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In Association with Suffolk Orienteering Club

The Essex and Suffolk Schools Orienteering League (ESSOL)

News

Results have been updated from the Langdon Hills event.

The High Woods event on June 16th will be the EA Schools Championship event, so will no longer be an ESSOL event.

General Information

The Schools League Co-ordinator is Essex Straggler Julie Laver. Please send any ideas or feedback to Julie at julie.laver@virgin.net or telephone 01206 826152.

The League is run by the Essex Stragglers Orienteering Society in conjunction with our neighbours the Suffolk Orienteering Club (SuffOC). This year two other East Anglian clubs are also hosting events for us - West Anglian Orienteering Club and Havering and District Orienteering Club.

ESSOL events are open to all young people of Junior or Senior School or Sixth Form age. You can compete individually, represent a school, youth group or club or do both.

Trophies are presented at the end of the season to each boy and girl with the best score in each combined year group (3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13), and to the best scoring school.

Free membership of SOS is available to all Schools, Youth Groups and Clubs which fall within the SOS catchments area (i.e. mid and North Essex) - details are here. Details of SUFFOC membership are here.

2012/13 Events

ESSOL fixtures for this season -

07 Oct 2012	Chalkney Woods	SOS	Results
14 Oct 2012	Ickworth	SUFFOC	Results
11 Nov 2012	Wivenhoe Park	SOS	Results
20 Jan 2013	Daisy's Wood	SUFFOC	Results
27 Jan 2013	Pods Wood	SOS	Results
17 Mar 2013	Writtle Forest	SOS	Results
28 Apr 2013	Langdon Hills	HAVOC	Results
19 May 2013	The Naze	SOS	Details

2013/14 Events

ESSOL fixtures for next season (subject to change) -

06 Oct 2013	The Broaks	SOS
03 Nov 2013	Kings Forest	SUFFOC
24 Nov 2013	Wivenhoe Park	SOS
01 Dec 2013	Knettishall Heath	SUFFOC
19 Jan 2014	Fordham	SOS
23 Feb 2014	Tunstall Forest	SUFFOC
09 Mar 2014	Hatfield Forest	SOS
11 May 2014	Hadleigh Country Park	HAVOC
18 May 2014	Danbury Common	SOS
15 Jun 2014	Hockley Woods	SOS

Please note these are preliminary fixtures and participants are advised to check Club websites before travelling - http://stragglers.info http://www.suffoc.co.uk http://www.orienteering-havoc.co.uk http://www.waoc.org.uk

League Rules

These are the new rules for the 2012/13 season

Events
The competition consists of a mimimum 8 events held during the school year (September to July). The majority will be hosted by SOS or SUFFOC, and the remainder by adjacent East Anglian orienteering clubs.

Eligibility
ESSOL events are open to all young people of School age in the catchment areas of SOS, SUFFOC, WAOC and HAVOC clubs. Competitors can represent a school, youth group or club.

Courses
Competitors compete in the following classes and should normally enter the course appropriate to their age -

School Year Class	Colour Coded Course
Years 3 & 4	White	Controls on paths with a control at every junction, about 1.5 km.
Years 5 & 6	White	Controls on paths with a control at every junction, about 1.5 km.
Years 7 & 8	Yellow	Controls on obvious line features, no route choice, about 2km.
Years 9 & 10	Orange	Controls on prominent point and contour features, route choice, about 3 km.
Years 11 & 12	Light Green	Controls on any feature, significant route choice, about 3-4km.
Year 13	Green	Controls on any feature, significant route choice, about 4-5km.

Competitors and their teachers, leaders and parents are responsible for ensuring that the correct course is entered, but the scoring scheme adjusts for those who run a different course. Competitors normally run as individuals, but those lacking experience may run as part of a pair.

Scoring
The winner of each class (boys and girls separately) is awarded 100 points.

Other competitors in the same class are awarded

Winner's time (in seconds)    Competitor's time (in seconds)

x 100 points.

Competitors running up one course (e.g. a Year 8 running the Orange course) will receive 110% of the points above.
Competitors running up two courses (e.g. a Year 6 running the Orange course) will receive 120% of the points above.
Competitors running down one course (e.g. a Year 11 running the Orange course) will receive 90% of the points above.
Competitors running as a pair will each receive 75% of the points above, based on the class of the older member of the team with a default to the lower time if a mixed pair.
Competitors running in groups of three or more or with adult (or other) help do not score.
A related adult or supervising person who wishes to run the same course as the competitor must leave at least 10 minutes after the competitor has started their run before setting off on their own run for white and yellow courses, and at least 15 minutes for other courses.
Competitors having a second run on the day must declare themselves non-competitive for the second course and will not receive points for the second run, and neither will any partner who runs with them.

Teams
There is no limit on the number of competitors from any school, youth group or club at any ESSOL event.
The team points score for each ESSOL event will be the sum of the best 6 individuals representing that team at that event.

Individual Awards
A trophy will be presented to each boy and girl in each school year group class (3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12/13) who has the highest cumulative points score from his or her best 5 results.
A certificate will be presented to each boy and girl who wins their year group course at each event and to those who score at least 100 points cumulative during the league season.

Whole Team Trophy
A trophy will be presented to the team which has the highest cumulative points score from their best 5 results.

Junior Team award
An award will be presented to the team which has the highest cumulative points score in the Y3/4 & Y5/6 categories from their best 5 team results.

Senior Team award
An award will be presented to the team which has the highest cumulative points score in the Y7+ categories from their best 5 team results.

Start Times
Competitors from the same team on the same course must have start at least 4 minutes apart.

Registration
Competitors must include the following details when registering for an event -
Full Name
School Year (e.g. Year 6)
Team Name.

Disputes
Every effort is made to avoid mistakes or omissions but should any be found then please email the details to the ESSOL co-ordinator.
The decision made by the ESSOL co-ordinator is FINAL.

2012/13 Results