Wednesday, June 5th 2013 Hillside Trails Approximately 150 people enjoyed a beautiful and challenging day of orienteering at Hillside Park. Ian Moore was the fastest competitor on the 6.4 kilometer Red course, finishing in 1:13:22. Thanks to the following volunteers for helping to put on the meet: Dan and Anne Billman, Jeremy Crawford, Karen and … Read more
The Arctic Orienteering Club needs you! We have two meets scheduled this summer (July 24th & July 31st) that still do not have meet directors. We will have to cancel these meets if we do not find directors. If you’ve never run a meet before, that’s okay–we can pair you up with a veteran director … Read more
Arctic Orienteering Club Board Meeting Minutes 4/24/2013 Members Present: Dan Billman, Regan Sarwas, Trond Jensen, Jen Jolliff, Chris Tomsen, Dela Grey, Karen Bronga, Bill Johnson, Mike Robinson, Toby Schwoerer, Joyce Goodell, Kathy Faryniarz Meeting called to order 7:14pm Old Business Web Site Regan presented new website (oalaska.orghttps://oalaska.org/) and group decided it was ready to roll … Read more
Starts from 5:00 to 7:00 pm (NOT 4pm as previously advertised). All must finish before 9:00 pm. If you preregistered through the Arctic Orienteering website or at the last meet and have your valid Alaska Drivers license, you should be able to enter through the Boniface gate. If you did not preregister, you will have … Read more
Dela Grey, one of our Arctic Orienteering officers is looking for volunteers to teach girl scouts how to orienteer. The Girl Scout Encampment is being held at Palmer Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 8th. Dela has committed to running two sessions of training for the girls which would include setting up a course around the fairground buildings. … Read more
Karl’s EastSide-O, scheduled for May 15th has moved locations. The meet is now Karl’s Valley-O at Crevasse Moraine.
We are sorry to report that the first orienteering meet of the season (Crevasse Moraine on May 1st) has been cancelled due to the late thaw. There is still significant snow in the area, especially on the north facing slopes and in the depressions.
The board will be meeting Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm at Bill Johnson’s House. All Club members are welcome. Call to order Old business Website: prior to next board meeting, you all should review and provide feedback on new website: https://oalaska.org Decision whether we should go live with the new website Mapping 2013 … Read more
At this Picasa webpage are four initial designs for a new club jersey. It will be available in both short and long sleeves. Which one or two do you like best? Is there something you would change to like one even more? If you like the trees, but not with snow on them, we can change out … Read more
Thanks to Healthy Futures kids under 18 orienteer for free again this year! What is orienteering? It’s a cool outdoor sport which takes treasure hunting to a new level. Participants use a map and compass to find their way around a local trail system. Even sweeter, Healthy Futures is sponsoring 10 season passes for families with … Read more