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Team lists available <click here>
Special Mountain Bike Skills Session, Canberra
Love your AROC events but struggle a little on the mountain bike? Then please take advantage of this fantastic offer by Cycle Education. Cycle Education are running a mountain bike skills session showing you tips and techniques to ride efficiently and have fun. Specially run for the next Paddy Pallin Adventure Race in Canberra. At $10/person this is super value.
Date: Saturday 6th February
Time: 9am - 11am
Location: Stromlo Forest Park
Cost: $10 per person
Bring: bike, helmet, water
For more information contact Raynie at Cycle Education: Ph 0410 623 957 or email info@cycleducation.com.au
The third event of the Paddy Pallin Adventure Race Series and the second and last one in Canberra gives participants the opportunity to enjoy Canberra in the Summer with sun galore: don't miss it!
The course is secret until you pick up your maps at registration. But what we will tell you is that there are lots of different legs so there is never too long at any one discipline. For the Classic Course, if you add up the different legs the total distances will be up to 4km kayaking, around 15-20km on the bike and between 7-10km on foot. The Novice Course is about half the Classic Course distances. The Advanced Course will include a bonus leg and is available to the top 30 teams or those that finish the Classic Course within a certain time.
Disciplines include kayaking (kayaks, paddles and PFDs provided), mountain biking and running/walking and some surprises. You will be given maps and instructions at registration and it is up to you to navigate from checkpoint to checkpoint. Remember the whole team travels together.
You can compete in the Corporate Challenge by emailing Alina and asking to be entered in this additional category. Your team will then contend with other corporate teams for the Corporate Challenge and the well-deserved bragging rights on Monday morning (leaving you Sunday to take care of these muscle aches!). To enter this category you must satisfy the following 2 criteria: at least 2 out of 3 of the team members must be from the same company and your team name must integrate your company's name.
Entry confirmation and any further event information not contained on the web site will be emailed to the Team Captain. It is the Team Captains' responsibility to pass this information on to their team members.
Event Hub / Bike Drop
The event hub for this race is at Tuggerangong Town Park, Lake Tuggeranong. This is where registration takes place, the finish and presentation. The Classic Course will start from here while the Novice Course teams will jump on a bus to take them to a remote start.
The Event Hub will be a hive of activity. Funky Coffe will be there early in the morning to provide you with your pre-race caffeine fix (and will be there all day). The Sailability BBQ will be ready to go when you finish. Our series sponsors will also be there - The Gu hydration drums will be at the finish supplemented by Red Bull energy drink. Paddy Pallin will have a store with heaps of goodies to check out and some great specials - so bring your credit card! Salomon will be set up next to the Paddy Pallin store with a display of adventure racing shoes and back packs. There will also be AROC t-shirts, hats and buffs. And while you are feeling adventurous, World Expeditions will be able to show you some adventures abroad.
Classic Bike Drop:
The bike drop for the Classic Course is at the Event Hub at Tuggeranong Town Park.
Novice Bike Drop:
The novice bike drop is located at the end of Muresk St in Farrer. Access to the bike drop is along the pathway in between the houses. This will be open 7am – 8am.
Click here to take you to a Google map showing location of the Event HQ, the Novice Bike Drop and the Novice Briefing.
Preliminary Event Schedule
Friday 12 February |
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7:30– 9:00PM |
Novice Briefing (not compulsory) |
Saturday 13 February |
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| CLASSIC COURSE |
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6:45AM |
Bike Drop Open (Classic Course) |
7:00– 8:00AM |
Classic Course Registration* |
8:45AM |
Classic Course Race Briefing |
9:00AM |
Classic Course Race Start |
| NOVICE COURSE | |
7:00AM |
Bike Drop Open (Novice Course) - check the location IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE CLASSIC BIKE DROP |
7:45 - 8:30AM |
Novice Course Registration* |
9:20AM |
Novice Course Briefing |
9:40AM |
Novice Course board busses to start |
10:00AM |
Novice Course Race Start |
2:00PM |
Presentation |
*At registration all team members will be required to sign an indemnity form. Maps will be given out at registration.
Novice Briefing
This briefing is open to any novice or any person who wants a recap on how the event works, how to prepare your maps and what to expect. We will also run a basic navigation and map reading lesson. If you haven't done an AROC event before or your navigation skills need a bit of wake up we really recommend you attend this briefing - it will make the event much more rewarding and enjoyable.
Location: CIT (Canberra Institute of Technology) - Reid Campus. Building J, Room 28 (which is the theatre). Entrance off Constitution Ave.
Registration
We recommend that you get to the registration early to make sure you have time to look over the course and prepare your maps. You will need to come to the pre-race briefing ready to start.
Only one team member needs to come to register for the team. That person must however have with them an indemnity form signed by the whole team and all the team and personal mandatory equipment. Print out the indemnity form and have it signed before you come to registration. Note that your whole team can sign one form. If you are under 18 years of age you will need to print off your own form and have this form signed by your parent or guardian.
At registration you will need to:
• Hand in your signed indemnity form
• Check your team details and make changes if necessary
You will receive:
• Maps
• List of control descriptions
• Control card
• Course instructions
• 1 Sport Ident timing stick (must be returned after the event)
• 3 race bibs (these must be returned after the event)
Note that failure to return the timing stick will incur a $60 fee. Unreturned bibs will be charged at $50 each.
Mandatory Equipment
Adventure Racing is not on a fixed course and you will travel through bush and urban areas. For your safety there are certain items that each individual or team must carry during the event. The mandatory equipment applies to both the Novice Course and the Classic Course teams.
All competitors will need to supply their own mountain bike and helmet, food and water.
Each person must carry on themselves at all times during the event:
Each team must carry at all times during the event the following team mandatory equipment:
Although not compulsory we STRONGLY RECOMMEND a Sea to Summit brand A4 size waterproof map case or Aloksak to protect your maps. Nothing else will keep your maps dry. If you need to purchase any of these or any other adventure racing products go to www.paddypallin.com.au.
AROC Sport will provide kayaks, paddles, PFDs ("life jackets"), maps and instructions.
Race Rules
Please read the race rules. Race Rules can be found under the heading "INFO" >"Rules" – or you can click here.
For some tips for beginners and a sample Classic Course <click here>
For general pre-race information and instructions <click here>
