South Ashdown National & SE League
Sunday 18th January
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Car Sharing available
Final details are on the DFOK event web page and the start list has now been published on racesignup.
We have decided to keep entries open via racesignup as we have maps available on most courses.
We look forward to seeing you at the event.
White 1.8km 40m climb
Controls (checkpoints) are entirely on or adjacent to paths. No route choice or decision points other than at control locations. Suitable for young children, accompanied or unaccompanied.
Entered: 1
Yellow 2.3km 75m climb
Controls are very easy to find, mostly on paths, ideal for younger children and complete beginners.
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Orange 2.6km 80m climb
Controls are on or near paths with some route choice. Good for progressing juniors and adults who are reasonably confident reading a map.
Entry limit: 8
Entered: 7
Light Green 3.4km 95m climb
Controls are away from paths and require good navigational skills to find them. Aimed at experienced orienteers
The following courses are as difficult technically as we can make them. Controls are usually well away from paths and in some cases there may be no logical path route between them. Suitable for experienced orienteers only.
Entry limit: 4
Entered: 3
Very Short Green 3.0km 60m climb
Entry limit: 6
Entered: 4
Short Green 3.5km 85m climb
Entry limit: 12
Entered: 12
Green 4.1km 85m climb
Entry limit: 53
Entered: 50
Short Blue 5.0km 100m climb
Entry limit: 46
Entered: 41
Blue 6.0km 165m climb
Entry limit: 42
Entered: 38
Short Brown 7.4km 180m climb
Entry limit: 23
Entered: 19
Brown 8.7km 255m climb
Entry limit: 12
Entered: 9
Black 10.7km 260m climb
Course lengths are measured as straight line distances. Actual distance covered will be greater.
Entry limit: 31
Entered: 23
Seniors - Standard: £15, Late: £18
Juniors - Standard: £5, Late: £6
Standard rate ends at midnight on Sunday, 11 January 2026
Late entry after Sunday 11 January 2026 is subject to map availability
There is a charge for parking of £3. Please indicate whether or not you are a vehicle driver when you enter.
Seniors on Yellow and Orange courses £8 at all dates
Juniors are under 21 on 31 December 2026
Additional £2 for seniors and £1 for juniors not members of British Orienteering
SI card hire
Standard £1
SIAC for Contactless punching £2.50
Changes to entry information can be made until 9:30am on 17 January. The start list will be published at 10am, possibly with minor adjustments to your selected start time. Your start time will be included in an email you will receive late afternoon on Saturday 17 January.
We will be amending start times for White, Yellow, Orange and Light Green to be Open starts. Come along to the Start when you are ready and you will be started promptly.
The event centre including Download is at Pippingford Park off A22 south of Wych Cross nearest postcode is TN22 3HW. GPS: 51.0537, 0.0492; w3w ///spending.fuel.riverbed. Parking is mainly on grass adjacent to hard standing. Please follow the red/white arrows and directions from our marshals
Enquiries is in a small hut. Look for the tall blue DFOK sail banner outside. Portaloos are available near to the hut.
You do not need to come to Enquiries before your run unless you are hiring a dibber or require assistance before you run. Hired SI and SIAC's will be in envelopes in alphabetical order of surname for collection by you the competitor.
Tom's Catering will be present providing food and drinks.
Mixed forest and open moorland with heather and dead bracken. Some mainly runnable forest, some marshy areas and a good path/ride network.
These two short videos will hopefully give you a good idea of what you will be doing Videos.
Start times 10:30 to 12:30.
It is a Punching Start.
A list of start times by course will be available on racesignup by 10:00 on Saturday, 17th January
Electronic punching will be used and the controls will be activated for contactless punching for those who have their own contactless SI card.
Control descriptions will be printed on the map. Loose control descriptions for those who prefer not to keep opening and refolding the map will be available in the start lanes.
It is a Punching Finish. After finishing, please proceed directly to Download. Download will largely be by the competitor, with assistance provided. Your splits print out will be handed to you. Hired SI and SIAC dibbers should then be deposited in a pink container nearby.
Courses close at 2pm. Please ensure you finish by this time and report to download as soon as possible thereafter.
Results will not be on display at the event but there will be a QR code link on your map to live results at the event. They will also be on the DFOK website www.dfok.co.uk after the event.
Certificates to the eligible 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed runners in the South East Individual League for 2025 will be available for collection at the Event Centre up until 12:30pm. Any not collected by then will be handed to one of your club members for distribution. Congratulations to all of you.
We are grateful to the Conservators of Ashdown Forest for permission to hold the event, Richard Morriss at Pippingford Park for access to his land for our event parking and Mole Valley orienteering club for allowing us to use their map.
Ashdown Forest, as many of you will know, is a very special place. It is managed by the Board of Conservators of Ashdown Forest, an independent body. In recognition of the ecological importance of Ashdown Forest and to ensure its protection, it is designated as a European Natura 2000 site and as a Site of Special Scientific Interest under UK legislation. Ashdown Forest is also within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Conservators have duties laid down by statute which include the following:
To regulate and manage the forest as an amenity and place of resort
To conserve it as a quiet and natural area of outstanding beauty
The Conservators are keen to raise the public’s (and hence our) awareness of their legal duty and, within this, their aim of balancing the interests of all users of the forest.
