About Y2Y Park-O Tournament
Park Orienteering
Park Orienteering is a kind of Sprint Orienteering which requires runners to have good route choice and physical fitness to excel. In a park orienteering competition, runners will be given a map with checkpoint location. They can opt for any route choices based on the information provided on the map.
Y2Y Park-O Tournament 2019
Y2Y will be organizing Y2Y Park Orienteering Tournament 2019 from May to October with a total of 11 stages events. We are honoured to have the support from Acti-Tape, FIREE, SPORTident and Sportsoho for this year’s events. Adhering to our principle of constant innovation, in addition to the usual competition venue in parks, more new competition area will be introduced.
Join now to enjoy the fun and excitement in running and navigating in different parks in Hong Kong.
11 Stages in 2019
Stage 6
27/7 Kowloon Park
Time: 1500-1800
Type: Cross country sprint
Deadline: 14/7
*Miniknat ✓
Petzl HK Night City-O League 2019 will be held on the same day!
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Stage 8
24/8 Chai Wan Park
Time: 1500-1800
Type: Cross country sprint
Deadline: 17/8
*Miniknat ✓
Pre-race training
Date: 19/8 (Mon)
Time: 1900-2100
Venue: Shek Kip Mei Park
Deadline: 16/8
Petzl HK Night City-O League 2019 will be held on the same day!
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Stage 9
7/9 Ping Shek Playground
Time: 1500-1800
Type: Cross country sprint
Deadline: 31/8
Pre-race training
Date: 2/9 (Mon)
Time: 1900-2100
Venue: Morse Park
Deadline: 30/8
Petzl HK Night City-O League 2019 will be held on the same day!
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Stage 10
12/10 Sha Tin Park
Time: 1500-1800
Type: Cross country sprint
Deadline: 5/10
*Miniknat ✓
Pre-race training
Date: 7/10 (Mon, Chung Yeung Festival)
Time: 1600-1800
Venue: Shing Mun Valley Park
Deadline: 4/10
Petzl HK Night City-O League 2019 will be held on the same day!
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Entry Fee
Elite (M/WE) / Open (M/WO) / Senior (M/WS)
$130 / Stage
Age limit:
Elite / Open: No limit
Senior: ≥40
Youth (M/WA) / Teen (M/WB) / Children (M/WC)
$80 / Stage
Age limit:
Youth: ≤20
Teen: ≤14
Children: ≤10
Family / CATI (Come & Try It)
$260 / Stage
Family class is for teams made up of 2 to 4 direct relatives. There should be at least one member aged 18 or above and another one aged 13 or below.
Come &Try It (CATI) class must be formed by 2 individuals. [No age limit!]
Miniknat
Available in Stage 4, 6, 8, 10 ONLY
$80 / Stage
Age limit: 2-5
Miniknat will be held as line-O format. Participants will follow a designated route and parents may join kids in Miniknat and enjoy the run of orienteering together! Mini prizes will be given to kids after they have completed the course.
Pre-race training
$100 / session
No age limit!
*SPORTident AIR+ timing & punching system will be employed
**The age of participant is counted on 2019-12-31.
Special discount for enrolling multiple stages at once!
Enroll 11 stages at once:
Individual classes: -$220
Family/CATI: -$440
Enroll 10 stages at once:
Individual classes: -$150
Family/CATI: -$300
Enroll 9 stages at once:
Individual classes: -$90
Family/CATI: -$180
Enroll 8 stages at once:
Individual classes: -$40
Family/CATI: -$80
Participation certificate
$30 / Stage
Participants who wish to obtain a participation certificate for each stage should indicate in the entry form.
Race tee
Free for joining 7 stages or more at once!
$80 / Piece
The memento race tee of this year tournament is expected to be distributed in or after stage 6.
Prizes
Medal
Top 3 participants in each class in each stage will be awarded with medals.
SIAC
Your best 7 results out of the 11 stages will be counted towards your overall result. The overall champion in each individual class will be awarded a SIAC sponsored by SPORTident.
Champion jersey
Your best 7 results out of the 11 stages will be counted towards your overall result. The overall champion in each individual class will be awarded a champion jersey sponsored by FIREE.
Trophy
Your best 7 results out of the 11 stages will be counted towards your overall result. The overall top 3 in each class will be awarded a trophy.
Experiencing SPORTident AIR+
The first orienteering tournament in Hong Kong employ SPORTident AIR+ timing & punching system.
Timing & Punching System
SPORTident AIR+ (Contact free) electronic punching system will be employed in all stages of Y2Y Park Orienteering Tournament starting from 2018. Participants may purchase it with discounted price $550 (Original price: $700) or rent SIAC ($30 per stage) from Y2Y, or use own SIAC or traditional SI cards for the race. It is optional for participants to use SIAC in any stages (Except stage 3), yet participants can only punch SI units in traditional way. Contact free function is not available to traditional SI Card users.
Please be noticed there will be special arrangement for stage 3 (OAHK Ranking). Use of a SIAC is mandatory. Organizer will arrange a SIAC for all participants for free (Only for stage 3).
Get your SIAC now!
We offer SIAC at a discounted price!
SIAC
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- The only SI-Card compatible with SPORTident AIR+
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- Punch with a maximum passing speed of 40 km/h
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- 128 punches storage
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- 2 years warranty (except battery)
Registration
Powered by Race Easy.
Participants can register by the following ways,
1. Register through the online registration system. (After a successful online payment, you will receive a confirmation email. That means your entry is successful.)
2. Online group registration and pay by cheque. Available for 5 competitors or more only. Please contact us via email to acquire Excel entry form.
No refund shall be made after successful registration. Any subsequent amendment will result in HK$50 administration fee.
Remarks
1. Event information will be uploaded on website: https://park.orienteering.hk 5 days before the event. Participants must check the event information on their own.
2. SPORTident AIR+ electronic punching system will be used. Particpants may purchase, rent or use own SIAC/SI card for the race. Please use the rented card with care. If the rented control card is lost or damaged, participants are required to compensate HK$700 to Y2Y Orienteering Development and Training Centre.
3. The results of 3rd stage park-o will be counted to the OAHK Hong Kong Orienteering Ranking League 2019 (Sprint). To gain ranking score, competitors must become a valid member of OAHK at least three weeks before the 3rd stage event. You must also enter in the class corresponding to your Hong Kong ranking class to count for ranking scores in the race.
4. Public Liability Insurance is covered by the organizer. Participants/Parents are advised to apply their necessary insurance.
5. The organizer reserves the final right for any amendment, including but not limited to change of competition venues, date, time and race formats..
6. All venues are to be confirmed.
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