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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION Vol. 27 No. 3 FALL 1998

ISSN 0227 - 6658

Six Selected to 1999 WOC Team

CONTENTS The COC Classic and Short events were used to Pre-Select 3 women and 3 men to our 1999 WOC team. Athletes were Contents ranked on the combined times of the Classic 2 days and the 1999 WOC Team 1 Short and the top ranked 3 men and 3 women named to the 1998 Annual Meeting Report 2-3 WOC team. A condition of selection was that the total time of athletes must be within 35% of the top ranked athlete. COF Ombudsman 3 Sanctioned 'A' Meets 3 MEN (Eight within the 35% criteria) International News 4 I Mike Waddington 183.33 0.0% - Selected 1998 Junior World Championships 5-6 2 Mike Smith 192.18 04.8% - Selected Good Ideas 6 3 Wil Smith 194.21 05.0% - Selected 1998 Canadian and North American Championships 7 4 Peter MacKenzie 216.04 17.8% Canadian Championships - Classic 8-9 5 Francis Falardeau 222.54 21.3% 6 Ross Burnett 223.17 21.7% 10-12 Classic Distance Results 7 Brian Graham 248.13 35.0% COC Short Distance 13 Short Distance Results 14-15 WOMEN (Three within the 35% criteria) North American Championhips 16-17 1 Pam James 176.57 0.0% - Selected North American Results 18-20 2 Sandy Smith 180.27 102.0% - Selected COC/NAOC Snippets 21 3 Marie Cath Bruno 232.05 131.4% - Selected Canadians at Various 1998 World Championships 22-23 COF Drops 24 The 1999 COC Classic and Short will be used for final Safety and Search Questionnaire 25-26 selection of an additional 2 men and 2 women. The same COF Items For Sale 27 35% within the top ranked time criteria will be used. Contact Names & Addresse 28 Ross Burnett Named 1999 WOC Team Leader Ross Burnett will be Team Leader of our team to the 1999 SPECIAL EXPENDED EDITION WOC in Scotland and well qualified for the position. He has been a member of our team at five WOC's - four as a competitor:1983, 85, 87 , 89 and one as coach, 1993. As the Due to the many major events held in July and August - above COC ranking shows he is still one of our top M20 COC, NAOC, Junior World Championships, World competitors. Ross is an excellent communicator, a very Masters Games, World Masters Orienteering important quality of a team leader, and also has the respect Championships, World Rogaine Championships, COF of national squad members. Annual General Meeting, etc. it was decided to increase this issue to 28 pages. Naming the Team Leader well in advance of the WOC is very important. There is a great deal of communication This allowed inclusion of material while current rather required to obtain information about: accommodations, prices, than holding until the Winter issue (January). While the meals, training possibilities, transportation, event schedules, main focus is on the COC and NAOC report and results, registration, payment of fees, soliciting team equipment, (15 pages), other items are also important and not to be relaying information to team members, and a myriad other put aside. items. Having Ross in position a year prior to the WOC is a very positive step along the road to WOC 1999. My thanks to the many contributors who provided information, results and articles for this issue. Congratulations to Ross and the six athletes selected. 1998 ANNUAL MEETING REPORT

The 1998 COF AGM was held on Tuesday, July 28, in the particular clauses pertaining to Landed Immigrants, Dual Kinsmen Hall. The meeting was scheduled for Citizens and residency conditions. mid-afternoon to allow delegates to participate in the National Team Fundraiser Relay. A motion from the COF Board to align COC and NAOC Eligibility for COF members with those used by the The following report summarizes some of the items discussed Canadian Dept. of Citizenship and Immigration was and decisions taken. approved

1. BOARD OF DIRECTOR ELECTIONS The COF Competition Rule 11.2.1- Eligibility was revised to: Two Directors, Ross Burnett () and Oivind Naess () did not seek re-election. The positions of a) "Winners of Canadian Orienteering Championships President and four Directors were open for election. shall be members of the provincial/territorial associations" . The following were elected to the Board: b) Canadian citizens or b) Persons with landed immigrant status President Colin Kirk (Que) re-elected for 2-year term This is effective immediately and be used by organizers Director Richard James (NS) re-elected for 2-year term of Canadian Championships and North American Director Championships held in Canada. USOF Eligibility rules Geraint Edmunds (AB) elected for 2-year term will apply for USOF members competing in NAOC 's Director held in Canada. Catherine Hagen (BC) elected for 2-year term 4. ALBERTA TO HOST 2002 COC AND NAOC Two other Directors have one more year to serve in their current 2-year terms: Treasurer, Sheldon Friesen The Alberta Association submitted an application to host (), Director, Ray St Laurent (NB). COC & NAOC 2002. AOA have submitted a bid to host APOC 2002 (Asia Pacific 0 Championships) and Note: The COF Constitution stipulates the Board of want to offer a COC, NAOC, APOC package. The Directors consist of seven (7). In recent years the Board AOA application to host COC & NAOC 2002 was has operated with 6 members and in some cases 5. The approved. Constitution permits that a quorum of Directors can appoint a person to fill a vacancy on the Board. 5. 2001 COC ORGANIZER SOUGHT

Following the AGM the Directors agreed that it would No applications to host COC 2001 were received. COF be beneficial to have an Ontario member on the Board. will solicit associations to identify an organizer. The 001 President, Annette Van Tyghem, was solicited and agreed to serve. This brings the number of Directors 6. LEVEL 2 COACHING COURSE CONDUCTOR to the maximum seven . COURSE AT 1999 COC

The COF Board represent seven of the eight member The shortage of qualified Course Conductors is a major associations - the Yukon is the only association not problem in offering NCCP Certification Courses. represented. The additions of Catherine, Annette and Orienteering presented the motion; " Geraint plus Sheldon having just having completed his Whereas there is an identified need for an NCCP Level first year gives the Board a decidedly different look from 2 clinic and Course Conductors workshop, the COF two years ago. shall organize such a clinic in conjunction with the 1999 Canadian Orienteering Championships". Motion 2. CONSTITUTION approved.

Proposed revisions to the Constitution were distributed 7. APPLICATIONS TO HOST COC - MINIMUM to member associations 60 days prior to the AGM. A REQUIREMENTS motion to accept the revised Constitution was approved. Motion: "Whereas there are no clear rules for what 3. ELIGIBILITY - COF COMPETITION RULES events should be included in an application for a Canadian 11.2.1 Orienteering Championship it is moved that the application shall, as a minimum, include a two day In recent years there have been discrepancies in Eligibility individual classical event, and a short distance event". clauses for COC's and NAOC's held in Canada. In Motion approved. 0 8. SHORT DISTANCE STANDARDS TO BE C O F OMBUDSMAN SERVICE DEVELOPED Motion: Whereas the COF does not have rules for short RAI' ST-LAURENT distance events, it is moved that a committee be established by COF to establish standards by December Occasionally grievances may occur between COF and an 31, 1998. Motion approved. individual or an organization. The ombudsman, who sits on the COF Board, provides an added, direct channel to help 9. JUNIOR TRAINING CAMPS TO BE HELD AT resolve these issues. COC's If you have a grievance, it is expected that it would be Motion: Whereas junior orienteers need access to elite resolved by the normal channels. If for whatever reason, coaching, it is moved that the COF support the Sass you feel that the situation is not being treated appropriately, Peepre (Junior Training Camp) Committee in providing please involve the ombudsman. Do not wait until molehills a junior training camp in conjunction with the COC's become the size of Manitoban mountains. yearly if possible. Motion approved. There are several outcomes possible after you bring it to the 10. COC AND NAOC LEVY CHANGE attention of the ombudsman.

Motion: That COF levies on COC and NAOC be 25% 1. It was a misunderstanding. Everyone ends up happy. of registration fees, including late fees. Motion approved 2. The problem was identified and resolved. Everyone 11. COC & NAOC RELATED EVENT LEVIES ends up happy. Motion: That events held within one week prior to or following the COC, NAOC or other major events 3. The problem was identified and will be prevented from sanctioned by COF and within such distance as to benefit re-occurring. You have done service to the community. from the major events are subject to a COF levy of 25% Maybe you can be happy for that. Everyone else in of the event registration fee. Motion approved. future will be happy.

12. RELATED EVENTS - LEVY EXEMPTION 4. The problem cannot be resolved. Oh well, at least we will know what to avoid to prevent these unhappy Motion: Organizers of COC/NAOC related events may situations again. request exemption of the 25% levy. Rationale for such exemption must be submitted to COF by January 1 of So when in doubt, contact the ombudsman. I am pleased to the event year. COF Board will advise of their decision be your present ombudsman and can be reached as shown within 15 days. Motion approved. below. Leave a message as detailed as you wish, or simply say that you have a matter to discuss. 13. ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT Motion: "Where there is inconsistency in the method of Ray St-Laurent filling in the association annual report, it is moved that 17 Wallace Lane the COF board prepare guidelines for filling out the form, Hanwell. NB and specify the consequences of not submitting the E3C 1M6 information or submitting correct information". Motion Tel: (506) 459-4827 approved. email: [email protected]

1998 SANCTIONED 'A' MEETS SCHEDULE

DATE MEET LOCATION CONTACT TEL. & E - MAIL

00.1 0-1 1 Ontario Champs Kolapore, Ont Susan Ryans (519)433-9350

Oct. 25 Golden Horseshoe Ancaster, Ont Mike Waddington (905)523-7645 E-mail: viaddinguilnernaster.ca INTERNATIONAL NEWS

NOTES FROM 1998 IOF CONGRESS more medals to Brtitish orienteering. Many well-known (Items 1-4) international coaches applied for the position advertised at $100,000 a year plus car. Anderson was coach of the Swedish junior team that won medals at the 1986-87 1. SWITZERLAND TO ORGANIZE WOC 2003 JWOC and coach of the Swedish Women's team at the 1988 and 1992 WOC's when they won two Relay golds The Congress approved the application from Switzerland and three Individual medals. The position is funded by to organize the WOC 2003. This will be the second the UK Lottery Sports Fund. WOC held in Switzerland, the previous one being 1981. 6. IT'S UP IN THE AIR The Japanese Federation advised that they will submit a bid to host WOC 2005. At a World Park championship race in Vasa, Finland, the second last control was located 5 metres up the face 2. MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS of a climbing wall. We should be able to hang them a bit INTRODUCED IN 2002 higher than that at some Gatineau Park meets.

World Championships in Mountain Bike Orienteering 7. TOUGH TRAINING (MBO) were approved commencing in 2002 and every second year following. No nation has been approved to A note in the Australian 0 magazine advises that Aussie organize the first WOC MBO national team member, Grant Bluett, is currently training in Sweden with multi-world champion, Jorgen 3. THREE NEW FEDERATIONS APPROVED Martensson. One session was a six hour run, "to toughen up". India, Moldova and Chinese Taipei were accepted as associate members of the IOF. The addition of these three nations brings the number of IOF member nations NORWEGIANS LEAD WORLD CUP to 51. India had previously been an associate member SERIES AFTER 6 RACES but relinquished their affiliation several years ago.

4. WORLD CHAMPIONS RECEIVE WOC BERTH MEN

Individual World Champions will be able to defend their 1 Bjornar Valstad Norway 185 titles by being granted an automatic place in the 2 Johan Ivarsson Sweden 184 qualification races. The proposal submitted from Finland 3 Valentin Novikov Russia 152 did not receive universal approval. 4 Jimmy Birkl in Sweden 147 5 Carl Henrik Bjorseth Norway 142 Switzerland opposed on three points: 6 Jorgen Martensson Sweden 140 7 Havard Tveite Norway 135 a) it is not usual in other sports; 8 Steve Hale Britain 134 b) it means large nations can increase their number of 9 Chris Terkelsen Denmark 130 participants; c) a defending champion might not be active 2 years 10 PetterThoresen Norway 129 later, and this could give negative media coverage. Japan also opposed the proposal saying: "if the runner WOMEN is strong enough he will gain a place on the national team anyway". 1 Hanne Staff Norway 180 2 Katarina Borg Sweden 173 The proposal was approved - 13 For, 6 Against, 9 3 Katarina Allberg Sweden 147 Abstentions. 4 Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Finland 147 5 Brigitte Husebye Norway 136 6 Yvette Hague Britain 133 5. BRITISH FEDERATION HIRES TOP SWEDISH 7 Johanna Asklof Finland 133 COACH 8 Gunil la Svard Sweden 131 The BOF has hired Goran Anderson to the 9 Annika Viilo Finland 130 positionPerformance Director; his main role is to bring 10 Heather Monro Britain 130 0

