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CROESO - The Welsh Festival of Orienteering

Croeso is a week-long orienteering festival held every 4 years.  

CROESO 2008

This will again take place in South Wales from 3-9 August. The event centre will be Parc Bryn Bach.

Areas are still being negotiated, but the potential list includes Merthyr Common, The Blorenge, Pwll Du, Clydach Terrace, Mynydd Y Garn and Wentwood Forest. Further details will be published as soon as they become available.

(OFFICIAL CROESO SITE)

CROESO 2004

The CROESO 2004 Festival took place in South Wales from Saturday, 14th August to Saturday, 21st August.  Its website has now closed, but some historic details will remain for a limited period.

AREAS

  14 Aug        Training Day Storey Arms
1 15 Aug  NGOC  Welsh Champs Sennybridge (area 1)
2 16 Aug  ERYRI Sennybridge (area 2)               Maggie Oliver      01286 871494
3 17 Aug  BOK   Pwll Du
4 19 Aug  POW   Carneddau                          Brian Morris         01952 770308
5 20 Aug  SBOC  Ogof Ffynnon Ddu                   Niall Reynolds       01792 527566  (interim contact)
6 21 Aug  SWOC  Sennybridge (area 3)               Nigel Ferrand        02920 255037 / 07801 038 20

COMPETITION FORMAT

CROESO 2004 was a 6-day event with 4 out of 6 days to count. Scoring was based on the Scottish multi-day system.
All days were Age-class events. Additional courses: Novice Men and Novice Women; Colour coded (White, Yellow, Orange and Light Green).
Prizes were awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the 'L' and 'A' courses, and 1st and Runner-up on the 'S' and 'B' courses.
A String course was provided for all days - with differently-coloured awards for each day completed (as in previous CROESO festivals).