North Island Secondary School Champs
26-28 September 2020
SPRINT
Saturday 26 September
Mountford Park
Information
Event information can be found here.
EMBARGO
There are areas embargoed for this event (outlined below)
ACCOMMODATION
To be organised by schools or Individuals
WHISTLES
Competitors to provide their own and must be carried for the Long event and Relay
PRIZEGIVING
Prizegiving will be held at the completion of the Long on Sunday for the Sprint and Long (weather
dependent) and at the completion of the Relay on Monday.
COMPETITION RULES
NZSSOC Special Rules June 2020 apply to this event, with respect to
- Eligibility
- Grades
- Control Descriptions
- Course Difficulty
- Course Expected Winning Times
School entries are to be made using EnterO here
CLOSING DATE for ENTRIES and PAYMENT is Friday 11th September
The 2020 NISS Eligibility Form must be copied and signed by Principal or Sports Co-ordinator and returned by email to [email protected]
ENTRY FEES
- Sprint Championships $15 per person
- Individual Long Championship $20 per person
- Relay Championship $45 per team ($15 per individual)
Sport Ident Hire $3 per day for sprint and long; CMOC will supply Sportidents for Relay to all competitors
Public Event
Three courses will be offered to the public on Sunday at the Long distance event (on completion of the championship races)
- Red: 5.3km
- Orange: 4.1km
- Yellow: 3.3km
The entry fee for the public race is $20 per person, and pre-entry is required using EnterO. There will be no entry on the day for the public races.
CLOSING DATE for ENTRIES and PAYMENT is Friday 11th September
Contact
If you have any general questions about the event please email [email protected].
Please make organisers aware about any medical problems or special requests (other than entry
requests) to [email protected]. Entry queries are to be sent to [email protected]
Embargo
Out of Bounds areas for 2020 North Island Secondary School Orienteering Champs
The published embargo notice details areas which are out of bounds prior to the events.
All of the embargoes are in accordance with the ONZ Rules (Terrain – 14.3 and 14.4). For more information, please contact the club committee: [email protected]
Sprint - Mountford Park
This embargo applies to all 2020 North Island Secondary School Orienteering
Championship events.
Anyone found breaking this embargo or intentionally trying to gain an unfair advantage
will be disqualified from competing or coaching at the relevant event.
- The competition area detailed above is embargoed. For Leebank Primary School,
James Cook High School and Mountfort Park: Access to the embargoed areas is
permitted until end of the school day on Friday 25th September 2020. However,
the use of maps, and route choice testing during the embargo is not allowed. - Access into the Sprint area is forbidden for all competitors and associates from
5:00am on the day of the competition until the competition is over. This includes
both the Start and Finish areas. - All competitors must use only the routes specified by the organisers to reach the
Event Arena. - Competitors are not allowed to re-enter the Sprint area after they have finished
their race and before the last competitor has finished their race.
Long - Waiuku Forest
This embargo applies to all 2020 North Island Secondary School Orienteering
Championship events.
Anyone found breaking this embargo or intentionally trying to gain an unfair advantage
will be disqualified from competing or coaching at the relevant event.
- Any attempt to physically survey, train or to attend any navigational sporting
activity that may take place within the embargoed areas – such as orienteering,
rogaining, MTBO, adventure racing – is forbidden. - Access into the area for the Long competition is forbidden for all competitors and
associates from 5:00am the day before the competition until the competition is
over. This includes both the Start and Finish areas. - Having crossed the finish line, a competitor must not re-enter the competition
terrain without the permission of the organiser. All competitors must use only the
routes specified by the organisers to reach the Event Arena.
The area is located south of the parking area/clearing on River Road, 900m south of
the junction of Bell Road/River Road
Entries open for NISS
/in News, NISS 2020 /by Martin PeatEntries are now open for NISS and the accompanying public event. Please enter online using EnterO.
NISS 2020 event information
/in News, NISS 2020 /by Brian LongEvent information including entry details have now been posted on our NISS 2020 Event web page.