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

Parking/directions:
Participants from outside Oxford are strongly encouraged to use the Park and Ride: see www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/park-and-ride.
Pear Tree (convenient to the A40 and A34) is recommended, as buses down Banbury Rd stop very near The Parks.

Pay & display parking is available on some of the streets to the north of The Parks.
Information about street parking and the congestion zones can be found here:
Oxford street parking
Oxford parking zones
Congestion zones

Assembly will be found within University Parks, between the Keble and Science Area Gates.
University Parks visitor map

Terrain Description

Open parkland adjacent to the River Cherwell, with paths, flowerbeds, rough grass and small wooded areas.
The longer courses will also visit the adjacent complex University Science Area for an added urban challenge!

The Map

The map will be at scale 1:4000

Courses

The White and Yellow courses are contained entirely within the Parks.

The Orange and Red courses visit the University science area immediately to the south.

Start Times

You must enter online via SiEntries – see link at the top of this page.

Starts will be from 10:30 to 12:00am.

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 13th June.
However entries after Sunday 7th June 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. The lead runner must be a Senior (M/W 21+).
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

Entries up to and including Sunday 7th June
– Red and Score courses – BOF members £6, non-members and family groups £8, Juniors & Students £2
– Yellow and Orange courses – BOF members £5, non-members and family groups £7, Juniors & Students £2
Entries from Mon 8th June (assuming spaces are still available)
– Red and Score courses – BOF members £9, non-members and family groups £11, Juniors & Students £3.50
– Yellow and Orange courses – BOF members £8, non-members and family groups £10, Juniors & Students £3.50

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

Facilities

There are public toilets near the Pavilion, in the middle of the Parks.

TVOC will not provide any food or drink so please bring your own.

There are cafés and shops on the west side of St Giles, a short walk away, or cafés on Broad Street.

Dogs

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

Further Information

Junior League

More detailed information about the Junior League that runs in conjunction with the Saturday Series can be found here.

Any junior aged 18 or under who enters this event as an individual and who successfully completes a course on their own (or in a junior pair on the Yellow course only, or who is shadowed by a parent/carer on the Yellow or Orange courses only) will be automatically included in the Junior League standings. Please note that any junior who enters and participates as part of a family group, or other group, will not be eligible for the Junior League.

Officials

Organiser: Alex Shaw    email organiser
Planner: Alex Shaw
Controller: Ben Green - TVOC