OK Nuts Trophy Final Details

Final Details published on December 4th 1996

Details and control cards were posted at 1 am, December 6th

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OK Nuts Trophy
Directions information and map
Car-Park
Start - general information and map
Start - competitors in time order
Start - competitors in alphabetic order
String Course and control example
Safety
Map Details
Terrain
Course Details
Control Codes
Provisional Control Codes
Finish
Entry on the Day
Officials
Important Notice
Results

OK NUTS TROPHY

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).

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DIRECTIONS

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.

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CAR-PARK

The car park is on hard roads and a former parade ground. We will be tight for space, please park as directed by the marshals. All cars will be a maximum of 5 minutes walk from the car-park entrance. The main car parking block will have course information / enquiries / toilets / entry on day / traders. If this main parking area fills up some later arrivals may be directed to park in an overflow area on a side road on the common, but this should add no more than 5 minutes to the walk to the start. We will aim to have entry on the day (in the tent) open by 9.00 am. A creche is not available. Please try to share transport if possible. If you normally travel on your own you could use the internet WWW site (see page 4 for the latest address) to look at the start list and see if you have a club mate who has a similar start time and travel with them.

Provisional Start List

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START

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.

Provisional Start List

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STRING COURSE

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.

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SAFETY

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.

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MAP

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

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TERRAIN

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.

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COURSES

Final Course lengths


No.	Length	climb	Cts	CLASS
	Km	m
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

Colour 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.

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CONTROL CARDS

Control cards are enclosed with these final details. Please check that they are correct and phone Andrew Trimble, the organiser, (0181-241-7917) between 7pm and 9pm, if they are not. You can also send e-mail to Andrew kingston.sch.it@campus.bt.com at any time. The cards do not need protection. Stub check will not be in operation except for colour coded courses. Control numbers are due to be printed on the cards and control descriptions are due to be included with these details. Course information is also available near the enquiries tent in the car-park and here:

Provisional Control Codes

Courses 1 to 13 and 15 will use IOF pictoral descriptions. Courses 14 and 16, 17 and 18 will use written descriptions.

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FINISH

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.

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ENTRY ON DAY

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.

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OFFICIALS

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

E-mail to the organiser, Andrew Trimble:kingston.sch.it@campus.bt.com

WORLD WIDE WEB

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:

Compass Sport
We have provided some samples of the same sections of both the path and no-path map to enable you to make a comparison. Course information and start times should also be available. Results will be posted after the competition.

NEWSGROUPS

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.

Please note that our use of the land is not exclusive, (you may see soldiers in full battle dress) and should the area be required for Military purposes our booking may be cancelled at short notice (but not less than 24 hours before the start) !!!! We sincerely hope that the event is not cancelled but if it is SLOW will phone you as soon as possible.


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