This year there is a new category for traditional season points competition to recognize friends and family that orienteer as teams. Like the individual male and female categories, teams will be awarded points for how well they place on a given course relative to other teams. For this to work, a team must use the … Read more
Join us this Thursday May 1st for the Meet Director Meet-Up to kick off the start of a new season. This event is for veteran meet directors; those who are interested in becoming meet directors; or those who are interested in learning what elements go into designing fun and interesting orienteering courses. We hope to … Read more
Just a quick update as we are getting ready for a new season of orienteering events and a few dates to keep in mind. May 1st at 5:30pm 6:00pm – Meet Director Meet-Up. This event is for the volunteers who design and run our fabulous meets. We are still working on the details, but if … Read more
The planning process is underway for AMATS next 10-year Recreational Trails Plan. Please consider attending one of the following meetings this week to give your input. Wed Nov 20 6:30-8:30pm at Beach Lake Chalet Thu Nov 21 5:30-8:00pm at Spenard Rec Center More information on the planning process is available at https://www.publicinput.com/l2316.
We are looking for volunteers for the festival planning committee. The committee will be exploring options for having another orienteering festival next summer as well as the possibility of hosting a nationally-ranked orienteering event in 2026. Please contact Mike Robinson if you are interested.
About 20 orienteers came out on Thursday to select the worst orienteering of the year. It was a fun, raucous activity (or at least boisterous – we are a bunch of geeky orienteers), and we all got the chance to laugh with and at each other. In the end, three orienteers made it past the … Read more
Remember that time it took you forever to find a control? Was it you or was it a mistake by the meet director? That control was total BS and pretty much ruined your night of orienteering. But have no fear, we can still turn your misery into a bit of orienteering fun. On Thursday, November … Read more
It is that spooky time of year, time for candy and crisp fall air. Come join the Arctic Orienteering Club for some fun forest trick-or-treating at Jodhpur. E-punch controls are being used on the course (as always, you don’t have to have an e-stick to participate) Treat-O: short traditional course with candy. Starts from 4-6pm. … Read more
There will be a memorial service for Kathy Faryniarz at the PAC, Sydney Lawrence Theatre on October 12, 2pm. Anyone is welcome. Kathy was a long-time member of the orienteering club who passed away earlier this summer. Goodbye to a Good Friend
The 2024 Arctic Orienteering Sprint Series ended with an exciting, if somewhat rainy finale. The last event was a pursuit and since we mixed things up a bit this year and had three separate pursuits, I’ve listed the final order that racers would have come in if it had been an all-out pursuit race: Scott … Read more