1998 Junior World Championships - Fun in France By Dave Donaldson Just prior to the COC I returned from the 1998 Junior World Heat 1 - 1. R. Gunnarsson (Sweden) 25.48 Orienteering Championships (JWOC), held at Reims, France, 15. G. Lipcsey 30.53 (an hour east of Paris). The team consisted of three Ontario 20. L. Calabro 31.13 juniors: myself and Dave Anderson, members of the Golden 57. D. Anderson 64.23 Horseshoe OC and Gabor Lipcsey, ( OC). This was Heat 2 - 1. J. Rostrup (Norway) the last JWOC chance for Gabor and me, but Dave will be 25.31 eligible to compete next year in Bulgaria. 20. G. Ranonis - 30.03 31. D. Donaldson - 32.07 We got to the Reims area about a week before the races, and managed to get out to the main training map--a huge, Gabor qualified for the A final, I for the B, and Dave A. for varying, challenging forested area that was very well the C. Unlike the qualification race, the final was in quite mapped. With no luck for accommodation we had to camp thick and technical hillside terrain. Times were quite a bit in the forest for two nights, buying loads of cheap bottled slower, and the depth in each final was quite poor as many water to survive on! A tip from the Aussie team pointed us runners made mistakes. Gabor decided to run slowly, but to a sweet place to stay in the village adjacent to the map, surely and finished very respectably. I had my worst run of and for $10/night each we had a mini house to ourselves! the week, making two 2 min. mistakes. Dave had big troubles again (it certainly wasn't his week for good luck!). The training went well, but as always it's tough to achieve a balance between getting lots of map exposure and being A Final: I. J. Rostrup (Norway) - 26.58 physically overdrawn. The Reims area terrain is pretty flat 2. R. Gunnarsson (Sweden) 29.03 on top, but with steep, detailed slopes on the edges of the 32. G. Lipcsey - 35.22 main hill range. There was definitely an emphasis on the `bingo' compass legs for portions of the race, but also on B Final: 1. J. Moe (Norway) - 22.15 more technical contouring legs for other portions. Generally 2. J. Hansen (Denmark)- 24.22 the courses were planned to avoid a lot of climb - courses 20. D. Donaldson - 31.38 either stayed in the flats, or contoured - rarely zig-zagging up and down. C Final: 1. H. Klauser (Switzerland) - 24.15 45. D. Anderson - 74.27 Before the races began we had the experience of a lifetime as we watched France win the World Cup. We went to the Rostrup (definitely the best Jr. male in the world) had a 1/ centre of Reims (a town of 200,000), where on the main storming run after he caught up the 2nd last starter pedestrian boulevard they'd set up a giant TV screen for the (Gunnarsson) early on. They flew around together to finish game. Despite getting there 1.5 hours early, we sat 100m one-two. Moe (maybe 2nd best in the world)also had a back - yet we were probably amongst the closest 3rd to the stormer, running at a TPK that would have placed him 2nd screen! Thousands of people sat down orderly and watched in the A final. the game, but huge celebrations followed each of the three goals. Car horns honked incessantly through the night as 400 After another night of fun (half the fun was the team leader JWOC competitors tried to sleep - thank God for ear plugs! meetings where the organizer sat through hours of criticism over his very poorly run JWOC!), we looked forward to the We opened with the Classic - a race which surprised a lot of relay. We knew that if we each had a decent/very good run people I think. Top times were fast, but many runners had we could achieve our goals. The hair was dyed red for disappointing runs. I was able to take advantage of this, added touch (although it's since washed out). Gabor went finishing 53rd. Gabor and Dave had problems, finishing 87th first, he has the relay experience and speed to do very good and 105th respectively. I was very pleased with my run, but things on the first leg. Unfortunately, he had some bad luck had to wonder 'what could have been!' as I made about 4 at the second control and lost the lead pack. After a long, minutes of silly mistakes near the end. and 3-way-forked first control (in wide open, visible forest though), there was a short leg to a common 2nd control that only had 1 Regnly punch! Fifty-six teams descended onto 1 H. Peterson (Sweden) 56.47 53 D. Donaldson 69.05 this one punch, and this obviously separated things! Gabor estimates that he lost 3 minutes punching! So, he came back 87 G. Lipcsey 84.49 105 D Anderson 11331 about 9 minutes down, and very disappointed. Hopes were high for the Short Qualification races the next Dave A went next and had his best run of the week, running day. Gabor had a very impressive run, finishing 15th in his about 25 minutes offthe lead pace. He wasn't entirely happy, heat (20 qualify for the Final). Despite feeling much faster but it was certainly nice to run a race without one huge than in the Classic I ended up 31st but only two minutes out error. The bad news was that Japan was having the relay of qualifying. Dave had a tough time again (one big error), of their lives, so I went out with one thing on my mind: 'how do I explain to the o-squad that we lost to Japan!?' Luckily and was 57t n. 0 their last leg guy crumbled, and I had the run I'd been waiting During the distraction of the mass start, the unofficial teams' for--quick and clean. Quite a feeling. I lost another 7.5 1st leg runners ran to the big map board and grabbed their minutes to the fastest time, but passed 9 teams (despite not 2nd leg maps and joined the mass start pack illegally! When seeing anyone!) So, in the end we did alright--just a little the 1st leg guy for AUS/NZL came in, he handed over this slower than last year's relay effort. map to the 2nd leg runner who was pursued by the organizers (they thought he was confused, and was mistakenly handing 1 SWEDEN - 2.15 (43 + 44 + 47 ) 9 NEW ZEALAND - 2.22 over the map!) Finally the organizers caught on, and as the 16 GREAT BRITAIN - 2.28 second hand-off took place, an organizer stood in the running 19 AUSTRALIA - 2.33 lane trying to tackle the 3rd leg runner! He showed an 25 CANADA -2.55 (53.06 + 71.41 + 51.09) impressive Aussie Rugby move, jumped the streamers and 32 USA - 3.57 ran off into the forest with his map to the cheers of everyone! Needless to say, they were disqualified in the end! We were 34th out of 56 teams (including the double teams).

One highlight was the mixed/unofficial teams relay. Unlike That night was the banquet - a JWOC classic. I think Wil previous JWOC's, the IOF Controller wouldn't let the six Smith once described it as 'a bunch of responsible young unofficial teams start at the same time as the official relay. adults playing chess, eating green KoolAid and going to bed This does make sense, and it's how it's done at WOC, but at 10.' Very apt Congrats JWOC Team Canada. All the there's a huge difference between running the JWOC 56 best to next year's team as they battle the orienteers of the team relay and running a six team relay half an hour later. world, and the Gastrointesi nal diseases of Bulgaria. GOOD IDEAS

Edmonton Overlanders OC Marilyn Edmunds, suggested a String Course for the Scouts to try while their leaders were that include a column to share 'Good registering them. This not only kept the Scouts busy at a Ideas' with others and forwarded two to introduce the new crucial time, but also gave them an idea what orienteering is column. Thanks Marilyn for your "Good Idea". about.

WEAR NAME BADGES KITCHEN BAG SEALERS SUITABLE FOR SEALING '0' MAPS EOOC has issued official name badges to some of its members - certified officials, coaches, committee members A few months back a well known Foothills Wanderer and others who are good at giving beginners clinics. There member enquired: if any clubs were using heat sealed map are lots of advantages to these name badges: bags; did we know of a machine that seals bags similar to sealing food freezer bags; are kitchen freezer bag sealers • first timers can instantly tell the officials from the big enough to handle a fair sized map? participants • the greeter can tell newcomers that after they have registered they can "find someone wearing one of With FWOC's reputation for cutting edge technology and these badges and ask them for a beginners clinic" innovative solutions to problems I was surprised they were • new members can learn the names of one or two other unaware of using kitchen freezer bag sealers for map sealing. members each week Several clubs have been using these low cost gadgets for • its nice to give some kind of recognition to those who the last 8-10 years and I assumed every club used them. It take Officials Courses illustrates the need to inform others of "Good Ideas". • owners of the badges can decide for themselves whether they want to help out at an event or not by Kitchen freezer bag sealers are available at Eaton's and The wearing their badge or not. Bay for about $30-35.. Document sealers can be purchased at office equipment stores e.g Business Depot, Grand & Our badges have the club logo plus " Overlanders Toy for about $130. Both can handle size normal size map Orienteering Club" as well as room for the member's name. cases. Document sealers are more durable, can handle As the set-up fee for the logo is a large part of the cost, we heavier gauge plastic and can also laminate. Kitchen bag ordered and paid for more than we needed and have them sealers are quite suitable for most '0' meet needs. engraved as necessary. A report on the FWOC 1998 Barebones Meet in the June STRING COURSES ARE NOT JUST FOR SMALL issue of the AOA magazine, notes "We also managed to KIDS (This one is second hand). acquire a map sealer".

At a recent "C" event organized by GVOC, lots of Scout If you have a 'Good Idea' to share with others please forward groups were expected. Event Director George Pugh set up to the COF office. 0 1995 CANADIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 1998 Canadian and North American Championships COC Classic provided excellent orienteering, some very exciting finishes and many opportunities for socializing. Five days of Meet Director Charlie Fox (Valley Navigators OC) competition: COC Classic - 2 days; COC - Short - I day; Course Planner John Rance ( OC) NAOC- 2 days; were organized under the umbrella of Sage Controller Adrian Zissos (Foothills Wanderers Stomp '98 with the results totaled to determine Sage Stomp OC - Alberta) winners. The three events attracted close to 400 competitors to the COC Classic and NAOC and about 280 to the COC COC Short Short. Meet Director Marek Dutkiewicz (Greater Vancouver HEAT A MAJOR FACTOR OC) Course Planner George Pugh (Greater Vancouver OC) Most expected it to be hot but few expected it to be in the 40 Controller Scott Donald (Kootenay OC) degrees range every day. The high temperatures affected times and while early morning start times were a bonus they NAOC were offset with a late start during the highest temperatures the next day. Competitors are to be congratulated for Meet Director Alan Philip (Victorienteers) performing so well over five days in such searing heat. Course Planners Steve Chatwin (Victorienteers) Kris Dartnell (Victorienteers) ORGANIZATION Controller Bryan Chubb (Edmonton Overlanders OC - Alberta) This was the third occasion that OABC has organized the COC and in my opinion the best of the three. It is difficult to Special recognition and thanks to Sage Stomp '98 rank the many COC 's and N AOC 's held since the first COC coordinators, Jennifer Fenton and Mark McMillan for a in 1968 but Sage Stomp '98 would certainly rate in the top 2 superb job. or 3. The standards for all events were very high.

Successful events don't just happen. They are the result of On behalf of the Canadian Orienteering I an enormous amount of commitment and efforts of many. extend sincere congratulations to OABC and Sage Stomp '98 was fortunate to have so many members and friends volunteer their services at one or more meets. their members for a wonderful week of Over 30 OABC members were heavily involved in organizing orienteering. the events and another 30+ involved to a lesser degree. Few associations could muster such a strong corp of volunteers. Colin Kirk, President MAJOR OFFICIALS

Three teams of major officials were responsible for the meets. These teams put in an enormous amount of time to ensure P.S. The COF is looking for an organizer for COG 2001. Is appropriate and enjoyable courses and meets. They are to the Sage Stomp '98 group interested? be complimented on meeting their objectives. Canadian Championships - Classic, Meadow Creek, Logan Lake

The Logan Lake area provided a perfect blend of small Close Races HiRhlieht Elite Classes town friendliness and excellent orienteering terrain - rolling hills, forests, open range land - that offered challenging F20 An exciting race between four women: 5 time technical courses combined with good running and visibility. champion, Pam James, Sandy Smith and two visiting There were various camping possibilities, reasonably priced orienteers - Eva Stalstad (Sweden) and Kristin Ritzenthaler motels and good restaurants. It would be difficult to find a (Switzerland). better venue. One drawback is it's rather remote location - several hours from where most BC orienteers live. Day 1. Stalstad held a lead of 1.21over Smith with Ritzenthaler 3rd .15 behind and James 4th a further 1.19 The Meet Site was superb. The highway into town skirts back - only 2.55 separated the four. The visitors were alongside a lake on the left with the town on the right. The ineligible to win and the margin Smith and James only 1.34. Logan Lake Recreation Centre and park are adjacent to Defending champion, Catherine Hagen, finished 3rd. the highway at the end of the lake. Day 2. Stalstad was the first of the leaders to finish and Parking was at the Recreation Centre, 300 metres from the set a tough target for the others. Smith, with an excellent Finish, and helped offset the 25-30 minutes walks to the time (66.32) moved into the lead. James, with the best Start each day. The Finish was in the park - a 'run-in' time of the day (65.33) reduced the margin to .35 along on the edge of the lake to at a band shelter which (narrowest winning margin in the Classic). Sandy Smith is provided a shady sanctuary for officials. the new Canadian champion; Pam James finished 2nd and Catherine Hagen 3rd. Two large marquees situated about 60 metres from the Finish provided shelter and a place for competitors to relax and M20 The field of56 included all the top ranked Canadians recount experiences in a pleasant social atmosphere. A and thirty overseas competitors. Best of the visitors were Beer Garden was in operation in one marquee with BC Norwegian national squad member, Holger Hott Johansen, members, Shirley Donald and Carl Coger, the congenial and Greg Barbour, New Zealand team member at several bartenders - a nice touch and appreciated by hot thirsty WOC's. orienteers. Day 1. Barbour, with an excellent 70.02 for the 10.8 km Ross Burnett observed that in addition to the Beer Garden course led by a margin of 3.13 over Mike Waddington the local beer and liquor store was only 300 metres away with Johansen over 6 minutes back in 3rd place. and clearly visible from the Finish - a first ever and factors Waddington was 4.38 ahead of Martin Pardoe for the worth consideration in deciding whether this was the Best Canadian title with Mike and Wil Smith 3rd and 4th several Ever COC meet site. Ross took a photograph to record minutes back. this scene. Day 2. The Smith's and Waddington started early. Drinking lots of water was a must but many still became Waddington posted the best early time followed by M. dehydrated. The organizers felt they had provided sufficient Smith. Pardoe started an hour later and with another solid water but some late starters reported there was no water at run took over 2nd spot. Barbour and Johansen started some water stops. It was reported that some competitors very late and in hottest period of the day. The New poured water on their heads to 'cool down' , resulting in no Zealander reclaimed the lead with an excellent run (73.07). water for others. If true this is grossly unfair. Water provided The Norwegian started 12 minutes behind and with an on courses is strictly for Drinking. O outstanding run (69.03) reduced the deficit by 4 minutes Zealand - Michael Wood (has been a guest coach at several but still 2.34 short of overtaking Barbour. Sass Peepre National Junior Training Camps including this year). Top Canadian was Mike Waddington, his third Classic title, Martin Pardoe was 2nd and Mike Smith 3rd. F35 Ann Jansson and Veronique Juan finished one two overall and Maureen De Camp 'out-steaded' Laura Junior Classes Showcase Future Stars Querengesser and Beatrice Walder to win the COC title.

F12 Morgan Lay won with two times very comparable to M35 Toby Imhof had the fastest time each day to win the the top M12 times. overall race. Olav Nipen was top Canadian with Man Jones 2nd and Don Ross 3rd. M12 Day 1 leader, Robbie Anderson, held off a challenge from Darius Konotopetz, to win the title. Darius had the F45 Meredyth Sauer edged Jill Dalton by .07 for 1st with faster Day 2 time but was unable to make up a deficit of Carol Pearce a close 3P:I. Muriel Gamey was top Canadian 2.20. just under 4 minutes ahead of Gloria Rankin with Luella Smith a further 2 minutes back. F13 Erica Lay made it double victories for the family and in similar fashion as Morgan - two even runs. M45 This may have been the most competitive class in the M13 Good performances by winner, Robin Foubister entire event with 8-10 very experienced runners battling it (58.32), and runner-up, Wil Critchley, (63.30). out every day. Best in this race was Bryan Chubb, who fought offthe challenge of Alain Juan to finish 1st overall. F15 Heather Smith followed the consistency route in Gord Hunter and Richard Mathews were 2nd and 3rd place winning with twin, Victoria, in the runner-up spot. Canadians.

M15 Nils Carlson took first place by a comfortable F55 A 'clean sweep' for BC members, Francis Vyse, margin. In a close race for second, Scott McBride edged Diana Hocking and Shirley Donald. While Francis won by Daniel limes by .34. a comfortable margin the fight between Diana and Shirley was a nip and tuck affair with Diana turning a Day 1 deficit F17 and M17 Marta Green and Adam Scheck won these of .09 into a Day 2 plus of .29. classes in impressive fashion and continued their winning ways throughout the entire. M55 Alex Kerr won the COC title without undue pressure but only 4 minutes separated positions 2-5. Alan Vyse 2nd, Einar Viddal 3rd, Steve Pearson 4th Master Classes - Tough Competition & Excellent and Per Gaarder 5th. Don Davis had the fastest time Performances each day to finish 1st overall.

Visitors provided stiffcompetition in most classes. Women: F 65+ Pat de St Croix stretched a 5 minute Day 1 lead Australia - Meredyth Sauer and Jill Dalton; Switzerland - into a 28 minute margin over Gloria Charlow with Nesta Veronique Juan; UK - Carol Pearce; Sweden Ann Jansson. Leduc 3rd.

