Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Far North Bicentennial Park from the Abbott Ball Fields Toby Schwörer won the long expert course in southwestern Far North Bicentennial Park on Wednesday evening. Nick Treinen, Jill Follett, and Diana and Dave Evans beat the men, women, and teams on the short expert course. 130 other participants enjoyed challenging expert, … Read more
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 Earthquake Park The intricate terrain and dense mosquitoes of Earthquake Park challenged 110 racers on Wednesday evening. Ian Moore narrowly outran Cory Smith on the long expert course for men, and Jen Joliff handily beat the other women on the same course. Jeremy Johnson won both the advanced beginner and short … Read more
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Far North Bicentennial Park White course (2.0km, 9 controls) Men 1)David Anomn, 58:00 Women 1)Kathy Sutton, 1:04:24; 2)Diane Blas, 1:04:25 Team 1)Rob, Laura, Brooke, and Aly Long, 36:00; 2)Matt, Cassie, Addie Ann, and Thale Randall, 37:00; 3)Sara Stanley, Rachel Williams, and Brian Hilmes, 41:00; 4)Linda and Talia Smith, 48:28; 5)Beth, Ben, … Read more
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Bear Valley Elementary school Perfect temperatures greeted the 71 people who tested their orienteering skills in Bear Valley. Lindsey Flagstad was the quickest woman on the more difficult red course and Ian Moore had the fastest time in the men’s class on the same course. Many families with young kids had … Read more
Thanks to a generous grant from Healthy Futures, kids under 19 can orienteer for free for the entire 2016 orienteering season. Kids, come on out and be healthy! In addition, if you have never orienteered before, regardless of your age, the orienteering club would like you to try it for free. Just let the meet director know … Read more
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Alaska Pacific University Eighty-five people completed last Wednesday’s score-O at APU on a beautiful spring evening. Participants attempted to find as many of the 31 controls as possible in less than 60 minutes. Ian Moore managed to find all controls in 56:27 for a total of 960 points. Cory Smith (890 … Read more
Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at Kincaid Park Over 40 participants braved the windy and cold weather to participate in this Score-O style orienteering meet in Kincaid Park. They used the same course that approximately 950 Anchorage School District students used earlier in the day. The team of Bill and David Spencer had the highest point … Read more
Big-O Orienteering Meet Tuesday, May 3rd Mass Start at 6:30pm Kincaid Park Chalet The Anchorage School District’s Health and Physical Education Department runs an orienteering event each year for elementary and middle school students on Tuesday, May 3rd, and they are keeping the course set up so that the club can enjoy it in the … Read more
Intro To Orienteering: The Basics APU Score-O – 05/11/2016, 6:00-6:30 Bartlett Sprint-O – 06/29/2016, 5:30-6:00 Instruction (outdoors): We’ll cover everything you need to know to try out the sport of orienteering, answer any questions you may have, then help you get started on a course and try orienteering for 30-60 minutes. Bring: good walking shoes, long pants, other … Read more
Sunday, March 27, 2016 Far North Bicentennial Park at Hillside Score-O style event in which orienteers find as many controls as they can in a set period – either 45 minutes or 90 minutes. Each control was worth 10 points, with a 5 minute penalty for each minute overtime. Icy trails were challenging, but frozen … Read more