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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION Vol. 23 No. 3 FALL 1995 ISSN 0227-6658

CONTENTS 1995 SILENT AUCTION National Offices News Silent Auction.. 1 1-feld at the CANADA '95 Closing Banquet, July 25, a COF Annual Meeting Report 2 joint effort by COF and the Foothills Wanderers OC, Bjorn Kjellstrom ... 3 generated $1,857.60. COF and FWOC each receiving C 0 F Drops 4 $928.80. international News .. . . ...... . . . 5 Simpler Meets _ . . . . . . 6 On behalf of the COF, I extend sincere thanks to: Canadian Championships Report/Re-suits . 7-15 World Championship Report 16-18 • M DinberE of FWOC for their efforts in soliciting items items Available from COF 19 and assisting at the, Auction. COF Addresses .20 * The Calgary and Bragg Creek business community 'for donations of Auction items.

* COF members who donated items. A list of donors NATIONAL OFFICE NEWS will be published in the next issue 0-Canada.

The National Office is now a 'One person operation' with the * Members and visitors who bid on items. Whether o 'one person' juggling several hats and trying to dispel the adage not successful, yoUr participation was important. "you can't teach an old dog new tricks". * For the second time in three years the 'Big Spender" Staff reduction has not meant a reduction in mail, telephone award goes to Bill Jarvis (Toronto OC), with his purchase calls, orders, etc. Word processing helps offset limited typing of a "Heart Rate Monitor". skills and 'Voice Mail' assists with telephone calls. A set of three *Handpainted Ukrainian eggs' donated Internet service has been installed and offers excellent com- by Vera Malanczyj, (Ukrainian OC) was the most "Hotly munication possibilities with members, public, other federations, contested' item, necessitating a."Special Auction 7 Within etc. A COP 'Home Page', will be developed to provide; provin- the Auction to determine the successful bidder - Dave cial association and club addresses, telephone numbers; meet Talient (rwicadus OC). schedules; results; etc. Many federations have 'Home Pages'. * A list of donors will be published in the next issue. The COF now has an e-mail address: ckirktrtm,cdnsport.ca. Tax donation receipts will be issued to donors for the NOTE: ORIENTEERING CANADA With reports on the amount their item sold for. Annual Meeting, Canadian Championships/Results, World Championships, etc. it was necessary to increase to 20 pages. Special THANK YOU's to: Nancy Craig (Co-ordinator), These events occurred since the July issue and could not be held SUS211 Ridley (Cashier), Bonnie Cartmell (Auctioneer). back to the Winter issue. The magazine is compiled in 4 page modules and when the essential content reached 17 pages it was necessary to expand to 20. 1995 COF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING REPORT

The 1995 AGM was held Tuesday, July 18, at Big Valley, 6. 1997 COC Update Report, Mapping has been completed Alberta. Delegates from every association except British and Course Planner and Controller appointed. The COC will Columbia attended. be part of a 5-Day event.( 2 Day COC + 1 Day Short + 2 Day Western Canadian Championships). Competition will be 1, COF President. Jack Forsyth, outlined the severity and in August, (exact dates not yet known). impact of the government funding cuts. After many years of having a funded national office and staff we will revert to a 7, 1998 COC and NAOC Awarded to British Columbia, volunteer based operation in early 1996. OABC plan to organize a week of 0 events including a 5-Day competition: COC,(a Days), a midweek event, NAOC, (2 The COF will still exist but operate in a different manner. Days). The competitions will be held in mid August. Services and programmes will be developed/offered based on available funds with 'user fee' principles applied. 1.11trigsliameage4152 R liAL Directors, Nancy Craig, Jim Lee and Tech. Dir. Lyman Jones, spent consider-

2, Vice President - Finance. Jim Lee. presented: A. The able time over the last 18 months analyzing results, data, 1995 1994-95 Audited Statement; B. Revised 1995-96 Operating revised IOF Rules, etc. to ensure revisions reflected current Budget (approved at April Board meeting); C, Projected 1996- standards in Canada and adhered to the IOF Rules. 97 Operating Budget. Budgets were approved. 9. Reporting of Number of Members. Motion "Associations shall report the total number of members in the previous ). Election of Officers, The Vice President - Finance and 2 calendar year prior to the AGM, with the number verified two year term Director positions were open. Jim Lee, VP - correct by each association president". CARRIED Finance, and Nancy Craig, Director, stood for re-election. Director, Stig Skarborn, did not seek re-election. 10, Future Voting Procedures and Affiliation Fees,

A. Vice President - Finance. Mr. Jim Lee re-elected. A. Voting and Affiliation Fees Motion "Shall be based on the reported Full Members by association's as submitted on B. Directors. Nancy Craig, (Alberta), Gabrielle Savard the COF AGM association report form". CARRIED (Ontario) and Mr. Ray St. Laurent (New Brunswick) were nominated. Nancy Craig withdrew her nomination. B. Annual Affiliation Fees. Motion "That the total fee to be Directors Elected: Gabrielle Savard and Ray St. Laurent. recovered through the associations be established on the basis of the approved budget". CARRIED NOTE: The day after the AGM, Gabrielle Savard C Motion "Fees will be based on the ratio of the total declined. She recently moved to Calgary to attend medical number of members in an association to the total number of school and is unable to accept the position of Director. members. CARRIED

4. 1996 COC Update Report. Meet Director, Pat de St. 11 Maximum COCINAOC Entry Fee Discontinued. Croix, advised the following schedule of events. Motion "The COC/NAOC entry fees be at the discretion of August 9, Training Day; August 10, COC Day 1; August 11, the organizers. COP meet levies will remain at $5.00/all COC Day 2; August 12, Festival Relay; August 13, 'A' participants/day". CARRIED Meet; August 14, Short Distance Championship. 12, 1996 Annual Meeting Date and Location. Motion "The August 17-25, U.S.A. 6-Day (on 1993 WOC areas/maps) 1996 AGM be held in Toronto in November" CARRIED

COF Event in conjunction with 1996 COC The president 13, National Team Fundraising Meet. Motion "Associations reminded delegates there will be no COF Office with paid will designate an 'O' meet in June every year as a National staff in 1996. Events organised by COF mean involvement of Team Fund Raising Meet and the Meet proceeds contributed volunteers from all associations. "COF means everyone". to the National Team Fund'. CARRIED COF will not organize a SILENT AUCTION in 1996 14. AGM Travel Equalization Fee, Motion "All associations COF will organize a 'B' Meet in conjunction with the COC. pay the Travel Equalization Fee whether they attend the AGM Date preference: 1. Mon. August 12. 2. Thurs. August 15. 3. or not, including the 1995 AGM". CARRIED Thurs. August 8. To be determined with COC organizer.

2 BJORN KJELLSTROM 1910 - 1995

One of North America's orienteering pioneers, Bjorn In 1984 Bjorn made another 'paid trip' award. This time 'A Kjellstrom, passed away on August 26, while on a visit trip for two to the 1985 World Championship in Australia". to his native Sweden. He would have been 85, Sept.9. To be eligible it was necesary to obtain 5 new members to the COF during the 1984 membership year. The draw was made Most Canadian orienteers never met Mr. Kjellstrom but by Mr. Kjellstrom with the winner being Gary Feeney, Grand all will know of him through the Silva company he Falls, New Brunswick. founded and the Silva compass he helped develop. In 1975 he sold Silva USA to Johnson Wax and in 1980 his Bjorn was a top orienteer in Sweden in the 1930's and shares in Silva Sweden to present owner, Hans Gunnar with his brothers, Arvid and Alvar, formed a Relay team Tillander (son of the inventor of the Silva compass). that won many titles including two Swedish championships. The sale of Silva Canada to Johnson Worldwide Associates (JWA) in 1985, was his last connection with the company he While in his teens he experimented with compasses in founded, although he remained in regular contact with Silva an effort to improve his technical skills and at the age of Sweden and JWA until the time of his death. 19 founded the Silva company. Combining resources with those of another young orienteer/inventor, Gunnar Those priviliged to have met Bjorn Kjellstrom will remember Tillander, led to the development of the Silva protractor a tall, blonde, healthy and distinguished looking gentleman baseplate compass. He had a presence often associated with ambassadors or diplomats and could probably have handled either career with As part of the company's expansion plans Bjorn moved distinction. to the United States in the late 1940's. In 1946 he formed Silva USA and in 1948, Silva Canada. In recent years his health deteriorated and he did not venture too often from his home in Pound Ridge, New York. He Although Bjorn was not personally active in the develop- attended some of the 1993 WOC events in the West Point, mental years of Canadian orienteering his company New York area. Although his once robust frame was much played a major role. less imposing and the blonde hair now silver he remained the same dignified gentleman we knew and will remember. Prior to the COF establishing an office in the Canadian Sport Administration Centre, Silva Canada was the Mr. Kjellstrom was a member of the JOF Development official address of the COF and Silva provided most of committee for many years and was awarded the IOF bronze our secretarial and administration needs. and silver pins for his services to the sport. He also served as President of the Swedish Ski Federation from 1948 - 1958 and Silva brought Swedish mappers to North America to Vice President of the International Ski Federation from 1951 make maps. While this was an investment in the growth to 1979. potential of orienteering by Silva it also benefitted Canadian orienteering. He will be remembered most for his connection with the Silva company, the Silva compass and the book he wrote "Be Bjorn competed in the 1st Canadian Orienteering Cham- Expert With Map and Compass", a bestseller with over pionships in 1968 at Camp Fortune, Gatineau Park, 500,000 copies sold. finishing 10th in the Elite Men category. I think he would like to be remembered for introducing At the 1972 COC at Tamaracouta, Quebec, he donated countless thousands to the outdoors through the use of a map, a 'paid trip to the 1973 Swedish 5-Day O'Ringen' to the a compass, a pair of boots and two legs to get you from point top Canadian in the Elite Men's event. The recipient was A to point B. Cord Hunter (Ottawa OC).

