ORIENTEERING

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OFFICIAL NEWSLE t.R OF THE CANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION

Vol. 20 No. 2 SUMMER 1992 ISSN 0227-6658

CONTENTS

World Cup Teams Named After COC 1 President's Niche 2 Le Mot du Prasident 2 APOC92 3 10F World Cup in Orienteering Scores 4 Technical Topics National Squad News 6 Sport The< Way Ahead 7 Major Funding Cuts in B.C. 8 A Time for Change 8 COF Drops 10 Items Available from COF . 11 Major Events Fixture List . . ...... 12 COF Addresses 12

WORLD CUP TEAMS NAMED AFTER COC

Athletes who will represent Canada in World Cup #7 (October 3-Ontario) and #8 (October 10-New Hampshire) ONTARIO will be named after the COC. CHAMPIONSHIPS October 3, 1992 - October 4, 1992 For the October 3rd competition, we will be permitted to enter the maximum number of 6 men and 6 women. For the October 10th event we are only allowed to enter 3 men Canadian I and 3 women. World Cup rules limit the number of Sponsors: Ahamira entrants to 80 with the host nation guaranteed 6 positions. If the limit of 80 is not reached then the neighbouring International countries have the first choice of entering up to the limit Sponsors: IDEA 111011NEU1 of 6. For more into, contact Orienteering, Ontarto at 1220 Sheppard Av. East, Willowciale, Ontario M2K 2X1 Tel: (416) 495 4160 The entries for the competitions dose 3 months prior to the event date. This means that on July 11th we will know the number allowed in the U.S. event.

Four Canadians: Brian Graham, Brian May, Pam James and Philippa McNeil will compete in World Cup 4, 5, 6 in Hungary-August 16, Austria-August 20, Italy-August 23. 1 PRESIDENT'S NICHE by Jack Forsyth

By the time you receive this issue of our magazine, the Associations as we await notification on the level of 1992 "0" season will be well underway and many of you Government Funding we will receive and which projects preparing to travel to this year's COC in Hartney, . will be supported. The recession has had an impact on sport, as it has on most other things. Governments just As Meet Director for this year's Championship, I have had do not have a lot of funds available. In addition, the a busier than usual spring and summer, compounded by a Federal Government Dept. of Fitness and Amateur Sport knee operation in June which greatly restricted my mobil- have been conducting a very comprehensive study on the ity. However, I am confident that all participants will entire scope of sport and recreation in this country. This depart Manitoba with the same pleasant memories as those study process has helped delay the Government's decision who attended the two previous National Championships in on funding requests. Without funding, many programs get the Manitoba Sandhi11 country in 1982 and 1988 - good delayed or cancelled. Hopefully the situation will improve maps, challenging technical terrain, excellent runnability in future, although newspaper articles and visibility, superb weather, and most of all outstanding advise that the Provincial Sport Budget has been cut by hospitality from "Friendly Manitoba.' 13% this year.

We had planned to hold a Presidents' Forum in conjunction In such times we must direct our efforts to those projects with this year's COC. Due to a lack of affirmative response, that can be accomplished within the available resources. the Presidents' Forum has had to be cancelled. The National Office has been busy updating several of our programmes and manuals. I have revised our Constitution In recent years the spring and early summer has also been to better reflect the current mode of operation of the COF a time of frustration for both the COF and Provincial and the member associations and assisted in a review and update of the COF Policy Manual. LE MOT DU PRESIDENT par Jack Forsyth

Au moment oa vous lirez ces lignes, la saison de course associations provinciales, car c'est la periode de l'annee oa d'orientation 1992 battra deja son plein et plusieurs d'entre nous attendons avec impatience des nouvelles du gouverne- vous se prepareront a participer au championnat canadien ment federal quant au niveau de financement et aux de course d'orientation qui aura lieu cette annee a Hartney, programmes qui recevront un appui financier. La recession au Manitoba. a eu des repercussions nefastes sur le sport, comrne dans tous les secteurs de l'economie canadienne. Les gouveme- Comme directeur du championnat, j'ai eu fort a faire ce ments n'ont tout simplement pas de fonds disponibles. De printemps et pendant fete. De plus, tine operation a un plus, Condition physique et Sport amateur a entrepris une genou au mois de juin a limits mes deplacements. Je suis etude en profondeur sur le sport et le loisir au pays. Ce toutefois confiant que tous les participants quitteront le processus a contribue a retarder l'annonce des octrois par Manitoba avec les memes bons souvenirs que ceux et celles le gouvemement. Sans financement, de nombreux pro- qui ont pris part aux deux championnats nationaux grammes seront remis a plus Lard ou annules. Esperons precedents, soil ceux de 1982 et 1988 a Sandhill, au que la situation s'ameliorera clans I'avenir, bien que des Manitoba - bones cartes geographiques, terrain technique- articles pants dans des quotidiens de la Colombie-Britan- ment invitant, excellentes conditions de course et visibilite, nique rapportent que l'assiette budgetaire du sport a subi temps superbe, accueil chaleureux et hospitalite extraor- une coupure de 13 p. cent cette annee. dinaire des Manitobains. Nous vivons une periode extremement difficile! C'est la Nous desirions tenir un Forum des presidents dans le cadre raison pour laquelle nous devons orienter nos efforts vers du championnat de cette annee, mais nous avons da les projets qui peuvent etre realises avec un minimum de renoncer a ce projet etant donne le nombre relativement ressources financieres. Le personnel du bureau national faible de reponses affirmatives. s'est affairs a mettre a jour plusieurs de nos programmes et manuels. J'ai revise noire constitution afar qu'elle reflete Au cotu-s des demiares annees, le printemps et le debut de mieux le mode de fonctionnement de la Federation et des l'ete sont devenus synonymes de frustration pour la associations membres, et j'ai aide a la revision et la mise a Federation canadienne de course d'orientation et les jour du manuel des politiques de la Federation.

