Mike Robinson There will be two proposed changes to the club bylaws that will be discussed and voted on at the annual meeting this Saturday. 1) Provide meet directors additional protection by adding them to the existing article on indemnification in the bylaws. The wording in [] brackets indicate the additional language. “Article 13: INDEMNIFICATION Each Officer[, … Read more
Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Ruth Arcand Park Over 100 word-savy orienteers came out and gave it there all in the first every Scraboggle-O — a score-O on two maps with the ability to score extra points with letters (similar to the Scrabble and Boggle word games). Participants collected score-O points and scrabble tiles at each … Read more
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Earthquake Park Earthquake Park was the site for this week’s evening of fun and competative orienteering put on by the Arctic Orienteering Club. More than 130 people participated in navigating five courses ranging from easy to challenging. Everyone managed to steer clear, and most got glimpses of, the Moose cow with … Read more
If you are a volunteer or meet director for the club, or would like to be one, please join us from 7pm-8:30pm Thursday May 10th at Shelly Law’s new home at 7925 Jodhpur Street. We will have a discussion about how to design fun and interesting orienteering courses. Light snacks and beverages will be provided.
First Season Meet! Wed. 9th – you may start anytime between 5:00 and 7:00, but you must finish by 9:00. Courses will be 6km for red and 5km for green. Conditions are increasingly getting wetter with the ground thawing, so expect to get your feet wet. The terrain is slow but orienteering should be fun as we … Read more
The 2018 North American Orienteering Championships are being held in conjunction with the Canadian Orienteering Championships in Whitehorse, Yukon CA from August 17-24. That’s practically in our neighborhood! This is great opportunity to combine a vacation with some excellent orienteering. Check out the website for tons of information – http://yukonorienteering.ca/naoc2018/ Save some money with Early … Read more
Saturday, September 9, 2017 FNBP Trailside Elementary The Arctic Orienteering Club celebrated the end of the season with an afternoon of orienteering in Far North Bicentennial Park. Fifty three participants were greeted with partly sunny skys and challenging terrain in the woods and trails on the southside of FNBP. Ian Moore won the season finale … Read more
Wednesday’s meet will start at mile 1.1 of Basher Drive. There will be White (1.7 K), Yellow (2.6 K), Orange (4.2 K), Green (4.7 K) and Red (5.7 K) courses; starts from 5 to 7; finish by 9:00. Our permit requires us to make sure participants are aware of bear and other wildlife issues; please … Read more
Wednesday, June 21 2017 Ruth Arcand Park Over 40 people came to Ruth Arcand Park to participate in a Score-O. The longer Score-O was split into 3 maps, each with a 20-30 minute time limit. Participants could run as many of the maps as they wanted with a mass start at 6:30, 7:00 and 7:30. There … Read more
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Thompson Lake Wednesday’s orienteering race was held at Thompson Lake on Fort Richardson and featured intricate terrain and open woods. Cory Smith continued his winning streak on the advanced Red Course with a time of 1:06:33. Dan Billman was second with a time of 1:47:01. The top female competitor was Sarah … Read more