2012 Urban Speculation

[andypat]

Thats too good an offer to refuse. If noone else volunteers for Scotland i'll do it, although i might need to badger some old heads for advice.

I notice that an ultravets category is now on the cards so presumably there will be an update on the protocols from the cartel at some point!

[andy]

and I believe BOF rankings.)

Certainly the easiest way to do BOF rankings...

[Jayne]

I can put together a list of Southern ones (along the lines of the Yorkshire league)

[AlanB]

NOt sure you'd need it to be a subset - I'd imagine if it was regional you'd want to include more local races too - a bit like the Yorkshire one maybe? I'm pretty sure we'd have enough for a Scottish one if only someone could be persuaded to put together a spreadsheet!

That sounds very interesting. Like others, I love urban orienteering but am not in a position to travel the UK to compete. I would definitely be interested in taking part in a Scottish league if enough events could be found. Wouldn't they have to comply to the same format, though, as in age-categories?

[Caz]

I can put together a list of Southern ones (along the lines of the Yorkshire league)

I would be happy to help you Jayne as I love the urbans but as a relative novice to the sport, not confident enough to take it on myself alone.

[JK]

I am sure I can plan another Daresbury Sprint Jamboree, but since I think the technical forest sprint is a key part of it then I don't think it would be suitable.

Also the objective of the event was to be fun and not so serious.

If anyone has any more ideas for different types of sprint then let me know. We have 5 last time, can we bring it to 6 this next time?

For those who weren't there we had:
The events we had were:
A: Mini-sprint: 1:4000, 1.5km
B: Micro-sprint: 1:1000, 650m
C: Nano-sprint (i.e. maze): 1:100, 100m
D: Score-sprint: 1:4000, 10 mins

plus a technical sprint final to finish (longer than 12-15 mins since it was mini-mass-start.

Of course any subsequent event we'd have to ensure that O-children weren't climbing on bike-sheds, people weren't running behind fork-lift trucks and we kept Kiwis away from car barriers. Maybe the H+S police will let us have another one in 2012 or 2013!

JK

[Scott]

I am sure I can plan another Daresbury Sprint Jamboree

Yes please! For pure fun the last one remains one of the best events I've been to.

[haloite]

I am sure I can plan another Daresbury Sprint Jamboree

Sounds like a REAL lot of fun - where's Daresbury?? Only slightly comparable event I've been to would be Cliffhanger - and I LOVE that event!!

Back on topic - anyone volunteering to keep the rolling calendar updated as Spookster (I think) did last year?

and.........when are the Nopesport Urban League events going to be published?

[Caz]

Ok, so far from replies to this discussion, we have:

Saturday 21st January Edinburgh - NUL
Saturday 3rd March Cardiff
Sunday 4th March St Andrews - NUL
Saturday 10th March Great Malvern
Saturday 21st April Huntingdon
Monday 7th May Kendal
Saturday 12th May Settle
Sunday 27th May Claro @ Knaresborough
Monday 4th June Ebor @ York
Sunday 24th June Canterbury
Sunday 8th July Nottingham
Saturday 28th July Aberystwyth
Saturday 25th August Guildford
Sunday 26th August Basingstoke
Monday 27th August Didcot
Sunday 2nd September Lincoln
Saturday 22nd September London
Saturday 29th September Carlisle
Sunday 30th September Windsor & Eton
Saturday 27th October: Aire Fat Rascal 1 - Chasing Sprint @ Holt Park (complex urban estate) and Golden Acre Park (interesting formal/informal park), Leeds
Sunday 28th October: Aire Fat Rascal 2 - Yeadon (N.W. Leeds)
Saturday 10th November - Castle Vale, Birmingham

[NeilC]

The Brighton City Race (http://www.brightoncityrace.org.uk/) will happen again next December - not sure of exact date yet. As a mass-start event held at night it's an anathema to the Ranking Working Party but perhaps worthy of urban league points.

[King Penguin]

I think there may be a WRE (Wrekin, not World Ranking) event in Ludlow on sat 26 May - the day before Brown Clee - so worth making a weekend of.

[Spookster]

The SYO Sprint Relays are on Saturday 1st September (the day before Lincoln) and are in Endcliffe Student Village which is urban. First chance to try the mixed-sprint-relay format that could be in future World Championships.

[Jayne]

From Caz's list - potential Southern League events...

Saturday 21st April Huntingdon
Sunday 24th June Canterbury
Saturday 25th August Guildford
Sunday 26th August Basingstoke
Monday 27th August Didcot
Saturday 22nd September London
Sunday 30th September Windsor & Eton

I've heard rumour of another one that may happen in early August.

Questions:
1) Is it an issue that three of them are over the same weekend (it would probably be best 4 races out of 7).
2) Would it be feasible (and fairer) to score based on rankings points. Looking at my own scores in the Yorkshire/Nopesport leagues the races I did best in were the ones with fewest competitors (kind of obvious) but the respective ranking points I got seem to remove this bias.

From the races I removed I'd say there could be a Midlands league too! and I'm upset that Huntingdon is the day before the London Marathon (which I'm running).

[Tatty]

SARUM are getting Salisbury mapped, but have not yet got a date. Should be in 2012 though.

[Scott]

potential Southern League events

The Porthleven Urban Race (featuring a brand new map by yours truly) is provisionally scheduled for Sat 23rd June. I can say with some confidence that it will be comfortably the most Southerly orienteering event in the UK next year, and possibly the most Southerly in the UK ever