Hong Kong Championships 2006
  

Night Orienteering Competition

 Event Information

　

 

　

Date   ：26th December 2006(Tue)

Venue ：Braemar Hill

Type   ：Score Event

Map    ：1:10,000, Colour Orienteering Map with 5 metres contour interval, 2006,

Prize   ：The Top 3 winners of each class

 

Controller        ：Mr Yan Kin Kong (AYP)

Organizer        ：Mr Wong Wai-ming (HKOC)

Course Setter  ：Mr Wong Wai-ming (HKOC)

Jury                ：Mr Yeung Wai Yin (VOC), Mr. Chung Chi Ming (AKIN),

                          Ms Tang Pik Kwan (HKOXCC) 

Enquiry before Event：2504 8112 (Office Hour), hkoc@hkoc.org

Emergency Contact Number on the day of event：9175 1845

 

Event Program

1900  Event Centre Opens

1945  Start Opens

2000  First Lot Starts, Finish Opens

2030 Result Download Depot Opens, Start Closes

2145 Competition Area

2200 Finish Close, Announcement of Final Result

2215 Deadline for Final Appeal, Result Download Depot Closes

2230 Prize Presentation

2245 Event Centre Closes

 

Transport

1.  Participants who have already paid for the transportation, please follow the instruction to wait for the coach.

2.  Other participants who have not paid for the transportation, 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 parks nearby the Event Centre are not enough, please take the public transportation to get to there.

 

Event Centre

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

2.  Physiotherapy and first aid services will be provided at the Event Centre.

3.  Toilets and the rubbish bins are available at the Event Centre. Please keep the Event Centre clean.

4.  No fire is allowed at the Event Centre.

5.  No storage services will be provided. Competitors are advised not to bring valuable belongings.

6. The Start time will be displayed in the Event Centre.

7. There is a supermarket nearby the Event Centre (GR KK111671).

 

Registration of Participants

1. Place the e-card on “MPR4” to register your attendance before entering Pre Start Area. Any competitor, who fails to do so, will be regarded not having started the event.

2.  If competitors forget to bring their E-card, they may borrow the E-card from the organizer after having paid HK$250 as deposit plus HK$50 as the rental. The deposit will be refunded after returning the E-card to the organizer.

3.  If competitors forget to bring their number bib, they can get one after paid HK$10.

 

Equipment Required

1. Do not bring any valuable belongings.

2. Wear long sleeves and light trousers. Jeans are not suitable due to its thickness.

3. Wear the suitable shoes to avoid slippery;

4. Bring with you the compass, whistle, number bib, electronic control card with backup label and lighting equipment before the start. The lighting equipment must last 75 minutes or above.

 

Electronic punching system and e-card

1.        1. All courses shall use the EMIT punching and timing system. Please see page 15-16 of the APOC Programme Book for details.         

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

3. Competitors must use e-cards provided by OAHK, and ex-change of e-cards with other competitors is not allowed.

4. Please note that competitors must reimburse HK$300 .00 to OAHK for Lost or Damage of e-cards.

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

 

 Information of Map and Terrain

1. On the terrain, there are many radio transmitters which are represented by black circles on the map. Please see the attached picture for reference.

2. Competitors are strictly forbidden to enter the path and road which has marked a string of red cross on the map, contravening this rule will lead to disqualification.

3.    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。

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. There is NO water point setup. Each competitor can have one bottle of water at the Pre-Start Area. Do not drink the stream water in the competition area.

 

Time Limit and Penalty

1.  Time Limit for all classes is 75 minutes. 20 points will be deducted for any one minute late, remaining seconds round up to minute.

 

Pre-Start Area and Start Area

1. The Pre Start Area and Start Area is located at Event Centre. The start point is 120m apart from the Event Centre.

2. Due to the limitation of Start Area, all participants have to stay at the playground and only reach the Pre Start Area 10 minutes before the starting time.

3.  Place the e-card on “MPR4” to register your attendance before entering Pre Start Area.

4. Please put on number bib in front of chest and have compass, whistle, electronic control card with backup label and lighting equipment ready. Competitors without any of above items are not allowed to start.

