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Event Summary

UPDATE - 20 FEBRUARY 2023.  To ensure appropriate darkness for everyone's fairness and minimise disruption to your plans, the start time of the event will be delayed by 15 mins, with starts between 18:15-19:00 hours.  The course will still close at 20:00 hours, so you must report to download by this time.

Moravian are pleased to confirm that the event has been rescheduled for a third time to 21 February 2024.  SIEntries are open to allow for cancellation if the new date is not suitable.

With thanks to the landowner, Hamish, welcome to the final event of this year's Northern Night Cup at Burgie Arboretum.  This event will be on a brand new map (scale 1:4000, 2.5m contours). 

Please note that the car parking area is limited to about 20 vehicles, so please share lifts where possible or park at the nearby Forres Enterprise Park and arrange a lift from there.  Given the space, no campervans or motorhomes will be permitted.

The area has deer, so please keep any gates closed to prevent them entering the adjoining gardens.

The landowner has not charged Moravian for use of the area, but has requested a contribution to his nominated charity.  As such, £1 of your entry fee will go to the Landowner's charity of choice.  This will be the World Horse Welfare and Sand Piper Trust.

As with all NNC events, a spare headtorch is compulsory and a whistle must be carried.  Please also dress appropriately for a night event in winter in Northern Scotland.  

To mark the last event of the series, some orienteers will be heading to the Northern Fish Restaurant, 28 High Street in Forres, after the event.  Orders will be required by 7.30pm to sit in.  Also, the Forres Tandoori, 39 High Street, has an 'all you can eat' buffet for orders until 9.30pm.  The NNC series results will be compiled by Angus Laird and posted in the week following the event.  Good luck to everyone!   

Night
Level D Local
SI AIR
1745-18:30 hours
Starts between 18:15 and 19:00 hours
20:00 hours
84159
On Leads
Online
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Directions and Parking

Directions.  From West or East, the event will be signed off the A96 between Forres and Alves at the sign 'Burgie Mains - Burgie Arboretum': Grid Reference: NJ088604; w3w///biked.announce.booklets.  Turn to head south at this junction and continue straight for about 800m (including passing a crossroad).  Then turn right into the small car park and grassed field.  This will be signed.

Parking.   Parking will be on hard-standing and a grassed area.  There is sufficient space for about 20 vehicles, so please share transport or park at the nearby Forres Enterprise Park and share a lift from there.  Motorhomes and campervans will not be permitted.

Toilets.  There are no toilets.  So, please use the nearest public toilets in Forres.

 

 

Start and Finish

Registration/Download.  The event registration and download will be from a suitably signed car in the car parking field.  You MUST register (at registration at the car) before going to the start.  You MUST report to download by the course closure time of 8pm.

Start and Finish.  The Start and Finish are approximately 100m from the event registration/car park and accessed via a gate at the north-western end of the car park.

At registration in car. Andrew Campbell is the first aider.

Courses

Final course details.  Two NNC Courses:

  • Long TD5 (Night), 3.8k, 26 controls, 90m climb.
  • Short TD5 (Night), 2.6k, 18 controls, 60m climb.

These will be on a double-sided map.  Please note that the long course visits a small area in the south-west of map bounded by a high fence. You must only use the gate which is marked as a crossing point on the map.

Loose control descriptions can be collected at registration, maps will be at the start.

Terrain

Burgie Arboretum contains a mixture of tracks, runnable woodland and areas of slower run with brambles.  The courses have been designed to avoid the areas of slower run.  There is a small lake in the area which must not be crossed or entered.  The area has deer, so please keep any gates closed to prevent them entering the gardens.

1:4000m, with 2.5m contours.

Entry Details

Entries will be open online until 2359 hours on Sunday 18 February.  There will be no late entries or Entry-On-the-Day - sorry!

Adults/Juniors £7/£4; Non Members £8/£5
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Final Details

Safety Information

  • Water Hazard.  Participants are advised that there is a lake and two smaller ponds (one enclosed by an uncrossable fence) in the competition area.  These must not be crossed or entered,
  • Vegetation.  Participants are advised that the area has some brambles.  To mitigate, the courses have been designed to avoid those areas.  
  • Trip Hazards.  Participants are advised of potential trip hazards including tree roots, stones and low lying vegetation.
  • Ticks.  The area has deer, so please check yourself for ticks and remove them, ideally within 48 hours of finishing the event.
  • Crags.  Participants are advised that there are crags in the Western part of the map. 
  • Other Runners.  Participants are advised to be mindful of other competitors to minimise the risk of collision.
  • Competition Area.  Participants are advised that the competition area is bounded by a stone wall and fence.  The safety bearing is to head either due north or due east until the main boundary wall or fence of the competition area is reached.
  • Inclement Weather.  Participants are advised that a waterproof may be made compulsory if inclement weather.  The temperature is forecast to be around 0C so wrap up warm!

Event Officials

Andrew Campbell
Michael Bishenden
Andrew Campbell
andrewandlizcampbell@outlook.com
Rob Parkinson
07951628600

COVID-19

COVID-19 Guidance (Updated March 2025)

If you have symptoms of COVID or have tested positive to COVID, then do not attend the event or activity to help avoid spreading infection.  

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