2 APOC92 by Donald Watson During Japan's Golden Week in early May over 1500 people With jazz and haunting Japanese flute music in the could be seen milling about in the pine forests and tea background, the overseas orienteers compared notes on the plantations on the southern flank of Mt. Fuji. They were terrain. The conclusion: the forest was nothing, thank- not, however, fleeing a volcanic eruption - Fuji-san has fully, like the vertical jungles any of us had seen before on been dormant since 1707 - but competing in the 1992 Asia- Japanese maps. Pacific Championships. Early the next morning, we were bused to the centre for APOC, which was last held in Japan 10 years ago, attracted the individual APOC events, a primary school in the 120 overseas competitors, including seven from Canada. foothills of Mt. Fuji. The gymnasium used as the male For Mark McMillan and Jennifer Fenton ( changing room was soon packed. The Japanese seemed to O.C.), Japan was another stage in an extended trip to ignore the crowding, but to this westerner it was discom- Australasia and Asia; they had already orienteered in Hong forting. The start boxes were compressed together as well, Kong and at the Veteran's Championships in Tasmania. and it felt good to pick up a map and run off into the Also from B.C. came Fred Buchi and Pat Berting (both forest. Valley Navigators). Of the Canadians, Pat travelled the shortest distance to get to APOC. He's now teaching The model event terrain, like the plastic food replicas in English in Tokyo and, he said, learning Japanese in a Japanese restaurant windows, was indeed representative. doughnut shop. The forest was delightful: open, runnable, good contour detail, some trails, even more when you realized many From Ottawa, came Ted de St. Croix, Ariane Burke and erosion gullies were also paths. Mt. Fuji formed a spectac- myself (all Loup Garou O.C.). Ted was one of a lucky ular backdrop, it's graceful snow cone sparkling in the group of elite orienteers from overseas who was invited to sunshine. APOC, expenses paid, thanks to sponsor Perrier Nippon. American Sharon Crawford, New Zealand champion Alistair The New Zealanders dominated the elite classes. Landels Landels and Katie Fettes; Norwegians Ann Kristin Hogsrun won H21E in 70:15, followed by Kornmo, 74:12 and Kashi- and Thore Kornmo were the other invited orienteers. mada Kouji of Japan in 74:22. De St. Croix was 4th in 80:21 and was awarded the bronze medal since Kornmo The competitions began on a steep, deeply eroded hillside was not from an Asia-Pacific nation. in Gotemba, 100 km west of Tokyo. The map was quite green with bamboo but the terrain was not thick by Fettes won D21E in 51:32, followed by Hogsrun, 55:56, Canadian standards. Soft soil made climbing out of some and Australian Louise Fairfax in 58:39. Crawford was a gullies quite hard. gloomy 19th in 81:08. She said she had problems telling the sunken trails from ditches on the leg to her 2nd After this pre-event, some of the foreign competitors stayed control. at Gotemba Youth Hostel. There they found Japanese fighting spirit for sale, from a vending machine in cans Other Canadian times and places for the first day were: marked Desert Storm. This sounded only marginally more McMillan, H21E, 130:24; Fenton, D21E, 85:28, 24th; appetizing than another drink called Pocari Sweat. Berting, H21A2, 88.26; Watson, H218, 62.24, 15th; Burke, D218, 80:20, 9th; and Buchi, H45A, 76:42, 24th. APOC92 began two days later with a model event on what turned out to be the southern tip of the main competition The second day of competition featured a two-part short map. The terrain was less steep than Gotemba, with open race for the elite classes. It is not customary in Japan to woods, good runnability and lots of contour detail. The tell competitors before the start their course lengths or ground was so soft that some of the trails were sunk in the number of controls, so the rest of us did not know in ground like ditches. In fact, parts of trails were mapped as advance we had shorter courses too. ditches. In the morning heats, de St. Croix easily finished in the top At the opening ceremony which followed, orienteers from 30 I-121E runners and qualified for the A-final. McMillan each of the 12 competing countries paraded their flags; was 38th, as was Fenton in D21E. A much happier Fenton and de St. Croix did the honours with the Maple Crawford finished in 8th place in D21E. Leaf, I held my nose, briefly reverted to British citizenship and helped the solitary Englishman with the Union Jack. The rest of our times and two-day placings were Betting, 77:06, 69th; Watson, 47:17, 8th; Burke, 50:33, 5th; Buchi, The event organizers and dignitaries were then introduced 71:00, 24th. Finished for the day, we could relax in the and thanked, a kimono-dad course planner stealing the sunshine, slurp some noodles, and watch the elite finals. show. The invited orienteers were also introduced and (continued next page) asked about their expectations. 3 IOF WORLD CUP IN ORIENTEERING Top Twenty Accumulated Score After First Three Events WOMEN MEN Points Points 1. SWE 98 1. Joakim Ingeisson SWE 106 2. Annika Zell SWE 96 2. Martin Johansson SWE 101 3. Anette Nilsson SWE 96 3. Bjornar Valstad NOR 96 4. Jana Cieslarova TCH 95 4. Johan Ivarsson SWE 88 5. Yvette Hague GBR 91 5. Lars Holmqvist SWE 81 6. Eija Kosivaara FIN 86 6. Vladimir Alexeev RUS 76 7. Ragnhild B. Andersen NOR 85 7. Keijo Parkkinen FIN 75 8. Mari Lukkarinen FIN 77 8. Petri Forsman FIN 70 9. Torunn Fossli NOR 74 9. Petter Thoresen NOR 69 10. SWE 67 10. Inno Ling EST 66 11. Vroni Konig SUI 61 11. Michael Wehlin SWE 65 12. Annika Viilo FIN 60 12. Hivard Tveite NOR 62 13. Christina Blomqvist SWE 56 13. Kjetil Bjorlo NOR 54 14. Kari Christiansen NOR 50 14. Sixten Sild EST 54 15. Irina Namovira LAT 48 15. Jarmo Reiman FIN 54 16. Heidi Arenesen NOR 47 16. Rolf Vestre NOR 52 17. Brigitte Wolf SUI 47 17. Per Ek SWE 51 18. Reeta Mari Kolkkala FIN 43 18. Allan Morgensen DEN 42 19. Danute Girinskaite LIT 41 19. Jens Hansen DEN 39 20. Marcela Kubatkova TCH 38 20. Re ij o Man-in en FIN 39

