This is the third event in CLOK's Autumn Short Race Series held between October and December 2022.

Newcomers to orienteering:   Help and advice will be available at this event.  Just come along and ask!

Hartburn Beck is located in East Hartburn on the south side of Stockton on Tees and is easily accessible from the A66.

Parking will be in the Stockton West End Bowls Club car park.  Please be courteous to the bowls players, who will be sharing the car park and clubhouse facilities with us.  If the car park is full, please park considerately at the side of Darlington Road.

The grid reference of the entrance to the car park is NZ 431179, the postcode is TS18 5BG and the What3words reference is ///proof.spins.milk.

Click on the link to see a map.  You can zoom in (and, optionally, switch to Satellite mode) to see the details of the final approach to the event.  You can also get directions if you specify your starting point.

Please note that there will be no orienteering signs to this event.

Hartburn Beck and the Six Fields Nature Reserve is a newly-mapped area comprising of mainly gently undulating former grass farmland.  The eastern part was cut for hay over the summer and is therefore very runnable, and the western part is now an area of runnable woodland.  There is also a small complex area on the site of a former brickworks, centered around Harburn Brick Pond.

Courses will be slightly longer than the usual Autumn Series races (20-25 minutes winning times), in order to allow competitors to more fully explore this new area!

As always, please be considerate to other users of the area.

There will be three courses available, with winning times of about 20 - 25 minutes:

Scale 1:5,000   2.5m contours   A4 size   New map by Dennis Hooton.

Control descriptions will be printed on the map and loose copies will be available at the Start.

This event will use SPORTident electronic punching.

The control boxes will be activated to enable SIAC cards to operate in touch-free mode ..... but please note that you will need to punch the conventional way at the Start and Finish.

SI-cards will be available to hire on the day for a charge of £1.  Please take care of your hired SI-card, as there will be a £20 charge if you lose it.

If at all possible, please pre-enter via Racesignup.

The entry deadline is midnight on Thursday 17‑Nov‑2022.

After that, you will still be able to enter until midnight on Thursday 24‑Nov‑2022, but your choice of course may be limited by map availability.

There will be limited entry on the day, subject to the availability of maps.

Starts: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.     Courses close at 12:30 p.m.

The Start and Finish are within 100 metres of the car park.

There are toilets in the bowls clubhouse.  Please do not take muddy shoes into the clubhouse.

First aid at Download.

Please bring your own refreshments.

Although the Covid-19 restrictions have been relaxed and serious illness and death are now thankfully rare, Covid-19 is still affecting significant numbers of people and Long Covid remains a consideration.  Please continue to take precautions to protect yourself and other people ..... including the volunteers who make orienteering events possible.

Orienteering is an outdoor, naturally socially-distanced sport.  However, although you should be relatively safe when you are out on your run, there is a risk of Covid-19 transmission during the pre- and post-run activities.

Given that:-

• Please do not attend this event if you have Covid-19 symptoms.  In accordance with Government guidance, if you have symptoms of a respiratory infection you should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people.
• Please maintain social distancing where practical, including from the volunteers on the organising team; e.g. at Download.
• Before and after your run, you may wish to avoid unnecessary close contact with people outside your household.
• Continue to maintain good hand hygiene.

A comprehensive risk assessment will have been carried out by the Organiser, but please remember that competitors take part at their own risk.  Orienteering is an adventure sport – your safety while orienteering is your own responsibility.

Please make sure that you download even if you do not complete your course.

CLOK recommends that you carry a whistle whilst participating in this (and every) orienteering event.

If you have a relevant medical condition, please add this to your competitor details in Racesignup or inform the Organiser before you go out for your run.  Any information provided will be treated in strict confidence and will only be used if you need medical treatment and are unable to communicate at the time.