Parking

The event will start from the car park of St Columb’s Park House NOT the Foyle Arena. Turn off the Limavady Road just past the Foyle Area entrance onto St Columb’s Road / Browning Drive and then turn right following signs to St Columb’s Park House. Additional parking is available adjacent to Browning Drive.

Event Enquiries will operate from 13:15. Having entered on-line you can go directly to the start. Runners who have hired a dipper can collect them from Enquiries.

Entry Fees (score champs only)

• Senior £10 (non-members £12)
• Full-time Student £5 (non-members £6)
• Junior £5 (non-members £6)
• Family £25 (non-members £30)

Entry Fees (night champs and score champs)

• Senior £16 (non-members £18)
• Full-time Student £8 (non-members £9)
• Junior £8 (non-members £9)
• Family £40 (non-members £45)

Courses

Two courses are on offer. A junior (M/W14-) with a 30 minute time limit and a long score with a 45 minute time limit.

The junior course will be confined to the grounds of St Columbs Park.
The long course will also include Ebrington Square (crossing Browning Drive which is a public road – please take extra care here).

The long course will use a double sided map with even number control on side one, odd on side two. Competitors will initially visit as many even controls on side one as they wish before turning over the map. They then must visit and punch the start on side two before continuing with the odd controls.

Please note that once you punch the side two start you cannot score more points from visiting even controls – the sides must be run in order.

Score Championship Age Classes

Paid up 2024 members of NI Orienteering Clubs are eligible to compete to be NI Champion in their age groups. There are trophies for some of these classes:

Class	Course	Trophy
M14-	Junior	Fir Shield
W14-	Junior	Pine Shield
M18-	Long	Plane Cup
W18-	Long	Olive Cup
M Open	Long	Ash Cup
W Open	Long	Aspen Cup
M45+ (Vet)	Long
W45+ (Vet)	Long
M55+ (Super Vet)	Long
W55+ (Super Vet)	Long
M65+ (Ultra Vet)	Long
W65+ (Ultra Vet)	Long

Adult competitors can still choose to run the junior course, if that is more appropriate to their ability / fitness, but will not be eligible for the Championship class.

Map

A newly updated 1:4000 map with IOF Sprint-O symbols will be used by both courses.

The Ebrington Square section of the map has a number of bridges / underpasses and these are indicated with lines of black triangles as below. The diagonal shading indicates that the runner can pass below the “bridge”. This is a recent specification change and may be unfamiliar to some competitors.

Please note that all fences and walls marked on the map must not be crossed.

Cafe in the Park

St Columb’s Park House Cafe will be open for the duration of the event for Coffee / Tea and light meals.

NIOA Prize Giving

The NIOA prizing will follow the Orienteering at approximately 15:30.

Hazards

• There are internal roads in St Columb’s Park which may have light traffic. Please be aware.
• The Long course (not Junior) will cross a public road (Browning Drive / St Columb’s Road) four times. Please take particular care crossing.

NI Night Champs (2024)

The NIOA night orienteering championships will be held on the same day at Ballykelly Forest (11 miles journey). Allow 20 to travel by car. For full details please see the link below:

• NI Night Champs (2024)