Bloom Wood Regional

Monday 5th May

Entries close 23:59 on 1st May

Entries close 23:59 on 1st May

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Entered: 79 of 300

Car Sharing available

Berkshire Orienteers (BKO) invites you to a regional orienteering event at Bloom Wood on Bank Holiday Monday, 5th May 2025.
This is the last SCOA League Event (SCOL) of the season and so last opportunity to gain points.

Bloom Wood is dominated by mature deciduous forest with some steep slopes. The area should be mainly runnable in early May before the ground cover has grown too high.
The area was last used for the junior Yvette Baker Trophy event in May 2023.
Contact: events@bko.org.uk
Location
Courses

Starts in 15-minute blocks between 10:30 and 12:30. If you miss your block do not worry, we will fit you in. It is a punching start and finish. The other controls on the course are contactless SIAC enabled. Courses close at 14:30. You must report to the download tent even if you do not finish your course.


Map scale 1:10000
Map size A4

Brown 9.1km 245m climb
Entered: 11

Blue 6.9km 210m climb
Entered: 15

Green 5.2km 160m climb
Entered: 30

Short Green 3.2km 130m climb
Entered: 17

Light Green 3.7km 145m climb
Entered: 3

Orange 2.8km 100m climb
Entered: 1

Yellow 2.4km 70m climb
Entered: 2

Entry Fees
From 6th April:
    Early
        Senior: £15.00
        Senior Novice: £6.00
        Non member additional charge: £2.00
        Senior Chip hire: £2.00
        Junior/Student: £6.00
        Junior/Student Chip hire: £0.00
From 28th April:
    Late
        Senior: £17.00
        Senior Novice: £6.00
        Non member additional charge: £2.00
        Senior Chip hire: £2.00
        Junior/Student: £6.00
        Junior/Student Chip hire: £0.00

Juniors are under 21 on 31st December.

Students (with student ID, 21+) pay junior fee.
Adults orienteering on the Yellow or Orange courses also pay the junior fee. These courses are suitable for beginners.

If you want to go round one course together as a family, then you only need to enter one person on the course (enter a junior for lower fee).

Timing using SI with SIAC enabled controls. SIAC hire available. Please look after our new SIAC dibbers. We will need to charge you £72 for a replacement if you lose it.

There is a £2 supplement on entry fee for adults who are not members of British Orienteering (BOF).
Event Information

Mainly runnable, mature deciduous forest with several valleys. Expect some contouring between controls. Take care on the steep slopes on the east side of the lane through the area - the chalk can be slippery if wet. There will be a timed road crossing across the lane on the longer courses.

Parking will be tight and there is a limit of 100 cars on the tracks and in the field next to assembly. So we encourage you to share lifts to the event, or sign up for the Car Share scheme when you enter via Racesignup.

See BKO website for final details
Start List
Brown Club Age Category
Steve Bailey SN M65
Ben Bardsley HH M50
Oliver Bardsley HH M20
Tom Beskeen WAOC M40
David Gruar TVOC M40
Michael Krajewski SN M40
Bo Oqvist BKO M50
Adam Poole TVOC M35
Sarah Scarbrough MV W40
Tim Scarbrough MV M40
Nat Skidmore TVOC M40
Blue Club Age Category
Mark Adams HH M60
Keith Belsey SN M55
Robin Bishop TVOC M55
Ian Byford HH M65
John Dalton TVOC M60
Fiona Hancock BOF W55
Andy Hogg M50
Janusz Holender TVOC M65
Alun Jones TVOC M70
Vladimir Kuznetsov TVOC M65
Stu Levene HH M55
Chris Poole TVOC M60
Eleanor Prescott BKO W18
Richard Sharp TVOC M60
Jon Steed BADO M60
Green Club Age Category
Kirsty Adams BKO W50
Freya Askham SMOC W50
Rachel Banham TVOC W21
Joanna Belsey SN W60
Katherine Bett SN W21
Sue Bett SN W55
Martin Dennett TVOC M50
Jeremy Geere HOC M60
Sue Hands WIM W75
David Harrison SN M55
Eliza Hermann HH W60
Joe House SO M70
Ginny Hudson NGOC W60
Pete Inness BKO M55
Alan Jones BKO M55
Paul Langston HH M70
Derick Mercer BKO M60
Alan Nesbit BKO M65
Kelvin Prescott BKO M50
Carol Prosser BAOC W60
Ian Prosser BAOC M65
David Saunders HH M65
Ralph Scarbrough MV M14
Helen Sharp TVOC W60
Clare Skidmore TVOC W40
Robin Smith SO M70
David Tookey HH M70
Jillian Ullersperger BKO W60
Rosie Walklin TVOC W65
Andrew Warren TVOC M55
Short Green Club Age Category
Yvonne Allen BKO W60
Amanda Bailey SN W60
Roger Baker TVOC M90
Greg Birdseye TVOC M80
Bernard Calnan TVOC M70
Jane Courtier BKO W70
John Farren TVOC M85
Denise Harper BKO W75
Antje Inness BKO W55
Duncan Liddle NGOC M65
Judy Nesbit BKO W65
James Prescott BKO M16
Susan Rae SMOC W75
Alison Saunders HH W65
Barry Sowerbutts SOC M70
John Thompson TVOC M90
Helen Wheelwright SOC W65
Light Green Club Age Category
Campbell Fisher TVOC M16
Shai Jacobs BKO W40
Hugh Scarbrough MV M12
Orange Club Age Category
Francis R.d. TVOC M12
Yellow Club Age Category
Joseph Beskeen M10
Emilia Skidmore TVOC W10