Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Storck Park 93 people came out for the orienteering event at Storck Park in Bear Valley. Challenging terrain and difficult route finding made for long adventures for participants. Cory Smith won the men’s long advanced course with Ian Moore in second. No women started the long course. John Fritz won the … Read more
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Fossil Creek on JBER Alaska Ian Moore and Lorena Knapp were top Red Course (4.8km) Orienteering mens, womens finishers displaying ‘cross country’ skill through rolling birch covered forest. Two ran under an hour: Ian – a swift 44:25, followed by Cory Smith 56:22, then Bill Spencer 1:04:40, 18 seconds later Dan … Read more
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Far North Bicentennial Park, Mile 1.1 This weeks orienteering meet had 153 participants in Bicentennial Park, mile 1 Campbell Airstrip Road. Beautiful weather and no bugs on 5 different course levels yielded lots of grinning people. On the Red course, Ian Moore edged out Toby Schwörer for first place in the … Read more
Registration for JBER is closed. If you want to attend this event, you will need a military sponsor to get on base. As a condition of land use, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and Eklutna Native Corporation (Mirror Lake) require us to submit participant information to them. Every adult (18 or older) must pre-register 2 days … Read more
Arctic Orienteering Club Board Meeting: Wed, April 1st, 2015, 7-9 pm Meeting called to order at 7:10 pm. Members present: Trond Jensen, Joyce Goodell, Lexi Hill, Chris Tomsen, Kathy Farnyiarz, Regan Sarwas, Art Harman, Lia Keller, Della Grey, Mike Robinson, Dan Billman, Anne Billman, Ian Moore Financial overview, Dan Billman: Club has $1500 in checking, … Read more
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Earthquake Park There were over 150 competitors, including several dozen first time orienteers, on the 5 traditional orienteering courses prepared at Earthquake Park. The ground was dry, the brush was thin, and the mosquitoes were non-existent providing excellent orienteering opportunities. The excitement for the evening was provided by a new born … Read more
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Mirror Lake Middle School There was good competition on all five courses at Wednesday’s orienteering meet at Mirror Lake Middle School on Eklutna, Inc. land. Cory Smith, Eric Follett, and David and Diana Evans won the Expert, Expert-Short, and Intermediate Courses, respectively. 69 people started courses, and 63 finished. Thanks to … Read more
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Kincaid Park Over 40 participants enjoyed this Score-O style meet, starting from the Kincaid Chalet. They used the same course that approximately 900 Anchorage School District students used earlier in the day. Steve Gruhn had the highest point total of the day, scoring 880 out of a possible 1160. Thanks to … Read more
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Alaska Pacific University The first Orienteering meet of the season was held at APU Wednesday, April 29. 76 people showed up to participate in Joyce & Kathy’s Spring O. A short introduction to Orienteering training was held before the meet by Anne Billman and Jill & Eric Follett. The overall points … Read more
Dear Orienteering Friends, Orienteering is one of the best ways to enjoy what Alaska has to offer in the summer and we invite you and your friends to come out and orienteer. How? Bring-a-Buddy – bring your friends to orienteering. The best way to get started with orienteering is to go with a friend. We … Read more