The "O-Ringen Machine"

For a man that likes things to be organized, this week I have totally been in awe of what I have seen and I think the O-Ringen Machine is well oiled and have near perfected (if not already) the art of running a sporting carnival.





As previously mentioned there are some 15,000 competitors, and it takes a lot of strategic & logistical planning, leadership, teamwork and dedication to pull it off.

"O-Ringen City"
It is like an organisation coming into Hobart and taking over the Domain and creating a city : "O-Ringen City" and it comes with it's own infrastructure and everything:
- council chambers (including water & sewerage, rubbish collection, council workers & trucks, local council regulations, )
- toilet & shower blocks
- restaurants & catering
- camping grounds and other accommodation
- bus system (internal and external transport), which runs like clockwork.
- police
- entertainment
- they made a orienteering training ground out the city and its surrounds
- shops (sports, grocer, lingerie, tourist bureau, jewellery)
- laundromat
- Internet cafe
- radio station
- bicycle shop ( including hire bikes)


Competition & Arena
This is like going over to Risdon Brook Damn and creating a small town,
- six different starts (Gayle and I have free starts, which means we can start when we feel like it)
- a tent full of video displays for results
- six finishing chutes
- sport stores
- bridges over roads
- wooden fences around the finish chute
- food kiosks
- toilets at every start and heaps in the arena
- showers
- radio station- connected with "O-Ringen City"
- medical facilities
- training academy
- bus link connected with "O-Ringen City"
- child minding service - very well supervised



In summary to attract 15,000 competitors every year, you have to be this well organised, and I congratulate the "O-Ringen Machine" on a incredible job.

Mark

Location:"O-Ringen City"