Location Info

• Postcode: SG8 7JH *
• Lat,Lng: 52.05429,-0.01036
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* Postcodes are not very precise in some areas, so don't rely on them for an exact location.

Directions / Parking

Royston is easily accessible from the A10 and from the M11 and A1M via the A505.

Royston has a rail station, and the journey from London is less than 50 minutes. 

The event centre is King James Academy, Garden Walk, Royston.   Enquiries and Download will be situated in the junior site.   Parking areas of both the junior and main academy will be used for parking.

The Start and Finish are both within 100-200m of the car park, depending upon which parking area you use.

Postcode: SG8 7JE

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Course Information

The table below shows final information on the courses available.

This event is part of the EAUL 2025.   To earn points in these leagues you should enter the course corresponding to your age class as in the table (This does not prevent you from running out of class if you wish to).

Class	Course	Distance (km) Straight Line	Distance (km) Optimum route	Climb (m)	Controls	Map size
Men Open	1	8.7	11.8	50	28	A3 DS
Veteran Men (M40+); Women Open	2	6.4	9.1	35	25	A3 DS
Supervet Men (M55+); Veteran Women (W40+)	3	5.3	7.8	25	19	A3 DS
Ultravet men (M65+); Supervet Women (W55+)	4	4.1	5.7	20	18	A3
Ultravet Women (W65+); Hypervet Men (M75+); Hypervet Women (W75+)	5	3.3	4.7	15	15	A3
Junior Men (M16-); Junior Women (W16-)	6	3.1	3.8	10	19	A4
Young Junior Men (M12-); Young Junior Women (W12-)	7	2.3	2.6	10	14	A4

Under 16 year olds can only enter courses 6 & 7

Under 12s can only enter course 7

All courses are subject to final controlling.

Road Crossing

Courses 6 and 7 will have a marshalled crossing at a roundabout. Two other minor roads will need to be crossed unsupervised.

For other courses, controlled crossings on the main roads are marked but are not mandatory.

Electronic Punching This event will be using SportIdent electronic punching. Control units except start and finish will be set up in beacon mode so that SIAC (contactless) dibbers can be used in contactless punching mode. Standard dibbers can also be used in normal ("contact") punching mode. Dibbers will be available to hire.

Standard dibbers must be inserted into each control box to register your visit. A SIAC dibber will be detected if it is closer than about 0.5 metre from the control box. The exceptions are the Start and Finish, which are contact punching only.

Whichever type you use, it is your responsibility to make sure you have punched correctly - for standard contact dibbers, the control box will beep and flash to confirm you have punched. SIAC dibbers emit a flash and a beep to confirm they have registered at a control site.

Entry Details

We will accept entry on the day for all courses. (Online entries have closed).

Groups/families can enter on the day on courses 6&7 for £

WAOC seniors willing to help on the day may enter in advance at half price. Please email entries@waoc.org.uk for the helper discount code before you enter.

Group entries or school parties should register in advance with the organiser using the Group Entry Form by 2nd March latest.

	Early bird entry up to 24th Feb	Entry 25th Feb onwards including EOD
Adult (21 and older) non-members	£12	£14
BO members	£10	£12
Juniors (under 21)	£3	£3
SI card hire	£1	£1
SIAC hire	£3	£3

Registration and Start Times

Registration will be from 10:00am to 12 noon.

Pre-entered competitors may go straight to the start for their allocated start time (unless you need to pick up a hired SI card, in which case you must first go to registration). Entries on the day may go to the start when ready after registering.

Competitors new to orienteering or requiring assistance should enquire at registration.

Starts from: 10.30am to 12:30pm.

Please note that courses close at 2:00pm- you must finish and report to Download by this time.

It is a punching start; the start and finish controls must be dibbed.

Terrain and map details

Map scale is at 1:4,000 with 5m contours.   Map drawn to ISprOM 2019-2, updated 2025 by Caroline Louth.   Maps and loose control descriptions are pre-printed on waterproof paper.  Control descriptions are symbolic for courses 1-5 and descriptive for 6&7.

Due to the distance between the start/finish and the town centre which contains the interesting  orienteering area, courses 1, 2 and 3 will have a double sided A3 map. The map will be different on each side rather than a second section of the course on the same map.

Courses 4 and 5 will have a single sided A3 map.

Courses 6 and 7 will have a single sided A4 map.

Courses  1, 2, & 3 will not have control descriptions printed on the map, there simply isn’t space.

Courses 4-7 will have control descriptions printed on the map.

Courses 1-6 will use pictorial descriptions, course 7 has text descriptions.

Loose control descriptions for all courses will be provided in the start lanes.

Dog restrictions

This urban event is not suitable for dogs.

Toilets will be available at the academy.

Contacts / Officials

Organiser: Chris Rampton (WAOC) entries@waoc.org.uk

Planner: Ian Smith (WAOC)

Controller: Roger Moulding (HH)