- Polypropylene top and bottoms
- Fleece or woollen jersey
- Waterproof parker
- 1x woollen hat
- sunhat (I will supply this)
- 2x Shorts
- Swimming Outfit
- Underwear
- Sunglasses
- 4x Socks (one pair must be woollen)
- 2x Sandshoes/Trainers
- Pillowcase
- Sleeping Bag
- Sleeping Mat
- Pack for expedition (I have some spare packs) (40-50Ltr)
- 3x Large plastic bags
- Torch and Batteries (I have got us head torches)
- Sunblock (I will bring some spf 30, however if you have speical requirements then bring your own)
- Insect Repellent (I will bring this)
- Drink bottle (2ltr)
- Wetsuit
- Toiletries
- Towel (quick dry/microfibre would be best)
- One car tyre tube (not inflated)
- First aid kit (I will bring this)
- Knife, fork, spoon, mug, plate for the expedition
- We will be giving you Uniforms to travel down and home in.
This blog has been created to keep the students and parents of Whangarei Girls and Boys High School informed about up and coming events, photos, gear lists, results and general information. I hope that you find it useful.
Sunday 30 October 2011
Get 2 Go Gear List
The most inmportant message is that you need to be prepared to get wet every day!
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Whangarei Orienteering Event
Hi Team,
There is an event this sunday out at Smugglers Bay (Where juniors finished their 2nd day of nav) this Sunday. IT would be great to see you all out there as I think it will be alot of fun. It is open to all Adventure Racers and will cost $4 per person. I unfortunately will not be there on the Sunday but it would be a great time to take your families out and show them what you get up to. It starts at 10am so get out there at about 9.45. Have Fun!!!!!
There is an event this sunday out at Smugglers Bay (Where juniors finished their 2nd day of nav) this Sunday. IT would be great to see you all out there as I think it will be alot of fun. It is open to all Adventure Racers and will cost $4 per person. I unfortunately will not be there on the Sunday but it would be a great time to take your families out and show them what you get up to. It starts at 10am so get out there at about 9.45. Have Fun!!!!!
Monday 24 October 2011
November Timetable
Hey Guys and Gals,
Hope everyone has had a fab weekend and are charged up for the last term of the year. There is alot on in the following weeks so please keep an eye on the blog and make sure that if you miss a training then you catch up with someone the next day.
Juniors:
Your trainings at this point are on Thursday after school and optional rock wall on a tuesday night. Please make sure that you are working on your fitness.
Hope everyone has had a fab weekend and are charged up for the last term of the year. There is alot on in the following weeks so please keep an eye on the blog and make sure that if you miss a training then you catch up with someone the next day.
Juniors:
- For the next 5 weeks it will just be the Get 2 Go team that I will be training, unfortunately I am not able to transport you all to some of the training locations, but please keep an eye out for other events that I will post on the blog and in the school newsletter.
- I am still waiting on the medical forms for Get 2 Go, if you do not get them to me by the end of the week you will not be going, print one off the OPC website if you missed out last term.
- I will be sending the fundraising letters out to parents tomorrow, please go out and get a sponsor or three.
- Training:
- Tuesday: Nav 3.40 - 5.30, Rock climbing (optional) 5.30-8
- Wednesday: Fitness 6.30am
- Thursday: Problem solving 3.40-5.30
- There will be a couple of Saturday trainings and one over night training session so please keep an eye on the blog.
Your trainings at this point are on Thursday after school and optional rock wall on a tuesday night. Please make sure that you are working on your fitness.
Thursday 13 October 2011
2nd Week Of Holiday Training
Hi Guys and Gals,
Here is the timetable for next weeks trainings. Everyday costs $5.00 to cover instructor and gear costs.