Men: USA - Don Davis and Peter Gagarin (1997 M50 M65+ Don Scott turned a Day 1 deficit of 1.18 into a 5 Veteran World Champion); Switzerland - Toby Imhof, 2nd minute victory margin over Andy Lamm with Dick de St ranked M40 and Alain Juan, 5th ranked M45; New Croix taking 3rd place.

0 1998 CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS CLASSIC DISTANCE, JULY 25-26

* Not eligible for Canadian Championship awards Class F35 Course Length: 5.7 5.8 I* Ann Jansson SW 74.13 83.44 157.57 Class F12 Course Length: 2.6 2.8 2* Veronique Juan SZ 65.01 88.12 163.13 3 Maureen De Camp BC 88.53 81.12 170.05 Place Name Assoc Day 1 Day 2 Total 4 Laurie Querengesser AB 87.02 90.15 177.17 1 Morgan Lay BC 25.00 23.41 48.41 5 Beatrice Walder AB 75.30 105.19 180.49 2* Annett Juras SZ 27.46 22.05 49.51 6 Andree Jarvis AB 89.25 93.03 182.28 3 Justine Scheck YK 31.14 25.28 56.42 7* Eileen Breseman US 59.20 124.30 183.50 4 Jennifer Anderson QC 29.25 28.26 57.51 8 Annette Van Tyghem ON 78.20 113.58 192.18 5 Kristina Roe MB 41.26 25.06 66.32 9 Barbara Scheck YK 82.59 114.05 197.04 6 Katy 1nnes ON 32.29 37.46 70.15 10 Mary Lou Hogg AB 92.25 104.50 197.15 7 Erin Hill-Tout BC 48.26 31.22 79.48 11 Beth Cornish AB 80.20 121.48 202.08 8 Lyndsay Eastwood BC 45.51 40.14 86.05 12* Annie Sanderson US 84.52 124.33 209.25 9 Nicole Bakker ON 52.06 35.09 87.15 13 Vicki Bondy ON 95.33 121.45 217.18 10 Ashleigh Browne ON 36.45 60.30 97.15 14 Sabine Schwinger YK 92.18 125.25 217.43 15 Sheena van Dyk AB 88.32 134.35 223.07 Class F13 Course Length: 3.3 3.1 16* Anita Brattland US 98.30 141.28 239.58 I Erica Lay BC 41.40 38.57 80.37 17 Jennifer Eastwood BC 112.44 132.21 245.05 2* Cara Witt 57.23 38.14 95.37 18 Helen Howard QC 129.18 116.42 246.00 3 Katherine Scheck YK 38.41 DSQ N/A 19* Katie Sprugel US 107.44 142.09 249.53 4 Meghan Rance BC 60.16 DSQ N/A 20* Margi Freemantle 131.09 126.53 258.02 5 Karen Bernhardt BC DNS 62.40 N/A 21* Christine Franklin US 105.42 165.44 271.26 22 Karen Burns BC 120.56 177.18 298.14 Class F15 Course Length: 4.2 3.7 23 Anne Cowling AB 146.58 184.02 331.00 1 Heather Smith NB 40.08 37.36 77.44 2 Victoria Smith NB 41.52 44.19 86.11 Class F45 Course Length: 5.0 5.1 3 Crystal Dargie BC 62.24 54.58 117.22 1* Meredyth Sauer A U 57.29 73.45 131.14 4 Devon Stonehocker BC 78.24 55.44 134.08 2* Jill Dalton AU 66.32 64.49 131.21 5 Danielle Dmytar BC 53.36 119.20 172.56 3* Carol Pearce UK 72.22 63.02 135.24 4* Gail Gagarin US 67.47 79.37 147.24 Class F17 Course Length: 5.0 5.1 5 Muriel Gamey MB 71.30 87.42 159.12 1 Marta Green BC 53.54 62.27 116.21 6* Ardis Dull US 70.48 92.05 162.53 2 Johanna Carlson AB 53.35 72.35 126.10 7 Gloria Rankin QC 76.39 86.28 163.07 3 Claire Critchley AB 68.55 83.48 152.43 8* Sandra Kish Miller US 79.40 84.50 164.30 4 Ashley Matthews BC 85.04 146.43 231.47 9 Luella Smith NB 83.49 81.21 165.10 5 Keltie Craig AB 112.25 134.57 247.22 10 Nancy Craig AB 94.17 85.37 179.54 6* Jenny Pearson US 147.32 160.46 308.18 11 Karen Peterson BC 83.45 96.31 180.16 7 Tara Matthews BC DNS 104.55 N/A 12 Vera Malanczyj ON 77.47 102.36 180.23 13 Margaret Ellis BC 85.09 103.59 189.08 Class F20 Course Length: 7.3 7.2 14 Judy Cornish AB 102.04 96.16 198.20 1 Sandy Smith NB 66.49 66.32 133.21 15* Liz Turbin UK 97.33 102.51 200.24 2 Pam James NS 68.23 65.33 133.56 16' Jan Candy 92.38 110.55 203.33 3' Eva Stalstad SW 65.28 70.58 136.26 17 Svatava Hernianek ON 74.42 138.56 213.38 4* Kristin Ritzenthaler SZ 67.04 76.21 143.25 18 Marilyn Edmunds AB 104.33 125.37 230.10 5' Hanna Rangert SW 71.39 77.35 149.14 19 Renate Dorschner BC 132.32 117.37 250.09 6* Peggy Dickison US 71.05 79.56 151.01 20 Judy Ellman ON 125.40 134.47 260.27 7 Catherine Hagen BC 82.00 75.41 157.41 21* Barbara Verity UK 140.46 128.53 269.39 8 Marie-Catherine Bruno QC 81.14 90.02 171.16 22 Ingrid Dagis BC DNF 161.23 N/A 9* Debbie Newell US 80.18 01.01 181.19 10 Nina Waddington ON 83.58 06.12 190.10 Class F55 Course Length: 5.0 4.0 11 Angela Pearson AB 90.31 03.04 193.35 1 Frances Vyse BC 69.59 65.32 135.31 12* Catherine Ashton US 89.50 07.53 197.43 2 Diana Hocking BC 67.45 87.22 155.07 13* Nancy Koehler US 102.35 04.43 207.18 3 Shirley Donald BC 67.36 88.00 155.36 14 Sue Richards AB 121.47 88.51 210.38 4* Linda Moore US 73.06 84.32 157.38 15 Cherie Mahoney NB 97.57 14.25 212.22 5* Marit Davis US 83.52 87.18 171.10 16 Mel Dutkiewicz BC 97.35 34.18 231.53 6 Ursula Grady BC 111.38 86.07 197.45 17 Abbi May NS 127.34 08.23 235.57 7* Anne York US 96.54 101.44 198.38 18* Lesley Ward UK 108.08 36.45 244.53 8* Sara Mae Berman US 114.26 98.03 212.29 19 Kristin Viddal AB 119.52 25.15 245.07 9 Margie James NS 101.09 147.38 248.47 20 Amanda Edmunds AB 121.29 25.30 246.59 10 Barbara Phillips YK 124.04 139.13 263.17 21 Crystal Parks Boser BC 133.27 30.25 263.52 11 Sue Waddington ON 78.23 209.43 288.06 22 Suzanne Pearson BC 117.28 52.54 270.22 12* Penny Hemsted UK 108.09 DNF N/A 24 Gail MacDonald BC 159.08 71.56 331.04 13 Gill Bailey BC 81.50 DNS N/A 25* Kerstin Juras SZ 207.30 18.51 346.21 14* Margaret Gregory UK DSQ 162.28 N/A 26* Helen Pearce UK 104.53 DNS N/A 27 Marketa Graham QC 110.19 DNF N/A Class F65+ Course Length: 3.8 3.2 28 Shanna Knights BC 130.02 DNF N/A 1 Pat de St Croix QC 63.52 70.19 134.11 29 Tara Matthews BC 204.02 DNS N/A 2 Gloria Charlow QC 68.48 93.30 162.18 30 Patricia Johnson BC DNF 232.09 N/A 3 Nesta Leduc YK 93.18 75.54 169.12 10 Class F65+ cont'd Class M20 cont'd 4* Heidi Piguet SZ 125.31 117.23 242.54 1 0* Lars Schagerstrom SW 88.41 82.14 170.55 5* Ann Fettes NZ 92.05 DNF N/A 11* Mattias Sandqvist SW 81.43 93.08 174.51 12 Peter MacKenzie AB 85.49 89.23 175.12 Class M12 Course Length: 2.6 2.8 13 Francis Falardeau QC 84.44 90.50 175.34 I Robbie Anderson QC 23.22 22.41 46.03 14* Lars-Ake Svensk SW 83.56 92.54 176.50 2 Darius Konotopetz MB 25.42 22.25 48.07 15 Brian May NS 89.52 90.39 180.31 3* William Enger US 29.44 21.49 51.33 16 Ross Burnett YK 93.28 90.23 183.51 4* Timothy Street UK 30.22 23.38 54.00 17" Michael Walters AU 90.01 94.36 184.37 5 Scott Foubister BC 32.20 22.52 55.12 18' Hans Fransson SW 94.53 90.22 185.15 6 Scott Tunnicliffe BC 44.59 18.20 63.19 19' Ondrej Kotecky 96.19 95.45 192.04 7 Kevin Tunnicliffe BC 45.21 35.34 80.55 20' Andreas Luthi SZ 99.53 96.38 196.31 8 Simon Lay BC 48_04 33.36 81.40 21 Brian Graham QC 99.11 99.24 198.35 9 Dylan Brooks AB 45,27 37.18 82.45 22' Mats Johansson SW 100.14 100.38 200.52 10 Derek Gytenbeek BC 60.03 24.16 84.19 23* Mattias Beath SW 110.04 94.06 204.10 II* Kevin Eastwood BC 69.06 32.28 101.34 24* Christoph Hutzli SZ 95.20 110.10 205.30 12* Jonathan Street UK DNF DNS N/A 25 James Tasker AR 103.20 103.26 206.46 26* Rolf Valery SW 97.40 111.02 208,42 Class M14 Course Length: 3.3 3.1 27' Hans Ole Wersted NO 110.42 99.35 210.17 I Robin Foubister BC 28.19 30.13 58.32 28' Erik Molenaar NO 121.43 99.14 220.57 2' Benjamin Imhof SZ 30.57 30.07 61.04 29 Doug Mahoney NB 90.21 134.54 225.15 3 Will Critchley AB 28.56 34.34 63.30 30 Vincent Fagnan AB 116.32 109.22 225.54 4 Carl Diederiche BC 37.15 38.06 75.21 31 Forest Pearson YK 98.35 127.52 226.27 5 Byron Green BC 48.46 29.45 78.31 32' J-J Cote US 120.33 125,59 246.32 6 Steven Pugh BC 72.43 47.47 120.30 33* Jeff Coker US 133.06 116.57 250.03 7* Christopher Pickwell 56.15 66.07 122.22 34' Nigel Aylott AU 145.28 113.34 259.02 8 Joel Gytenbeek BC 94.35 37.11 131.46 35 Dylan Green BC 127.36 137.52 265.28 9 David Hill-Tout BC 67.24 66.50 134.14 36 Mark Gibbard AB 157.10 129.59 287.09 10* James Wingfield US 72.35 132.48 205.23 37 Timothy Edmunds AB 168.56 127.29 296.25 11 Olav Viddal AB 34.46 DNF N/A 38 Gabor Lipcsey ON 151.35 158,55 310.30 39* Harald Juras SZ 162.35 162.58 325.33 Class M15 Course Length: 4.2 3.7 40 Richard Hall BC 172.01 170.22 342.23 I Nils Carlson AB 34.51 46.54 81.45 41 Raymond Chung ON 182.21 184,26 366.47 2 Scott McBride BC 38.58 56.26 95.24 42* Manfred Kopisch US 174.18 206.05 380.23 3 Daniel Innes ON 46.46 49.13 95,59 43 Mark A stridge AB 87.11 DSQ N/A 4* Michael Witt 51.42 54.58 06.40 44 Dave Donaldson ON 112,35 DNF N/A 5 Thomas Nipen AB 45.02 63.32 08.34 45* Philippe Jeanneret SZ 117.35 DSQ N/A 6 Land Pearson YK 49.06 62.22 11.28 46 Chris I vanciuc BC 121.06 DNS N/A 7 Graham Nishikawa YK 57.16 56.20 13.36 47 Nevin French ON 126.28 DNF N/A 8 Greg Henderson BC 53.38 67.35 21.13 48' Bill Cusworth US 135.00 DNF N/A 9 Errin Eng BC 56.26 78.12 34.38 49* Jeremy Jo McKnight US 149.32 DNS N/A 10 Corey Burger BC 58.57 87.30 46.27 50" James Baker US 158.27 DNF N/A 11 Kevin Pugh BC 79.39 109.42 89.21 51 Don Livingston BC 177.54 DNF N/A 12 Bowden Stonehocker BC 77.23 DNF N/A 52 Eric Cyr QC DSQ 95.47 N/A 13 Gabe Mastico BC 72.10 DSQ N/A 53 Mark Innes ON DNF 112.34 N/A 14 Dan i lo Malanczyj ON DSQ 90.03 N/A 54" Bengt Ohlund SW DNF 106.20 N/A 15* Justin Pang DNS 160.14 N/A 55* tiro Kaldco F1 DNS 109.25 N/A 16* Jason Dilley DNS 117.09 N/A 56' Johan Hakeman SW DNF DNS N/A

