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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION

Vol. 20 No. 3 FALL 1992 ISSN 0227-6658

CONTENTS The question of "does anyone read the newsletter?' is a '0' Magazine & Association Newsletters . . . 1 common one. Most editors are volunteers who have the President's Niche ...... — . . . . . 2 task of trying to solicit items, articles, meet schedules etc. Le Mot du President ...... , ...... 2 from a number of people in order to provide the members Where are the Juniors? .. 3 with information. Multiply this process by the number of Squad Selection Meet Process 4 issues published each year and you will soon see that most IOF Congress Hi-Lites 4 0 newsletter editors put in as much time as many meet 1992 Canadian Championships 5 directors, course planners etc. yet receive very little recogni- COP Board Meeting Hi-Liter 6 tion for their contribution except when the newsletter goes Major Events Fixture List 6 out late, resulting in some members not being aware of a 1992 COC Individual Results _ _ • . . . , . 7 schedule change. 1992 COC Relay Results . . . , ...... — 9 National Squad News . . ...... 10 Members of the two Ottawa area clubs receive copies of COF Drops . . — „ . . — . . ... . 12 as part of their COP membership. Orienteering and the Olympics 13 They also receive 4 issues of ORIENTEERING NORTH Items Available from COF 15 AMERICA as part of their Ontario Association membership. 1992 $ass Peepre> National Junior Camp . 16 In addition they receive CAPITAL 0 NEWS a newsletter COF Addresses ...... , ...... — . . , . 16 produced jointly by the two local clubs. By far the CAPITAL 0 NEWS is the one read by most. It provides schedules and information on local meets/activities and as ACTIVE LIVING QUESTIONNAIRE ENCLOSED the majority of members do not travel to out-of-town meets The Active Living and Environment Program (ALEP) is a it provides them with the info they need. rapidly growing branch of Fitness and Amateur Sport that has the entire population of Canada as their target. The other two publications receive scant attention, This is apparent by the number of requests from club members for One of their main thrusts is in the area of environment and entry forms or details on Championships and major U.S. how it is used. Orienteering as a user of the outdoors is competitions. The requested info was included in the an activity that can benefit from and also be of benefit to magazines. When advised of this, the answer is usually ALEP The questionnaire will be of great assistance to "Oh, I guess I just looked briefly at the magazine and didn't ALEP and we encourage members to complete and return see the form." (or meet flyer or specific article etc.) the questionnaire. This is extremely frustrating to the volunteer editor and leads to the association editor to comment, It is nice to ORIENTEERING MAGAZINE know someone reads the newsletter.' AND ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTERS A recent issue of an association newsletter contained an The next time you receive your association/club newsletter error that affected only a few competitors. The National give a thought to the time and effort that has gone into Office forwarded a note to the editor to bring the error to production and distribution_ Perhaps at the next meet tell his attention. In the next issue the editor mentioned the the editor that their effort is appreciated, provided that you correction and the fact that "it is nice to know that have read this issue of ORIENTEERING CANADA and this someone reads our newsletter.' article. PRESIDENT'S NICHE by Jack Forsyth Summer is supposed to be vacation time for those in the Another key decision was to eliminate 'regions'. Regions teaching profession. Tell that to my wife. My 1992 have not proven to be effective. E.g. the Pacific Region summer schedule went like this: Closed down the school covers a vast area - Japan, China, Malaysia, Australia and at the end of June; attended the IOF Congress in Switzer- New Zealand. The Australian Council member can have land July 3 - 13. From then until August 6 every day was little input or communication with Japan or China. A spent in COC preparation: final map checks, checking, similar situation existed in the American region. The hanging controls, putting out water, printing maps. After English speaking U.S. Council Member cannot provide the the event: clearing up area, results, etc. Then off to Ottawa communication necessary to the many different language for a Directors' Meeting followed by a trip to the Western speaking nations in South America. Canadian Championships. Then guess what! - time to start At the COF Directors' Meeting in August we discussed the the new school year. Oh well, there is always next summer. Federal Government's Task Force Report, The Way Ahead' The 1OF Congress was my 3rd and again, I was impressed and the implications it could have on sport in this country with how much business is conducted in a short period of and specifically on Orienteering. Rather than wait, the time. I was also impressed with the willingness of member Board decided to take a hard look at our existing structure nations to accommodate changes that had significant and method of operation. Various options were discussed ramifications to themselves. E.g. the motion to discontinue and over the next period of time several alternatives will be German as one of the two official [OF languages. The researched with a view of implementation. rationale being that most nations can understand and speak In late October I will be attending a Sport Forum III where English. Using only English will result in significant cost- the main topic will centre around "The Way Ahead". saving translations of minutes/10F publications. It took only 5 minutes for the German speaking nations to agree It was nice to see so many of you in for the 1992 that the motion was in the best interest of orienteering. COCs and also to see many B.C. and friends at the Western Canadians in Alberta. The breakup of the Soviet Union resulted in a number of new member nations applying for membership bringing the number of IOF countries to 41. LE MOT DU PRESIDENT par Jack Forsyth L'ete est soi-disant une periode de repos pour les enseig- l'anglais resulterait en une aconornie importante en matiare nants. Parlez-en a mon spouse! Mon horaire estival fut de traduction des procas-verbaux, des livrets de raglements, comme suit cet ate : ferrneture des ecoles a la fin de juin; des diverses publications de la FICO. 11 n'a fallu que cinq congres de la Federation internationale de course d'orienta- minutes aux pays dont l'usage de la langue allemande est don (FICO) en Suisse, du 3 au 13 juillet; ensuite, du 14 predominant pour convenir que cette motion servait les juillet au 6 aoat, preparation quotidienne du championnat meilleurs intarets de la course d'orientation. canadien de course &orientation (CCCO), c'est-a-dire reviser pour une derniere fois la carte topographique, tout verifier, La dissolution de l'Union sovietique a results en une forte suspendre les ecriteaux ternoins, preparer les postes d'eau, augmentation des demandes d'adhesion, portant ainsi le imprimer les cartes. Puis, apres le championnat, nettoyer, nombre de pays membres de la FICO a 41. compiler les resultats, etc. Ensuite, une reunion du conseil L'elimination des anions. a consists en une autre decision d'administration a Ottawa, suivie d'un sejour dans l'ouest importante qui a ate prise au cours du congas. L'identifi- canadien a l'occasion du championnat de l'ouest du Canada. cation de regions n'a pas connu le succas escompte. Par Puis, une nouvelle annee academique qui debute! Eh quoit exemple, la region du Pacifique couvre une vaste atendue 11 y a toujours Fete prochain! : le Japon, la Chine, la Malaisie, l'Australie et la Nouvelle- J'ai assists a mon troisierne congres de la FICO et j'ai ate, Zelande. Un membre du Conseil australien a peu a dire ou une fois de plus, medusa par la grande quantity de travail n'etablit presque pas de relation avec le Japon ou la Chine. abattue dans une periode de temps relativement courte. Une situation analogue prevalait dans la region des Ameri- J'ai aussi eta vivement impressionne par la bonne volont6 ques. Un membre du Conseil amaricain dont la langue montree par les pays membres concemant des changements d'origine est l'anglais ne peut pas entretenir de communica- proposes dont les ramifications otaient importantes pour tion efficace avec les nombreux pays de l'Amerique du Sud eux. Par exemple, la motion a l'effet de discontinuer dont les langues officielles sont autres que l'anglais. l'allemand comme rune des deux langues officielles de la Lors de la reunion du conseil d'administration qui a eu lieu FICO. La justification etait qu'on parle et qu'on comprend au mois d'aoat, nous avons discuto du rapport depose par l'anglais dans la plupart des pays. N'avoir recours qu'a (suite a la page 3)

2 WHERE ARE THE JUNIOR ORIENTEERS? LACK OF JUNIOR ORIENTEERS - A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM by Cohn Kirk

