Important Note: a Significantly-Reduced 'Piccolo
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Important note: a significantly-reduced ‘piccolo’ version of this ‘grandé’ Bulletin 2/Program will be in the Registration pack. Information relevant to each day is available as a separate pdf on the web page dedicated to each event. FRI 22nd Sept Carnival Registration, Model Events 1.00pm Hill End Model map controls in place (and continuously in daylight hours until Noon Sat 30th) 2.00-8.00pm Carnival Registration at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery/Library 2.00-6.00pm Model map controls in place at Machattie Park, Bathurst SAT 23rd Australian Sprint Championships 9.00-11.00am Carnival Registration at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery/Library 9.00-11.00am Model map controls in place at Machattie Park, Bathurst 12.30-4.30pm Carnival Registration at Charles Sturt University (CSU), incl. Enter on Day 12.30-2.15pm Enter on Day registration 2.00-4.30pm Starts 5.15pm Presentation Ceremony 5.30pm Course closure SUN 24th Australian Middle Distance Championships 9.00-10.15 Carnival Registration opens, incl. Enter on Day 10.00-12.30 Starts 2.00pm Presentation Ceremony 3.00pm Course closure MON 25th Rest Day/ School Championships Opening Ceremony / Workshop 8.30-4.00pm Level 2 OA Coaching Accreditation Workshop – Part 1 4.00pm Opening Ceremony of the School Sport Australia Orienteering Championships and Aus/NZ Southern Cross Challenge – St Stanislaus College Performing Arts Centre TUES 26th Schools Individual Championships + Day 1 Bathurst 3’Day 9.30-11.25am School Individual starts 10.00-11.45 Registration open, incl. Enter on Day 11.30-1.00pm Bathurst 3’Day and Enter on Day starts 11.00am Registration closes ~12.30 Australian Schools Individual Presentations Ceremony 3.00pm Course closure WED 27th Schools Sprint Championships + Day 2 Bathurst 3’Day 9.00-9.45am Registration open, incl. Enter on Day 9.30–11.000am Bathurst 3’Day and Enter on Day starts 11.30-12.30pm Schools Sprints starts ~1.00pm Australian Schools Sprints Presentations Ceremony 2.00pm Course closure THUR 28th Schools Relay Championships + Day 3 Bathurst 3’Day 9.00am Mass start 1st leg runners 10.00am Mass start 2nd leg runners 11.00 Mass start 3rd leg runners 11.00am Registration open, incl. Enter on Day ~12 noon Australian Schools Relay Championships Presentation 12.30pm Optional mass start Bathurst3’Day and Enter on the Day 12.30pm Closure school’s courses 12.40pm Queuing starts Bathurst3’Day and Enter on the Day 2.30pm Bathurst 3'Day Presentations Ceremony and lucky draw 3.30pm Course closure Bathurst3’Day **5.00pm Final Presentations for the School Sport Australia Orienteering Championships State Teams and Aus/NZ Challenge – St Stanislaus College Performing Arts Centre FRI 29th Rest Day/ Workshops 8.30-3.30pm LIDAR Workshop 8.30-1.00pm Level 2 OA Coaching Accreditation Workshop – Part 2 2.00pm Level 0 ONSW Coaching Accreditation Course SAT 30th Australian Long Distance Championships SAT 30th Australian Long Distance Championships 8.30-9.45am Registration open, incl. Enter on Day 9.30-Noon Starts 2.00pm Presentation Ceremony Australian Long Distance Championships, OA Shield, Aust v NZ Test Match, Australian Orienteer of the Year 3.00pm Course closure 3.00pm Relay team registrations close (at Registration at Long Distance event) SUN 1st October Australian Relay Championships ** NOTE daylight savings operates from today - all times quoted are Eastern ‘Daylight Savings’ Time 8.30-9.15am Registration of Enter On Day 9.15 Briefing 9.30am Mass start 1st leg runners - W35 W45 W55 W65+ W21AS 9:35am Mass start 1st leg runners - M35 M45 M55 M65+ M21AS Mixed (Hard) 9:40am Mass start 1st leg runners - M16 W16 M14 W14 M/W12 OpenB and EOD 9:45am Mass start 1st leg runners - M21E M20E W21E W20E 10.45am Mass start 2nd leg runners (timing tbc by Event Announcer on the day) 11.00am Mass start 3rd leg runners (timing tbc by Event Announcer on the day) 12.30pm Presentation Ceremony for Australian Relays and National Orienteering League 1.00pm Course closure Important contact details and Event Organisational Structure Carnival Director: Barbara Junghans [email protected] 0438 290 850 Entries: Ron Pallas [email protected] Schools: Airdrie Long/Jo Parr [email protected] Website: http://onsw.asn.au/ozchamps2017/ Facebook & Instagram: @ozchamps2017 Emergency Services dial 000 (Ambulance, Fire, Police) Hospital: Bathurst Base Hospital - 361-365 Howick St, 6330 5311 Orienteering NSW presents this Carnival to you on behalf of Orienteering Australia, as usual using a cast of dozens. Apart from the 3 key organisers [Barbara Junghans Carnival Director, Andrew Lumsden National Controller and IOF Adviser, and Rob Vincent National Controller] there are 7 Course Planners, 7 Day Controllers and 7 Day Organisers who are individually mentioned under