Organising Park and Street events - guidelines, hints and rules

This page will provide course setters and other organisers with the information needed to run a successful Park And Street event.  Although written primarily for the successful and larger Melbourne series, the information should also assist organisers of regional and growing StreetO series.

 

Safety first

Organisers should make themselves familiar with the Emergency Procedures for Park Street Events which will apply to these events

Incident report form (Word) to be completed and forwarded to Orienteering Victoria asap in the event of a safety incident

2012 Certificate of Currency Public Liability Insurance Certificate

 

Current Course Setter Instructions

Melbourne Summer Series Course Setters Guide 

Course Setters Guide Winter Nights 2012

Course Setters Guide Winter Saturday 2012

Monday 37 course setting guide 2012

Attendance statistics (see how many maps you need to print)

The previous week's attendance will guide you in calculating the expected turnout.  If last week was a holiday or very hot or wet it may be best to also look at the last few weeks.  Add a few more maps for attendance growth and to use after the finish for competitors to draw their courses up on.

To find out previous attendances:

• go to the series web page
• click on "Latest Results"
• click on "Turnout"

 

Control Collection

Control Collection Signup sheet (word doc)

 

Entry Fees

Look in Rules section (below)

 

<Under construction>

Link to general Orienteering Victoria policies and procedures

Full StreetO Manual (coming...)

Rules for Park and Street orienteering

The full StreetO rulebook is undergoing another re-write.  Meanwhile a few guidelines and pointers remain relevant.

 

Code of Conduct

Orienteering Victoria and affiliated clubs have adopted Sport and Recreation Victoria's Code of Conduct for Community Sport. 

The Code of Conduct

Every person; spectator, player, club member, official, participant, administrator, coach, parent or member of the community involved with the sport, should work to ensure:

inclusion of every person regardless of their age, gender or sexual orientation

inclusion of every person regardless of their race, culture or religion

opportunities for people of all abilities to participate in the sport and develop to their full potential

respect is shown towards others, the club and the broader community

a safe and inclusive environment for all

elimination of violent and abusive behaviour

protection from sexual harassment or intimidation

 

This Code applies to community sport, training and club sanctioned activities.

Click here to view a video presentation and to access a number of excellent resources provided by SRV.  We strongly encourage all participants to watch the video and utilise the resources.

Detailed information can be found in the full Member Protection Policy (Section 1.18 of the Orienteering Australia Operational Manual).

 

Entry fees

... are, in effect,  per control card

e.g.

• Carer with disabled person(s) = 1 control card = 1 fee
• Family (parent(s) and children) compete together handing in one "Group" control card  = 1 (adult) fee
• Scout patrol competes together handing in one "Group" control card = 1 (junior) fee

whereas

• two competitors run with each other but each has their own control card = 2 fees
• Father walks with son and each have their own control card = 2 fees (one adult; one junior)

 

Rule extracts

Some of the most important rules are listed in the Park and Street Orienteering Etiquette document

 

Rule arbitration

Most of the StreetO rules have been documented by former Orienteering Victoria President, Ian Dodd, who is happy to advise in individual circumstances.  (Any adverse rulings may be appealed on the Street-O-Wild-Bunch Facebook page - but don't expect much sympathy there ;)