香港野外定向總會 主辦
　

Organized by
Orienteering Association of Hong Kong 

 

 

 

康樂及文化事務署 資助
　

Subvented by
Leisure and Cultural Services Department

　


2006/2007年度色級野外定向賽

第四場 2007年4月1日 寶馬山
　

Colour-coded Orienteering Events 2006/2007

Event No. 4  - 1/4/2007 Braemar Hill
　

 

EVENT INFORMATION

 

Date:                  Sunday, 01April 2007

Area:                 Braemar Hill

Type:                 Cross-country

Map:                  1:10000, 5-metre contour interval with IOF pictorial control description (2006 version)

Co-organising Club:  Volunteer Orienteering Club (VOC)

Organiser:          Mr. Ho Siu Yuen  (VOC)

Course Setter:   Mr. Chee Yiu Kong (VOC)

Controller:           Mr. Lau Wing Kit  (Scout Orienteering Club)

Jury :   Mr. Chung Chi Ming (AKIN)

            Mr. Chan Chi Sing (HKOC)

            Mr. Leung Yat Lai (LSCOC)

 

Enquiry before the Event :  25048112 (Office Hours)

Enquiry on the Day of Event : 9021 7307

 

Event Programme

0830                 Event centre opens

0845                 Start to pick Number Cloth & E-card

0915                 Start opens

0930                 First start                      Finish opens

1150                 Start closes

1350                 Finish Closes                 All control closes

1405                 Announcement of Final Results

1420                 Deadline of Appeals

1430                 End of event

 

Event Centre

1.   Event Centre is located at the Braemar Hill Road Playground (GR KK111671).

2.   Competitors shall have their competitor number for number bib collected at the Event Centre. Competitor numbers are available at the OAHK homepage, and it would also be posted at the Event Centre.

3.   If competitors use the e-card provided by OAHK, please collect the e-card and number bib from the Registration and have to fill in and sign the E-card Usage Consent Form.

4.   If competitors who use own e-card forget to bring their own electronic control cards, a $50 hiring fee and deposit of $250 will be charged, which the deposit will be refundable when cards are returned. (Spare cards are limited and will be served on a first-come-first-serve basis).

5.   Due to the large number of participants in some classes, please allocate sufficient time to pick up your E-card and avoid late start.

6.   Pin and backup label can be collected at the Event Centre. Competitors should write down their competitors' numbers in the front of their backup labels before start. If the organizer has doubt on a particular punch record of an e-card, records of the backup label will be considered as a valid counter-check tool.

7.   Toilets are available at the Event Centre. Please keep the place clean.

8.   Physiotherapy and first aid services will be available at the Event Centre.

9.   The official time will be shown at the Event Centre.

10.       Competitors’ belonging can be put at the Event Centre and the organizer           

      undertakes no liabilities to any loss of properties.

 

 

 

 

Transport

1.  No transport will be provided by the organizer.

2.  Participants can take the following public transportation to get to the Event Centre:

   New World First Bus & City Bus : Get off at Bus Terminal at Braemar Hill

25A

Braemar Hill ---WanChai (new wing of HKC&EC)

$ 4.0(circuit line)

25C

Braemar Hill --- WanChai (new wing of HKC&EC)

$ 4.0(circuit line)

25

Central Pier --- Braemar Hill

$6.5

27

Braemar Hill ---North Point Pier

$ 4.2

529

Braemar Hill --- Shau Kei Wan

$ 4.0(circuit line)

23B

Braemar Hill ---Park Road

$6.5

Please note that no service on Sunday, public holiday and school holiday for Bus No. 23B, 81S and 529P

 

Kowloon Bus：Get off at Bus Terminal at Braemar Hill

108

Braemar Hill ---Shing Tak Street, Kowloon City

$ 8.9

 

Green Public Light-Bus：Get off at Braemar Hill Road Playground

25

Braemar Hill ---Causeway Bay (Paterson St. nearby the Wellcome Supermarket)

$ 5.5

49M

Braemar Hill ---Tin Hau MTR station (Bus/Light Bus Terminal)

$ 4.0

    Note  : Above details are for reference only. Please browse the following website or dial the hotline for further details.

     CityBus website : http://www.citybus.com.hk (hotline: 2873 0818) OR

      NWF Bus website http://www.nwfb.com.hk (hotline: 2136 8888) OR

      Kowloon Bus website http://www.kmb.hk  (hotline: 27454466)

      Green Public Light Bus website http://www.i-busnet.com/minibus/minibus1/htm

 

3. Due to the car park is limit nearby the Event Centre, please take the public transportation to get to the Event centre.

 

Start and Starting Procedures

1. It takes about 10 minutes to walk from the event centre to the start area (distance about 350m, climb 25m).

2. Please enter the start area 5 minutes before your start time. Event officials will check competitors’ whistle, compass, number cloth (pinned on the front of the chest) and e-card before competitors enter the start area.  Only competitors with all equipment are allowed to start.

