NOY1 - Pelton - 19 July 2020

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Created: 28 June 2020

Sunday 19 July, 2020 -  NOY1 PELTON

Pre-entries via Eventor are NOW OPEN. https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events

Directions:
Fom Cessnock, drive south-west on Wollombi Rd through Bellbird Heights and Skinners Hill. Turn south onto Ellalong Road at Pelton and travel about 500m to parking under the powerline on the east side of the road.
From Ellalong, travel north on Ellalong Road for about 3.5km and park under the powerline on the east side of the road.

Map: Pelton North 1:10,000 scale and 5 metre contours, March 2020. Original fieldwork and cartography by Denis Lyons. Lidar basemap extension: Malcolm Roberts. Full area fieldchecked and extended by Ian Dempsey.

Special map features: Black crosses show car wrecks. Black circles indicate wreckage and rubbish. Brown triangles show termite mounds.

A legend does not appear on this version of the map: copies of the legend will be on display at the event. Control descriptions will be printed on the map.

Control Descriptions are printed on the maps.  If you would like a copy to put in your Control Desciption holder - print your copy before the Event and bring it with you.
Word Control Descriptions - click here.  Symbol Control Descriptions - click here.

Terrain: Mostly undulating forest with occasional patches of slow run and walk, but with an extensive track network. There are three terrain types. First, spur/gully terrain characteristic of Werakata State Conservation Area, with minor rock detail. Second, highly detailed abandoned mining land with embankments, mounds, pits, ditches, ruins and variable, but passable vegetation. Finally, slow run along the main creek with some contour and side watercourse detail.

Consider using body cover to protect from sporadic patches of spiky vegetation.

Planner: Ian Dempsey

Vetter: Clare Williams

Safety:

• In line with ONSW requirements in the management of COVID-19, there will be no drinks provided on courses and at the arena area.
  Please bring your own water supply and we strongly recommend you carry water on the longer courses to prevent dehydration.
• You'll need to punch a special control before the Start to indicate that you have particpated in the Event.
• The map extension includes three deep, steep-sided and potentially dangerous subsidence pits.
  These sites are marked in the field with red/white hazard tape, and on the map with the black V hazardous pit symbol. Please take care.
• Safety bearing is west to Wollombi and Ellalong Roads.
• Please punch each control then move away from the control to maintain social distancing.
• If you have issues punching a Control - let the person at the Finish Desk know about it after you have completed the Course.
• Move off the track if you encounter trail bikes.
• Event telephone on the day 0490 686 207

Courses:

Start: The start is an easy 60m walk from the assembly area.

No String Course (due to Covid19 recommendations). Sorry kids. :(

Start times and course closure: You can start between 9.30 and 11.30am. Courses close at 1pm – please ensure you return to the assembly area by 1pm to prevent disqualification and to avoid us organising a search party for you.

Vale Dot Wright

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Created: 04 June 2020

It is with much sadness we announce the death of Dot Wright. Dot was the wife of Allan Wright founding member and stalwart of the club in its growth years. Dot may not have taken to the bush very often, though she and Allan were avid bushwalkers. But her contribution to the club was immense. Phone enquiries for information about club activities were ably handled by Dot and she was a great advocate for our sport. She supported their sons Ian and Neil in the sport, and was often in charge of Enter on Day duties for our State and local events. The Hunter Schools Orienteering Championships particularly in 1980s and 1990s were spear headed by Allan and Dot with Dennis Lyons course planning. However her biggest contribution was to support Allan in the production of the Club Newsletter - in the times when it was a printed production, needing to be collated, stapled or folded, enveloped and posted. Dot was always in the thick of the action. Our thoughts are with Allan and the family.

Trial of MapRunF for Street Orienteering

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Created: 02 June 2020

Trial of MapRunF for Street Orienteering   

What is MapRunF?

MapRunF is a (free) smartphone app that can be used for orienteering (by utilising the phone’s GPS). Competitors run with their smartphone and the app takes care of the punching of the controls, the timing and the scoring. Advantages of using MapRunF for Street O include:

• Organisers no longer have to mark clue sheets
• There are no disputes as to whether the competitors went to the control site
• All competitors will have to go right up to the control site
• Results are automatically uploaded to the web
• Routes and splits of all competitors can be seen post event

The Trial Events

To evaluate the use of MapRunF for Street-O we have prepared a trial Street-O series consisting of three events. All events are FREE! You will find some brief instructions for using MapRunF to run an event later in this document. The events are:

The way that these events have been set up in MapRunF means that once an event has opened competitors can go and run the event at any time that suits them.

We want to get as much feedback as we can about competitors’ experience of using MapRunF in a street orienteering event. So the more of you that go out and run these events the better. And remember we want constructive feedback, e.g. what worked, were instructions clear, what problems did you have, in what ways could things be improved and so on. If you won’t see either Sam Howe or Malcolm Roberts personally then you can send your feedback via email to:   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Note that the events in this trial series will differ from how we would use MapRunF for our Summer Street Series (SSS) in the following ways:

• In the trial series you are able to start at any time that suits you. In the SSS we will still have the standard 5pm - 6:30pm on a Wednesday start window.
• In the trial series you will download and print your map before you go to the event. So there is nothing stopping you studying the course for as long you like before you start running.
  In the SSS you will only get your map two minutes before you start (i.e. the way that we have always done it) 
  
  
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Finally, if you do have a go and run these events please remember that we are absolute beginners at using MapRunF and so are bound to have made mistakes, not thought of things that could go wrong and so on. Please be tolerant. Thanks.   

Click here for Quick Start instructions and where to download the software

Click here for more instructions                                                                     

Orienteering Jigsaws

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Created: 10 April 2020

From Ian Dempsey we have some orienteering map Jigsaw puzzles that he has come across:

Got time on your hands? Try these orienteering map jigsaws.

Level 1 =  https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=2e959bf45992 

Level 2 =  https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1e5539100c03

Level 3 =  https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=2ea6a9c502e7

The bottom left toolbar allows display of the full original image (with zoom options). Try zooming your browser for a clearer view of the jigsaw puzzle.

From the top menu bar, use the explore, popular searches functions to look for more orienteering maps. What the heck, be bold and try other non-orienteering searches.

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