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香港野外定向總會 Orienteering Association of Hong Kong |
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康樂及文化事務署 Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
COLOUR-CODED ORIENTEERING EVENT 2005-2006
Event No. 1 - 13/11/2005 Braemar Hill
EVENT INFORMATION
Date: Sunday, 13 November 2005
Area: Braemar Hill
Type: Cross-country
Map: 1:10,000, 5-metre contour interval with IOF pictorial control description (2005 version)
Controller: Mr Yan Kin Kong
Organiser: Mr. Poon Ka Hang
Course Setter: Mr. Ho Tsz Hang
Enquiry before the Event : 25048112 (Office Hours)
Enquiry on the Day of Event : 96871126
Event Programme
0900 Event centre opens
0920 Start opens
1200 First start
Finish opens
1420 Start closes
1630 All control close
1700 Announcement of Results
1715 Deadline for Complain
1730 End of event
Transport
Transportation will not be provided. Competitors may go to Event Centre by
l NWB 25A Braemar Hill – Wanchai $4 (Round Trip)
NWB 25C Braemar Hill – Wanchai $4 (Round Trip)
NWB 27 Braemar Hill – North Point Pier $4.2
Please note that no service on Sunday for Bus No. 23B, 81S, 529 and 529P
l KMB Bus No. 108 Braemar Hill – Shing Tak Street, Kowloon City $8.9
l Green Mini Bus No. 25 Braemar Hill – Causeway Bay (near Wellcome Supermarket in Paterson Street) $5.5
Green Mini Bus No. 49M Braemar Hill – Tin Hau MTR $4
Enquiry Hotline : NWB (21368888), KMB (27454466), CityBus (28730818)
Event Centre
1. The event centre is located at the Basketball Field in Braemar Hill Playground (GR KK114668).
2. Toilet is provided in the event centre.
3. Physiotherapy and First Aid services will be provided at the Event Centre.
4. Please keep the Country Park clean and take all rubbish away.
5. The official time will be shown at the Event Centre.
6. No storage services will be provided.
7. Supermarket is located near the Event Centre.
8. Competitors who use e-cards provide by the organiser should collect your Number Cloth, E-card (and its backup label) and Safety Pins at the Event Centre by signing the Acknowledgement for the Loan of E-card.
9. Competitors who use their own e-cards should collect your Number Cloth and E-card backup label at the Event Centre
Competitors’s Equipment
1. Competitors should not bring valuable belongings.
2. Competitors should wear long sleeves sports wear. Jeans is not suitable
3. Competitors are advised to wear sports shoes with rugged sole to avoid slippery
4. Competitors must bring along whistle, compass, number cloth and e-card to start
5. Competitors could bring enough water and food if needed
Electronic punching system and e-card
1. Competitors must check and ensure the e-cards and all details are correct, and inform the Event centre immediately for correction.
2. Ex-change of e-cards with other competitors is not allowed.
3. Please note that competitors must reimburse HK$300 .00 to OAHK for Lost or Damage of e-cards for those who use e-cards provided by the organiser.
4. Competitors must write his/her competition number at the front of the back-up tag.
5. For those competitors who use own e-cards, if they 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).
6. All courses shall use the EMIT punching and timing system (enclosed in this event information, please read carefully).
Start and Starting Procedures
1. It takes about 5 minutes to walk from the event centre to the start, distance about 200m. Please follow the signpost and pay attention to the traffic.
2. Event officials will check competitors’ whistle, compass, number cloth (pinned on the front of the chest) and e-card. Only competitors with all equipment are allowed to start.
3. Please arrive the Start 10 minutes before your start time.
4. Competitors must enter the start area 2 minutes before his/her start time. No announcement will be made.
5. Competitor must enter the first box of the “2-minute zone” when his/her START time is displayed.
6. When reaching the last box, competitors must write their competitor number at the back of map. Competitors can read the map one minute before their start. Competitor 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.
7. All competitors are responsible for checking if information on their map is correct. Competitor will be disqualified if he/she take 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.
9. Competitors must leave the start area immediately after their start. The distance of the start marker from start is about 75 m.
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.
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.
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 and also the e-cards provided by the orgnaiser.
6. It takes 20-30 minutes to walk from the Finish to the Event Centre, distance about 1800m.
7. 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).
Information about the competition area
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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. Please do not confuse with the symbols of passable and unpassable rock face with single tag or no tag.
4. The competition is a popular spot for hiking, competitors should take care of the other users and yourself. Competitors have no priority in tight of access.
5. Competitors are strictly forbidden to enter the ‘out of bound’ area as marked on the map, contravening this rule will lead to disqualification.
6. Some areas are covered with debris and loosen soil and part of the stream are covered by wet and slippery rock face. Please be careful.
7. Please do not drink the stream water in the competition area.
Course Information
1. Time limit is 120 minutes.
2. The length and climb of each class are as follow (final announcement on the day of event) :
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Class |
Length (m) |
Climb (m) |
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Brown |
4600 |
260 |
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Blue |
3500 |
95 |
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Green |
3200 |
80 |
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Red |
2800 |
60 |
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Orange |
2000 |
75 |
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Yellow |
2000 |
50 |
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White |
1900 |
45 |
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Family |
Announcement of Results
1. Results will be announced at the event centre
2. Final Results will be announce at 5pm
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 30 minutes. The Event Controller will handle protests according to the Competition By-laws.
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 should not exchange information with other competitors. When cases stand, competitors will be disqualified.
5. Competitors who remove/destroy any properties of the organizer will be disqualified. The organizer will claim compensation from them.
6. Competitors shall obey the competition rules.
8. 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.
9. For the sake of safety, all competitors must report to the finish within 120 minutes after start or before the close of all controls.
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. Observe the Country Code. Keep the area clean.
3. There will be no Luggage Area at the Event Centre and competitors should not take with them any valuable there.
4. 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.
5. If Typhoon Signal No. 3 or above is hoisted, or the Thunderstorm/ Red Rainstorm warning or above is announced by the HK Observatory at 0600 hours on the day of competition, the competition will be cancelled on the day of event. The new of whether the event will be delayed or cancelled will be announced on OAHK website : www.oahk.org.hk
5. 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.
Inquiries
Orienteering Association of Hong Kong
Tel No.: 25048112
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.