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Saturday 15th February 2025

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Senior BO Member   £7.00   
Senior SOA Member   £8.00   
Senior Non-Member   £9.00   
Junior / Student BO Member   £4.00   
Junior / Student SOA Member   £4.50   
Junior / Student Non-Member   £5.00   
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Event Organiser - Iain Sime

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Welcome to Nairn’s East Beach. We offer you a pleasant day orienteering near Inverness with a range of courses to suit all ages and abilities including beginners, however paths are unsuitable for pushchairs.

Terrain / Planner’s Comments: Generally level terrain so all courses have negligible climb, with a few ups and downs.  Terrain is predominantly pine forest on sand dunes, some grassland and open sand dunes. The pockets of gorse are thick, so don’t bother. There is a good path network.  There is a rising spring tide on the morning of event, and courses have been planned to account for this.

Maps: Maps will be pre-marked and printed on waterproof paper.  Scale will be 1:7.500 (1:4000 for yellow) and with 2.5m contours.

Directions:

  •       On the A96 coming from the east  turn right onto Riverside Crescent in Nairn (just before you go over the bridge). The Maggot car park is sign-posted, approx 1km on your left.
  •       On the A96 coming from the west turn left onto Riverside Crescent (directly after you have gone over the bridge) and follow the signs for Maggot car park.

Parking - Parking and registration will be at “The Maggot” car park at Nairn East beach. Grid reference: NH; 889570 https://what3words.com/bonfires.fear.topped.  Please note that car parking at the Maggot is pay and display.  For those with young children or who don’t want the long walk to/from the start and finish, there is also limited parking at the small public car park at the eastern end of Lochloy caravan park: NH896574.  

Registration and download - will be located close to the car park at the eastern end of Lochloy caravan park, requiring a walk to and from the Maggot car park.https://what3words.com/enter.unspoiled.fixated

Start and Finish: 10:45am to 12:30.  The start and finish will be approximately 1.4km walk from the Maggot car park, and ~500m from the parking at the eastern end of Lochloy caravan park.

Courses close: 14:00

Toilets: There are no toilets at the registration.  However there are public toilet facilities in Nairn town centre (near the Coop) and on Nairn Links.  Unfortunately the public toilet facilities on Harbour Street are now permanently closed.

Course Details: Yellow to Green. All courses have a minimal amount of height gain.  Note, unfortunately it is not possible to provide a white course.

Course Distance / Climb Technical Difficulty (TD)
Yellow To follow TD 2 - Easiest course. Follows paths or obvious features or taped sections where paths or features are less obvious (Good choice for a junior beginner)
Orange To follow TD 3 - Slightly more challenging, some controls off path and options to cut corners (Good choice for an adult beginner)
Light Green To follow TD 4 - Majority off paths, skilled navigation required
Green To follow TD 5 - Hardest level of technical challenge 


Pre-entry Information:
Please pre-enter here. Some limited EOD will be available but please pre-enter to guarantee a map.

Event timing:  mixed punching – contactless and traditional punching.  Start and Finish unit must be punched if using SIAC Air.

First aid. The first aid point is at registration.  The nearest A&E department is at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness (30 minutes drive). 

Insurance: Please note that if you have competed in three orienteering events and not joined an orienteering club that is a member of British Orienteering then you are not covered by our public liability insurance.

Safety:

  • The area is popular with dog walkers and other users.  Please exercise caution around any dogs.
  • Courses are not suitable for buggies.
  • Although it is winter, the area is known to harbour ticks.  Leg coverings are advised.
  • In the event of extreme weather, the event organiser may have to cancel. In the event of cancellation due to adverse weather notices will be posted on INVOC website and WhatsApp.
  • All courses stay above the high tide mark but for your reference high tide is at approx. 2pm.
  • Courses close at 14.00

Organiser: Iain Sime
Planner: Dougal Lamont
SI Timing: Colin Simpson
Safety sign off: Iain Shepherd

BOF event number: 85715

 

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