Silva Canada brought Goren Ohlund, a top Swedish orienteer/mapper, to Canada to make the 1973 COC map (Beaver Meadows), and covered map costs and Ohlund's expenses. Mr. Kjellstrom also donated bronze sculptures 'The First Orienteer' to Elite M21 and F21 champions, Gard Hunter and Irene Jensen

3 C F DROPS

ORIENTEERING MAPS DISPLAYED AT 1995 3 FIRST E-MAIL LETTER TO COF INTERNATIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC CONGRESS Five Canadian orienteering maps were displayed at the From ONB president and new COF Director, Ray St- Congress, held in Barcelona, Spain, in September. The Laurent, with some interesting ideas on using a weight- map selections were made at a Canadian Cartographic ing formula to rate courses. The Internet 0-Experts Association meeting in Ottawa. would have a field day discussing this topic.

Fort Desjarlais (Manitoba) 1992. J. Forsyth, J. Lee, S. 4 Ski - Orienteerirt2 Friesen. (From Steffan Bergstrom, Ottawa 0 club) Arundel Natural Science School (Quebec), 1993, M. Adams, St. Hilaire Mapping Service. "Any Canadian Ski-Orienteers that want to test their Kingsmere, Parc de In Gatineau, (Quebec), 1993. M. skills in tough competition? Here's your chance! Adams, St. Hilaire Mapping Service. Ing's Interval (New Brunswick), 1993. M. Adams, St. The US Ski-0 Team is holding their Team Selection Hilaire Mapping Service. Races in Ottawa on Sat - Sun, 6-7 of January, 1996. Kinnie Brook, Fundy National Park, (New Bruns- The Team selection is for the World Ski-0 Champion- wick), 1993. Dick & Pat de St. Croix, 0-Sport Map- ships in Norway in February. Maybe a Canadian Team ping. can be organized?

Congratulations to the mappers/maps selected. I am also interested to hear about Ski -0 events in Canada. Canadian Ski-0 activities can help the IOF's Two orienteers and C.C.A. members, Diana Hocking, attempt to get Ski-0 on the Olympic program'. (Victoria) and David Douglas, (Ottawa), had requested 'O'mappers submit maps. For information contact: Steffan Bergstrom, In a letter to the COF, Diana advises: " For the first 981 Corkery Road, time, several orienteering maps were submitted for Carp, Ontario, consideration for the display, in response to a general call for mappers to send in new products. KOA 1L0 TeL (613) 256-6372 lain Taylor and Claire Gossen of the National Atlas are e-mail [email protected] anxious to include orienteering mappers in the newly

completed database of Canadian cartographic profession- 5. FIT TO EAT COOKBOOK - A GREAT XMAS GIFT als, so would like to receive a copy of every new 0 map as they are produced'. A 'Non - Orienteering' Ottawa resident recently con- tacted the COF office to see if we still had any FIT TO Address: Canadian Cartographic Exhibit Committee, EAT cookbooks for sale. The caller had purchased a National Atlas Information Service, copy at a local school 'book sale', was very impressed 615, Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, with the recipes and decided a copy of the cookbook KIA 0E9 would make a fine Xmas present. When informed we still had some copies she visited the office and purchased 7 copies. 2. ISLAND ORIENTEERING or WINTER AFLOAT We still have about 30 copies of FIT TO EAT remain- By the time you read this National Team members, Pam ing. The caller was right - at the price of $6.00 plus James and Wil Smith, will have 'pulled up anchor' and $2.00 for postage they will make excellent gifts. Why set sail for the Bahamas. not purchase a copy or two and solve some of your Xmas gift decisions and at the same time support Pam, Wil and other crew members will spend the next the COF. six months 'island hopping', on a vessel built by the Smith family. Seems like going a little bit overboard to Page 19 contains an order form. avoid shovelling snow, but probably beats working.

4 INTERNATIONAL NEWS

KW SEALS SPONSORSHIP DEAL WITH suuNiro 3 GEOV1D FIELD GLASSES WITH INTE- (From Orienteering World magazine, Sept. 1995 issue) GRATED DISTANCE MEASUREMENT - LATEST DEVELOPMENT MAPPING. The International Orienteering Federation has signed a (From IOF High Tech Newsletter, August 1995) two-year sponsorship agreement with the Finnish compass manufacturer, Suunto. The agreement, worth SEK Geovid, field glasses with integrated laser distance meter 400,000,(approx. $80,000) was signed on opening day of were developed in Switzerland (by Leica) and are used the 1995 World Orienteering Championships. by mappers there. The distance of an object viewed between 25 - 1000 metres away is shown to an accuracy Suunto, develops, manufactures and markets compasses, of 1 metre. There is also a built in compass. As long as diving computers and instruments and precision instru- you know precisely where on the map you are, mapping ments for surveying and forestry. The company has long other features which can be seen is considerably faster - associations with orienteering, having been founded in there is no need to go to the feature. A major drawback 1936 by surveying engineer, Tuomas Vohlonen, an avid is the cost - about $5000.

Orienteer . SILVA CHALLENGE TROPHY "Worldwide interest in the environment and outdoor recreation has led us to put a lot of effort into developing Mr. Hans-Gunnar Tillander, President, Silva Sweden, high quality compasses for the leisure market" says has offered a "Silva Challenge Trophy" to all member Jorma Kahle, Managing Director of Suunto. "So a nations of the International Orienteering Federation. The partnership with international orienteering is a natural trophy, to be presented annually, is made from Swedish key point in our future strategy. We look forward to crystal with an orienteer engraved. Ten commemorative close cooperation with the IOF's own development plaques will be supplied with one awarded to the recipi- programme." ent in each of the next ten years.

IOF President, Sue Harvey comments: We are The goal of the "Silva Challenge Trophy" is to support delighted to establish this partnership with Suunto. We the promotion of the sport of orienteering. It is suggested have a lot of common goals. Suunto's support will enable that deserving leaders or active orienteers, who have us to out the development programme approved by our contributed in a special way to the development of the last Congress. We plan to put orienteering on the map, sport of orienteering, receive the trophy. so to speak, of international sport. This can also help us to achieve programme status for orienteering in the The "Silva Challenge Trophy" replaces a previous "Silva multi-sport Games, including eventually the Olympics.' Orienteering Challenge Award" introduced in 1985 and continues the Silva company's support of recognizing 2. 1996 WORLD SKI Sr WORLD CUP AND 1997 leaders in orienteering. WORLD 0 CHAMPIONSHIPS ON TELEVISION

(obtained from the INTERNET, October 23). VETERANS WORLD CVP '96 - MURCIA. SPAIN

The Norwegian Orienteering Federation and the pay- The COF office received a copy of the event brochure channel FimNet announced a deal giving FimNet the and describes Murcia as the 'Province of Sun, Mountain television rights for all major events in the years to and Sea'. Event dates are April 8 - 12, 1996. Copies can come. FimNet will spend several million kronor to be obtained from the COF office. cover: A. 1996 World Ski-Orienteering Championships, (Bryan Chubb (Edmonton) has plans of competing). February 19-25, at Lillehammer, with three half hour broadcasts. B. A half hour broadcast from the 1996 6. 1996 O'RINGEN INFORMATION World Cup event, August 3, near Oslo. C. Live from the 1997 World Championships near Grimstad. The COF have received copies of the entry forms. If interested, please contact the national office. Maps, graphics and cameras in the forest will allow the viewers to follow the runners through the forest. The NOTE The official closing date for entries is March 1. different route choices and position relative to the other Entries received after March 1 will be required to pay a runners will be immediately available, To achieve this surcharge of 50%. the runners will have to carry a one half kilo transmitter.