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The fastest qualifiers started last in the A-finals. When de De St. Croix set off first for the Canucks H21A team and St. Croix appeared from the forest, he was hotly pursued came back grinning in 5th place in 44:15. He said, after across the tea plantation by a Japanese runner, who he just punching his 8th control, a Japanese orienteer had shouted manage to out-sprint in the finish chute. His time of 23:19 after him that it was the wrong control: it was the right gave him 2nd place and the silver medal. Landels won in one for his course. 20:55 and Kashimada was third in 24:44. McMillan ran next and finished 6th in 98:38. I nearly In the women's A-final, Hogsrun won in 20:58, Fettes was missed the changeover as the commentator was interview- second in 22:14, just ahead of Fairfax, who, sprinting past ing Landels about his latest "perfect race" instead of one of the male elite runners on the last uphill, finished in announcing the finishers. Perhaps it would have been 22:45. Crawford was 10th in the A-final in 25:26 and better if I had, as I struggled in the brutal terrain and Fenton finished 6th in 53:01 in the B-final. finished a dismal 30th to bring the total team time to 169:00. A team of Japanese national squad members won After a very efficiently organized medal ceremony, we the H21A category. boarded coaches for the APOC relay event centre near Okazaki. Holiday traffic made this a bus trip from hell: The second Canadian team, in the mixed open category, seven hours to cover 160 km. The strain was showing by was more successful. Berting returned in 4th place in the time we got to the outdoor-centre accommodation. We 29:05, followed by Burke, 7th in 69:02 and Fenton, 7th in discussed which way round to squat in the Japanese toilets 110:55. and how best to fit in their tiny portaloos. After the medal ceremony - the Japanese dominated all The relay fell on the last of the Golden Week holidays: categories - we took the bus for the last time to Okazaki. Boy's Day. Many houses were flying huge decorated wind- The remaining handful of Canadians went to the dosing socks in the shape of carp, considered to be a symbol of banquet at a downtown hotel, a beautifully presented feast manliness. of sushi, smoked-salmon roses, perfectly-cut sandwiches, tiny squid, huge shrimp, fragrant fish and chicken sauces, After Mt. Fuji, the relay terrain looked steep. Streams and barbecued tofu and carved fruit, all washed down with rivers had eroded deep gullies in the cedar-clad hills. Joyce beer, said and suntory whisky. Orienteers proved yet again Gulch - the site for the APOC90 relay in , B.C. - that they have healthy appetites and swiftly cleared the lot. was a putting-green in comparison. After politely listening to the speeches and toasting the organizers for their wonderful events of course. 4 TECHNICAL TOPICS