Orienteering has a serious problem in attracting and Every year more and more schools (elementary & secon- retaining juniors, particularly those in the late teens. There dary) are introducing orienteering. Many school yard maps were no entrants in the D19-20 category in this year's COC are prepared every year; however, only a very small and only 4 in the D17-18 class. In total there were only 52 percentage of school groups ever attend an '0" meet. in the junior categories D/H12 through D/H 19-20. Orienteering clubs, meet organizers receive virtually no benefit from the thousands of pupils who participate in This lack of juniors is not unique to Canada. Most major school programs U.S. meets have even fewer junior age competitors than we have. The July issue of COMPASSPORT contains an article on orienteering in the schools. One particularly large school At the 1992 IOF Congress, Magne Hagen, Chairman of the meet is the City of Glasgow Primary School Championship Norwegian 0. Federation said that the most serious problem with around 3000 participants. The event has been the Norwegian Federation had was the sharp decrease in organized for 9 years. There are no winners or trophies the number of juniors during the past 10 years. Their with the philosophy being that everyone is a winner. membership statistics showed a 20% decrease in juniors Because a large number of participants are inexperienced and a 20% increase in age 35+. Their membership is an and unable to orienteer "properly", it is pointless to place ageing one which, unless the trend is reversed, will result emphasis on using new or difficult areas. The event is held in orienteering being known as an "old folks" pastime. each year at the same location - The Glasgow Zoo Park and by all accounts is extremely successful. Mr. Hagen had no magic solution, just a great deal of concern. He cited the following as major obstacles: The main organizer of the Glasgow School Championships who regularly competes in "0" events remarks that 1 find a. Orienteering is a non-Olympic sport and young people it ironic that at the Scottish Championships there were a relate to Olympic heros. total of 35 competitors in the H/D 10 and 11. There is b. Orienteering receives very little media attention and definitely a problem with our sport as it has so much to juniors want to be associated with activities that receive offer but most clubs are really not at all interested." attention. He gave examples of major "0" meets with large numbers of participants, held dose to large cities The challenge for orienteering clubs/associations is to find and yet unable to obtain any media coverage or a way to bridge the gap and get the school groups more interest. involved with the location "0' activities. c. Lack of major sponsors to provide support or promotion for promising young athletes or National Teams. LE MOT DU PRESIDENT d. Orienteering is not socially attractive to young adults. (suite de to page 2) i.e. it is a "no-name" sport as it isn't in the Olympics or le Groupe de travail du Ministre du gouvernement federal seen on television, so why bother with it. .Le sport : un pas d'avance. et de sa portoe stir le sport en All of the above apply to Canada and the U.S. Most juniors general au Canada et sur la course d'orientation en par- are introduced to orienteering through their parents and ticulier. Nitta que d'attendre, le conseil a decide d'examin- many leave when they move out from under the parental er avec soin notre structure acruelle et noire mode de umbrella. The parental attachment may actually be one of fonctionnement. Les discussions ant porte sur les choix qui the problems. s'offrent, et nous allons identifier dans un proche avenir les moyens dont nous disposons pour mettre en oeuvre les The June/July issue of the British 0. magazine contained a solutions possibles. two-part article on junior orienteers, "Calling All Young Vers la fin d'octobre, j'assisterai au 3' debat sur le sport au Orienteers!" and asked the question, "Are Junior Orienteers cours duquel .Le sport : un pas d'avance. sera le sujet An Endangered Species?" principal et fere !'objet d'une analyse.

Problems identified included: not enough social activity at J'ai eta tres heureux de rencontrer plusieurs d'entre vous au meets to interest juniors; cost of travel, entry fees, time etc. Manitoba a !'occasion du CCCO de 1992, et aussi de for a relatively short time spent in the woods. discuter avec de nombreux amis de la Colombie•kitarmique et de !'Alberta lors du championnat de rouest du Canada Most of the concerns are related with organized orienteer- qui s'est deroule en Alberta. ing. Orienteering in the schools is thriving and expanding. 3

L SQUAD SELECTION MEET PROCESS

Some members have asked how meets are named for Squad sanction were received from the organizers of the Western Selection purposes. The following summarizes the process. or Eastern Canadian Championships. 1. Only meets that have applied for and received sanction NOTE: it is not mandatory for organizers to request/receive from the COF are considered for Selection purposes. sanction. In recent years several Ontario, , Eastern, 2. The Canadian and North American Championships are Western Championship organizers have not requested always named as Selection meets. The North Americans are sanction and the meets were not used for Selection pur- held every 2nd year and alternate between Canada and U.S. poses. 3. The VP National Teams reviews the meets that have 5. Two U.S. meets were included in the process in order to received sanction to decide which ones to use for Squad provide additional opportunities for athletes. A. World Cup Selection. Sanction of an event does not mean that the #8/Troll Cup in New Hampshire. All of our National Elite, meet will be used for Selection. Factors considered include: Development, Talent Squad athletes were invited to attend Is it a new area/map? If an old map, how many meets have both World Cup competitions and a 1993 WOC training been held on it? The type of terrain: does it represent a camp. B. The U.S. Inter-Collegiate Championship in New good technical challenge or is it an area with a multitude York State in May. This was included in order to provide of trails that places emphasis on running rather than '0' a Spring competition (most major meets are in the Fall and skills. a Spring meet was considered to be important). 4. Consideration is given to which meets most top-level orienteers are likely to attend. e.g. In 1990 the only meets AN IDEAL SELECTION MEET SCHEDULE COULD INCLUDE: used for Selection were the 5-day APOC i.e. the COC, the The Canadian Championships; The North American Champ- NAOC and the Asia Pacific Championships. In 1994 the ionships plus three Regional Championships - Eastern, COC and NAOC will be part of a Great Lakes "0" Festival. Western and the Ontario/Quebec Championships. In a It may be that only these events will be used. North American Championship year this would give a The process used in deciding the 1992 Selection Meets was: possible 10 days of competition with 4 being a minimum (1) The COC and North American Championships were requirement. In a non-North American Championship year - automatic. 8 days of competition. (2) Only two meets had applied for sanction by the re- The requirement for sanction approval and the situation quested date: A. The Ontario Championships/World Cup regarding the map, number of meets held in the area etc. #7; and B. An Ontario "A" Meet. The Ontario Champion- would still be the determining factor. ships/World Cup event was selected. No requests for

IOF CONGRESS HI-CITES 1. Eleven New Member Federations Approved: These are: and the WOC would make a fitting anniversary. Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Slovenia, China, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, The Netherlands, South Africa, Malaysia (associate member). 4. IOF Regions Discontinued: The regional structure has proven ineffective due to differences in language, distance Five of these are due to the break-up of the Soviet Union. between nations within regions (particularly in the Asia One nation, the Philippines, was expelled due to non- Pacific region) and the cost factor. payment of fees. Yugoslavia was suspended due to the current problems in that country. 5. Changes in Election of Council Members: Discontinuance of regions meant a change in Council representation. Each 2. IOF Moves to English Only: German has been discon- region had one representative on Council. In order to tinued as an official language. At present all IOF minutes/- protect the interests of nations outside of the European publications are prepared in English and German. The block, it was agreed "Two Council members be non- Congress is conducted with translation in both languages. European as long as at least two candidates nominated.' The decision to discontinue German was based upon costs. 6. Heinz Tschudin Re-Elected IOF President Mr. Tschudin Savings in printing and translation are very significant. (Switzerland) was re-elected for a third 2-year term. He 3. 1997 World Championships Awarded to Norway: 1997 said this will be his last term. was Scandinavia's turn to organize the WOC. Norway was Three Vice Presidents were elected: Sue Harvey - U.K.; selected. The 1st "0" event in Norway was held in 1897 Hugh Cameron - Australia; Ake Jacobson - Sweden.

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1992 CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Déjà Vu in Manitoba by Colin Kirk

Returning to the Sandhill region of South Western Mani- The p/H 12 and DifH 14. Winners came from four toba provided a feeling of comfort to those who had different provinces. D12 Lise Lundgard-; H1.2 Graham attended previous COCs in the region in 1982 and 1988. St. Laurent-; D14 Michelle Donaldson-

Sort of like "Old Home Week". Ontario; 1-114-Timothy Edmunds - Alberta.