5 SIMPLIFYING OUR EVENTS By Sue Harvey, IOF President

A wide spread of medals at a World Championship is usually people, the moral obligation to help organize events may well seen as good from the point of view of the International be the cause of their eventually leaving the sport. One-person Federation. It is also fine to see the traditionally strong organization of the technical side may be a step towards countries among the leaders because it is normally proof that reducing this problem. the courses are testing the traditional orienteering skills and that success results from skill, not luck. By these measures, An Unwelcoming Face WOC 95 provided happy results - S countries with individual medals with Switzerland and Finland winning the Relays. In my opinion, this is one of a number of things we should do to simplify our events and simultaneously to make them more What I am always conscious of at a major event such as this, varied and more accessible to newcomers. Often orienteering however, is the amount of work - mostly from volunteers - presents a very unwelcoming face to outsiders. If you go to a that goes into the organization. The number of people involved tennis centre, of course you are expected to know about tennis is rarely less than 350. Orienteering makes huge demands on rackets, balls, rules, etc. but at least there would usually be an organisers. Thanks, therefore, to Mr. Zacharias and his team official to ask. And there might be notices offering coaching. for creating this event for the IOF. Information for Newcomers The 'ONE-PERSON' Event If we want to provide information for newcomers, it is Perhaps, it will always be necessary to have a large number necessary to set up a tent or 'welcome point' each time we of officials at a World Championship. But in the long term. I have an event. Often there will only be a small number of wonder whether we should be focusing on reducing the newcomers, so it is a lot of work for an apparently small number of people necessary to organize an ordinary return. But it is important, and we should do it because, once orienteering event. During the WOC week we saw a first having experienced orienteering, people often get the 'bug' glimpse of the 'one-person event'. Not one competitor, but and go on for the rest of their lives. We cannot afford to put just one person organising. This was at the Press/IOF race off potential recruits because they don't know where to start. where the Reply electronic system was in use. There are now a number of electronic punching systems being developed and This difficulty in starting may throw light on the statistics that for use in international events these are subject to testing and show most people are introduced to orienteering by a friend or licensing by the 'OF to ensure effectiveness and fairness. a relation, Put another way, it is difficult to start orienteering UNLESS a kind friend or relation shows you where and how. Advantages of Electronic Systems. Keeping in Touch with Our Customers The advantage of electronic systems over our traditional system of proving you've been to all the controls is that it can Welcoming newcomers is all part of marketing our sport. Also lead to electronic tracking, it gets rid of problems of inaccur- part of marketing is keeping in touch with our customers, and ate punching, and it makes possible immediate results and events are the main opportunity for those of us who are intermediate times at every control for every competitor. The officials of federations to do just that. To this end the IOF had fascination of electronic gadgetry could also be a useful selling a tent at the finals of the events of the WOC this year, and point in the eyes of youngsters of the 90's. thanks to IOF's new sponsor, Suunto, IOF council members and Committee Chairmen wore distinctive green shirts and

Organising can he Fun - or an Intolerable Burden caps to make it easier for anyone to come and meet us. I enjoyed the opportunity to talk with a wide variety of people Another important by-product is the passibility of reducing the from a big spread of nations. And I hope that such initiatives man-power required to organize an event. We have always had will enable the IOF to help spread good ideas, to exchange a tradition of making our own events, and it can be fun to do experience across the world, and further the strong balanced this within a group of friends. But it can also be an intolerable development of orienteering world wide. burden, particularly in new countries or for small clubs. Few swimmers help scrub out the pool. Few tennis players have to (Reprinted from ORIENTEERING WORLD, Sept. 1995) repair their nets and paint white lines on the court. For some

6 CANADA '95 EXCELLENT WEATHER + ORGANIZATION + SOCIAL ACTIVITIES = SUCCESSFUL & ENJOYABLE EVENT

CANADA '95 - 6 days of competitions organized in three team from 1968 to 1981, had several top 10 WOC placings. locations, will be remembered as one of the better weeks of Eligible for M45 or M50, he competed in M21 finishing 3rd orienteering ever held in Canada. in the COC and 4th in the Canada '95 5-Days. Roz Clayton, a British team member for ten years had several WOC placing Recent COC organizers have done an excellent job locating between 30 - 40, competed in F35 and finished first overall in very 'user friendly' competition sites and Canada '95 the 5-Day event. continued this pattern. Easy road access - unlimited parking adjacent to Finish areas - well laid out meet sites - great food UNIQUE TERRAIN PROVIDES CHALLENGES concessions. There is no such thing as 'typical Canadian terrain'. There is The warm sunny weather was ideal for the many campers, typical 'Gatineau/Laurentian' terrain; typical 'Manitoba (the only rain was on the last day at Mount Laurie). The Sandhills' terrain; typical 'Kamloops' terrain, etc. but no camping facilities at the Smoky Lake Community Centre typical 'Canadian' terrain. Some compared the Smoky Lake (COC) and Big Valley provided opportunities to socialize - terrain with the Manitoba Sandhills but flatter and very subtle. greatly appreciated by those with children. This variety adds intrigue to the COC.

SOCIAL EVENTS RATE 'A' PLUS How would orienteers from Central Canada, used to heavily wooded contoured areas, with many boulders, cliffs, marshes, As in previous major '0' events in Alberta, social aspects cope with the flat relatively featureless Alberta terrain. The received a great deal of attention by the organizers and in my lack of distinct features made it imperative to stay in contact opinion outdid all previous efforts. with the map. Errors were very costly in lengthy relocation 'bail outs'. The Opening Ceremonies in Smoky Lake featured the introduction of two '0' legends: 90 year old Bertil Nordenfelt Ted de St Croix, remarking on problems encountered by many (Sweden), and 14 time Canadian M21 Elite champion, Ted de on Day 1, -people are trying to run too fast instead of St Croix. concentrating on where they are on the map. Because it is flat and open they think they can faster than usual*. Entertainment was provided at each event: * Smoky Lake - Opening Night 'Street Party' and a COC Ted following his own advise, easily won the M35 category Banquet after Day 2. and added another title to his impressive portfolio. * Big Valley - Beer Garden and 'Happy Hour(s)' plus Folk Singer, Bill Bourne and western music. HIGHLIGHTS. CLOSE FINISHES. OBSERVATIONS * Mount Laurie - Calgary Stampede band and singers provided entertainment at the meet site. A Western Night barbecue and ELITE WOMEN. Pam James won her 5th Elite women's dance at the Elkana Guest Ranch in Bragg Creek closed off a title (4th in a row). Gabrielle Savard, with two consistent runs memorable week of orienteering, hospitality and friendship. finished 2nd some 15 minutes back with Catherine Hagen a further 20 minutes behind in 3rd place. The COP/Foothills Wanderers OC 'Not So Silent Auction' was held in conjunction with this closing event. ELITE MEN, After Day 1, Mike Waddington held a 2 1/2. minute lead over defending champion, Brian Graham, with OVERSEAS COMPETITORS PROVIDE Martin Pardoe and Brian May, 5 and 7 minutes behind. INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR Graham, an early starter on Day 2, posted a time the others would have difficulty matching, then waited and watched the Large contingents of British, Swiss, Japanese and US plus a clock. Pardoe had a good run, but not good enough, and sprinkling of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Australian, joined Graham to await May and Waddington. German, and Bulgarian competitors gave an international flavour to the events. The Japanese group leader, Hajime May arrived first but had slipped back a bit. When the critical Taguchi, has participated in several major Canadian '0' meets time arrived and no sign of Waddington, Graham accepted over a 20-year span starting with the O'Ring Quebec 5-Day in congratulations on a successful title defense. Several minutes 1975. later it was Pardoe's turn to accept congratulations for a second place finish. May finished 3rd and Waddington 4th. Two of the visiting orienteers were very experienced Mike's late start time kept the others anxious right until the international competitors: Dieter Wolf, a fixture on the Swiss end.

7 MASTER CLASSES PR9VIDE CLOSE COMPETITION Winning times were within the recommended ranges and the close results showed the course planners met all criteria. As usual some of the more exciting races were in the Master categories. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

M40 - Don Ross overcame a 39 second deficit to beat Gard F21 - Pam James made it a double by winning by a narrow Hunter by 44 seconds. 19 second margin over Catherine Hagen.

M45 - Doug Dowell with a fine Day 2 run overcame a 4 F50 - Maggie McLean edged out Lorna Guttormanson by 50 minute deficit and beat Jim Webster. Jim had two 'identical- seconds. to-the-second' runs but came up a bit short F55 - Diana Hocking over Gillian Bailey by 68 seconds to M55 - Einar Viddal won by 49 seconds over Barry Hagen. give Diana her second title of the championships.

M60 - Carl Coger with a fine Day 2 run squeaked in ahead M14 - Daniel limes by 85 seconds over Mathew Rance. of Uno Grady by 34 seconds. M18 - Timothy Edmunds by 90 seconds over Chad Spence. Things were not quite so close in the Women's Masters classes although there were some very fine performances. M65 - Don Scott, another double winner, by 72 seconds over Dick de St. Croix. F35 - Jane Branded] with two good runs edged out Kitty Jones by 3 minutes. GREAT TO WIN - TOUGH TO LOSE - 3 'NAIL- BITERS' F45 - Bev MacKenzie had two good runs and easily won the Canadian title, Star of the class was Janet Bentzen, Nail Biter #3 - M55 - Einar Viddal by 3 seconds over Jack (Denmark), with a blistering run on Day 2 to finish well ahead LOC. Someone should check Jack's birth certificate. He can't of the rest of the field. possibly be 55 and still look so good.

