The Relay Day of the British Orienteering Championships 2014 will be held on the Cragg Estate and Chesterhope Common.
This day is part of the UK Relay League. The 2014 races (subject to confirmation) are JK Relays 21st April, Harvester 18th May, Scottish Relays 25th May and British Relays 1st June. The UK Relay League prizing giving will be done alongside the main British Relays prize giving, as it is the final race in the series.
The event programme is now available for download as Word or PDF.
The Cragg Estate and Chesterhope Common are located 30 miles / 30 minutes north-west of Newcastle, just off the A68.
The Cragg Estate and Chesterhope Common are open grassy moorland areas, with a wealth of contour and rock detail resulting from previous mining activity. They are sure to provide a fast but technically challenging setting for the relay competition.
An old map can be found here.
All British relay championship courses will be offered, as well as Ad Hoc classes, as per Competition Rule D: British Relay Orienteering Championships.
Relay teams should be pre-entered before Sunday 18th May 2014 (note the Individual closing dates are one week earlier than those for the relays). There will be NO entry on the day. Entry fees are as follows:
| Enter by Sunday 23rd March 2014 | Enter by Sunday 18th May 2014 | |
| Senior classes | £45.00 | £51.00 |
| Junior classes | £24.00 | £30.00 |
There is also a £6 discount for all-student teams entering classes A-D and S (men/women premier and short classes and mixed adhoc class).
Pre-entries for the Relay are now closed. The entry list can be viewed at Fabian4 (note this does not include late entries or class changes after the closing date).
Online team declaration is now closed. If you did not declare your team online, or you have changes to make, these can be done at relay registration on Saturday.
Team bags will be available for collection between 9:00 and 15:00 at the individual event on Saturday 31st May.
If you have any other relay enquiries please contact relayentries@boc2014.org.uk.
The times of the mass starts will be as listed in the Competition Rule D linked above, mass starts from 10am through 11:10am, with 15 minute call up.
Dogs are NOT permitted anywhere in car parks, assembly or in the competition area. We are very sorry about this, but it is a restriction of the parking and assembly landowners.
Organiser: Paul Taylor (CLOK)
Planner: Rob McKenna (NN)
Controller: Andy Lewsley (BL)
Many thanks to Mr Reed, Mr Robson and Mr Beattie, the landowners, for supporting the event and letting us use the area.