Includes Year 7/8 students

General Information

Enquiries To	John Robinson   [email protected]   021 891165
Location	Barry Curtis Park  Stancombe Road Car park
Event centre	Stancombe Road Car park
Course Setter	Kurtis Shuker
Event Controller	Bryce Brighouse
Map Scale	1:5000
Contour Interval	2.0m

Entries

Download the entry form here.

Entry fee per student $12.

Entries for Years 9 to 13 students are to be emailed to College Sport using the entry form attached. Payment is to College Sport.

Entries for Year 7 and 8 students are to be sent to [email protected]. Payment to the CMOC bank account 12 3052 0311680 00

Pre entry is essential. Entries must be received by midnight Friday 9th June, 2023
Starts

There will be mass starts for first leg runners from 10.30am, There will be a briefing for all runners at 10.15am

Auckland Relay  Trophies

The Top School relay trophies will be awarded to the top Boys team and Girls team who earn the most points across the three grades according to the allocation below. 

Points allocation:  1^st = 5;  2^nd = 4;  3^rd = 3;  4^th = 2;  5^th = 1 for each grade.
Year 7/8 students are not included in the Top School Trophy calculations.

Timekeeping

Timing will be done using the SportIdent electronic punching system.  Students may use their own SportIdent card, or a SportIdent card may be borrowed for the day if the student doesn’t own one. If providing their own card the number must be given on the entry form. Loan cards must be collected from registration by each school on arrival. Non return of an ecard will be charged at $150 each.

Grades

Grade	School Year
Senior	Year 12 or 13
Intermediate	Year 10 or 11
Junior	Year 9
Year 7/8	Year 7 or 8

Course Information

The technical difficulty of the relay courses will match those recommended by Orienteering NZ for the NZSSOC. There is only one difficulty category for each  grade

Grades	Technical Difficulty#	Estimated Winning Time	Approx. Distance *
Senior Boys	Orange	30 mins	3.0km
Senior Girls	Orange	30 mins	2.8km
Intermediate Boys	Yellow	25 mins	2.6km
Intermediate Girls	Yellow	25mins	2.4km
Junior Boys	Leg 1&3 Yellow, leg 2 white	20 mins	2.2km / 2.0km
Junior Girls	Leg 1&3 Yellow, leg 2 White	20 mins	2.2km / 2.0km
Year 7/8 Boys	White	20 mins	1.8km
Year 7/8 Girls	White	20 mins	1.8km

Terrain

Typical park land with water features and park tracks.

Lots of small trees and a special feature of this park are the rock walls.

Clothing and equipment

Shoes with good grip are strongly recommended for all but the white course

A whistle and compass should be carried by all competitors. The competitors need to know that the whistle is for use in emergencies only when they are injured and unable to continue. The emergency signal is 6 short blasts on the whistle.

Safety bearing

Should a competitor become completely lost during the event and need to pull out they should follow a compass bearing  North will bring you back to the event centre   

Start and Finish

The start and finish will be in the event centre. All competitors must punch at the finish after tagging their next runner and proceed to the download even if they are not completing their course.