F50 - Francis Vyse, F55 - Diana Hocking, F65 - Gloria Nail Biter #2 - M21 = Ross Burnett squeaking in ahead of Charlow won their classes with two consistent runs. Peter MacKenzie by 2 seconds. This was a very close race with the first four runners within 29 seconds. Burnett, a long- JUNIOR CLASSES FEATURE TOP PERFORMANCES time member of our National Team and current National coach, showed he is still capable of beating anyone in Canada Outstanding performances by two Ontario juniors, Dave on a given day. Great win, Ross. Donaldson (M18) and Johan Huagberg (M20), highlighted the junior races. These youngsters will provide good Nail Biter #1. Bev Mackenzie, another double winner, with competition in the M21 category in the very near future. a 1 second winning margin over Nancy Craig. Donaldson is a fine runner, an essential ingredient to be successful in the top echelons. Ouch, those three hurt

SHORT DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS. SHORT DISTANCE AGONY AND ECSTACY

This was the first official Short Distance Championship. If Rev MacKenzie winning F45 by one second while son, Peter, number of entrants, enthusiasm and close results are an misses out by 2 seconds in M21. indication then the Short Distance is here to stay.

LACK OF JUNIORS - A MAJOR . PROBLEM The Short event used an area that overlapped the northern part of the COC area. The trap scale was 1:10000 and the intricate A review of the junior categories shows only 9 girls in the 5 contour detail justified this. Most of the COC competitors age categories and single entries in F18 and F20. Numbers were on hand to reinforce their performances of the weekend were a little higher in the boys classes but still well below an or redeem their reputation. acceptable level.

Careful course planning is the major factor in Short Distance. While this is disappointing to the COF and organizers it is It is essential that courses incorporate technical skills and equally so for the juniors who enjoy competing against and strategies within a time period of 20-30 minutes. Selection of socializing with their other provincial counterparts. To have suitable terrain may pose a problem for some close exciting races it is necessary to have competitors. COC organizers but this was not the case this year.

8 Other '0' federation magazines and newsletters advise of Competitors want to see their time posted. A manual similar situations. It is little comfort to know others have the calculation can be done quickly then double-checked later by same problem. This situation does not auger well for the computer. There may be a few errors but competitors usually future of orienteering. bring these to the attention of the organizer.

OTHER COC RELATED MEETS 2. Control Numbers. Apparently some control codes used could be interpreted differently depending upon the direction Big Valley is aptly named and provided competitors with a approached from. eg . 69 as 96, 85 as 68. This problem very unique type of terrain. Huge sandstone cliffs, occurred at the COC and Mount Laurie events. embankments, erosion gullies, made for interesting orienteering. While the open terrain made features visible Most organizers use control codes that avoid this problem. from far away, poor route choice could result in difficult The complaints were only raised after the competitions. climbs. Most would enjoy a return visit to Big Valley. Other than slow results posting the Canada '95 organizers are The two final days of Canada '95 were at the 1985 COC site, to be commended on an excellent job. Excellent terrain, good Mount Laurie, bringing back memories of previous events maps, challenging courses and outstanding hospitality. organized by the Foothills Wanderers OC. eg . Horses - a herd of mustangs running around in the forest and the parking area (I think FWOC imports them to add colour). Water - 1995 CANADIAN competitors sinking to their waist in a marsh while others floundered around trying to find shoes sucked off by the mud CHAMPIONSHIPS (shades of the stream at the 1988 COC at Pioneer Lodge). Smoky Lake, Alberta. July 15-16

The unique terrain of each event provided variety and challenges not often found in one orienteering meet. The F12 overseas competitors will have many memories of Canadian I Katherine Scheck YUK 36.50 17.37 19.13 orienteering - all of them good. I think we will see more 2 Karen Monk ALB 45.07 22.41 22.26 overseas orienteers coming to our major events, particularly 3 Anne Larsson ONT 56.49 28.15 28.34 if organizers continue to find such excellent 'user friendly' *4 Lindsay Worrier USA 57.09 26.57 30.52 sites, camping and social activities. 5 Emma Larsson ONT 57.27 28.19 29.08 6 Helen Brandeth ALB 60.16 32.09 28.07 NrrPICICIING 7 Rachel St. Laurent NB 61.53 29.30 32.23 8 Sarah Brandeth ALB 64.36 28.54 35.42 In all meets, including World Championships, there are some areas of the organization that does not measure up to the F14 standard expected. The Canada '95 organisers did a top notch 1 Claire Critchley ALB 53.23 26.30 26.53 job in all aspects except one - Posting Results. *2 Seraina Thomann SWI 59.30 27.46 31.44 3 Kettle Craig ALB 68.04 33.30 34.34 The posting of results was extremely slow - often 30 minutes *4 Julia Leventon ENG 8L29 45.39 35.50 and sometimes longer before times were posted. It was worse *5 Kath.Dickinson ENG 82,26 36.28 45.58 at the Mount Laurie meet with no results posted on Day 2 6 Antonia Grady BC 90.09 35.19 54.50 until over an hour after the first runner was in. 7 Anna Lund ALB 168.23 96.28 71.55

Recent COC organisers have done an excellent job posting of F16 results in recent years: *1 Clare Leventon ENG 104.57 60.38 44.19 2 Johanna Carlsson ONT 111.39 61.34 50.05 1992 (Manitoba) - within 1 minute of a competitor finishing. 3 Marta Green BC 123.43 88.37 35.06 4 Lisa Monk ALB 201.27 99.53 101.34 1993 (Fundy) - not quite as fast as 92 but still very good F18 before the competitor 1994 (Great Lakes 0 Fest) - sometimes 1 Kristin Viddal ALB 225.10 143.44 81.26 finished their drink at the end of the chute. F20 I don't know why there was such a delay but suspect the I Amanda Edmunds ALB 199.05 119.55 79.10 organisers over-complicated things on the computer or used inexperienced help to perform one of the most important tasks in a major event.

9 1995 CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (coned) SMOKY LAKE, ALBERTA, JULY 15-16

F21 F40A 1 Pam James NS 156.21 76.58 79.23 *1 Debbie Newell USA 129.55 73.27 56.28 *2 Janine Lauenstein SWI 171.13 90.25 80.48 2 Kris Dartnell BC 144.29 86.54 57.35 3 Gabrielle Savard ONT 171.23 85.28 85.55 3 Die Rupner BC 155.05 78.42 76.23 *4 Sos Munch Hansen DEN 183.58 97.49 86.09 *4 Ann Jansson SWE 168.21 98.30 69.51 5 Eveline Zurcher SW! 186.08 95.46 90.22 *5 Beatrice Walder SW1 190.15 108.29 81.46 6 Catherine Hagen BC 193.49 98.41 95.08 6 Cathy Bagdan ALB 191.15 115.46 75.29 *7 Anja Brenner GER 197.19 101.41 95.38 7 Susan Chartrand BC 201.21 128.43 72.38 8 M.C.Bruno QUE 204.06 103.19 100.47 *8 Patty Clemo USA 294.28 169.03 125.25 9 Mhairi Gilmore QUE 215.32 123.34 91.58 *9 Susan Polatsek USA 424.18 231.06 193.22 10 Angela Pearson ALB 225.31 115.33 109.58 11 Sandy Smith NB 236.08 122.52 113.16 F4OB *12Jane Hancock ENG 237.01 138.31 98.30 *1 Malfa Peter SWI 132.27 64.04 68.23 13 Sue Richards ALB 265.52 150.35 115.17 *2 Mom 'Thomann SWI 140.21 66.10 74.11 14 Marketa Graham QUE 268.15 158.48 109.27 3 Dianne Fox BC 153.51 83.08 70.43 15 Abigail May NS 293.08 160.48 132.20 4 Eleanor Menzies MB 165.16 86.32 78.44 16 Sue Rab QUE 342.06 199.49 142.17 17 Anita Brattland ALB 401.33 194.04 207.29 F45A *1 Janet Bentzen DEN 102.07 59.41 42.26 F21B 2 Bev MacKenzie ALB 121.41 56.30 65.11 *1 C. Jaderberg SWE 108.55 53.11 55.44 *3 Linda Kohn USA 123.31 66.40 56.51 2 Nina Waddington ONT 124.25 53.16 71.09 4 Judy Cornish ALB 134.15 71.02 63.13 *3 Julia Wildi SWI 128.16 69.48 58.28 5 Margaret Ellis BC 134.25 73.35 60.50 *4 Nadege Robert SW1 131.47 64.17 67.30 *6 Lucia Hasler SWI 139.51 82.30 57.21 *5 Larnie Meeking AUS 152.29 82.46 69.43 7 Muriel Gamey MB 145.11 76.50 68.21 6 Marie Larsson ONT 212.40 126.52 85.48 8 Winnie Stott ONT 145.51 71.12 74.39 7 A.Van Tyghem ONT 216.05 123.58 92.47 *9 Libby Meeking AUS 158.42 76.28 82.14 8 Sandra Sharp BC 221.57 126.26 95.31 10 Nancy Craig ALB 160.01 72.14 87.47 *9 Alison Harvey ENG 233.54 147.03 86.51 *11 Kathy Lauenstein SW1 161.25 88.36 72.49 *10Helen Pedley ENG 235.42 104.19 131.23 *12 M. Sandstrom SWE 167.09 75.21 91.48 11 Cheryl Turner ONT 267.39 128.48 138.51 *13 Ardis Dull USA 181.51 118.14 63.37 *12Jude Halloran USA 294.45 158.27 136.18 14 Kathy Banister USA 200.45 110.04 90.41 15 Pam Ralston ALB 206.23 112.17 94.06 F35A *16 Jill Leventon ENG 209.16 106.08 103.08 1 Jane Brandeth ALB 124.02 65.12 58.50 17 Gloria Anderson QUE 212.08 80.17 131.51 2 Kitty Jones ALB 127.15 71.07 56.08 *18 Margie Bone USA 216.07 96.29 119.38 *3 Jackie Bird ENG 136.26 77.12 59.16 19 Karen Lachance BC 223.19 142.58 80.21 *4 Roz Clayton ENG 144.33 82.19 62.14 *20 Vreni Eigenmann SWI 264.04 131.51 132.13 5 Beth Cornish ALB 163.02 87.50 75.12 6 Victoria Bondy ONT 175.21 97.19 78.02 F45B *7 Sarah Garnett AUS 184.15 121.05 63.10 *1 Setsuko Wakaume JAP 127.44 60.02 67.42 8 Violet van Hees YUK 200.33 128.55 71.38 *2 Heidi Bosch SWI 164.08 88.54 75.54 9 Barbara Schack YUK 211.21 137.14 74.07 3 Eva Hoegberg ONT 188.27 84.15 104.12 10 Janet Astle ALB 215.32 130.15 85.17 4 Wendy Jickling YUK 205.27 120.12 85.15 *11Heike Ruff USA 294.00 198.50 95.50 5 Maureen McCorry MB 324.06 127.23 196.43