the banner for each particular event. The volunteers on the Registration, Parking, Start, Finish, Logistics, Ceremonies, etc teams draw largely from Bennelong Northside, Big Foot, Garingal, Goldseekers and Western and Hills orienteering clubs. However, special mention is deserved for Ron Pallas as ‘Eventor entries/Finish’ Chief and Colin Burnett as ‘Results’ Chief. Sponsors and Partners 2 Welcome Welcome from Orienteering Australia On behalf of Orienteering Australia I would like to welcome all competitors to the 2017 Australian Championships week. This week is always one of the high points of our competition season and 2017 will be no different. For this year’s edition, we are being taken to an exciting new venue, for the reasonably rare experience these days of running a major event on completely virgin terrain. Old goldmining terrain is something which has traditionally been considered the domain of Victoria, but this year New South Wales will be doing their best to outdo what has been found further south. Hill End itself will also be a very atmospheric spot to serve as a backdrop for the events, and in addition to the terrain, the events will have some interesting technical innovations, with many of you having your first experience of touch-free punching. The Australian Championships week is an important week for those who are at the top. It is, however, one of the great features of our sport that it gives everyone the opportunity to compete alongside the very best; it is an event which has a place for all, whether it’s the first time you’ve run a major national event, or whether you’re one of those who have been fronting up every year for the last three or four decades. (Naturally, we hope that those of you in the former category will one day become members of the latter category, and past experience suggests that a reasonable number of you will). It has already been a busy year for orienteering in New South Wales, including a very successful 3-day at Wagga over the Queen’s Birthday weekend. To host a series of events on the scale of those which will be taking place this week requires a great deal of work from a lot of people, and I would like to express our sincere thanks to Orienteering NSW, its clubs and individuals for everything they have done to make this week happen. Blair Trewin President Orienteering Australia. Welcome from Orienteering NSW On behalf of ONSW I am pleased to welcome orienteers to Bathurst and Hill End for the 2017 Australian Orienteering Championships. Barbara Junghans and her team have worked tirelessly over several years now to make the event special. The Australian Championships is the pinnacle of our sport each year in Australia and over this exciting week we hope to challenge you in the forest and towns and to also provide a forum where you can all build the bonds of community through sharing experiences. One of the most exciting elements of this Carnival is bringing a new terrain type to NSW - the gold mining of Hill End which has been fantasized over for years by visiting orienteers. I am sure Alex Tarr has done a great job of representing the complex and challenging terrain and providing the technical test deserving of the Australian champs. As important, is the midweek celebration of Schools Orienteering and the accompanying Bathurst 3 day replacing the mining with ‘fine open forest and rocks’. We thank the local communities, National Parks and the Forestry Corporation for providing us access to these special areas. Remember the days of paper punching that now seems long past? The carnival will host the first major outing of SI Air+ in Australia. I recently had the joy of using SI Air in France and certainly don’t want to go back! The flow through controls that it allows is just plain fun. Particularly for sprint and MTBO, this adds and modernizes our sport. Rather than resist such innovation we need to embrace and enhance the attractiveness of our sport. We owe great thanks to all the clubs, mappers, course setters, controllers and officials that have pulled this complex project together. With 5000 entries across the week, this year’s Australian O Carnival is 10% larger than any recent Carnival. NSW has the pleasure of hosting both major orienteering carnivals this year, as well as the Xmas 5 days and also the Australian MTBO champs. The same people and clubs have stood up time and again to make this all happen. So bring it on! I look forward to the technical and physical challenge of new terrain as well as meeting old and young friends and competitors from NSW, interstate and overseas. It is a chance to celebrate and enjoy orienteering, some beautiful nature, and also to be with each other. Greg Barbour President ONSW 3 The localities being visited … Bathurst From Sydney take either Bells Line of Road through Bell, or, the Great Western Highway through Katoomba to get to Lithgow.