3. Official time will be displayed at the Start. Competitor must enter the first box of the “2-minute zone” two minutes before his/her START time.

4. Event officials will record competitors’ number before competitors enter the START. Please follow event officials’ instructions to enter the right box.

5. When reaching the last box, competitors must place his/her e-card on the “control point of start” for at least 6 seconds before start and upon hearing the last bleep, competitors can start.

6.  After hearing the beep sound, competitors may read the map. Please don’t stay at the area from the start area to the start marker.

7.  All competitors are responsible for checking if information on their map is correct. Competitor will be disqualified if he/she takes the wrong map.

8. Latecomers must report to the officials at the start.  They will be arranged to start at the late start line.  The time lost will not be compensated.

 

Finish and Finishing Procedures

1.       All competitors must report to the finish within 120 minutes after start or before the close of all controls, whether or not they have completed the course or have lost control e-cards.

2.       Finishing time is the time when the competitor crosses the finish line and places his e-card on the finish control point. (Family team must cross the finish line together)

3.       After crossing the finish line, competitors must pass his/her back-up tag to the event officials.

4.       Maps will not be collected at the finish area. Competitors must not disclose the map information to others who not yet start or they will be disqualified.  

5.       Competitors must report to result point (located at event centre) and down load the e-card data as soon as possible. It is competitors’ responsibility to safe-keep their personal e-cards.

6.       Result point and the collection point of e-card are located at the Event Centre.

7.       It takes 10 minutes to walk from the Finish to the Event Centre.

8.      Every competitor has to download the result at result processing counter. Any competitors who forget to download result before the event closing time will be regarded as disqualified (DISQ).

9.      Beware of the cars on the way back to the event centre.

 

Appeals

1.     All complaints about the event or results must be made to the organiser in writing within 15 minutes after the announcement of final results.  The organiser will record complaints and decisions made.

2.     All protests about the organiser‘s decisions must be made to the Event Controller or Jury in writing in 15 minutes. The Event Controller will handle protests according to the Competition By-laws.

 

Electronic punching system and e-card

1.   All courses shall use the EMIT punching and timing system (enclosed in this event information, please read carefully).

2.   Competitors should take the number cloth by themselves (safety pins available at the Event Centre). In case competitors forget to bring their own electronic control cards, a $50 hiring fee and deposit of $250 will be charged, which the deposit will be refundable when cards are returned. (Spare cards are limited and will be served on a first-come-first-serve basis).

3.   Competitors who use e-card provided by the organiser have to report to Event Centre for collection of Number cloth and E-card set by completing the borrow form. Please note that competitors must reimburse HK$300 .00 to OAHK for Lost or Damage of e-cards.

4.   Competitors must check and ensure the e-cards and all details are correct, and inform the Event centre immediately for correction.

5.   Ex-change of e-cards with other competitors is not allowed.

6.   Competitors must write his/her competition number at the front of the back-up tag.

 

Rules

1.     The Technical Standards and Competition By-laws for Open Orienteering Event of the OAHK shall apply to this competition.

2.     No other maps or aids other than those provided or mentioned by the organiser may be used.

3.     Lost of e-card will treat as DNF and Report to the finish is required.

4.     Competitors who remove/destroy any properties of the organizer will be disqualified.  The organizer will claim compensation from them.

5.    The organiser reserves the right to add or amend the rules.  All amendments, if any, will be displayed at the event centre on the day of competition.

6.     For the sake of safety, all competitors must report to the finish within 120 minutes after start or before the close of all controls.

7.     Substitute participation was prohibited. Results of both parties in OAHK events for the whole season would be cancelled in case of finding.

 

 

Information about the competition area

1. There are so many radio transmitter on the terrain. The black circles on the map represent these radio transmitters. Please see the attached picture for reference.

2. Most of the competition area is covered with scrubs and rough open land which is difficult to walk. Some of the hilltops, ridges/spurs and re-entrants are covered with forests and rough open land which are more easier to get through。

3. Some areas are covered with debris and loosen soil and part of the streams are covered by wet and slippery rock face. Please be careful.

4. Except at the south-eastern side, the competition area is covered with path  net-work. There are many indistinct paths and path junctions which are not shown on the map. Paths as shown on the map are cement, sandy or open grassland covers.

5. All buildings shown on the map are in square shape. Some of the buildings shown are structures with only side or even without any wall, but they have roof tops. Others include cement columns.

6. Vegetation on the terrain is thicker than that was shown on the map.

7. There is a water point setup. Please do not drink the stream water in the competition area.

8. The orienteering shoes are recommended.

9. There are several “No Access” signs in the competition area. These signs are not set up by the organizer and competitors are responsible for their own safety when entering these areas.

10. Iron bars protruding several centimetres above the ground have been spotted along a path in the competition area. Please be cautious. A map will be displayed at the Event Centre showing the location of the relevant path.

