NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017
BULLETIN 1 - April 2017
WAIRARAPA 20-22 JULY 2017
Officially sanctioned by the New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports
Council
Incorporating Years 7 and 8
The organising committee of the NZSSC Orienteering Championships
would like to thank the sponsors and landowners for their support in
enabling us to host this event.
In particular we would like to thank Juken New Zealand Limited and Forest
Enterprises Limited for allowing us access to their production forests, also
Sir Brian Lahore and family and Mike and Roz Southey for the use of their
farms for the Riverlands and Mingimingi events. Thanks to Massey
University for use of the Riverside map and to Rathkeale College for the
use of the Rathkeale campus for the sprint event.
Preliminary information about this event is contained in this bulletin.
Further details will be posted on the website as they become
available:
www.wellingtonorienteering.org.nz/nzssc2017
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SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP
Rathkeale Campus - map extract
Date:
Thursday 20th July 2017
Map:
Scale:
Location:
Terrain:
Level:
Start Times:
Rathkeale
1:4000 and 2m contour interval
Rathkeale College, 7km north of Masterton
School campus, including grounds and surrounding bush
All runners run Championship Grade
First starts at 2.30pm
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INDIVIDUAL LONG CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mingimingi - map extract
Date:
Friday, 21st July
This event is an Orienteering NZ ‘A-Level event’
Map:
Scale:
Location:
Terrain:
Levels:
Start times:
Mingimingi
1:10,000 Orange and Red; 1:7,500 Yellow and White
Stronvar, 36km east of Masterton
Spur gully forest and farmland with some rock detail.
Championship: for experienced orienteers
Standard: for those with less experience
Senior Novice: for first time senior orienteers
First starts will be at 10.30am
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RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Riverlands - map extract
Date:
Saturday, 22 nd July
Map:
Riverlands
Scale:
Location:
1:10,000 Orange; 1:7,500 Yellow and White
Paierau Road (Masterton bypass), 9km north of
Masterton
River flats erosion gullies farmland and bush.
All runners run Standard grade
First starts will be at 10.00am
Terrain:
Level:
Start times:
Teams:
“Official teams” are made up of 3 students, of the same
gender and from the same school, who are eligible to
compete in the class.
Composite teams of 3 students from different
schools can also compete as non-competitive
teams
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ENTRIES
Entries must be made on the online entry form. Entries will be open from
early Term 2 and will close on 7 July 2017. Each school must submit one
entry covering all students participating from that school. Event payment will
also be online.
Note: Because entries must be endorsed by the school principal, school
principals will be asked to sign and return an acknowledgement of attendance
form before the event. This form will be available on the website.
ENTRY FEES
Sprint
Long (standard and
championship)
Relay
SI Hire
$15
$15
$45 (per team)
$5 (for duration of event)
ACCOMMODATION
All events are located near Masterton in the Wairarapa. A range of
accommodation options are available in Masterton, including boarding house
accommodation at Rathkeale College and Wairarapa College (tbc)
Rathkeale College - [email protected]
TRANSPORT
Schools are expected to provide transport for their own students to, and
during, the events.
Note: Schools are requested to not bring buses for transport. The Long
Distance event is accessed from rural roads which are narrow with soft
shoulders that are not suitable for large vehicles such as buses, or vehicles
with low ground clearance. At a minimum, bus parking will be at least 2.5km
from the event centre as buses will not be permitted on the forestry road.
For the relay event, access from the main road is narrow and is not suitable
for long vehicles.
