- Sun - Dec 05, 2010 - Ridley Creek State Park
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Event Director: Tim Walsh 610-446-3255
Course Setter: Hugh MacMullan IV and see choices to Volunteer to help at this event 🙏
Notes: There will be Long Orange course for Adventure Racers.
ED/CS Notes:
How better to end the 2010 orienteering season than to be at Ridley State Park in Broomall. The vegetation (and hopefully the briars) is down. We have a full set of courses that include a Blue course and a long Orange. The start will be at shelter #17. The restrooms there are even open! Now if the weather cooperates we'll have one of the best local events ever.
DVOA will offer a long Orange course for the Adventure Racers at Ridley Creek on Sunday December 5th. The course will be approximately 8km in length, and provide super-fit people without elite orienteering skills an opportunity to exhaust themselves. In order to know approximately how many maps to print, the course setter, Hugh MacMullan would appreciate an e-mail heads-up if you plan to compete on the long Orange course.
Course Setter Notes:
The Ridley Creek courses have been designed to avoid the worst of Ridley's briars, and to prevent outdated areas of the map from impacting competition results. Rootstocks are particularly unreliable, as old, mapped rootstocks have degraded, and there are many new unmapped rootstocks. A few overgrown trails have been marked with pink streamers, where they are of navigational importance.
The most important note relates to the Creek itself: all advanced courses, BROWN through BLUE will take competitors THROUGH the Creek, twice, at fordable crossings – even though the map itself characterizes the Creek as "uncrossable." In other words, elite runners will get wet feet – ankle to mid-calf. The decision to do this stems from the desire to effectively utilize the East side of Ridley Creek, enabling DVOA to orienteer in Ridley’s best areas.
Map Location:
Previous Results from this Map:
Dec 01, 2024
Aug 12, 2023
Nov 27, 2022
Apr 03, 2021
Jun 05, 2019
Courses Information:
Course Distance Climb Ctrls White 2.20km 65.0m 9 Yellow 3.50km 110.0m 10 Orange-X 4.80km 165.0m 9 Orange-Y 7.90km 290.0m 16 Brown 3.80km 210.0m 10 Green 5.10km 240.0m 15 Red 6.20km 265.0m 17 Blue 8.10km 335.0m 23
Full Schedule (old style)
PDF Schedule
Unless otherwise noted:
- Pre-registration is recommended, discounted, and open until Thursday night, before the event.
- Day-of-registration is available, at $10 for beginners, and $20 for other courses.
All starts are from 10:00am until 1:00pm unless otherwise noted. Follow the text directions and look for Orienteering road signs as you near the park.
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| W | White, beginner level 3km or less |
| Y | Yellow, advanced beginner 2.5 to 4km |
| O | Orange, intermediate 3.5 to 5.5km |
| Br | Brown, Short Advanced 3 to 5km |
| G | Green, Advanced 4.5 - 7km |
| R | Red, Longer Advanced 6 - 10km |
| Bl | Blue, Long Advanced 8 - 14kms |
| Sc | Score-O |
| Sp | Sprint-O |
| Adv | Advanced |
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