Sheffield Urban Sprint Double

[Spookster]

Event details and entries are both now available for the Sheffield Urban Sprint Double, which is a Nopesport Urban League race, on Saturday 4th September. This time it's near the University Sports Centre, and will be a mix of parkland and urban residential and university terrain. The 2nd race (sprint) won't be a chasing start this time.

Entries on Fabian4

Event Flyer on SYO webpage

And don't forget, the weekend is a Nopesport League double, with the Lincoln City Race on Sunday 5th September.

[epocian]

Entered both days!

[DM]

Decision time;

Sheffield or take juniors to the Peter Palmers?

or work out if Peter Palmers in Northants then M1 to Sheffield is possible and do both?

[Homer]

Where are the Peter Palmers?

As the Sheffield race(s) is Saturday pm. I see no problem in doing the Sheffield race before heading to the Midlands for the PP's.
The question is, will it be possible to get to Lincoln after the PP finishes? I hope so (and so will Bart).

So, we need to know where the PP is. BAOC?
and the last start time at Lincoln. LOG? Maybe a special extension for those returning from the Peter Palmers? Please....

[SeanC]

I was under the impression that there was no Peter Palmer relay this year. Good news. I shall tell our captain who was asking a few weeks back.

BAOC website says "midlands".

[Soldja Boi]

The Peter Palmer Relays are definately ON and will be held at Yardley Chase, just south of Northampton. Unfortunately we have to go back to an area we used for this event a few years ago, but all the other options available to us we scuppered for one reason or another.

Flyer and entry form will be on the BAOC website in the next day or so.

[Homer]

Thanks for prompt rely Soldja Boi.

AA Routeplanner says just over 2 hours from Yardley to Lincoln, so I reckon it should be possible to do Sheffield, Peter Palmers and Lincoln (with last start at Lincoln being 1230). Bart or Lisa won't be on last leg anyway, so we can leave early if necessary.
I see a very tiring w/e coming up...

[Jayne]

FYI:
For those travelling far afield and wanting to stay in Shef before going over to Lincoln the next day, the hotel next to Bramall Lane is currently £44 a night

http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/copthor ... 2010-09-05

[Strider]

The question is, will it be possible to get to Lincoln after the PP finishes? I hope so (and so will Bart).

and the last start time at Lincoln. LOG? Maybe a special extension for those returning from the Peter Palmers? Please....

If you contact Sean Harrington, race organiser (sean@logonline.org.uk), I'm sure we can hold the start window for a little longer to allow those coming from the PP to have a run.

S.

[Soldja Boi]

The Peter Palmer Relays are definately ON and will be held at Yardley Chase

Yardley Chase is no longer an option for the Peter Palmers. It will still take place, it will still be on the same weekend and it will still be in the Midlands; but a bit more convenient for the weekend's urban races. Once we work out the logistics of Plan F we will get a flyer out.

[Spookster]

The British Army Orienteering Club will now be staging the Peter Palmer Relays on the 4th and 5th September 2010 at Chetwynd Army Barracks near Nottingham.

Nottingham must be fairly near the route from Sheffield to Lincoln, for those of you doing the PP relays as well.

[AndyC]

And I thought you were an orienteer Spookster!

Sheffield to Lincoln direct is about 50 miles
Sheffield to Lincoln via Nottingham is over 80 miles......

Still do-able though

[Spookster]

Sheffield to Lincoln direct is about 50 miles
Sheffield to Lincoln via Nottingham is over 80 miles......

Sheffield to Lincoln via Northampton (original PP Relay location) is about 200 miles.

So I reckon the new location is quite a lot better for reduced driving distance...

[youngladdie]

Is there any reason the Sheffield Urban event is not a traditional 1 race format with regular course lengths? If part of the Nopesport Urban League, shouldn't all events be in the same format?
At least it won't have the unpopular Chasing Start.

[Garnon]

At least it won't have the unpopular Chasing Start.

It isn't a chasing start. There are 2 separate races with the combined time deciding the final position.