AN EXCITING TEAM NAVIGATION ADVENTURE FOR BUDDING WIZARDS & WITCHES ...

ENTRIES NOW CLOSED
Please come along early on day for limited number of on-the-day entries.

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Sunday 8th November 2020
THIS YEAR'S THEME "HARRY POTTER"
  • Find as many checkpoints as you can in 2 hours. Complete fun Harry Potter themed mystery activities for bonus points.
  • Suitable for families with kids (including the littlies under 5 years old) through to Olympic cyclists.
  • All you need is a bike and a team of 2-5 people.
  • Optional Harry Potter dress-up competition with great prizes.
  • We will provide a specially prepared map and instructions, you plan a route for your team and ... you will be off on a wizarding adventure like no other!
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​LOCATION
  • EVENT HEADQUARTERS (Registration, Start and Finish) = Main Waipa MTB Car Park, Waipa State Mill Road.
  • Signposted from SH5.
TIMETABLE - SUNDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2020
  • Registration - From 8.30am
  • Briefing - 9.30am
  • Start - 10.00am
  • Finish - 12.00pm.  Competitors can finish earlier, but all competitors must be at the finish by this time.  There will be penalties if late.
  • Pizza will be available from 12.00pm.
  • Prize Giving and Spot Prize Draw - 12.30pm (Category winners will be acknowledged.)

​EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
  • Bike, helmet and suitable clothing.
  • Water and food for race as appropriate.​​

EVENT CATEGORIES
  • Open - Any teams not competing in one of following categories.
  • Student - All competitors students at secondary, intermediate or primary school.
  • Mixed Age Pedal Power - Different ages with at least one team member 12 years or under riding their own bike independently.  

​Note the "Mixed Age Pedal Power" category is targeted at Family groups.  
Teams can be made up of competitors from different Families but to be eligible for the category there must be in the team at least one team member 12 years or under riding their own bike independently and there must be at least one adult 18 and over.
FANCY DRESS COMPETITION
  • There will be an optional fancy dress competition with a prize for the best dressed individual and team.
  • This year's theme is HARRY POTTER.
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SPOT AND OTHER PRIZES
  • Thank you to all the local businesses who have got on board with some great spot prizes.

​ENTRY INFORMATION
  • ONLINE ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED.
  • ​After the close off of entries we will only take on-the-day entry fees and an on-the-day entry fee will be charged per competitor.  There will only be a limited number of on-the-day entries so we encourage you to come early to registration.
  • ​All entry fees are per person and include free pizza after the event (We cater for one pizza between two people)
  • We will be using SPORTident, an electronic timing system, which will produce results immediately after the event. To use the system you need a SPORTident Card or dibber, which you use to register when you visit a control.  Your entry fee includes hireage of the dibber.

PRICING

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POSTPONEMENT / CANCELLATION INFORMATION
  • The event will go ahead even if it is raining and is unlikely to b​​e postponed or cancelled simply due to less than ideal weather.
  • However, in the case of extreme bad weather, or some other serious adverse event, any postponement or cancellation and relevant information, will be communicated to all pre-entered competitors via e-mail, and on the Orienteering Bay of Plenty website and Facebook page.  Any decision to postpone or cancel event will be made and communicated out by 7.30am on the day of the event.

CONTACT DETAILS

Erin Swanson Ph 021 386 977
For further information email mtbadventurequest@gmail.com

​Orienteering Bay of Plenty is an incorporated not-for-profit organisation which runs orienteering and navigation based events in Rotorua, Tauranga and throughout the Bay of Plenty.  If you are interested in taking part in other events in the area, sign up to our newsletter here.