Lossiemouth Town and Oakenhead

Event Summary

UPDATE - Friday 10 January 2025.   Following a course inspection today (Friday 10 January), paths in open land and open areas of the forest will be icy underfoot, but passable with care and picking the right line.  Please slow down in these areas and take extra care to avoid slipping.  Paths in covered forest areas are ice free.  The Lossiemouth East Beach Car Park is pretty icy.  It may be better for drivers to park on nearby roads which are clear of ice/snow and all within a short distance of registration.  Recommended roads to park are: North Eastern end of Church Street, Moray Street and MacDuff Street.  A marshal will be at the car park to provide any advice.  

UPDATE - Friday 10 January 2025.   Clothing Dump.  There will be a clothing dump next to the start where you can leave any clothes prior to your run.  This will be manned by the start official.  Please return from the finish to the start (100 m) to collect your items before returning to download.

Welcome to our first event of 2025.  This time, we will be at Lossiemouth Oakenhead, where we last orienteered around 6 years ago.  Ken Anderson has planned three great courses for you to kick start the 2025 local league: yellow, orange and light green.

Please don't forget that after the event, and in the evening, we will have our Club Awards and Social Event at Rafford Village Hall (6 - 9 pm, doors open at 5.30 pm).  All Club members are welcome to attend.  Please bring your own sharing contribution for food and contact our Chair, Rob Parkinson (chair@mor.scot), to let him know what you plan to bring.  We will also have our awards and a quiz devised and hosted by our Club juniors.  What more can you ask!

Cross country
Level D Local
SI
1000-1130 hours
1030-1200 hours
1330 hours
86102
On Leads
Online
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Directions and Parking

Registration.  The event will take place at Lossiemouth Oakenhead.  Registration will be close to the Lossiemouth East Beach car park. 

Directions and Parking:  From all directions, travel to Lossiemouth on the A941 from Elgin, turn right on Church St and follow the road until just after it swings right by the Lossiemouth East Beach Car Park.  The Lossiemouth East Beach Car Park is pretty icy.  It may be better for drivers to park on the nearby roads which are clear of ice and all within a short distance of registration.  Recommended roads to park are: North Eastern end of Church Street, Moray Street and MacDuff Street.  A marshal will be at the car park to provide any advice.  If this car park is full, continue on Church St to further parking on the river in front of Lossiemouth Bay Caravan Park (6 mins walk to Registration).  This car park has a height restrictor, so is not suitable for motorhomes.  

Toilets.  There are toilets are on the river front on Seatown Road (3 mins walk from Registration) and at the Pitgaveny St parking (7 mins walk from Registration).

Start and Finish

Start.  The start will be approx. 500m from registration.  The route to the start will be taped and will follow Church Street, through the car park (in front of the Lossiemouth Bay caravan park), and into open land approximately 100m from the car park.

Finish.  The finish will be approx. 500m from registration and within 100m of the start.  Please follow the taped route back to registration.  You MUST report to registration by the course closing time of 1330 hours, even if you retire and do not finish.

Clothing Dump.  There will be a clothing dump next to the start where you can leave any clothes prior to your run.  This will be manned by the start official.  Please return from the finish to the start (100 m) to collect your items before returning to download.

At registration

Courses

Three Courses:

  • Yellow -  1.9 Km, 10 Controls.
  • Orange - 3.7 Km, 14 Controls.
  • Light Green - 4.6 Km, 17 Controls.

All courses have minimal (<20m) climb.

Terrain

Lossiemouth Oakenhead is a coniferous forest with an extensive path network.  Some areas of the forest have suffered wind blow from recent storms, but the paths in those areas remain clear.  An area has been marked as out of bounds on the map due to the vegetation.

Scale will be 1:7500 with 2.5m Contours.

Entry Details

Entries open via SIEntries from Sunday 29 December 2024 and will close at 23:59 hours on Wednesday 8 January 2025.  Entries can be edited/changed/cancelled until this closure again, subject to map availability.

Limited entries on the day will be subject to an additional £1 charge and map availability.

Entry Fees: 

  • Senior (21 and older) BOF Member - £5.00.
  • Senior SOA-only Member - £6.00.
  • Senior Non-Member - £7.00 
  • Junior (20 and younger) and Student BOF/SOA Members - £3.50 
  • Junior/Student Non-Member - £4.50 

£1 discount if using own SI-Card. 

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Final Details

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 on the courses.
  • Please be aware of trip hazards, slopes and steps, slippery paths (ice), uneven surfaces, litter and dog fouling, and low branches near control sites. 
  • Participants are advised that paths in open land and open areas of the forest will be icy underfoot, but passable with care and picking the right line.  Please slow down in these areas and take extra care to avoid slipping.
  • Participants are advised that the forest has suffered wind blow from recent storms.  Courses have been designed to avoid the worst affected areas. 
  • Participants are advised to be mindful of vehicles on the way to the start and back from the finish, as the route will use Church Street and the car park in front of the Lossiemouth Bay Caravan park
  • Participants are advised that ‘caution runner’ signs will be displayed on Church Street and in the car park (in front of the Lossiemouth Bay Caravan Park) to warn drivers of competitors using the road and car parking area when routing to the start and back from the finish.
  • Participants are advised that the competition area is bounded by water to the north and south.  These water hazards are out of bounds and there should be no reason to enter them.
  • Please be careful and avoid collisions with members of the public and other competitors.
  • Please dress appropriately for an event in the North of Scotland in January.

Event Officials

Andrew Campbell
Ken Anderson
fixtures@mor.scot
Andrew Campbell
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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