Winter Sprint Series

This series of events has a choice of 3 short courses on maps providing lots of route choice around parks or buildings. The course lengths range from about 3.5km down to 1.5km and can be completed at a fast run in about 12 minutes or a gentle stroll in 30-40 minutes.

While set as sprints where orienteers need to make decisions at pace they are also ideal courses for beginners or people wanting a stroll/jog in a park on a course similar to course 3 at the SummerNav Series.

SPORTident electronic timing is used so if you own a SPORTident card, make sure you bring it. Others can hire one for $3 (children 10 and under free). The controls are going to be set for Air in 2022 so, if you have one, you can use a SIAC card.

Pre-entry

To save time at the event we'd very much appreciate if you would enter online. This is not mandatory but it would reduce congestion and speed up the organisation at the event. Entries will be downloaded at 1pm and incorporated in the software. Hence entries close at 1pm on the day of the event but you can still come along and enter when you arrive. The entry form will be on the home page with the particular event. If you have pre-entered and have your own e-card you can go straight to the start.

Time

Starts are between 3.45pm and 4.45pm (gets too dark to go later)

Cost

Please pay online. Westpac bank account number is 03-0195-0641747-00. As there is a great shortage of time to get everyone organised and around their course there will be no money taken at the events. Everyone must pay online, even if you enter at the event.

	Adult	Student	Family
Member	$5	$3	$10
Non-member	$8	$4	$16
SPORTident hire	$3 each (under 10 free)

2022 Events

The controls are going to be set for Air in 2022 so, if you have one, you can use a SIAC card.

Event	Date	Venue	Details
1	11 Jun	Lynfield College	Access is through pedestrian gate on Boundary Rd. No parking on campus.
2	18 Jun	Unitec	Enter Gate 4 off Carrington Rd
3	02 Jul	Rutherford	Te Atatu
4	09 Jul	Green Bay HS	143 Godley Rd

2021 Events

Event	Date	Venue	Details
1	12 Jun	Glendowie College	Registration at the Glendowie Community Centre in Crossfield Reserve (by the junction of Crossfield Rd and Mt Taylor Rd). The controls are going to be set for Air in 2021 so, if you have one, you can use a SIAC card.
2	19 Jun	Lynfield College	Access is through Gate 2 (155 White Swan Rd). Limited parking inside. The controls are going to be set for Air in 2021 so, if you have one, you can use a SIAC card.
3	26 Jun	Macleans College	Macleans Rd, Bucklands Beach The controls are going to be set for Air in 2021 so, if you have one, you can use a SIAC card.
4	03 Jul	Epsom Campus St Andrews Rd, Epsom	72 Epsom Ave - Gate 3. Parking on the road and NOT in the carpark building. The controls are going to be set for Air in 2021 so, if you have one, you can use a SIAC card.

2019 Events

Event	Date	Venue	Results
1	08 Jun	Epsom Campus St Andrews Rd, Epsom	Results WinSplits
2	15 Jun	Mt Roskill Schools Campuses Frost Rd	Results WinSplits
3	22 Jun	Half Moon Bay schools Bucklands Beach Rd	Results WinSplits
4	29 Jun	Unitec Campus Carrington Rd, Mt Albert

2018 Events

Event	Date	Venue	Results
1	09 Jun	Glendowie College Crossfield Reserve, cnr of Mt Taylor Drive and Crossfield Rd	Results Winsplits
2	16 Jun	Epsom Campus, University of Auckland St Andrews Rd, Epsom	Results WinSplits
3	23 Jun	Lynfield College 191 White Swan Rd, Mt Roskill	Results WinSplits
4	30 Jun	Macleans College Macleans Rd, Bucklands Beach

2017 Events

Event	Date	Venue	Results
1	24 June 2017	St Kentigern College, Pakuranga Highway	Results Splits WinSplits
2	1 July 2017	Mt Roskill Schools	Results Splits WinSplits
3	8 July 2017	Avondale Schools	Results Splits WinSplits
4	15 July 2017	Epsom Campus	Results Splits WinSplits

2016 Results

Event	Date	Venue	Results
4	Sat 2 July	Michael Park School, Ellerslie	Course 1 - Results WinSplits Course 2 - Results WinSplits Course 3 - Results WinSplits Course 4 - Results WinSplits
	Lovely weather tonight for the last event in our Winter Sprint Series. The Michael Park School is a really cute little campus, but it can be quite tricky if you don't pay attention to the map. Thanks to Kieran Woods for the courses tonight and to all the helpers through the series who have made it easy to put these events on. Sorry for the small glitch in printing the maps for course 2, hope you weren't scratching your head for too long. And also for the control box that had been removed from the control stand late in the day if that affected you, I think I have fixed up all the people who were unable to punch that control, even though you went there. Next week we resume normal service on Sunday, but the races are still of the classic sprint variety. We are having a double sprint event at Avondale college with start times available from 10:00am. Last starts will be at 2:00pm and course closure at 3:00pm. There will be two sprint courses on offer and you need to both if you to earn points for the Auckland Orienteering Series points competition. More info on the home page.
3	Sat 25 June	Auckland University, Tamaki Campus	Course 1 - Results - WinSplits Course 2a - Results - WinsSplits Course 2b - Results - WinSplits Course 3 - Results - WinSplits
	Nice tricky courses set tonight by Alistair and Joanna. The weather was good with no rain while we were there, but unfortunately it was a bit slippery underfoot - with a couple of spills being reported (including me). This map has now been sold to another owner and will be a construction site soon - maybe one day we can get back there, but who knows? Next week is the last in the series at Micheal Park School - don't miss it!
2	Sat 18 June	Mt Roskill Schools Ultrasprint	Ultrasprint Overall Result Ultrasprint A - Results - WinSplits Ultrasprint B - Results - WinSplits Ultrasprint C - Results - WinSplits Sprint Results - WinSplits
	Something a little bit different today. The Ultrasprint format is a lot of fun and Alison's courses proved to be quite tricky for a lot of people as evidenced by the larger than normal number of miss punches. It is a good thing that you don't get disqualified for miss punching in an Ultrasprint :) Instead there is a 1 minute penalty for a miss punch, and a 2 minute penalty if you miss punch more than once. The penalties are listed in the "Results" links. It was a good idea to start the event an hour early today as the start finish area was quite hectic for most of the time, because everyone had to start, finish and download at least three times. We will also do the pre-registration again for the next weeks race, because it saved us quite a bit of time and kept the line at registration much shorter.
1	Sat 11 June	Ellerslie Racecourse	Results Splits WinSplits
	We had a really good turnout at the first Winter Sprint this year. We ran out of maps for every course! Luckily there was a nearby photocopier available to produce some more maps quite quickly! Some seriously quick times were recorded by the elite juniors who are making their last preparations before heading off to the Junior World Champs shortly. Thanks to Alina for the courses today - they were challenging and fun.