We still do not have a meet director for the Hillside Bike-O scheduled for July 10th, so it has been pulled from the schedule. In addition, we do not have a meet director for the traditional meet scheduled for July 24th, so that meet has been tentatively cancelled as well. If anything changes, we will update … Read more
Monday’s training for advancing orienteers will be mostly ‘armchair’ training, with a little in the woods. We’ll discuss navigation strategies to be used on the Mirror Lake map. Location: Billlmans’ house, 9700 Prospect Drive. Call 345-1749 if you need directions.
The intermediate/advanced field training originally scheduled for Monday 6/10 at 6:30 is now on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:15pm. Both the time and date have changed. The location is still at Storck Park.
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.