RECAP Hazel Barton and Fred Mailey reporting: Wow! The Weather was great! Nice and cool weather for the event. Good turnout for the Classic Courses in North Chagrin Reservation, part of the Cleveland Metropark System. All the courses gave the participants a great tour of the parks wonderful facilities including the Nature Center, Sanctuary Marsh, […]
RECAP Kathy Jo Rufener and Fred Mailey reporting: Beautiful Weather for Orienteering We had great weather and a solid turnout at the Brecksville Reservation Meadows Picnic area in the northern part of this wonderful Cleveland Metropark. Classic cross country courses were available for all levels of skill. White for beginners through Red for our advanced […]
RECAP Sanae Rogers, Event Director for the day, reports: Who could’ve asked for a better day to have our annual Canoe-O? The temperature was in comfortable low 80’s, partly cloudy (which gave us nice shade), no rain and no worries about incremental weather. Perfect weather for 2.5 hours of on the water and land. We […]
While temperatures were in the low to mid 80’s under a mostly sunny sky, a westerly breeze along with the mostly shaded courses, and made for a delightful day of orienteering at the Oak Hill trailhead.
Preliminary Results – Score Course – Full Recap to follow shortly.
With rain in the forecast, but no clouds in sight in the early morning, we prepared fun, but challenging courses on the Kenston Campus and surrounding woods. All courses included a mix of both traditional “in the woods” orienteering, with sprint elements on the open campus.
Preliminary results from Sippo Lake on May 14, 2017.
Join us for the third time at the beautiful Kenston Campus to run (or walk) classic+sprint courses. The Kenston Campus features a gently sloping terrain, and a nice mix of woods, open campus, grass covered areas, landscaped features, and a full array of buildings, a sports stadium, baseball fields, and more. You get to see all of it on any of the courses.
NEOOC Club Members Ivan Redinger and Andreas Johansson helped organize an orienteering event for Boy Scouts during a weekend event at Camp Tuscazoar. Andreas designed a WHITE (beginner) course around the camp (see below), and Ivan ran logistics handling troop registration, etc. In total, about 60 individuals attended, and successfully completed the course. Some basic instructions were given about map alignment, compass use, and a refresher on map colors before each group departed.
Five club members from NEOOC travelled to Indianapolis and surrounding areas to represent at the Flying Pig XXI, hosted by OCIN (Orienteering Cincinnati) on the weekend of April 7-9, 2017. Bob Boltz, Fred Mailey, KJ Rufener, Todd Pownell, and Andreas Johansson ran various distances and events throughout the weekend, and took home a few medals.