Stirling City Race & SOUL - RaplochSun 8 Nov
Essential Info
Stirling City Race returns on a brand new map. Courses will meander through the streets, business parks and housing complexes of Raploch. Make it a sprint weekend with the Braehead sprint event on the Saturday.
Scottish Orienteering Urban League
The Scottish Orienteering Urban League (SOUL) focuses on urban racing in Scottish cities and towns. Events are frequently held in parks, urban areas, or close to urban centres. See Scottish Orienteering Urban League (SOUL) webpage for more information.
Regional event
Local events are competitive but low key and in the 'localised' area, often on a Wednesday evening or a weekend morning. Try O events are local events tailored to anyone new to the sport, with coaches on hand for advice and tips. Open to all ages, abilities and fitness levels, learn to use a map and compass to navigate round short courses.
Training events are non-competitive and used for training and coaching. These are aimed at members of the club, but non-members and newcomers are also welcome. Social events are non-orienteering activities, with the annual highlight being our Awards Evening and ceilidh!
Regional events attract participants from around the local region, National events are high quality competitions that will attract people from far away, and Major events are large competitions such as a British Championships or the JK.
Terrain: Urban
Results
Overview
Parking at Forth Valley College https://maps.app.goo.gl/4YXp41Tt4ePdbGm76
c800m walk to indoor assembly/finish at STEP business park at https://w3w.co/culling.shrub.iceberg - toilets, SWAT cake stall, download etc.
Start will be very close by to the parking.
Please familiarise yourself with the layout map as we won't put masses of tape out between start/assembly/finish etc as this could confuse juniors on the courses (or residents).
Pre-event Information
Location Info
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Near: Stirling Lat,Lng: 56.1331,-3.9616 Postcode: FK8 1SE
Open an interactive map in: GoogleMap - OpenStreetMap - AppleMaps - BingMap
Directions & Parking
Parking location at Forth Valley College. About 800m walk to assembly. Walk to assembly along drip road following the tapes (not by the river bank). NO PARKING AT ASSEMBLY (there are businesses that need to use the bays there).
Parking will all be on hard standing and there will be plenty of spaces.
Map & Terrain
- Brand new map by WOC-planner Joe Hudd. Map scale 1:4000.
- Reminder that on sprint maps 'black green' and thick black lines are forbidden to cross, whether or not can cross in reality (eg if a hedge marked with black green has a gap in reality, it is still forbidden if the map says so!)
- Pedestrian crossings are shown with a crossing point symbol, this is for information and they are not mandatory.
- Map has darker brown used for busier roads and for busiest parking areas
- There is a map flip on Courses 1-5.
Course Information
The competition classes for Men and Women will be the standard Scottish Orienteering urban racing age categories, you can run any of the courses "out of class" if you prefer - select Open Course during the entry process.
| Course | Classes | Provisional Length (km) (Optimum distance) |
| 1* | Open | 11.3 |
| 2* | MV (M40+), WO | 9.7 |
| 3* | MSV (M55+), WV (W40+) | 8.4 |
| 4* | MUV (M65+), WSV (W55+) | 7.0 |
| 5* | MHV (M75+), WUV (W65+), WHV (W75+) | 5.3 |
| 6 | MJ (M16-), WJ (W16-) | 4.8 |
| 7 | MYJ (M12-), WYJ (W12-) | 2.3 |
*Courses 1-5 have a map flip
Entry Details
Late entries and EOD subject to map availibility as below. Please email organiser at email hidden; JavaScript is required to secure a late entry / "reserve" etc.
Maps available as at Tuesday 3rd November at 2309.
| Course | Classes | Maps remaining for Pre entry/EOD as at Tues 3rd November @2309 |
| Course 1 | Open | 0 |
| Course 2 | MV, WO | 3 |
| Course 3 | MSV, WV | 1 |
| Course 4 | MUV, WSV | 2 |
| Course 5 | MHV, WUV, WHV | 3 |
| Course 6 | MJ, WJ | 3 |
| Course 7 | MJY, WYJ | 3 |
Registration & Start times
Start times 1115- 1245. Please note that the event coincides with Remembrance Sunday and hence no one will be out on the courses at 11am. Start times hopefully on web Thursday night.
700m walk to the start from assembly.
Courses close at 1415.
If the above times cause any challenges for parents needing please get in touch and I'm sure we can make arrangements!
You must physically punch the start and finish units by inserting your dibber into the punch unit (they will not be in "air" mode).
Facilities
Indoor assembly at STEP business park at https://w3w.co/culling.shrub.iceberg which will be adjacent to the Finish and include:
- A bag drop/socialising indoor space, including coffe/tea making facilities!
- 3x cubicle toilets including one that is disabled and has baby change.
- Enquiries for hired dibber collection, pickup of course 7 maps.
- Download
Please note there is no parking directly at assembly - parking location is at Forth Valley college only per the overview picture!!
Safety Notes
Shadowing approach:
- Shadowing for under 16s (on the day of the event) is compulsory for those on courses 1-6
- Course 7 is held in traffic free environment so shadowing is not compulsory.
Apart from course 7, courses will cross roads that carry traffic. Traffic is generally slow moving with 20mph speed limits throughout. Drip road which runs East-West through the area can be busier but has a number of pedestrian crossings. These pedestrian crossings are shown with a crossing point symbol, this is for information and they are not mandatory. Particular attention should be paid to the areas marked in dark brown which are used for busier roads and for busiest parking areas.
Dog restrictions
No dogs indoors at assembly please nor on the courses.
Contacts & Officials
Organiser: Andy Llewellyn email hidden; JavaScript is required