Map: O’Donelltown
Date: 30th October 2011
Course Setter: Denis Lyons
Start Times: 8:00am – 9:00am
Directions: FromWestWallsend proceed west along Carrington Street and then Railway Street. Turn right into O’Donelltown Road and follow signs.

Event Description

Start times must be between 8am and 9am
(unless arranged otherwise with the organizer)
The courses will be 75 minute score courses
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

The series will consist of 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.)
Scores for each event will be calculated as a percentage of the winners score.

Entries
Pre-enter by sending an email to Andrew Haigh - Email or telephone by 10pm on the Wednesday before the event.
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.

For more information, check out this Brouchure and visit the Newcastle Orienteering Website