Rest Day Sprint - Brecon

Event Details

• Date: Wednesday 24th July 2024
• Format: Sprint
• Map: Brecon ISSprOM 2019-2, 1:4000, 2.5m Contour Interval
• Organising Club: British Army Orienteering Club (BAOC)
• Starts Window: 12:00 - 15:30
• Punching: Sport Ident. All controls will be SIAC enabled, for either punching or touch free.

Overview

Urban Sprint around the streets of Brecon Town (Regional / Level C UK Ranking event)

Arena Location

Christ College Brecon

• Postcode: LD3 8AF
• w3w: ///foresight.slick.stadium
• OS Grid: SO042285
• GPS: 51.946812, -3.394434

Parking

Street and public parking can be used. Additionally, there are approximately 70 spaces available at Llanfaes school, for over 75’s and people with small children, adjacent to Christ College, at the following location; this is a 5 minute pavement walk to the College grounds.

• w3w: ///fence.tequila.clotting
• GPS: 51.944117, -3.400249
• Google Maps

Event Layout

Arena

• Toilets: Portable loos are in the College grounds at the assembly, close to the finish and junior start; there are no toilets at the main Senior start.
• Enquiries and download: On-site tent at assembly.
• Kit Storage: There will be a tent for storage alongside the download tent, in case of adverse weather. It will also be possible to erect small shelters on the grass near the finish and download, in the college grounds.
• First aid Info will be added in due course

Starts

There are two starts; the main start for course 1 – 5 is a short walk (5 – 10 mins) from Christ College; the Junior start for the two junior courses and any EOD CATI is close to assembly at Christ College.

Start Window: 12:00 - 15:30

For course 6 only (M/W16 class), starts will be restricted to early (12.00 to 12.30) or late (15.00 to 15.30) slots, due to marshalling constraints.

Courses close 16:00

Finish

The finish for all courses is in the College grounds. Course 7 the M/W12- course will be contained within the College grounds. Course 6 (16-) does not cross any busy roads and is nearly traffic free.

Terrain

Brecon is a market town centered on the river Usk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecon Whilst there has been a Dave Peel 1:5000 Urban map in existence since 2005, there have not been any urban orienteering events other than the one or two infrequent local level events. The old map is not available online.

A brand new map to ISSprOM 2019 has been drawn for this event by Mitchell Maps.

The majority of the senior courses are on hard surfaces centered in and around Brecon Town Centre. Please do not use ‘dob spikes’; road trainers are the recommended footwear.  The junior courses have a mix of grass and pavement surfaces suitable for rubber studs.

Safety

As with all town centre urban/sprint events, it is imperative that competitors check both ways before crossing roads and refrain from running at speed around blind corners. Brecon town centre can be busy with pedestrians; please give way to the general public. Cross all roads with care and give way to the general public. Water courses (rivers) are out of bounds and must only be crossed by the bridges shown on the map.

Competitors returning from their respective courses will use the same access gate from the college as those walking to the start. This includes a narrow pavement across the bridge which will also be shared with the general public. Please keep to the right, both on the bridge and when walking out of the main entrance to the college, and give way to pedestrians and runners.

Courses 1-3 will encounter pedestrian gates that may appear closed (they are unlocked during the competition).  Please open and close with care and avoid slamming the gates. More detail will be available in the start lane.

Bibs

Advised but not compulsory.

Courses

Class information

Entries

All senior courses (1-5) require online entry. Online entry is open until 1800 hrs, Tuesday 23 July, subject to map availability.

Entrants should enter by age class unless they wish to run up or down, in which case they should enter by Other Course X

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Results

This is a rest-day event, and the results do not contribute to the overall event results. However, as a Level C UK event, the results will be submitted to BOF for ranking purposes.

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Map Samples

Key Officials

• Organiser: Kate O’Sullivan (SBOC)
• Planner: Richard Barrett (BAOC)
• Controller: Mike Forrest (BOK)
• Map Maker: Ben Mitchell (SBOC)

Acknowledgements

• Christ College
• Brecon Town Council
• Powys Highways