lossiemouth

Event Summary

Moravian Orienteers welcome you back to The Moray Mix with an urban SOUL event in the town of Lossiemouth on Saturday 23rd October and a forest (SOL) event in Lossie Forest on Sunday 24th October. 

Pre entries only.  No entry on the day.  SI entries are now closed.

Under 16s MUST do either Course 6 or Course 7 which use quiet residential footpaths or on paths alongside minor roads with good visibility.  Parents/guardians of junior competitors (under 16) must ensure that juniors understand the road hazards and decide whether shadowing is appropriate for each individual.

Trophy Presentation:  SOA will be holding a presentation for a number of competition trophies after the event on the grassy square in front of the social club at 3.30pm.  Please support this occasion.

Urban
Level C Colour
SI AIR
12 noon to 15:00
13:00 to 15:00
16:30
In Car Park
Online
SI Entries

Directions and Parking

Map and Hire Dibber Collection Desk and Download:  Lossiemouth Sports and Social Club on Queen’s Lane, IV31 6DR.  Download and an Enquiries Desk for Course 7 junior map collection and  hired dibber collection will be in the Social Club.  There are no facilities for changing or leaving clothes.  Please do not linger in the building more than necessary as we still need to follow COVID restrictions which discourage gathering inside buildings.

Directions and Parking:  Travelling in to Lossiemouth on the A941 from Elgin, turn right on Church St and follow the road until just after it swings right.  Turn right into the Lossiemouth East Beach Car Park (1 min walk across the square to Enquiries in the Social Club).  When this car park is full, continue on Church St to further parking on the river in front of Lossiemouth Bay Caravan Park (7 mins walk to Enquiries in the Social Club).  This car park has a height restrictor, so is not suitable for motorhomes.  There is further parking at the car park on the east side of Pitgaveny St (7 mins walk to Enquiries at the Social Club) on the river front in the other direction. Parking is available on the residential streets near the Social Club, but please use the car parks if possible.  All three carparks are free to use.  A map is provided at the link below.

There are toilets in the Social Club. Further toilets are on the river front on Seatown Road (3 mins walk) and at the Pitgaveny St parking (7 mins walk).

Start and Finish

Start:  Start times between 1pm and 3pm will be pre-allocated, and available on SI entries, at the enquiries desk and at the start.  Please adhere to your start times due to SOUL rules.

Those who do not require to collect a course 7 map or hired dibber should proceed directly to the start, which is signed from the Social Club.  

The distance to the start is 1km (about 15 minutes walk including road crossing) along a marked route from the Social Club.  There is one main road to cross and juniors must be accompanied.  Please cross at the marshalled pedestrian crossing.  Do not arrive at the start more than 10 minutes before your start time.  Entry to the start box will be at -3 minutes.  You must know your course number and pick up the correct map from the labelled boxes.  Punching starts will be used.  SI AIR will be enabled but you must punch the start and finish controls.

The Finish is passed on the route to the Start – it is approximately 400m between the two.  There is a good play area across the road from the Finish which may be of interest to those with split starts.

Loose Control Descriptions:  These are available in the -3 mins start box.

Warm Up:  There will be a small warm up area on grass adjacent to the start.  Please stay in the marked area.

Finish and Download:  Remember to punch the finish control if you are using SI AIR.  Please follow the marked route back to Download in the Social Club.   You MUST download even if you do not complete the course.  Please do not linger at/near the Social Club unless you are staying for the SOA Trophy Presentation at 3.30pm.

At the Social Club. The nearest A&E hospital is Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin (10 mins drive). A map to find the hospital can be obtained at Enquiries.

Courses

Course lengths are given as optimal route.

  • Course 1.   Men Open (M18+, M21+), Open 1, 9.3km.
  • Course 2.   Men Veteran (M40+), Women Open (W18+, W21+), Open 2  7.8km.
  • Course 3.   Men SuperVet(M55+), Women Vet (W40+), Open 3  6.9km.
  • Course 4.   Men UltraVet (M65+), Women SuperVet (W55+), Open 4  5.5km.
  • Course 5.   Men HyperVet (M75+), Women UltraVet (W65+), Women HyperVet (W75+), Open 5  4.0km.
  • Course 6.   Men Junior (M16-), Women Junior (W16-), Open 6  3.8km.
  • Course 7.   Young Junior Men (M12-), Young Junior Women (W12-), Open 7  2.3km.

