Christmas Orienteering Cup

Quality Areas and Good Courses in Central Scotland from Masterplan Adventure

2023

Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Christmas Cup!

Day 4 Results and Winsplits and Livelox and Routechoices. For the Short course, these results still include the road crossing. Corrected results with road crossing timed out are here:

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Day 4 lost property: A pair of black woolly Thinsulate gloves and a pair of blue Scott road shoes – get in touch if they are yours!

Day 3 Results and Winsplits and Livelox.

Day 2 Results and Winsplits and Livelox.

Day 1 Results and Winsplits and Livelox.

Day 3 Start List (start blocks on Pre-Entries – try to stick to them but don’t worry if you’re late):

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Final Details PDF:

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Programme

Thursday 28th December – Day 1
Friday 29th December – Day 2
Sunday 31st December – Day 3
Monday 1st January – Day 4

On Saturday 30th December there is an ELO local event in Musselburgh.

Overview Map

Courses

Long – 35mins for Elite Men (14 mins for sprint)
Medium – 80% long
Short – 60% long
Orange (same as Short on Day 4)
No Yellow course this year as it only had 5 entries last year. We will aim to plan the Orange to be a little easier than last year!

Terrain and More Details

Day 1 – Lochan Spling (Loch Ard Forest)

Days 1 and 2 are classic Scottish forest terrain, a complete test of technical skills. Fresh Martin Bagness maps. Day 1 is generally the faster of the two areas.

Long: 5.2km (+310m), Medium: 3.6km (+190m), Short: 2.5km (+140m), Orange: 2.0km (+80m)

Parking: Aberfoyle Public CP. Start/Finish: 1.4km fairly flat on roads/forest track. In same place, clothing dump possible.

Day 2 – Garbeg Hill (Loch Ard Forest)

Approximately a 50/50 split of white forest and a section of super technical light green, reminiscent of some similar areas in the Lake District. Day 2 is the tougher of the first two days.

Long: 4.3km (+240m), Medium: 3.1km (+160m), Short: 2.3km (+130m), Orange: 1.7km (+65m)

Parking: Aberfoyle Public CP. Start: 1.8km, Finish 1.4km along fairly flat roads/forest tracks. Route to start passes the finish, clothing dump possible.

Day 3 – Falls of Leny

Another proper Scottish forest, predominantly oak woodland. Another fresh Martin Bagness map but a different feel to Days 1 and 2 – faster and more controls, a middle/forest sprint feeling.

Long: 4.0km (+165m), Middle: 3.0km (+130m), Short: 2.5km (+95m), Orange: 1.8km (+60m).

Parking: Callendar Public CP. Start/Finish: 2.7km along flat tarmac cycle track (cycling is an option). Clothing dump at start/finish. If you would prefer shorter walks, email masterplanadventure@gmail.com. We have some options for a small number of cars.

Permissions for Day 1-3 now confirmed (thanks Forestry and Land Scotland!)

Day 4 – Resolution Sprint – Clackmannan

Roll out of bed for a fun blast around Clackmannan on another brand new map, what’s not to like?

A mixture of intricate housing estate and town centre terrain. Map: Alasdair Pedley, Courses: Frank Townley.

Long: 4.1km (+65m), Medium: 3.2km (+50m), Short: 2.3km (+35m) (Optimum distance. Orange runs the same course as Short, and this course has a timed-out road crossing).