London City Race Weekend 2017
For the tenth running of the London City Race, we bring you 3 orienteering races in 3 days, in one great city! Run and navigate through iconic London locations. All races are easily accessible using London’s integrated public transport network. Entries are now closed – see start times and final details.
1. Friday 8 Sep 2017
– Wapping Evening Sprint
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Wapping is a great sprint area with mixture of urban, small parks and canals. Start times from 1830 – 2030. Headtorch recommended for later starters although the area is well lit. Courses will be of mid length (2.0-4.5km). Event centre is the John Orwell sports centre. SI timing. Nearest station is Wapping (London Overground).
| Location | Wapping |
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| Address | Wapping (Event Centre TBC) |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.5048, -0.0617 |
| OS grid reference | TQ346802 |
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Courses available – as for the main race on Saturday (see below) with some merging of courses.
2. Saturday 9 Sep 2017
– The 10th London City Race, The Barbican
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The tenth London City Race is back where it all started – focused on the urban orienteering delight that is the Barbican in the City of London.
| Location | The Barbican |
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| Address | The Barbican (Event Centre TBC) |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.5192, -0.0945 |
| OS grid reference | TQ323817 |
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Start times are listed here. Courses will be based on the approximate length below – these are straight-line distances, expect to run 30%-50% further depending on your navigational skill!
| Course | Category | Length km |
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| 1 | Men’s Elite | 9.0 |
| 2 | Women’s Elite | 7.5 |
| 3 | Men’s Open | 7.0 |
| 4 | Women’s Open | 6.0 |
| 5 | Men’s Vets (M40+) | 7.0 |
| 6 | Women’s Vets (W40+) | 5.0 |
| 7 | Men’s Super Vets (M55+) | 6.0 |
| 8 | Women’s Super Vets (W55+) | 4.0 |
| 9 | Men’s Ultra Vets (M65+) | 4.5 |
| 10 | Women’s Ultra Vets (W65+) | 3.5 |
| 1 | Men’s Hyper Vets (M75+) | 4.0 |
| 12 | Women’s Hyper Vets (W75+) | 3.0 |
| 13 | Juniors (M/W 16-) | 3.0 |
| 14 | Kids (M/W 12-) | 1.5 |
| 15 | Newcomers | 4.0 |
This year, the Saturday race is part of the UK Urban League – note the different age categories to previous years, to coincide with this league. For M/W21s, scoring for the UK Urban League will be firstly for the elite race and then (so the winner of the open race will get 1 less point than the last person in the elite field)
3. Sunday 10 Sep 2019
– London Ultrasprint, Victoria Park
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The London Ultrasprint, a series of short prologue park sprints followed by a final, is organised by London Orienteering Klubb and takes place on the Sunday morning – full details on their website. Start times are from 1030-1215, with the finals from 1245.
| Location | Victoria Park |
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| Address | Victoria Park (TBC) |
| Latitude/longitude | 51.5351, -0.0496 |
| OS grid reference | TQ353835 |
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Entry
Online entry is closed – see here for start times.
Contactless punching will be used for the first two events at Wapping and the Barbican. Contactless SIACs can be hired for £2.50 each. However the controls will be set to take standard SI cards as well so those wanting to use their own old SI cards (or hire these at a cheaper cost) will be able to use them.
Enquiries
General enquiries: Vince Roper
Entry enquiries: Nigel Saker
The London City Race and the Wapping Evening Sprint are organised by SLOW, and the London Ultrasprint is organised by LOK.
Race Officials
Race director & Saturday/Sunday organiser: Vince Roper, SLOW.
Entries manager: Nigel Saker, SLOW.
Friday planner: Katrin Harding, SLOW.
Saturday planner: Ed Catmur, SLOW.
Sunday planner: LOK.