5. Place the e-card on “start unit” before entering until the red light flashes..

 

Starting Procedure

1.    Time for start will be displayed.

2.   Maps will be distributed when entering the Start Area. Reading map is not allowed before start.

3.  Mass start will be used for this event. Participants can leave the Start Area and read the map only after the long beep is finished.

4.   Participants MSUT leave the Start Area after their start time and follow the tape to the Start point. Do not stay on the route to the start triangle.

5.  Participants must reach the start point prior beginning the event.

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

 

Starting Times for Different Classes

Start time

Class

Course

20:00

MSS

A

20:05

MSS

A

20:10

WSS

B

20:15

JMD, MJD, MJS, WJD, WJS

C

20:20

WSD,

B

20:25

SMD

B

20:30

MSD

A

 

Finishing Procedure and Result Processing

1. Participants must report to finish by 10pm, no matter how far they have completed the courses or electronic control card is lost. Competition Area will be closed at 21:45.

2. At finish, “punch” the electronic control card at the “finish unit”, that time will be recorded as finish time. Please hand in the back up label to the Finish Officials.

3. No participants are allowed to return to the competition area after have reported to Finish but have to go for Result Download Depot for result download

4.  The Event Centre is 230M apart from Finish. Please follow the tape and be careful to the traffic.

5. Maps will not be collected at Finish. However, finishers should not disclose the map to competitors waiting for start or they will be disqualified

6. Please pay attention that whoever over 15 minutes from the time limit will not have the result processing service.

7. E-Card hirer should return the e-card and collect back their cash deposit right after their result download.

8. Please complain if any to the official after leaving the Finish and in such case it won’t cause any inconvenience to other participants.

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

 

Announcement of Final Result

1.   The final result will be announced at Event Centre at 22:00.

 

Rules

1.   “The Rules for Orienteering Competition” of OAHK will be applied in this event.

2.   No other aids including communication equipment (e.g. Mobile phone, Walkie-Talkie) are allowed except equipment aforementioned and the lighting equipment.

3.   Loss of e-card will be considered as DID NOT FINISH (DNF), but competitors shall report to Finish.

4.   Competitor who move or damage any facilities will be disqualified and is responsible for compensation.

5.   For safety, please report to finish or Event Centre before the competition area closed.

6    For event going smoothly, competitors should obey the decision made by the organizer.

7.   If there are any changes of this event information, announcement will be made by organizer on the competition day.

9.   The result of the competitor would be invalid if he abuses any item of the rules.

 

Complaints and Protests

1. All complaints on the event or result shall be made in writing to the organizer within 15 minutes and leave the contact number after the final result has been announced.

2.  All Complaints will be processed by the organizer. All protest made against the organizer‘s decision, the jury will make the final decision and the competitor concerned will be notified the jury’s result immediately.

 

Remarks

1.   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.

2.     Obey the rules of Country Park. Keep the place clean. Do not pollute the steam and country side.

3.   If an emergency happens during the competition, please stay on the spot and send out international SOS signal, and wait for assistance. (SOS signal: blowing whistle 6 times consecutively at 1 minute interval).

4.   If competitors are sick, please do not compete in the event.

5.     There is “Dengue Fever” in Hong Kong in recent years, competitors are suggested to use the insect repellent.

6.    For event going smoothly, please co-operate with the event official who will take movie as a record.

7.     Competition area is nearby the habitation area. So please do not light the lighting equipment unconsciously.

8.     Please do not make any noisy or talk to other team member, contravening this rule will lead to disqualification.

9.   If Typhoon Signal No. 3 or above is hoisted, or the Thunderstorm/ Black Rainstorm/Red Rainstorm warning is announced by the HK observatory during the competition, the competition will be terminated immediately and will not be postponed. Competitors must report to the finish immediately.

10.   If the Honk Kong Observatory issues after 5pm on the day of event the thunderstorm signal, a rainstorm (yellow, red or black) warning or the No.3 (or above) tropical cyclone warning signal after 5pm on the day of event, the event will be cancelled. Notice of Cancellation or suspension will be published on the websites of Orienteering Association of Hong Kong (http://www.oahk.org.hk)

 

 

 

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.

3. The results will be displayed at the Event Centre on the day of event. The results will also be published on the websites of Orienteering Association of Hong Kong.