NZ MTB-Orienteering Championships Ngaumu Forest, Wairarapa Approx 30 min from Masterton Sat 29 Sep 2001 Individual Championship Sun 30 Sep 2001 Score Event

New Zealand MTBO Championship 2001

Terrain: Rolling Wairarapa hill country with plantation forest including some logged areas. Heaps of forest roads, firebreaks, skidder trails; elevation range 200m. Mapped by Michael Wood of MAPsport Services, professional orienteering mapmaker who has ridden MTBO in Europe. Scale 1:20,000, contours 10m

Access by kind permission of Juken Nissho Ltd

Day 1: Second ever NZ MTBO Championship, a fixed-sequence event. Course lengths to international recommendations (approx 120 and 80min for open men and women). Interval start times from 11:00 to 1:00 Award ceremony in the forest at approx 4:00 Trophies for open classes, spot prizes.

Seminar: How to Kickoff MTBO in Your Area, led by the NZOF MTBO Committee. 7:30 in Masterton.

Day 2: Score event, take controls in any order. Fixed time of 1.5 hours, everyone start at 10:00am. Award ceremony in the forest at approx 12:30.

Visitor Services: The forest is 30min east of Masterton, with a population of 18,000 and lots of accommodation. The smaller towns of Carterton, Greytown and Martinborough are within 30min of Masterton (no closer to the forest). Hutt Valley and Wellington are 90min away.

Tourism Wairarapa will help you with accommodation; Ph 06 378 7373, Fax 06 378 7042.
Email masterton@wairarapanz.com
Website http://www.wairarapanz.com

Status: Events run according to the spirit of the NZOF Rules for orienteering on foot, plus overseas MTBO practice. NZOF Level B event status. Maps completely premarked and issued on the start line.

Embargo: The Poroporo Block of the Ngaumu Forest of Juken Nissho Ltd is OUT OF BOUNDS from now until the event. This is to ensure no-one has greater familiarity with the area.

Organisers: Brent Hoy and Michael Wood for the Hutt Valley Orienteering Club, Box 30 398, Lower Hutt. NZOF Controller responsible for QA and representing the competitors’ interests is Andy Clayton, organiser of the inaugural MTBO Championship in Hanmer last year.

More Info: A week before the event we’ll send you more detailed information including your start time and how to get to the event. Information also posted on the MTBO website www.mapsport.co.nz/mtbo/mtbo.html Check this for news about MTBO both here and worldwide.

Entry Details

“Vet” is 40 years or over as at 31 Dec 2001. Junior is 18 years or under as at 31 Dec 2001.

Eligibility: You must be an orienteering club member to take part in this championship. Hutt Valley OC has a half-price introductory offer for anyone who has never belonged to an orienteering club before: $12 seniors and $5.50 juniors. This subscription is included in the entry fee; if you are already a member of an orienteering club, just deduct it when paying.

You must be a NZ citizen or have “NZ Residency” to be eligible for titles.

Entry Fees:

	Champ	Score	Both
Open, Vet and Rec	$40, less $12 club members	$37, less $12 club members	$65, less $12 club members
Junior (18 or under)	$20, less $5.50 club members	$17, less $5.50 club members	$31, less $5.50 club members
After 10 Sep	Plus $10	Plus $10	Plus $10

Late Entries: Ordinary entries close with those postmarked 10 Sep. Late entry up to 60min before first start but there will be a fixed number of spare maps. So even after 10 Sep, contact us ASAP to make sure of your map.

Last Year's Winners

New Zealand Championship Titleholders Hanmer Springs, 30 Sep 2000

Mens Open: Bruce McLeod, Queenstown Runner-up: Craig Starnes, Wellington Womens Open: Rachel Smith, Christchurch Runner-up: Sara Wallen, Sweden Veteran men: Ray Pratt, Christchurch Veteran Women: Jacqui Sinclair, New Plymouth Junior Men: Garan Sinclair, New Plymouth Junior Women: Aloha Moore and Heather Sanderson-Collins, NP



About MTB-Orienteering

It’s a highly competitive sport with international fixtures, and also a recreation which can be enjoyed close to home. The orienteering tradition is to provide a range of courses at the same time, for young and old, expert and novice, fit and unfit. Even at a championship. We’ve picked a forest with a lot of tracks and which is not regularly used by mountain-bikers. It is big enough to set courses of up to 2 hours for fit riders; but it has enough easy tracks for shorter courses.

Orienteering has been going in NZ for 30 years, but only for about 5 on mountainbikes. The 2-day Cyclic Saga on Banks Peninsula is NZ’s biggest event but the main centres have regular events of 1-2 hours. For more info including results, coaching tips and equipment, visit the website www.mapsport.co.nz/mtbo/mtbo.html