Long-awaited results of the Annual Trail Run
at the Mendon Ponds Park have been published.
November 17, 2003
Permanent courses information has been added to the web site.
In addition, GPS is now a possibility on our permanent courses!
The club has recently recorded the Latitude and Longitude of each of the controls which means that those of
you who have a GPS can now use it to go out and complete the permanent courses.
More detailed information is available on the Permanent Courses page.
There will be a special night-O this Saturday, Nov. 1, at Mendon Ponds Park. The club hasn't held a
"real" night-O for several years (the Grinch-O is at night, but it is a rather special event, as
anyone who has participated knows!). We hope that many of you will come out to participate; Night-O is a lot of fun.
The courses will be ones that can be handled in the darkness reasonably well. We will be using the White and Yellow
courses from the recent A-meet. The White course is all on trails, while the Yellow course can be completed by staying
on trails up until the immediate area of the control, or there are a couple of places where a route choice would be to
cut through the woods as opposed to taking a longer trail route.
In the interest of not having people out until all hours of the night, there will be a couple of changes from the
normal meet procedure:
1. There will be a mass start at 5:30 pm (or a bit later if it isn't sufficiently dark by then).
2. There will be a strict 2-hour time limit on both courses. So if we start right at 5:30, everyone needs to be back by 7:30.
The starting location is at Stewart Lodge, which is near the beach parking lot.
The courses will be slightly changed from the A-meet in that we will start right at Stewart Lodge, rather than
starting across the road where the A-meet courses started.
Registration will begin at around 4:30 pm.
Please contact Dick Detwiler with any questions on this meet.
October 26, 2003
ROC 2003 A-Meet results and electronic punching data have been published at the
results page.
September 20th is National Orienteering Day. Clubs all over the country
are having meets intended to introduce newcomers to our sport. Our meet is
at Highland Park in the city. The start is at the Recreation Center behind
School #12 on South Avenue across from Highland Hospital. Registration
begins at 11; starts are 12-2PM. With luck the hurricane or what is
left of it will have moved out by then. If you have doubts whether the meet is
on, call the hotline (585) 377-5650. It won't be cancelled unless
conditions are considered dangerous.
As always we need help in several areas: registration, start/finish,
and also crossing guards. You can work a short shift on any of these jobs
before or after doing your course. Please let us know (by email or
585-442-6358) if you know you will be able to help; otherwise, approach
Rick or Dayle at the meet.
Come and bring friends!
Rick and Dayle Lavine, course setters and meet directors
September 15, 2003
Results from the July 23 Score-O meet
are finally available.
September 10, 2003
Electronic version of the September issue of The Wild Times is
available.
August 12, 2003
Location of the October 5 meet is to be changed. Camp Pinewood can not
host the meet on the planned date, new location will be announced soon.
August 7, 2003
Orienteering workshop for teachers wil take place
on September 13 at Powder Mills Park. Look into the
brochure for detailed information
and registration form.
June 18, 2003
Results from the July 12 meet at Black Creek Park
are now available.
July 18, 2003
Results from the July 12 meet at Black Creek Park
are now available.
July 8, 2003
Information on the meet at Black Creek Park this Saturday, July 12:
The start time is 10 a.m. (mass start) for the Score-O, and between 10:00 and 10:30
for the White courses. It is starting on the west side of the park.
There are three events being offered:
The main event is a SCORE-O
The SCORE-O format is a timed event. The control can be visited in any order.
Each control has a different point value assigned to it and the winner is the
person with the most points who has finished within the required time.
This event will last 90 minutes. There will be a penalty of 10 points per
minute over 90 minutes. For example if you finish after 91 minutes and 20
seconds you will be penalized 20 points, a two minute penalty, minutes are
rounded up. The controls are beginner (white) to orange (intermediate) level
and are no more than 200 meters from a trail.
A few comments about the courses. This park is not well suited for a traditional
orienteering course due to the heavy vegetation and the large swamp areas.
