PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A DATE CHANGE - This event was originally part of our summer sprint event on 3rd March.

Micro Sprint Orienteering Event!

Welcome to the Micro Sprint Orienteering Event at Te Henui Cemetery to be held Sun 11th May

Start Times 12:00 – 1400

Course Closure 1500

For white, yellow and orange courses, normal control flags and control descriptions will be provided on the map as usual, there will be no difference to a normal sprint except for the larger scale map of 1:1500.

Red courses will not use control flags, the AIR /sport ident box will be pinned to the control site at ground level.  Control descriptions on the red courses will only include the control number.
Control descriptions will be provided separately on the red courses.

Course Details - 

Course	Length (m)	No. of Controls	Control format	Estimated successful completion time (min)	Map Flip	Description
White	770	16	Standard	20	No	A great introduction to orienteering for participants without any experience – controls are mainly line of sight or on line features
Yellow	830	17	Standard	20	No	Similar to White course with controls line of sight or located close to line features
Orange	1100	18	Standard	20	No	For participants familiar with map reading and compass work, controls mainly close to major features with some more challenging control sites included
Red Short	1600	27	Mirco	25	Yes	Full on micro – control description with control number only. Technically challenging – plenty of opportunity to mis-punch – Separate control description with control number only
Long	2100	36	Micro	30	Yes	As per Red Short – be mindful of parallel errors – no points for mis-punches – Enjoy!

 

Mirco Orienteering is a new and challenging orienteering format. In this event, it only applies to red courses. It is suitable for large scale detailed maps where close attention to detail is essential to avoid the dreaded mis-punch.

Unlike the standard control format (flag and control descriptions), the micro control format in this case does not use flags and control descriptions will only include numbers, you will receive a map with the marked course and control descriptions will be available separately.

Each micro control location will be marked with an AiR control box pinned to the ground in the centre of the control circle.  You must visit each control in order as per the normal orienteering convention. This means you will need to orienteer to the centre of the control circle on the map and look at ground level for the control box.

For all courses the map scale is 1:1500 i.e. 1 cm on the map represents 15m on the ground. This is much larger scale than you will have been accustomed to from the summer sprint series where the scale is normally 1:3000. Control circles will be 7.5mm which is equivalent to 11m on the ground.

All maps will be printed on A4 size paper with the red courses requiring a map flip.

The Red Short and Red Long courses do not share any control locations with the White, Yellow or Orange courses (except the Start and Finish flags) so if you are navigating towards a visible control flag on a red course think again (unless you are finishing)😉.

There are numerous micro control sites across the 2 red courses, some of which are shared. Several of them are near each other so the potential for mis-punching is significant. It is essential to maintain close contact with the map to avoid this scenario.

In the following illustration I have endeavoured to illustrate a typical micro-orienteering control location:

 

I hope you enjoy the challenge of these courses as much as I’ve enjoyed setting them and may the orienteering force be with you 😊.

Start between 12.00-2.00pm, course closure 3.00pm.  

Adults, $5
Students, free
Sport Ident rental, $3

Please pay online  TSB 15-3956-0056264-00