Cuppers
Ruth finishing event in Uni Parks

The inter-college "Cuppers" competition is held anually in Trinity Term. It's a fantastic event and everyone is welcome to take part - no experience is required, and there are prizes for the fastest novices. The event is usually held close to Oxford to make travel easier, with venues in recent years including Shotover and South Parks.

Rules

Team competition
1) Teams to be made up of three people and the winning team has the lowest combined time of all three team members.
2) Times recoreded by women are to be reduced by 20% before calculating winners of the team event.
3) Colleges may enter more than one team with the fastest three counting for the first team, the next fastest three for the second team and so on.

Individual Prizes
4) Awarded to the fastest novice male and fastest novice female orienteer.

Organisation
5) The President shall arrange a venue, organiser, planner and controller for Cuppers.

A typical start setup


Last Updated: Friday, 14-Jul-2023 00:00:40 BST
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