 

Course Information

1.   Time limit is 120 minutes.

2.   The length and difficulty of each class may not be in direct proportion

3.   The length and climb of each class are as follow:

Class

Length (m)

Climb (m)

Brown

3700

  320

Blue

3500

  310

Green

3100

  230

Red

2500

  210

Orange

2500

  190

Yellow

2000

  140

White

1700

  120

Family

4.   All course lengths are sum of straight line distances between control points.

5.   Control descriptions will be displayed at Event Centre.

6.   Every family team will only get 2 maps.

Remarks

1.     If there are changes for the content of this event information, the announcement of the organizer on the competition day will be conclusive.

2.     All competitors must respect other country park users. Neither Organiser nor competitors have priority in using the competition area.

3.  All competitors entering this competition are at their own risk.  The organiser undertakes no liabilities to any personal injuries or loss of properties during and as a consequence to the competition.

 

4.     Competitors should follow the rule of the country park and keep the country park area clean..

5.    Beware of the cars.

6.     If Typhoon Signal No. 3 or above is hoisted, or the Thunderstorm/ Amber Rainstorm Warning or above is announced by the HK Observatory at 0600 hours on the day of competition, the competition will be cancelled.  The event will not be rescheduled and competition fee will not be refunded.

7.     In case of injury or under emergency situations, please use the whistle.  The distress signal is 6 bleeps repeated every minute.  Keep calm and wait for the help of event officials.

8.     The weather may be very hot on the day of event. Competitors should pay attention to the weather condition. Competitors should bring along enough drink.

Enquiry

Orienteering Association of Hong Kong (OAHK)

Address: Room 1014, Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, Causeway Bay, HONG KONG

Tel：2504 8112                                 Fax：2577 5595

E-mail：info@oahk.org.hk                 Web-site：http://www.oahk.org.hk

 

 

Acknowledgment

　

Essential Information for Electronic Punching and Timing System

 

1.     This Event will use the “Emit” Electronic Punching and Timing System.

2.     No Competitor may refuse to use the “electronic punching and timing system” unless the organizer has issued the Notice of Malfunction of the aforesaid system.

3.     The running time will be calculated based on the records in the e-cards. If the organizer has doubt on a particular punch record of an e-card, records of the backup label will be considered as a valid counter-check tool. In case both of them have no record, that particular punch record will be deemed voided.

 

Start

1.     At least 6 seconds before start, competitors must activate their e-cards by placing them on the “Start Unit” until the red light flashes, and otherwise no running time will be recorded.

2.   Competitors must remove the e-cards from the “Start Unit” when the starter gives a long beep signal for starting.

 

During competition

1.     It is the competitors’ own responsibility to insert the e-card into the e-punch correctly. In fact, e-cards can only be inserted into the e-punch in one direction. If both the e-card and backup label cannot record a particular punch record, system malfunction will not be considered as a valid reason for appeal.

 

Finish

1.          As soon as competitors arrive at the Finish, please place the e-cards at the Finish Control, the time-count will stop accordingly,

2.           After that, please follow the signposts/indication cards to return to the Event Centre and report to the Result Processing Station. After our officials have collected your backup label and have downloaded the records from your e-card, you may obtain your result slip from the mini-time recorder for reference.

 

Result Processing and Display

1.     Please do not insert your e-card into any Start Unit or e-punch after the completion of your race.  By not doing so, your punch records will be retained for counter-check purpose.

2.     Results of late starters will be processed separately. The final results displayed by the organizer will be conclusive; results from the mini-time recorder are for reference only.

 

Safety Tips of Hillfire

Safety Guidelines

1.        Hill fire advances rapidly upward and windward on a steep grass slope in dry weather. Never underestimate its devastating power.

2.        Listen to the weather bulletin. If the fire danger warning is red, handle kindling materials with great care. Except at designated barbecue sites or campsites, never light a fire within country parks. Smokers must refrain from smoking in Event Centre & competition area.

3.        Hill fire is difficult to detect in daytime. Always pay attention to flying ashes or burnt smell. If a hill fire is spotted, leave the fire scene right away.

4.     It is difficult to assess the spreading of hillfire. Don't risk continuing your competition in case of a fire nearby or you may get trapped in the fire. Go back to the Event Centre immediately!

 Emergency Measures

1.          Don't panic and keep calm.

2.          Note the following for a quick evacuation from the scene of fire:

a.       The direction in which the fire spreads - avoid escaping in the same direction of the prevailing wind.

b.      The gradient of the paths nearby - Choose the one which is easiest for escape.

c.       The height and density of the vegetation nearby - Find a place with less vegetation (Dark Yellow on the map) for escape.

3.          It is easier and quicker to escape through existing paths.

4.          If the fire is imminent and there is no way out, you should cover your exposed skin with wet clothing and then make for the burnt area. This can minimize the chance of getting injured. Never run uphill if the situation permits.

5.          Don't run into shrubs or grassgrown area (White & Green on the map), fire usually spreads rapidly and the temperature may soar in these areas.