OMM Festival - OMM Lite

WHO CAN ENTER

Solos and teams of two (or three – contact us). Minimum age is 14yrs old. U18s in a team only with a combined min. age 35yrs. U14 and feel you have enough experience to compete? Parent/guardian contact [email protected]. We recommend U16s have competed in the Short Course before attempting the Long Course.

THE START

Head to the start line within your allocated a 15 min start time window. You will be given any final information before being asked to ‘dib’ your timing tag in the START box and your time will begin! You will then be given your map (a new one on each day), showing all the checkpoint locations available for that day and how many points they are worth. Please move away from the start line to do any planning of your route.

WHAT TO DO AT EACH CHECKPOINT

Each checkpoint will have the standard orienteering orange and white sign with control box attached to it. Your timing tag (attached to your wrist at registration) should be place into the hole in the control box to register you have visited the location; it gives an audible bleep and a visual flash to confirm that this has been successful.

In the unlikely event that the control box doesn’t work, please record your visit writing down the 3 letters shown on the control box (you can also take a photo if easier) and report the fact when you download at the finish.

THE FINISH

Teams must finish together. After finishing go straight to the download desk where you will be given a print out showing the controls you visited with points and split times. Please move away from the desk THEN check your printout. If anything is wrong or you need to report having to punch manually, let the download queries desk know. Make sure to keep your tag on overnight on Saturday to use on the second day. At the finish on Sunday follow the same procedure and your SI-tag will be removed and you will be given a meal voucher. You can then make your way to catering and enjoy some well deserved hot food and drink!

SI-TAG AND SAFETY

The SI tag will be attached loosely to your wrist at registration. This must remain attached all weekend and be cut off you either when you finish or if you retire but only at the Event centre.

As well as for timing your tag has an important safety role – it’s how we can confirm who is still out on the course. Because of this all tags MUST be returned to the event centre by 17:00 on the Sunday before you leave the competition area.

Missing tag = Missing team = Search party.

If you retire you must inform Event HQ as soon as possible (emergency numbers are on the map) and return your SI tag.

You will quickly get used to carrying the tag on your wrist. Wrists do swell during exercise and providing it has been attached loosely; you will hardly notice that you are wearing it overnight. If you lose, break or take a tag home with you the charge will be £35.00 the use of your own SI-tag is not allowed.