FINAL DETAILS – WESTERN ZONE EVENT 5
Rutherford College
24 March 2025
The important bits first:
If you have new orienteers in your group, there are a few things we have available to help. Make sure they’ve watched the video for first-timers on the info pages. We will have Orienteering Lifeguards out on course that they can ask for help if they are stuck. If participants doing orienteering for the first time or are not feeling confident they may go in pairs for the first two weeks with a map and Sport Ident card each.
Please try to be at the venue before 4pm so students can hear the race briefing.
Remember, no lining up at the start lines until after the race briefing. We can not state an exact time for briefing as it occurs immediately after all controls are put out. It is usually around 3:50-4:00pm. After briefing has finished students will be asked to line up behind their competition grade signs. They will be released to start approximately every 45-60 seconds from then till all students have started.
Results will be available live on the TV screen at the event centre and published afterwards at schoolsorienteering.co.nz/results/
Location:
Rutherford College, 18-20 Kotuku Street, Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland 0610. See google location for the event centre here.
Parking is best on Kotuku Road and surrounding Streets.
Students should not walk through the school grounds (so please avoid the buildings) to get to the event base. The main school buildings area is Out of Bounds until you start the event! DON’T RISK DISQUALIFICATION BY WALKING THROUGH THE BUILDINGS. Stick to the driveway and carpark along the northern edge of the school to get to the event base.
Follow the signage to get to the event centre from the main gate on Kotuku Road.
Event Centre:
Once parked, head to the far corner of the field to find us. The start lines and finish, Registration and download is all in the same area. There will be orienteering signs out to help you find your way. See the site plan below for more information.
Toilets:
Toilets are available as sign posted.
Out of bounds:
As always, areas marked in olive green on the map are out of bounds. These are generally small gardens. There are small areas of pink stripe, these are also out of bounds.
Special considerations:
There may be other sports codes practicing on the field and on the netball courts. It is wise to avoid this area.
The fields and grounds have cracks throughout them due to the lack of rain so please be careful on your ankles.