Class M17 Course Length: 5.7 5.8 Class M35 Course Length: 8.2 8.0 Adam Scheck YK 52.27 59.33 112.00 1" Toby Imhof SZ 60.31 68.19 128.50 2 Sky Pearson YK 60.07 69.42 129.49 2* David Rowlands AV 66.54 75.00 141.54 3 Matthew Rance BC 57.06 75.18 132.24 3 Olav Nipen AB 75.22 79.34 154.56 4* Joel Rauschenbach US 70.07 79.32 149.39 4* David McGraw US 75.46 81.03 156.49 5 Alex Whaley NB 59.16 119.47 179.03 5 Afan Jones YK 80.15 82.43 162.58 6 Trevor Pugh BC 103.38 119.02 222.40 6' Tony Nixon AU 90.32 84.21 174.53 7° Richard Verity UK 132.18 156.15 288.33 7* Ted van Geldermaisen AU 91.14 87.37 178.51 8* Keith Burdette 150.22 138.22 288.44 8 Don Ross ON 90.13 89.24 179.37 9 Mark Bernhardt BC 100.53 DNF N/A 9* Steve Gregg US 90.56 95.44 186.40 10* Justin Pang 149.08 DNS N/A 10 Desmond Mott BC 92.39 98.17 190.56 I I* Jason Dilley DNF DNS N/A 11* Jan Urban AU 110.07 91.05 201.12 12 Bill Jarvis AB 110.50 92.52 203.42 Class M20 Course Length: 10.8 10.2 13 Jerry Bakker ON 116.47 93.18 210.05 I* Greg Barbour NZ 70.02 73.07 143.09 14* Alan Wallis 114.27 101.01 215.28 2* Holger Ho Johansen NO 76.40 69.03 145.43 15* Bill Green AU 110.00 105.46 215.46 3 Mike Waddington ON 73.15 74.07 147.22 16 Peter Innes ON 110.11 108.00 218.11 4 Martin Pardoe BC 77.53 76.11 154.04 17 Stephen Richardson BC 100.54 120.15 221.09 5 Mike Smith NB 79.16 76.48 156.04 18 John Chatwin BC 102.47 119.42 222.29 6 Wil Smith NB 80.17 78.12 158.29 19' Rick Breseman US 92.51 131.29 224.20 7* Ulrich Aesehlimann SZ 83.05 75.45 158.50 20 Don Bay ly AB 119.23 108.36 227.59 8* Martin Ward UK 88.13 89.00 167.13 21 Ian Schokking BC 121.07 107.21 228.28 9" Karl Dray itski NZ 92.37 75.14 167.51 2 Michael Minium US 110.58 122,23 233.21 Class M35 cont'd Class M45 cont'd 23 Torbjom Carlson AB 92.13 44.19 236.32 52 James H. Fulton BC DNF 201.05 N/A 24 Marvin Eng BC 115.32 21.35 237.07 53 Bob Mastico BC DNF 153.42 N/A 25* Heinz Hubacher SZ 115.16 24.03 239.19 54 Grant Spelsberg BC DNF 127.41 N/A 26 Ralph Lindzon ON 121.04 21.13 242.17 55 Mike Ware AB DNF 115.53 N/A 27 David Holder MB 132.40 15.40 248.20 56 Toivo Taal BC DNS 122.58 N/A 28 Don Roe M B 127.28 27.54 255.22 32 y 29 Boon Tan ON 143.09 24.50 267.59 Class M55 Course Length: 5.0 5.1 30 Stewart Lamon BC 135.10 35.19 270.29 I* Don Davis US 45.03 50.09 95.12 31 Erik Blake YK 127.38 49.34 277.12 2 Alex Kerr BC 51.31 55.10 106.41 32 Howard Adam BC 144.36 47.17 291.53 3' Fred Veler US 50.54 68.59 119.53 33 Peter Sotola BC 127.12 76.45 303.57 4 Alan Vyse BC 59.15 61.53 121.08 34 Don Riddle AB 152.44 77.11 329.55 5 Einar Viddal AB 59.17 63.00 122.17 35 Doug limes ON 176.33 210.56 387.29 6 Steve Pearson ON 63.30 59.50 123.20 36* tiro Kakko Fl 65.52 DNS N/A 7 Per Gaarder BC 60.37 64.41 125.18 37* Clive Street U K 98.12 DNS N/A 8* Andrew Gregory UK 55.08 72.51 127.59 38 David Bondy ON 118.10 DNS N/A 9 Jim Waddington ON• 62.27 70.39 133.06 39* Jeff Lanam US 218.32 DNF N/A 10* Al Smith US 59.42 73.37 133.19 40 Bill Hobbins AB DNF 128.43 N/A I I' Liebich Rudolf SZ 66.51 66.54 133.45 41* Arne Skog SW DNF 91.28 N/A 12* Paul Potter AU 58.44 77.02 135.46 42 Gene Brenda AB DSQ 183.13 N/A I3* Gil Hollamby UK 68.07 72.06 140.13 43* George Feraru US DNS 89.51 N/A 14 Leigh Bailey BC 65.00 76.42 141.42 15' Carl Moore US 67.39 77.17 144.56 Class M45 Course Length: 6.8 7.0 16 Stig Skarbom NB 73.34 73.51 147.25 I Bryan Chubb AB 51.15 56.27 07.42 17 Murray Foubister BC 65.30 85.06 150.36 2* Alain Juan SZ 55.07 54.04 09.11 18 Nigell James QC 53.54 98.52 152.46 3* Peter Gagarin US 60.16 55.10 15.26 19 Jack Lee ON 77.34 78.35 156.09 4* Andy Hemsted UK 60.16 57.32 17.48 20 Udo Grady BC 71.22 85.08 156.30 5* Michael Wood N Z 59.24 63.5! 23.15 21 Frank Jankulak ON 68.16 95.22 163.38 6* Paul Hoopmann AV 63.08 67.33 30.41 22 Scott Donald BC 69.08 101.43 170.51 7 Gord Hunter QC 68.22 64.34 32.56 23' Alan Yeadon UK 76.39 98.49 175.28 8* Roland Jansson SW 69.18 72.32 41.50 24 Martin Hocking BC 99.45 99.20 199.05 9 Richard Matthews BC 73.52 73.52 47.44 25* Albert Chapman 97.31 138.51 236.22 10' Robert Miller US 68.15 80.43 48.58 26* Harvey Friedman US 123.12 167.12 290.24 11 Robert Gilchrist AB 76.54 72.45 49.39 12* Leigh Privett 72.22 78.09 50.31 Class M65+ Course Length: 5.0 4.0 13' David Enger US 71.28 79.55 51.23 1 Don Scott AB 59.14 81.53 141.07 14 Doug Dowell AB 74.47 82.06 56.53 2 Andy Lamm ON 57.56 88.14 146.10 15* Russell Candy 88.43 69.53 58.36 3 Dick de St Croix QC 71.55 86.22 158.17 16 Jacky Walder AB 80.49 79.46 60.35 4' Rene Piguet SZ 73.59 85.02 159.01 17 Brian Ellis BC 83.34 78.23 61.57 5 John Charlow QC 73.16 90.33 163.49 IP Nick Collins US 86.22 78.02 64.24 6* Knut Olson US 79.27 88.59 168.26 19 Geraint Edmunds AB 77.07 95.19 72.26 7* Kenneth Lew US 64.27 104.36 169.03 20* Jiri Gurka 88.16 87.35 75.51 8 Dick James NS 109.24 128.57 238.21 21 Eugene Ulmer AB 90.56 87.07 78.03 22 Bill Anderson QC 79.01 99.11 78.12 Class OPEN2 Course Length: 3.3 3.1 23' Heinz Zbinden SZ 88.16 91.05 79.21 1 Spencer Lanyon BC 42.57 52.12 95.09 24' Orlyn Skrien US 87.27 94.27 81.54 2 Susan Bemhardt BC 65.09 41.54 107.03 25' Charlie Shahbazian US 96.54 87.57 84.51 3 Diane Bakker ON 184.53 88.03 272.56 26 Richard Lay BC 87.21 98.38 85.59 4 Erin Irwin AB DNS 77.17 N/A 27 George Pugh BC 89.54 96.49 86.43 28' Robert Verity UK 99.32 89.36 89.08 Class OPENS Course Length: 4.2 3.7 29' Dale Width US 92.51 99.37 92.28 1 Eva Gilyen SZ 40.39 52.30 93.09 30* Trevor Sauer AU 03.35 89.56 93.31 2 Donna Wunderlich MB 93.52 85.00 178.52 31* Arnold Hug SZ 00.18 00.30 200.48 3 Tina Campbell BC 79.36 141.28 221.04 32* David Tallent US 96.12 07.53 204.05 4 Marcelle Adam BC 93.16 144.19 237.35 33 Doug Craig AB 07.39 01.56 209.35 5 Miroslava Nemcova CZ 106.04 131.43 237.47 34 Doug Smith BC 79.23 30.24 209.47 6 Claire Rettie BC 93.35 DNF N/A 35 Larry Konotopetz MB 09.28 02.11 211.39 7 Lorraine Rivers ON 102.50 DNF N/A 36 Greg Yarkie AB 14.25 07.44 222.09 8 Nicole Davis BC 107.02 DNF N/A 37 Kevin Hill-Tout BC 18.52 11.35 230.27 38 Ed Smith NB 10.42 28.51 239.33 Class OPEN4 Course Length: 3.8 3.2 39* Doug Sprugel US 26.26 13.31 239.57 1 David Green BC 47.46 52.58 100.44 40 Sheldon Friesen MB 15.23 29.25 244.48 2 Ron Diederichs BC 53.21 79.44 133.05 41 Roman Malanczyj ON 13.01 39.52 252.53 3 Randy Benz BC 77.10 87.27 164.37 42* Gary McCauslan US 28.19 47.04 275.23 4 Nancy Lee ON 115.52 82.34 198.26 43 Gary Atchinson AB 38.33 57.02 295.35 5 Rob Bemhardt BC 83.49 126.26 210.15 44 Dave Mackas BC 46.49 87.53 334.42 6 Scott Drumm . 89.27 DN F N/A 45 Barry McCashin AB 95.02 93.12 388.14 8 Matthew Boser BC DNS 136.58 N/A 46' Brian Ritter US 232.43 57.42 390.25 47 Bob Elliot ON 178.34 233.47 412.21 Class OPENS Course Length: 5.0 4.0 48 Arthur Caldicott BC 110.14 DSQ N/A 1 Dave Tilley BC 87.52 91.46 179.38 49 Bob Hodgins BC 118.04 DSQ N/A 2 Nathalie Berlinger 62.26 117.50 180.16 50 Hugh Connolly ON 120.39 DNF N/A 3 Patrick Wells BC 129.36 105.32 235.08 51 Bill Irwin AB 213.58 DNS N/A 4 Jonna Jansson 136.00 118.58 254.58 COC - Short Distance, Chartrand Creek, July 27

The Short Distance venue was 2 km from Logan Lake. Carlson , M17 Adam Scheck duplicated the efforts of their Parking was at the junction of the highway and a secondary junior women counterparts with equally fine times. Worthy road. The Start area was 2.0 km up the secondary road and of special note: Adam Scheck, with an outstanding 27.10 the Finish 500 metres along the highway. A much more for his 4.4 km course and runner-up, Mathew Rance, with informal setting than the Classic - no recreation centre, park, an impressive 29.25. lake, beer garden or shade tents. The area, was hilly but not as steep as the Classic and offered considerable technical Master Classes challenge. Overseas orienteers while taking the top three places in F35 Ten Classic Winners Double-Up and F45, top four in M35 and four of the top five in M45 did not detract from the exciting competition for the COC titles. Morgan Lay F12 Marta Green F17 Pat de St Croix F65+ F35 Laura Querengesser won the COC title by 24 seconds Robin Foubister M13 over Andree Jarvis with Helen Howard in 3rd place. Nils Carlson M15 Adam Scheck M17 Eileen Breseman (US), Veronique Juan and Ann Jansson Olav Nipen M35 took the top three spots overall. Bryan Chubb M45 M35 In a repeat of the Classic, Olav Nipen won the COC Alex Kerr M55 title with Afan Jones again in the runner-up spot. Bill Hobbins Don Scott M65+ was 3rd Canadian. As in the Classic event, Toby Imhof was Close Competition in F/M 20 Races 1st overall.

F20 Another close race between the top 3 Classic finishers F45 Ilze Rupners edged Marg Ellis, by a razor thin 11 - Sandy Smith, Pam James and Eva Stalstad plus Hanna seconds - the narrowest winning margin in the Short Distance Rangert ( 5th in Classic). Rangert won by .20 over James championships, with Nancy Craig taking 3rd. Carol Pearce who edged Stalstad by .03 - only .23 between 1st and 3rd. was 1st overall. James won the COC title with Smith 2nd and Sue Richards 3rd. llze and Marg started orienteering some 20 years ago while M20 Five of the top six Classic finishers competed - COC living in . Career moves led to their relocating to runner-up, Martin Pardoe, had a bout of food poisoning and Vancouver and becoming GVOC members. did not compete. This was unfortunate as the Classic and M45 The same outstanding field as in the Classic. Once Short were WOC 1999 team Pre-Selection. Martin had been more Bryan Chubb, proved to be the most outstanding and in second place after the Classic race. with a superb run of 24.43 beat out Gagarin , 25.14 and Andy Hemsted (UK), 25.26. Chubb's clubmate. Doug Wi I Smith, shut out of a the medals in the Classic, won the Dowell, was second Canadian and Gord Hunter 3rd... COC Short Distance title with a fine 35.52, (2nd overall). Mike Waddington (36.11) was 2nd Canadian and Mike Smith F55 Diana Hocking added a gold medal to the silver won in 3rd (.03 behind), Holger Hott Johansen posted an excellent the Classic. Second place went to Barbara Phillips and third 32.58 to finish 1st overall. Classic winner, Greg Barbour, to Shirley Donald. finished 5th. Only .29 separated 2nd and 5th place - W M55 A close race with Alex Kerr winning by 20 seconds Smith, Waddington, M Smith, Barbour. M.. over Steve Pearson There was an even closer contest for 3rd place between Per Gaarder and Einar Viddal, with Per Junior Classes taking 3rd by a margin of 5 seconds. F65+ Pat de St Croix won her second 1998 title with Nesta F12 Morgan Lay, F13 Katherine Scheck, F15 Devon Leduc 2nd and Gloria Charlow 3rd. Stonehocker, F17 Marta Green, won in very good times. M65+ A second 1998 COC title also for Don Scott with Dick de St Croix 2nd and John Charlow 3rd. Is Don really M12 Scott Tunnicliffe, M13 Robin Foubister, M15 Nils 65+?

