Saturday Series – Cutteslowe Park

Saturday Series

17th May 2025

Location

Cutteslowe Park
Nearest Postcode
OX2 8ES
Grid reference
SP508106
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Entries

  
This event will be SIAC enabled.

Helping

TVOC members - PLEASE click on the link below and sign up to help. The sign-up sheet contains the discount code to use when you enter

Helpers

Directions / Parking

Directions / Parking

Please use public transport if at all possible. Buses on Banbury Rd stop near the park.

Some parking is in the Pay and Display car park at the end of Harbord Road, Oxford, OX2 8LH.

https://www.oxford.gov.uk/directory_record/337/cutteslowe_and_sunnymead_park_car_park_harbord_road
0 to 1 hour : £1.20
1 to 3 hours: £2.40
3 to 24 hours: £3.40
Coins at machines or by phone using RingGo

Terrain Description

Mostly flat city park with numerous man-made features, spread across both sides of the A40. There is also a maturing nature reserve.

The Map

Scale 1:5000.

The map is split by the Oxford Ring-Road.
White, Yellow and Orange courses stay on one side.
Red and Score courses use the southern part of the map, which involves crossing the A40 twice. You MUST use the bridge over the Ring Road.

There is a pond in the competition area passed by all courses. Please instruct any juniors you bring not to go near the pond.

Courses

CourseLength
(km)
Climb
(m)
White1.210Suitable for young beginners.
Yellow1.815Suitable for juniors with some experience or for supervised newcomers, and for family groups.
Orange2.720Suitable for adult beginners and experienced juniors. Also suitable for family groups.
Red5.930Longer (expect to run more than 6 km), but less challenging navigationally. Ideal for runners new to orienteering. You still need to be able to read a map, but it is more like an unmarked trail race.
ScoreIdeal for adult beginners. 28 controls. This will be a 45-minute `odds then evens' score. Get as many odd-numbered controls as you think wise, then switch to evens. Controls have different values (10, 20, 30) and there is a 20-point penalty for each minute your are late back (over 45 minutes).

Start Times

You must enter online via SIEntries - see link at the top of this page.

Starts will be from 10.15 to 11.45am. The Start and Finish are adjacent to the Harbord Rd entrance to the park, close to the pavilion.

IMPORTANT: Courses close at 1pm. You must report to the download tent by 1pm latest, even if you retire or have not finished.
The controls will be collected from 1pm onwards.

How To Enter

All entries are through SiEntries online only. Click on the link at the top of the page.
Entry to the event will be available up to 11am on the day of the event, Saturday 17th May.
However entries after Sunday 11th May will be subject to map availability, so we advise earlier entry.

You don't have to be a member of an orienteering club to enter this event. On SiEntries, just show your club name as IND (for Independent)

Small family or other groups are welcome, but please enter only the Yellow, Orange or Red courses. You just need a single entry. Enter as a Senior. If you enter as a group, SiEntries will ask you for the name of your group to appear in results - eg Jones family.

Entry Cost

Early entries up to and including Sunday 11th May
- Red - BOF members £6, non-members and family groups £8, Juniors & Students £2
- White, Yellow, Orange and Score - BOF members £5, non-members and family groups £7, Juniors & Students £2
Later entries from Mon 12th May through to 11am Sat 17th May (assuming spaces and maps are still available) - £1 extra

Timing chip hire £1 (essential if you do not own one). Lost timing chips charged at £65.

Facilities

Toilets and café in the park.

Dogs

TVOC’s policy is that dogs are not permitted on courses.

Further Information

This is the fourth event in the 2025 Thames Valley Junior Orienteering League for anyone aged 18 or under, who is competing on the Yellow, Orange, Red or Light Green course. Full details can be found here.

Officials

Organiser: Peter Rose - TVOC
Planner: Peter Rose - TVOC