1. MAPPING MATTERS OCAD 4.0 is available in two versions: Foreign Mappers Available: The National Office has received letters from mappers from Russia and Czechos- OCAD 4 standard includes New Symbols - power lines, lovakia interested in coming to Canada to do mapping rectangle function for ruins, circle function for round projects. Any clubs/associations interested in contract- buildings (tanks), rectangles for frames around map ing their services should contact the individuals directly, (even with round corners), punch boxes. A new concept was introduced for fences to prevent tags from being i) TEREM "0" Map Group: The "0" Map Group TEREM drawn in the vicinity of corners. Existing lines may be is available and interested to perform fieldwork and followed without drawing them again. The line width of map drawing for clubs. Our mappers have a lot of contours is programmable. experience in producing Orienteering maps for major competitions in the USSR. We are able to prepare New Edit functions: Whole objects may be moved, holes the maps by computer. We can also arrange for map in areas can be interrupted (for street crossings). Fence printing at low cost. and cliff tags can be brought to the opposite side of the line. Clubs/associations interested in our services and to discuss schedules, costs, etc please contact: General: The colour printer HP Deskjet 500 C is sup- ported (a recommended printer). The tablet driver has Alexander Kobzarev been improved and new tablet formats added (Calcomp, 2 - Pygachevskaya St. 4 - 2 - 41 Microgrid, Numonics). Moscow, 107061 USSR OCAD 4 Professional: this version contains additional functions for large maps for the import of photogram- FAX (095) 200-52-53 Box 82 metric plots and functions for special maps. or (095) 200-52-54 Box 82 Hans Steinegger advises that for most 0-clubs/mappers ii) We offer complete service for preparation of the Standard version is satisfactory. orienteering maps. Cost of OCAD 4 Standard = 300 SW Francs ($250.00) a) Drawing maps in terrain/field work Cost of update from OCAD 3 to OCAD 4 Standard = 150 Is) Map drawing to 10F standards SW Francs ($125.00) c) Printing Orders to: Hans Steinegger, Chriesimatt 23, CI-1-6340 Baar/Swirzerland Costs: For reasonably open terrain, without a lot of climbing and with a good base map, the cost An increasingly large number of mappers are now using would be approximately $150/sq km estimated one computers for the cartography of 0-maps with OCAD person work week per kilometre. Map drawing for being the most widely used. An indication of the success this type of terrain approx. $60/sq km. of OCAD is that Hans Steinegger has left his job as a computer analyst and set up a business to devote his For further information contact: efforts into further development and support of OCAD.

Ing Josef Hejna 3.IOF LICENSED INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLERS- The Waltrova 16 IOF Technical Committee have introduced the use of 31810 Plzen Licensed Controllers for all future International Competi- Czechoslovakia tions. The First IOF Controllers Conference was held in Switzerland with the 39 attending controllers being Telephone: +4219 286936 designated as "Licensed International Controllers". Only after 6 pm Czechoslovakian time (6 hrs. time dif- 3 non-Europeans attended the Conference, 2 Americans ference from Central Canada time) (Linda Taylor and Per Stensby) and 1 New Zealander.

2. OCAD UPDATE: The Swiss location and the cost of travel obviously had (OCAD - Orienteering Map Computer Assisted Drawing) an effect on the attendees. e.g. Germans outnumbered Swedes and Norwegians 2 or 3 to 1. Version 4.0 of OCAD is now available. The author of the program, Hans Steinegger, Switzerland, advises that 5 NATIONAL SQUAD NEWS

1. World Cup #1 - Shown on TSN: The first race of the as well as the title of "The Flying Doctor." 1992 World Cup Competition held in Sweden on May 9 was featured on TSN on May 16. Not the whole race, 3. Top Junior, Peter MacKenzie, To Spend Year in just a short 10-minute dip. The first 3 places in the Switzerland: National Junior Team Member, Peter Men's Race were taken by Swedish runners; while in MacKenzie will depart Innisfail, shortly after the Women's Race, Britain's Yvette Hague upset the the 1992 C.O.C. and spend the next school year in favoured Swede to take first place ahead of Swedish Neufchatel, Switzerland as part of a student exchange and Finnish women. with a top Swiss Junior orienteer.

The race format was modified to make it more exciting Neufchatel is in the French speaking region of Switzer- for spectators and TV audiences. land and Peter will study French as a second language as well as train and compete with the local orienteer- A. A Mass Start was used rather than the normal Start ing club. Interval. This ensured the first runner to cross the Finish line was the winner. 4. Alison Skinner Suffers Broken Ankle While Playing Rugby: National Team Member, Alison Skinner- B. The courses were set in a series of short loops - Newfoundland, broke an ankle in a rugby game at similar to a one Person Relay Race. The runners University. The injury occurred almost at the ran the loops in different sequence to reduce end of the school year and just prior to her first following. At the end of each loop they passed planned "0" competition of the season. Alison has a through the Finish Area allowing spectator and TV steel plate and pins inserted int he ankle in addition coverage to see the changes in leaders, time to the normal cast. In spite of this, Alison has indi- differences etc. cated she hopes to be able to compete in this year's C.O.C. We wish Alison a speedy and complete re- One Canadian, Brian May of Newfoundland, a member covery. of our National Elite Team, competed in the event, finishing 60th of 84 runners, about 25 minutes behind 5. Ted de St. Croix Comes Close in APOC Events in the winner. Brian reports that he was quite satisfied Japan: Congratulations to Ted de St. Croix on his 2nd with his performance - he made no major errors, just and 3rd place finishes in the 1992 Asia Pacific 0. simply "ran out of gas" on the last loop. He had just Championships in Japan, May 3 - 5. travelled from Canada to Switzerland the week before the event; then taken the train from Switzerland to Ted's 2nd place was earned in the Short Distance race Sweden - not the ideal preparation for a major race. while his 3rd place came in the Classic Distance Race. Both races were won by Alistair Landels, New Zealand Mike Waddington, now studying in Sweden, had (30th in the 1991 WOC). intended to compete but could not take time off from his research. The winner of both Women's Races was also from New Zealand, Katie Fettes, who had an impressive 10th 2. Canadian Champion, Magali Robert The Flying Doctor" place finish in the 1991 WOC. Moves to Vancouver: Six time Canadian Elite Champion moved to Vancouver early in July where she will be a An article on the 1992 APOC written by Donald resident doctor at the Grace Hospital (6 months) and Watson is included in this issue of ORIENTEERING St. Paul's Hospital (6 months). Magali, who completed CANADA. her internship at the Ottawa General Hospital in June will be in Vancouver for four years. NOTE: The two New Zealand winners, Landels and Fettes, hopped on a plane immediately after the APOC While not certain what her "long term" future plans for event and flew to Sweden to compete in the World Cup orienteering are, her "short term" plans include: #1. APOC finished on May 5 and World Cup #1 took defending her D21 title in this year's C.O.C. in Mani- place on May 9. After a poor result in Sweden, no doubt toba; competing as a member of the Canadian Team in due to jet lag, Alistair had two good results in World Cup the World Cup Competitions (#7 Ontario-Oct. 3 and #8 #2 in Finland with a 23rd place and World Cup #3 in New Hampshire-Oct. 10); defending her North Ameri- Russia with a 16th placing. This earned him a total of 33 can D21 title at the North American Championships, points, good for 24th place after the three events. Katie Virginia, Nov. 7 & 8. Flying from Vancouver to these has not fared as well - no points earned after the 3 locations could earn her a lot of "frequent flyer" points competitions.

