NSW Schools Orienteering Championships NSW State League 12 & 13 (and Lake Macquarie Games) 16 th and 17 th August 2014 Newcastle Orienteering Club is conducting the 2014 NSW Schools Orienteering Championships in conjunction with NSW State League Events 12 and 13. Both events will be held close to Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, and not far from the M1 motorway. The NSW Schools Sprint Championships and State League 12 will be contested over two sprint races on Saturday 16 th August. The sprint races will be held on school and TAFE campuses with the longer harder courses entering the adjacent park/bushland. The Booragul map was drawn by Russell Rigby for a Newcastle park sprint in 2013, a new map has been drawn by Rob Vincent for the Glendale sprint. The times for the two races will be added together to determine the overall placings. The NSW Schools Orienteering Championships and State League 13 will be contested as a middle distance race on Sunday 17 th August. The middle distance race will be held on a new map The Tank Paddock drawn by Denis Lyons. Lake Macquarie Games State League 12 and 13 have been included as part of the 2014 Lake Macquarie Games. Lake Macquarie City Council has provided games medals for the first three place getters on each course for each day. Medals will be awarded during the presentation on Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. We thank Lake Macquarie City Council for its assistance with access to the council s land and for its sponsorship in providing medals for the events. Schools SI Stick Collection The hire of SI sticks has been included in the entry fee of all school championship competitors. Competitors should collect their SI Stick from the registration tent at least 30 minutes before their start time. To assist in the distribution of SI sticks it would be appreciated for schools with a number of students entered a teacher from the school could collect all the SI sticks for their students. SI Sticks will be handed out on Saturday morning and collected at the finish desk after the second sprint race. SI Stick will be handed out on Sunday morning and collected at the finish desk after the race.
SATURDAY August 16 - MORNING State League 12 / NSW Schools Sprint Championships - Sprint 1 Venue: Map: Booragul Public School / Lake Macquarie High School / Edwards Park - BOORAGUL Booragul Campus Map Scale: 1:4000 Contour interval 2.0m Fieldwork & cartography: Original version by Russell Rigby 2012, 2013 http://garingal.com.au/gadget2014/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=328&kieli Revised July 2014 by Scott Simson and Russell Blatchford Organiser: Course Planner: Controller: Tim Hackney Russell Blatchford Scott Simson Terrain: Typical school campus - buildings and connecting pathways, interspersed with open spaces and gardens. In wet conditions, pathways may become slippery and footwear will need to be carefully considered. A section of open / semi open parkland with buildings also. Map notes: The map has undergone extensive updates from the original 2012 version. New construction work seems to spring up overnight on some school campuses but it is hoped that this will not be the case before this event. These symbols show areas or features on the map that competitors are forbidden to cross - the penalty being disqualification. There is a legend on the map. How to get there: Drive north from Fennell Bay on the B53 (Toronto Road). At the roundabout take the 3 rd exit into First Street and travel east toward Booragul PS. Drive south from Speers Point on the B53 (Five Islands Road). At the roundabout take the 1 st exit into First Street and travel east toward Booragul Public School. Parking: Please comply with the following parking instructions. The event Organiser has had to engage in lengthy consultation with Lake Macquarie City Council (LMCC) as part of approval and risk assessment to conduct this event. Refer map segment when reading specific parking instructions. Street parking only is available in First, Aspinall, Bell and Rens Streets. In the interest of a fair event, competitors are not to park in First Street to the east
of the Aspinall Street intersection. Depending upon time of arrival, it could be anything up to a ten minute walk to the event arena. Event Arena: To start: The event arena is located in the north west corner of the Booragul Public School grounds. There is only one entry point to the arena, through the school gate on First Street, adjacent to the intersection of First Street and Aspinall Street. Any competitor entering the school grounds from any other entry gate will be disqualified. There is one start location for all courses. Follow orange tapes to the start location. To get to the start, as a condition of our risk assessment with LMCC, competitors must leave the arena via the entry gate to the arena and cross First Street at the pedestrian crossing opposite this school gate. Once over the crossing turn left and follow the orange tapes around the north west end of the lagoon in Edwards Park. Once around the end of the lagoon follow tapes east along the edge of the delightful waters of Cockle Bay.