Under 16s MUST do either Course 6 or Course 7 which use quiet residential footpaths or on paths alongside minor roads with good visibility.  Parents/guardians of junior competitors (under 16) must ensure that juniors understand the road hazards and decide whether shadowing is appropriate for each individual.

Any course can be entered non-competitively (i.e. Open 1, Open 2 etc).

Terrain

The event is entirely urban, with Courses 1–5 crossing a main road to visit the complex housing estate to the south of the High School.  This has many alley ways between blocks of housing with communal parking areas.  Please take extra care as some of the alley ways are very mossy.  Note the 5m contour interval.

The courses are all in urban terrain.  There is no significant climb – but it isn’t flat either!  Views guaranteed on every course (unless the weather closes in ☹).

Most controls will have the flag and SI unit grippled together and suspended from an obliging lamp post, tree or fence.  There are a few SI units on stakes grippled to an object.  Note that a few 'open area' control descriptions have the control on a lamp post on, or adjacent to, the open area.

       Map

The map has been produced to the old ISSOM specification and not updated to the more recent ISSprOM 2019 spec.  The main impact of this is that the numerous shrubberies and flower beds are mapped using the “old” green-black colour – these areas must not be crossed whether or not it is physically possible to do so (which varies seasonally, and randomly, according to local authority management activity).  Areas mapped with the 100% green symbol are “fight” i.e. difficult to cross, just as they would be on a forest map.

Maps do not contain a full legend.  The legend only shows OOB items and the special symbol x (= play equipment).

The competition area includes numerous narrow alleyways which have been exaggerated on the map to aid readability – on the ground they are still very narrow, sometimes <1m: please be careful and avoid collisions with members of the public and other competitors.

Previous editions: The Lossiemouth town map was first used for the second Moray Mix in 2011 https://www.moravian.routegadget.co.uk/rg2/#48.   The Boyd Anderson Drive estate has subsequently hosted the Euromeeting sprint in 2013 and the Scottish sprint in 2017.

The map scale is 1:4,000 with 5m contours for all courses. Map size will be A3. Courses 1-3 have parts 1 and 2 printed back to back.

Entry Details

Juniors - £3 (+ £1 for non-BOF/SOA members and £1 for dibber hire ) Seniors - £7 (+ £1 for non-BOF/SOA members and £1 for dibber hire)
SI Entries

Final Details

Start List (164.22 KB)
Final Details (866.22 KB)
Lossiemouth Event Map (196.57 KB)

Safety Information

Competitors take part in this event at their own risk.  Competitors must be aware of and take care to avoid other path users and road traffic on the courses.  Please be aware of trip hazards, slopes and steps, slippery paths (some are very mossy), uneven surfaces, litter including broken glass and dog fouling.

Clothing

Shorts and road shoes are suitable for all courses, but this is northern Scotland at the end of October so dress appropriately.  If the weather is very severe, a waterproof top may be compulsory and there will be a clear sign to this effect at the beginning of the route to the start.

Event Officials

Liz Campbell
Elizabeth Furness
Nikki Howard
andrewandlizcampbell@outlook.com
0776 391 7088
Marsela McLeod INVOC

COVID-19

COVID-19 Guidance (Updated May 2022)

The SOA has issued the following updated COVID-19 event guidance with effect from March 2022 for Clubs to follow.

  • All competitors must not attend an orienteering event if they have symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 (even if they have received two doses of the vaccine and a booster) until they have completed their period of self-isolation.

  • Entry on the day (EOD) at events and activities is permitted but clubs should encourage physical distancing around registration or results displays even when outdoors. 

  • Clubs are to avoid close packed (less than 1m separation) groups of people even when outdoors.  Such close packing has been known to occur around both registration and results displays – it can also occur with helpers at registration and download. 

  • Indoor public spaces may be used for events and activities, but current face covering regulations must be followed and behaviours such as improved ventilation, provision of hand sanitiser, adapting layouts to encourage social distancing and encouraging the use of face masks to reduce spread should be adopted.

As a result, Moravian will continue to make hand sanitiser available for use by competitors and volunteers at the registration and download areas. 

Competitors are asked not to form close (less than 1m separation) groups at events (be it outdoor or indoor), particularly around registration and download, and are encouraged to minimise contact with SI boxes, including Clear, Check and SI AIR test boxes, and the download equipment.

Where indoor/enclosed spaces are used which have restricted air circulation, Moravian will adapt layouts to maintain at least 1m segregation and encourage competitors to wear a mask. 

Results (957.49 KB)
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