Southern Championships (Star Posts) 25-Jan-26

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BERKSHIRE ORIENTEERS

 

Invite you to:
The Concorde Chase

on Sun 25th Jan 2026

 in the superb forest arena at Star Posts, near Bracknell.

Incorporating the Long distance Scouthern Championships

Incorporating the SCOA Championships

 

 
Event Details
Location

This event is being held at Star Posts with parking north of the Nine Mile Ride/B3430 road
Map

The race area has had a map update for 2026
Terrain Star Posts is a large forested area with excellent contour detail. The forest is generally fast with high visibility except where the bracken remains thick. As winter progresses these areas of bracken die back and the speed of the forest improves.  The forest is broken up with an extensive network of paths and rides, however the courses have been planned to avoid the paths as much as possible.  It is a working forest with many new areas of felling, some of the recently felled areas have been replanted and are out of bounds. The forest has a number of mountain bike tracks which are out of bounds except for crossing which should be done with care. Competitors should be aware that there are minor paths not mapped in the area in some cases these have been caused by mountain bike activity.
Courses Long and Short courses for all age groups as set out on the Race Signup  entry page. 
Entries

Entries opening soon on the Race Signup page.

Sign up to Concorde Chase Weekend 2026 incorporating Southern Champs

All Championship courses must be pre-entered. 

 

 
EOD

 

 Pre-entry only for all competition classes/courses.

There will be pre-entry and entry on the day for White, Yellow, Orange and Light Green courses
Fees    Entries before 12/1/2026 Late Entries until 18/1/2026 SIAC Hire
BOF Senior £17 £19  £2.00
non-BOF Senior  £19 £21  £2.00
Junior/Student £8 £8 Free
Novice senior (only on White, Yellow or Orange) £8 £8  Free
Facilities  The Lookout Discovery Centre has a Cafe and toilets and there will be additional Portable Toilets at Assembly.
Times

SIAC card collection 09:30 - 12:00   

Start Times 10:00 - 12:30 

Course closes at 14:30
Parking

*** PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE LOOKOUT CAR PARK  ***

There are five car parks within easy walk of assembly:

Coral Reef car park: https://what3words.com/radar.change.camps SU877663

Nine Mile Ride, Bracknell, RG12 7JQ. {370m from Assembly}

Charges: up to 5 hours £5.50, all day £7.90 (PayByPhone app – location 804047). We have permission to park up to 100 vehicles in this car park. Volunteers will be monitoring the numbers and if, when you get there, the volunteers indicates that all 100 places have been used please go to an alternative car park.

 

Birch Hill Recreation Ground (Hockey Club Car Park): https://what3words.com/moving.decide.badly SU869665

Off Ringmead, Bracknell, RG12 7AQ {500m from Assembly}

This has just over 100 spaces but will also contain mountain bikers, dog walkers and other sports people. There is no charge for this car park.

 

Sainsburys car park: https://what3words.com/mostly.debate.lunch SU875667

Ringmead, Bracknell, RG12 7SS {1.3km from Assembly}

NOTE: No entry into this car park BEFORE 1000 - Maximum stay after that time 3 hours. If you enter before 10am or stay in excess of 3 hours, you will receive a large fixed penalty notice. {This car park is plagued by ‘boy racers’ tearing around the car park out of hours and the council have been forced to impose charges to stop this happening}

If you arrive after 10am and stay less than 3 hours parking is free.

 

Birch Hill Car Park: https://what3words.com/boot.sleeps.skin (accessed via Leppington) - SU869665

Leppington, Bracknell, RG12 7WW {1.4km from Assembly}

This is another free car park – please access via Leppington rather than the next turning towards Aldi – the Aldi car park is minute, very narrow and gets very busy on a Sunday whereas the car park accessed via Leppington has more spaces. No charge for this car park.

 

South Hill Park Car Park: https://what3words.com/nasal.opens.slowly SU869668

Ringmead, Bracknell, RG12 7PA {1.4km from Assembly}

This is the furthest car park from Assembly. No charge for this car park.

 

There will only be parking teams at the Coral Reef car park and the Birch Hill Rec (Hockey Club Car park). If you are parking at one of the other car parks you will find tape and signage indicating the footpath to follow up to get to the Lookout and Assembly.
Officials   Name   Contact
Organisers Simon Moore (BKO)    entries@bko.org.uk
Planner Craig Blackwood(BADO)    entries@bko.org.uk
Controller Paul Fox (SN)    
Dogs  Dogs on leads at Assembly but not on courses.  
YOU TAKE PART IN THIS EVENT AT YOUR OWN RISK AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY
Entry details will be stored in a computer. A registered club photographer may take photographs in line with the club policy - see Photography Policy.  Submission of an entry for the event will indicate your acceptance of these procedures.
In the unlikely event of a cancellation a notice will be placed on our website (http://www.bko.org.uk). BKO reserve the right to retain enough of your fees to cover costs.