6 CANADIAN 1992 ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS :is is* efrv Hartney, Manitoba Alp August 1 2 1992

Hosted by Hartney Gougers Orienteering Club For More information Contact: MANITOBA Manitoba Orienteering Association SPORTS 200 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada FEDERATION Manitoba Sport Directorate44 43AP PIC R3C 4M2 Telephone: 985-4267 Fax: 985-4028 COC 92 25th CANADIAN ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS Hosted by the Hariney Gougers Orienteering Club

The Canadian Orienteering Federation invites all orienteers to partidpate in the 1992 Canadian Championships and the Canadian Relay Championships — celebrating the 25th annual championships and the 20th anniversary of orienteering in Manitoba.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS DATE EVENT LOCATION Juts/ 26 Canoe '0', The Forks Winnipeg 24-27 July Sass Peepre junior training camp Hartney July 29 Manitoba Invitational Spruce Woods Provincial Park 1 30 Short Distance "0" Hartney Training day Hartney Aug 1-2 Canadian Individual Championship Hartney Amg3 Canadian Relay Championship Hartney RACE PREPARATION

Weather: Daytime conditions tend to be hot and dry. Although average high temperatures are about 25°C, the highs can easily exceed 35°, and the sandhills, with their thin vegetative cover, reflect back direct sunlight and make surface conditions very hot. Start times will be between 9:00 and 11:00 am to avoid the worst of the daytime heat, but competitors are reminded to prepare adequately for hot conditions, beginning with a systematic hydration program.

Flora and Fauna: There are no significant wildlife hazards. The only serious plant hazard is poison ivy, which grows to shin height throughout the area. Persons with a known sensitivity must take adequate precautions. Full leg cover will be enforced by meet officials. Terrain: The area is stabilized sandhills. Topographic detail is fine and intricate, and is mapped at 2.5 m contour interval in order to provide meaningful information. There are few terrain features that are large and distinctive. Vegetation features are intricate and variable. Some of the area is active pasture, which results in relatively sparse undergrowth, but the relatively young tree growth can still be slow running. Areas outside the pasture usually have very thick undergrowth. Runnability in open areas is excellent. Footing is smooth and firm, and the terrain will be very fast. There are occasional spots of open sandy ground, especially on some of the trails and cut lines. Loose sand is very difficult to run on, but these spots can usually be avoided. Open areas range from rough terrain with much scrub, to rough pasture, to cultivated fields. Standing crops are out of bounds to competitors. There are several distinct, large, flat open areas which will help in both navigation and running. There is a reasonable network of linear features, usually trails and fences. Larger trails may be overgrown, but are usually identifiable as cut lines. Smaller trails are cattle trails, which wander about in irregular lines and may fade in and out, especially in open areas. Junctions of cattle trails are usually at very sharp angles, and are frequently indistinct. Fences run in straight lines, sometimes with a trail or cut line along one side of them, and may be either barbed wire or woven wire mesh. Strategy: This type of terrain calls - for heavy emphasis on precision "0". Parallel error, in both contour and vegetation features, 15 a constant hazard. Close contact with the map is essential at all times. When choosing your route, try to stay in open areas as much as possible, to take advantage of visibility and runnability. Controls will be hung on very fine point features, usually contour features for advanced courses, and attack points will also be fine features. Controls will not be hung in dense wood, but may be bony very low to the ground to control visibility in open areas. Visibility of controls will generally be determined by the course level.

We hope you enjoy your visit to Manitoba. Best of luck to all competitors.

OTHER LOCAL EVENTS

HARTNEY HOPPER DAYS August 1 and 2 are the dates of the local summer festival, Hartney Hopper Days. Included in the schedule are such events as: Friday: 12:00 - Treasure Hunt (should be a natural for orienteers) 8:00 - Street Dance Saturday: 7:30 - Pancake Breakfast 1:00 - Parade - This is a bit early for us because of the competition, but we would like to enter a float which would include representatives from every province. Most of the orienteers will have finished their runs by then. 2:00 - Poker Derby 9:00 - Hopper Days Dance Sunday: 8:00 - Pancake Breakfast 10:45 - (pm) Fireworks Display

Remember the COC banquet is Sunday evening.