The distance from the arena to the start is approximately 700 metres. Start: Start intervals are 1 minute. Competitors should move to the pre-start area 3 minutes prior to their allocated start time. Start times: From 10:00 am. Enter on the day start times will be allocated at registration and will be after all other competitors on that course have commenced. Limited entries are available. Spectator control: No spectator control(s) have been specifically included in course planning. However, competitors will be visible from the arena at different stages during their course. Facilities: SI Hire Sticks: Registration / enter on the day / information will be open from 9:00 am. Available from registration. Pre-entry hired SI sticks must be collected no later than 30 minutes before allocated start time. First Aid: St Johns Ambulance will be based in the event centre at Booragul PS (Ph: 0401 458957) Catering: Provided by the Booragul Public School P and C. Please support them. Menu to be served from the school canteen, adjacent to the arena. Follow the signs. When making your way to the canteen, remember: WATCH FOR COMPERTITORS - GIVE WAY TO COMPETITORS. Toilets: Booragul Public School has kindly provided access to the student toilets. The toilets are located adjacent to the arena. Follow the signs. WATCH FOR COMPERTITORS - GIVE WAY TO COMPETITORS. Please remain mindful that you will be entering the competition area if you use the toilets or purchase from the canteen. Please observe all LIMIT of ARENA signs, or face disqualification. Most importantly, please give way to all competitors on course. They are, more than likely, concentrating on quite intense map reading in a challenging section of their course. If you are going to the toilet you will have your head up. Warm up Area: Out of Bounds: Plenty of opportunities for warming up in the north western section of Edwards Park across First Street from the arena, or anywhere along the 700 metre marked route to the start. All areas of the Booragul Campus map other than the arena, toilets, canteen and designated warm up areas in Edwards Park and along the marked route to the start area. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL, ADJACENT TO THE ARENA.
Please observe OOB areas indicated by red/white bunting in the arena, and as indicated by the Limit of Arena signage in the vicinity of the toilet and canteen areas of Booragul Primary School. Shoes: NO metal studs or spikes permitted. Enter-on- the - day courses: Register from 9:00 am on first served basis. Starts allocated at registration from approx 10:50 am Available courses: Very Easy, Easy, Moderate, Hard 1 Course Closure: Map return: 12:15 pm Maps will be returned once all competitors have started - approximately 11:00 am. COURSE AND CLASS INFORMATION Maps will also be available for collection from registration at the afternoon sprint event and the middle distance event Sunday August 17. Control descriptions will be on the map, and will also be available at the pre-start Course Classes Length (km) Climb (m) No. of controls * Hard 1 M21A M17-20A M35A 3.00 64 26 M15A M16A M17+A Hard 2a M40A M45A M50A 2.21 36 20 W21A W35A M21AS Hard 2b W17-20A M55A M60A M65A 2.21 32 21 W40A W45A W17+A Hard 3a W50A W55A W60A W21AS W35AS 1.76 26 18 M70A M35AS Hard 3b W15A W16A W65A W70A W75A W80A 1.76 34 19 M75A M80A M45AS M55AS W45AS W55AS Moderate M13A M14A M15+B W13A W14A W15+B 2.26 34 22 MopenB Wopen B M15-20B W15-20B Easy M11A M12A W11A W12A 1.85 28 21 M13-14B W13-14B Open Easy Very Easy M9A M10A W9A W10A M11-12B W11-12B M/W10N/Open Novice 1.44 18 20 * denotes map change Course Planner s Notes: In order to minimise open running and increase sprint feel, courses have been set to the long side of ONSW recommendations of 15 minute winning times. Winning times for some age classes might approach 18 minutes.
