MTBO #5. Crocodile

MTBO on the Crocodile XC tracks above Halswell Quarry. Courses will be on single track with significant climb and descent, so experience riding single track in the Port Hills is recommended. MTB Orienteering experience isn’t essential, but it is good to as ask for advice if this is your first time reading an orienteering map. This event will use some "off-track" controls on the open farmland, please ensure you are familiar with the mapping conventions that show where off-track riding is allowed.  

Note: The event is subject to cancellation if the MTB tracks are closed due to wet weather, so we will all keep an eye on the weather and we will put an update here if this is likely.

Covid-19 information  

This event will run under guidelines for Level 2 from ONZ and CCC. Please read and follow these guidelines carefully – they apply to you and your family

People should NOT attend any orienteering event:
● If they are unwell with a cough, fever, or other respiratory symptoms.
● If they have been in close contact with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 until they have completed the prescribed quarantine period, even if they are completely symptom free.
● If they have returned from any overseas country until they have completed their allocated quarantine at an MIQ facility.
● If they are undergoing COVID-19 testing, until they have received negative results and are symptom free.
● If they have been advised to stay at home by a health professional.

Please do this in the day:

• Scan with the covid app when you arrive – if you don’t want to run with your phone, create a manual entry on the covid app.
• Go to the start, keep 2m apart
• Finish your course and leave (no second courses)
• Do not hang around and socialise (sorry!)
• Results will go up online

Entries: This event will be pre-entry only. Pre-payment required by credit card or bank transfer. Enter here: https://entero.co.nz/evento.php?eventName=croc-mtbo-2021.
Entry Closing date: Please enter by Thursday 18th November 2021 to ensure we print the correct number of maps. Entries close Friday 19th November 2021.
Credit card payments: We now accept credit card payments for entry fees. Please pay from the entry system (EnterO).
Bank Transfers: Please credit the PAPO bank account: 03-0823-0425931-00. Please reference your surname and "Croc MTBO"
Costs: Standard PAPO costs apply see https://papo.org.nz/faq/costs.
Costs for non-member family entries & teams entries: Due to limitations with the entry system, the maximums for non-member families and teams may not be correctly applied. If the total amount calculated by the entry system is more than the maximum stated here https://papo.org.nz/faq/costs, please choose the Bank Transfer option and pay the maximum shown. Please email PAPOentries@gmail.com if you have done this.
VIP points:  If you want to use a VIP card to pay, please mark this with "Croc MTBO" and choose Bank Transfer on the entry form. Forward your email confirmation to PAPOentries@gmail.com with a photo of your VIP card.
Helpers on the day: If you are helping out with the event and will take a free ride, please choose Bank Transfer on the entry form. Forward your email confirmation to PAPOentries@gmail.com with a note that you part of the team helping to put the event on.
Any other entry queries: Please email PAPOentries@gmail.com 

Four courses will be offered: 

Travel directions: The event is based at Quarry Hill Reserve. Accessed from Rock Hill Drive or Quarry Hill Terrace at the top of Kennedy's Bush Road. 

Parking: On-street parking at the top of Kennedy's Bush Road.

Start: Across the stile to the farmland at the very end of Kennedy's Bush Road.

Registration: from 10am (for SI collection only. All entries online).

Start times: Start block one: 10.15-11.15. Start block two: 11.30-12.30 (max 100 people in each start block). Choose your start block when entering.

Course closure: 2.30pm

Costs: Standard PAPO event costs apply See here.

Dogs: Sorry no dogs.