Beginning Course Hugh Kaul EcoScape Birmingham-Southern College

The Vulcan Orienteering Club has created a beginning Orienteering Course for the Hugh Kaul BSC Ecoscape.

Included in this file are the following documents: 2 Orienteering courses for the Ecoscape A, starting with control point 1 Map B, starting with control point 7 Guide to symbols and Clue Symbols IOF Orienteering Map Symbols – a complete list of symbols used by International Orienteering Federation Control Card for 9 stations at the Ecoscape Beginning Orienteering Vocabulary Blank Map of Ecoscape Orienteering Course

Preparation for Using the Course: Control points are not permanent at the Hugh Kaul Ecoscape. To run the course, you must set flags at the points before the group attempts the beginning course. Beginning courses do not have to be a completion but a fun way to explore. If you have any questions contact Vulcan Orienteering. www.vulcanorienteering.org

Ecoscape Map A

Orienteering - The thinking sport I came, I saw, I thought, I ran

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Clue Sheet http://vulcanorienteering.org

The Vulcan Orienteering Club Map A promotes orienteering in Alabama by hosting orienteering meets and training. 1 The VOC is affiliated with the United 9 States Orienteering Federation and is the 3 only USOF club in the state of Alabama. 5 Join us at Oak Mountain State Park for 4 upcoming meets. Start between 9 and 6 11 am. 7 8 2 Ecoscape MAP B

Orienteering - The thinking sport I came, I saw, I thought, I ran

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Clue Sheet http://vulcanorienteering.org

Map B The Vulcan Orienteering Club 7 promotes orienteering in Alabama by 6 hosting orienteering meets and training. The VOC is affiliated with the United 4 States Orienteering Federation and is the 5 only USOF club in the state of Alabama. 3 8 Join us at Oak Mountain State Park for upcoming meets. Start between 9 and 9 11 am. 1 2

Orienteering Map Symbols VS Clue Symbols Map symbols are slightly different from clue symbols.

These are map symbols. Some of them are on your map.

These are clue symbols. The ones in BOXES are those you will see on your map clue sheet.

Control Card Name NO. Name NO. Name NO.

7 6 4 7 6 4 7 6 4

5 3 8 5 3 8 5 3 8

9 1 2 9 1 2 9 1 2

Name NO. Name NO. Name NO.

7 6 4 7 6 4 7 6 4

5 3 8 5 3 8 5 3 8

9 1 2 9 1 2 9 1 2

Name NO. Name NO. Name NO.

7 6 4 7 6 4 7 6 4

5 3 8 5 3 8 5 3 8

9 1 2 9 1 2 9 1 2

Hugh Kaul EcoScape Orienteering Course: Vocabulary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_point_(orienteering)

Control points are not permanent at the Hugh Kaul Ecoscape. To run the course, you must set flags at the points before the group attempts the beginning course. Beginning courses do not have to be a completion but a fun way to explore.

Control Point A control point (CP, also control and checkpoint and passport control) is a marked used in orienteering. It is located in the competition area; marked both on an orienteering map and in the terrain; and described on a control description sheet. The control point must be identifiable on the map and on the ground. A control point has three components: a high visibility item, known as a flag or kite; an identifier, known as a control code; and a recording mechanism for contestants to record proof that they visited the control point. The control point is usually temporary, except on a permanent orienteering course.

Control description sheet In orienteering competitions the locations of the control points are described on a control description sheet (or clue sheet). For beginners, and the younger competitors, the description is written in a simple text format, but for advanced orienteers the descriptions use symbols (pictorial), in accordance with the IOF Control descriptions. These symbols eliminate any language-based confusion, vital for international competition. The control descriptions are fixed to or printed on the map, and separate control description sheets may be available at the prestart. Some competitors wear the extra control description sheet in a holder strapped onto their forearm, so that they can read it while .

Control card and punching Each competitor is required to carry a control card, and to present it at the Start and hand it in at the Finish. The control card is marked by some means at each control point to show that the competitor has completed the course correctly. Several marking schemes are in use, including a pre-printed multiple choice form, and a secret word posted at the control point that the competitor must copy down. In , the first control cards were card stock with a perforated stub, the stub to be handed in at the Start as a safety check. At each control, originally, the control staff or the competitor rubber stamped the control card using a rubber stamp and inkpad kept at that control. Rubber stamps soon were replaced with ticket punches, usually with a different punch shape (circular, square, diamond, star, etc.) at each control. Card stock control cards are in limited use today, having been mostly replaced by weatherproof stock such as Tyvek. Ticket punches have been replaced by needle punches that punch a pattern of small holes in the control card.

Blank Orienteering Map Hugh Kaul Ecoscape

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