At SOL events you
can test yourself against runners from all over Scotland. If you are a junior and have your eye on
trying to make the Scottish Junior Orienteering Squad you need to go to some
SOLs to get experience of higher level competition and to get some good
results. All who compete in 4 SOLs in
the year get a result in the League for their age class – who knows, you might
win!
To enter a SOL you need to get a Standard Entry Form by downloading from the BOF website –
http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk
- and send the form
and fee to the address given in
SCORE, the SOA magazine. There is
always a closing date for entries given which you should
try to meet. Cost is usually £11 seniors and £4 juniors, £2
discount for senior national BOF members and senior local BOF
members.
Limited entry on the day (add extra £1/50p) for age class courses. Free string
course.
There will be electronic punching, usually using SportIdent. If you don't have an
SI brikke you can hire one for an extra 50p.
Dogs usually allowed on a lead in the car park only. There will be entry on the day for colour-coded courses (usually
White, Yellow, Orange, Light Green and Red.
For junior classes
you enter the class appropriate to your technical level. Girls enter as JW and boys as JM. See below.
|
JM1, JW1 |
WHITE STANDARD |
|
JM2, JW2 |
YELLOW STANDARD |
|
JM3, JW3 |
ORANGE STANDARD |
|
JM4, JW4 |
LIGHT GREEN
STANDARD |
|
JM5, JW5 |
GREEN STANDARD (WITH
CHOICE OF SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG) |
Adult classes are
usually divided into a Short (S) class and a Long (L) class for each age
group. Short courses are about
two-thirds the length of Long courses but are of the same high technical
standard (Level 5).