Tuesday 18th October:
This is a home base day where you will meet at WGHS at 9am and do activities, Q and A of Chris (OPC instructor), belay technique, nav training, problem solving. The day will finish at 3pm. (Cost $5.00)
Wednesday 19th October:
Meet 7.15 am at WGHS and head out for the day Navigating. As we are traveling some distance we can only take a small amount of students. Jonesy and I have decided who those students are based on experience and who we feel would benefit at this stage from more trainning: (Cost $5.00)
Grace Miller
Shaun Brown
Ryan Houba
James Edwards
Shaan Hill
Taylor Campbell
Robert Francis
Anna Miller
Luke Wynne
William Dorahy
If you cannot make this training you need to tell me by Sunday as there are other students who would like to go. If I don't hear from you I will assume that you are able to attend.
Thursday 20th October: (we will tell you more specifics about this day on Tuesday)
Meet at 9am WGHS for activities
12-3pm at rockwall.
Please call me if you have any questions about any of the days. Seniors we would really like to see you all there as this will be a good base to start our training from.
Have a great weekend and I will see some of you tomorrow.
Here is the timetable for next weeks trainings. Everyday costs $5.00 to cover instructor and gear costs.
Tuesday 18th October:
This is a home base day where you will meet at WGHS at 9am and do activities, Q and A of Chris (OPC instructor), belay technique, nav training, problem solving. The day will finish at 3pm. (Cost $5.00)
Wednesday 19th October:
Meet 7.15 am at WGHS and head out for the day Navigating. As we are traveling some distance we can only take a small amount of students. Jonesy and I have decided who those students are based on experience and who we feel would benefit at this stage from more trainning: (Cost $5.00)
Grace Miller
Shaun Brown
Ryan Houba
James Edwards
Shaan Hill
Taylor Campbell
Robert Francis
Anna Miller
Luke Wynne
William Dorahy
If you cannot make this training you need to tell me by Sunday as there are other students who would like to go. If I don't hear from you I will assume that you are able to attend.
Thursday 20th October: (we will tell you more specifics about this day on Tuesday)
Meet at 9am WGHS for activities
12-3pm at rockwall.
Please call me if you have any questions about any of the days. Seniors we would really like to see you all there as this will be a good base to start our training from.
Have a great weekend and I will see some of you tomorrow.
Location
Here is the location for the event and a few extra pieces of information:
Please read through this carefully as there is extra gear needed
EVENT CENTRE - the event will be Atiu Creek Regional Park. Allow a good 90 minutes from spaghetti Junction (Central Auckland) - a bit of a hike but worth it!!
THE RACE FORMAT
There will be a mixture of formats during the day. However, most stages will be rogaine style where you decide which checkpoints you're going to get although you must get them in numeric order. Please ensure you read the instructions carefully.
In general each checkpoint is worth some points. All checkpoints are optional checkpoints for you to choose from. The more experienced may get all of these optional checkpoints, other teams only a few.
Throughout the day you will have the opportunity to do mystery activities to earn bonus points. These are at the event centre unless specified and are voluntary unless specified and can be done in any order.
The amount of time on your feet/bike is dictated by your teams ability and fitness.
Please read the page in your racepack wirth the Checkpoint Descriptions carefully as it outlines when you are allowed to do certain things - stages and mystery activities.
Please note - the water activity is during the middle of the 6 hours (due to tides) so you will need to bring another set of gear to run/bike after this for the rest of the time.
If you finish later than 6 hours of race time - 50 points per minute will be deducted for each minute/part minute you are late. Your team is “timed out” if more than 30 minutes late.
You are welcome to finish before the 6 hour time limit is reached, as the result will be determined by your teams points scored (checkpoints score plus mystery activities score).
The main idea of the day is to have fun!!
THE TIMING - This year we are going old school with the timing and will be using a digital watch and manual clipcards for scoring. Fear not, we'll guide you through this. Basically, you will have a card which you record all the checkpoints you visit. At the end of each leg, you'll tell the finish officials how many checkpoints you got and we'll take note and add to your final tally. We recommend you bring a least 2 pencils per team (2B format recommended)
COMPULSORY CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT - The safety of our participants is important to us. For this reason we insist every participant carries certain minimum clothing and safety equipment.
We will randomly select participants compulsory gear to be checked at registration and throughout the day.
