Course Setters:
Damian Welbourne & Alex Massey

Format:
75 minute score course

Start Times:
8:00am – 9:00am

Directions:
Turn east off Freemans Drive either: (1) 6.7km north of the junction with Newport Road at Cooranbong OR (2) 5km south of the Freemans Waterhole roundabout.  Follow the "O-signs".

Event Description:
Competitors will receive their map 3 minutes before their start time.

Controls will be worth either 1, 2 or 3 points as indicated by the first digit in the control code (eg Control 3A would be worth 3 points).

Late Penalties:  minus 1 point for every minute or part thereof late, down to a score of 0.

Early Bonuses:  if all controls have been visited then plus 1 point for every full minute early.

Scores for each event will be calculated as a percentage of the winners score.

Series:
The series will consist of six (6) events. A competitor’s best four results from these events will be tallied to produce an overall series total. (Course setters will receive an average of their best three results for the event they set.)

Cost:
$5 for members of Newcastle Orienteering Club (or any other orienteering club)
$8 for non-members

Entries on the day will be available but premarked maps cannot be guaranteed. Cost $10. Start time priorities will be given to pre-entries.