A beginner's guide to Street-O

For paulc who posted a comment, and anyone else who's interested. In Melbourne, you can get the latest information from http://street.orienteering.com.au/. In Sydney, talk to O Runner.

Street-O in winter works on a Score system. There are 20 controls on an A4-sized map (approx area 6km2). Controls 1-5 are worth 2 points; 6-10 are 3 points; 11-15 are 4 points; and 16-20 are 5 points. You choose your course based on the length of time you want to run: Course A is 60 minutes; B is 50, C is 40. The PowerWalkers course is also 60 minutes. There are penalties if you are back past your time.

So basically, you choose a course (eg, B, for 50 minutes) and try to get as many controls in that time as you can. Without being late back.

To "get" a control, you punch your control card with the numbered punch at each control.

see here: http://street.orienteering.com.au/Common/What%20is%20Street%20Orienteering.html