RESULTS - SHORT DISTANCE, JULY 27 * Not eligible for Canadian Championship awards Class F45 cont'd 6* Gail Gagarin US 44.28 Class F12 Course Length: 1.6 7 Nancy Craig AB 45.46 Place Name Assoc Time 8* Meredyth Sauer AU 47.04 I Morgan Lay BC 16.16 9 Judy Cornish AB 51.12 2* Annett Juras SZ 16.45 10 Karen Lachance BC 51.30 3 Katy lnnes ON 23.29 1 1* Barbara Verity UK 51.35 4 Justine Scheck YK DNF 12 Luella Smith NB 53.06 13* Liz Turbin UK 83.32 Class F13 Course Length: 1.8 14 Vera Malanczyj ON 90.50 I Katherine Scheck YK 19.43 15 Svatava Hermanek ON DNF 2 Meghan Rance BC 23.38 3 Erica Lay BC 33.07 Class F55 Course Length: 2.6 4' Cara Witt 50.23 1 Diana Hocking BC 34.57 2* Mutt Davis US 35.19 Class F15 Course Length: 2.4 3 Barbara Phillips YK 40.40 1 Devon Stonehocker BC 30.28 4 Shirley Donald BC 41.58 2 Heather Smith NB 36.17 5* Sara Mae Berman US 42.58 3 Chrystal Dargie BC 37.04 6 Gill Bailey BC 43.56 4 Danielle Dmytar BC 41.58 7 Ursula Grady BC 56.01 5 Victoria Smith NB 48.57 8 Sue Waddington ON 57.12 9* Penny Hemsted UK 79.09 Class F17 Course Length: 3.2 1 Marta Green BC 31.02 Class F65+ Course Length: 2.6 2 Johanna Carlson AB 43.58 I Pat de St Croix QC 44.13 3 Claire Critchley AB 48.15 2 Nesta Leduc YK 46.51 4* Jenny Pearson US 63.31 3* Heidi Piquet SZ 74.52 4* Ann Fettes NZ 76.04 Class F20 Course Length: 4.4 5 Gloria Charlow QC 80.58 1* Hanna Rangert SW 42.4 2 Pam James NS 43.01 Class M12 Course Length: 1.6 3* Eva Stalstad SW 43.04 1 Scott Tuncliffe BC 13.19 4 Sandy Smith NB 47.06 2* William Enger US 16.23 5* Peggy Dickison US 49.24 3 Kevin Tunnel iffe BC 20.13 6* Kristin Ritzenthaler SZ 50.17 4 Simon Lay BC 32.42 7 Sue Richards AB 58.41 5 Scott Foubister BC 40.18 8 Marie-Catherine Bruno QC 60.49 6* Timothy Street UK DNF 9 Marketa Graham QC 64,38 0* Nancy Koehler US 68.44 Class M13 Course Length: 1.8 1 Cheri Mahoney NB 71.58 1 Robin Foubister BC 13.01 2 Angela Pearson AB 74.05 2 Will Critchley AB 14.07 3 Kristin Viddal AB 74.14 3 Play Viddal AB 23.03 4* Catherine Ashton US 75.00 4* Benjamin Imhof SZ 24.01 5* Lesley Ward UK 78.38 5 Bowden Stonehocker BC 26.45 6* Helen Pearce UK 84.24 6* James Wingfield US 30.11 7 Abbi May NS 84.57 7 Steven Pugh BC 42.35 8 Charlotte MacNaughton AB 86.05 9 Shanna Knights BC 98,10 Class M15 Course Length: 2.4 20 Chrystal Parks Boser BC 104.41 I* John Went US 19.47 21 Gail MacDonald BC 131.22 2 Nils Carlson AB 22.16 22 Catherine Hagen BC DNF 3 Graham Nishikawa YK 25.38 23 Starr Waddington ON DNF 4 Thomas Nipen AB 26.05 24 Nina Waddington ON DNF 5 Scott McBride BC 26.15 25* Debbie Newell US DNF 6* Michael Witt 28.13 7 Greg Henderson BC 35.01 Class F35 Course Length: 3.3 8 Land Pearson YK 35.05 1* Eileen 13resennan US 36.25 9 Errin Eng BC 37.05 2* Veronique Juan SZ 39.45 10 Daniel Innes ON 38.23 3* Ann Jansson SW 43.19 11 Dan ilo Malanczyj ON 47.16 4 Laura Querengesser AB 44.02 12 Kevin Pugh BC 65.09 5 Andree Jarvis AB 44.26 13 Corey Burger BC 65.24 6 Helen Howard QC 48.54 14 Gabe Mastico BC DNF 7 Mary-Lou Hogg AB 49.40 8 Sheena van Dyk BC 52.38 Class M17 Course Length: 4.4 9* Annie Sanderson US 53.17 1 Adam Scheck YK 27.10 10 Beatrice Walder AB 55.23 2 Mathew Rance BC 29.25 11 Maureen De Camp BC 57.15 3 Sky Pearson YK 33.13 12 Anita Brattland US 58.12 4* Joel Rauschenbach US 39.28 13 Annette Van Tyghem ON 58.35 5 Trevor Pugh BC 45.15 14 Barbara Scheck YK 62.46 6 Alex Whaley NB 46.02 15 Jennifer Eastwood BC 63.31 7* Richard Verity. UK 54.41 16* Margi Freemantle 63.40 17* Christine Franklin US 91.58 Class M20 Course Length: 5.4 1* Holger Hott Johnasen NO 32.58 Class F45 Course Length: 3.2 2 Wil Smith NB 35.52 I Carol Pearce UK 37.14 3 Mike Waddington ON 36.11 2* Jill Dalton AU 38.39 4 Mike Smith NB 36.14 3* Ardis Dull US 43.12 5* Greg Barbour NZ 36.21 4 Ilze Runners BC 43.23 6 Ross Burnett YK 39.20 5 Marg Ellis BC 43.34 0 7 Peter MacKenzie AB 40.52 Class M20 cont'd Class M45 cont'd 8* Vyten is Benetis 40.54 2* Peter Gagarin US 25.14 9* Martin Ward UK 41.19 3* Andy Hemstcd UK 25.26 Os Ondrej Kotecky 41.21 4* Alain Juan SZ 27.38 1 Dave Donaldson ON 42.27 5* Roland Jansson SW 29.45 2* Hans Fransson SW 42.42 6 Doug Dowell AB 29.49 3* Karl Dravitski NZ 43.30 7* Paul Hoopman US 30.01 4* Bengt Ohlund SW 43.35 8' Michael Wood NZ 30.04 5 Mark Astridge AB 43.50 9* Dave Enger US 30.04 6* Erik Molenaar NO 44.29 0 Gord Hunter ON 30.21 7* Andreas Luthi SZ 47.15 1* Trevor Sauer AU 32.07 8 Francis Falardeau QC 47.20 2 Jacky Walder AB 32.08 9 Brian May NS 47.27 3 Robert Gilchrist AB 32.30 20* Michael Walters AU 48.32 4* Charlie Shabazian US 32.40 2 I* Jeremy Joe McKnight US 49.16 5* Heinz Zbinden 34.26 22 Chris Ivanciuc BC 49.17 6 Eugene Ulmer AB 35.14 23 Forest Pearson YK 49.34 7* Jiri Gurka 36.27 24 Brian Graham QC 49.38 8* Nick Collins US 37.48 25* Ulrich Aeschilmann SL 50.38 9* Robert Verity UK 39.30 26* Rolf Valery SW 52.05 20* Arnold Hug SZ 40.11 27* Philippe Jeanneret SZ 52.34 21* David Tallent US 41.38 28* Christophe Hutzli SZ 52.42 22* Orlyn Skrien US 42.26 29* Nigel Aylott AU 56.55 23 John Rance BC 42.33 30* J-J Cote US 57.41 24• Leigh Privett 42.52 31 Mark Innes ON 58.19 25 Greg Yarkie AB 44.34 32* Jeff Coker US 61.56 26* Dale Width US 51.28 33 Mark Gibbard AB 62.02 27 Ed Smith NB 52.18 34 Eric Cyr QC 69.14 28 Roman Malanczyj ON 53.51 35* Johan Hakeman SW 70.57 29 Arthur Caldicott BC 55.08 36 Gabor Lipcsey ON 72.36 30 Hugh Connolly ON 55.54 37* Manfred Kopisch US 77.31 31* Richard Went US 56.08 38* James Baker US 78.51 32 Richard Lay BC 56.38 39 Richard Hall BC 79.36 33 Sheldon Fnesen MB 62.11 40 Dylan Green BC 87.07 34 Barry McCashin AB 65.47 41 Nevin French ON 93.50 35* Brian Ritter US 67.33 68.04 42 Don Livingstone BC 99.04 36 Dave Mackas BC 37 Bob Elliot ON 73.45 43 Timothy Ednmunds AB 102.58 38 Mike Ware AB DSQ 44 Vincent Fagnan AB 124.57 45 Raymond Chung ON 139.47 Class M55 Course Length: 3.2 46 James Tasker AB DN F Don Davis US 34.25 47* Harald Juras SZ DN F 2 Alex Kerr BC 35.34 48* Bill Cusworth US DNF 3 Steve Pearson ON 35.54 49* Hans Ole Wersted NO DSQ 4 Per Gaarder BC 37.46 5 Einar Viddal AB 37.51 Class M35 Course Length: 4.4 6* Gil Hollamby UK 38.18 Toby Imhof SZ 37.37 7' Paul Potter AU 38.44 2* I irokakko Fl 38.44 8 Stig Skarbom NB 38.50 3' David Rowlands AU 39.11 9 Jack Lee ON 38.51 4* John Rogers AU 41.02 10 Murray Foubister BC 39.40 5 Olav Nipen AB 41.29 11 Leigh Bailey BC 40.09 6 Afan Jones YK 43.28 12' Al Smith US 40.35 7* Jan Urban AU 44.11 13* Fred Veler US 43.01 8* David McGraw US 46.20 14 Martin Hocking BC 45.08 9* Ted van Geldermaisen AU 47.43 15* Liebich Rudolf SZ 45.26 48.45 10 Bill Hobbins AB 49.36 16* Albert Chapman 17 Nigel James QC 50.21 11 Adrian Zissos AB 49.57 18 Carl Coger BC 53.06 12 Torbjorn Carlson AB 51.33 19* Alan Yeadon U K 75.59 13* Arne Skog AU 52.11 20 Udo Grady BC 102.35 14 Don Ross ON 52.51 21 Jim Waddington ON DNF 15* Alan Wallis UK 53.19 IV Clive Street UK 56.32 Class M65+ Course Length: 2.6 17 Don Bayly AB 58.53 I Don Scott AB 35.16 18* Tony Nixon AU 59.41 2' Knutt Olsson US 37.45 19 Howard Adam BC 59.57 3* Rene Piquet SZ 40.15 20* Michael Minium US 60.21 4 Dick de St Croix QC 41.34 21 Ian Schokking BC 61.16 5 John Charlow C 51.56 22 Desmond Mott BC 61.50 6 Dick James S 59.12 23* Steve Gregg US 63.52 7* Kenneth Lew US DNF 24 Peter Sotola BC 64.19 25 Stephen Richardson BC 65.25 Class OPEN3 Course Length: 2.4 26* Heinz Hubacher SZ 70.18 I Eva Gilyen SZ 23.52 27 Doug lnnes ON 71.53 2 Claire Rettie BC 59.22 28 Ralph Lindzon ON 73.08 3 Miroslava Nemcova 8CN 63.35 29* Kean Williams US 76.53 4 Lorraine Rivers 70.37 30 Bill Jarvis AB 77.12 5 Tina Campbell BC 93.37 31 Boon Tan ON 78.02 ON 81.09 Class OPEN4 Course Length: 2.6 32 Peter Innes 39.40 33 Craig Brooks AB 117.50 I Nancy Lee ON 34' Jeff Lanam US 118.27 2 Mathew Boser BC 42.08 BC DNF 3 Randy Benz BC 52.44 35 John Chatwin DNF 36 Don Riddle AB DNF 4 Scott Drumm Class M45 Course Length: 3.3 Class OPENS Course Length: 3.2 I Bryan Chubb A it 24.43 I Nathalie Berl inger 46.30 () North American Championships, Pothole Lake, Aspen Grove

The NAOC is a Biennial event that alternates between Peggy Dickison (US) placing third. Canada and the United States. COF and USOF members are eligible to win NAOC awards. This event was also Day M20 Nail Biting Finish 5 of Sage Stomp '98. First place finisher in the Classic and 2nd over-all after the The competition area was on Douglas Lake Ranch lands first 3-days of the Sage Stomp, Greg Barbour, decided to and reached after a long drive on a narrow rutted dusty road compete in his M35 age class for this event. Martin Pardoe, - actually much more normal to Canadian meets than the now fully recovered from his food poisoning competed. highways bounding the Logan Lake meet sites. Holger Hott Johansen with outstanding runs of 72.02 and Many competitors camped nearby and walked to the meet 66.07 completely outclassed the field to win by 15 minutes site each day. Others remained at the Lac La Jeune over second place finisher, Ulrich Aeschliman (SZ), and 23 campground near Logan Lake and commuted to the NAOC minutes ahead of the top North American. With the exception site. For those preferring a bit more comfort there were many of the COC Day 1, he won every other race, usually by a motels in nearby Merritt. comfortable margin.

The Finish area was on a hillside that provided a good viewing Despite the dominant performance by Johansen the race for point for spectators. The Results area was only a few steps the North American title was extremely exciting, going right from the timekeepers tent and results posted promptly. The down to the wire before a winner declared. Start areas were close to the Finish. Day 1. Brian May, with his best race of the week, (80.23), The last control was on an open hillside about 300 metres held top spot of those eligible to win the NAOC title. Mike from the Finish. Many runners crossed the hillside to the last Waddington was in 2nd place, (1.39-) followed by Mike Smith control and then up the long 'run-in' to the Finish. Spectators (3.29-), Eric Bone (3.54-) and Martin Pardoe (4.33-). It did could identify runners and shout encouragement as they not appear that any others were sufficiently close to mount battled over the last few hundred metres. a serious challenge.

As at Logan Lake, tent shelters and a Beer Garden provided Day 2. M Smith started early. May in the middle of the shade and socializing. Depending upon how fast the incoming field. Bone and Waddington started late and 4 minutes apart. runner was approaching it was possible to order a cold Pardoe started very late. Smith set the target with a fine run refreshment and have it waiting for the grateful runner at (80.40), but May with a second solid run (80.42) took the the Finish line. lead - then waited. It would be 45-50 minutes until Waddington and Bone were expected. The countdown was F20 Impressive Win by Sandy Smith into the last minute when Mike W came into view heading to the last control. He could beat May's time but it would be Day 1. Sandy Smith held a comfortable lead of 5.10 over very close, perhaps only one or two seconds. To Eva Stalstad and 6.38 over Pam James. It would require encouragements from supporters he strained to gain the superlative runs by others or a disaster by Smith if she was precious seconds but came up short by the slender margin to be overtaken. Neither occurred and with another fine run of 06. Mike Smith had his third 3rd place of the week Eric increased her margin over Stalstad and James to add the Bone in 4th was the top US competitor. North American title to the COC Classic won the previous weekend. James finished second for the NAOC title with Brian won several COC/NAOC junior titles but this was his first victory in a senior class. He was a member of our 1990 Breseman (US) 2nd and Barbara Scheck 3rd. & 1991 Junior WOC teams and a member of our 1993 & 1997 WOC teams. M35 Greg Barbour, first in the M20 in the COC Classic, competed in his age class in this event and recorded the Junior Classes Feature Three 'Hat Trick' fastest time each day to hand Toby Imhof his first defeat of Performances the week. In a hotly contested race, Olav Nipen bounced back from a Day 1 4th place and 6 minutes deficit to take F12 Alana Tamapolsky won the NAOC title by a margin the NAOC title. US competitors, Bruce Wolfe and Ernst of 1.35 after a spirited contest with Morgan Lay. Katy Innes Lander, took 2nd and 3rd spots 2 and 3 minutes behind. took 3rd place. M12 William Enger (US) took top honours with Scott F45 This race could have done double duty and served as Foubister and George Feraru 2nd and 3rd. the BC and GVOC championship as the three NAOC medalists, Ilze Rupners, Marg Ellis and Karen Lachance are F13 Katherine Scheck won her second title of the week GVOC members. This was the second gold medal for Ilze with Erica Lay 2nd and Hilary Saeger 3rd. and the second silver for Marg. While Ilze won easily there M13 Robin Foubister with the fastest time each day made was only a margin of two minutes between Marg and Karen. it a 'hat trick" of gold medals - one of four to accomplish the Throughout the week, Jill Dalton and Meredyth Sauer, were feat. Olav Viddal took the silver and Bowden Stonehocker a cut above the rest of the field and finished 1st and 2nd the bronze. overall in this event.

