NOD- National Orienteering Day- was held on a beautiful day in Highland Park. This outstanding Park is the perfect location to introduce newcomers to the sport we love. There is the glacial moraine on the north side with great views of the City. The park is an official arboretum, so there are many trees to navigate through as well as lovely open, grassy areas. The Park also has special, sort of secret places to explore. Delineated by roads, the Park is safe yet complex enough to provide a challenge.

We had a great turnout, with 52 first-timers out of a total attendance of 191.

There were many queries about the "Mango" course. It is not listed in the IOF rules because it is an ROC creation. A "Mango" course will have mostly yellow controls with the distance of an orange course.

Two schools brought eager groups of teens, The Wilson School of Excellence Outdoor club and the Maritime charter school from Buffalo.

Keep an eye on Tyler Holmes. He missed first place on the white by 11 seconds.

Steve Tylock arranged a raffle with prizes sent to ROC from the National Organization .

We had an orienteer from Germany attend the event. Peter came with his wife who was attending the International Canal Days Conference. He was wearing his club uniform, a very nice outfit. He had contacted Carol about our club's events so that he could participate. On the theme of orienteering outfits, Tim Dobretsov was sporting a bright yellow and red shirt with his uncle's Russian club name ( in Russian, of course) The new purple, green and silver ROC shirt could be seen on many dedicated members. This certainly gives our sport of orienteering a more professional look.

The sprint was the last in the 2010 series. Awards for the sprint series in several age groups were presented by Steve Tylock. The most competitive categories were Female Open: (1) Stina Bridgeman, (2) Elspeth Ronnander, and (3) Lindsay Worner; Male Open: (1) Rob Holmes. (2) Rob Stevens, (3) Mike Lyons; M45: (1) Dick Detwiler, (2) Carl Palmer, (3) Pete Dady; M18: (1) Zack Lyons, (2) Vince Kurtz, (3) Tim Dobretsov. (See the complete results on the results page.)

Every now and them, someone picks up the wrong map. We will try hard NOT to have this happen and we apologize when it does happen.

The staff at the South Avenue Recreation Center welcome and support our NOD event, and we are very grateful to be able to use this Facility.

It takes a lot of manpower to handle the crowds we are getting and the following list of volunteers worked very hard to make this event possible and we cannot thank them enough : Don Winslow & Tom Cornell (greeters) Nancy & Richard Burgey, Rukhsana Cofer & Sandra Lomker (registration) Karl Kolva, Rick Worner & Linda Kohn (Instruction), Pete Dady, Linda Kohn, & Victor Klassen (Start/finish), Stephanie & Faith Reh (string O), Stina Bridgeman & Lindsay Worner (e punch results), Mary Kolva (delicious and nutritious refreshments), Elspeth Ronnander, Eric Pieh, Linda Kohn, Victor Klassen & Pete Dady (flag pickup), Joe Seyfried (map printing), Ravi Nareppa (e punch programming), Bob Bundy ( permits), Rob Holmes ( results typing), Steve Tylock ( PR), Rick & Dayle Lavine ( course setters & meet directors).

Results

Sprint  (26)              2.3 km  45 m   11 C     

    1    116 Holmes Rob                     14:53 
    2     83 Borden Chad                    15:49 
    3     68 Stevens Rob                    16:29 
    4    109 Detwiler Dick                  17:44 
    5     43 Kurtz Vince                    18:19 
    6      8 Tylock Steve                   18:49 
    7    108 Borden Zak                     19:28 
    8     72 Bridgeman Stina                19:49 
    9     73 Dady Peter                     20:27 
   10     60 Ronnander Elspeth              21:05 
   11     28 Rycroft Thomas                 23:05 
   12    117 Worner Rick                    23:14 
   13     70 Thomas Brian                   23:58 
   14      9 Worner Lindsay                 25:09 
   15     12 Borden Tyler                   25:15 
   16     29 Palmer Carl                    25:34 
   17     77 Winslow Don                    26:00 
   18     10 Kohn Linda                     28:26 
   19      5 Tylock Chris                   28:49 
   20      6 Tylock Rachael                 29:27 
   21     47 Woolworth Vicki                38:10 
   22    107 Dobretsov Tim                  38:47 
   23     13 Bannister Kathy                38:54 
   24      7 Tylock Melissa                 45:55 

