主辦 Organized By

香港野外定向總會

Orienteering Association of Hong Kong

資助 Subvented By

康樂及文化事務署

Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Hong Kong Orienteering Ranking League Events 2005/2006

Series No. 2 Event Information

Date: Sunday, 19 February 2006

Venue: Rotary Park

Type: Cross Country

Map: 1:7,500, Colour Orienteering Map with 5 metres contour interval, 2006 updated version. International pictorial control description is used.

The distance between two magnetic north lines is 250m.

Organizer: Orienteering Association of Hong Kong

Co-organizing club: Hong Kong Orienteering Cross Country Club

Event in charge :Mr. Tam Wei Yeung Sunny (HKOXCC)

Course Setter: Mr. Hui Siu Tung (HKOXCC)

Controller: Mr. Ng Kwan Shing (HKOC)

Jury : Chan Chi Sing (HKOC), Leung Ngau Shun (YAOC) Lau Wing Kit (SOC )

Enquiry before the Event : 25048112 (Office Hours)

Enquiry on the Day of Event : 6030 8701

Event Programme

0900 Event Centre opens

0945 Start opens

1000 First Start Finish opens

1120 WE Mass Start

1130 ME Mass Start

1130 Start closes

1430 All controls close

1430 Final results display

1530 Event Centre Closes

Transport

The organizer will not provide transportation for competitors. Please take public transport to and from the competition area; get off at the Tsuen Kam Au (country park stop) bus stop. It takes 10 minutes to walk from the bus stop to the event centre.

KMB Route No. 51, Fare: $7.6

Time Schedule

Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower)	Kam Tin Bus Terminal
6:25-9:56 (every 20-25 mins.)	5:40-10:47 (every 20 –24 mins.)
9:56-12:41(every 25-30 mins.)	10:47-16:37 (every 25-30 mins.)

For details about bus information, please browse the KMB web site www.kmb.hk or call the KMB hotline at 2745 4466. Please note the bus frequency.

By taxi, estimated $60 for a single journey from the multi-storey car park at Tsuen Wan MTR station

Event Centre

1. The Event Centre is located at the Tai Mo Shan Rotary Park Campsite (GR50Q KK020805). Please see the appended Map.

2. It takes about 10 minutes to walk from the Tsuen Kam Twist Bus Stop to the Event Centre. Competitors must follow the designated route (follow the signs) to get to the Event Centre, or else you

3. For drivers, please park your cars at the “Car Park” and follow the signs to the Event Centre. Other areas along the Tai Mo Shan Road are out of bounds. No parking is allowed.

4. Toilets are available at the Event Centre.

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

6. Official time will be displayed at the Event Centre.

7. Please keep the Event Centre clean and take all rubbish away.

8. A limited amount of spare e-cards are available for rent at the Event Centre. Number bibs are also collected at the Event Centre.

9. You will need your competitor number for number bib collection. Please check your competitor number at the OAHK homepage, it would also be posted at the Event Centre.

10. Safety pins, e-card back-up labels are available at the Event Centre.

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

Starting Procedure

1. The start area is located 100m away from event centre with 10m climb. It takes about 5 min to get there. Please follow the signs.

2. Please arrive 5 minutes prior to your start time.

3. A “2-minute zone” system will be used at Start. The time shown at Start is Entry Time. Competitors’ number will not be announced 2 minutes before his/her actual start time. Please enter the first box of the “2-minute zone”.

4. Please put on number cloth in front of chest and have compass, whistle and electronic control card ready. Competitors without any of above item are not allowed to start.

5. Enter the last box 1 minute before start. Place the electronic control card on “start unit” for at least 6 seconds to ensure that past data is cleared.

6. Competitors may start and take map only after hearing the last beep. Please check if the information on map, such as class entered, is correct. Competitors taking wrong maps will be disqualified. Competitors are not allowed to stay along the aisle between the start and the start triangle.

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

8. For ME and WE courses, competitors will be mass started. Please make sure your e-card is cleared before you start. If you do not clear your e-card, and your completion of the course could not be confirmed, we reserve the right to discard your results. Again, please arrive at the start 5 minutes before your start time.

Finishing Procedure and Result Processing

1. Competitors must report to finish within 180 minutes after they have started, no matter how far they have completed the courses or electronic control card is lost.

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. There is no buffer zone at Finish line.

4. Maps will be collected at Finish. They will be returned after final results are announced.

5. Leave for Event Centre in order to avoid congestion at Finish. Competitors are advised to process results at their earliest convenience. Competitors bear their own responsibility if there is any damage or data lost during the journey.

