SO Juniors to defend national night orienteering title
This year’s Peter Palmer Relay championships are being organised by Leicester Orienteering Club on the night of 10/11 September 2016. The SO Junior Squad are the reigning night champions, so we should defend the title with as much vigour as we can muster! Training will be on Saturday evening 3 September 2016. Competition Map.
Please keep the dates free as the bigger the squad the better. The relays involve 6 legs and only two are at night. It’s the best event of the year, so do try and make it!
Bulletin 1 – April 2016
The Peter Palmer Junior Team Relays 2016
Leicestershire – Sat/Sun 10-11 September 2016
Leicestershire Orienteering Club welcome you to this year’s Peter Palmer Junior Team Relays (PPJTR). The competition will take place in Ratby Woodlands.
ENTRIES
Team entries are open until Friday 2nd September 2016. Please email Ursula Williamson to register a team. Individual runners can be registered in the week ahead of the competition with any changes declared by 7.00pm on Saturday 10th September 2016. Fees are £15 per head (accompanying adults £10) to include food, accommodation and competition fees.
LOCATION
The event centre is Groby Community College Ratby Rd, Groby LE6 0GE . Overnight accommodation is in the main sports hall and assembly for the competition is adjacent to the College. We have exclusive use of the College for this event.
FINAL DETAILS
Final details will be released in the week ahead of the event.
TRAVEL AND PARKING
There is free parking for cars and minibuses at the college.
FOOD AND CATERING
Hot and cold drinks and snacks will be available on Saturday evening from 6.30pm until 9.30pm. Breakfast will be from 6.30am.
Please email the organiser by the closing date if any team members have food allergies.
MAP AND TERRAIN
The map has been updated for the event and will be at 1:10,000 on A4 waterproof paper. The terrain is woodland with extensive path network. The previous version of the Ratby Woodlands map can be viewed on Routegadget.
REGISTRATION AND TIMINGS
Registration will be open from 5pm until 7pm on Saturday during which time teams should be declared. Access to the Community College facilities will be from 5pm. 5-a-side football will take place on an outside astro turf pitch between 6.30pm – 8pm. Lights out 10.45pm. Race start at 5.00am. Sunrise 6.33am.
WRISTBANDS
Wristbands will be issued to all participants in the PPR and this will help the organisers manage access to the various parts of the College.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMING
The normal British Orienteering protocols will exist for photography. Please let the organiser know if you plan to take photographs with professional type equipment. Please let the organiser know if you would prefer not to feature.
COMPETITION FORMAT
1. The Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay is for club teams comprising all standards of juniors in the M/W12 to M/W18 age classes. (Note: M/W10s are specifically not permitted to take part.)
2. The race is run over six laps. Each team must have at least two laps run by boys and two laps run by girls. See BOF competition rule M for more details.
3. Lap 5 (Yellow Standard) may have up to three runners per team. Each team’s runners all start together when their lap 4 runner finishes. The first lap 5 runner to finish hands over to the lap 6 runner.
If the first lap 5 runner is subsequently disqualified due to mispunching then the second finisher’s time will be used to calculate the final result.
For lap 5 to count as a girls’ (boys’) lap all three runners must be girls (boys).
For the Joan George Trophy the British Orienteering age of the oldest runner on this lap will be used.
4. A competitor is not permitted to run more than once.
ELIGIBILITY
1. Any club registered with British Orienteering may enter a team or teams in the Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay.
2. All competitors must be juniors in the age range M/W12 to M/W18. (Note: M/W10s are specifically not permitted to take part, even running up as M/W12s.)
3. Competitors must be either members of British Orienteering or attend a school, college or university which has a formal association with a club. Version 1.4. Jan 2014 Competition Rule M: Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay Competition Rule M British Orienteering Rules of Orienteering 2014 Page 2
4. Juniors, who are members of British Orienteering, must meet the club representation eligibility requirements in the British Orienteering Rules of Orienteering.
5. Juniors who are not members of British Orienteering are permitted to compete in this competition provided that this is the only “Open” club that they compete for in any competition during the year.
TROPHIES
There are three Trophies to be presented at the Peter Palmer Junior Team Relay:
Peter Palmer Trophy- all team members from the same club.
Joan George Trophy- all team members from the same club, combined British Orienteering ages to total 90 or less.
Norwich Orienteering Club Anniversary Trophy- all team members either
(a) from the same ‘small club’, or
(b) from two ‘small clubs’ forming a combined team
SAFETY
A whistle and a small spare torch is required to be carried by all competitors on the first two legs. A whistle is mandatory for all runners.
From 10.45pm (Sat) –4.30am (Sun) all juniors are expected to remain in the main sleeping hall; exceptions being an emergency or a visit to the toilet. Juniors found to be in other parts of the College or out in the terrain will face disqualification from the competition.
There will be a separate sleeping area for team drivers who do not plan to get up until 7.00am.
OFFICIALS
Controller Mick Lucking (NOC)
Planner Iain Tebbutt (LEI)
Organiser /Entries Ursula Williamson (LEI)