The orienteers knew what to expect - good visibility, good The overall number of 1st place winners by province was: weather, good rum-lability, well organized, friendly atmos- phere, BUT technically difficult, very tough to relocate, a Ontario 9 premium on concentration and careful map reading. Alberta 4 New Brunswick 3 Few competitors were disappointed. Those who had not 2 previously orienteered in Manitoba and who did not Yukon 1 participate in the pre-COC meets were at a disadvantage Manitoba 1 and found it both a learning and frustrating experience but 1 enjoyed themselves none-the-less. Newfoundland 1

The weather was perfect; bright and sunny with tempera- The smallest winning margin of time was in the I-150 tures not nearly as high as in the two previous COCs held category with Jim Waddington beating out HU clubmate there. Even the infamous poison ivy cooperated with not Jack Lee by 8 seconds over 2 days. Other close margins nearly as many complaints being heard about acres of the were in H45 with Paul Golightly winning by 26 seconds waist-high dreaded weed. In part that may be due to the over Hans Tammemagi. absence of some of the worst sufferers of the rash - John Charlow, Earle Phillips, Malcolm Adams and spouses - all Ted de St Croix's Amazing Streak Continues in Men's Elite: regular COC competitors were conspicuous through their For the 19th consecutive year Ted de St. Croix finished in absence. Actually the number of competitors was con- the top 3 in I-121 and for the 15th time winning the gold siderably less than normal. Was it because of the poison medal. Ted held a narrow 16 second lead over Ross ivy? Or are orienteers starting to plan summer vacations Burnett after Day 1 but increased his margin to 5 1/2 that do not centre around the COC week? Another minutes after Day 2. Brian Graham, 3rd after Day 1, question: Why do so few U.S. orienteers make the effort moved into 2nd place on Day 2 with Ross taking 3rd place to attend Canadian events; while large numbers of and defending champion, Mark Adams, in 4th. Ted had Canadians regularly attend U.S. meets? There were more the fastest time both days - 16 seconds faster than Burnett Manitobans who made the trip to a 2-day meet in St. Louis on Day 1 and 14 seconds faster than Graham on Day 2, this Spring than the total number of U.S. orienteers who but his legendary consistency over 2 days gave him a attended the COC. Whatever the reason, the ones who did comfortable margin of victory. not attend missed an excellent week of orienteering with the main event being almost flawless. Pam James Wins Her Second D21 Tide in Manitoba: Nova Scotia's Pam James probably wishes the COCs were held in The Finish Area was, in my opinion, the "best ever" for the Manitoba every year. In the 1982 COCs at Hartney, she

Championship - two large open fields. The first field was won the D17-18 tide then in 1988 captured her 1st D21 a newly cut hayfield that provided spectators a complete win at Spirit Sands and now wins her second title, again view of the runners from the last control right to the Finish in Hartney. Six time winner and defending champion, line. The second adjacent field was the Parking Area. The Magali Robert finished 2nd with Pippa McNeil taking 3rd Start Areas were only a few minutes away. The local 4H place - the same 3 medal winners as 1991 but in different Club operated a snack bar in the parking field. The freshly order (last year it was Magali, Pippa, Pam). Pam and cut hayfield and surrounding fields and forest gave a Magali each had one good day and one day not so good, pastoral look to the scene, very reminiscent of many with Pam's good day being better than Magali's and giving Scandinavian events. her a winning margin of 2.17.

A complete set of COC Individual and COC Relay Results A German woman, Margit Breckle, actually finished ahead is included in this magazine. of Pam but was ineligible to win a Canadian title. Margit has been a member of the German junior team for several Some of the more noteworthy performances include: years_ She spent the summer in North America and 5 1992 Canadian Championship' s (continued) contingent of New Brunswick orienteers in Manitoba who attended the COC to meet and compete against old junior- were actively promoting next year's event. The Champion- rivals, Nina Waddington, Alison Skinner and Pippa McNeil. ships will be held in late August and the New Brunswick Margit enjoyed the Manitoba terrain very much - she liked location may make it more attractive for U.S. orienteers to the good =nobility and the emphasis on map reading and attend. technical skills. In closing, a tip of the hat to the 1992 organizers. The So another Canadian Championship goes into the records Flartney Gougers O.C. may be small in numbers but they and it is now time to start looking forward to the 1993 organize major events as well as any big club in our COG in Fundy Park in New Brunswick. There was a strong country.

COF BOARD MEETING HI-LITES Board of Directors Meeting. Ottawa, August 22-23, 1992

1. The Government Task Force Report The Way Ahead' 5. COF Financial Needs. Funds needed to support COF and its ramifications on sport in general and orienteering office, Board Meetings etc. in particular was discussed. COF President and Executive 6. 1992 AGM Agenda will include 3 workshops: Director will attend a 3-day Sport Forum III which will have "The Way Ahead" as a major discussion topic. a. COF Re-structure 2. The COF 'Technical Bulletin" and the "Canadian 0. b. Working Towards Self-Sufficiency Coach" newsletters are published twice annually. Some c. Finances Needed associations take subscriptions for each club. 7. Updated COF Policy Manual, Constitution, Long Range 3. Freda Wales Challenge Award. A new calculation Plan have been distributed to Associations. formula has been developed. Details will be published in 8. Short Distance or Relays at COCs - the host association the next issue of ORIENTEERING CANADA. has option. It was decided that organizers of the COC will 4. Board Proposals for 1992 AGM Agenda: have the option of offering either a Relay or a Short a. Liability Insurance Distance Championship. b. Revisions to age categories c. COF Re-structure Discussion 9. Pat and Dick de St. Croix have been contracted by ONB d. COF Towards Self Sufficiency to prepare the 1993 Individual COC map. e. Bids to organize 1995 COC

1992 MAJOR EVENTS SCHEDULE DATE EVENT LOCATION CONTACT TELEPHONE

Oct. 3-4 World Cup #7 & Ontario Bowmanville, Ontario Henry Lam, 00I 416-495-4160 Championships (Ganaraska) Oct. 4 Manitoba Championships Sidney, Manitoba Dave Holder 204-488-3751 Oct. 10-11 World Cup #8 & "0" Fest Nottingham, New Hampshire Valerie Murray 508-877-8513 Oct. 10-11 British Columbia Champs. Victoria, B.C. Sandra Kerr 604-721-5759 Oct. 25 HICF "A" Meet Dundas Valley, Ont. Earle Phillips 416-383-1872 Oct. 31-Nov. 1 U.S. Championships Pottstown, Pennsylvania Tim Walsh 215-446-3255

Nov. 7-8 North American Champs. Quantico, Virginia

6 1992 CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HARTNEY, MANITOBA OFFICIAL RESULTS UST (asterisked names* are not eligible far (anacrian Championship Awards)

