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The Annual Sprint Series is Coming!

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The 2024 Sprint Series will consist of five meets, with the final meet of the series being the Championship Final.  Dates and locations of the meets are: 8/21:  Earthquake Park 8/28:   Bartlett 9/4:  UAA 9/11:  Kincaid 9/25:  CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL at Ruth Arcand   Each meet will have two courses set, a short course and a … Read more

Recreational Trails Plan Survey

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MOA Parks and Recreation recently began the process of developing a new recreational trails plan. One of the first steps is a community survey: Recreational Trails Plan Survey I’d encourage all club members to take this survey. I am on the citizens advisory board for the trail plan and would love to hear your input … Read more

Juneteenth-O Results

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Wednesday June 19, 2024 Abbott Loop Community Park Meet Director blurb coming soon. LiveLox* The clocks on the ePunch controls are about 10 seconds off from GPS time, so it will appear that you punch the control about 10 seconds before you reach the control. I’ll fix that before the next meet. Attackpoint SportIdent * … Read more

UMED Distance-O

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Orienteers, the courses for the meet on May 25th will be long! Distance runners will have an advantage, but route choice will play a critical role in how quickly you navigate the mixed urban/forest environment, much like in an urban sprint. There will be five traditional courses: Red (advanced): 10.9 km (23 controls) Green: 8.0 … Read more

Results for End of June-O

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6/30/21 Klutina Drive � Pia North & South Maps About 57 dedicated orienteerers dotted their i’s and crossed their t’s to enjoy an evening of orienteering on JBER land starting from Klutina Drive on the Pia maps. Numerous black bears were sighted on the course without incident, as well as a few moose. An unfortunate … Read more

Two Proposed Changes to Bylaws at Annual Meeting

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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

Schedule Changes!

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The schedule for the last two events of the season has changed. The Fall-O has moved from Saturday to Sunday (10/6), there will be mass starts for all but the white course, see the event for details. The Night-O has been pushed back a week to Wednesday (10/16), and will start 30 minutes earlier (at … Read more

Using Route Gadget

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Route Gadget is a fun way to compare your route choices with other orienteers.  It is also a great way to see how you could improve, and to answer questions like Was it faster to go left or right around the lake? Anyone can use Route Gadget to see the route choices of the Red … Read more

Training Cancelled

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Bummer!  Due to the late thaw, we are postponing the advanced field training scheduled for Monday, May 6th.  We will try to reschedule this training for later in the summer, but at this point we do not have a date set.  The other advanced field training will still be held as scheduled.  We will update … Read more