This is the fourth and final event in CLOK's 2025 Autumn Short Race Series.

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

Summerhill Country Park is on Summer Hill Lane, off Catcote Road in Hartlepool.  The event will be signed from Catcote Road, near West Hartlepool Rugby Club.

Parking will be in the (free) car park at grid reference NZ 489316.  The postcode is TS25 4LL and the What3words reference for the entrance to the car park is ///shops.buck.adding.

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 location.

Enquiries and Download will be in the Visitor Centre.  Please remove muddy shoes when entering the Visitor Centre.

Summerhill is a 100-acre country park and local nature reserve.

There are walking and cycling trails, a BMX track and a boulder park – one of the largest in Europe.

The park has undulating hills and a good mixture of woodland, open and rough ground.  A stream runs through the park and there are a few small ponds.

The majority of the area is mature trees, with fences enclosing the original areas of plantation.  Some of these fences are no longer easy to see.  Many of the trees were originally planted in straight lines, which means that in some areas the runnability is still considerably better in one direction than at right angles to this.

As always, please be considerate to other users of the area.  The park is extensively used by dog walkers, and there are also occasional cyclists passing through.

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

Scale 1:4,000   2.5m contours

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 you wish to participate in this event, please pre-enter via the Racesignup online entry system.

The entry deadline is midnight on Thursday 18‑Dec‑2025.

There will be very limited entry on the day subject to the availability of maps (and, of course, the late entry surcharge) ..... but please make every effort to pre-enter if you possibly can.

Starts: 11 a.m. to 12 noon.     Courses close at 1 p.m.

The Start and Finish are both 5 minutes' walk from the Visitor Centre.

There are toilets in the Country Park Visitor Centre.

First aid at Download.

Please either bring your own refreshments or, preferably, visit Daisy and Bea's cafe in the Visitor Centre.

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 strongly 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.