Each Team will need: a good first aid kit (must contain as a minimum: 2 metres of adhesive strapping tape, 4 bandaids, 2 gauze pads, 4 cm width crepe bandage, 2 pain relief tablets (Panadol or similar), 2 anti-inflammation tablets), compass, mobile phone (with charged batteries), torch, bike pump and a bike toolkit.
Each person will need: a weatherproof parka, thermal gloves and hat, polypropylene or thermal long sleeve shirt and long johns, a survival blanket, a whistle, bike helmet. Of course you will also need your mountain bike (1 for each team member) and running shoes.
SPECIAL GEAR REQUIREMENTS
There is no water supply at the venue so please bring your own for the day - likewise with food.
PRIZES - This is an entry level fun event and therefore the prizes will mainly consist of spot prizes, with some token merit prizes. That said there are some great spot prizes.
ENTRIES - Entries are still open if you are still thinking about doing the event or have friends that are interested.
RULES
Please read through this carefully as there is extra gear needed
EVENT CENTRE - the event will be Atiu Creek Regional Park. Allow a good 90 minutes from spaghetti Junction (Central Auckland) - a bit of a hike but worth it!!
- You can come at it from SH1 - Journey north on State Highway 1 to Wellsford. Turn left at the Caltex station and service centre onto Port Albert Road. Follow the signs to the park. The property lies on the Kaipara Harbour, on the Okahukura (Tapora) Peninsula.
- Or SH16 - follow SH16 until you are about 15km from Wellsford and take Wharehine Road which is a km north of a small settlement called Tauhoa.
TIMETABLE
- We have made it a 9am start in order for people to finish and get back to rugby etc.
- Registration from 8am. Get there early to be all set up, so once you have registered you can use the full time possible to read all the information (and study the first stage map) and absorb it all before race briefing at 8.45am.
- Start at 9am
- Finish at 3pm
- Prizegiving soon after
THE RACE FORMAT
There will be a mixture of formats during the day. However, most stages will be rogaine style where you decide which checkpoints you're going to get although you must get them in numeric order. Please ensure you read the instructions carefully.
In general each checkpoint is worth some points. All checkpoints are optional checkpoints for you to choose from. The more experienced may get all of these optional checkpoints, other teams only a few.
Throughout the day you will have the opportunity to do mystery activities to earn bonus points. These are at the event centre unless specified and are voluntary unless specified and can be done in any order.
The amount of time on your feet/bike is dictated by your teams ability and fitness.
Please read the page in your racepack wirth the Checkpoint Descriptions carefully as it outlines when you are allowed to do certain things - stages and mystery activities.
Please note - the water activity is during the middle of the 6 hours (due to tides) so you will need to bring another set of gear to run/bike after this for the rest of the time.
If you finish later than 6 hours of race time - 50 points per minute will be deducted for each minute/part minute you are late. Your team is “timed out” if more than 30 minutes late.
You are welcome to finish before the 6 hour time limit is reached, as the result will be determined by your teams points scored (checkpoints score plus mystery activities score).
The main idea of the day is to have fun!!
COMPULSORY CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT - The safety of our participants is important to us. For this reason we insist every participant carries certain minimum clothing and safety equipment.
We will randomly select participants compulsory gear to be checked at registration and throughout the day.
Each Team will need: a good first aid kit (must contain as a minimum: 2 metres of adhesive strapping tape, 4 bandaids, 2 gauze pads, 4 cm width crepe bandage, 2 pain relief tablets (Panadol or similar), 2 anti-inflammation tablets), compass, mobile phone (with charged batteries), torch, bike pump and a bike toolkit.
Each person will need: a weatherproof parka, thermal gloves and hat, polypropylene or thermal long sleeve shirt and long johns, a survival blanket, a whistle, bike helmet. Of course you will also need your mountain bike (1 for each team member) and running shoes.
SPECIAL GEAR REQUIREMENTS
- Each person will need a car sized inner tube (available from a tyre shop for about $20). We recommend 4wd car size.
- On the website we say for compulsory gear you need a buoyancy aid/life jacket for the water activity. This is highly recommended but if you are a confident swimmer (competently swim a minimum of 50 metres) then we are happy for you not to have a boyancy aid as you will have the tube.