CLASS D12 COURSE 1 DAY I DAY 2 TOTAL CLASS D55 COURSE 3 DAY 1 DAY 2 TOTAL 2.8km 2.8km 4.8km 4.3km Lundaard, Lise YOA 25.31 24.43 50.14 1 de St. Croix, Pat 00C 89.43 81.54 171.37 2 Critchley, Claire EOOC 25.13 34.33 59.46 2 De Pass, Julie HET 127.30 65.53 193.23 3 Smith, Heather FFALC 24.20 43.02 67.22 3 Rab, Shirley LGO 147.54 92.52 240.46 4 Fox, Lee-Anne VN 35.01 37.05 72.06 5 Smith, Victoria FFALC 29.27 44.44 74.11 CLASS H16 COURSE 3 4.810a 4.3km 6 Prime, Julia FAY 28.58 48.10 77.08 1 Smith, Michael FFAL 51.36 31.42 83.18 2 Donaldson, David HIT 52.14 40.08 92.22 CLASS 1112 COURSE 1 2.8km 2.81m) 3 Lee, Tim HGOC 64.50 42.47 107.37 1 St. Laurent, Graham FFOX 20.57 25.18 46.15 4 Mahoney, Doug FFAL 68.18 47.53 116.11 2 Pugh, Trevor GVOC 30.22 29.23 59.45 5 Morrison, Jeremy HGOC 62.12 78.48 141.00 3 Golighdy, John LAU 36.39 42.06 78.45 6 Peters, Chris CdeB 113.46 114.53 228.39 Smith, Michael FCO 48.44 DNF Kerr, Michael VICTO DNF 95.16 Prime, Adam FAY 84.37 DNF CLASS WAYFARE BCOURSE I 2.8km 2.8km 1 Pugh, Steven GVOC 63.37 72.11 135.48 CLASS H OPEN COURSE 3 4.8km 4.3km 1 Pugh, Kevin GVOC 66.37 69.11 135.48 Hoglund, Olav EDOC 74.16 DNS Phillips, Henry CdeB DNS 191.29 CLASS D14 COURSE 2 3.3km 3.91as 1 Donaldson, Michelle EIKF 53.49 4820 102.09 CLASS H 60 COME 3 4.81m 4.3km 2 Viddal, Kristin EOOC 47.35 56.35 104.10 *1Smith, Al SLOC 49.59 40.50 90.49 3 Hoglund, Mikaela EOOC 47.19 60.46 108.05 2 Scott, Don EOOC 61.59 51.59 113.58 Ouoson, Heather MNOC 85.46 88.48 174.34 3 de St. Croix, Dick OOC 68.18 57.47 126.05 4 De Pass, Neville EWE 107.11 77.03 184.14 CLASS D Open COURSE 2 3.3km 3.9km 5 MacGonad', Michael LGO 106.28 92.21 198.49 1 St. Laurent, Barbara FFOX 61.54 61.54 123.08 2 Sidney, Irene LAU 76/7 91.36 168.03 CIASS 1)45 COURSE 4 4.6ko 4.4km 3 Pugh, Pat GVOC 98.21 10322 201.43 I Watts, Lois CdeE 58.40 5236 111.36 4 Murphy, Nadine EOOC 86.45 123.33 210.18 2 Rankin, Gloria OOC 64.59 52.55 117.14 3 Sidney, Lynda LAU 65.40 58.57 124.37 CLASS 1114 (PURSE 2 3.3km 3.9km 4 Loewen, Marion CdeB 6923 81.47 152.10 1 Edmunds, Timothy EOOC 26.13 33.14 59.27 5 Mahoney, Anne FFAL 79.51 71.38 15129 2 Mahoney, Jeff FFAL 33.04 34.01 67.05 6 Phillips, Caroline LGO 87.24 92.46 180.10 3 Wheeler, Brent FCO 37.13 37.26 74.39 7 Vyse, Frances SAGE 116.44 100.45 217.29 4 Smith, Jonathon FFAL 33.05 42.03 75.08 8 Prime, Nancy FAY 122.52 97.02 219.54 5 Tammamagi, Marty NIA 37.21 44.17 81.38 9 Edmunds, Marilyn EOOC 143.01 103.28 24629 6 Fox, Christopher VN 46.02 38.40 84.42 GoLightly, Ruth LAU 57.52 DNF 7 Hicks, Matthew HGOC 39.02 50.33 89.35 Klimstra, Gabrielle DNF 134.37 - 8 Lundgaard, Sven YOA 36.42 55.03 91.45 Hermanek, Svatava TOC DNF 113.28 9 French, Liam HKF 56.30 40.00 96.30 10 Martin, Bryce HGOC 39.20 60.19 99.39 CLASS D OPEN COURSE 4 4.6km 4Akm 11 Bishop, Doug FCO 42.16 63.58 106.14 1 DeVries, Mary-Ann EOOC 67.58 109.16 177.14 12 McBean, Ian CdeB 43.23 64.25 107.48 2 Cowling, Anne FWOC 91.44 92.28 184.12 13 Gallagher, Shawn FCO 58.19 57.30 115.49 3 Menzies, Eleanor CdeB 141.56 95.27 237.23 14 McLellan, Brodie FCO 53.17 72.03 125.20 15 Reichert, Clinton CdeB 63.11 73.44 136.55 CLASS D 50 COURSE 4 4.6km 441un 16 Kerr, Danny VICTO 81.51 135.11 217.02 1 Jensen, Irene LGO 60.57 74.00 134.57 2 Donald, Shirley KOC 81.36 69.18 150.54 CLASS H OPEN COURSE 2 33km 3.9km *3Berman, Sara Mae CSU 105.24 72.38 178.02 1 Peters, Bruce CdeB 79.29 82.09 161.38 *4Moore, Linda NISQ 120.04 79.53 199.57 5 Waddington, Sue MCP 122.12 88.24 210.36 CLASS WAYFARE ACOURSE 2 3.3km 3.9km 1 Wong, Peter EOOC 133.55 163.08 297.03 CLASS 1150 COURSE 4 4.6km 4.4km 1 Waddington, Jim H1CF 46.52 43-50 90.32 CLASS Dl6 COURSE 3 4.8km 4.3km 2 Lee, Jack ELICF 44.48 4.5.52 90.40 I Mahoney, Cherie FFAL 54.00 39.30 93.30 3 Bishop, Lloyd FCC? 47.15 54.41 101.56 2 Edmunds, Amanda EOOC 76.06 49.55 126.01 4 Viddal, Einar EOOC 68.56 60.26 129.22 3 Hoegberg, Karin TOC 75.39 50.55 126.34 5 Chroust, Rudolf TOC 78.33 66.26 144.59 *4 titan, 'line MNOC 116.48 101.50 218.38 6 Murphy, George EOOC 82.00 79.01 161.01 Donald, Scott KOC 55.42 DNF CLASS D OPEN COURSE 3 4.81m 4.31m 1 Pettit, Lois CdeB 96.19 66.02 162.21 CLASS 1155 COURSE 4 4.6km 4.4km 2 Reichert, Penny CdeB 9421 91.55 186.16 1 Kerr, Alex GVOC 44.04 39.50 83.54 3 Lundgaard, Els YOA 10420 131.16 235.36 2 French, Keith HICF 39.21 51.28 90.49 Hoegberg, Eva TOC DNF 96.24 3 Geddes, Jack TOC 45.20 49.11 94.31 Atchison, Cheryl EOOC DNF 112.52 - 4 Lamm, Andy 'roc 6128 44.22 105.50 Ottoson, Carol MNOC 150.14 DNF *5Bennan, Larry CSU 55.27 64.22 119.49 Ray, Cheryl TOC DNF DNF

