2012 NT Orienteering Championships


National Orienteering League races and Northern Territory Championships

Darwin
10th - 12th August 2012

Results:





Events:


Friday 10th of August 2012

afternoon/evening (4:30-6:00 pm)


Sprint (NOL Race 1 of Round 4)

Casuarina Campus and Dripstone Cliffs (existing map by Lachlan Hallett). 7 km by road northwest of airport.

Course Setter: Trevor Paynter
Controller: Jenny Casanova

A standard urban sprint held in a large university campus. The campus contains some areas of native bushland and is adjacent to sand dune terrain. The sprint would predominantly be in built up sections of the campus with some legs entering the other areas.

Casuarina campus map

Casuarina campus


Saturday 11th of August 2012
evening/night

Two different events will be offered at the same venue. Competitors wishing to compete as official NOL competitors in the night event will not be permitted to compete in the score event. Other competitors can compete in either event or even do both if they wish.

Afternoon Score event + easy course (5:00-6:00 pm)
Mass start score event.

Night event (7:00-7:40 pm)
(NOL Race 2 of Round 4)
Mass start night event with splitting. Courses to be set to ~3/4 of middle distance winning times.

Course setter: Lachlan Hallett
Controller: Adrian Uppill

Lok Cabay (remap by Lachlan Hallett to ISSOM specifications at 1:5000 of a 2005 Kevin Vigar map). 90 km by road south of Darwin/airport.
The area is comprised of a flat plain containing several complex outcrops of large (3-15 m wide, 2-5 m high) stromatolite (rock) formations spread over 2 km2.

Lok Cabay map






Lok Cabay


Sunday 12th of August 2012

morning (8:00 -10:00 am)


Long distance race with some butterfly loops.
(NOL Race 3 of Round 4)
Elites to start two at a time to enable whole field to be started and finished before it gets hot.

Rum Jungle (Existing but as yet unused map by Eric Andrews). Adjacent Lok Cabay, 90 km by road south of Darwin/airport.

Course setter: Susanne Casanova
Controller: Adrian Uppill

Gently rolling spur gully with extensive sections of bare rock. This area is bound by a ridge of moderately steep spur gully with many rock features which then gives way into flats with numerous termite mounds (up to 6 m) where the map joins to the stromatolites of the Lok Cabay map.

Lok Cabay map



Lok Cabay


Post Event Activities
13th - 19th August 2012


Training Activities: Suitable for elites, non-elites and casual orienteers.

Mon 13th August: 
Batchelor area (Morning)
Darwin area (Afternoon)

Tues 14th August:
Darwin area (Morning)

Sat & Sun 18-19th August:
9 + 9 hour Rogaine, Adelaide River region. Additional information and entry forms will become available on the NT Rogaining website:
www.nt.rogaine.asn.au



For further information please contact:

Lachlan Hallett,
TEO Management Committee Member

lachlan001@hotmail.com
m. 0432 906 335
w. 08 8999 5206


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