- For the water activity you will need some sturdy shoes that you don't mind getting wet/muddy. You will have a mtb and then run/walk to the start of the paddle (carrying your inner tube) from the event centre and the same back to the event centre.
There is no water supply at the venue so please bring your own for the day - likewise with food.
PRIZES - This is an entry level fun event and therefore the prizes will mainly consist of spot prizes, with some token merit prizes. That said there are some great spot prizes.
ENTRIES - Entries are still open if you are still thinking about doing the event or have friends that are interested.
RULES
- Team members must stay together at all times. This means within unaided verbal contact. A team shall demonstrate compliance with this requirement with any event official or other team on request
- All team members must visit and visibly sight the control they are scoring.
- Not all out of bounds areas are marked on the map, but please respect private property and take care of the stock
- Competitors should not discard litter - please pack it out
- No GPS, but altimeters are allowed
- Each competitor must carry all compulsory gear at all times whilst on the course (apart from the time you are in the water).
- In an emergency the competitor shall give a series of short blasts on their whistle. Any team hearing a distress signal must abandon their course and help in any way needed.
Teams For P6
Hi Guys and Gals,
A few last minute changes have happended regarding times to be at school and teams.
The event has changed it starting time to 9.00, instead of 10. Can you please get to school between 6.30 and 6.45 so that we can sort the year from camp and get away at a good time.
Teams for P6:
WARTS:
James
Ryan
Bridget
Claudia
WARTS1
Shaan
Luke
Taylor
Sara McKean
WARTS 2
William
Malcolm
Sophie
Daniel
WARTS 3
Elois
Rachel
Tayla
Julia
WARTS 4
Elliot
Robert
Grace
Shaun
Old WARTS
Me
Miss Segal
Gear:
Please make sure that you have all the gear as they will be checking!!!!!
A few last minute changes have happended regarding times to be at school and teams.
The event has changed it starting time to 9.00, instead of 10. Can you please get to school between 6.30 and 6.45 so that we can sort the year from camp and get away at a good time.
Teams for P6:
WARTS:
James
Ryan
Bridget
Claudia
WARTS1
Shaan
Luke
Taylor
Sara McKean
WARTS 2
William
Malcolm
Sophie
Daniel
WARTS 3
Elois
Rachel
Tayla
Julia
WARTS 4
Elliot
Robert
Grace
Shaun
Old WARTS
Me
Miss Segal
Gear:
Please make sure that you have all the gear as they will be checking!!!!!
Wednesday 12 October 2011
October Camp
Well well well,
What an epic two days we have just had. I am so impressed with everyone's effort and contribution to the camp. A highlight for me was seeing you emerge from the mist of Kauri Mt as you ran along the beach to the sand castle activity. A huge effort and alot of determination was obvious, espically when looking over the photos this morning.
I would also like to acknowledge Mrs Houba, who was an amazing camp mum and co pilot through the twos days. There was no way it could have happened without her, so thank you.
I am going to be looking over the score cards today, however with so many changes to teams, it will be hard to get an overall winner.
Here are some photos from the event. Please make sure that you get lots of rest over the next two days.
Well done team.
What an epic two days we have just had. I am so impressed with everyone's effort and contribution to the camp. A highlight for me was seeing you emerge from the mist of Kauri Mt as you ran along the beach to the sand castle activity. A huge effort and alot of determination was obvious, espically when looking over the photos this morning.
I would also like to acknowledge Mrs Houba, who was an amazing camp mum and co pilot through the twos days. There was no way it could have happened without her, so thank you.
I am going to be looking over the score cards today, however with so many changes to teams, it will be hard to get an overall winner.
Here are some photos from the event. Please make sure that you get lots of rest over the next two days.
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| Getting Ready Start |
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| I think Claudia thinks this is the finish...... |
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| Grace and her legs |
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| Shaan checking the angle |
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| The worst planting I've ever seen |
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| I think that's Heidi........ |
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| Can you see the person at the top? |
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| I think Bridget is nervous about Sara having the paddle |
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| Shaan and Luke out of control |
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| Finish |
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