7 1992 COC RESULTS (continued) CLASS 1140 ODURSE 6 (continued) DAY 1 DAY 2 LOYAL 106.52 242.06 CLASS 1155 continued DAY 1 DAY 2 TOTAL *13 Ottoson, Keith MNOC 135.14 GVOC DSQ 72.10 - *6 Moore, Carl NLSQ 59.48 61.00 120.48 Pugh, George 7 Traynor, Jim CVO 91.34 55.21 146.55 CLASS H OPEN COURSE 6 DAY 1 DAY 2 Tam 8 Coger, Carl VI= 110.15 59.46 170.01 6.8km 6.6km 1 DeVries, Tom EOOC 54.48 54.45 109.33 CLASS D18 COURSE 6.1km 5.7km 2 Brooks, Craig RUP 94.23 100.02 194.25 1 Traynor, Eileen CVO 73.23 66.59 140.22 3 Despartie, Guy AZI 132.44 95.22 228.06 2 Sidney, Rebecca LAU 79.41 80.27 160.08 4 Moyles, Michael STREAK 161.18 105.22 266.40 3 Hounsell, Jennifer HVP 97.39 165.00 262.39 Fisher, Gar VICTO DNF 114.42 Lewis, Tania HVP 113.45 DSO CLASS 11 OPEN COURSE 7 9.0km 9.23® 102.18 113.03 215.21 CLASS]) 40 COURSE 5 6.1km 5.7km 1 Wagner, Robert TOC 105.49 221.39 1 Cornish, Judy EOOC 73.42 67.23 141.05 2 Watson, Donald LGO 115.50 159.45 102.21 262.06 2 Stott, Winnie FAY 79.53 63.43 143.36 *30pssal, Alan SMOC 3 Gamey, Muriel NEEP 77.54 76.30 154.24 CLASS D 21 COURSE 7 9.0km 9.2km 4 Smith, Luella FFAL 112.21 106.57 219.18 *1Breckle, Margit BTG 80.16 82.23 162.39 5 Pommier, Shirley LAU 98.46 167.12 265.58 2 James, Pam HUS 75.44 8927 165.11 *6 Iitasi, Sherry MNOC 153.32 172.09 325.41 3 Robert, Magali LGO 88.35 78.53 167.28 Kerr, Sandy VICTO 169.10 DNF 4 McNeil, Philippa LGO 132.38 91.52 224.30 Donaldson, Anna HKF DNF 168.43 5 Skinner, Alison HVP 122.03 108.35 230.38 Ralston, Pam POC DNF DNF 6 Rab, Sue LGO 133.47 118.52 252.39 Waddington, Nina HKF DNF 87.46 CLASS D OPEN COURSE 5 6.1km 5.7km 9.0km 9.2km 1 Lee, Nancy HKF 95.32 95.33 191.05 CLASS H 20 COURSE 7 2 Sweetnam, Elizabeth OOC 109.33 82.44 192.17 1 Sidney, Ben LAU 76.35 62.28 139.03 3 Johnston, Barbara EOOC 142.04 118.56 261.00 2 Mahoney, David FFAL 73.23 71.18 144.41 4 Hogg, Mary-Lou EOOC 135.41 142.37 278.18 *3Lauenstein, Stefan 1130C 72.29 81.19 153.4.8 153.49 5. Moyles, Lynne STREAK 175.47 153.39 329.26 4 MacKenzie, Peter LBOC 89.28 64.21 Maclellan, Laura FCO DNF 126.40 S Pearson, Forest YOA 91.18 69.36 160.54 6 Dowell, Noel LBOC 83.00 79.13 162.13 CLASS H 45 COURSE 5 6.1km 5.7km 7 MeEwing, Michael FFOX 84.43 79.40 164.23 1 Golightly, Paul LAU 61.07 53.08 114.15 8 Swanson, Rob LGO 106.00 72.24 17824 2 Tammemagi, Hans NIA 56.21 58.20 114.41 9 Smith, Wil FFAL 111.08 80.00 191.08 3 Vyse, Alan SAGE 72.30 58.13 130.43 10Mahoney, Brian FFAL 99.13 119.01 218.14 4 Anderson, Bill OOC 78.14 58.46 137.00 11 Girouard, Tedd LBOC 131.48 88.53 220.01 *5 DeWeese, Charlie NEOC 86.33 54.56 14129 Pommier, Andrew LAU 96.56 DNF 6 Hoegberg, Brent TOC 84.31 65.23 149.54 CLASS H35 COUFISE 7 9.0km 9.2km 7 Atchison, Gary EOOC 92.52 87.00 179-52 1 Lowry, Ron HKF 63.14 71.56 135.10 8 Smith, Ecl FFAL 96.01 87.56 183.57 *2Bohle, Scott RMOC 89.54 81.25 171.19 9 Prime, George FAY 151.43 113.07 264.50 3 Ross, Donald TOC 78.56 93.47 172.03 10 Smith, Ted FCO 213.31 113.07 326.38 *4Menninger, Fritz KANSAS 111.07 93.34 204.41 S Byrne, Tony GVOC 109.26 101.54 21120 CLASS H OPEN COURSE 5 6.1km 5.7km 6 Menzies, Bill CdeB 113.15 118.17 231.32 1 Coco, Earl EOOC 130.18 133.44 264.02 7 Matthews, Philip 00C 142.07 9921 241.28 2 St. Laurent, Ray FFOX 135.10 181.54 317.04 Shahbarian, Charlie BRG 145.49 102.35 248.24 9 Pratt, Kim OOC 200.49 84.50 285.39 CLASS D35 COURSE 6 6.8km 6.6km Green, Mike HKF DNF DNS -- 1 Brandreth, Jane FWOC 74.05 72.07 146.12 Jones, Lyman wo DNF DNS 2 Pearson, Angela EOOC 85.44 89.10 174.54 3 Hamilton, Jennifer CdeB 119.07 131.05 250.12 CLASS H21 COURSE 8 11 .6km 122km 1 de St. Croix, Ted OOC 68.44 74.52 143.36 CLASS 1118 COURSE 6 6.8km 6.6km 2 Graham, Brian OOC 73.54 75.06 149.00 *1 Hoegberg, Johan TOC 62.59 50.56 113.15 3 Burnett, Ross YOA 69.00 83.04 152.04 2 Mayo, Mark HVP 60.52 68.23 129.15 4 Adams, Mark VIK 76.30 76.51 153.21 3 Geddes, Neil TOC 67.17 65.37 132.54 5 Astridge, Mark FWOC 80.40 87.49 168.29 4 Evans, Neil RICE 93.22 69.08 162.30 6 McMillan, Mark GVOC 85.30 87.37 173.07 5 Lundgaard, Bo YOA 93.36 71.38 165.14 7 Sidney, Ken LAU 88.43 94.38 183.21 6 French, Nevin HKF 105.07 77.43 182.50 8 Chubb, Bryan EOOC 86.46 97.14 184.00 9 Pardoe, Martin FWOC 92.53 91.48 184.41 CLASS H 40 COURSE 6 6.8km 6.61® 10 Birkinshaw, Julian FCO 99.18 91.13 190.31 1 Hunter, Gard OOC 54.54 51.20 106.14 11 Seligy, Chris LGO 86.55 103.47 190.42 2 13ayly, Don FWOC 57.56 58.05 116.0] *12 Meyer, Dirk 15V 82.11 114.17 196.28 3 Konotopetz, Larry CdeB 59.16 60.52 120.08 13 Fellows, Michael FFOX 96.44 99.46 196.30 4 Stott, Bill FAY 65.31 54.39 120.10 14 Pettit, Rich CdeB 109.12 94.33 203.45 5 Dowell, Doug EOOC 65.58 55.11 121.09 15 Unligil, Ulu LGO 113.43 109.35 223.18 6 Edmunds, Geraint EOOC 66.04 56.51 122.55 • 16 Cote, JJ. NEOC 105.42 138.47 244.29 7 Phillip, Alan VICTO 65.20 62.49 128.09 • 17 Minium, Michael OCIN 116.18 132.37 248.55 8 Fox, Charlie CdeB 70.50 74.17 145.07 18 Holder, Dave CdeB 12721 134.47 262.08 9 Connors, Patrick CdeB 74.39 70.48 145.27 19 Roe, Don CdeB 125.32 157.11 282.43 10 Grieve, Gerry GVOC 99.11 79.08 178.19 20 Beauchamp, Alan LGO 126.46 161.42 288.28 11 Donaldson, John HKF 97.10 91.22 188.32 Baker, James NEOC 127.50 DNF - 12 Chatwin, Stephen VICTO 113.51 81.55 195.06 8 1992 COC RELAY RESULTS

Hartney, Manitoba OPEN 14 COURSE 1 11.8km D 35 COURSE 2 2.8 km OPEN A COURSE 3 3.8 km No Name Runner Ela No. Name Runner Elapsed No Name Runner Time Time 116 Alberta A. Pearson 27.45 461 The '0" Craig Brooks 43.31 107 N.B. G. St. Laurent 12.08 216 Judy Cornish 61.03 561 Van Gar Fisher 86.29 207 Jeff Mahoney 2326 316 Jane Brandreth 85.44 661 Carl C.oge_r 128.48 307 Jonathon Smith 35.05 400 Manitoba Marion Lowell 28.32 121 Ottawa Ella. Sweetnam 35.53 463 Ont. Brodie MacLellan 12.10 500 Pat Lee 59.52 221 Marbles 3 Gloria Rankin 75.08 563 Shawn Gallagher 23.06 600 Lois Watts 86.04 321 P. de St. Croix 133.56 663 Brent Wheeler 37.32 124 Ontario Lynda Sidney 27.04 I-121 COURSE 4 4.2 km 136 HKF#2 Julia Prime 18.39 224 Sudberries Ruth Golightly 71.11 236 M. Donaldson 3522 324 Shirley Pommier 91.53 123 Ottawa Gord Hunter 27.41 336 Nevin French 4721 223 Ontario Brian Graham 49.56 108 New Anne Mahoney 31.00 323 T. de St. Croix 71.09 105 B.C. Trevor Pugh 25.51 208 Brunswick Barb St. Laurent 79.47 205 Chris Fox 4122 308 Luella Smith 112.35 117 Alberta Martin Pardoe 24.10 305 Danny Kerr 52.19 217 Mark Astridge 49.55 135 Ontario Julie De Pass 31.19 317 Bryan Chubb 7321 112 West Claire Critchley 23.20 235 Anna Donaldson 111.57 222 Mike Smith 41.12 335 Sue Waddington 17521 100 CdeB Don Roe 26.38 322 Lise Lundgaard 53.48 200 Manitoba Rich Pettit 52.55 1-120 COURSE 3 3.8 km 300 Dave Holder 82.36 COURSE 2 2.8 km OPEN B 115 Lost Boys Tedd Girouard 26.55 133 B.L.M. J. Birkinshaw 16.38 109 New Dave Mahoney 30.53 215 Noel Dowell 53.40 233 Nancy Lee 48.18 209 Brunswick Wil Smith 60.24 315 Peter MacKenzie 79.45 333 L MacLellan 77.51 309 S. Lauenstein 84.59

