British Sprint Relay Championships 2024

Harlequins Orienteering Club (HOC) invite you to the 2024 British Mixed Sprint Relay Champs at the University of Birmingham on the evening of Saturday 22 June. Enquiries will open at 4:15pm and first starts will be at 5.30pm.

21 Jun important update: several additional large tents have been put up on the campus in the last few days. The position of these will be shown on blank maps after map issue. They will not be marked on your map.

Final details (last edit 18 June) are available here: 

https://harlequins.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/A5-BSRC-Final-Details-2024-v2.4.pdf

Latest changes in v2.1:

• p4/5 Entries and polling for food now closed.
• p8 Wall marked with yellow/black tape potentially effects all courses.
• p10 Hire SI-cards are not pre-allocated - please advise Enquiries or Download with your number after you collect.
• p10 Bib collection - please would one representative from each club collect all their club's bibs if possible.
• p10 Additional details on Map Issue procedure.
• p11 Additional details on Mini mass start procedure.
• p11 Clarification of course of action if the event cannot proceed.

In v2.2:

• Amended plan of Arena

In v2.3:

Amendments to start times to allow longer for map issue. Revised timings are shown in red below:

• 5:30 pm                Elite race start (4 legs)
• 5:45 pm                Non Elite team declarations close
• 6:00 pm                Junior -12 and -16 races start (3 legs)
• 6:15 pm                Ad Hoc race starts (3 legs)
• 6:30 pm                Vets race starts (3 legs)
• 6:45 pm                Ultra and Super Vets races start (3 legs)
• 7:30 pm                Mini-mass start
• 7:45 pm                Prize Giving
• 8:10 pm                Courses close

Call-ups will be 10 minutes before start times for Juniors and those in the mini mass start, and 15 minutes for all other classes.

The University was established in 1900 and has gone through several phases of expansion and redevelopment since. The campus has an intricate network of buildings with changes of level to challenge you. Notable landmarks include the world's highest freestanding clock tower and the new Green Heart open space.

This event will be open to international and solo club competitors, who may form mixed club teams.

Here is a link to a video of last year's event at Brunel University which will give you an idea of the atmosphere if you haven't been to a sprint relay before.

Then on Sunday 23 June our neighbouring club Octavian Droobers (OD) will be holding the British Individual Sprint Champs at the University of Warwick.

The following courses will be available:

1. Open (Elite) – teams of 4, at least two of whom must be female with women running the first and last legs. TD5.
2. Veteran (40+) - 3 legs, free running order, with teams consisting of 3 people, of which at least one must be female. TD5. Middle leg shorter.
3. Super Veteran (55+) - 3 legs, free running order, with teams consisting of 3 people, of which at least one must be female. TD5. Middle leg shorter.
4. Ultra Veteran (65+) - 3 legs, free running order, with teams consisting of 3 people, of which at least one must be female. TD5. Middle leg shorter.
5. Junior (16-) - 3 legs, free running order, with teams consisting of 3 people, of which at least one must be female. TD5. Middle leg shorter.
6. Young Juniors (12-) - 3 legs, free running order, with teams consisting of 3 people, of which at least one must be female. TD2. Ungaffled.
7. Ad Hoc – teams of 3, at least one of whom must be female. TD5. Middle leg shorter. Not a championship class.