SO - South East Night Champs, Tilgate Park & golf course, Crawley
Sat 14th Nov 2026
Crawley
SEOA
Regional
Location
| Venue: | Tilgate Park & Forest |
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| Nearest town: | Crawley |
| Event centre: | At the main Tilgate Country Park visitor car park - free parking after 4pm |
| Postcode: | RH10 5LY |
| Grid reference: | TQ274345 |
| Parking information: | Within the main Tilgate Park pay & display car park - free after 4pm but unfortunately the public toilets get locked at that time |
| Dog rules: | Not suitable at a night event |
Details
| Description: | SE Night Champs. Three courses are on offer with the SEOA competition classes as below:- course 1: (1:10000 map) 6.4km, 100m climb, M20-40, M45-50. Course 2: (1:7500 map), 5.1km, 80m climb M18, M55-60 W20-40, W45-50. Course 3: 1:7500 map 3.5km, 50m climb M16, M65-75, M80+ W16, W18, W55-60, W65-75, W80+. You can enter any course but to be eligible for an SEOA championship medal you must be affiliated to British Orienteering through SEOA and run a suitable course for your age class. If running up please specify in which class you would like to compete (eg an M60 could complete in either M20-40 or M45-50 on course 1). The start is approximately 500m from the car park, the finish is about 200m from the car park but in a completely different direction. Courses close at 20:30. |
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| Type: | Cross Country |
| Physical difficulty of terrain: | Medium |
| Entry times: | Starts between 5.45pm & 6.45pm |
| Punch type: | SI |
| Hire fee: | £1 |
| Event number: | 86465 |
| Event website: | Click here |
Courses
| Course description: | A mixture of parkland, mixed runnability woodland and a golf course. Totally remapped using LIDAR for this event. |
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XS 0-2.5km | S 2.6-5.0km | M 5.1-7.5km | L 7.6-10km | XL 10.1km + | |
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| Very Easy | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Easy | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Medium | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Hard | ✘ | ✓ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Very Hard | ✘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Course Technical Difficulty and Length (Km) are a guide to the standard of the courses offered. | |||||
| 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18E | 20 | 20E | 21 | 21E | 21N | 21V | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | Open | 90 | |
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| Long | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Short | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Entry
| Online entry via: | racesignup.co.uk |
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| Online entry closing date: | 13/11/2026 |
Contact us
| Club: | SO |
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| Association: | SEOA |
| Website: | http://www.southdowns-orienteers.org.uk |
| Contact: | Clive Hawkes |