Wantage is an historic market town some 8 miles south-west of Abingdon, 15 miles south-west of Oxford and 14 miles north-west of Newbury.
A brand new map has been created for this event.
The Event HQ, including parking, registration, finish and download, will be at the Wantage Health Centre, Mably Way, Wantage.
This race will be SIAC enabled.
TVOC members – PLEASE contact your team leader to offer to help, or contact the organiser. They will give you the discount code to use when you enter.
Parking: at Wantage Health Centre. Overflow parking (if necessary, tbc) will be a few hundred metres away.
Wantage town centre plus a number of housing estates of varying age and complexity, and Grove Fields. Course 8 (MYJ, WYJ) is approximately 50% tarmac and 50% grass; course 7 (MJ, WJ) approximately 80% on tarmac / gravel and 20% on grass / dirt; other courses should expect roughly 95% on hard surfaces and 5% on grass.
Brand new 1:4000 map of a new area, created during 2025 by Bob and Pattie Beresford (TVOC) to the sprint map specification ISSprOM 2019-2 revision 6. The full map, used by courses 1-3, is double-sided and SRA3 size. Courses 4-7 use a single-sided SRA3 map. Course 8 uses a single-sided A4 map.
You may enter any course you wish, apart from unaccompanied under 16s, who must run only course 7 (MJ / WJ) or course 8 (MYJ / WYJ). Course 8 uses pavements in a residential area and crosses some small culs-de-sac. Course 7 crosses some quiet residential roads with low-speed traffic.
| Course | Length (km) | Climb (m) | Controls | Mens Classes | Womens Classes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M Open | |||||
| 2 | M Vet 40+ | W Open | ||||
| 3 | M SuperVet 55+ | W Vet 40+ | ||||
| 4 | M UltraVet 65+ | W SuperVet 55+ | ||||
| 5 | M HyperVet 75+ | W UltraVet 65+ | ||||
| 6 | W HyperVet 75+ | |||||
| 7 | M Junior 16- | W Junior 16- | Unaccompanied under-16s may compete only on course 7 or course 8. | |||
| 8 | M Young Junior 12- | W Young Junior 12- | Unaccompanied under-16s may compete only on course 7 or course 8. |
The start is 500m from the front of the Health Centre building. The route crosses the busy Mably Way. Under-16s should be accompanied by an adult.
Start times are from 11.00 to 13.00, to avoid any overlap with Grove Fields parkrun. (So do the parkrun, catch your breath, have a drink, and then tackle the orienteering.)
Courses close at 14.30, by which time you must have downloaded.
Entries will be via SiEntries, using a link at the top of the page. There will be no entry at the event, but you might be able to enter via SiEntries before you leave for the event (subject to maps being available).
If you want to take part as a family group or a group of friends, you are welcome to do so. Just make one entry in one name. In the entry process, you will be asked for the names of the additional members. We recommend each person has a map, so they can follow where you are all going. You will automatically receive one map, but the entry process asks you if you would like extra maps – these cost £1 each. Note you will have one timing chip for the group, and you will appear just as one entry in the results.
Entry Fees to be confirmed.
Hire of individual SIAC (contactless timer): £2 (Lost SIACs charged at £65)
TVOC’s policy is that dogs are not permitted on courses.
More information will be available here as it becomes available.
