RACORIENTEERS
Orienteering - "The ultimate outdoor adventure challenge FOR ALL AGES"
BREAKING NEWS
SA SPRINT & GOCC 2024 ENTRIES CLOSED !!!!.
MOUNTAIN MARATHON MOVED TO KINGS KLOOF - DATE CHANGE TO 25 AUGUST !!
LATEST BUSH LOGS:
VERY SOCIAL BUSH EVENT - ENJOYED BY ALL
SA CHAMPS BULLETIN 1 RELEASED HERE
ULTRA EVENTS POINTS SCORING - NEW RULES !
LOG POINTS ARE ONLY AWARDED TO PAID UP CLUB MEMBERS - JOIN A CLUB NOW !
2024 CALENDAR IS HERE !!!!
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GREAT BUSH COURSES AT HENNOPS VALLEY
And we thought Piers Pirow was going to really push our endurance to the limit....but he also has a soft side and designed some excellent courses - then also laid on a very social braai afterwards ! There were those that got on with the job....then there was Paul Handcock who supervised the whole shebang !!!
First time winner in the Light Green ladies category was Jenna Pirow (without the guide dog !) just running up behind Vusi Dlamini.
Some great runs by the rest of the competitors: Lukas and Michelle Babcock winning the mens and ladies Orange course respectively; Pat de Klerk just pipping Piper de Klerk in the Green race; Tristan Babcock and Stephanie Mulder Blue course victors while Brian Gardner and Tania Wimberley made the Brown course their own.
POINTS SCORING FOR ULTRA EVENTS
The latest version of the GOC Technical Standard is available HERE
One significant change regarding Ultra Events (Long O and Mountain Marathon) is the points scoring system - whereby points will be awarded PER COURSE and NOT per CATEGORY as in the past. The Maximum points for these Courses have also been increased. Simple example - the Men's Grand Master class winner on a Green course will have points calculated from the Green course winners time and not score maximum for his Class. Take a look at page 5 - 6 in the Standard.
HOW DO LOG POINTS WORK
Just a brush up on how points are awarded in the Urban Series. In this format, its not about your finish TIME, but rather your finish POSITION ! Don't matter if you're an hour behind the winner, you will score on a sliding scale of points. Winner gets 1000 points - next 5 positions are allocated in 20 point decrements. Thereafter the point gaps reduce to 10 point intervals and after position 15 the points gaps are down to 5 point intervals. So, all to work for !
EXCITING ORIENTEERING
Orienteering is an outdoor adventure activity, which involves finding your way around a course in the terrain using a detailed map and some common sense.
Experience the excitement of finding control markers in the middle of forests, up hills, down valleys and along rivers.
The activity can be enjoyed by adults and children - old and young - fit or unfit. As you set your own pace walking or running - it is ideal recreation for individuals or groups. Families are welcome to try Orienteering, going round the course together in a group.
WHY JOIN A CLUB ?
Joining an Orienteering Club like RACO gives you access to emailed event information, results and invites to a number of special events throughout the year. As a Club member, you are eligible to score points in the two Gauteng Performance Logs, with a further incentive to win age category prizes at the end of each Series. There is also a reduced entry fee for Club participants at every event. Become part of the RACO family, in our specially designed O' kit.....club coloured shirts, that are cool and hardy for the roughest conditions ! Family membership is a mere R350 per year ! Here is the MEMBERSHIP FORM 2024
