Day 1: Saturday 6th November – The Groynes (From 1.30 p.m.)
Day 2: Sunday 7th November – Bottle Lake (From 10:00 a.m.)
This festival is open to all school aged children (from years 1 to 13) who are new to orienteering, beginners or experienced. You can enter both days or just one.
Download the Event programme and start lists for each day below.
Canterbury-Schools-Orienteering-Festival-2021-Programme.pdf
Canterbury-Schools-Orienteering-Saturday-6th-November-Groynes-Start-Times.pdf
Canterbury-Schools-Orienteering-Sunday-7th-November-Bottle-Lake-Start-Times.pdf
Cost: $10 per child per day.
Includes hire of a Sportident stick/dibber for using at each control/check point (no need to bring your own)
Entries: Entries have now closed. Sorry no late entries can be accepted due to running the event in Level 2 and allowing distancing.
Payment: Via online banking or a school can request an invoice for all of the children entered for that school.
Bank account: 03 0823 0425931 00 in the name of Peninsula And Plains Orienteers Incorporated (PAPO)
If paying for an individual, please reference CSOF and your child's name.
If paying as a school, please reference CSOF and school name or invoice number.
Which grade should I enter?
Depending on your experience and whether you want to compete as an individual or team you can chose from the following grades:
Competitive Grade – for individuals only with some orienteering experience.
Fun Grade – for beginner individuals, teams of two or more or those who want to be shadowed.
Orienteering requires competitors to visit a number of checkpoints (controls) in the correct order. Orienteering in New Zealand uses a system of colour coded courses based on their navigational difficulty. For the Competitive Grade, the course difficulty for each school year is summarised in the following table. For the Fun Grade, children will run a course one level of difficulty less as shown in the table:
|
School Year
|
Competitive Grade
|
Fun Grade
|
|
Year 1,2,3,4,5,& 6
|
White
|
White
|
|
Year 7 & 8
|
Yellow
|
White
|
|
Year 9
|
Yellow
|
White
|
|
Year 10 & 11
|
Orange
|
Yellow
|
|
Year 12 & 13
|
Red
|
Orange
|
Difficulty levels:
| White Course |
Courses follow linear features such as tracks, fences, streams, etc. Controls are placed at decision points. |
| Yellow Course |
Control sites are near linear features. This gives the opportunity to follow handrails or to cut across country. |
| Orange Course |
Controls are located further from linear features. This requires cross-country navigation. Prominent features such as track junctions, bends or hills are located within 100m of the controls. Compass strongly recommended. |
| Red Course |
Navigation is as difficult as possible with controls located away from linear features. Ability to use a compass is essential. |
Coaching: There will be plenty of after school training opportunities around Christchurch starting four weeks prior to the festival, to practice your orienteering skills. See https://papo.org.nz/events/view/3975
Final details: The final event programme and start times will be sent out to all entrants by email on the Wednesday before the festival.
Questions?: Any questions regarding the festival please email PAPOschools@gmail.com
