- Sun - Dec 03, 2017 - Fair Hill - Strawbridge Fields
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Event Director: John John Gillette
Course Setter: Ralph Tolbert and see choices to Volunteer to help at this event 🙏
Notes: Mid Atlantic Champs
ED/CS Notes:
THIS IS AN OPEN EVENT. PLEASE JOIN US EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT COMPETING Come join us at the rolling hills of Fair Hill for the Mid-Atlantic Championships. This year's event will consist of individual Orienteering with starts between 9:30 and Noon and a Relay Mass Start at 2:00 pm (14:00). Arena Center will be at Parking field#2 near the Covered Bridge with access from Appleton Road and Telegraph Road.
We will use the Fair Hill Strawbridge Fields Map (1:10,000) For the event
Start for Classic Orienteering will be remote near the Mason Dixon Line. Transportation will be provided between Registration and Start. Finish and Relay Start will be in the vicinity of Registration
Preliminary Points System for the Broken Compass Award
Club championship (the Broken Compass award to the winning club) scored by
o number of club participants/number of members (%=# points) > total = 100 points
o top 8 on Br,G,R,B courses (Top 3 per club) 10,8,6,5,4,3,2,1 > total = 156
o top 6 on W,Y,O courses (Top 3 per club) 8,6,4,3,2,1 > total = 72
o top 4 in Open, 4pt, 8pt relays 3 x (20,15,10,5) > total = 150
sum = 478
We will use a points framework similar to the US Relay to handicap
the relay (e.g., a 25 year old male is worth 0 points while a 50
year old female is worth 4 points - see below).
There are three categories for scoring :
Open (any number of points)
4 Point (4 or more points)
8 Point (8 or more points)
Points handicapping system for relay:
• Ages 21-39 count as 0 points
• Ages 17-20 or 40-49 count as 1 point
• Ages 15, 16 or 50-59 count as 2 points
• Under 15 years of age or 60 and older count as 3 points
A female orienteer adds 2 more points, in addition to any age points.
Fair Hill 2017 MidAtlantics Course setter’s notes
Welcome to the 2017 MidAtlantic Championships. Here are a few things of interest regarding today’s event. First the basics…
Map: Fair Hill Strawbridge Fields (original field work done in 2004; updated in 2013)
Scale: 1:10,000
Contours: 5 meters
Safety bearing: East to the Big Elk Creek and follow it downstream or south to the event area.
Water stops: Water stops are located at the CUP symbol on the map. They are located at common crossing points along gravel roads. There will be water at the start triangle as well.
General course notes:
There is a 6-minute ride by passenger van to the start. Van will run approximately every 15 minutes!
All controls are on the west side of the Big Elk Creek.
Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red and Blue courses will take you into Pennsylvania.
Most controls are in the wooded areas of the park and you will need to traverse open fields between controls. The fields were recently mowed. I found the transition area between open field and woods accurately mapped. In other words, if the map shows a break in the green along the edge of wooded area, you can get in. The area has an extensive trail network and is accurately mapped.
Regarding rootstocks: The mapper for the 2013 update used the dot knoll and green stick for newer rootstocks. The brown X was used by the original mappers and these represent old decaying root stocks with little or no dirt on the roots.
Fair Hill is an active equine center. If you encounter horses on the trail, please alert the rider to your presence and YIELD to the horses. They are bigger than you!
Hope you enjoy the courses.
Map Location:
Previous Results from this Map:
Nov 10, 2019
Dec 03, 2017
Oct 08, 2017
Apr 12, 2015
Courses Information:
Course Distance Climb Ctrls White 2.40km 40.0m 9 Yellow 3.40km 75.0m 10 Orange 4.60km 125.0m 9 Brown 4.20km 75.0m 7 Green 5.40km 135.0m 10 Red 8.00km 185.0m 11 Blue 9.20km 300.0m 15 Relay 1.30km 35.0m 6 Relay 1.80km 60.0m 7 Relay 2.00km 60.0m 8
Full Schedule (old style)
PDF Schedule
Unless otherwise noted:
- Pre-registration is recommended, discounted, and open until Thursday night, before the event.
- Day-of-registration is available, at $10 for beginners, and $20 for other courses.
All starts are from 10:00am until 1:00pm unless otherwise noted. Follow the text directions and look for Orienteering road signs as you near the park.
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| W | White, beginner level 3km or less |
| Y | Yellow, advanced beginner 2.5 to 4km |
| O | Orange, intermediate 3.5 to 5.5km |
| Br | Brown, Short Advanced 3 to 5km |
| G | Green, Advanced 4.5 - 7km |
| R | Red, Longer Advanced 6 - 10km |
| Bl | Blue, Long Advanced 8 - 14kms |
| Sc | Score-O |
| Sp | Sprint-O |
| Adv | Advanced |
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