​EVENT PROGRAMME - 2023

An Event Bulletin providing detailed information on courses and the event and will be available a week before the event.

Please check for updates before and during the event, here or on the NZ MTBO Facebook page here 

​​NZ MTBO Champs 2023 Schedule

Saturday 29th April –  Middle Distance Champs

• ​​Bottle Lake Forest.
• Located north-east of Christchurch.
  25 minutes/20km from Christchurch airport
• First starts from 10.30am

Saturday 29th April - Sprint Distance Champs

• Christchurch red zone.
• Approximately half way between Bottle Lake Forest and central Christchurch.
• First starts from 3.00pm

Sunday 30th April - Long Distance Champs

• The Willows
• Located west  of Christchurch on the banks of the Waimakariri River. 
  25 minutes/25km from Christchurch airport
• First starts from 10.30am​
• ​Course information:
  • Some route choices will require crossing of fences or closed gates.  However in most instances obstacles are either of a short distance and can be circumnavigated, or are a single wire rope or metal bar under which a bike can be wheeled or dragged.   
    
  • Courses 5 and 6 have been designed so that there are no difficult fences on the optimal route.  E-bikes on Rec Medium should carefully consider route choices if the bike is too heavy to lift over a fence.
    
  • There are no obstacle crossings on Course 7. This has been specifivcally designed for competitors 10 and under.
    
  • M Open competitors will need to use a high capacity SI-card (ie.  SIAC (SI air), SI-6, SI-9, SI-10 or SI-11)

Warm-up MTBO events. Central Otago

In the week prior to the NZ MTBO champs, there will be 2 warm-up MTBO events in Otago:

Sunday 23rd April - Alexandra MTBO Enduro

• Alexandra, central Otago.
• A new concept in MTBO. There will be 4 short courses on different sprint / middle distance scale maps with the ride between those maps timed out of competition.​
• https://www.orienteering.org.nz/events/alexandra-mtbo-enduro

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Tuesday 25th April (Anzac day)- Naseby MTBO rogaine

• Naseby, central Otago.
• https://www.orienteering.org.nz/events/naseby-mtb-rogaine/

Note that the previously listed MTBO rogaine event in the Christchurch Port Hills on Anzac day has been cancelled and replaced with the Naseby MTBO.