North Island Secondary School Orienteering Championships

Welcome to the 2023 North Island Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships hosted by Orienteering Taranaki and Red Kiwi Orienteers – Manawatu.
(Photo: AOC)

Events

North Island Secondary Schools Individual Sprint Championships

Friday 21 April PM – Whanganui

Map:

Whanganui High School

Scale:

1:4000

Location:

Purnell St, Whanganui

Distance:

In Whanganui

Terrain:

School Campus

Start times:

Allocated Start Times. First starts from 1pm.

Course Planner:

Carol Ramsden

Controller:

Russell Higham

North Island Secondary Schools Individual Classic Championships

Saturday 22 April AM – WHanganui/Bulls

Map:

Knottingly

Scale:

1:10000 (C1-2) 1:7500 (C3-12)

Location:

Santoft Forest

Distance:

25 min drive from Bulls

Terrain:

Forested coastal dunes with very good runnability.

Start times:

Allocated Start Times
From 10am

Course Planner:

Kyle Higham

Controller:

Malcolm Ingham

North Island Secondary Schools Relay Championships

SuNDAY 23 April AM – BULLS

Map:

Westerlee Farm

Scale:

1:10000

Location:

Westerlee Farm

Distance:

10min drive from Bulls.

Terrain:

Mostly farmland with a few forested lots.

Briefing:

Start times:

945am

From 10:00am in 3 waves.

Course Planner:

John Henley-King

Controller:

Tony Paterson


Recent Updates / News

  • Relay Results

    We apologise for the delay in publishing the relay results which can be found here. All individual results can be found on winsplits.

  • Bulletin

    Link to Bulletin 1

  • Start Lists

    Link to Sprint Start Lists
    Link to Long Start Lists

  • Change to Day 2 Start Times

    Because of the bad weather forecast for Saturday, we are going to compress the start times. If you are on course 1, we are making your start time 1 hour earlier. So if your start time in the start list is 12:15, you will now be running at 11:15.
    Note this only applies to Course 1 and only on Saturday.
    If you fail to read this message and miss this earlier start time, it will not be counted as late arrival and you will be given a new time as soon as possible.

  • Public races – for Family, Coaches, Managers

    We have had near zero entries to the public races, which leaves us in a bit of trouble with how many maps to print as I’m sure lots of you are keen to have a run. We are going for 40, so first come first served. Don’t forget your cash.

    On offer will be

    SPRINT
    C2           2.2km   1:3000
    C3           1.9km   1:2500

    Starts: from appox 1430 subject to controller approval. Course Closure 1600

    LONG
    C2           5.4km   1:10000               Red
    C4           4.0km   1:7500                 Orange

    Starts: from 1300 approx subject to controller approval. Course closure 1500.

    Other courses will be available if there are excess maps from the schools event


Event Information

Event Bulletins and Programme

  • All competitors need to read or be aware of all the content within the Event Bulletins.
  • Please download Bulletin 1, for up to date information on the event`

Link to Bulletin 1

Start Times

For the Sprint and the Long events each student has an allocated start time. The relay uses a mass start for each class. Start times will be published in the week before the event.

Rules

The event will be run under the NZ Foot Orienteering Rules as published by Orienteering NZ on its website, including the Special Rules for New Zealand Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships where they deviate from the standard competition rules

Entries

Entries are now open – Entries MUST be through your school Sports Co-ordinator via EnterO – https://entero.co.nz/

Closing date for entries is Friday 14th April (midnight). 

SPORTident (SI) will be used for all events. Both types of SI cards can be used: standard SI Cards which are inserted into the control or SI-Air Cards (SIAC) which are waved over the control. Competitors may use their own cards if they own one otherwise SI cards will be available for hire: standard SI Card $3 per event, SI-Air Card $5 per event.

Event Fees              

Sprint  $ 15
Long $ 25
Relay $ 20

Classes

Long Distance Classes

CLASSES – BOYSCLASSES – GIRLSCLASS/AGE RANGEDIFFICULTY
Y78BC: Year 7/8 Boys ChampionshipY78GC: Year 7/8 Girls ChampionshipYear 7-8 (& must be under 13 of age at 1 Jan 23)Yellow
Y78BS: Year 7/8 Boys StandardY78GS: Year 7/8 Girls StandardYear7-8 (& must be under 13 of age at 1 Jan 23)White
JBC: Junior Boys ChampionshipJGC: Junior Girls ChampionshipYear 9 (& must be under 14 of age at 1 Jan 23)Yellow
JBS: Junior Boys StandardJGS: Junior Girls StandardYear 9 (& must be under 14 of age at 1 Jan 23)White
IBC: Intermediate Boys ChampionshipIGC: Intermediate Girls ChampionshipYear 10-11 (& must be under 16 of age at 1 Jan 23)Orange
IBS: Intermediate Boys StandardIGS: Intermediate Girls StandardYear 10-11 (& must be under 16 of age at 1 Jan 23)Yellow
SBC: Senior Boys ChampionshipSGC: Senior Girls ChampionshipYear 12-13 (& must be under 19 of age at 1 Jan 23)Red
SBS: Senior Boys StandardSGS: Senior Girls StandardYear 12-13 (& must be under 19 of age at 1 Jan 23)Orange
SBN: Senior Boys NoviceSGN: Senior Girls NoviceYear 12-13 (& must be under 19 of age at 1 Jan 23)Yellow

If someone is over the maximum age for their class, they must run up a grade regardless of what year they are in at school.

Sprint Distance and Relay Classes

CLASSES – BOYSCLASSES – GIRLSCLASS/AGE RANGE
Y78B: Year 7/8 BoysY78G: Year 7/8 GirlsYear 7-8 (& must be under 13 years of age at 1 Jan 23)
JB: Junior BoysJG: Junior GirlsYear 9 (& must be under 14 years of age at 1 Jan 23)
IB: Intermediate BoysIG: Intermediate GirlsYear 10-11 (& must be under 16 years of age at 1 Jan 23)
SB: Senior BoysSG: Senior GirlsYear 12-13 (& must be under 19 years of age at 1 Jan 23)

If someone is over the maximum age for their class, they must run up a grade regardless of what year they are in at school.

Results

Results will be available after each event on winsplits

Relay team results are available here

Resources