Schools are advised to bring vans, which will be allowed on forestry roads
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EVENT GRADES
Grade
Senior (yr 12-13)
Intermediate (yr 10-11)
Junior (yr 9)
Year 7/8
Age
Under 19 at 1January 2017
Under 16 at 1 January 2017
Under 14 at 1 January 2017
Year group at school
EVENT COURSES
Individual Sprint
Course
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
Course 6
Course 7
Course 8
Classes
Senior Boys
Senior Girls
Intermediate Boys
Intermediate Girls
Junior Boys
Junior Girls
Yr 7/8 Boys
Yr 7/8 Girls
Estimated Winning Time
12-15 minutes
12-15 minutes
12-15 minutes
12-15 minutes
12-15 minutes
12-15 minutes
12-15 minutes
12-15 minutes
Individual Long
Course
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
Course 6
Course 7
Course 8
Course 9
Course 10
Course 11
Course 12
Classes
Senior Boys Championship
Senior Girls Championship
Int. Boys Championship
Int. Girls Championship
Senior Boys Standard
Senior Girls Standard
Junior Boys Championship
Int. Boys Standard
Junior Girls Championship
Int. Girls Standard
Yr 7/8 Boys Championship
Senior Boys Novice
Yr 7/8 Girls Championship
Senior Girls Novice
Junior Boys Standard
Yr 7/8 Boys Standard
Junior Girls Standard
Yr 7/8 Girls Standard
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Est Winning
Time
45-50 mins
45-50 mins
35-40 mins
35-40 mins
35-40 mins
35-40 mins
Red
Red
Orange
Orange
Orange
Orange
25-30 mins
Yellow
25-30 mins
Yellow
25-30 mins
Yellow
25-30 mins
Yellow
20-25 mins
White
20-25 mins
White
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Relay
Course
Course 1
Course 2
Course 3
Course 4
Course 5
Course 6
Course 7
Course 8
Est. winning time
(for each leg)
30 mins
30 mins
25 mins
25 mins
20 mins
20 mins
20 mins
20 mins
Class
Senior Boys
Senior Girls
Intermediate Boys
Intermediate Girls
Junior Boys
Junior Girls
Yr 7/8 Boys
Yr 7/8 Girls
Difficulty
Orange
Orange
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
Yellow
White
White
Relay Event Rules
The rules for official teams in the Relay event, as per NZSSSC, are:
1) The students must be from the same school.
2) Yr7/8 students cannot run up in the secondary school grades (this would
disadvantage Yr9‐13 schools).
3) Girls cannot run in the boys team and vice versa (this would disadvantage
single gender
schools).
4) Within the secondary school competition, students of the same gender
from the same school may run up a grade.
5) All other combinations will constitute a non‐competitive (NC) entry with
regard to points contributing to the Top School competition.
The rules for non‐competitive teams from the same school are:
1) Girls can run equivalent boys grade or higher.
2) Boys cannot run any girl's courses.
3) Mixed boys and girls teams will run the ‘boys version’ of the highest grade
runner in the
team. Eg: JB, IG, SG will run the SB relay – must be ‘boys’; and ‘senior’ is
the highest grade runner.
4) These teams should be entered as a ‘Full Team’ when completing the
initial entry forms.
Individual students from different schools that have selected to run in a composite
team will be placed in teams of the same grade and gender.
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SCHOOLS COMPETITIONS
A number of competitions are contested at the National Secondary Schools
Orienteering Championships
Top Secondary School Competition
This is the longest running competition and caters for the broadest spread of
students. It is intended that the trophies go to the schools that display the
greatest depth of orienteering talent at all levels. There are separate trophies for
boys and girls.
Only 3 competitors in each age grade (senior, intermediate, junior) will
contribute to the school's points. That is, a maximum of 9 competitors (3 at
each age) will be able to earn points for their school.
In the individual (long) competition the best three results at each age grade,
whether in the Championship, or Standard event, will be counted. At least one
of these results must be from the Championship level (i.e. a school entering all
its competitors in the Standard level will be able to count only two results).
In the individual (sprint) competition the best three results at each age
grade will be counted.
In the relay, only the highest positioned team from any school in each age
grade will count. (Runners in composite teams do not count).
Points for this competition are as follows:
Individual (Sprint): 1st - 25 points, 2nd - 24, 3rd - 23, down to 25th - 1 point.
Individual (Long) - Championship: 1st - 25 points, 2nd - 24, 3rd - 23, down to
25th - 1 point.
Individual (Long) - Standard: 1st - 15 points, 2nd - 14, 3rd - 13, down to 15th 1 point. Relays - 1st team - 60 points, 2nd - 54, 3rd - 48, down to 10th - 6
points.
SILVA Premier School Competition
This competition is supported by the event sponsor, with boys' and girls'
trophies. It is aimed at encouraging schools to support their top performing
competitors at national level. The winners are the schools that have the best
performance by their top competitors at Championship level only. The results of
one competitor from each school in each Championship age grade count, with
points from 10 for 1st to 1 for 10th.
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Small Teams Competition
This competition is to cater for schools who have insufficient numbers or an
inadequate spread of students to compete seriously in the Top School
Competition. It is restricted to schools that have entered 5 or fewer
competitors. There are separate boys' and girls' competitions. Certificates are
awarded to the winning school and the place getters. This competition will be
based on results in the Top School Competition.
PRIZEGIVING
A prizegiving will be held at the completion of the relay on Saturday. Certificates
will be awarded to all placegetters and trophies to the winning boys’ and girls’
schools.
ENQUIRIES
All enquiries can be made to: [email protected].
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