Longshaw - Sunday 15 February 2026
East Midlands Championships
About this event
The 2026 East Midlands Championships at Longshaw Estate North offers challenging and varied orienteering. The area is bisected by Burbage Brook, with the heather slopes of Lawrencefield, Oxhay Wood and former quarry workings at Bolehill to the west. To the east is the National Trust property and cafe with woodlands and open areas that make for fast running.
The event is open to all by pre-entry or entry-on-the-day (see end of this page).
Location
Postcode: S11 7TY
Grid reference: SK275805
Parking: Parking is along Stony Ridge Road, which will be closed to non-event traffic. Please enter from the A6187 Hathersage Road. What3Words: https://w3w.co/duke.enable.half
Latest updates about this event
Map is 1:10000 for all courses, 5m contours, which fits on A3. Survey and cartography by Richard Parkin Spring 2025 and 2023. Based on point cloud LIDAR data and previous maps by Roger Wilkinson, Peel Surveys and Rod Postlethwaite.
Course information
The allocation of the East Midland Championship age classes to a colour coded course are as per the Rules for the Region’s Championships (published version on EMOA website). Competitors from other regions or non-competitive East Midland members can choose to run any course.
The B classes are for runners who are new orienteers or still improving – so they can take part without the pressure of a full championship course. Entering the novice B classes M/W18B to M/W12B, will allow the Organiser to identify the East Midland novice winners for each class, allowing their achievements to be announced at the prize giving and noted in the results. There will be no trophies for the novice B classes, just the recognition and applause.
All courses have a road crossing on route to the Start and back from the Finish at the end of the car parking road. The longer courses (longer than Short Green) have an additional two road crossings to gain access to the Far Start and the western areas of Longshaw.
Event details
Courses available : White; Yellow; Orange; Light Green; Very Short Green; Short Green; Green; Short Blue; Blue; Short Brown; Brown; Black;
Start times: 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Registration: 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon.
Dogs : In car park only
Event officials
Planner: Ann-Marie Duckworth
Controller: Mark Chapman (SYO)
Organiser: Stuart Swalwell - Contact: stuart.swalwell2412@mac.com
Type of event: B (National)
Entries and other event details
How to enter
Please enter online via the button below.
The closing date for entries is Sunday 8th February 2026 at 11.59 PM.
Enter NowStart ListEntry on the day will be available for this event subject to the number of maps remaining for different courses when you register. Estimates of map availability for different courses will be provided here just before the event.
