South Island & Canterbury champs 2020

The 2020 Canterbury champs will double as the 2020 South Island champs and will be held on Canterbury Show weekend (Nov 14th/15th).

It will consist of the following events:

• Sat 14th Nov: Long distance at Acheron, near Lake Lyndon, Canterbury High Country.
• Sun 15th Nov: Middle distance at Kairaki, north of Christchurch.
• In addition there will be a MTB orienteering event on Fri 13th Nov at Bottle Lake (this is separate to Canterbury champs). See here for details of that event.

Programme and start lists

Event programme and starts lists are now available below:

• Programme - General Information
• Programme - Long Distance - Sat 14th Nov
• Start List - Long Distance - Sat 14th Nov
• Programme - Middle Distance Sun 15th Nov
• Start List - Middle Distance Sun 15th Nov

Canterbury Champs Event Fees:

Member fees. These are available to members of any orienteering club in the world: 

Non member fees are the club member fees above plus $10 adult or $5 junior/child (per race). 

Family is up to two adults plus any juniors/children living at the same address.

For team entries, please create an individual entry for each team member. 

Entries:

Pre-entry is required for the Canterbury champs events. Entries closed on 1st November. No entry on the day.

  Details of entries 

The Friday MTBO event will be enter on the day.

Start times:

Start times will be allocated and published prior to the events. Earliest start is 11am.

Grades:

Elite grades: M21E/W21E for seniors and M20E/W20E for juniors.
Both the middle and long distance races qualify runners for NOL (National Orienteering League) points.

Competitive grades:
Grades are in 2-year bands up to age 20 and in 10-year bands for over 40s.

Recreational grades:

For those that want an easier navigational challenge or shorter course than the competitive grade.
Or for those going as a team or juniors being shadowed by parents.

There will be four courses available:

If you have not run a red course before, we recommended you do not try your first read course at this event as both maps are very technical.