F15 In a reversal of the Classic places, Victoria Smith M45 With Bryan Chubb unable to compete in this event, finished 1st and twin sister, Heather, relegated to the runner- (he was the Controller), Peter Gagarin had things all his own up spot - a very common occurrence for the girls. Devon way and an easy winner of the NAOC title. Canadians, Stonehocker rallied from a Day 1 deficit position to take 3rd Robert Gilchrist and Gord Hunter took the silver and bronze place. medals. Gagarin also finished 1st overall after a closely fought struggle with Alain Juan. M15 In one of the more closely contested races in the championship Joel Rauschenbach (US) won by .21 over F55 Frances Vyse added the NAOC title to the COC Classic Scott McBride with Graham Nishikawa a close 3rd. Only won the previous week. Linda Moore (US) finished a close 1.36 separated the top three after 2 days. second with an other US competitor, Marit Davis, taking third. F17 Marta Green's week finished as it began - a comfortable win over Johanna Carlson. Starting Day 2 with a lead of M55 As in the Classic and Short events, Don Davis and only .52, Marta improved her time by over 8 minutes to Alex Kerr, were first and second. While Davis had a cushion record her third win of the week while Johanna took almost of 9 minutes, Kerr only had a 38 seconds margin over 3rd 13 minutes more than on Day 1. place finisher, Orlyn Skrien.

M17 Adam Scheck added the NAOC title to the COC F65+ For the first time of the week, Pat de St Croix did not Classic and Short ones won earlier. Entering Day 2 he held win this class although she did win the NAOC title. First a slender lead of 1.40 that he increased to a 20 minute place overall went to Ann Fettes (NZ) who had the fastest margin over Sky Pearson. Mathew Rance took 3rd place. time each day. Nesta Leduc and Gloria Charlow finished second and third in the NAOC. Masters Classes M65+ US competitors, Ed Gookin and Al Smith, took the F35 Veronique Juan with two consistent runs finished 1st two top spots with Don Scott placing third. Gookin took a 10 overall. Kitty Jones won the NAOC title with Eileen minutes lead on Day 1 and held on to win by over 4 minutes. 1998 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Merritt, , August 2-3 a Not Eligible for North American Championship awards Class F35 cont'd 6 Mel Dutkiewicz BC 08.52 04.48 213.40 Class F12 Course Length: 2.8 2.7 7 Maureen De Camp BC 89.47 24.12 213.59 Place Name Assoc Day 1 Day 2 Total 8 Helen Bailey BC 20.25 07.17 227.42 1 Alanna Tamopolsky ON 30.04 30.00 60.04 9 Clare Durand US 33.25 96.25 229.50 2 Morgan Lay BC 34.04 27.35 61.39 10 Andree Jarvis AB 25.10 09.56 235.06 3 Katy Innes ON 37.02 52.52 89.54 I 1 Sheena van Dyk AB 37.59 18.56 256.55 4 Nicole Bakker ON 49.11 44.26 93.37 12 Laura Querengesser AB 43.45 24.02 267.47 5 Justine Scheck YK 65.04 46.58 112.02 13 Eva Ruutopold US 61.28 16.24 277.52 6 Krishna Roe MB 47.35 DNS N/A 14 Annette Van Tyghem ON 54.11 27.53 282.04 15 Katie Sprugel US 65.28 20.04 285.32 Class F13 Course Length: 3.2 3.3 16 Vicki Bondy ON 73.07 24.04 297.11 1 Katherine Scheck YK 36.21 40.16 76.37 17 Mary-Lou Hogg AB 50.19 48.44 299.03 2 Erica Lay BC 43.17 40.40 83.57 18 Christine Franklin US 70.01 221.44 391.45 3 Hillary Saeger US 69.22 46.47 116.09 19 Ann Leonard US 42.46 DNF N/A 4* Cara Witt 42.40 80.30 123.10 20 Annie Sanderson US 30.17 DNS N/A 5 Meghan Rance BC 78.38 103.05 181.43 6 Stephanie TarnopolskyON 51.42 DSQ N/A Class F45 Course Length: 5.5 5.5 I' Jill Dalton AU 75.05 85.13 160.18 Class F15 Course Length: 3.8 3.7 2* Meredyth Sauer AU 72.38 90.30 163.08 I Victoria Smith NB 44.25 45.53 90.18 3 Ilze Rupners BC 78.01 106.23 184.24 2 Heather Smith NB 51.09 46.46 97,55 4 Margaret Ellis BC 89,56 109.15 199.11 3 Devon Stonehocker BC 62.40 48.37 111.17 5 Karen Lachance BC 91.15 109.56 201.11 4 Samantha Saeger US 62.07 51.02 113.09 6 Ardis Dull US 108.38 111.28 220.06 5 Danielle Dmrar BC 69.52 66.33 136.25 7 Gail Gagarin US 124.22 110.56 235.18 8 Maggie McLean BC 107.36 128.52 236.28 Class F17 Course Length: 5.5 5.5 9* Barbara Verity UK 103.34 133.47 237.21 I Marta Green BC 72.22 63.56 136.18 10 Luella Smith NB 97.08 141.22 238.30 2 Johanna Carlson AB 73.14 86.03 159.17 11 Vera Malanczyj ON 107.33 133.58 241.31 3 Jenny Pearson US DNF 237.01 N/A 12 Susan Chartrand BC 107.52 138.53 246.45 13* Liz Turbin UK 108.56 147,26 256.22 Class F20 Course Length: 7.2 7.5 14 Mary Smith US 117.55 148.03 265.58 I Sandy Smith NB 69.34 69.42 139.16 15 Judy Ellman ON 147.07 160.58 308.05 2* Eva Stalstad SW 74.44 72.48 147.32 16 Marilyn Edmunds AB 144.29 167.29 311.58 3 Pam James NS 76.12 73.12 149.24 17 Judith Karpinski US 157.44 174.50 332.34 4* Hanna Rangert SW 81.52 83.27 165.19 18 Svatava Hermanek ON 174.58 185.52 360.50 5 Peggy Dickison US 91.04 76.38 167.42 19* Carol Pearce UK 86.31 DNF N/A 6 Asa Gahne US 85.04 87.06 172.10 20 Sandra Kish Miller US 110.35 DNF N/A 7 Catherine Hagen BC 84.08 89.56 174.04 21 Ingrid Dagis BC 198.32 DNF N/A 8' Priska Curiger 89.10 98.19 187.29 9 Cherie Mahoney NB 95.33 92.46 188.19 Class F55 Course Length: 4.4 3.8 10 Sharon Crawford US 94.00 96.01 190.01 I 65.03 76.59 142.02 II Marie-Cat Bruno QC 95.50 95.53 191.43 Frances Vyse BC 12 Debbie Newell US 91.45 101.51 193.36 2 Linda Moore US 68.42 74.34 143.16 13 Nina Waddington ON 94.23 99.36 193.59 3 Marit Davis US 82.00 73.00 155.00 81.59 82.58 164.57 14 Nancy Koehler US 105.51 105.55 211.46 4 Miki Snell US Sara Mae Berman US 90.33 90.45 181.18 15 Sue Richards AB 101.53 112.22 214.15 5 Diana Hocking BC 85.46 97.19 183.05 16 Abbi May NS 109.06 115.53 224.59 6 97.57 99.40 197.37 17 Angela Pearson AB 108.32 116.5 225.22 7 Sue Waddington ON 106.24 91.29 197.53 18 Kristin Viddal AB 93.07 147.48 240.55 8 Ursula Grady BC BC 116.39 89.25 206.04 19 Crystal Parks Boser BC 123.32 120.26 243.58 9 Shirley Donald 10 Anne York US 98.38 111.50 210.28 20 Amanda Edmunds AB 130.17 119.12 249.29 11 Donna Gookin US 143.34 101.23 244.57 21* Lesley Ward UK 130.10 126.09 256.19 12 Gail Hanna US 135.17 111.40 246.57 22 Suzanne Pearson BC 121.38 139.54 261.32 141.44 264.42 23 Shanna Knights BC 150.48 112.30 263.18 13 Claire Dell US 122.58 Barbara Phillips YK 24 Keg Good US 135.37 130.44 266.21 14 160.06 107.46 267.52 15* Elisabet Roing 166.40 149.57 316.37 25 Philippa Hocking AB 151.56 162.51 314.47 UK 145.50 DNS N/A 26 Charlotte MacNaught AB 174.01 146.10 320.11 16* Penny Hemsted Margie James NS DNF 158.48 N/A 27 Jackie Tamopolsky ON 323.48 283.57 607.45 17 DNF 28 Gail MacDonald BC DSQ DNF N/A 18* Kathy Hamilton DNF N/A

Class F35 Course Length: 6.4 6.5 Class F65+ Course Length: 3.5 3.5 I* Veronique Juan SZ 93.01 90.51 183.52 1* Ann Fettes NZ 64.34 58.46 123.20 2 Kitty Jones AB 103.24 93.40 197.04 2 Pat de St Croix QC 80.31 67.28 147.59 3 Eileen Breseman US 115.51 87.03 202.54 3* Heidi Piguet SZ 84.37 88.56 173.33 4 Barbara Scheck YK 110.06 96.28 206.34 4 Nesta Leduc YK 128.33 83.17 211.50 5* Ann Jansson SW 119.38 93.57 213.35 5 Gloria Charlow QC 140.14 92.25 232.39 28 Chris 1 vanciuc BC 06.38 115.06 221.44 Class M12 Course Length: 2.8 2.7 Class M20 cont'd I William Enger US 33.57 30.18 64.15 29* Sergey Velichko 04.10 118.26 222.36 2 Scott Foubister BC 30.45 39.48 70.33 30 James Tasker AB 01.49 128.14 230.03 3 George Jr Feraru US 43.25 30.48 74.13 31 Jeremy Jo McKnight US 22.07 109.14 231.21 4* Timothy Street UK 31.40 48.59 80.39 32 Vincent Fagnan AB 36.14 104.13 240.27 5 Dylan Brooks AB 106.06 29.33 135.39 33 Marek Dutkiewicz BC 33.14 108.12 241.26 6 Simon Lay BC 110.24 64.28 174.52 34 Richard Hall BC 25.25 122.13 247.38 7 Kaelen Chartrand BC 173.40 DSQ N/A 35* David Baldwin AU 25.35 122.33 248.08 36 Jeff Coker US 38.25 113.13 251.38 Class M13 Course Length: 3.2 3.3 37* Nigel Aylott AU 41.10 114.55 256.05 I Robin Foubister BC 33.51 31.31 65.22 38 Alaric Fish AB 51.30 123.49 275.19 2 Olav Viddal AB 37.24 36.23 73.47 39 Syd Reader US 55.46 124.22 280.08 3* Benjamin Imhof SZ 34.01 49.34 83.35 40* Gustav Nordlund SW 62.50 119.44 282.34 4 Bowden Stonehocker BC 69.53 48.30 118.23 41 Timothy Edmunds AB 67.22 115.44 283.06 5 Steven Pugh BC 104.52 58.49 163.41 42 Nevin French ON 46.50 164.20 311.10 6 James Wingfield US 100.37 85.06 185.43 43 Bill Green US 67.55 177.22 345.17 7 Tyler Chartrand BC DNF DNF N/A 44' Manfred Kopisch 223.20 159.20 382.40 45 Raymond Chung ON 233.56 175.56 409.52 Class MIS Course Length: 3.8 3.7 46 Matthew Miller US 222.34 188.40 411.14 I Joel Rauschenbach US 38.10 46.52 85.02 47* Bengt Ohlund SW 93.57 DN F N/A 2 Scott McBride BC 48.04 37.19 85.23 48 Forest Pearson YK 111.54 DN F N/A 3 Graham Nishikawa YK 52.00 34.38 86.38 49 Mark Tarnopolsky ON 115.23 DSQ N/A 4 Nils Carlson AB 51.10 39.01 90.11 50* Philippe Jeanneret SZ 119.20 DSQ N/A 5 Land Pearson YK 45.11 51.20 96.31 51* Ondrej Kotecky 101.44 DNS N/A 6 Thomas Nipen AB 44.09 52.56 97.05 52 Mark Innes ON 128.16 DNF N/A 7 Danilo Malanczyj ON 49.20 49.35 98.55 53 J-J Cote US 131.34 DSQ N/A 8 Ross Smith US 60.30 46.11 106.41 54 Gabor Lipcsey ON 137.30 DSQ N/A 9 Greg Henderson BC 58.25 51.00 109.25 55 Don Livingstone BC 172.20 DNF N/A 10 Daniel Innes ON 73.53 39.14 113.07 56* Mattias Baath SW DNF 108.28 N/A 11* Michael Witt 54.12 62.19 116.31 57* Johan Hakeman SW DNF DNF N/A 12 Errin Eng BC 82.03 65.08 147.11 58 James Baker US DNF DNF N/A 13 Corey Burger BC 96.20 57.32 153.52 59 Daniel Pittman US DNF 106.00 N/A 14 Kevin Pugh BC DSQ 108.23 N/A 60 Ross Burnett YK DNF DNS N/A