All courses feature a significant amount of controls and a significant amount of direction change. Competitors should take sufficient care to ensure that they visit the correct controls on their course, all controls on their course, and that they visit those controls in the correct sequence. Please KEEP LEFT at stairs and building corners. You will more than likely meet on coming runners. If all runners keep left collisions can be avoided. Please remain mindful of mapping symbols for impassable and forbidden to cross features (refer map notes earlier). In some instances gardens, fences and walls may appear crossable to the naked eye, but mapping representation must guide route choice. In some areas red/white tape, hung horizontally and/or vertically has been used to reinforce features mapped as uncrossable on the map. An example of this taping will be displayed at the prestart. Please do not risk disqualification. This morning is all about the GATES. There are no fewer than 8 vehicle and/or pedestrian gates (symbol above) that provide access to or exit from the school campuses. The fence is a high security fence, and not all gates have been mapped as open for the event. If a gate is not mapped as open then you will have a problem on your hands. Then there are an additional 3 internal gates (symbol above) that allow transition from one school campus to the other. An extra couple of seconds taken considering the best choice of gate could be significant in your final course time. There is an unmanned map change for the Hard 1 course. After punching the final control on map 1, place map 1 in the box adjacent to the control, and take map two from the second box. Both boxes will be clearly labelled. HARD 3A, HARD 3B and EASY course competitors will also visit the control adjacent to the hard 1map change boxes during their course. Please do your best to avoid the boxes, which shouldn t be too difficult. I hope you enjoy the courses, as it had been an enjoyable challenge trying to give course setting a sprint orienteering feel. BOORAGUL (Sprint 1) to GLENDALE (Sprint 2) - allow 10 to 15 minutes driving time
SATURDAY August 16 - AFTERNOON State League 12 / NSW Schools Sprint Championships - Sprint 2 Venue: Map: Glendale Technology High School and Glendale Campus of TAFE. The Old Steam Tram (NEW MAP!) Map Scale: 1:4000 Contour interval 2.0m Fieldwork & cartography: Completed by Robert Vincent, May-July 2014 Organiser: Geoff Peel Course Planner: Shane Trotter Controller: Terrain: Robert Vincent Typical school and TAFE campus buildings, canopies, stairways and connecting pathways, interspersed with open spaces, carparks, paved areas and gardens. CAUTION: In wet conditions, pathways or stairs may become slippery and footwear will need to be carefully considered. Map notes: The map is of a NEW site never used for orienteering before. These symbols show areas or features on the map that all competitors are forbidden to cross. Disqualification will result from breaches! There is only a small legend on the map showing unusual symbols in addition to the impassable ones listed above. As the site involves multi-level buildings due to its steep slopes, mapping generally refers to the ground floors as a priority. This presents a problem for competitors when you approach a building from the second/third floor and needing to drop down a level to controls. Stairs, ramps or grass slopes allow access to lower levels. All controls are at ground level (relatively) and RED/WHITE bunting has been used to block off NO ACCESS stairs to guide competitors away from non-routes.
How to get there: From The Crossroads Glendale (junction B53/B89) travel West along Main Road (B89) for 500m to the traffic lights at Frederick Street and turn right. Travel 80m and turn right into Clare Street, then follow this East for 350m to the High School bus bay on the left. DO NOT ENTER the site via the TAFE entrance at the end of Frederick Street as it is Out of Bounds! Parking: Enter the High School via the bus bay off Clare Street through an open gate. Park adjacent to the entrance track as directed. When full, vehicles will park in the bus bay area as directed, then along the public streets including, Clare Street, Oakland Street, Emily Street. Buses will not be able to enter the property so will be parked in the bus bay. Refer map segment below. Event Arena: To start: The event arena is located in the Eastern section of the High School on the sports oval. There is only one entry point to the arena, through the school gate at the back of the bus bay and along the dirt track. All building areas are Out of Bounds. Any competitor entering these from any other entry may be disqualified. There is one start location for all courses. You will see the Start at the bus shelter when you enter the property. Start: Start intervals are 1 minute. Competitors should move to the pre-start area 3 minutes prior to their allocated start time.
