Northern Orienteering Urban League - YourOMaps

Event Summary

YourOMaps Northern Orienteering Urban League for 2025

Welcome to event #4 of this year's Northern Urban League, kindly sponsored by YourOMaps.  With the kind permission of CO 39 Regt, this event will be held at Kinloss Barracks.  It will be on a new map, and promises to be another fast and furious event!  

Please bring photo ID (passport, driver's licence or young scot card are ideal) with you to gain you access to the Base.  Sorry, no photo ID, no access!  Please note that Juniors at Primary School and accompanied by an adult do not need photo ID.  Given security requirements, you must pre-enter.  There will be no entry on the day, except for military and Barrack staff.  

Two courses (long and short) have been planned.  All competitors can run either course on their own, as the Barracks and Married Quarter areas are virtually traffic-free.  

This year's Series has six events, organised by BASOC, INVOC and MOR.  The event dates and locations are as follows:

  • Event 1: Thursday 12 June 2025 - Nairn West - INVOC.
  • Event 2: Wednesday 18 June 2025 - Fochabers - MOR.
  • Event 3: Wednesday 25 June 2025 - Aviemore - BASOC.
  • Event 4: Wednesday 2 July 2025 - Kinloss Barracks - MOR.
  • Event 5: Friday 22 August 2025 - Dalneigh - INVOC.
  • Event 6: Wednesday 27 August 2025 - Grantown-on-Spey - BASOC.

Series Coordinators: Andrew Campbell (MOR) (fixtures@mor.scot) and Colin Salisbury (INVOC) (colinsalisbury65@icloud.com)

Urban
Local
SI AIR
1745-1845 Hours
1800-1900 Hours
2000 Hours
86576
On Leads
Online
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Directions and Parking

Directions:  From the West, please head towards Forres on the A96 and then take the B9011 at the roundabout towards Findhorn and Kinloss.  On reaching Kinloss, continue straight-on at the traffic lights for approx 1 Km, before turning left into the Barracks. 

From the East, take the A96 towards Forres.  Turn right at A96/Kinloss Road junction (w3ws:///forgiving.applause.parsnips) and continue until you reach Kinloss at a T-junction.  Turn right and continue for approx.500m, before turning left into the Barracks.

Parking.  Car parking will be on the main parade square.  On entering the barrack, turn left and follow the signs.

Toilets.  Toilets will be in a buliding a short walk from the car parking area.  All participants entering this building must sign in and out in accordance with Army procedures.  Please follow the signs from the car parking area. 

Start and Finish

Start and Finish.  The start and finish will be adjacent to the car parking area, which will be in the main parade square.

At registration

Courses

Two courses will be on offer:

  • Long - 6.7 Km (optimum distance), negligible climb;
  • Short - 3.5 Km (optimum distance), negligible climb.

Competitors can run any of the two courses on their own.  However, the roads on the Base and in the Married Quarter areas may have traffic movement and all competitors must look for traffic when crossing them.

Shorts are permitted and road flats/shoes recommended for the event.

Participants must report to download by 2000 hours, even if they retire.

Points awarded for each race and prizes after the final sixth of the Series.

Terrain

Kinloss Barracks is a military base consisting of old aircraft hangers, open grass, concrete areas and some administrative buildings. To make route choice more interesting, the map is marked with out of bounds that are artificial barriers which either may or may not be marked with tape in the terrain. If you cross through these areas, even though they are not taped, you will be disqualified.

1:4000m, with 2.5m contours to ISSprOM Standard produced in 2025.

Entry Details

Entries:

  • Open online, via SI Entries, from Thursday 3 April and will close at 2359 hours on Saturday 28 June. 
  • Entries can also be edited/changed/cancelled until this closure again subject to map availability.
  • Limited entry on the day will be available to military and Barrack staff only, subject to an extra £1 and map availability.

Entry Fees:

  • Senior Non-Member - £7.00.
  • Senior SOA Member - £6.00.
  • Senior BOF Member - £5.00.
  • Junior/Student Non-Member - £3.
  • Junior/Student Member - £2.

Sign up to all six events and receive a 10% discount:

  • Senior Non-member: £42 down to £37.80.
  • Senior SOA Member: £36 down to £32.40.
  • Senior BOF Member: £30 down to £27.
  • Junior/Student Non-member: £18 down to £16.20.
  • Junior/Student Member: £12 down to £10.80.

Dibber Hire available - £1 (non-SI Air).

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Final Details

Safety Information

  • Competitors take part at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety.
  • Participants are advised that courses cross quiet roads with slow moving traffic.  Participants must check for traffic and other road users before crossing them.
  • Participants are advised to be mindful of other competitors and users in narrow passageways (particularly entering them via a blind corner).
  • Participants are advised of potential trip hazards, including tree roots, stony and broken ground, kerbs and steps, and various old equipment and military/industrial detritus (e.g. hose pipes).
  • Participants are advised to be particularly careful crossing lines of ground-level concrete blocks that cover pipes.  A small number of these blocks are broken exposing holes. Some of these holes are not marked with tape or fenced off.
  • Participants are advised of a potential hazard from diving seagulls and to avoid contact with bird droppings to minimise the risk of infection.  
  • Participants are advised not to eat in the open or drop food that may attract seagulls during the event.
  • Participants are advised that a waterproof may be made compulsory if inclement weather.  The organiser will update the event webpage and place a sign at the start and at registration, as required.

Event Officials

Steve Smirthwaite
Michael Bishenden
mormtbo@gmail.com
Andrew Campbell
07957 816572

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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