F35B F50A 1 Sheens van Dyk ALB 133.58 52.55 81.03 1 Francis Vyse BC 130.45 68.23 62.22 *2 Lori McCausland USA 157.09 82.57 74.12 *2 Pia Moser SWI 133.26 70.50 62.36 3 Maureen de Camp BC 201.26 126.25 75.01 3 Maggie McLean BC 137.56 65.30 72.26 4 Jennifer Eastwood BC 207.15 83.09 124.06 4 Lois Watts MB 150.59 81.50 69.09 5 Pat Lee MR 152.16 71.20 80.56

10 *6 Jen Major AUS 171.47 71.44 100.03 7 Peter lickling YUK 105.42 60.06 45.36 7 Ursula Grady BC 175.41 106.16 69.25 S Trills Viddal ALB 114.28 78.18 36.10 8 Sue Waddington ONT 179.27 84.26 95.01 9 David Collins BC 119.06 69.43 49.23 9 Mardy Roberts ALB 184.05 88.54 95.51 10 Jeff Lee MB 120.01 72.16 47.45 10 L.Guttormon.son QUE 189.27 102.45 86.42 11 Kevin Pugh BC 131.47 56.00 75.47 11 Vera Malanczyj ONT 207.05 81.08 125.57 *12Grete Swainson DEN 233.22 132.52 100.30 MI6 *1 Marc Lauenstein SWI 76.47 35.16 41.31 F5OB 42 Godfrey Schrago SW1 87.20 35.28 51.52 1 Sandy Kajewski BC 154.24 84.23 70.01 *3 Boris Granovsky USA 89.21 44.32 44.49 *2 Tomiko Ikeda JAP 166.07 86.52 79.55 4 Graham St. Laurent NB 108.59 44.22 64.37 3 Renate Dorschner BC 168.02 89.26 78.36 4'5 Adrian Thomann SW1 119.14 62.27 56.47 4 Lois Lund ALB 216.57 111.03 105.54 *6 Derek Hertel USA 132.48 76.14 56.34 7 David Larsson ONT 133.09 83.41 49.28 F55 8 Sky Pearson YUK 152.14 88.29 63.45 1 Diana Hocking BC 135.26 67.13 68.13 9 Ian Collings BC 160.55 94.17 66.38 *2 Sara Mae Berman USA 137,51 74.13 63.38 10 Jeff MacDonald NS 219.57 101.42 118.15 *3 Linda Moore USA 138.38 65.22 73.16 *I I Casey Daniels USA 234.51 133.09 101.42 *4 Carol Tarr ENG 160.44 68.20 92.24 *5 Hilary Simpson ENG 174.34 98.26 76.08 M18 *6 Teruko Matsubara JAP 181.56 93.55 88.01 1 Dave Donaldson ONT 113.01 61.05 51.56 7 Gill Bailey BC 186.48 83.02 103.46 2 Chad Spence ONT 146.01 81.12 64.49 8 Jean Gaucher ALB 225.23 98.51 126.32 3 Timothy Edmunds ALB 164.01 88.51 75.50 *9 Takako Miyazaki JAP 226.32 88.01 138.31 4 Mark Innes ONT 174.04 95,22 78.42 10 Shirley Donald BC 233.18 109.36 123.42 5 David Roberts ALB 178.01 109.47 68.14 *11Lois Fart-on ENG 287.13 124.01 163.12 *6 Ian Whitmore USA 238.52 141.09 97.43 7 Jeff Lenes YUK 249.52 144.14 105.38 F55B *1 Naoko Inoue JAP 156.16 66.42 89.34 M20 2 Nests Leduc YUK 200.34 110.41 89.53 1 Johan Hoegberg ONT 125.05 68.54 56.51 *3 Yoshiko Miyoshi JAP 209.41 119.07 90.34 2 Marc-Andre Vallee QUE 172.12 94.31 77.41 *3 Nicholas Bone USA 172.34 84.53 87.41 F65 4 Nevin French ONT 194.59 129.29 65.30 1 Gloria Charlow QUE 136.27 63.45 72.42 2 Pat de St Croix ONT 148.40 71.23 77.17 M21 *3 Kiyoko Natsume JAP 247.05 140.51 106.54 1 Brian Graham ONT 157.34 81.47 75.47 2 Martin Pardee BC 162.13 84.19 77.54 M12 *3 Dieter Wolf SWI 174.37 91.09 83.28 *1 Lukas Thomann SWI 31.12 15.21 15.51 4 Brian May NS 175.31 86.08 89.23 2 Will Critchley ALB 33.42 17.26 16.16 5 Mike Waddington ONT 177.22 79.17 98.05 3 Graham Nishikawa YUK 37.00 19.58 17.02 6 Ross Burnett YUK 180.23 91.13 89.10 4 Danilo Malanczyj ONT 37.44 18.44 19.00 7 Mark McMillan BC 182.31 92.29 90.02 *5 Jonas Ruegg SWI 38.16 18.47 19.29 *8 Jan Beguin SWI 182.51 94.06 88.45 6 Errin Eng BC 44.01 21.27 22.34 *9 Fredrik Trahn SWE 182.52 99.03 83.49 *7 Travis Hertel USA 54.26 21.47 32.39 *10 Bruno Zurcher SWI 190.48 105.14 85.34 8 Robin Foubister BC 58.29 29.01 29.28 11 Peter MacKenzie ALB 205.40 99.39 106.01 9 Olav Viddal ALB 58.47 34.36 24.11 1 12 Greg Schrago SWI 212.27 96.56 115.31 10 Steven Pugh BC 70.02 34.07 35.55 13 Wil Smith NB 213.19 114.32 98.47 11 Mathew Hornby MB 130.09 105.54 24.55 *14 Steffan Lauenstein SWI 216.32 96.20 120.12 *15 Niclas Ottosson SWE 217.04 112.23 104.41 M14 16 Chris Ivanciuc BC 219.43 112.21 107.22 1 Adam Scheck YUK 56.53 25.48 31.05 17 Gord Palm ALB 219.59 121.03 98.56 2 Nils Carlson ALB 70.48 35.15 35.33 18 Chris Seligy QUE 223.47 131.09 92.38 *3 William Hertel USA 71.15 28.58 42.17 *19 Gyula Karolyi USA 226.06 126.55 99.11 4 Trevor Pugh BC 75.03 35.50 39.53 *20 Ian McLean ENG 228.02 108.17 119.45 5 Daniel limes ONT 82.00 41.58 40.02 21 David Bondy ONT 231.20 116.54 114.26 6 John Golightly ONT 104.03 67.16 36.47 *22 Lars Goransson SWE 233.30 117.34 115.56

11 ) *23 Chris O'Donnell ENG 234.25 115.08 119.17 15 (hie Albinsson BC 173.04 99.55 73.09 *24 Tom Somers-Cocks ENG 236.34 130.55 105.39 16 L. Konotopetz MB 174.24 100.36 73.48 *25 John Casey IRE 242.16 121.51 120.25 17 Michael Haynes NS 175.38 99.14 76.24 26 Mark Gibbard ALB 248.18 110.21 137.57 18 Ron Green BC 180.37 102.19 78.18 *27 Paul Keeble ENG 249.01 131.43 117.18 *19 Larry Gagnon ARG 200.23 115.46 84.37 28 Vince Fagnan QUE 251.08 133.55 117.13 *20 David Tallest USA 201.26 110.38 90.48 *29 Magnus Graham SCO 260.50 120.27 140.23 *21 Charlie Leventon ENG 202.30 121.37 80.53 *30 Martin Flynn IRE 261.03 142.37 118.26 *22 Ron Cartwright ENG 216.07 140.58 75.49 31 Stanley Zink 262.33 116.13 146.20 23 Patrick Connors MB 242.03 137.16 104.47 32 Kelly Slough ONT 296.08 151.27 144.41 24 Doug Trines ONT 264,25 134.12 130.13 33 Bill Jarvis ONT 300,36 131.30 169,05 25 John McLean ALB 268.16 173.20 94.56 *34 Dave Spoonley ENG 362.07 186.40 175.27 26 Ron Monk ALB 300.59 181.36 119.23