FOLKLORAMA August 2 is also the opening day for Winnipeg's Folklorama. This cultural celebration features pavilions sponsored by some forty ethnic groups. The pavilions house cultural and historical displays, ethnic food, and live entertainment representing the appropriate ethnic community. The pavilions are scattered throughout the city of Winnipeg, variously located in community centres, churches, and private clubs. See the world in microcosm in just a day or two, on your way home from COC 92.

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11 SPORT - THE WAY AHEAD by Colin Kirk

This is the title of a 311 page report recently released by 6.The Federal Government recommends de-emphasizing a Federal Government Task Force in response to "The "medal winning" as a measurement of success. Dubin Report" which recommended a complete review of sport in Canada. The Dubin Report, also several hundred 7.The gap between Olympic and non-Olympic sports should pages, was the result of an investigation into the "use of be eliminated. illegal drugs in sport" following the Ben Johnson scandal in the 1988 Olympic Games. 8. Sports organizations should try to host/organize more major International events in Canada but without relying THE WAY AHEAD makes 117 recommendations that are on Government funding. so wide ranging that it would take several years and many millions of dollars to implement. Many of the recommen- 9. Increase the profile and employment opportunities for dations are philosophical visions that are impractical in the the profession of Coaching in Canada. present framework of Federal, Provincial, Regional, Munici- pal responsibility for Sport and Education and compounded 10. Establish an "Officials Association of Canada", an by the difficult financial situation. organization that would parallel the Coaching Association but for Officials, Umpires, Referees. Some of the points included in the report are: 1. 119 different sport/recreation organizations receive 11. The establishment of Sport Development Centres in funding support from Federal/Provincial Governments. A selected communities. total of 46 organizations receive funding support at both the Federal and Provincial level. 12. The Task Force vision is that Canadians in all parts of the country be able to participate in sport in their own 2. At present Fitness and Amateur Sport (F & AS) provides community and that the sport model allow for smooth and financial support to 69 National Sport Organizations. The easy transition from Municipal Recreation to Provincial, Task Force recommends that this number be reduced to 30- National Team Programs. The Task Force defines this as 35 "Core Sports" over the next 2 - 4 years. "Seamless Vertical Integration."

The formula to determine what and who a "Core Sport" is THE WAY AHEAD is so all encompassing that it is difficult has not been developed but it will be based upon what to evaluate the recommendations with the realities of sports are important to Canadians. This could mean sports money, time, volunteer involvement, cooperation and with a: Large Participation Base (Skiing); National Identity sharing of responsibilities between Federal, Provincial, (Curling); National Pride (Hockey). Municipal groups as well as reaching consensus on pro- grams and priorities. Opportunities to participate in sport should be available to Canadians in all parts of the country. This means that Initial reaction from National Sport Organizations is varied. efforts be made to increase the visibility and support of For many sport federations the number one question is, such groups as Wheelchair Sports, Sport Organizations for "Will we be one of the 35 Core Sports?" If not, then most the Disabled; Canadian Association for the Advancement of the recommendations are meaningless. Other questions of Women in Sport; Sport for Native People and the Active are, "Given the difficulties of the Federal/Provincial Govern- Living Groups which includes Active Living Alliance ment have had in trying to define and agree on the (Disabled), Children and Youth, Fitness in the Third Age, Constitution, etc. it is unrealistic to think that sport will and Active Living in the Workplace. not have similar problems since their funding comes from different Governments." Some organizations e.g. Wheel- 3. Sport is big business. Canadians spent 16 billion dollars chair Sport, Sport for the Disabled, Sport for Native People, in 1990 on Sport/Recreation. Included in this figure: Canadian Association for Advancement of Women in Sport sport equipment, clothing, sport shoes, tickets to sporting are supportive of the report, perhaps because they are events. The Government in return contributes 60 million identified as groups that should be strengthened and dollars to sport. almost certainly included in the "Core Sports".

4. Money is in great demand but in short supply with no At this stage the Task Force Report is simply a document increase in funding anticipated in the foreseeable future. prepared for the Minister of Sport, Pierre Cadieux; however, as he appointed the 3-person Task Force and his Assistant 5. The Federal Government i.e. F & AS, will Deputy Minister was a member, it is likely that he was become less involved in the day-to-day operation of Nation- aware of and approved the direction of the report. The next al Sport Bodies but will continue to ensure that organiza- steps in the process are for the minister to: meet with tions remain accountable for public funds received. provincial sport ministers to discuss the report and (continued next page) 7 SPORT-THE WAY AHEAD- (con't from previous page) MAJOR FUNDING CUTS seek agreement on major items; have the document ap- proved by the Government as the blueprint for Canadian TO SPORTS IN B.C. Sport. Only then can the implementation process begin. Shortly after the release of the Federal Government's This will inevitably mean more working groups, task forces report THE WAY AHEAD, the B.C. Government and consulting fees. announced major reductions in the 1992-93 Sport Budget. Sport B.C., the Administration Centre for 87 During the 15 month period that the Task Force was sport associations, received a whopping 25% cut; developing THE WAY AHEAD, the National Sports Organ- while some major associations e.g. Figure Skating and izations, under the leadership of the Sport Federation of Alpine Siding received 13% reductions. Canada, have been hard at work developing their vision of Sport in Canada. Two Sport Forums with representatives Not all associations were cut with several receiving from National Sport Organizations were held in May and 10% increases. These included Sport for the Dis- Oct.'91 another is planned for Oct. '92. C.O.F. President, abled, Gender Equality for Women in Sport, Native Jack Forsyth, and Executive Director, Colin Kirk attended People Sport. One newspaper article stated, "The both of these Forums. A main thrust of the Sport Forums Government paid politically correct lip service to has been to change the relationships between Government native, disabled and women's sport." The cuts were and Sport. Officials from Fitness and Amateur Sport were announced two months into the fiscal year. This also involved in the two Sport Forums and many of THE reduction in funding is a major setback for sport in WAY AHEAD recommendations are similar to those B.C. Some association officials were quoted as discussed at the Forums. It is unfortunate that the Govern- saying, "This moves sport back into the 1960s" and ment Task Force has produced their report before the sport "Maybe we'll be back to running our association from community finalized their process as it may result in Sport a kitchen table." Coaching and officiating courses Forum III being Reactive rather than Pro-active. Hopefully were cited as being areas of foreseeable cutbacks. there will be the opportunity for further input from the sport community before THE WAY AHEAD is finalized. It is ironic that these cuts in the funding of B.C. Sports follows so closely on the heels of the Federal The next few months will see many people involved at Government's report. In B.C. THE WAY AHEAD may levels of sport doing lots of reading and research to be THE ROAD BACK. determine how THE WAY AHEAD will affect their sport.

