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NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE - NOW AT "THE FARM", WAKEFIELD
Warning:
You should know that asbestos has been detected in small sections of the property. Courses will be set to avoid the suspect areas and these areas will be marked on the map as "out of bounds".
While course setting will minimise this risk we cannot guarantee that other undetected samples may exist. You ride, as always, at your own risk!
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Disclaimer
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In entering this Orienteering event, I/we recognise that the sport of orienteering has certain inherent risks due to its conduct in the natural environment. Included in these risks are injury due to rough terrain and obstacles and the effects of heat, cold and exhaustion. I/we are also aware there is no personal accident insurance on my participation in the sport and that I/we take part at my/our own risk.
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Course Setter:
Shane Jenkins
Format:
75 minute score course
Start Times:
8:00am – 9:00am
Directions:
Turn off Wakefield Road onto Archery Road. Follow "O-signs" to the start.
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.
Entries:
Pre-enter by sending an email to Andrew Haigh ( boss@haigh.id.au ) or telephone by 10pm on the Wednesday before the event. |