M21B 1140B *1 Scott Aster USA 311.28 162.33 148.55 *1 Andreas Ackeret SWI 99.21 43.41 55.40 2 Allan Stradeski BC 104.32 60.00 44.32 11135A 3 Marvin Eng BC 110.56 53.50 57.06 1 Ted de St Croix ONT 127,35 63.10 64.25 4 Bill Menzies MB 114.10 64.34 49.36 *2 David Swale ENG 154.12 75.21 78.51 5 John Chatwin BC 124.52 68.41 56.11 *3 Mike Pedley ENG 156.05 89.56 66.49 *6 Andy Clayton ENG 128.21 58.01 70.20 4 Carl Larsson ONT 159.18 88.04 71.14 7 Jack McLean BC 142.56 74.52 68.04 5 Adrian Zissos ALB 174.53 91.14 83.39 8 Don Newsham ALB 144.17 66.08 78.11 *6 Alan Wallis ENG 183.38 92.12 91.26 9 Mark Lund ALB 167.06 67.43 99.23 7 James Tasker ALB 187.54 95.15 92.39 *10 Hugh Buttenshaw ENG 168.23 70.00 98.23 8 Dave Wheeler ALB 198.19 97.13 101.06 *9 Dave Stubbs ENG 199,00 100.10 98.50 1045A *10 Kevin Teschendorf USA 204.18 111.15 93.03 *1 Gunner Sorensen DEN 123.22 69.29 53.53 11 Donald Watson QUE 211.27 95.52 115.35 2 Doug Dowell ALB 147.53 81.36 66.17 12 Don Roe MB 211.28 107.43 103.45 *3 Hans Thomann SWI 153.29 82.01 71.28 *13 Thomas Murphy USA 226.00 113.30 11130 4 Jim Webster ALB 154.54 77.27 77.27 14 Peter Innes ONT 242.03 126,11 115.52 5 George Pugh BC 164.26 79.07 85.19 15 Ian Schokking BC 250.04 113.55 136.49 *6 Jacky Waller SWI 165.42 85.19 80.23 *16 Michael Minium USA 251.38 133.26 118.12 7 Sheldon Friesen MAN 167.18 83.57 83.21 17 Jim Weisert ALB 262.22 115.37 146.45 8 Paul Golightly ONT 167.25 82.56 84.29 18 David Holder MB 270.22 145.17 125.05 *9 Neil Cameron ENG 172.02 83.42 88.20 10 Bernt Hoegherg ONT 183.30 97.20 86.10 M35B 11 Alan Vyse BC 186.07 96.16 89.51 1 Steve Bird ENG 120.28 76.07 44.21 12 John Rance BC 186.10 96.23 89.47 2 Bjorn Jaderberg SWE 134.46 74.17 60.29 *13 T.Waksaurne JAP 189.11 106.38 82.33 3 John Bennett ENG 158.19 70.56 87.23 *14 Rick Wormer USA 195.06 92.13 102.53 4 Bob Nishakawa YUK 220,54 126,14 94.40 *15 G. McCausland USA 199.29 114.31 84.58 16 Doug Craig ALB 202.37 108.51 93.56 1140A 1 Don Ross ONT 127.48 64.06 63.42 M458 *2 Roland Janson SWE 128.17 65.34 62.43 *1 Todor Kazakov BUL 90.05 44.57 45.48 3 Cord Hunter QUE 128.32 63.27 65.05 2 Charlie Fox BC 98.49 45.08 53.41 *4 Jurgen Jankowski SWI 129.45 69.03 60.42 *5 Brad Whitmore USA 133.03 70.57 62.06 1150A *6 Jan Samuelsson SWE 134.03 62.21 71.42 *1 John Meeking AUS 120.18 66.21 53.57 7 Gert Larson ONT 149.27 73.43 75.44 2 Brian Ellis BC 121.52 55.52 66.00 8 Stephen Chatwin BC 152.43 77.14 75.29 *3 Markus Hasler SWI 124.22 65.38 58.44 *9 Viktor Ruegg SWI 159.48 68.31 91.17 *4 Fred Veler USA 127.51 62.04 65,47 10 Don Bayly ALB 160.51 84.32 76.19 *5 Arnold Hug SWI 131.24 67.19 64.05 11 Robert Gilchrist ALB 163.28 85.01 78.27 6 Rob MacKenzie ALB 137.19 70.38 66.41 *12 Graham Firth NZ 166.01 99.49 66.52 7 Bill Anderson QUE 139.43 83.35 56.08 *13 Phil Creaser AUS 168.50 97.19 71_31 *8 Johan Sandstrom SWE 141.03 78.15 62.48 *14 Rick Steele AUS 170.42 111.41 59.01 9 Jim Waddington ONT 141.44 57.07 84.37

12 *10 Fredi Bosch SWI 142.20 67.09 75.11 CANADIAN SHORT DISTANCE *11 Bob Cooley USA 146.50 73.02 73.48 *12 John Chellew AUS 158.35 81.47 76.48 CHAMPIONSHIPS *13 Akin Breitler SW1 163.11 77,19 85.52 SMOKY LAKE, JULY 17, 1995 *14 Michael Lauenstein SWI 172.40 80.05 92.35 15 R. Guttormonson QUE 175.52 85.40 90.12 16 Lloyd Bishop ONT 212.01 132.43 79.18 F12 17 Gary Atchison ALB 257.11 94.53 162.58 1 Emma Larsson ONT 17.18 18 John Collings BC 258.58 149.00 109.58 2 Rachel St. Laurent NB 25.50 3 Anita Larsson ONT 38.49 M50B *1 Shoti Obata JAP 114.06 56.21 57.45 F14 *2 Yoshishiga Mori JAP 221.20 135.05 86.15 *1 Barbara Thomann SWI 15.52 2 Antonia Grady BC 36.35 H55 3 Anna Lund ALB 69.02 *1 Fausto Tettamanti SWI 123.05 68.02 55.03 Dolfi Rotovnik DEN 126.06 61.56 64.50 F16 *3 Arthur Boyt ENG 149.13 81.58 67.55 1 Justine Hutchison QUE 29.24 *4 John Farron ENG 154.14 88.50 65.24 2 Johan= Carlson ALE 41.06 *5 Trevor Simpson ENG 157,19 87.26 69.53 *6 Andrew Tarr ENG 161.06 86.39 74.27 F18 *7 Taro Koyama JAP 169.48 85.47 84.01 1 Kristin Viddal ALB 25.40 8 Einar Viddal ALB 178.10 80.37 97.33 9 Barry Hagen BC 178.59 85.42 93.17 F20 10 Scott Donald BC 181.22 106.19 75.03 1 Amanda Edmunds ALB 35.17 11 Henry Nothof ONT 223.34 113.42 109.52 12 Jack Lee ONT 239.39 116.03 123.36 F21A 13 Martin Hocking BC 248.31 121.16 127.15 1 Pam James NS 21,23 14 Maurice Gaucher ALB 252.17 144.10 108.07 2 Catherine Hagen BC 21.42 *15 Hajime Taguchi JAP 2.55.34 117.33 138.01 *3 Ursula Wolf SWI 21.51 *4 Anja Brenner GER 24.53 1160 5 Gabrielle Savard ONT 25.31 *1 Al Smith USA 105.33 56.38 48.55 *6 S. Munch Hansen DEN 26.20 *2 Larry Berman USA 108.07 61.53 46.14 *7 Janine Lauenstein SWI 28.26 *3 Robert Mann ENG 154.08 80.01 74.07 *8 Mireille Pittier SW1 28.26 *4 Reg Harris ENG 155.08 78.19 76.49 9 Suzanne Zinkova ALB 28.34 *5 Carl Moore USA 161.28 86.02 75,26 * 10 Eveline Zureber SWI 29.50 6 Carl Coger BC 170.06 91.27 78.39 11 Mhairi Gilmore QUE 30.04 7 Uno Grady BC 170.40 84.09 86.31 *12 Jane Hancock ENG 31.23 8 Leigh Bailey BC 175.15 77.58 97.57 13 Nina Waddington ONT 32.32 *9 Keizo Ogawa JAP 181.30 76.12 105,18 14 Sue Richards ALB 34.01 *10 Nobuji Hirayama JAP 194.10 110.24 83.46 15 Sue Rah QUE 37.09 *11 Hiro Kanbayashi JAP 210.30 97.00 113.30 16 Angela Pearson ALB 39.38 12 Dick James NS 285.14 116.39 168.35 17 Markets Graham QUE 40.08 18 Marie Cath.Bruno QUE 42.45 1165 19 Star Waddington ONT 46.07 1 Don Scott ALB 115.43 63.04 52.39 2 Takeyasu Umeno JAP 138.25 70.03 68.22 F21B *1 3 John Charlow QUE 138.39 69.21 69.18 Nadege Robert SW1 21.22 *4 Taro Miyazaki JAP 162.40 81.35 81.05 *2 Catherine Jaderberg SWE 27.10 5 Dick de St Croix ONT 170.03 68.29 101.34 3 Weache 1Loe NOR 33.21 *6 Kenneth Lew USA 174.26 112.33 61.53 4 Marie Larsson ONT 40.42 7 Jack Carson BC 189.23 104.57 84,26 5 Cheryl Turner ONT 40.51 *8 Knut Olsson USA 197.35 95.55 101.40 6 Annette Van Tyghem ONT 49.04 *9 K. Minagawa JAP 387.36 203.41 183.55 7 Sandra Sharp BC 56.54

