous guest houses, B&B's, fully serviced campsites and youth hostels.
Click here, here and here to read about White Rose 2006, provided courtesy of Compass Sport from the October 2006 edition. Too late, now, to enter the Compass Sport White Rose competition. Congratulations to Dawn Figg of HH who won a free weekend for two at this years White Rose Weekend.
In 2007, the event returns to Pickering Forest - a venue used for successful JK, Harvester and White Rose events over the last 20 years. Excellent forest terrain on Stony Moor and the intricate and runnable W side of Newtondale will provide good orienteering over three days.
The assembly area and event campsite will be located 3km south of the site used in previous major event weekends in Pickering Forest. This will enable all courses to use the delightful natural wooded plateau of Stony Moor and technical courses can get the best from the complex western flank of Newtondale. Trainspotters can optionally abandon orienteering here and watch the steam trains nearby.
As always, the White Rose will provide two top quality regional events on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th where aggregate times are used for the award of White Rose Trophies. There will then be a fast and furious team score event on Monday 27th August. Entries for this will be open to all, and teams need not all be members of the same club. The White Rose Mountain Bike Score event will be held on Monday 27th, timed so that the super-fit and super-enthusiastic can compete in the MTBO event after their day 3 team score run. MTBO competitors can ride individually or in pairs.
This year the White Rose weekend will include an informal night score event on the Saturday night. With mass start at 20:00 hrs, close to the campsite, this 30 minute score competition will provide an opportunity to experience Pickering Forest at night.
The start arrangements for the two regional events will be simple with flexible timings. We plan that (if possible) the finish for all three days will be in the assembly area/camp site providing the essential social element to the event.