NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

Hawke’s Bay Orienteering looks forward to welcoming competitors to NISS 2019 on 18-20 July 2019. Further details and entry information will be available on the HBOC website at www.hborienteering.com/nissc2019.

SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS – Thursday 18 July Map: Te Aute College Scale: 1:4,000 and 2.5m contour intervals Location: Otane, 30 km South of Hastings (approx. 30 min drive) Terrain: School grounds and urban park Level: All runners run Championship Grade Start times: First starts from 2:00pm

INDIVIDUAL LONG CHAMPIONSHIPS – Friday 19 July Map: Hautope Scale: 1:10,000 Orange and Red; 1:7,500 Yellow and White Location: 55 km South of Hastings (approx. 45 min drive) Terrain: Open Farmland with small stands of forest and tree detail. Levels: Championship (Experienced), Standard (Less experienced), Senior Novice (First

time orienteers) Start times: First starts from 10.30am

RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Saturday 20 July Map: Hautope Scale: 1:7,500 Orange, Yellow and White Location: 55 km South of Hastings (approx. 45 min drive) Terrain: Open Farmland with small stands of forest and tree detail. Level: All runners run Standard grade Start times: First starts will be at 10.00am Teams: “Official teams” are made up of 3 students, of the same gender and from the same

school, who are eligible to compete in the class. Composite teams of 3 students from different schools can also compete as non-competitive teams. Mixed gender teams from the same school are also non-competitive.

EMBARGONISS 2019 Event Embargo areas at www.hborienteering.com/nissc2019

Officially sanctioned by the NZSSSC.

Incorporating Year 7 & 8

NORTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

EMBARGOTwo areas are embargoed for the NISS Orienteering Championships 2019 to be held in

Hawke’s Bay 18-20 July 2019.

Sprint Championship:

Competitors and other persons, who, through knowledge of the terrain, may influence the results of the competition, are permitted to access the embargoed area (with public access) until further notice. However, use of orienteering maps, orienteering training of all kinds and route choice testing is not allowed in the area. The only exception is for those competitors who may live, work or study within the area covered by the map for running training only while going about their normal daily activity to and from their place of work or residence. From 20 March 2019 until the start of the sprint on Thursday 18 July 2019 the above embargo conditions apply to the area defined by: Te Aute College School Grounds.

Individual Long and Relay Championships:

From 20 March 2019 until the start of the long course on Friday 19 July 2019 the area covered by the map known as Hautope - the map borders Hautope Road and Mangarara Stream. All farmland along Hautope Road and Hautope Branch Road is embargoed: use of orienteering maps, running training of all kinds and route choice testing is not allowed in the area.

ENQUIRIES

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NISS 2019 Embargo

NISS 2019 Embargo