A TIME FOR CHANGE by Colin Kirk

Delegates at the 1992 International Orienteering Federation of the draw" might benefit some runners but the best (IOF) Congress are expected to approve a new formula that would still win. The suggestion was not accepted. determines the number of athletes each nation is allowed to enter in the next World Championships (WOC). The A Canadian official suggested: the Start be adjacent to the formula, based upon results from the previous WOC, will Finish so that spectators could see the runners; that courses see a maximum number of 80 runners in the Classic race. be planned with a water control in the Finish Area so that runners would come through the Finish Area during their Why is it necessary to restrict the entries to 80? The IOF race, again allowing spectators to see them. The sugges- Technical Committee feel that to ensure fairness and reduce tions were rejected. following, there must be a 3 minute interval between runners. 80 X 3 minutes means a 4 hour Start List. This plus a winning time of 90-100 minutes means a minimum TELEVISION AND/OR OLYMPIC GAMES of 5 1/2 hours before the winner is known. WILL DEMAND CHANGES

The break-up of the Soviet Union means more nations eligible to compete. Unless the event is restricted to 80 It is well known that the Olympic Games are big business, runners, this will increase the Start List to 6-7 hours with counting on spectators paying admission fees to watch different weather conditions for early and late starters. competitions plus large revenues from TV companies to film the competitions. The revenues are so enormous that the When the problem of the increase in number of runners TV companies dictate the schedule of competition to arose, a British delegate, John Disley, suggested that a 1- capture prime time audiences; they also have a great minute interval be used. It would only mean that the "luck (continued next page) 8 7•■ influence on which sports are accepted or included on the Imagine the spectators' excitement if several runners started Olympic program. the last loop only seconds apart - which one will be back first? What about a thrilling sprint to the Finish with a If Orienteering ever hopes to make it to the Olympic Games Swede trying to catch a Norwegian and a Swiss runner then major changes are needed to the present format. attempting to overtake both. Neither the International Olympic Committee (IOC) or the TV companies will permit an event of 5.7 hours duration Under the present format such excitement and drama does with the possibility that the winner finished 3 hours before not exist. The races are shrouded in secrecy without TV coverage begins. outside influences (coaches, spectator, information on other runners' times).

SWEDISH WORLD CUP OFFERS SOLIMON On rare occasions some outside factors may influence the race. One such occasion was the 1978 WOC in Norway, due to the PA system.

The first competition of the 1992 World Cup series was A Norwegian, had finished in a fast time. organized in a very different fashion from the traditional As interval times were announced it became clear that only start intervals. the defending champion, Liisa Veijalainen, Finland could overtake Anne Berk. When Veijalainen left the final 1. Mass Start. This meant the first runner to finish was control and headed for the Finish line the announcer the winner. It also meant the winners were known ap- started counting down the seconds she had left in order to proximately 60 (women) and 80 (men) minutes after the win - 23-22-21-20 etc. The crowd went wild, the Finnish start. Easy for TV to schedule. woman sprinted harder - the count-down continued 4-3-2- 1-0 with Veijalainen still 5 metres from the line. The 2- 2. Courses were set in 3 loops with combinations of second margin is the closest ever in a WOC. controls used to ensure everyone ran exactly the same legs, Runners ran the loops in different sequence. What if the Finnish woman had won by 1 second? The Norwegians would have filed a protest on the grounds of 3. Runners came through the Finish area at the end of the PA announcer giving an unfair advantage to Lisa. each loop allowing spectators to check on positions and time after 1/3 and 2/3 of the race. Imagine the same situation in a Mass Start format. Liisa would have seen Anne Berk as she approached the last This type of format has numerous advantages: a) spectator control- perhaps even Liisa would have been in the lead involvement; b) exactly the same weather conditions for but there would have been a very exciting stretch run to everyone; c) the winner is the first person back; d) com- decide the winner. petition completed in a reasonable time frame; e) better opportunities for TV. Cameras can be set up at the last Mass Starts, spectator-friendly course planning, runners control of each loop. The Mass Start could be filmed plus knowing their position relative to others, events more the end of each loop and the Finish; f) smaller areas can attractive to TV and media, increased excitement, increased be used for the races as the loops need only be 3-5 km in race strategies and pressure, etc. can only be beneficial to length; g) water controls can be in the Finish Area and making orienteering a more attractive sport for everyone. available at the end of each loop; h) the advantage of late starters having beaten trails in and out of controls will be The May 1992 issue of ORIENTEERING NORTH greatly reduced - the use of loops will give all runners AMERICA included a letter from Scott Donald, B.C. exactly the same conditions i.e. Loop 1-unbeaten, Loops 2- suggesting a different format for 0. courses - combine 3 beaten trails. Standard 0. and Score 0., to provide a course that offers both challenge and freedom to the competitor: Scott gave An additional ingredient would also be included-PRESSURE several reasons for his proposed new format plus pro's and In the present system the athlete does not know how well con's. they are performing. They may feel they are doing well while in fact they are several minutes behind. The intro- Innovations such as the Mass Start-3 Loop format of the duction of the loops would allow runners to see others Swedish World Cup and Scott's suggestion, merit serious ahead of them at the end of each loop. Perhaps a large consideration as a means to enhance the excitement of our clock could show the leading time plus the elapsed running sport. Just the thought of having water controls in the time behind the leader. This would have an influence on Finish area rather than having to carry water jugs into the how a runner would approach the next loop e.g. If close woods makes me excited. behind: do you play it safe and hope the leaders falter; do you try to outkick in the "Run in' at the Finish; do you take the gamble to overtake the leader?

