This document is for use by PAPO Event Coordinators at all events. This includes all Foot Orienteering and Mountain Bike Orienteering events whether they are “Club”, “OY”, “Score” or Championship events.
For Championship and multi-day events, there will be an overall coordinator as well as a coordinator for each day. This manual does not cover these more complex events that have additional requirements.
All events will have a Planner, Controller and a Coordinator (you). **The planner and controller are responsible for everything in the “field of play” (designing the courses, printing maps, putting out controls etc.) The coordinator is responsible for all the supporting services (registration, start, event signage, sportident, etc.)
This document will help you work towards a successful day.
The Coordinator is responsible for getting and organising the on the day helpers, ensuring the required event centre equipment is onsite and setup, then packed up and taken back to its home.
The Coordinator is NOT the person in overall charge of the day. That is the Controller. The Planner and Controller are responsible for all the course equipment (controls, flags, SI Units, etc), and for putting out all the controls. The on the day helpers usually do the following tasks:
Note: Often people will do more than one task. For example, the person towing the caravan to the event would also do setup.