M90 F3SA *1 Roo Clayton ENG 18.26 1 Bern' Nordenfelt SWE 78.02 11.41 66.21

13 *2 Jackie Bird ENG 28.25 I M12 *3 Sarah Garnett AUS 28.37 *1 Lukas Thomann SWI 12.18 *4 Heike Ruff USA 38.55 2 Danilo Malanczyj ONT 15.21 5 Joan McLean ALB 83.17 3 Olav Viddal ALB 18.19 4 Mathew Hornby MB 21.46 F35B 5 Emin Eng BC 25.43 1 Maureen de Camp BC 28.30 2 Jennifer Eastwood BC 51.28 H14 1 Daniel Lanes ONT 20.41 F40A 2 Mathew Ranee BC 22.06 1 Kris Darnell BC 27.25 3 Nils Carlson ALB 24.20 *2 Debbie Newell USA 30.45 4 Jeff Lee MB 32.53 *3 Patty Clemo USA 65.13 5 Truls Viddal ALB 32.57 *4 Susan Polatsek USA 69.05 1116 F4OB *1 Marc Lauenstein SWI 18.42 *1 Moni Thomann SW1 30.33 *2 Godfroy Sebago SWI 23.36 *2 Malfa Peter SWI 32.45 3 Graham St. Laurent NB 25.35 *4 Adrian Thomann SWI 32.55 F45A 5 David Larsson ONT 33.36 1 Bev MacKenzie ALB 27.24 6 Jeff MacDonald NS 36.43 2 Nancy Craig ALB 27.25 7 Sky Pearson YUK 46.08 3 Judy Cornish ALB 28.25 *8 Casey Daniels USA 78.14 4 Winnie Stott ONT 29.21 5 Muriel Gamey MB 30.35 H18 *6 Margie Bone USA 35.14 1 Timothy Edmunds ALB 21.50 *7 Ardis Dull USA 39.18 2 Chad Spence ONT 23.20 Vreni Eigenmann SW1 44.55 3 Mark Innes ONT 31.47 *9 Kathy Lauenstein SWI 45.19 *4 Ian Whitmore USA 35.06 10 Phyllis Lockett ALB 74.46 5 Jeff Lenes YUK 41.48 *11 Pat Cameron ENG 83.28 1120 F45B 1 Marc-Andre Vallee QUE 24.17 1 Setsuko Wakaume JAP 32.19 *2 Nicholas Bone USA 25.36 3 Nevin French ONT 32.39 F50A *1 Pia Moser SWI 22.33 I 1121 2 Maggie McLean BC 26.45 1 Ross Burnett YUK 21.32 3 L. Guttormonson QUE 27.35 2 Peter MacKenzie ALB 21.34 4 Vera Malanczyj ONT 30.13 3 Mike Waddington ONT 21.54 5 Sue Waddington ONT 33.23 4 Brian Graham QUE 22.01 6 Uno Grady BC 43.19 *5 Dieter Wolf SWI 23.41 *6 Brune Zurcher SWI 23.52 F5OB 7 Chris Ivanciuc BC 24.19 *1 Tortilla) Ikada JAP 37.51 8 Dave Donaldson ONT 24.20 2 Lois Lund ALB 109.45 9 WO Smith NB 24.28 10 Chris Seligy QUE 24.53 F55A *11 Jan Seguin SW1 24.57 *1 Linda Moore USA 23.50 *12 Greg Schrago SWI 26.26 *2 Sara Mae Berman LISA 24.19 *13 Gyula ICarolyi USA 26.46 3 Diana Hocking BC 25.13 *14 Steffan Lauenstein SWI 26.51 4 Gill Bailey BC 26.21 *15 Fredrik Train] SWE 27.10 5 Shirley Donald BC 26.42 16 Johan Hoagberg ONT 28.07 *6 Takako Miyazaki JAP 33.54 *17 John Casey IRE 28.22 Teruko Matsubara JAP 39.31 *18 Lars Goransson SWE 28.25 19 Kelly Slough ONT 28.48 F60 *20 Paul Keeble ENG 28.53 1 Mesta Leduc YUK 31.12 *21 Ian McLean ENG 29.09 *2 Naoko Inoue JAP 31.43 22 Stanley Zink 29.20 Yoshiko Miyoshi JAP 32.44 23 Vince Fagnan QUE 29.42 *24 Chris O'Donnell ENG 30.50 F65 25 Gord Palm ALB 31.55 1 Gloria Marlow QUE 30.03 *26 Martin Flynn IRE 33.37 2 Pat de St Croix ONT 48.28 *27 Niclas Ottosson SWE 34.02

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15 1995 WORLD ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS

FAST TIMES - UPSETS - TIES - CLOSE FINISHES - POPULAR WINS = SUCCESSFUL WOC

A record number of athletes (307) and nations (38), including 9. Marcela Kubatkova Czech Republic 70.43 first time participation of teams from Kazahkstan and Ukraine, 10. Frauke Schmitt Germany 71.13 competed in the 1995 WOC, in Germany. 48. Kristin Federer - Hall United States 84.20

CANADIAN TEAM WOMEN: Marie Josee Marie, Marie Olah, was pre-race favourite, (the terrain was similar to that Catherine Bruno, Catherine Hagen, Marketa Graham, Pam of her previous win in the Czech Republic). Runner-ups, James. MEN: Eric Cyr, Francis Falardeau, Brian Graham, Hague and Koskivaara, (rete and 4th in 1993) confirmed Martin Pardoe, Wil Smith. Ian Schokking (Team Leader). their 'top 5 in the world' status. With Sweden's best, Jansson, 4th, (5 seconds back), favourites had a good day.

EVENT 1 - CLASSIC - QUALIFICATION HEATS

CLASSIC FINAL - 11IEN 16.2 K Prior to 1995, nations were guaranteed one runner in the Classic Finals. This year the rules were changed. It is now 1. Jorgen Martensson Sweden 90.19 necessary to qualify through the Qualification Heats. 2, Janni Salmi Finland 92.04 3. Carsten Jorgensen Denmark 93.38 Two Heats of 70 men and 57 women with top 30 qualifying 4. Timo Karppinen Finland 93.39 for the Final. Two runners from each nation in each Heat. 5. Tomas Prokes Czech Republic 93.51 6. Jon Tvedt Norway 93.53

Women: Heat 1 - 6.8km Heat 2 - 6.6km 7. Libor Zridkavese Czech Republic 94.12 8. Yuri Omeltchenko Ukraine 94.20 Heat 1. Pam James (38) 64.50(30th = 59.52) 9. Vladimir Alekseev Russia 95.10 Heat 1. Catherine Hagen (46) 69.31 (30th = 59.52) 10. Sixten Sild Estonia 95.16 Heat 2. Marketa Graham (47) 73.25 (30th = 61.27) Heat 2. Marie Catherine Bruno (49) 75.24 (30th = 61.27) This was Martensson's, (now 35) 10th WOC, remarkable given the talent in Sweden. He had several good results in his Men: Heat 1 - 11.0km - Heat 2 - 11.0km first 7 WOC's but never in the top 3. Then a win in WOC #8, a 2nd place in #9. Now another victory in #10. Heat 1. Brian Graham (47) 74.445(30th = 69.30) Heat 1. Eric Cyr (64) 88.46 (30th = 69.30) His WOC medal winning performances parallel major events

Heat 2. Martin Pardoe (47) 77.07 (30th = 67.53) in his personal life. 1991 - got married a few months prior to

Heat 2. Francis Falardeau (55) 81.23 (30th = 67.53) the WOC. 1993 - his son, Henrik, was born prior to the

WOC. 1995 - twin daughters born this spring. His medals will Kristin Federer-Hall (US) was the only North American to hold double memories for the family. qualify for the Final with a 30th place finish in Heat 1. Janni Salmi. After 6 of 8 1994 World Cup races he held a EVENT 2 - CLASSIC DISTANCE FINALS comfortable point lead. An injury kept him out of the last two races and he slipped to 2nd in the final standings. His second The 1993 champions, Marisa Skogum (retired), and Alan place in the WOC gives well deserved recognition. Mogensen (injured) did not compete. The 'New' champions,

Katalin Olah (Hungary), Jorgen Martensson (Sweden), CLASSIC RESULTS - GOOD NEWS FOR ALL repeated their 1991 victories. The tie for 2nd in the Women's; a one second margin

CLASSIC FINAL - WOMEN 9.66KM between 3rd and 4th in the Men's; runners from 8 nations in the top 10 in both finals, indicates a 'closing of the gap' 1. Katalin Olah Hungary 65.50 between the Nordic Powers and challenging nations. This is 2. Yvette Hague Britain (tie) 68.39 healthy development and will encourage athletes from smaller 2. Eija Koskivaara Finland (tie) 68.39 nations to continue their efforts to improve. 4. Marlena Jansson Sweden 68.44

5. Vroni Konig Switzerland 69.22 EVENT 3 - SHORT DISTANCE OUALIFICATION 6. Hanne Sandstad Norway 69.48 7. Jana Cieslarova Czech Republic 70.09 Defending Men's champion, Fetter Thoresen, withdrew due to 8. Marie-Like Romanens Switzerland 70.17 injury. Women's champion, Anna Bogren, competed.

