New Zealand Orienteering Championships - Central Otago 2010

Event Details

New Zealand Orienteering Championships

Day 1 - Friday 2nd April 2010
New Zealand Sprint Championship - Roxburgh Tailings (World Ranking Event)

Terrain: Open forest, mainly flat with some gold tailings
Forest sprint using the Roxburgh tailings, which are currently forested. The area is flattish with a few small hills and a reasonable amount of subtle contour that you would expect with gold tailings. The forest is mostly open, fast running with some slower rocky underfoot areas.
Location: Roxburgh East, 5 minutes from Roxburgh
Scale: 1 : 5 000
Contour Interval: 2.5m
Starts from 2:00 pm
Planner: Tane Cambridge
Controller: Bruce McLeod
IOF Controller: Rob Crawford

Day 2 - Saturday 3rd April 2010
New Zealand Middle Distance Championship Event - Bannockburn Sluicing (A grade event)

Terrain: Intricate gold sluicing, open ground
Complex area of gold sluicing and tailings. A lot of history right at your feet, but don't stop to admire it; this is Nationals!
Reasonably steep and very open. Some scattered vegetation.
Location: Bannockburn, 10 minutes from Cromwell
Scale: 1 : 10 000 / 1 : 7500
Contour interval: 5m
Starts from 11 am
Planner: Bunny Rathbone
Controller: Bruce McLeod

Day 3 - Sunday 4th April 2010
New Zealand Long Distance Championship Event - Earnscleugh station (A grade event)

Terrain: Open, rocky, gully spur
A rocky map, a little like Mt Ross, but with a lot more rocks.
Some reasonably steep gullys.
Open and fast running, expect long courses on this map.
Location: 15 minutes from Alexandra
Scale: TBC
Contours: 5m
Starts from 10:30 am
Planner: Barrie Foote
Controller: Alan Foote

Day 4 - Monday 5th April 2010
New Zealand Relays Championship - Naseby East

Terrain: Mainly open farmland, with patchy vegetation and areas of intricate contour.
Used last at the Otago champs 2006
being remapped before nationals.
Mainly open, on farmland with patches of forest and scrub, and areas of complex contour detail.
Good for spectators.
Location: 10 minutes from Naseby township
Scale: 1 : 10 000 / 1 : 7 500
Starts from 11 am
Planner: Nick Mortimer
Controller: Myles Thayer

Nationals Follow up Series Events

Courtesy of PAPO

Come and treat yourselves to three more days of fantastic orienteering in some of New Zealand's most scenic locations.

Courses: Long Red, Medium Red, Short Red, Orange, Yellow, White (no age grades)
Entry: Via the 2010 Nationals website
Start times: 10:30am to 1pm with 2 minute intervals. Select your own start time on the start sheet on the day at the event (pre-reserved start times on special request)
Event fees: $12 Senior , $6 junior, $28 family maximum
Accommodation:
- Nearest accommodation for Wednesday and Thursday is Tekapo. Tekapo has a great range of restaurants, lodgings and luxurious hot pools! Scenic flights are available. University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory is also nearby.
- Nearest accommodation for Saturday is provided by Flock Hill Station. They offer motel, cottage and backpacker options. Cave Stream (a walk through cave) and Castle Hill climbing rocks are also nearby.

Day 5 - Wednesday 7th April 2010 - Lake Pukaki (Irishman Creek)

Terrain: Glaciated lake edge and farmland
Elevation is from lake level (525 m) to 615 m
20% forest with variety of introduced tree species, 80% farmland
Views across the emerald blue lake all the way to Mt Cook
Location: 30 minutes from Tekapo or Twizel
Scale: TBC
Contours: 5m
Planner: Jan and Ian Harrison
Controller: Carsten Jorgensen
Starts: 10:30am - 1:00pm

Day 6 - Thursday 8th April 2010 - Lake Tekapo

Glacial moraine pine forest down to the waters edge
Location: 5 minutes from Tekapo
Scale: TBC
Contours: 5m
Planner: Alistair Richardson
Controller: Alister Metherall
Starts: 10:30am - 1:00pm

Day 7 - Saturday 10th April 2010 - Craigieburn (OY3)

Terrain: Sub-Alpine hill country, varied vegetation
Magnificent sub-alpine hills that range from rolling to steep
Many shallow re-entrants on the steeper hills
Areas of wilding pines as well as friendy and less friendly scrub scattered all over the map
PAPO's 3^rd 2010 Orienteer of the Year event
90 minutes from Christchurch on the way to Arthur's Pass
Scale: TBC
Contours: 5m
Planner: David Wright
Controller: Michael Smithson
Starts: 10:30am - 1:00pm

NZOF Controllers' Clinic (Free)

Wednesday/Thursday 7-8^th April 2010

This is a clinic for planners aspiring to move on to controlling and controllers who want to move up to A or B grade certification. The clinic will be delivered by Graham Teahan (NZOF Technical Director) in three parts:

Part I: Wed 7^th April 1:30pm-2:30pm. Map walk on the Irishman Creek (Lake Pukaki) map
Part II: Wed 7th April 4:30pm-6:30pm. Classroom session at Tekapo Community Hall 9-11 Aorangi Crescent, Tekapo.
Part III: Thurs 8^th April 8:30am-10:30am Continuation of classroom session at Tekapo Community Hall 9-11 Aorangi Crescent, Tekapo.
Please indicate your intention to attend on the Nationals entry form
There is no charge for this clinic

Day 5 - BYO Social Evening - Wednesday 7th April 2010

A chance to get together...

Tekapo Community Hall 9-11 Aorangi Crescent, Tekapo
7:00pm -10:00pm
Mystery Guest Speaker at 8:00pm
Please indicate your intention to attend on the Nationals entry form
Gold coin donation on the evening to cover hall hire


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