Start times: From 1:30pm. Enter on the day start times will be allocated at registration and will be after all other competitors on that course have commenced. Limited entries are available. Spectator control: Spectator control(s) have been specifically included in course planning. Competitors will be visible from the arena and walk to the start at different stages during their course. GIVE WAY to competitors running in your vicinity! Facilities: Registration / enter on the day / information will be open from 12.30pm. PRESENTATION: Will take place at approximately 3:30 pm adjacent to the carpark at the Arena end. First Aid: St Johns Ambulance will be based in the arena at the oval (Ph: 0401458957) Toilets: Warm up Area: Out of Bounds: Shoes: Portable toilets will be located adjacent to the start. Plenty of space for warming up along the arena track and grassed areas. All areas of the Glendale TAFE Campus and the High School other than the arena, carpark, toilets, designated warm up areas are OOB. Please observe OOB areas indicated by red/white bunting in the arena, and as indicated by the signage. NO metal studs or spikes permitted. Enter-on- the - day courses: Register from 12:30 am on first served basis. Starts allocated at registration from approx 2:20 pm Available courses: Very Easy, Easy, Moderate, Hard 1 Course Closure: Map return: 3:45 pm Maps will be returned once all competitors have started approx 2:30pm Maps will also be available for collection from registration at the the middle distance event Sunday August 17.
COURSE AND CLASS INFORMATION Control descriptions in English will be on the map, and will also be available at the pre-start Course Classes Length (km) Climb (m) No. of controls Hard 1 M21A M16A M17-20A M35A 2.6 88 21 M15A M17+A Hard 2a M40A M45A M50A 2.2 66 18 W21A W35A M21AS Hard 2b W17-20A M55A M60A M65A 2.0 68 17 W40A W45A W17+A Hard 3a W50A W55A W60A W21AS W35AS 1.9 58 15 M70A M35AS Hard 3b W15A W16A W65A W70A W75A W80A 1.6 48 13 M75A M80A M45AS M55AS W45AS W55AS Moderate M13A M14A M15+B W13A W14A W15+B 2.0 62 16 MopenB Wopen B M15-20B W15-20B Easy M11A M12A W11A W12A 1.9 58 21 M13-14B W13-14B Open Easy Very Easy M9A M10A W9A W10A M11-12B W11-12B M/W10N Open Novice 1.5 34 16 Course Setter s Notes: The TAFE will be in passive operation as some TAFE students attend lessons and cars will be present in the TAFE carparks..take CARE to avoid vehicles! An event official will be on duty in these areas of risk (follow their directions). All courses feature a significant number of controls and a significant amount of direction change. Competitors should take sufficient care to ensure that they visit the correct controls on their course, all controls on their course, and that they visit those controls in the correct sequence. CHECK CONTROL CODES CAREFULLY AS MANY CONTROLS ARE CLOSE TOGETHER! Please KEEP LEFT at stairs and building corners. You will more than likely meet on coming runners. If all runners keep left collisions can be avoided. Paved areas will be slippery if wet. Please remain mindful of mapping symbols for impassable and forbidden to cross features (refer map notes earlier). In some instances gardens, fences and walls may appear crossable to the naked eye, but mapping representation must guide route choice. High walls exist in many places so care must be taken not to cross impassable walls. In some areas red/white tape identifies out of bounds, impassable routes or forbidden routes. There are two gates that provide an exit from the campuses. The boundary fence is a high security fence, and one gate is located at the entrance to TAFE (West end of map), the other is the School gate used for this event. All courses stay inside the security fence and no other perimeter gates are open.
