Rules and Regulations

1. You may only choose ONE of the categories to enter the race. You will have to choose between 42.2km, 21.1km, 10km or Fun event. Each category is in a block. You only choose one block and complete ALL the
information in that block.
2. If you enter a specific distance e.g. 10km you have to fill in ALLTHE DETAILS e.g.:
2.1 Senior or Junior?
2.2 Male or female?
2.3 Are you a paraplegic, quadriplegic or CP?
2.4 Basketball chair or other wheelchair?
3. Please mark you T-shirt size.

TEACHERS AND MANAGERS:
We do not give you a race T-shirt unless you are a participant or unless you push somebody in the fun event. That
means if some of your children/adults enter the fun event, and you want a T-shirt, you have to push him/her.
Do not fax the entry forms to any other fax number than the one AT THE TOP of the entry form in the book.
Please ensure that ALL the detail of the people that you enter is completed BEFORE you fax/send the forms. You
will be held responsible for missing information and often the results are disputed due to WRONG information on
the entry forms. If you are unsure of the person's disability or his/her type of wheelchair, please do not hesitate to
contact the organisers.
If you need to borrow ORDINARY wheelchairs, you need to book at least ONE MONTH before the event. The
contact person’s name and number is on the entry form. There will be NO extra wheelchairs to borrow on the day
of the race. We only have 30 ORDINARY wheelchairs available. We do not have extra racing wheelchairs or Hand
cycles for the race.
Athletes must collect borrowed wheelchairs at the Round Table Club House on the venue by NO LATER THAN
07:30 on the morning of the race. Please be on time as we cannot hand out chairs after 07:45. The clubhouse gets
locked and you will not have your chair to participate in. Bring you wheelchair back to the clubhouse after the
event. We will send you a bill for the wheelchair if you take it illegally.
Athletes must be physical disabled but do not have to be full time wheelchairs user to enter the race. NO ATHLETE
will be allowed to walk the fun event, a wheelchair MUST be used in the race. NO MANAGER will be allowed to
walk in the fun event you have to push a person!

REGISTRATION closes at 21:00 on 15 February 2013. Late entries of 10km, 21.1km, 42.2km will be considered disqualified.
Please keep the closing date of entries in mind. Late entries will ONLY be accepted until 12 February 2011. After
that you can enter but will not receive a T-shirt, goody bag or race number. The OCC is a professional race and is
organized by a dedicated team of volunteers. If you take your time and make your own rules, we find it very hard
to treat you as proper athletes and all the hard work of a year is then in vain.
Please assist us in the success of the event by
being on time and act like a true athlete
- we know you are!

Rules and Regulations

1. PLEASE BE ON TIME FOR DEPARTURE TO GEORGE. Busses will NOT wait for any athletes or group that is late.
2. The free transport offered to athletes is not a free holiday for helpers and assistants. Athletes must get preference with places on the bus and for every three athletes there can only be ONE helper. That helper must assist the athletes and must be prepared to push a person in the fun event.
3. Assistants MUST help athletes with their toilet needs the hostels report bed wetting where assistants were not prepared to help persons who needed assistance. That is why there must be helpers. Once again - this
is not a free holiday for helpers.
4. Managers, please ensure that wheelchair bound persons empty their bowls and bladders before getting on the bus.
5. Busses are not accessible for wheelchair users, or there may not be a toilet on the bus. Please be aware of this.
6. ALL ATHLETES MUST WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. PLEASE TOLERATE EACH OTHER AND PERSONS FROM OTHER RACIAL GROUPS
7. Bus drivers MUST stop every 2 hours at a safe place to allow athletes to use toilets and rest rooms facilities. If this is not done, athletes must please phone the Event Organizer from the bus while traveling, so that
it can be sorted out.
8. Athletes who book at hostels can only access the hostels at 13:00. Plan the trip so that you do not arrive too early as these hostels needs to be cleaned and prepared for your weekend visit.
9. If the busses arrive early, please come to the registration area first. This prevents the congestion later in the evening at the pasta meal.
10. Busses traveling from KZN (Durban) and Limpopo MUST sleep over TWO NIGHTS in George. Please prepare financially for that. NO EXCEPTIONS. Your safety is our concern and the drivers need a rest before
they travel that far again. If this does not suit you, please do not enter as the safety of people is more important than anything else!
11. All athletes must realize that bus driver’s work on a strict time schedule — we cannot allow 30 minutes to load 15 people from a hostel into the bus. Managers and assistants must please see to it that their groups
are on time.
12. All athletes MUST be at the venue by NO LATER than 07:30.
13. The race starts at 08:00 and if any bus is not on time, do not blame the driver as they have strict instructions to load on time and if athletes are not ready to leave them at the hostel.
14. NO ATHLETE will be allowed to participate if they are not at the start by 07:45.
15. All athletes traveling in the same bus must stay at the SAME hostel. It is not practical and very time consuming to drive from hostel to hostel to pick up athletes. Please book your accommodation at the
hostels as listed below.
16. The drivers will get this schedule and if you do not want to stay at the allocated hostel, you must please ensure to book your own private transport to the race. The drivers will only load from their allocated hostels.
17. Accommodation for busses:
Bus from Limpopo: Van Kervel School
Bus from Gauteng: PW Botha College
Bus from Free State: Pacaltsdorp High School
Bus from Durban: Olympia School
Bus from Newcastle: Olympia School
Any other Busses: Die Bult School
(The accommodation at Olympia school have been upgraded and is in a very good condition)
Groups from Western Cape and Southern Cape/Karoo: please book at Carpe Diem school, Itula Guest farm, Gateway lodge or any of the above mentioned hostels depending on the availability.

Rules & Regulations

1. Drivers must please be patient with the athletes and helpers.
2. All drivers must stop at least every 2 hours at a safe place to give athletes a chance to use toilet and restroom facilities.
3. All busses must be in George no later than Friday afternoon 12:00.
4. Athletes can only access their hostels at 13:00.
5. Please bring athletes first to registration between 12:00 —13:00.

1.  National athletes:
Sponsored bus: Gauteng
Sponsored bus: Limpopo
Sponsored bus: Free state
Sponsored bus: KZN Department Sport and Recreation
PLEASE NOTE: TEAM LEADERS MUST BOOK SEATS ON THE BUS AND CONFIRM DEPARTURE DATES
AND TIME ONE WEEK BEFORE THE EVENT