South Island Schools Orienteering Champs / Public Event - Day 2
- Map/Location:
- Deer Park Heights, Queenstown
- Event Type:
- Foot orienteering
- Planner:
- Chris Forne
- Controller:
- Fraser Mills
- Co-ordinator:
- Chris Forne
Sprint and Relay
Enter online here
Details:
Race 1: Schools and Public Sprint: Course lengths will be based on sprint distance (12-15min) winning times for the different grades.
Race 2: Schools Relay and Public Mass Start:
Schools Relay - Three person boys and girls teams. Mixed teams compete in boys grade. Individual legs - approximately 10min fastest time.
Public Mass start - Approximately 20min winning time, with multiple forking/gaffling.
The public events are open to everyone to enter.
Directions:
Parking/Start/Finish/Registration - Deer Park Heights (Peninsula Hill), Queenstown.
Sign posted off Peninsula Road, Kelvin Peninsula.
Around 15min drive from Queenstown Airport.
Times:
Race 1: Start times between 9:00am and 10:00am
Race 2: Mass start public event 11:10pm, Schools Relay 11:50am
Prize Giving: 1:00pm
Entry Fees:
Adults $30 (The entry fee for this day is the same whether you enter one or both races)
Junior $15 (20 years and under)
Family maximum $70
Entry:
Enter online here.
Entries close: Sunday 15 April. Limited to 200 people. Don't miss out.
Map and Terrain:
Deer Park Heights is prominent, glacier carved hill with superb views over Queenstown and surrounds.
The competition area is on private land consisting of open grass with rock and contour detail.
This area has been unused for many years and is remapped for this event. - previously mapped by Bruce McLeod in 2006
Map scale 1:4000
Contour interval: 2.5m
Course Details:
Course 1: Red Long (Technical - Long)
Course 2: Red Medium (Technical - Medium)
Course 3: Red Short (Technical - Short)
Course 4: Orange (Medium - Medium)
Course 5: Yellow (Easy - Short)
Course 6: White (Very Easy - Short)
Schools Grades:
Senior Boys and Girls (Red - Medium)
Intermediate Boys and Girls (Orange)
Junior Boys and Junior Girls (Yellow)
Year 7/8 Boys and Girls (White)
Year 4/5/6 Boys and Girls (White)
Control punching: SFR system
Safety:
The event covers some steep country in parts, including numerous cliffs and bluffs.
Please be aware the grass can be very slippery in places!