EBORIENTEERS are delighted to invite you to The White Rose Orienteering Weekend 2012 – one of the longest established and most popular orienteering holiday breaks which offers four days of varied orienteering races and related activities on excellent North Yorkshire terrain in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
SIX RACES IN FOUR DAYS – AND PLENTY OF OTHER ACTIVITIES AS WELL!
The weekend includes various orienteering competitions including a sprint on
Finishers at White Rose 2011 © Jonny Hooton
Friday evening 24th August, two Classic Distance Races on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August, a hill race on Saturday afternoon, a night score event on Saturday evening and, on Monday 27th August, a fast and furious team relay followed by a mountain bike score race.
Click here for details of all races and other activities.
LOCATION
The weekend will be held in the southern part of the North York Moors national park, about halfway between Pickering and Scarborough.
Wykeham Forest © Bill Griffiths
Much of the event will be based in Wykeham Forest, 8km2 of beautiful broadleaf and part coniferous woodland along the scarp of lonely Troutsdale and the afforested Wykeham plateau.
The forest is being used as a centre for research into ‘Alternatives To Clearfell’ forestry. This work investigates ways of maintaining a timber-producing woodland whilst at the same time maintaining tree-cover and bio-diversity. The forest also supports one of the Forestry Commission’s tree nurserys where many of Britain’s forest trees begin life.
More details of the wildlife in the forest is available here. There are numerous medieval barrows, tumuli and earthworks in the forest, including the well known “Three Tremblers.”. On the edge of the competition area is a well known raptor viewpoint
The assembly, parking and campsite will be at Park Farm, on the edge of Wykeham Forest, and close to the village of Sawdon. The campsite is at GR SE932867 or Sat Nav 54°15’57.11”N 0°34’12.40”W. The nearest postcode is YO13 9EB. The assembly is 5.1km north of the village of Brompton-by-Sawdon on the A170.
The event will be signed from Brompton-by-Sawdon at GR SE946823 or Sat Nav 54°13’40.19”N 0°32’58.45”W. Nearest postcode is YO13 9DA.
Nearest public transport is at Brompton-by-Sawdon (hourly bus number 128 from Scarborough). It is 5.1km from Brompton to the event.
Nearest station is Scarborough, 16km distant. Hourly trains from Manchester, Leeds and York.
Three Tremblers © Elaine Stockdale
PARKING
If you do bring a car, the fee for parking will be £1.00 per vehicle per day; however campsite users have parking for the entire weekend included in their pitch fee. For day visitors parking fees will be collected daily on arrival. If you plan to bring a coach, please tell us in advance.
DOGS
Dogs will be permitted in the car park, assembly and campsite field only, and must be kept on a lead. Dogs may not be taken on courses .
TERRAIN
The area to be used for White Rose 2012 includes Wykeham Forest – a broad afforested plateau and Troutsdale Brow, a 5km long wooded scarp overlooking Troutsdale.
An established forest, much broadleaf but also some areas of pine and other conifers. The landform includes a broad plateau of approx. 6km2 and a 5km long afforested scarp of Troutsdale Brow. Click here to view the area
There are numerous scheduled ancient monuments in the forest – mainly Bronze age tumuli, barrows and mounds.
The forest is dissected by several deep valleys to the south – Long Gill, Foss Gill and Short Grain. However courses will not visit these areas. Despite being less than 10km from the North Sea, the whole of Wykeham Forest drains S and then W into the River Derwent which flows through the heart of Yorkshire for over 200km (after joining the Ouse and Humber) before it finally reaches the North Sea at Spurn Head.
Wykeham Forest has been used for orienteering for over 40 years. It was first used for the 2nd White Rose weekend in 1973, and last used for White Rose in 2006.
View from Highwood Brow © Martin Dawes
The 77km long “Tabular Hills Walk” passes through the heart of Wykeham Forest, and the trail passes the highest point in the forest at Highwood Brow (208m), where the is a trig. point close to a popular viewpoint.
MAP
No less than 10km2 of terrain is being surveyed for White Rose 2012 by Paul & Catherine Taylor Orienteering Services. For all events (except MBO, hill race and sprint) the map scale will be 1:10000. All maps will be printed on waterproof paper and overprinted. Any special information will be included with the final details.
CAMPSITE AND ASSEMBLY
The assembly area is a large grass meadow, away from the road and adjoining the forest. This means that on Sunday, the classic distance race will finish in the assembly area – check final details later for information about facilities for Club tents along the run-in.
The assembly area will be large enough to provide a large exclusive orienteering campsite, separate parking for day visitors and O traders, including Alfresco Event Catering and Ultrasport.
A large marquee will be used for registration/enquiries etc., but will be reorganised in the evenings to provide a weather-proof meeting place for all competitors.
On Sunday night, we will organise the White Rose barbecue –free of charge for all participants – just bring food and drink, we will provide the fire!
Adams Family © Wendy Carlyle