Most of the day will be running or walking from area to area and then looking
for the controls, it does put an big emphasis on running. Most of the trails
are in good shape, most of the white areas are open, the rest of the vegetation
areas need updating. It is strongly suggested you mainly stay on the trails
unless near the control.
The second event is a LONG WHITE Course (about 3.5 km). This is a course for
runners who want to get the feel for map reading and get a nice run in along the
way.
The third event is a SHORT WHITE course (about 1 km), fairly short, a
good introduction to orienteering. Can be completed in approximately 30
minutes of walking
July 8, 2003
Information on the meet at Black Creek Park this Saturday, July 12:
The start time is 10 a.m. (mass start) for the Score-O, and between 10:00 and 10:30
for the White courses. It is starting on the west side of the park.
There are three events being offered:
The main event is a SCORE-O
The SCORE-O format is a timed event. The control can be visited in any order.
Each control has a different point value assigned to it and the winner is the
person with the most points who has finished within the required time.
This event will last 90 minutes. There will be a penalty of 10 points per
minute over 90 minutes. For example if you finish after 91 minutes and 20
seconds you will be penalized 20 points, a two minute penalty, minutes are
rounded up. The controls are beginner (white) to orange (intermediate) level
and are no more than 200 meters from a trail.
A few comments about the courses. This park is not well suited for a traditional
orienteering course due to the heavy vegetation and the large swamp areas.
Most of the day will be running or walking from area to area and then looking
for the controls, it does put an big emphasis on running. Most of the trails
are in good shape, most of the white areas are open, the rest of the vegetation
areas need updating. It is strongly suggested you mainly stay on the trails
unless near the control.
The second event is a LONG WHITE Course (about 3.5 km). This is a course for
runners who want to get the feel for map reading and get a nice run in along the
way.
The third event is a SHORT WHITE course (about 1 km), fairly short, a
good introduction to orienteering. Can be completed in approximately 30
minutes of walking
June 18, 2003
Results from the June 15 combined bike-O and score-O meet
at Mendon Ponds Park are now available.
June 11, 2003
Information about the orienteering meet this Sunday,
June 15, at Mendon Ponds Park from the meet director, Rick Worner:
The format for this weekend will be a little different than our regular meets.
There will be a Score O on foot and a Bike O. Participants can do one either
event or both together. There will also be a regular beginner course. All
events start at the beach parking lot in Mendon Ponds Park.
The Score O will begin at 1pm with a mass start. A Score O allows
participants to collect controls in any order and a mass start means that
everyone starts at the same time. You will need to arrive in time to register
and get ready prior to the mass start. Shortly after the mass start anyone
wishing to just do the Bike O can start on the bike course. People wishing
to do both will start the Bike O when they finish the Score O course.
Bikes will be guarded during theScore O. The Bike O will also be a Score
O format.
Beginners can start anytime from 1-2 on a White course. All courses will
stay within the park. Any kind of bike is OK, but please be reminded that
bikes are not allowed on any park trails. All participants in the Bike O
are required to wear a helmet.
Pizza and beverages will be available starting at 3. Please contact Rick
Worner at wornerkohn@aol.com or by phone at 581-2979 if you have any questions.
June 3, 2003
Results (including electronic punching data) from the May 31 meet
at Letchworth State Park are now available.
May 28, 2003
ROC will hold its next event on Saturday May 31 at
Letchworth State Park - East side. Courses will start from the Parade
Field. Park entrance is off Rt. 436 just east of Portageville (west of Nunda).
A full suite of courses will be offered (White, Yellow, Orange, Green
and Red) and e-punching will be used for Orange, Green and Red courses.
If anyone interested in working at the meet, please contact Jim Russell, the meet director, at jrussel1@rochester.rr.com
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday.
May 17, 2003
Results (including electronic punching data) from the May 10 meet
at Webster Park are now available.