129 Nfld. Neil Evans 25.02 410 Gougers J. Morrison 25.29 131 Ontario Ben Sidney 24.06 229 Johan Hoegberg 53.39 510 Matthew Hicks 56.58 213 Open Rob Swanson 55.18 339 Mark Mayo 80.05 610 Tim Lee 80.41 313 Mike Minium 87.51

127 New Mike Smith 24.46 111 East/West Eileen Traynor 24.46 126 LGO Ulu Unligil 30.46 227 Brunswick Brian Mahoney 57.07 211 Jen. Hounsell 59.00 226 Donald Watson 81.06 337 Doug Mahoney 81.27 311 Cherie Mahoney 81.31 326 A. Beauchamp 113.40

101 Yukon Forest Pearson 24.20 409 Guy's Guy Despatie 27.41 1135 COURSE 3 3.8 km 201 Bo Lundgaard 56.02 509 Team Ted Smith 60.41 301 Sven Lundgaard 109.02 609 Guy's Bros. Guy 84.34 118 Alberta Doug Dowell 26.54 218 Geraint Edmunds 52.54 OPEN A COURSE 3 3.8 km 119 N.A.'s Larry Berman 24.52 318 Don Bayly 79.44 219 S.M. Berman 57.02 102 Ont../GermanyMargit Breckle 28.28 660 D. de St. Croix 87.27 202 Winnie Stott 64.56 125 Ontario Ken Sidney 24.11 302 Bill Stott 92.22 235 Paul Golighdy 56.39 119 Earl Coco 28.11 335 Ron Lowry 80.09 219 George Murphy 64.05 128 Ontario Karen Hoegberg 30.06 319 Garry Atchison 97.50 228 David Donaldson 62.48 138 Ontario Brent Hoegberg 2926 338 Nevin French 97.54 238 Don Ross 58.11 114 Edmonton Mary Lou Hogg 34.48 338 Jack Geddes 90.35 214 Pam Ralston 73.19 461 Alberta Don Scott 43.18 314 M.A. DeVries 110.09 561 Timothy Edmunds 76.48 122 OOCQue Phillip Matthews 28.18 661 Tom DeVries 106.44 222 Bill Anderson 57.17 113 Alberta Barbara Johnston 28.13 322 Kim Pratt 92.27 213 Amanda Edmunds 53.35 106 SAGE & Alan Vyse 27.01 313 Anne Cowling 111.16 206 SAND Francis Vyse 70.58 110 B.C. Victoria Alan Phillips 29.05 306 Tony Byrne 109.16 210 Jim Traynor 66.49 462 Manitoba Penny Reichert 56.16 310 Steve Chatwin 97.56 562 Jennifer Winter 105.51 132 Ontario Sue Rab 51.11 662 Bryce Martin 148.56 232 Pippa McNeil 81.59 104 B.C. Alex Kerr 27.24 332 Becky Sidney 114.00 204 Vancouver George Pugh 60.49 130 LGO & Shirley Rab 67.50 304 Gerry Grieve 98.44 230 CdeB Lois Pettit 124.42 103 Down East Pam James 28.04 330 C. Phillips 201.31 203 Ed Smith 65.15 137 Ontario Jim Waddington 29.58 303 Ray St. Laurent 125.32 237 Hamilton Keith French 69.27 337 Jack Lee 12429 139 Manitoba Jennifer Hamilton 61.40 239 Pat Connors 99.21 134 Ontario John Donaldson 30.11 339 Larry Konotopetz 127.40 234 Neville De Pass 81.37 334 M. MacConaill 132.33 9 NATIONAL SQUAD NEWS TEAMS SELECTED FOR WORLD CUP COMPETITIONS #7 AND #8 World Cup #7, Ganaraska, Ontario - October 3 MEN WOMEN

1. Mark Astridge Alberta 1. Jane Brandreth Alberta 2. Ross Burnett Yukon 2. Pam James Nova Scotia 3. Ted de St. Croix Ontario 3. Philippa McNeil Ontario 4. Dave Mahoney New Brunswick 4. Magali Robert Ontario 5. Brian May Newfoundland 5. Alison Skinner Newfoundland 6. Mike Waddington Ontario Alternate: Ben Sidney Ontario

World Cup #8, Nottingham, New Hampshire - October 10

MEN WOMEN 1. Mark Adams Quebec 2. Ross Burnett Yukon 1. Jane Brandreth Alberta 3. Ted de St. Croix Ontario 2. Pam James Nova Scotia 4. Brian Graham Ontario 3. Philippa McNeil Ontario 5. Ben Sidney Ontario 4. Alison Skinner Newfoundland 6. To be named after #7 5. To be named after World Cup #7. Alternates for #8 will be named after World Cup #7. 6. To be named after World Cup #7.

1993 W.O.C. TRAINING CAMP WORLD CUP COMPh.11TIONS #4. #5, #6 A REPORT- A 1993 World Championship Training Camp will be held Four members of our Elite Squad competed in these events October 5 - 8 in New York State. All National Teams through the assistance of the Department of National competing in World Cups 7 and 8 will participate in this Defence air passes from Ottawa to Lahr, Germany. The training camp. four athletes were: Pam James (Halifax), Brian May (Pasadena, Nfld.), Philippa McNeil and Brian Graham All members of our Elite, Talent and Development Squads (Ottawa). were invited to participate in the training camp plus the Ontario Championships, October 3 & 4 and the Troll Cup, From Lahr the group travelled by automobile to Hungary October 10 & 11. These two events are being held in for World Cup #4-Aug. 16; Vienna, Austria for #5-Aug. 20 conjunction with the World Cup competitions. and finally to Venice, Italy for #6-Aug. 23. After #6 Pam James and Brian May travelled to the south of France to Athletes named to the World Cup teams will attend the compete in a 3-day competition held in conjunction with Training Camp. Other Squad members who have confirmed the French Championships. Pam had travelled to Germany are: Michael Fellows (N.B.), Oivind Naess (N.S.), Rob directly after her victory in the Canadian Championships so Swanson (Ont.), Forest Pearson (Yukon). she had a 3-week feast of top level orienteering in 5 different countries. Several younger squad athletes are unable to accept due to school schedules. Four U.S. orienteers, Kristin Federer, Rick Oliver, Lans Taylor and Joe Brautigan also competed in the World Cups This will be the largest group of athletes ever to participate and with our four athletes gave a fairly strong North in a National Team Training Camp with the 9 days of American representation to the events. training and competition providing excellent preparation for the 1993 World Championships. The following summaries are based upon conversations. (continued on next page)

10 WORLD CUP COMPS iONS #4. #5. #6 The Men's race was won by an Austrian runner, Martin (continued from previous page) Brantner ahead of defending World Cup champion, likvard Tveite (NOR) and Martensson (SINE). Brian May was top World Cup #4 - Pecs, Hungary: The best competition of the North American in 54th with Brian Graham in 61st place. three. Good terrain, although steep and very physical, All three U.S. competitors DNF'd. In fact there were 12 to good maps and well organized. The accommodation 15 DNFs in both the Men's and Women's races. arranged by the organizer for our athletes was excellent and at a very reasonable price. First place in the Women's race went to Hanne Sandstad (NOR), Kristin Federer was top North American again in The Men's race was won by World Champion, Jorgen 34th place; Pam James was 45th and Philippa 59th. All Martensson-Sweden in 83:20. Brian May was top North 3 took over 2 hours to complete the course as did both American in 55th place. Brian Graham was 68th, Joe Brian. Brautigan 73rd, Rick Oliver 81st and Lans Taylor 84th. The course length was 15 km. There will be much controversy about this event as well on #5. How could the time be so much over the predicted The Women's race was won by former World Champion winning times? Why did the Controller not anticipate the Marita Skogum-Sweden in 66.58 with Yvette Hague-Britain problems and have the course shortened and made easier? 2nd, Ragnhild B. Andersen 3rd and Short Distance World The Scandinavians were very critical of the two World Cup Champion, Jana Cieslarova-Czechoslovakia in 4th place. events held in North America in 1990; it will be interesting Hague and Andersen were the two top racers and had been to read their comments on the Austrian and Italian events. DSQ's in the 1991 WOC for "poor punching". The North American contingent were in agreement that Kristin Federer was top North American in 39th position. there is no way that either World Cup #7 or #8 can avoid Pam James and Philippa McNeil were 63rd and 73rd being better organized and acceptable to the competitors respectively. The course length was 10.0 km. than the Italian meet.

