The Oceania Sprint Distance and Relay Championships, as well as the Australian Long Distance championships are taking place 40 kms east of Cooma, NSW will be organised by Orienteering ACT. The same Parking and Assembly area will be used for all three events, on a sheep farming property, Gaerloch, owned by Craig and Susan Mitchell. Most of the road is good bitumen. Only the last few kilometres to Gaerloch are unsealed and the road of about four kilometres through Gaerloch is a typical farm road.
Terrain Description
The terrain varies from relatively flat to some steep hills with complex outcrops of granite boulders, areas of bare rock, significant termite mounds (ant hills 1.0 to 1.5 metes), subtle gullies, spurs and knolls, with vegetation varying from some thick undergrowth to normal runnability and some open areas for fast running.
The area was first used for the 1989 Australian 3-Days, with the next major use being the 2000 World Cup and Day 3 of the 2000 Australian 3-Days, followed by the 2001 Australian Long Distance and Relay Championships. The areas being used the Oceania Championships have not been used for a major event, ie a Group A event as defined in the Orienteering Australia Competition Rules, since then. Parts of the area have been used for ACT events in the past decade (none since May 2008), but previous experience in the area will not provide a significant advantage because:
- Oceania Sprint Distance Championships. It will be the first use of a Sprint Distance scale map in the area and thus the perspective will be much different.
- Australian Long Distance Championships. The area has changed in terms of fences, roads, under storey vegetation, etc, much of the area has not been used for a decade, and the mapped area will extended.
- Australian Relay Championships. The area has changed in terms of fences, roads, under storey vegetation, etc.
Event Location
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Friday, 7 October 2011
Oceania Sprint Distance Championships
- incorporating SILVA National Orienteering League – Race 15 (IOF World Ranking Event) & Australian Bushrangers and New Zealand Pinestars Test Match
Event Information
| Map: | A new map at 1:5,000 based on parts of the South Badja map (April 2000) |
| Mapper: | Eric Andrews |
| Course Setter: | Geoff Lawford |
| IOF Adviser & Controller: | David Hogg |
| Organiser: | Jenny Bourne (Abominables Orienteering Club) |
| Championship Classes: |
Hard: M16A, M18A, M20E, M21E, M35A, M40A, M45A, M50A, M55A, M60A, M65A, M70A, M75A, M80A, M85A W16A, W18A, W20E, W21E, W35A, W40A, W45A, W50A, W55A, W60A, W65A, W70A, W75A, W80A, W85A Moderate: M14A, W14A; Easy: M12A, W12A Very Easy: M10, W10. |
| Non-Championship Classes: | Hard: M21A, W21A |
| Entry Fees: | Senior $25, Juniors(13-20) $15, Sub-Juniors(to 12) $10, Family maximum $65. |
| First Start: | The first start time will be around the middle of the day. |
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Australian Long Distance Championships
- incorporating SILVA National Orienteering League – Race 16 (IOF World Ranking Event) & Australian Bushrangers and New Zealand Pinestars Test Match (Final)
Event Information
| Map: |
Marginata. A new map based on parts of South Badja (April 2000), plus an extension. The map scale will be 1:15000 for M17-20E, M21E, M35A, W17-20E, W21E, and W35A classes and 1:10000 for all other classes. |
| Mapper: | Eric Andrews |
| Course Setter: | Liz Abbott and Bruce Bowen |
| IOF Adviser: |
Robert Mouatt |
| Controller: | John Scown |
| Organiser: | Sue Garr (Parawanga Orienteering Club) |
| Championship Classes: |
Hard: M16A, M17-20E, M21E, M35A, M40A, M45A, M50A, M55A, M60A, M65A, M70A, M75A, M80A, M85A W16A, W17-20E, W21E, W35A, W40A, W45A, W50A, W55A, W60A, W65A, W70A, W75A, W80A, W85A Moderate: M14A, W14A Easy: M12A, W12A; Very Easy: M10, W10. |
| Non-Championship Classes: | Hard: M17-20A, M21A, M21AS, M35AS, M45AS, M55+AS W17-20A, W21A, W21AS, M35AS, W45AS, W55A+S Moderate: MJunB, MOpenB, M45+B, WJunB, WOpenB, M45+B Easy: M/WOpenE; Very Easy: M/WopenVE, ,MW10N. (Classes might be combined if entries are low) |
| Entry Fees: | Senior $45, Juniors(13-20) $25, Sub-Juniors(to 12) $17, Family maximum $115. |
| First Start: | The first start time will be from around 10.00 am. |
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Oceania Relay Championships
- incorporating SILVA National Orienteering League – Race 17, Australian – New Zealand Challenge (Relay)
Event Information
| Map: | Gaerloch. A new map 1:10000 based on parts of South Badja April 2000. |
| Mapper: | Eric Andrews |
| Course Setter: | Bill Jones |
| Controller: | Dennis Trewin |
| Organiser: | Red Roos Orienteering Club |
| Championship Classes: |
Hard: M16A, M18A, M20E, M21E, M35A, M40A, M45A, M50A, M55A, M60A, M65A, M70A W16A, W18A, W20E, W21E, W35A, W40A, W45A, W50A, W55A, W60A, W65A, W70A |
| Non-Championship Classes: | Hard: M21AS; W21AS Moderate: MOpenB, WOpenB Easy: M/W12A. Mixed: MWMed; MWSML (Classes might be combined if entries are low) |
| Entry Fees: | Senior $27, Juniors(13-20) $16, Sub-Juniors(to 12) $12, Family maximum $70. |
Team Nominations for 2011 Oceania Relays
See the 2011 Oceania Relays page for more details.
Incentives
Official national teams (from same nation and correct age class), not included in the AUS-NZL Challenge, will eligible for 30 (ie 10 teams) prizes (limited production coffee mugs, pictured below, featuring the blossom of the Banksia Marginata, which is abundant in the area) in the following categories:
- Eclipsing AUS-NZL Challenge Teams – for any teams that beat both ANZ-NZL Challenge Teams
- Barrel Draw – Teams not in the Challenge, which finished their courses correctly and which did not beat both AUS-NZL Challenge teams, will go into a barrel draw for prizes.
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