6. Result processing counter is located at Event Centre.

7. It takes about 2 minutes 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 disqualified (DISQ).

9. Due to system constraint, organiser will not provide result slips with split time to ME and WE runners. Instead, organiser will post the result in event centre once it is available

Electronic Punching and Timing System (EPTS)

1. Competitors should take their own control card. Number cloth, safety pins and backup label should be collected at the Event Centre. In case competitors forget to take electronic control card, they need to pay $50 rental fee and $250 deposit, which will be refundable when card returned. (Spare cards are limited and will be served on a first-come-first-serve basis). Ensure the electronic card number corresponds to the number shown on Start List. Otherwise, please contact OAHK as soon as possible for correction.

2. Competitors using others’ electronic card or participate the event on behalf of others will be disqualified.

3. 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.

Complaints and Protests

1. All complaints on the event or result shall be made in writing to the organiser within 15 minutes after the final result has been announced. The organiser will record the appeal and its decision.

2. All protest made against the organiser‘s decision about complaints must be made in writing within 15 minutes.

Rules

1. The “Orienteering Competition By-law” of the OAHK will be applied to this competition.

2. No other aids allowed except equipment aforementioned.

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.

5. The organiser has the right to amend any competition rules without prior notice to competitors. The amendment, if any, will be displayed at Event Centre.

6. Competitors may not camp or stay overnight in the competition area beforehand or otherwise disqualified.

7. For safety, please report to Finish or Event Centre within 180 minutes after your start.

Competition Area & Map Information

1. Some indistinct paths possibly made by cows are not mapped, and please do not irritate the cows.

2. Power lines and poles are not mapped.

3. There are lots of un-mapped stone walls in the northern part of the map.

4. Be careful of the stony terrain in the north. Due to the vast amount of rocks on the terrain, some rocks (which might be taller than 1m) are omitted from the map for simplification.

5. Man-made gullies are not mapped. They usually appear on top of <walls>, some of them are well-hidden. Please be careful when crossing.

6. Paved forests (white) are marked by distinct vegetation boundaries.

7. The area is very popular with hikers during Holidays. Be careful when running along the hiking paths and do not bump into the hikers.

8. Water point will be available and its location is shown on map. But you are strongly advised to carry with you drinking water during competition as there is only limited water supply.

9. If you happen to get lost, run towards the highway or Tai Mo Shan Road, it will lead you back to the Event Centre.

Course details

1. There are no designated crossing points for roads. Please look out for vehicles.

2. Some of the roads are marked as out of bounds on the Map (with purple crosses). Competitors should not cross or run along the road in those sections, or else you will be disqualified.

3. Competitors may have to run along steep slopes and dense forests, please take care.

4. There may be a lot of control points in a very small area. Please remember to check the sequence and control code when punching. Moreover, since there are a lot of controls for each course, you may not get a valid result if you mis-punch too many controls (each e-card can only store 50 control records) so check carefully before you punch.

5. Water will be supplied at both the start and in the middle of the course (location marked on the map). Competitors are advised to bring their own water (if necessary), just in case there is not enough water at the water stations.

Course	Class	Length	Climb
A	ME	7900	600
B	WE	6600	500
C	M21	6600	460
D	M20, M35, M40,W21	5600	375
E	M45, M50, W35, W40	4900	335
F	M16, M18, D20, D18	3700	250
G	W16, M14	2800	205
H	W14	2400	190

Course C and D runners will have to change their map at a designated control point. Please check your class again and return the first map.

Men and Women elite classes will be mass started and run a self-relay course. Competitors of the same class may run different combinations of legs; however, the overall course would be identical.

After finishing the first map, competitors should follow the marked route to the map change area. Please carefully check your competitor number on the map; those who took someone else’s map will be disqualified.

There is a spectator control in the 2^nd map, competitors will have to run 60m along a taped route before going on to the next control. Feel free to form your own cheering team to cheer for you at the spectator control!

Whoever comes back first will be the winner. Good Luck!

Remarks

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

2. A Trail-O timed control demo event would be held on the same day free of charge. For details, please refer to the corresponding event information.

3. All competitors shall ensure their own safety and belongings. The organizers will not bear any responsibilities.

4. The organizer does not provide a cloakroom and will not be responsible for loss of belongings. Consequently, competitors are advised not to bring valuables.

5. If the Honk Kong Observatory issues the thunderstorm signal, a rainstorm red/black warning or the No.3 (or above) tropical cyclone warning signal by 0600 on the competition day, then this event will be cancelled. No make-up event will be re-arranged and competition fee will not be refunded.

Enquiry

Orienteering Association of Hong Kong

Telephone No.: 25048112

E-mail : info@oahk.org.hk

Terrain Information

<Un-mapped stone walls>

< Hidden gullies>

< Indistinct paths, un-mapped>

< Un-mapped power lines and pole>