World Cup #5 - Vienna, Austria-Aug. 16: This event was Our athletes agreed that the trip was very worthwhile; they listed as Short Distance but the winning times were slower gained a lot of experience in top level competition. They than the Classic Distance event in Hungary. The Women's know just how much hard work it will take to become course was 8 km and the Men's course 10 km and it was competitive with the top overseas competitors. However, generally agreed that the courses were 2 - 2.5 km too long. they know it can be done. The British runner, Yvette Hague is in 2nd place in the overall World Cup ranking First place in the Men's race went to Jozef Pollak (TCH) in after 5 events and the New Zealand runner, Alistair Landels 73.35. Brian Graham reversed the tables on Brian May in is in 10th position so with the necessary talent and a lot of this race finishing 42nd to the other Brian's 57th. Rick hard work it can be done. Oliver was 71st, Lans Taylor 75th and Joe Brautigan 80th. Although not earning points in any of the races, Brian Winner of the Women's Race was Gunilla Svard-SWE in a Graham and Brian May beat the U.S. runners in every race. time of 67.21. Marita Skogum-SWE finished 2nd in 68.21 This situation was reversed in the Women's races with with Maria Honzova-TCH, 3rd in 70.18. Kristin Federer Kristin Federer beating Pam and Philippa in all three races. was top North American in 32nd place and earning 4 Kristin has had several good results in World Cup events World Cup points. Pippa McNeil was 61st and Pam James this year earning points in 3 events. World cup #1 (3 was 65th out of 78 runners. pts.); #2 (2 pts.), #5 (4 pts.). Unfortunately, Kristin will be unable to compete in World Cups #7 and #8. She is

World Cup #6 - Northern Italy: Held near the town of studying for a Masters Degree at Leeds University in Montebelluno in the Dolomite Region. By all accounts this England and is unable to arrange her schedules. was a horror show. The area was extremely steep with a lot of fallen rocks and limestone outcrops. Much of the POINT LEADERS area was covered with dense, low underbrush making it AFTER FIVE WORLD CUP EVENTS difficult to see the rocks or to move quickly. To make WOMEN M4 matters worse the temperature was over 30°. 1. Manta Skogum SWE 175 1. Joakim IngeIsson SWE 147 2. Yvette Hague GBR 161 2. Keijo Parklcinen FIN 139 We have not received official results but the winning times 3. Jana Cieslarova TCH 158 3. Martin Johanson SWE 138 4. Annette Nilsson SWE 155 4. %Omar Valmad NOR 112 were around 100 minutes in both races as against the 5. Annika Zell SWE 151 5 Sixten Slid EST 109 forecasted low 70s. 6. Ragnhild Andersen NOR142 6. Vladimir Alexeev RUS 107

11 COF DROPS

1. Newest Member of the Yukon 0. Association Attends was also awaiting the birth of her 3rd child and told 1st 0. Meet Congratulations to Yukon 0. Association Magali that she would "page her when she went into the President, Ross Burnett and his wife Violet, on the Delivery Room". Susan has had her baby - a boy. No birth of their first child. The Burnerts are the proud news if Dr. Robert was present at the birth. parents of a daughter, Kerstin. Ross reported that Kerstin was having her "coming out party" at the 5. The organizers of the 1993 World Championships have Yukon Championships, Sept. 5-6 weekend in the come up with an innovative way to publicize next Wayfaring category. year's World Championships and also to introduce orienteering to many New York residents. 2. Sport Legends Compete in Major Scandinavian Meets: The 1992 Swedish 0-Ringen 5-Days had two inter- A Sprint 0 event will be organized in Central Park on nationally renowned athletes among the 20,000+ the afternoon of Oct. 7. The organizers have arranged competitors. for New York TV and radio stations to interview each A. Swiss Alpine Skiing superstar, Peter Mueller, who runner as they finish. The plan is to have as many as has competed in 0-Ringen before and who is a fairly possible of the World Cup competitors to take part in regular participant in Swiss 0. meets. this "promo" event.

B. ICipchoge Keino, the former World and Olympic 6. Smithsonian Magazine Publish Excellent Article on '0' 1: track star. Keino was the first of the great runners from The June issue of THE SMITHSONIAN published one Kenya who revolutionized middle and long distance of the better articles written about our sport. The running in the 1960s. Keino competed at 1500, 5000 author captured the spirit of orienteering extremely metres and the 3000 metres steeplechase and won gold well. Thanks to Nancy Craig () and Julie de medals in Olympic Games. Keino was invited to the 0- Pass (Silva Canada) who forwarded copies of the Ringen by current World 0. Champion, Jorgen Martens- publication. Both gave high praise to the piece. son.

C. Not to be outdone by their next door neighbours, the organizers of a major Norwegian competition came LYMAN JONES STARTS LONG DISTANCE 0 EVENT up with a superstar of their own - Bjorn Daehlie - winner of 3 gold medals in cross country skiing at the The COF Technical Director, Lyman Jones, was 1992 Albertville Winter Olympic Games. married on Saturday, September 5 to the former

Louise Berry. The wedding took place in Ottawa . Now if we could somehow convince Kerrin Lee Gartner, National Office Staff members, Lee Leger and Colin Silken Laumann or Mark Tewkesbury that they should Kirk attended the wedding as did the three Skinner turn their talents to Orienteering - well who knows? sisters from Newfoundland, Alison, Andrea and Sonya. 3. Blue Lake Coach on the Move: Derek Allison who was guest coach at this year's Blue Lake Clinic has been Among the congratulatory notes was a FAX received appointed Director of Coaching for the British Orien- in the COF Office from the Humber Valley 0. Club of teering Federation effective Oct. 1/92. Derek has been Pasadena, Newfoundland which read: employed for the past 7 years as Development Officer for the Scottish O. Assoc. Derek has been coach of the "Your wedding today is the start tri British Junior team for the past several years. He angle on the orienteering course that replaces Peter Palmer (also a former Blue Lake Clinic will last the rest of your life, The guest coach), who has retired. control locations are represented with the many highs and lows that occur 4. Champions Reunion in Vancouver Hospital: Magali through life. Unlike other 0 events, Robert, 6-time Canadian D21 Champion and a 2nd time is not essential. Wayfaring is place finisher this year started her career as a resident recommended." doctor in Vancouver's Shaughnessy Hospital in early July. While doing her rounds in her second week, Magali bumped into 4-time D21 winner, Susan Lowe- Wylde (nee Budge). Susan works at the hospital as .a physiotherapist in the Rehabilitation Centre. Susan