May 14, 2003
The next Board of Directors meeting will take place this Sunday,
May 18, from 3 to 5 PM at Larry Zygo's house, 232 Willowood Drive, Greece.
From 390 north take the Latta road exit, turn left (west) approimately 1.5 miles.
Willowood is on the left. Phone: 227-7618. Members are welcome to attend!
May 13, 2003
ROC website is back online after hardware outage at the web hosting
provider.
April 30, 2003
Results from the April 27 meet at Powder Mills Park
are now available.
April 4, 2003
Annual Icebreaker event on April 5 has been cancelled due
to the weather conditions. The next event will take place on April 27 at Powder
Mills Park.
March 19, 2003
Coursesetter's clinic:
Each year a number members have requested an opportunity
to learn more about being a course setter or meet director
for one of our local meets. The club always needs more
individuals willing to do these jobs.
With this in mind we will be offering members a chance to attend a
workshop day on Sunday, March 23 from 2-5 at 874 Edgemere Drive.
We will offer each workshop twice so that people may attend both
sessions. The workshops will run around an hour with a short break
for refreshments in between the sessions.
Please RSVP via e-mail by Thursday night so that we can prepare enough
materials for all the participants. Our house can be reached by taking
Rt. 390N to Latta Road exit. Turn right on Latta and take the first left
on to Island Cottage Road. Follow Island Cottage to Edgemere Drive
(Schallers Restaurant) and bear right to the curve in the road. We are the
brown stucco house with the brown picket fence on your left. CAll 581-2979
if you get disoriented.
March 3, 2003
Again this year, Laurie Sallidan and Dick Detwiler will be teaching a 6-session orienteering course. It is offered through the Webster Continuing Ed program. The first session is Monday, April 28. There will be six sessions (no class on Memorial Day). The last class session is June 9.
This class assumes no knowledge of orienteering, and covers beginning (White course), advanced beginning (Yellow course), and intermediate (Orange course) skills and concepts. It alternates classroom and outdoor sessions (session 1 is in the classroom, session 2 outdoors, session 3 in the classroom, etc.). The first two outdoor sessions are at Webster Park and the third outdoor session is at Irondequoit Bay Park West.
The cost is only $22 for the six sessions ($11 for seniors).
Webster continuing ed program web site gives information on how to register.
*Important Note: The dates of the class that are shown on the web site are incorrect, it shows it starting April 7. This was an error in the booklet; the correct starting date is April 28.
To register, contact the continuing ed office at:
Webster High School H. W. Schroeder Building
875 Ridge Road Webster, New York 14580
Phone: 670-5037 or 670-5039
Registration forms are available on the web site
January 22, 2003
Ski-O at Letchworth this weekend:
Sunday, Jan. 26, start from noon til 1:30 p.m., at Trailside Lodge in
Letchworth State Park. Looks like a great weekend for Ski-O.
Kathy Bannister is the course setter and Kay Sheehan is the meet
director. Volunteers are still needed to help with registration,
start and finish. Please contact Kay at
sheehan1@frontiernet.net if you can help.
January 14, 2003
Results from the Mendon Ponds Ski-O are now available.
January 10, 2003
Updated information about 1/11 Ski-O: The conditions for the Saturday Ski-O at
Mendon Ponds look pretty good. The base is good and hopefully there will be some
new snow before noon Saturday. Only the main 5K loop and the north meadow are
groomed for skating. The rest of the trails are skiable but not tracked. This
may change depending on the ambition of the Park staff. Updates will be available
at the start. The length of courses are as follows: Blue - 13 KM (Mens Open); Red -10 KM
(Womens Open, Mens Masters); Orange - 7.5 KM;(Scholastic Boys and Girls); White - 3.3 KM
(Non -competitive beginners course).
January 6, 2003
The next Board of Directors meeting will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, 1/12, at
the Worner/Kohn residence, 874 Edgemere Drive, Rochester NY 14612.
Club members are welcome to attend.
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