Arctic Orienteering Club Annual Meeting September 9th, 2017 Minutes The meeting was called to order at approximately 11:10am by President Mike Robinson with 13 people in attendance. Mike took notes in the absence of the club secretary. The minutes from the previous annual meeting on September 10, 2016 were reviewed and approved. Mike gave a … 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, August 30, 2017 Klutina Drive Wednesday night’s orienteering on Anchorage’s East side had about fifty participants who orienteered around the beautiful woods between Muldoon neighborhoods and the Chugach mountains. Jen Jolliff won the women’s category on the red course and Peter Oswald won the men’s. A big thanks goes to Agneta Kupilik for volunteering … Read more
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Earthquake Park Approximately 50 people enjoyed an evening of slipping and sliding on Earthquake Park’s rain slick trails and bogs. Ian Moore completed the advance course with the fastest time, beating Toby Schwörer by 41 seconds. Thanks to the following volunteers for helping put on this meet: Brian Durrell, meet director; … Read more
Sunday 20 August 2017 Chugach State Park On a wet and cold August Sunday, Ian Moore won the long course of the inaugural Hillside orienteering event, covering the 10.3 km and 23 controls race in 1 hr 50 min 30 secs. Steve Gruhn won the short course in 1:44:53. The event started at Glen Alps … Read more
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Mirror Lake Middle School After an afternoon downpour that nearly drown the meet director while setting out the White and Yellow controls, the skies cleared for the 50 orienteers who view the glass as half full, put aside thoughts of wet feet and hypothermia, and dove into the beautiful, but still … Read more
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Jodphur Trailhead, Kincaid Park Summary of Team Results East 232 Service 221 Grace 210 West 197 Colony 169 Dimond 162 South 98 Results 2017 High School-O–West 380 Beatrice Brudie-Janigo, Morgan Coniglio 360 Sawyer Barta, Ian Beals, Eli McKenzie 360 Tayfun Ertekin, Cameron Brosnahan 325 Eli Seaver, Leland Wilson, Kiara Melendez 325 … Read more
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 Alaska Pacific University Despite the rain and soggy brush, 75+ people came out to APU for a 790 point Score-O. Participants were given 1 hour to find as many controls as possible. Controls were worth 10, 20, 30, or 40 points depending on the difficulty to get to and/or find. Participants … Read more
Please join us Wednesday, August 2nd for a 1 hour score-o. There will be a mass start at 6PM. Plan to arrive at least 15 early to register and be ready when the gun goes off! The meet will be starting at APU in the parking lot across the street from the Mosley Sports Center. … Read more
The Orienteering Club has decided to heed the warnings of experts as reported yesterday in the Alaska Dispatch News and cancel the upcoming meet at Far North Bicentennial Park. The safety of our participants is always our first concern. Unfortunately, orienteering meets take a tremendous amount of time to plan and set up, and it will not be … Read more