Please note: There may be changes following site visits and signal propagation/radio interference checks.

Day 1 - Saturday 23th May - 2m Classic ARDF

Location will be Brown Clee Hill.

This is the best terrain in the West Midlands, previously used for British Championship and World Cup in Orienteering. Starts will be in the early afternoon allowing travel on Saturday morning.

Competition will be Classic Style ARDF - on the 2m band. The terrain will be mixed mature forest (decidous and coniferous) on the upper slopes, wooded parkland on the lower and open, complex moorland on the hill tops.



You can view a map of the area here. Note that we will be using the area shown and the hill and woodlands immediately to the south (pan down!)

Information on the hill part of the terrain can be found here

The landowner for Day 1 and Day 2 has specified that, regrettably, dogs are not allowed on the estate due to the presence of domestic stock and wild deer. This includes the car park field, assembly field and the competition area.

Day 2 - Sunday 24th May - 80m Classic ARDF

Location will be Brown Clee Hill as above. Classic Style ARDF on the 80m band"



Day 3 - Monday 25th May - Fox Oring on 80m Band



Leoliad ewyllysia bod Corndon Allt , Cymru.

Hon ewyllysia bod 'r 'n flaen 'n bob Cadno - Oring i mewn 'r bau chan Cymru. Chystadleuwyr ewyllysia mo bod gofynedig at arwain passports a chymorth anrhegir i mewn yn cyfieithu 'r dafodiaith. 'r bellter ewyllysia bod shorter na lluman Cadno - Oring namyn 'n bellach na sprint ". Amcanwn achos pawb at bod ddibenedig at 1300: yn caniatáu an 'n fore chychwyniad achos ehedfaoedd ai borthladdoedd.

Location will be Corndon Hill, Wales.

This will be the first every Fox-Oring in the country of Wales. Competitors will not be required to carry passports and assistance will be given in translating the language. The distance will be shorter than standard Fox-Oring but longer than "sprint". We aim for everyone to be finished by 13:00 allowing an early departure for flights or ports.



You can view a map of the area here and some photos here

The Fox-Oring will be GB style - on the 80m band with each transmitter transmitting for part only of a 60 second cycle.

The competition areas are all within 20km of Ludlow in the beautiful Shropshire Hills, a touristic region, on the Welsh border, 80km to the the west of Birmingham and close to the UNESCO world heritage site at Ironbridge

Ludlow is an a lively market town with fascinating architecture, a reputation for excellent food and drink and was described by the poet Sir John Betjeman as "The most perfect town in England"



Springtime is the best time to visit this area - especially as the bluebells should be in flower

There are just Eleven (11!) regular ARDF-ers in England and only two of these live within 150km of Ludlow. So in order make organisation practical the event will be in association with 'Springtime in Shropshire' - a 'holiday' orienteering festival. There will be over 1000 orienteers competing. All necessary facilites be provided at the competition sites and a full programme of entertainment will take place in Ludlow each evening.

On days 2 and 3 it is hoped that it will be possible to ARDF and then orienteer after you have completed your Radio Run - this does depend on distances from registration to the start and finish points. Make sure that you let the ARDF organiser know so that start times can be allocated.

The Orienteering website is here. This gives full details of the orienteering competitions and other arrangements

By road Ludlow is 230km (3.5hr+) from London Heathrow (LHR) and 90km (80 min) from Birmingham (BHX) and 150km (2.5hr+) from Liverpool Airport.

By rail Ludlow is 3.5hr from London and 2 hours from Manchester.

There are also bus and coach services.

Note that this is a national holiday weekend and roads will be busy!

Use the UK Transport Planner or the local bus planner to check out possibilites.

The three competition areas are within 30km of Ludlow.

Important Note

As is standard practise in the UK competitors will be responsible for their own transport Travel to and from the Forests Given prior notice we may be able to organise transport to and from the competition forests. This is not guaranteed. Please contact the organiser to discuss well in advance of the event. Travel to and from the Ludow One of the organising team will be driving near London (LHR) , Luton (LTN) and Birmingham (BHX/EMA), travelling up on the Friday evening and back on the Monday morning. It might be possible to arrange a lift for a limited number of overseas competitors. This is not guaranteed. Please contact the organiser to discuss well in advance of the event.

There are plenty of hotels and "Bed & Breakfast" guest houses close to Ludlow - but as the competition is taking place over a national holiday weekend it is sensible to BOOK EARLY!

Important Note

As is standard GB practise competitors will be responsible for their own accomodation arrangements - either direct through the orienteering website (camping) or personally by email or phone through the tourist bed booking services or directly with local hotels and guest houses. Contact Ludlow Tourist Info and Shropshire Tourist Info for assistance.

Entries are now open!

The entry fee will be GBP 9 (£9) per person per day (GBP 24 (£24) for all three days).

At this rate we will be able to make a suitable contribution to the orienteering clubs to cover maps, mapping, land access fees, toilets and other facilites and just break even.

There will be a £1 per day for car parking (to local charity)

Entry fees will be payable, in Cash (GBP) upon arrival on Day 1

'Hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo'*



The weather in May can vary between 25 degrees, dead calm and sun (hooray!) and 6 degrees, rain, sleet, hail and gale force winds (boo!).

While we hope for the former the latter occurred on day 2 in 2007 - causing some competitors to abandon - and missing the lovely warm sun on day 3. The organiser has run at SINS since 1983 - normally it is warm and sunny but please come prepared!

*'Don't leave off you coat till May 40th'

Ludlow is the rural food capital of the UK - with no fewer than 7 Michelin Restaurants. We have booked a non-Michelin restaurant for the Sunday Night. Please note this is meal and prizegiving - not a hamfest - no need to dress up! We have places for 25.

The Ego Cafe Bar Quality Square Ludlow Shropshire SY8 1AR

In the case of cancellation or curtailment of the competition the organisers accept no liability for competitors personal committed or incurred costs. We reserve the right to retain all or part of any entry fee or other monies paid to cover organisers costs, in the case where these costs cannot be recovered.

The organiser can be contacted by email using...



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