Summer Sprint series 2022

A series of evening sprint events held over consecutive Tuesday nights in February and March. These are always fun and are planned by some of the up and coming club juniors. There are always plenty of PAPO members willing to help anyone new to the sport.

Come along and experience an adventure sport, practice map reading and navigation, and improve your fitness.

• Run, jog, or walk - you set the pace
• By yourself, in a team, or as a family
• Fun adventure or a competitive challenge and race

Each event will have 3 courses (1.5km - 3km) with winning times about 15/20 mins:

• Beginner
• Medium
• Long

Vaccine Passes: To allow this event to proceed under the Covid Protection framework vaccination passes will be required for all participants and spectators older than 12 years old and 3 months. Vaccination pass will need to be scanned at registration. Additionally, all participants must be pre-entered, there will be no entry on the day. There will be no results screens or water provided by PAPO.

Entries & Payments

All events will be pre-entry. Entries are now open for all events in the series.
Enter here: https://entero.co.nz/evento.php?eventName=sss-2022
Entries close for each event at midnight on the day before (Monday night).
Credit card payments can be made from the entry system (EnterO). For bank transfers, please credit the PAPO bank account: 03-0823-04259310-00. Please reference your surname and "SSS".

Any entry queries: Please email PAPOentries@gmail.com. (Including helpers who are taking a free run and club members wanting to pay with VIP points).

Costs:

• Adult: $10
• Junior/Student : $5
• Family : $25
• Sport Ident hire: $2

Registration: from 4.40pm.
Start blocks: Choose your starting block when you pre-enter. 

• Block 1: Starts: 5- 5:45pm, Course closure 6pm.
• Block 2: Starts: 6:15-7.00pm, Course closure 7.15pm.
  Note that you are choosing your start time and ALSO the time by which you will be off the map (and out of the area), this is to ensure that people between the 2 start blocks do not interact.
  Those who think they will take longer will need to start early in the start block.
  Please ensure you exit the course to the finish/download at the course closure time, even if you have not found all the controls.

Electronic Punching: SI Air+ will be turned on for all sprints, bring your SI Air card if you have one. For those without an SI Air card (and anyone hiring a SI card) punch in the usual manner.

Check the individual event information pages below for the exact location for each event.

Covid-19 information  

This event will run under guidelines for the Red traffic light level from ONZ. Please read and follow these guidelines carefully – they apply to you and your family.

To allow this event to proceed under the Covid Protection framework vaccination passes will be required for all participants and spectators older than 12 years old and 3 months. Vaccination pass will need to be scanned at registration.

People should NOT attend any orienteering event:

• If they are unwell with a cough, fever, or other respiratory symptoms.
• If they have been in close contact with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 until they have completed the prescribed quarantine period, even if they are completely symptom free.
• If they have returned from any overseas country until they have completed their allocated quarantine at an MIQ facility.
• If they are undergoing COVID-19 testing, until they have received negative results and are symptom free.
• If they have been advised to stay at home by a health professional.

Please do this in the day:

• Scan with the covid app and show your vaccine pass at registration.
• Go to the start, keep 2m apart
• Finish your course and leave (no second courses)
• Do not hang around and socialise
• Results will go up online