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Livingston SOUL Sunday 20th November
Welcome to our Livingston Urban event (part of the Scottish Orienteering Urban League - SOUL) on Sunday 20th November. Final details now available ...
We are pleased to welcome you to the Interlopers SOUL race in Livingston Deans. This is the penultimate race in the 2022 SOUL series - see the SOA website for more details on the series. For those wanting to make a weekend of it, ESOC have a local event on Corstorphine Hill offering white, yellow, orange, green and blue courses so something for everyone.
Entries are now closed. There will be limited entry on the day.
*** Final Details and Start List now available ***
DIRECTIONS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PARKING & TOILETS
Event is located at Deans Community High School, Livingston. Competition area is in the housing estates to the south of the school.
- Postcode: EH54 8PS
- Streetmap
- OS Grid Ref:NT 032691
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By train: there are half-hourly services from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Livingston North, from which assembly is approx 600m. Please check the timetable before travelling, and beware of any strike action.
By bus: Livingston is well served by buses - see bustimes.org
By car: from the M8 come off at J3 to Livingston. Drive down the A899 south. Take the first exit, and turn right under the A899 heading east (Houstoun Road). At the Eliburn North roundabout head right towards the station, Knightsridge West and Deans. At the next roundabout go straight over, then right at the second roundabout and the entrance to the school is on your left.
COURSES
Planned to Sports Governing Body standards by Max Carcas, and controlled by Ian Pyrah (ESOC).
Maps will be printed on waterproof paper. Scale TBC.
Like many parts of Livingston, the area is perfect for urban orienteering, with plenty of pedestrian cut-throughs and housing estates with repeating patterns of housing and some excellent potential for route choice on longer legs. The area was last used for a SOUL back in 2017 - see Routegadget.
Course lengths are given below and represent optimal distance. For those not wishing to run the course specific to their age category there will be Open versions of courses 2-7 as well as age-category ones.
| Course |
Length (Optimal) |
Men's Classes | Women's Classes |
| 1 Black |
9.8km | Open Men (MO) (anyone 16 or over) |
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| 2 Brown |
7.9km | Veteran Men 40+ (MV) |
Open Women (WO) (any woman 16 or over) |
| 3 Blue |
6.4km | Supervet Men 55+ (MSV) |
Veteran Women 40+ (WV) |
| 4 Green |
5.0km | Ultravet Men 65+ (MUV) |
Supervet Women 55+ (WSV) |
| 5 Short Green |
4.0km | Hypervet Men 75+ (MHV) |
Ultravet Women 65+ (WUV) Hypervet Women 75+ (WHV) |
| 6 Light Green |
5.0km | Junior Men 16- (MJ) |
Junior Women (WJ) |
| 7 Yellow |
2.7km | Young Junior Men 12- (MYJ) |
Young Junior Women 12- (WYJ) |
REGISTRATION, START AND FINISH
You are strongly encouraged to pre-enter on Fabian4. Entries are expected to open at the end of October, and will close on Monday 14th November. There will be some entry on the day, but to guarantee a map, please register in advance, This also makes it easier for the event team on the day.
Final details will be posted to the website before the event. Splits will be available at the event (printer permitting). We aim to have the results available online on the evening of the event, and to put the courses up on RouteGadget.
Assembly, registration and download will be at Deans Community High School. We will have access to the toilets and a classroom inside.
Start times will be between 11:30 - 1:00pm
Start is ~800m from assembly and will be signed / taped. Finish is in the grounds of Deans Community High School
Courses close at 2.30pm at which time controls will begin to be collected in. If you think you may take a while on your chosen course, please ask for an early start time.
Everyone must report to the finish and proceed to Download, whether they finish their courses or not.
ENTRY AND ENTRY FEES
Entries are open on Fabian4, until 23:59 on Monday 14th November.
Seniors: £10 (SOA/BOF-affiliated club members) / £12 (non-members)
Juniors / Students: £5 (SOA/BOF-affiliated club members) / £7 (non-members)
ELECTRONIC TIMING
SportIdent (SI) electronic timing will be used, with SI Air enabled. If you have your own SI dibber, please bring it. Otherwise SI dibbers can be hired free of charge, but with £30 charge if lost. This must have been requested when booking your place for the event.
CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS
Printed Control Descriptions will be available at the event.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Event organiser: Paul Caban (with help from William Ivory)
For further information on orienteering and the club, see the rest of our website.
If you still have a question, e-mail: info@interlopers.org.uk
MEMBERSHIP
If you would like to join Interlopers orienteering club (we cover Edinburgh and Lothians) please contact us via our web site / membership tab or at the event. The event entry fees are lower if you are a club member.
PRIVACY
When entering our orienteering events and activities, your name may appear in the results section of the club website. We do not share your data with any other organisations, other than the sport’s governing bodies for administrative purposes. We do not use it for any marketing purposes. By entering the event you are accepting this condition.
SAFETY NOTICE
Participants take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety during the event. By entering the event you are accepting this condition.
Parents/guardians should explain all safety aspects to all children and vulnerable persons in their care and if you are in any doubt about their ability to stay safe only allow them to participate with a carer.
A risk assessment has been carried out by the organiser. Please note:
(1) Vehicles use the roads and will not be expecting you, so you must watch out for vehicles, give way and follow the Highway Code.
(2) Beware that other people, dog walkers and cyclists use the area and may not expect you, so take extra care to avoid surprise or collision, especially near corners on narrow alleyways (give way, slow down, go wide, make a polite warning noise, etc). Take special care near dogs (go wide, or stand still/don’t wave arms, wait for owner).
(3) There are uneven surfaces, rocks, roots, brash, undergrowth, steps and ruins in the area. Please wear appropriate clothing and shoes with grip.
(4) If you have an existing medical condition that may be a risk, please write down the necessary details, emergency contact details and advice on what to do in an emergency, then place it in a sealed envelope with your name on the front, plus “only to be opened in an emergency”, and hand it in to the Registration team.
(5) If you have COVID symptoms (or any other symptoms you may not wish to pass on!) please do not attend the event.
(6) Anyone who has not yet reached their sixteenth birthday may not compete on courses 1-5 inclusive, unless accompanied by a responsible adult, who should compete their own competitive course first.
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