          84 Hishmon Jessica                  mp 
         101 Pieh Erik                        mp 



White 1.5 km


1    Alex and Roger Kurtz                               20:20
2    Tyler Holmes                                       20:30
3    Brian Grinnell                                     21:50
4    Jim, Liz and Mary Cotter                           23:53
5    Silke Wethmar                                      25:28
6    Kate Kressman-Kehoe, Mike, Mae and Webter Kehoe    26:25
7    Chris, Miranda, Marissa, Makayla, Chris Jr.,       29:17
8    Carl, Eric, and Connor Byington                    29:55
9    Rick, Rick Jr., Noah Russotti, Alejandro Soloreano 30:53
10    Jennifer and Rexy Reisch                          37:44
11    Beth DeBartolo and Anna Turinsky                  39:18
12    Yvonne Yang and Hansen Tjioeng                    39:40
13    Janice and David Hohnadel                         42:12
14    Tim and Julia Schliff                             42:20
15    Justin, Steph, Kahmil, Haven, Monk-Georges        42:25
16    Tyler and Helga Ruechert                          43:10
17    Leslie Simon, charlie, Ben and Sam Lowenstein     45:10
18    J.P. Nunes, Gavin, Nancy, Nicolas,Lauren Furino, 
      Alaayah Dates-Bell                                48:05
19    Jim, Mike, and David Mittiga                      49:00
20    Jordan and Eric Hayes                             50:24
21    Cathy Henderson                                   52:08
22    Bryn Holmes                                       56:00
23    Wallance and Janet Berube                         60:30
24    Jim Chapman, Web Kehoe, Nathaniel Axtell          60:50
25    Bob and Connor Wagner, Theo Chapman               64:25
26    Wilson H - Brown Salgado, Latimer, Hill, Gonzalez 66:45
27    Jeff Baker, Mary-Jo Meteyer                       79:30
28    Serena, Lora, Sean Thody                         108:30

Yellow 2.5 km
1  Wilson F - Pasqualucci, Campbell, Abukar            27:16
2  Kate Kressman-Kehoe, Mike, Mae and Webster Kehoe    38:30
3  Jim Chapman, Web Kehoe, Nathaniel Axtell            38:44
4  Katy and Cole Kuczek                                39:30
5  Nancy Burgey                                        42:00
6  Wilson E - Iorillo, Stokes, Benitez                 43:22
7  Wilson C - Cam, Amber, Cody                         43:58
8  Wilson D - Fitzstevens, Kitchenmon, Pena            45:16
9  Jim and Patty Borden                                45:50
10 Michael and Brendan Gallagher, Thomas Hubbell, 
    Alexander Montes                                   51:32
11 Wilson G - Mandel, Ross, Cooper                     51:44
12 Christine and Annika Temp                           51:55
13 Rukhsana Cofer                                      53:40
14 Eric and Jordan Hayes                               53:53
15 Stephani and Faith Reh, and Danielle Chiesi         54:20
16 Matthew and Sean Kelly, Jon Sutton, Aidan Loughran  56:05
17 Troy, Rhi, Ffion, Corwyn                            56:25
18 Bethany, Mark, and Corliss Cloninger                59:04
19 Maritime Delta - Demmin, Nealy, Williams, Rodriguez 60:40
20 Maritime Alfa - Ahmed, Cicelski, Torres             60:50
21 Wilson B - Pegoni, Scott, Kitchenman                61:05
22 Liam, Lauren and Carolyn Orr                        61:25
23 Chuck and Becky Mancini                             61:53
24 Maritime Bravo - Colosi, Gotel, Maclin              62:33
25 Maritime Echo - Gibson                              63:30
26 Maritime Charlie - Hayes, McClain, Pratt            63:50
27 Jim, Liz and Mary Cotter                            66:40
28 Sandra Lomker                                       69:00
29 Wilson A - Gallivan, Calloway, Dimmock              69:05
30 Bob Williams, Nevin Young, Barb Marsh               92:50
31 Kent, Seth, and Daphne Palmer                       97:40
32 Janice and David Hohnadel                          120:30
33 Leslie Simon, charlie, Ben and Sam Lowenstein        DNF
34 Bill Jabs and Wendy Murcado                          DNF


Mango 3.7km
1  Rob Stevens                               25:26
2  Eric Pieh                                 31:04
3  Tyler Borden                              31:20
4  Thomas Rycroft                            33:55
5  Carl Palmer                               38:40
6  Chad Borden and Jessica Hishmant          40:50   
7  Vince Kurtz                               42:45
8  Victor Klassen                            42:50
9  Peter Woyzeschke                          43:58
10 Jamie and Sheri Mortillaro                47:40
11 Kathy and Katie Carney                    49:05
12 Richard Burgey                            50:40
13 Anne Schwartz                             50:60
14 David Neshandy, Alexander Yuestifeel, 
    Chris Reepmeyer                          51:40
15 Kameron Holmes                            57:05
16 Maritime Echo - Gibson                    62:53
17 Jim and Kathy Curry                       67:54
18 Yvonne Yang and Hansen Tjioeng            68:15
19 Zak Borden                                74:24
20 Jack Wallenhorst                          75:10
21 Maritime Delta - Demmin, Nealy,
    Williams, Rodriguez                      81:58
22 Edward Deller                             85:10
23 Len Fela                                  85:55
24 Maritime Alfa - Ahmed, Cicelski, Torres   87:30
25 Tamalene Foutris                          90:12
26 Maritime Bravo - Colosi, Gotel, Maclin   120:40
27 Maritime Charlie - Hayes, McClain, Pratt 142:30