Class M17 Course Length: 6.4 6.5 Class M35 Course Length: 7.7 8.0 I Adam Scheck YK 77.13 66.58 144.11 1* Greg Barbour NZ 59.48 61.19 121.07 2 Sky Pearson YK 78.52 85.26 164.18 2* Toby Imhof SZ 65.25 64.14 129.39 3 Matthew Rance BC 142.13 116.07 258.20 3* Ewald Eyrich SZ 77.26 81.57 159.23 4* Richard Verity UK 156.31 108.39 265.10 4 Olav Nipen AB 85.22 76.12 161.34 5 Trevor Pugh BC 183.25 118.16 301.41 5 Bruce Wolfe US 79.04 84.29 163.33 6 Josh Blake YK DNF 99.00 N/A 6 Ernst Linder US 78.59 85.49 164.48 7 Adrian Zissos AB 81.46 84.09 165.55 Class M20 Course Length: 10.0 10.1 8 Alar Ruutopold US 87.14 80.20 167.34 1* Holger Ho Johansen NO 72.02 66.07 138.09 9 George Feraru US 92.12 87.36 179.48 2* Ulrich Aeschlima SZ 80.03 73.05 153.08 10 Steve Gregg US 93.33 92.59 186.32 3 Brian May NS 80.23 80.42 161.05 11 Carl Larsson US 87.48 101.37 189.25 4 Mike Waddington ON 82.02 79.09 161.11 12* Alan Wallis UK 97.03 103.15 200.18 5* Karl Dravitski NZ 83.03 78.34 161.37 13 Ove Albinsson BC 98.24 101.56 200.20 6 Mike Smith NB 83.52 80.40 164.32 14 Stephen Richardson BC 97.35 102.57 200.32 7 Eric Bone US 84.17 83.57 168.14 15 Ian Schokking BC 99.26 105.20 204.46 8 Wil Smith NB 92.14 79.52 172.06 16 David Bondy ON 114.59 91.00 205.59 9 Martin Pardoe BC 84.56 89.37 174.33 17 Bill Jarvis AB 110.02 99.58 210.00 10* Andreas Curiger 89.52 90.18 180.10 18 Jerry Bakker ON 107.13 104.29 211.42 11 * P-0 Derebrant SW 88.17 92.26 180.43 19* Jan Urban UK 104.10 112.53 217.03 12* Mats Johansson SW 94.24 89.10 183.34 20* Clive Street AU 98.11 122.19 220.30 13* Martin Ward UK 92.11 93.28 185.39 21 Ralf Becker US 109.44 115.57 225.41 14* Andreas Luthi SW 98.11 89.58 188.09 22 Michael Minium US 106.10 122.37 228.47 15* Michael Walters AU 101.20 87.07 188.27 23 Bill Hobbins AB 87.38 144.03 231.41 16 Doug Mahoney NB 96.54 92.20 189.14 24 Desmond Mott BC 105.40 127.01 232.41 17 Francis Falardeau QC 97.42 92.08 189.50 25 Don Ross ON 104.46 128.15 233.01 18* Per Spik SW 93.35 97.05 190.40 26 Grant Jeffrey BC 123.24 114.31 237.55 19 Dave Donaldson ON 99.28 92.12 191.40 27 Jim Eagleton 97.16 145.31 242.47 20* Vyten is Benetis 103.10 89.5 193.06 28 Torbjorn Carlson AB 131.52 128.17 260.09 21* Lars Schagerstrom SW 98.04 97.09 195.13 29 Ron Grayson BC 134.42 130.30 265.12 22* Lars-Ake Svensk SW 113.42 82.58 196.40 30 David Webber US 124.11 147.32 271.43 23* Hans Fransson SW 95.57 101.10 197.07 31 Howard Adam BC 138.33 142.26 280.59 24* Mattias Sandqvist SW 114.49 85.22 200.11 32 John Chatwin BC 113.31 194.29 308.00 25* Rolf Valery SW 98.01 110.27 208.28 33 Mark Swinkels BC 122.28 185.55 308.23 26 Mark Astridge AB 117.57 97.38 215.35 34 Stephen Stibler US 166.58 155.30 322.28 27 Eric Cyr QC 116.24 99.13 215.37 35 Don Riddle AB 165.30 206.54 372.24 36 Gene Brenda AB 220.13 167.10 387.23 2 Alex Kerr BC 77.16 77.28 154.44 Class M35 cont'd 3 Orlyn Skrien US 86.30 68.52 155.22 37 Ralph Lindzon ON 221.47 174.47 396.34 4 Fred Veler US 72.09 85.20 157.29 38 Curtis Condon 154.04 268.56 423.00 5* Paul Potter AU 79.09 79.00 158.09 42 David McGraw US 88.38 DNF N/A 6 Alan Vyse BC 91.11 71.51 163.02 43 Rick Breseman US 110.35 DNF N/A 7 Jim Waddington ON 72.51 90.26 163.17 44* Ted van Geldermaisen NZ 112.07 DNF N/A 8 Einar Viddal AB 77.21 88.30 165.51 45 Peter Innes ON 134.58 DNF N/A 9 Peter Snell US 83.47 83.06 166.53 46 Boon Tan ON 140.29 DNF N/A 0 Carl Moore US 96.40 95.07 191.47 47 Charles Leonard US 159.51 DNF N/A Larry Berman US 100.43 97.54 198.37 48 Kean Williams US 228.36 DNF N/A 2* Alan Yeadon UK 103.51 99.21 203.12 49 Jeff Lanam US 241.53 DNF N/A 3 Scott Donald BC 101.11 102.39 203.50 50 Doug Innes ON DSQ 145.18 N/A 4 Murray Foubister BC 104.25 137.09 241.34 51 Craig Brooks AB DNF DNF N/A 5 Nigel James QC 135.42 106.19 242.01 52* David Rowlands AU DNF DNF N/A 6 Eric Smith US 116.11 146.04 262.15 53 Axel Penserot US DNF DNF N/A 7 Jack Lee ON 129.30 136.42 266.12 54 Don Roe MB DNF DNS N/A 8 Carl Coger BC 145.28 124.10 269.38 9* Peter Hamilton 138.36 150.51 289.27 Class M45 Course Length: 7.1 7.0 20 Keith McLeod US 128.26 177.43 306.09 1 Peter Gagarin US 64.05 57.46 21.51 21 Harvey Friedman US 145.07 174.35 319.42 2* Alain Juan SZ 64.15 58.55 23.10 22 Udo Grady BC 114.36 242.24 357.00 3* Andy Hemsted UK 68.11 63.57 32.08 23* Gil Hollamby UK 97.26 DNS N/A 4* Michael Wood NZ 73.25 63.22 36.47 24* Don Atkinson 99.02 DSQ N/A 5 Robert Gilchrist AB 75.29 71.25 46.54 25* Albert Chapman 144.17 DNF N/A 6* Roland Jansson SW 81.24 69.41 51.05 26 Dan Dell US 209.05 DNF N/A 7 Gord Hunter QC 85.09 69.44 54.53 27 Martin Hocking BC 273.51 DNF N/A 8* Nick Collins NZ 86.29 69.21 55.50 28 Rudolf Chroust ON DSQ 171.39 N/A 9* Leigh Privett AU 77.17 79.21 56.38 29* Bob Reddick DNF DNF N/A 10* Trevor Sauer AU 83.19 76.27 59.46 11 David Enger US 85.02 75.28 60.30 Class M65+ Course Length: 4.4 3.8 12 Geraint Edmunds AB 95.09 72.18 67.27 1 Edwin Gookin US 55.06 63.23 118.29 13 Jeffrey Saeger US 95.16 76.19 71.35 2 Al Smith US 65.03 57.56 122.59 14* Jill Gurka 91.05 83.44 74.49 3 Don Scott AB 68.53 75.30 144.23 15* Derek Morris AU 11.14 64.42 75.56 4 Dick de St Croix QC 84.46 83.50 168.36 16 Ron Green BC 03.37 77.49 81.26 5 Knut Olson US 95.26 89.54 185.20 17 Doug Smith BC 97.40 87.04 84.44 6* Rene Piguet 105.34 83.49 189.23 18 Robert Miller US 12.58 73.10 86.08 7* Clas Roing 88.51 110.53 199.44 19 Charlie Shahbazian US 01.58 91.59 93.57 8 Russ Bruce US 114.45 95.10 209.55 20 Dale Width US 06.42 92.29 99.11 9 Dick James NS 106.45 105.06 211.51 21 * Robert Verity UK 00.34 103.54 204.28 10 John Charlow QC 101.34 121.11 222.45 22 George Pugh BC 13.58 97.19 211.17 11 Kenneth Lew US 117.21 117.42 235.03 23 Bert Waslander QC 10.24 101.10 211.34 12 Andy Lamm ON 75.25 DNF N/A 24 Toivo Taal BC 01.59 110.50 212.49 13 Bruce McAlister US 150.13 DNS N/A 25* Arnold Hug SZ 23.32 92.51 216.23 26 John Rance BC 26.29 91.00 217.29 Class OPEN1 Course Length: 2.8 2.7 27 Greg Yarkie AB 08.26 120.18 228.44 I Anna Carlson AB 81.53 63.48 145.41 28 Jim Webster AB 16.09 113.45 229.54 29 Kevin Hill-Tout BC 19.39 116.01 235.40 Class OPEN2 Course Length: 3.2 3.3 30 Sheldon Friesen MB 50.53 108.48 259.41 I Pam Meuwissen 61.02 47.48 108.50 31 Ed Smith NB 11.58 150.41 262.39 2 Diane Bakker ON 150.37 80.50 231.27 32 Roman Malanczyj ON 69.26 112.01 281.27 33 Jack McLean BC 36.24 145.11 281.35 Class OPEN3 Course Length: 3.8 3.7 34 David Tallent US 48.53 144.53 293.46 1 Eva Gilyen SZ 44.43 34.24 79.07 35 Gary Atchison AB 55.24 142.37 298.01 2 Marek Chroust ON 64.47 67.07 131.54 36 Hugh Connolly ON 50.02 151.18 301.20 3 Nicole Davis US 97.07 90.52 187.59 37 Doug Sprugel US 53.16 148.43 301.59 4 Marcelle Adam BC 122.00 105.46 227.46 38* Alan Burger SZ 69.53 134.03 303.56 5 Tina Campbell BC 112.19 130.36 242.55 39 Brian Ritter US 76.35 136.21 312.56 6 Roberta Fothergi I DSQ 81.30 N/A 40 Bob Elliot ON 94.09 190.20 384.29 7 Lorraine Rivers ON 148.34 DSQ N/A 41 Fred Pilon US 04.53 DNF N/A 8 Margi Freemantle DNS 58.51 N/A 42 Richard Matthews BC 08.05 DNF N/A 43 James H. Fulton BC 86.11 DNS N/A Class OPEN4 Course Length: 4.4 3.8 44 Ron Monk AB 91.10 DNS N/A I Nancy Lee ON 82.52 94.36 177.28 45 Jim Chartrand AB 247.20 DNF N/A 2 Scott Drumm US 91.24 162.37 254.01 46 Dave Mackas BC DNF 139.00 N/A 3 Randy Benz BC 92.07 DNF N/A 47* John Beck UK DNF DNF N/A 4 Tony Knott DNS 114.04 N/A 48 Barry McCashin AB DNF 184.06 N/A 49 Ken DeBeer US DNF 192.42 N/A Class OPENS Course Length: 5.5 5.5 50 Gary McCausland US DSQ 112.11 N/A I Ian McLean UK 74.03 99.24 173.27 51* Nick Lethbridge AU DNS 84.52 N/A 2 Tony Gazley NZ 117.26 113.30 230.56 52* Paul Hoopmann AU DNF DNS N/A 3 Dave Tilley BC 117.11 131.34 248.45

Class M55 Course Length: 5.5 5.5 Class RECI Course Length: 2.8 2.6 1 Don Davis US 60.49 84.48 145.37 1 Scott Newson AB 232.20 DNS N/A COC/NAOC SNIPPETS

Record Medal Haul for Smith Family 2. NAOC and COC Short F45 champion, I lze Rupners, The Smiths' won an amazing 13 medals, the most ever won and Marg Ellis, second in both events, started orienteering by members of the same family at a COC: Sandy - 2 gold, I 25 years ago while living in Guelph. Career changes led silver; Heather - 1 gold , 2 silver; Victoria - 1 gold, 1 silver; to their relocating to Vancouver and becoming members Mike - 3 bronze; Wil - 1 gold; Luella - I bronze. of the GVOC.

Honorable Mention to Scheck Family Consistent Performances from National Team Not to be overshadowed by the Smith's are the seven medals Members won by the Scheck family: Adam - 3 gold; Katherine - 2 gold; Justine - 1 silver; Barbara - 1 bronze It is encouraging to note the consistent performances by national team members throughout the series Sage Stomp Successful COC for NB and Yukon Athletes `98 events. Mike Waddington, Mike Smith, Wil Smith, Martin The New Brunswick team of 9 athletes captured a total of Pardoe, Brian May, Francis Falardeau, Ross Burnett, Sandy 13 medals - 5 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze (all by the Smith family), Smith, Pam James and Marie Catherine Bruno. All have while 14 Yukon competitors took home 17 medals - 5 gold, 8 competed in WOC's and are either Pre-selected to our 1999 silver, 4 bronze. WOC team or are prime candidates for selection of the final places on the team. Triple Play Performances Four athletes won gold medals in the COC Classic, COC Consistency comes through experience and top level Short and NAOC: competition that the above named demonstrated in the COC and NAOC. Based upon their consistent performances I feel confident our team will acquit themselves well at WOC Robin Foubister ( BC) M13 Adam Scheck (YUK) M17 1999. Of particular note is the rapid development of Sandy and Mike Smith - they competed in their first WOC in 1997 Marta Green (BC) F17 Pat de St Croix(QC) F65+ and now one year later are leading members on the team. Perhaps it's the salt sea spray from the ocean adjacent to Another 3-Peat performer was Don Davis (US) - fastest in their home but it's more likely due to hard work and M55 every day but ineligible for to receive COC medals. motivation.

Close Finishes Martin Pardoe Loses Fight with Spagetti Sauce COC Classic F20 Sandy Smith - .35 over Pam James The hard luck story of the COC goes to Martin Pardoe. The NAOC MI5 Joel Rauschenbach- .21 over Scott McBride combined times of the COC Classic and Short races were COC Short M20 Wil Smith- .19 over Mike Waddington used to Pre-Select 3 men and 3 women to our 1999 WOC COC Short F45 Ilze Rupners- .11 over Marg Ellis team. Martin finished second in the Classic and held a 2 NAOC M20 Brian May- .06 over Mike Waddington - minutes margin over 3rd place and 4.25 over 4th place. Shortest margin of week. Unfortunately, he became ill after eating some tainted meat sauce the night before the Short race and was unable to New Zealand Junior - rl Dravitski compete and dropped out of contention for a Pre-Selected Karl Dravitski, finished 91n in the COC Classic and 5th in spot on the team. thp NAOC, only 32 seconds behind Brian May. He finished 5tn overall in the 5-Day Sage Stomp behind Holger Hott He recovered by the NAOC and was 5th Canadian. His Johansen, Mike Waddington and Mike and Wil Smith. total times for the 4 days he competed - COC Classic and Drqvitski competed in the 1998 Junior WOC and finished NAOC were 3rd best of Canadians but he was missing the 17tn in the Classic. all important Short Distance time. Based upon his results he will be a strong candidate for one Fierce Competition between Old Friends 1. One of the more intense competitions was between long of the two remaining positions to be decided at COC 1999. time friends, Per Gaarder and Steve Pearson. Per lived in Toronto prior to moving to Vancouver over 20 year Former Champion Underlines Retirement ago. Steve guested with the Gaarder's, during the COC. Earlier this year defending double 1997 COC champion, They competed in M 5 with their prime goal to beat the Brian Graham, announced his retirement from the national other. They finished 4t and 5th in the Classic with Steve team. Brian was a member of our team at the previous four ahead by 1.58. It was more of the same in the Short WOC's . After Classic and Short results well below his with Stpve finishing 2nd only .20 behind the winner and standards over the last 10 years Brian commented "If anyone Per 3r a. Steve said it was fear of losing to Per that doubted I was serious about retiring my performances this made him run so well. Per said he was only being a week should remove any doubts". Thanks Brian, you were good host and let Steve beat him. a fine champion and more importantly, a fine sportsman. CANADIANS AT VARIOUS 1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

1. 1998 WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2. COF MEMBERS SUCCESSFUL AT 1998 JULY 2- 5 WORLD MASTERS GAMES

Seven COF members competed in the 1998 WMC at The World Masters Games (WMG) were held near Novy Bor, , July 2-5. Three from the Portland, Oregon, August 13-14. Organizers had Ottawa area - Pat, Dick and Ted de St Croix; three from anticipated around 400 competitors but in fact received Vancouver- Marg and Brian Ellis and Alex Kerr; 1 from only about 50 entries - 29 from the US, 7 each from Edmonton - Don Scott. e, flew to Sweden in early June Canada and Japan and single entries from Latvia, New to spend a few weeks with Ted before joining a group of Zealand, Scotland, Russia and Ukraine. 10F, President, Swedish orienteers traveling to the WMC. Sue Harvey, was the lone competitor from Scotland.

