The Blue Lightning junior development squad will be organising and hosting a special event at Haig Park on this Saturday 2 September. It will be a series of three short, sharp sprints followed by a sprint final. Come along – it will be a lot of fun. The event will raise funds for juniors heading over to WA for the Australian Schools Orienteering Championships.
Further information is available here.
Enter here by 1 September.
Blue Lightning:
- Organised by the Blue Lightning junior development squad.
- Pre-enter on Eventor – This event is not part of the Metro series.
- All funds raised will support juniors participating at Australian Schools Orienteering Championships in WA.
- Open to all-comers. Start times from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (courses close at 12:15). Sprint final from 12:30pm.
Courses:
- There will be three short courses as qualifiers for a sprint final.
- Simplified course – The map has been replaced with simplified hand-drawn features to find each control.
- Line course – Follow the line and find all 5 controls along the way.
- Scatter course – Go to all controls in any order in the shortest time.
- Sprint final: Mass starts from 12:30pm. There will be a briefing beforehand. First across the line wins.
- Accumulated time for all three events determines your mass start group for the Sprint final.
Important:
- Remember to Download after each event and clear and check before each event.
- There will be separate download computers for each event.
- A mispunch will incur a time penalty (1 minute per control).
- Run the simplified, line, and scatter course in any order you like. Allow time to finish all three courses by 12:15pm
- The main canals may be crossed at any point but please take care.