12 ORIENTEERING AND THE OLYMPICS by Heinz Tschudin, IOF President

1. IOF Congress Decisions - Liege 1982: a two - hour For the past 10-15 years the topic of orienteering being discussion led to the request to the Council to apply for included in the Olympic Games has generated much orienteering to be a demonstration sport in 1988 in Calgary discussion in 0 magazines, IOF Congresses, COF and Korea. Annual Meetings, etc. Being included in the Olympics is seen as the utopia that will end all of our problems. Maynooth 1984: after a further lengthy discussion the Orienteering would receive greatly increased media following position was agreed: "The IOF observes the coverage plus increased financial support from National international sporting situation and maintains good rela- Governments, Olympic Associations and Corporate tions with the international sports organizations. The IOF Sponsors. concentrates on the development of the sport and will only take the Olympic question up again when an apparently The following article by the 10F President; Heinz specially favourable set of circumstances arises. That Tschudin, appeared in the July 1992 issue of ORIEN- would be the case if, for example, a Finnish or a Swedish TEERING WORLD. We are printing this article so that town were allocated the Olympic Games." members are aware of the current Olympic situation relative to orienteering Ry 1986: Three motions were tabled concerning the introduction of ski-0 into the olympic programme. After the Council had reported on its previous formal application When will orienteering become an Olympic sport? The in respect to ski-O, all three motions were withdrawn. question keeps on being asked. Rightly so as both foot and ski orienteering are among the sports recognized by the Torbole 1988: The long-term plan "The IOF towards the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - ski-0 as a winter year 2000" lays down the introduction of orienteering into sport since 1949 and foot-0 as a summer sport since 1977. the Olympics as a long-term objective, to be attained by the first negotiations with the IOC on orienteering began small individual steps. back in 1944 even though the IOF itself was not es- tablished until 1961. 2. The 10Cs Conditions for Recognition • Winter games: 25 countries in 3 continents I have represented the 10F vis-a-vis the IOC since being • Summer games: 75 countries in 4 continents. (This was elected an IOF Vice President 10 years ago. In 1982 we 50 and 3 until 1992). tried to get ski-0 into the Calgary Winter Olympics as a In other words, before an application for inclusion in the demonstration sport. We held intensive negotiations with Olympics programme can even be examined, it must be the organizer, we printed an effective professionally- possible to demonstrate credibly that, for example, in the produced coloured brochure and lobbied strongly. In 1983 minimum number of member countries in three continents a three-man delegation travelled to Calgary, where the regular high-level national ski-0 championships take place President of the Canadian National Olympic Committee for both women and men. Only then is an application gave us active support. But we were brutally abandoned looked at in more detail by the IOC programme committee. at the last minute with the same arguments that had been A new sport is only admitted on the proposal of the clearly tabled at my very first contact: "How much money programme committee and must be approved by the IOC. will you bring in?" 3. Action by the IOF Council Where do we stand today? This article summarises the The Council has taken this question up at the majority of situation as regards: its meetings since 1982. It has followed up the Congress's • IOF Congress decisions decisions and, in particular, the possibility of getting • the IOC's conditions for recognition orienteering as a demonstration sport into the Games of • action by the 10F Council 1988 in Seoul and Calgary, 1992 in Barcelona and Al- • our applications for recognition bertville and 1994 in Lillehammer. No success has so far • the situation following the General Assembly of Interna- been achieved, and the IOC has now abandoned the tional Sports Federations (GAISF) congress "the Olympics concept of demonstration sports from 1992. Games and international sports federations" in Sydney in 1992 In 1985 there was a first exchange of letters between the • Lillehammer 1994 IOF and the IOC Presidents. • Nagano 1998 • further action 13 ORIENTEERING AND THE OLYMPICS (con's from all for their devoted efforts; unfortunately, these have not previous page) been successful.

I myself have had and still have regular contacts with the 7. Nagano 1998 IOC programme committee and with the two Swiss IOC The Council discussed the question at its spring meeting in members Raymond Gafner (replaced by Denis Oswald in Helsinki in the presence of ski-0 Committee Chairman 1992) and Marc Hodler, President of the International Ski Gunnar Jonsson. The Council took the view that the aim Federation and of the Olympic Winter Sports Federations. of getting into the olympic programme could be more A discussion was held with Swedish IOC executive member realistically envisaged for the year 2002 than for Nagano in Gunnar Ericsson on the occasion of the World Champion- 1998. There are many reasons for this: The IOC will very ships in Orienteering in Sweden 1989. A proposed meeting soon decide on the programme 1998, so there remains very with IOC President J.A. Samaranch in December 1989 fell little time for that year. We shall probably have the 25 through when Samaranch had to cancel at the last minute. nations this year already, but not the third continent. In addition, the evaluation procedure of the IOC programme Marc Hodler has a standing invitation to a Ski-0 World committee takes at least one year, if not years! Moreover, Championship or World Cup race. He could not, unfor- Nagano is on the other side of the world, and the 10F tunately, come to Pontarlier. There have been many other would have to make financial commitments which it would contacts also. be hard to justify in "value for money" terms.

4. Our Application for Recognition 8. Further Action In 1986 the Council sent a first formal application to the The Council adopted a basic paper at its meeting in IOC asking for ski-0 to be included int he programme of Tasmania. The Ski-0 Committee has proposed a draft the winter games. The answer came back two years later programme on that basis. This will be worked on and (after we had pressed for it!) and was negative. The presented to the Council at its meeting during the Con- reason: "...your application did not comply with the gress. standards laid down in the Olympic Charter..." (25 coun- tries in 3 continents). This should give us a clearly structured "road map" for the route into the Winter Olympics. We renewed the application in 1989. No reply has yet been received, but we know that if we insist it will be the And the Summer Games? In present circumstances with same as in 1988. the obvious tendency to a monster Games, this is clearly out of the question. But if the Games were to revert to 5. The Situation Following the 1991 GAISF Congress in something more modest, geographically spread, foot Sydney orienteering might have a chance. Thus, in accordance Lennart Levin has already given a detailed account of this with the Congress decision of Maynooth and the long term congress in ORIENTEERING WORLD 4/91 and recorded the plan, we shall closely follow the international sporting encouraging words of Marc Hodler in his address on the scene so as to be ready to act effectively if a specially future of the Winter Games referring to ski-0 as one of the favourable set of circumstances should arise. sports "waiting at the door".

After this address discussion with Marc Hodler threw some JUNIOR PARTICIPATION PROGRAM light on the situation, in that he made it quite clear that the recognition conditions must be strictly fulfilled. He Juniors who have recently sent in tally cards to earn added that once those conditions were met, the IOC badges in the program are: programme committee would apply further severe tests in its evaluation procedure, including: Jack Bates Vancouver Green - Is the sport popular with media appeal? Robyn Bates Vancouver Green - Are there clear signs of growing popularity? Graham Nishiwaka Orange - Have women and men both reached the same high level? Land Pearson Whitehorse Yellow - Is a youth development programme in place? Kevin Pugh Vancouver Red Trevor Pugh Vancouver Blue 6. Lillehammer 1994 David Roberts Calgary Green The Norwegian Orienteering Federation, its President Graham St. Laurent Fredericton Yellow & Orange Magne Hagen, the Swedish Ski Federation and the IOF have tried every way of getting into the Lillehamrner games with ski-0 at least as an exhibition sport. I am grateful to

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15 1992 SASS PEEPRE NATIONAL JUNIOR TRAINING CAMP

Twenty seven enthusiastic junior orienteers attended this and relocation techniques. These skills were emphasized in year's junior training camp held July 23-27, the week prior the daily training exercises. The juniors learned to navigate to the COC. relying on ridges and large hills/knolls/depressions and not to depend too much on the vegetation boundaries. The camp facilities were excellent: The Grand Haven hunting lodge about 15 km west of Hartney and in close The training paid off with 14 of the camp attendees proximity to the Grande Clairiere map. The lodge had all winning medals in the COC plus coaching assistant, Pam the amenities of home including a lounge, recreation room James taking 1st place in the Elite Ladies Championship. and complete kitchen facilities. Special thanks to Jim Lee of the Hartney Gougers for Support staff included: Camp Director, Lyman Jones; making the arrangements for the accommodation. It was Coaching Assistants, Pam James, Barb Johnston, Tedd ideal. As was the weather. Girouard, Chris Seligy, Ulu Unligil, Guy Despatie, Ed Smith, Pat Lee, Lois Watts. Last but not least - the cooks: Mrs. We are again grateful to the Sass Peepre Trust Fund for the Luella Smith and Mrs. Anne Mahoney from New Brunswick. assistance provided. The juniors attending the camp were A sincere thank you to all of these volunteer support staff. made well aware of Sass Peepre, the trust fund and what it stands for. The Manitoba terrain places great demands on map reading

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