findhorn dunes

Event Summary

Welcome to the Club Champs and AGM event.  The Club Champion will be awarded to the first Club member of our Open handicapped score event across the Findhorn Dunes.  Score events are a type of event in which you have to find as many controls as possible in a fixed time.  As well as the trophy for the first Club member of the Open event, we will have vouchers to Skeddaddle Running Shop in Fochabers for the top three Moravian members.  There will also be a junior score event on offer, with prizes and certificates for the top three Moravian members. 

The score events will allow everyone to finish at approximately the same time, so we can proceed quickly to the AGM.  Please bring a picnic with you and stay.  We plan to hold the AGM outdoors. 

Club Champs

Everyone is welcome to join us for the score event, but only Club members will qualify for the Club Champs.

There will be two courses - an Open and Junior Course.  The Junior course will be a 30-minute score for W/M14 and under age classes.  For all older age classes, the Open course will be a 45-minute score.  

Please be ready to leave assembly at 1100 hours to walk to the start where there will be a race brief on the rules of the event ahead of the start at 1115 hours (approximately).  Open course competitors will be given a map at the start.  Juniors competitors should collect their maps at registration before walking to the start.  All competitors must punch the start before there run and punch the finish at the end.  

Each competitor will be allocated a handicap according to age class and gender.  Rob Parkinson has kindly offered to set the handicaps for those entered.  Please note that entries AFTER the online closing date (2359 hrs on Wednesday 20 August) will NOT receive a handicap.

AGM

The AGM will be held directly after completion of the Club Champs.  We would encourage everyone to stay and bring a picnic to consume while we hold the AGM.  For the hardy, there is always the possibility of a swim after.  Timings have yet to be confirmed, but the AGM is likely to kick off around 12:30 pm.

Beach Road car park

Note this car park has a 2m height restriction, there is limited parking for camper vans etc before the restriction.

Cross country
Local
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1000-1100 hours
Mass Start at 1115 hours
1230 hours
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On Leads
Online
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Directions and Parking

Directions, Car Parking and Assembly/Registration.  The event assembly/registration and parking is at East Beach carpark, Findhorn (w3w:///sparkles.bluffs.betrayed).  Please look out for our usual club tents and banner.  The carpark is at the end of Dunes Road and is signposted “East Beach/Beach Road” as you come into Findhorn, on the Kinloss to Findhorn B9011 road.  There is a 2m height restriction barrier at the beginning of Dune Road to the carpark/registration. 

Toilets.  Toilet facilities are halfway between the Heritage museum and the entrance to the Harbour carpark, 500m from registration.

Start and Finish

The Start and Finish will be a short walk from assembly and the car parking area (approx 200m and 150m respectively).  There will be a mass start for everyone at 11:15 hours approx.  All participants are requested to be at the assembly ready to go at 11:00 hours to walk to the start location and be presented with their map.  The junior course will start first followed by the open course.  Courses close at 12:30 hours.  All competitors must report to download by this time.

At registration

Courses

Two Courses:

  • Open.  A 45-min score event for the Club Championship.
  • Junior.  A 30-min score event and prize.

The score event will consist of around 30 controls of equal value, with penalties added for times over the 30-mins and 45-mins respectively.  The final score results will be based on a handicap system devised by Rob Parkinson. 

Terrain

The terrain is sand dunes with some gorse and a small area of pine woodland.  This should allow for some fast running.

1:5000m, with 2.5m contours.

Entry Details

Entries are online via SI Entries only.  

  • Entries open online from Saturday 19 July 2025 and will close at 23:59 pm on Wednesday 20 August 2025 at normal prices.  Online entries can also be edited/changed/cancelled until this closure, subject to map availability. 
  • Limited Entry on the Day subject to an additional £1 and map availability.  

Entry Fees: 

  • Senior (21 and older) BOF Member - £5.00.
  • Senior SOA-only Member - £6.00.
  • Senior Non-Member - £7.00 
  • Junior (20 and younger) and Student BOF/SOA Members - £3.50 
  • Junior/Student Non-Member - £4.50 

£1 discount if using own SI-Card. 

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Final Details

Safety Information

  • Competitors will be walking a short distance along Dune Road to the download after the finish.  Please take care and be aware of traffic on the road.  'Caution runner' signs will be placed on the Dunes Road to warn road users of participants.
  • All competitors take part at their own risk and a choose a course that matches their experience and fitness.  Full leg cover is required and shoes with grip recommended.
  • You MUST report to Download by the Course Closing Time.
  • Competitors are advised of potential trip hazards in the terrain, including stony ground, tree roots and fallen branches.
  • Competitors are advised that they may encounter gorge on the courses which could be prickly.
  • Competitors are advised to be mindful of other users in the competition area, including cyclists, runners and horse riders.
  • Should you become disorientated on the courses, then the safety bearing is to head either West to the dune road or North to the sea, and re-locate from there.
  • Though the area is not known for ticks, there may be some in the woodland, so please check yourself for ticks after the event finishes and ideally within 48 hours.

Event Officials

Kaisa Oikkonen
Bill Young
amazingdogra@hotmail.com
Andrew Campbell

COVID-19

COVID-19 Guidance (Updated March 2025)

If you have symptoms of COVID or have tested positive to COVID, then do not attend the event or activity to help avoid spreading infection.  

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