NSW Schools Middle Distance Championships + State League 13 - Minmi Sunday 17th August 2014 Organiser: Andrew Power; Planner: Denis Lyons; Controller: Geoff Todkill Map: the Tank Paddock, 1:10000, 5m contours for Hard & Moderate; 1:7500, 5m contours for Easy and Very Easy. Directions: From NORTH. At the roundabout where John Renshaw Drive crosses Weakley s Drive and the extension of the M1 motorway, head south toward the M1 motorway. 700m from the roundabout turn left onto Lenaghan s Drive and follow for 5km to the entrance to the Tank Paddock, on the left hand side of the road. (NB. When leaving the event to head north you need to turn left from Lenaghan s Drive (after 2.8km approx.) onto Black Hill Rd. Immediately after crossing the M1 motorway, turn right at the roundabout to join the motorway.) From SOUTH. Take the Newcastle / Singleton exit from the M1 motorway, following signs to Newcastle. At the first set of traffic lights turn left onto Woodford St. and follow through the village of Minmi. (Do not turn at the lights in Minmi.) The entrance to the Tank Paddock is 1.7km from the northern edge of Minmi, and on the right hand side of the road. From WEST. If using the Hunter Expressway, head to Newcastle. At the first lights, turn left onto Woodford St. and as above. Parking: Early parking will be inside the paddock. Follow directions from officials. Later arrivals may have to park beside the road, which has a very wide shoulder, on both sides, in this area. Park as far left as possible (for added safety) and to the NORTH of the entrance. Lenaghan s Drive is 80km/h. Leave the eastern roadside to the south of the entrance for bus parking. NO PARKING BESIDE THE RED/WHITE TAPE WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE ENTRANCE TO THE PADDOCK. NB. Any large bus which is coming from the south should go past the entrance to turn around where safe, EG. 2.8km past the entrance turn left onto Black Hill RD., cross over the Motorway and use the roundabout to turn around and then turn right onto Lenaghan s Drive to park south of the paddock entrance. Facilities: Toilets: Portaloos will be located adjacent to the Arena. Clothing return: Due to the short distance to the Start, there will be no clothing return. Water: Water will be available on courses as indicated in the control descriptions and at the finish. There will be no water at the start. Catering: The NSW Junior squad will be providing catering. The normal foodstuffs will be on offer. First Aid: Provided by St Johns Ambulance should you need it. We thank them for their assistance. Out of bounds: All areas other than the parking and assembly areas are out of bounds.
Registration: Registration will be open from 8:45 am. Pre-entered competitors do not need to report to registration before competition. Hired SI sticks will be available for collection at the Registration Tent. Arena map: Start location: Look for signs heading SE. from the south-east part of the assembly area. Follow streamers 90m to pre-start. Starts: The official first start time is 9:30 am. Families who have requested split times can start earlier or later than the advertised start times. It is essential that you register with the start official and ensure that you punch the start control. Competitors on Very Easy courses may start at any convenient time. Shadowed competitors may start at any time, after their shadow has completed their own course, and are allowed to view and discuss their map for 10 minutes before punching the start control. Control descriptions: Control descriptions will be available in the Pre-start area. Symbols only for Hard and Moderate courses and words for Easy and Very Easy. Descriptions will also printed on the front of the map. Hard1 &Hard4 will be in symbols. All other courses include a Schools class and will be in English. Start Procedure: Starting intervals will be two minutes. Clear and check units will be located at the pre-start. Competitors are required to report to the pre-start at least 6 minutes before their start time. You will be required to sign the land-owners indemnity and to CLEAR and CHECK your SI stick, before entering the pre-start area. -- 6 minutes name & SI stick checked (The prestart clock will display your start time being called) -- 4 minutes collect control description sheet (a COPY of the IOF symbols will on display) -- 2 minutes proceed to map box. The map boxes will located a distance from the prestart (check you are at the correct box) Write your name on the back of your map. 0 minutes pick up your map and punch the start control before viewing your map. The map boxes and start SI units will be in the start triangle
Late starters should report to the prestart and will be allowed to start at the starter s discretion. Time penalties may apply. Controls: Controls will be T stands with flags. An SI unit and punch will be positioned on each stand. The control code number will be on the top of the stand. SportIdent: It is essential that you use the correct SportIdent stick, numbered as shown on the Start list. Hire sticks have been allocated and will be available for collection at Registration. Don t forget to clear your SI stick before the Start. Competitors need to ensure that the SI unit registers at each control stand by the LED flash, and an audible beep. If an SI unit fails to register, then competitors should punch in a reserve box on the map. Finish: After punching the finish control, competitors follow the tapes to the finish tent where they download the SI, and their course will be checked, and provisional result will be determined. Maps will be collected at the finish. They will be available to competitors after the last start on each day. All competitors are required to pass through the finish even if they have not completed their course. Course Closure: Competitors must report to the finish by 1:30 pm. ONSW has defined a Maximum Time for competitors of 2.5 hours for Middle Distance events. Safety Information: All Schools competitors must carry a whistle. It is recommended that all competitors carry a whistle to be used in an emergency. The emergency signal is three short blasts at 10 second intervals. A competitor hearing the signal should abandon their course and render assistance. Safety Bearing: West to the sealed road, then north if coming out of the forest, or south if coming out of the open land. Results : Provisional results will be displayed as soon as possible after each competitor has finished. Results for each day will be available on Eventor and also at newcastleorienteering.asn.au/ Motor Bikes: There is a possibility that there will be motor bikes in the map area. Please take care. At the time of printing all tracks have been mapped. It is possible that some very new tracks may be unmapped. Complaints and Protests: Complaints and Protests must be made in writing and lodged with the organiser within 1 hour of the finalisation of results for that class. A protest panel of three (3) will been appointed to deal with any protest. Presentation: Presentation of awards to winners and place getters in each class will be made as soon as practicable after the finalisation of results. Approximately 12:30 pm.
