Xmas - Cass bay score event & end of year prizegiving

Sunday 5 December 2021

Map:: Xmas Cass bay
Event Type:: Rogaine / Score event
Planner:: Raymond Nicholson
Controller:: Nic Gorman
Co-ordinator:: Jane Clifford

Xmas event - Cass bay. This is a 60 minute score/rogaine event with time penalties. Minus 10 points for each minute or part minute thereof (or possible surprise rules!). Please note there are a mix of control sites ranging from White to Red in difficulty, there will be an opportunity for some people to challenge themselves. Have fun and enjoy this casual event.

The PAPO end of year social and prizegiving will happen after the Xmas event at 1.30pm in the start/finish area.

Vaccination Passes

To allow this event to proceed under the Covid Protection framework vaccination passes will be required for all participants and spectators older than 12 years old and 3 months who enter the start/finish area. Vaccination pass will need to be scanned at the entry to the event start/finish area.

Please scan in 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.

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.

Event format: 60 minute score/rogaine event for all competitors.

Terrain details:

The map is a mix of walking tracks, steep slopes with long grass and mixed runnability vegetation.

The ground can be slippery due to the loose pine needles/ leaves and dryness in places.

There are dangerous cliffs near the walking tracks, please take care.

Good footwear is recommended. Orienteering shoes definitely better than road running shoes here!

Beware of other people out walking on the tracks and motor vehicles on the streets and in Corsair Bay car park.

Currently there are no horses in the paddock at Pony point and the electric fence is turned off.

Entries: This event is pre-entry only. Pre-payment required by credit card or bank transfer. Enter here: https://entero.co.nz/evento.php?eventName=cassbay-2021.
Entry Closing date: Entries close Friday 3rd Dec.
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 "CassBay"
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 "CassBay" 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

Travel directions: The event is based at Cass Bay on Lyttleton harbour. Accessed from Dyers Pass or the Lyttleton tunnel.

Parking: Limited Parking on Bayview Place and Harbour View Terrace. Please consider carpooling or alternative transport, and be respectful of residents when parking.

Start: Cass Bay beach.

Registration: from 10.15am (for SI collection only. All entries online).

Start times: Start block one: 10.30-11.15. Start block two: 11.30-12.15 (max 100 people in each start block). Choose your start block when entering.

Course closure: 1.30pm

Costs: Standard PAPO event costs apply See here.

Dogs: Sorry no dogs.

End of year Prizegiving: The PAPO end of year social and prizegiving will happen after the Xmas event at 1.30pm in the start/finish area. We will be presenting the 2021 trophies for the OY series, most improved orienteers and volunteer awards.