9 COF DROPS

1. 1992 I.O.F. Congress to Approve Ten New National the project. The map is 1:10 000 with 5 metre contours Federations: The changes in the former Soviet Union and in 5 colours. has resulted in the I.O.F. receiving applications from five national 0. bodies. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, The official opening of the Bronte Creek Permanent Course Russia, Ukraine, to replace the previous Soviet Union was May 10 as part of an "A" Meet using the permanent Federation. control locations. A local politician performed the "opening ceremony." All local area schools, guide and scout troops, Delegates to the Congress held in Zurich, Switzerland etc. were contacted and made aware of this new facility. in July will also be asked to approve applications from: Julie and husband, Neville, distributed promotional flyers Slovenia, Croatia, China, South Africa, The Netherlands. at shopping malls, car windshields, etc. The Slovenia, Croatia Federations will replace the previous Yugoslavian 0. Federation. 4. Successful Jr. Trn Camps Held in Ontario & N.S. Ontario: The annual Ontario Jr. Training Camp was held One Federation, India, who have not paid their IOF at Mansfield Outdoor Centre on the weekend of May 2-3. Annual fees for the last two years, have had their The juniors had been asked to select 4 skills from a list of membership status revoked. 10 and each received a program customized to their individual requests. Head instructor was Ken Sidney with assistants, Julian Berkinshaw, Nina Waddington, Nancy Lee, NEWS JUST RECEIVED: (After the above article in Shirley Pommier, Don Ross, Paul Golightly, Lloyd Bishop. "COF Drops" had been written, the following infor- mation was received: : This was an Atlantic Canada Junior Training Camp and held at the Wentworth Youth Hostel near Truro, The IOF Executive have decided to expel Yugos- N.S. Oivind Naess was chief instructor and assisted by lavia from participation in IOF major orienteering Pam James, Michael Fellows and Tony Wheeler. events. This decision, based upon the recent ban by the United Nations of Yugoslavia from parti- Over 20 young and enthusiastic orienteered participated in cipating in international sporting events, is valid each of these camps where they received technical training until further notice. and competition tips.

2. Moves For Inclusion in the Western Canadian 0. CAPTAIN JONES SAILS SHIP INTO PORT Championship Rotation Cycle: The Yukon O.A. have made a proposal to the Alberta, Manitoba and B.C. COF Technical Director, Lyman Jones, has an- Associations that will have the YOA included in the nounced plans to marry Louise Berry of Ottawa on rotation cycle for organizing the Annual Western Canadian Orienteering Championships. YOA has also September 5, 1992. requested support from the other three associations for Lyman and Louise met at a Hallowe'en Party. They the 1994 WCOC. It is expected that the other associa- tions will endorse the Yukon's proposal. were "crewmates" on a 1st placing winning entry "The Love Boat." Lyman was Captain of the vessel while Louise was a Deckhand. There is no truth to 3. Ontario-New Permanent Course-Bronte Creek Provincial the rumour that their roles will be reversed after the Park: The Bronte Creek Permanent Course is located adjacent to one of the busiest thoroughfares in Canada wedding. - The Queen Elizabeth Highway - from to Hamilton and the Niagara Peninsula. The "Love Boat", 14 ft. long, styrofoam and paper made, was assembled in the Ottawa Downtown The mover behind the new course is Julie De Pass of Relax Inn and then paraded with crew for 6 blocks the HICF Club and the National Service Representative to the Chateau Laurier Hotel. Lyman's 'down home" for Orienteering of Johnson Diversified. experience with the ocean and boats obviously helped make the boat trip a memorable The Bronte Creek Permanent Course has 27 markers occasion. located on 4 ft. high painted posts. The posts were installed by maintenance crews from the Provincial CONGRATULATIONS to Lyman and Louise on their Government, who dug the holes and imbedded the forthcoming marriage.. posts. The Parks Dept. also contributed financially to

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