Enter on the day: Competitors who wish to enter on the day will need to report to Registration between 9.30 am and 10.30 am. Fees: $15.00 (Members), $20.00 (Non-members). Please try to pay the exact amount if possible. Start times will be allocated from the time gaps at the end of the pre-entry start list. Competitors must report to the pre-start at least 6 mins before their allocated start time. Courses available: The following Enter-on-the-Day courses will be offered: Very Easy, Easy, Moderate and Hard 4. A String Course will operate from the Registration. Mapper s notes: The area consists of three distinctive types of terrain. A. Former open farm paddocks which are now covered in long, thick grasses (slow), gorse (walk) and patches of regrowth (generally slow). Some stands of original forest allow easier running. The open paddocks have an intricate pattern of trail bike tracks. If wet, the grass holds the water and the tracks have muddy sections. B. The sides of a main watercourse system, with numerous side gullies and watercourses. The vegetation in this section varies from reasonably runnable to thicker sections with reduced speed and visibility. There are some large sections of tee-tree, some -slow run, some -walk. Lantana has invaded some of this area. Where it occurs in patches, the closeness of the green blobs will indicate the chances of been unimpeded. Solid green means impenetrable. C. The southern and eastern sections of the area are generally open, fast, eucalypt forest. Lantana is minimal, except along the southern edge. Spikey vegetation as well as lantana mean that full body cover is recommended. Courses will aim to have competitors move in and out of these three types of terrain. The map has well defined boundaries. To the north is a disused railway with rails still in place. To the east is an old railway formation with a track (not rails) on it, and a fence on its eastern side. A creek and swamp with thick lantana along with a dam form the southern boundary. Roads form the western boundary. Some large swamps exist along the edge of the map, inside the railway formations. Competitors on HARD courses will come to a control which will be visible from the eastern end of the assembly area. The distance that each course still has to complete is indicated below. H1: 3.6km, H2: 2.3km, H3A: 2.2km, H3B: 1.9km, H4: 2.1km, Special map symbols: X The black cross is used to represent a car wreck. O The black circle is used for other man-made features. X The brown cross represents a termite mound. X A green cross represents a significant single large tree. NB. Meat-ant nests are not shown
Course information: Courses involve middle distance concepts. Course Length State League Classes Schools Champs Classes Hard 1 5.7 km 24C M21A, M35A Hard 2 4.5 km M17-20A, M40A, M45A, M50A, M55A, M17+A 21C W21A Hard 3A 4.0 km M16A, M60A, M65A, W35A, W40A, M15A, M16A 21C W45A, M21AS Hard 3B 3.6 km W16A, W17-20A, W50A, W55A, W60A, W15A, W16A, W17+A 19C M35AS, M70A Hard 4 3.0 km 18C M75A, M80A, W65A, W70A, W75A, W80A, M45AS, M55AS, W21AS, W35AS, W45AS, W55AS Moderate 2.8 km M14A, W14A, MOpenB, WOpenB, M13A, W13A, M14A, W14A, M15+B, W15+B 17C M15-20B, W15-20B Easy 2.2 km 16C M12A, W12A, Open Easy M11A, W11A, M12A, W12A, M13-14B, W13-14B Very Easy 1.8 km 12C M10A, W 10A, M/W-10N, Open Novice M9A, W9A, M10A, W10A, M11-12B, W11-12B Newcastle Orienteering Club wishes to acknowledge the assistance given by Coal &Allied Industries and NPWS for access to this area.