Information for holiday training

Hi Guys and Gals,
Here is the letter that you were meant to take home with you yesterday. I am sorry that it wasn't ready for you to have but here it is. Please call if you have any concerns.

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

As part of Junior Adventure Racing I have decided to run a two day training camp/multisport race. This will be taking place on the 11^th and 12^th of October. It will be a two day rogaine race with some problem solving activities on the way. Each group will be with a senior student throughout both days, and I will be moving around the locations checking on teams. I also have Maree Houba and Karen Wynne helping me at the camp site and with equipment on the second day.

Here is all the information that I can give on paper (as there needs to be an element of surprise for our racers), please feel free to call me if you would like the specific locations:

Time and Location:

The start location is at the Harambee and Taiharuru Road Junction at 10.45. Students will need to be there at least 30minutes before the start so that they can plan their routes and sort out team strategy. The finish time for that day is at 4pm, the camp site is a secret location, however if you are eager to know then please call me. There is a BBQ , water, toilets and chiller bins at the camp site. The next day will start at 8.30am, with groups heading off on foot towards Urquharts Bay where they will change methods of transport and finish the day at Taurikura Bay (That final stage is weather dependent). I am planning that this day will finish around 2-3pm, it would be good to have parents there to welcome students into the finish.

Food:

They need to have packed race food for the first day into their day packs and have a second day’s race food in their overnight bag. For dinner they will be in groups and will need to have come prepared with all the food and utensils needed for cooking as there are no shops to buy ingredients. Suggestion for food; bacon and egg pie, pasta salad, sausages and eggs, burgers as you can prepare this before coming on camp. There is clean running water at the campsite. 

Transport:

Students will need to find their own rides out to the start and back into town. I will get them to text home before they start the 2^nd stage on the second day. I would hope that they will organise rides amongst themselves so that there are only a few parents driving out.

Cost:

There is a $5.00 fee for this training/race, which will go to the local farmer who has allowed us to use his private campsite. All the gear that we will be using is from Whangarei Girls’ High School Outdoor Ed Department and has been lent us on the assumption that nothing is ruined and that we have a good time. The money can be given to me at the campsite.

I feel that this training would be extremely beneficial for all Junior Adventure Racers to give them experience for events later on in the year.

Please call if you have any questions otherwise I will see you Tuesday morning ready to race.

Gear List For Holiday Training

Hey Guys and Gals,
Here is the gear that you are required to have for the holiday overnighter in the first week. Please get it all organised early. You will also be getting a letter home with a permission slip on it that will need to be signed by your parents and be given to me either before or the morning of the race.

Gear List For Holiday Overnighter:

(Date: 11.10.11-12.10.11)

Day Time Gear: (Race Clothes)

(This gear must be carried on you at all times during the day)

Personal:

·         Raincoat

·         Thermal top and paints

·         Wool Hat

·         Thermal Gloves

·         Running Shoes

·         Fleece or Woollen jersey

·         Drink Bottle Large

·         Snack Food

·         Torch

·         Emergency Blanket

·         Plastic Bag

Team Gear:

·         Compass x2

·         Cell Phone (in sealed plastic bag)

·         First aid Kit (I will supply this)

·         Watch

·         Whistle

·         Matches

Gear for at Camp:

·         Spare change of warm clothes

·         Towel

·         Toiletries

·         Knife, fork, spoon, mug, plate

·         Groups food for dinner (there will be a BBQ that you can use to cook on, there will be chilly bins for items that need to be kept cool)

·         Sleeping bag, pillow, sleeping mat.

·         Jandals or appropriate foot wear for around the campsite

·         1x Rubbish Bag

Lactic Turkey 3hour Rogaine

Hi Team,
Well what a wicked event that was in the weekend!!! Perfect weather, fantastic prizes, free BBQ, and some very pleasing results. Welldone to the team that placed 1st and 2nd in the schools division, and to the team that came 3rd overall, plus a mention to the Old WARTS who came in first place, your not over the hill yet. But more than anything I was extremely happy with the huge lift in confidence that I saw from everyone, a big good on ya! Anyway looking ahead to the holidays, please get those permission slips and money into the office by Wednesday, and come to training with definite answers as to your holiday commitments.

Smugglers Cove ,30th October

NEXT EVENT- NEW MAP!!

Come along to be one of the first to try out the new Orienteering map which David Nevin has recently completed in the DOC parkland at Urquhart Bay near the mouth of the Whangarei Habour. Take the beautiful 35 min drive along the north side of the Whangarei Habour to Urquhart Bay where you bear right on the road along the waterfront to the Parking area. There will be three courses suitable for all levels from the beginner to experienced orienteer. It is a lovely area. Bring a picnic and relax after your event. Start times from 10 am- 10.45 am Course closure- 12.30pm. Cost $3per person.

Just A Reminder

Please make sure that you have all the gear required for the event tomorrow. I am bringing the first aid kits and a few extra compasses.
DONT FORGET TO MEET @ 6.45!!!!! girls high.

Holiday Training Programme

Hi all,
Here is the draft training programme for the holidays. You will receive information specific to each day at training, however these are the dates that you will need to keep free.

10th of October
This is for the 10 students that have been selected for the Get 2 Go competition. You will be going out to pack lime for a fundraising project.

11th-12th of October
This is an overnight multisport race that will be taking place at Whangarei Heads. It starts at Harambee Rd where you will need to be dropped off and finishes on the Wednesday at Taurakura Bay, where your parents will pick you up. I need to know who can make this training so that I can sort groups, accomidation, instructors, extra. Please tell me by Monday 3rd of October.
I am also hoping that we can have a BBQ at my house on the Wednesday.

15th of October
This is a 6 hour rogaine/multi sport event held somewhere near wellsford. Permission slips and letters have been sent home and need to be returned to school by the 4th of October. You need to organise a Mt bike, life jacket, and car inner tube. Please be organised and get all your gear sorted. Contact me if you are having issues with locating some of the gear.

18th to the 20th of October
There is an OPC instructor coming up to Whangarei, who will be taking a group of 8-10 students for Navigation. You will be away for two nights at a cost of $50.00 per person. This will be for people who are interested in being that navigator in the team, if you would like to go you need to tell Jonesy at trainning by Wednesday the 5th of October.

29th of October
Fundraising for Get 2 Go team 10am-2pm at Whangarei Primary School.

30th of October
This is a Whangarei Orienteering Event at Smugglers Bay. You will recieve more information about this event on Tuesday 25th of October. But it will be the standard $4.00 per person, start at 10am. This will be the last event for a month or so, it would be good to get everyone there.

Sunday 25th Rogaine Event has been POSTPONED

I have just recieved this message. I have booked the van for the following weekend. Please get in touch with me if you cannot make it. Otherwise I will assume that everyone can still come.
LACTIC TURKEY ROGAINE AT PEAK ROAD POSTPONED

Sorry but we have just found out (when I arrived this morning to mark the course) that we will have to postpone the Lactic Turkey Rogaine to next Sunday (2 October) due to a wounded wild bull running around the farm.  Sounds like a good fib but it's for real sorry!

The farmer has been trying to destroy this feral bull but as of this morning still couldn’t find it. Because the bull is now wounded it is unpredictable so the risk of this bull charging someone is too great and the farmer has asked we postpone the event until next Sunday. 

Lactic Turkey do not charge like wounded bulls and the last thing we want is for a wounded bull to charge you! (drums...da dommmm!)