16 Four Heats with the top 15 qualifying for the Final. By co-incidence, both Romanens and Ornaitchenko finished 8th in the Classic. (Omaltchenko only .42 behind 3rd) Heat I. Pam James (18) 33.57(15th = 35.31) Heat 2. Marie bosee Marie (28) 47.57(15th = 33.29) These are the first Individual gold medals won by either Heat 3. Catherine Hagen (22) 38.03(15th = 34.43) nation. Omaltchenko's is historic as this was the first WOC Heat 4. Marketa Graham (21) 41.05(15th = 33.11) for a Ukraine team.

Heat 1. Francis Falardeau (31) 46.18(15th = 35.31) Yvette Hague captured her 2nd silver medal and the Swedish Heat 2. Wil Smith (23) 37.53(15th = 34.50) duo, Marlene Janssen and defending champion, Anna Heat 3. Martin Pardee (15) 35.33 (Qualified) Bogren, tied for 3rd. The two ties in this WOC underlines the Heat 4. Brian Graham (20) 36.40(15th = 35.16) increasingly close competition at the top.

Martin qualified by 2 seconds while Pam missed by 31. Jurgen Martensson's silver medal in the Short was 'icing on the cake' for a remarkable WOC by the popular Swede.

EVENT 4 - SHORT DISTANCE FINALS After 7 WOC's without a individual medal he has now won two gold and two silver medals in the last three. WOMEN 4,55K It is interesting to note Martensson's almost identical TPK's: I. Marie-Like Romanens Switzerland 28.55 Classic (5.34) and. Short (5.35). Most assume Short Distance Yvette Hague Britain 29.16 much faster than Classic. Top athletes and coaches discount 3 Anna Bogren Sweden (tie) 29.29 this saying you can only run as fast as you can read the 3. Marlene, Jansson Sweden (tie) 29.29 map'. The main difference is that 'Short' errors have much 5. Frauke Schmitt Germany 29.31 greater consequences than Classic. 6. Marcela Kubatkova Czech Rep. 29.42 7. Hanne Staff Norway 29.45 Salmi's TPK's: Classic (5.40) and Short (5.54) 8. Irina Mihalko Russia 29.53 Omaltchenkti's: Classic (5.49) and Short (5.25) 9. Anna Grandstedt Sweden 29.59 Olah's: Classic (6.49) and Short (6.42) 10. Eija Koskivaara Finland 30,12 58. Kristin Federer-Hall United States 40.59 In general; good to one - good in the other

MEN5,6K EVENT 5 - RELAY RACES

1. Yuri Omaltchenko Ukraine 30.25 Relay's are the most exciting WOC events. Spectators can 2. Jorgen Martensson Sweden 31.31 follow teams progress and excitement builds as positions 3. Bjornar Valstad Norway 31.36 change and the race moves towards the finish. 4. Thomas Buhrer Switzerland 32.01

5. Lars Holmqvist Sweden 32.14 WOMEN Legs: 1 - 4.06; 2 - 4.35; 3 - 7.35; 4 - 7.61 6. Johan Ivarsson Sweden 32.26 24 teams started - 22 teams completed the race. 7. Christoph Plattner Switzerland 32.40 1. Finland 2.50.33 8. Alain Berger Switzerland 32.43 2. Sweden 2.52.11 9, Olivier Coupat France 32.52 3. Czech Republic 2.53.05 10. Ants Grende Latvia 33,03 4. Switzerland 2.58.06 59. Martin Pardoe Canada 52.26 16. United States 3.41 . 45 Canada DNF Martin said he gave everything he had in the Qualifying Heat and had nothing left for the afternoon Final. Finland, with a very well balanced team were favoured and led from Start to Finish. A great run by Marlene Jansson, on The new champions, 22 year old, Marie-Like Romanian and the last leg moved Sweden from 4th to 2nd and pushed the 24 year old, Yuri Ornaitehenke, are relatively unknown. Czech Republic and Swiss teams down to 3rd and 4th. Their victories, while upsets, were not flukes. MEN. Leg Lengths: 1 - 8.06; 2 - 8.23; 3 - 10.64; 4 - 11.00 Romanens, although fastest on only two controls, was near 35 teams started - 33 teams completed the race. the *best time' on all others, Her run was 'error free' while 1. Switzerland 3.34.21 others made critical errors (fatal in Short distance). 2. Finland 3.35.43 3. Sweden 3.35.51 Chnaltchenkces, 66 second winning margin in a field of this 4. Norway 3.38.01 calibre is amazing He was fastest on 12 of the 19 controls. 25. United States 4.46.55 Canada DSQ

17 THREE IN A ROW FOR SWISS TEAM for places in the Finals increases every year. This is unlikely to change in 1997. In an exciting race the Swiss team, with an excellent display of balanced running, won their third consecutive Relay title, OTHERS - DISAPPOINTMENTS AND SUCCESSES confirming their 1991 and 1993 wins were well deserved. Norway. With only one 3rd place will be dejected and looking LEG 1. Switzerland led followed by New Zealand, Britain to redeem themselves in WOC 97 in Norway. and Sweden, (Finland was in 9th place). Denmark. Will also be disappointed. They had hoped for a LEG 2. Finland moved into the lead just in front of Sweden. gold medal in either the Men's Relay or the Classic. The The Swiss team was 5th, 3 minutes back. Classic 3rd place by Jorgensen was their only medal.

LEG 4. Sweden held a narrow lead over Switzerland (14 Sweden. Mixed emotions. Happy with a 1st and 2nd from seconds) and Finland (19 seconds). Martensson, 3rd's by Bogren and Jansson plus Relay 2nd and 3rd's. Disappointed the Men's team could not hold onto the Retaining the Relay crown was the Swiss team's prime goal lead on the final Relay leg. and they accomplished this with Thomas Buhrer (4th in the Short) overtaking world champion, Martensson and runner-up Finland. With 1st and 2nd in the Relays, and 2nd's by Salmi on the way to victory. Koskivaara and Salmi had one of their best ever WOC's.

DOUBLE FOR CANADIAN TEAMS Switzerland. With wins by Romanens and the Men's Relay plus several top 10 finishes will be ecstatic. WOMEN, Pam James, had an excellent run, finishing 12th, only 4 minutes behind the leader, MC Bruno dropped to 16th, Britain. Delighted with Yvette Hague's two silvers but 22 minutes back. Our least experienced athlete, MJ Marie, ran disappointed that Steve Hale, Steven Palmer and the Men's 3rd but found it too difficult and DNF'd. Catherine Hagen, Relay team did not win a medal. ran the 4th leg but we were DNF. Hungary. Happy with Olah's gold medal and the fine showing MEN Martin Pardoe ran 1st but had major problems with of Gabor Domonyok, 1995 Junior WOC 'double' champion, several controls and finished 34th, some 30 minutes back of who qualified for both finals. the leaders. Wit Smith, pulled up 3 spots to 31st after leg 2. As with the Women's team, the 3rd Leg was our undoing with CONGRATULATIONS TO GERMAN ORGANIZERS Eric Cyr missing punching at one control, Brian Graham ran the 4th leg but we were declared DSQ. By all accounts WOC was a well organized event. Excellent maps, challenging terrain and good technical courses, Results REVIEW AND LOOK AHEAD and maps with winners routes were available on a WOC 95 Page on Internet within hours after each race. While there will be disappointment our lack of success should not come as a surprise. Five National Team members com- There were some glitches with athletes accommodation and peted in World Cup and other events in Germany in 1994 with transportation to Start areas. These are normal and occur at similar results to the 1995 WOC. ie. None qualified for the most WOC's. While causing some inconvenience, they do not Finals. detract from an excellent job by the organizers.

Based upon the 1994 races, it had been predicted no Cana- The organization of a World Championship is a mammoth dians would qualify for WOC Finals. Brian Graham had undertaking and the job done by some of the smaller less considered not going as he "did not want to run in Qualifying wealthy '0' nations in recent years. eg . Hungary, Heats and then sit around and watch the Finals". Czechoslovakia, USA and Germany has been outstanding. The 1994 World Cup and 1995 WOC emphasized that to be successful in International competition it is necessary to Congratulations to the Orienteering Federation of Germany on navigate, map read and execute at high running speed; a job well done. techniques North American competitors do not get many opportunities to practise and develop.

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