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The OK Nuts Trophy is held in memory of Mike Wells-Cole, who died in 1976, and his club the OK Nuts, which disbanded later that year. The prizes are awarded to the winners of Senior Ladies (W21L), Senior Men (M21L) and Best Junior (M/W19 and under). It is an annual competition organised by South London Orienteers and Wayfarers (SLOW).
Coming from South, North and East the event will be signposted from Milford Junction, the junction of the A3 and the A283 near Milford, Surrey. This is 15 miles south-west of M25 Junction 10. Be aware of road works at the junction of the A3 and A31. From Milford Junction follow the B3001 west for 2.3 miles to Elstead and turn left at the village green into Thursley Rd. Coming from West via Farnham, follow B3001 east to Elstead and turn right. into Thursley Rd at the village green From Elstead follow O-signs for 2.3 miles south to entrance to car-park at Grid ref SU 895404, turn left into car park. Please DO NOT enter via Thursley. On exit from the car park turn left onto Thursley Rd. and then left again into Dye House Rd. to depart through Thursley to rejoin A3 about 2 miles south of Milford Junction. Please DO NOT turn right out of car park. If you wish to use the pubs in Elstead please exit via Thursley, the A3 and turn left at Milford Junction.
The start for all courses is about 350m from the enquiry tent in the car park, it is about a 5 minute walk. The furthest part of the car-park will be no more than a 10 minute walk to the start. The start is via the car-park entrance. You will have to cross the road, the crossing will be marshalled but please take care. There is a fairly steep hill to walk up, this is not suitable for push chairs. The clothing dump will be a marked off area in trees near the start, please provide your own bag, it is only 100m from the finish and 10m from the start. Call up will be at -3 minutes. Late starters will be allowed to start at the discretion of the start officials but times will not be adjusted. There is plenty of space beside the clothing dump if any club would like to put up a tent for their own dry clothing dump and changing facility.
The string course is just before the clothing dump and is on the theme of the 12 Days of Christmas. Entry is free. The string course has one steep slope which young children will need to take care on but should be able to manage. The map has been specially drawn for the event by Andrew Trimble and has lots of outline pictures for colouring in at home.
Competitors are responsible for their own safety and take part in this event at their own risk. There will be no stub check on the badge courses. If you are on your own you may wish to sign in at the enquiries tent and sign out when you return. It is likely that there will be a stub check for colour coded competitors. All competitors shall carry a whistle. Please bring a cagoule or some form of waterproof, in the event of bad weather this may be made compulsory. Signs will be displayed at the car park entrance if this is necessary. St John Ambulance will provide first aid cover at the finish.
The map is a new survey by Chris Morris and a new O-Cad map by Robin Thomas. The scale for all courses is 1: 15 000.
Rough Open: can include scattered trees; heather varies from knee high to newly cut. Fast Open: wide rides and some areas of newly cut or burnt heather. Tracks: vary from fast broken stone to soft sand. Bracken: for clarity, no longer shown.
M21L and W21L will not have any paths marked but will have other black features. Any competitor on M21L or W21L found in pocession of a path map (old or new) prior to or during their run will be deemed non-competitive.
See the new map
The terrain is undulating Surrey heathland. The southern area of the map is an open heather covered bowl. The bowl is surrounded by fast runnable forest which has been thinned out in recent years. This is a military training area. DO NOT touch any suspicious objects.
Final Course lengths
No. Length climb Cts CLASS Km mColour coded courses will use pre-marked maps as per the appropriate badge course. Courses 17/18 will have a separate start lane and will see the marked map in the each time box, starting at -3 mins. Parents / adults can join their children in each time box, up to the start line if they wish to look at the map together. Juniors sharing colour coded courses will start in 15 minute blocks, separated from colour coded starts. Competitors on Badge courses who are not full BOF members, or local members of a South-East club, on the day of the competition will be listed as non-competitive in the results.
1 12.1 230 23 M21L (No paths map) 2 11.0 245 22 M35L M19L 3 10.2 215 22 M40L 4 9.3 265 19 M45L M17A 5 8.2 200 20 W21L (No paths map) 6 8.4 240 18 M50L M21S 7 7.7 220 17 M55L M35S M19S M17B M15A W19L W35L 8 6.5 220 15 M60L M40S W40L 9 6.2 200 17 M65L M45S W45L W17A W21S 10 5.7 190 15 M13A M15B 11 5.3 190 12 M70L M50S M55S W50L W55L W35S W19S W15A 12 5.0 165 15 M60S W60L W65L W40S W17B 13 4.2 125 14 M65S M70S W70L W45S W50S W55S 14 4.0 155 9 W13A W15B LIGHT GREEN 15 2.6 110 8 W60S W65S W70S 16 3.5 125 10 M11A M13B W11A W13B ORANGE 17 3.2 095 12 M10A W10A M11B W11B YELLOW 18 2.1 080 11 M10B W10B WHITE
Courses 1 to 13 and 15 will use IOF pictoral descriptions. Courses 14 and 16, 17 and 18 will use written descriptions.
There is one finish for all courses. Please follow tapes into the finish. Keep in order after passing the finishing line and hand in your control card to the official. You will be handed a slip with your finish time. Please display your race time on the DIY results strings in the car park. Please report any problems or queries to a finish official. Maps will not be collected but please do not show to another competitor who have not yet started. First Aid will be available at the finish. Drinks will be located 100m from the finish at the clothing dump. Courses close at 1500 hours, this means controls will be collected in at this time. Please note that this is almost the shortest day of the year, and that it will be dark only one hour later. You must report to the finish by 3pm even if you retire.
Provided there are spaces available Entries on the Day will be accepted at the enquiries tent in the car. We hope to open this at 0900 for first starts from 1000 hours. The charges will be �(seniors) and �(juniors). There will also be colour coded course available, see course information. Entry fee for colour coded courses will be �(seniors) and �50 (juniors). Entries will close at 1200 hours. Last starts are at 1300 hours. It would be helpful if competitors on the badge courses can produce their BOF cards or evidence of local membership of a South-East (SEOA) affiliated club.
Organiser: Andrew Trimble (SLOW)tel 0181-241-7917 (7pm to 9pm ONLY please) Planners: Mandy Reynard & David Finch (SLOW) Controller:Steve McKinnley (SN)
E-mail to the organiser, Andrew Trimble:kingston.sch.it@campus.bt.com
For those of you with access to the Internet (WWW):
http://www.liathach.demon.co.uk/index.htm
This page is now active and replaces earlier references. Also have a look at the page kindly provided by Ned Paul of Compass Sport at:
For those of you with internet access to newsgroups:
rec.sport.orienteering
The decision by our planners to provide a no-paths map for the top courses has provided some lively discussion in this English-speaking newsgroup with comments not only from the UK but also from the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. Much of the comment has been negative but you can decide for yourself if you are running these courses. The planners and controller will be pleased to receive your views on the day.