The Novy Bor terrain is considered among the best and Earlier this year the 10F Council decided that in years most technically challenging in the world emphasizing when WMG are held they would serve as the World accurate map reading and route choice decisions. The Master's Championships (WMC). With 4000 at the 1972 World Championships were held in the Novy Bor WMC (item 3) and less than 50 at the WMG the Council region and competitors still rave about the unique, difficult decision may elevate orienteering to the top position in and immensely enjoyable terrain. number of competitors in the 2002 WMG (Australia). There were approximately 4000 competitors from 38 Seven COF members competed in the WMG and all countries. The largest contingents were from: Sweden - 665; Czech Republic - 605; Norway - 530; Finland - 516. won at least one medal, in fact, a review of the results The Class with the largest number of entrants was M55 advise that all but two competitors won medals. with 434. Helen Howard (Ramblers OC-) The three de St Croix's: :Pat (W70), Dick (M70), Ted Two Golds - F40A Classic & F40A Short (M40) and Don Scott (M70), qualified for the A finals; Marg and Brian Ellis for the W50 and M50 B finals; Peter Sotola (Greater Vancouver OC) Alex Kerr for the M60 C final. Alex placed well in the Two Golds - M40A Classic & M40A Short first of two qualification races but a huge error in the second race dropped him to the C final. Ursula Grady (Kootenay OC) Two Golds - F5OB Classic & F5OB Short Placings in finals: Ted 6 71.44 (winning time - 68.43) 330 in class Udo Grady (Kootenay OC) Pat 13 69.21 (winning time - 50.43) 33 in class Two Golds - M6OB Classic & M6OB Short Don 46 84.12 (winning time - 57.36) 107 in class Dick 55 96.56 (winning time - 57.36) 107 in class Gord Hunter (Ottawa OC) Marg 20 57.28 (winning time - 46.34) 217 in class Gold in M50A Classic; Silver in M50A Short Alex 2 59.21 (winning time - 54.24) 270 in class Brian DSQ 406 in class Alex Kerr (Greater Vancouver OC) Gold in M60A Short; Silver in M60A Classic Sharon Crawford, a member of many US teams at WOC's and W Ski-OC won the F50 class for the 3rd Nigel James (Ottawa OC) straight year - an outstanding achievement at this high Gold in M55A Short level of competition. The first World Masters' Games were held in Canada in Australian, David Baldwin to finish a very commendable 1985. Orienteering was one of the sports offered. Most 6th. There were 66 teams in this class. of the venues were at York University but the orienteering events were held in the Guelph-Kolapore region. The Open Female. National team members, Catherine three orienteering events, 2 qualification races + finals, Hagen (BC) and Pam James,(NS) combined to win the were under the direction of Pat de St Croix with Frank Open Female class. COC and NAOC champion, Sandy Farfan and Ted de St Croix assisting. There were almost Smith teamed up with Swedes, Eva Stalstad and Hanna 200 competitors from 13 countries with the largest Rangert earning bronze medals by finishing 3rd. There overseas contingent being from . Sweden. were 10 teams in the class.

Two Canadians, Bryan Chubb and Marg Ellis, won gold Veteran Female. This class was 'clean sweep' for medals in the F and M 35 classes. Canadian teams. The BC combo - Carol De Rosa and Both are still going strong. Bryan won the M45 class in Shirley Donald took the gold; Karin Andrews (BC) and the COC, (he was Controller for the NAOC), while Marg Jean Gaucher (AB) won silver and another BC team, finished 2nd in F45 in the NAOC. Nancy Ackerfeldt and Karen Lachance won bronze.

3. 1998 WORLD ROGAINING CHAMPIONSHIPS Open Mixed.Newly crowned North American M20 - GOLD MEDAL PERFORMANCES BY champion, Brian May and wife, Abbi , finished a close CANADIAN TEAMS second to the Australian pair of Helen Bailey and Richard Mathews. The third World Rogaine Championships (WRC) were held August 4-5 at the Douglas Lake Ranch , near Merritt, Super Veteran Mixed. The husband and wife teams BC. There were 130 teams (over 280 competitors): of Eva/Per Gaarder (BC) and Jim/Sue Waddington Canada - 125; USA - 69; Australia - 58; New Zealand - finished 2nd and 3rd, winning silver and bronze medals. 11; Sweden - 9; Britain - 3; Czech Rep - 3; Finland - 2; France - 2. Total medals won by nations:

Most had competed in the 1998 COC and NAOC the Australia 16 Gold - 7 Silver - 5 Bronze - 4 previous week. Many were driving to Canada 15 Gold 4 Silver - 6 Bronze - 5 immediately after the WRC to compete in the Western USA 10 Gold - 2 Silver - 4 Bronze - 4 Canadian and Yukon 0 Championships. Sweden 4 Bronze - 4 New Zealand 3 Gold - 2 Silver - 1 The 1996 winning team - Australians, David Rowlands Finland 1 Gold - 1 and James Russell competed but with new partners: Rowlands (2nd in the COC M35) was teamed with New The top three teams in the Open Male class scored totals Zealander, Greg Barbour, (1st in COC M20 and NAOC of 3190, 3050 and 2860 of a maximum 3600 points and M35). Russell was teamed with Michael Walters. the 1st place team covered almost 110 kms. Four teams The 2nd and 3rd place teams from the 1996 WRC - scored between 2400-2500 points and one scored 2300. Peter Mair and Alan Stradeski (BC) and the Australian Nine teams in all scored 2300 points or more. The very duo of Rod Gray and Geoff Lawford were still partnered. high temperature had a major impact on the point score Mair and Stradeski were entered in the Open Male class of many teams. while the Gray/Lawford combo were competing in the Veteran class. The 10th highest score was the 2210 points scored by the team of Catherine Hagen and Pam James in winning Open Male. Based upon COC & NAOC the Open Female class. This is a most impressive result performances the Lawford/Barbour team looked pretty that ranks with those of the very top male teams. Abbi powerful in the Open Male class but had to settle for second behind the team of Nigel Aylott (Aus)and liro and Brian May were almost as good with a total of 2120 Kakko (Fin). 3rd place went to a Swedish team; Mathias (14th overall). Baath/Lars Schagerstrom. The Mair /Stradeski duo were 4th. Francis Falardeau (Que) teamed up with an Congratulations to all Canadian medalists. C 0 F DROPS

1.) Eastern Canadian & New Brunswick spots. Peter MacKenzie (Edmonton), won the Western Championships Canadian title.

The following Press Release, prepared by Stig Skarborn, There was an upset in the M17-19 class with Sky was sent to local area newspaper, radio and television Pearson (Yukon), beating COC and NAOC champion, stations immediately following the event on August 30. Adam Scheck.

PRESS RELEASE Swedish orienteer, P.O. Derebrant, competed in the 1997 COC in Manitoba and enjoyed his visit so much that he Sandy Smith from Albert, NB, dominated the women's returned this year. He competed in the NAOC ith i n elite category by winning both Saturday's NB M20) but in his normal M35 for the Western and Yukon Championship race, and the Eastern Canadian championships and finished first. He circled a section Championships which combined Saturday's long distance of the map and commented to Ross Burnett, "This was race with Sunday's short distance race. The event was paradise". Ross replied "Yes, and it's only 5 km from held at the University of New Brunswick Woodlot. The downtown Whitehorse". straight line course lengths were 7.5 km on Saturday and 4.1 km on Sunday with 14 and 11 control check points 3.) Alberta Association Submits Application to Host respectively. Actual distance run depends on the route APOC 2002 chosen. Sandy's times were 93:03 and 48:01 minutes respectively. Pam James from Halifax finished second The AOA planned an ambitious program of major events in times of 96:51 and 57:04. Abigail May, also from for 2002. Halifax, finished third. 1. Submit an application to IOF to host the 2002 World Master Championships (WMC). Course lengths in the mens elite were 10.1 and 4.9 km 2. Submit an application to the 1998 COF AGM to host respectively, with 18 and 13 controls. Winner of both the the 2002 COC and NAOC. New Brunswick and Eastern Canadian events was North American champion Brian May, (Halifax), in times of The three events would make an attractive package for 84:26 and 45:27. Second place in the Eastern Canadian North American and overseas orienteers. event went to Fredericton's Michael Fellows with times of 87:31 and 46:20 with third place going to Hillsborough's An IOF Council decision 'in years when World Masters Doug Mahoney with times of 86:19 and 47:52. For the Games are held the WMC will be held as the orienteering New Brunswick championships second place went to component'. The 2002 WMG had already been Doug Mahoney and third to Michael Fellows. awarded to Australia and the 10F decision meant the AOA bid was futile. Noteworthy is also Albert's Canadian National team member Mike Smith who had the fastest time on Sunday A few days later the COF received notice that the Asia with a superb 41:50, but who mis-punched his control Pacific Orienteering Championship committee were card on Saturday and therefore was ineligible for the interested in having APOC 2002 held in North America. combined time awards. When advised of this the AOA changed their route choice from WMC to APOC with the COC and NAOC 2.) 1998 Western Canadian and Yukon Championships still included.

The almost 170 competitors included orienteers from A submission was prepared and forwarded to the APOC every provincial association, Britain, Sweden, Switzerland Secretariat prior to the July 1 deadline. The APOC office and the USA., most of whom had competed in the COC acknowledged receipt of the submission and expressed and NAOC events the previous week. The weather was the opinion that it will receive strong support. The decision very good, and the organizers received many compliments on the 2002 APOC organizer will be made October. on the level of organization, area and Long Lake map. Local press coverage was very good and included a great The AOA application to the AGM to organize the 2002 photo of Swiss runner, Ulu Aeschlimann. COC and NAOC was approved.

Pam James (Halifax) won the F20 class with Sue The Bay Area OC (USA) had considered submitting an Richards (Edmonton) 2nd and Marie Catherine Bruno application to host APOC 2002 but in view of the (Montmorency) 3rd. Richards, the top placed western attractive AOA decided against bidding and to support competitor, won the Western Canadian title. the AOA bid.

Eric Cyr (Montmorency) won the M20 class with Wil The APOC decision will be published in the next issue - and Mike Smith (New Brunswick) taking 2nd and 3rd Winter 1999. SAFETY AND SEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Comments from Editor: LOST AND FOUND QUIZ FOR ORIENTEERS The Summer issue Editorial advised that a two part article by Search & Rescue committee member, Marcel Zollinger, I. Which of the following category of orienteers seems to would be published in the Fall and Winter issues of 0-Canada. be the most likely to get lost at orienteering events? Due to a problem with the disk we were unable to extract a Beginners the information in time for this issue. The article will be used b Intermediate orienteers on medium courses in the next two issues. Fortunately, Mardy Roberts, Foothills c Participants on the longest courses Wanderers OC forwarded the following article/quiz on Safety and Search procedures. 2. No orienteer should be allowed to leave the start without a Note the repeated use of the word 'lost' in the article and questionnaire. The article in the Summer issue emphasized 3. Directions on a control card that tell you which way to we should not make reference to participants being 'lost' but go if you are lost are called rather 'overdue'. Thanks to Mardy for the article and the a escape directions opportunity to mention 'overdue' rather than 'lost'. b safety routes c safety bearings Dear Editor, 4. If you are injured but are able to move during an The Summer 1998 issue of Orienteering Canada orienteering meet, the best thing to do is: contained information on safety and search procedures a stay at a control. for lost orienteers. Readers may be interested in a park b try to find your way to a road or trail. meet the Foothills Wanderers held a few years ago that c sit down and start blowing your whistle. was intended to provide information to newcomers and, perhaps, to remind the pro's about safety features, what 5. What is a possible penalty for not stopping to help an to do when lost, and how to avoid getting lost. injured orienteer? a Disqualification The idea was generated after a flood wiped out the b A 10-minute penalty essential bridge for our Wednesday meet - leaving us c A "rude" comment from the injured person. with a city park map which was 3k long and about .25k wide. Instead of a regular meet we switched to a fun 6. If someone is lost and asks you for help during an score-0 in which competitors had to provide the answers important competition, the suggested procedure is that to the following questions - one at each control. Prizes you were given for best score, fastest runner, etc. and sheets a point them in the wrong direction - especially of hints and instructions were given to everyone when if they are on the same course as you. they returned. It was a fun event and, I hope, made b refuse to speak to the person. everyone a bit more aware of issues related to getting c show them their location on the map and report lost and being more safety conscious. the incident to the finish.

If you think the idea might be of interest to other clubs, 7. Which of the following could be a reason to cancel an please feel free to use the information in any way that orienteering meet? (Note all that apply.) seems appropriate. (Jim Force and I made up the a Not many people showed up questions and answers - but are willing to admit that other b It's raining answers might be possible!) c Dangerous animals in the neighbourhood d Exposure to weather conditions could be Mardy Roberts, President, FWOC hazardous e Meets are never canceled (orienteers are tough!) 1. Which of the following terms are used by orienteers to mean "lost"? a Parallel error Editorial (Orienteering World - August 1998) b 180o error c Off the map d Out of contact with the map Three weeks after the 1998 10F Congress, two matters e Rough orienteering ("sort-of lost") currently under discussion keep coming back to mind, the f All the above one because it was raised specifically at the General Assembly and the other because, quite surprisingly as I see 9. An uncrossable stream or marsh (dangerous and likely it, it wasn't referred to at all at the Congress - at least not in to get you disqualified if you cross) will be indicated on any formal session. the map by a being highlighted with crosshatched lines. The first is the call made by Oivind Holt of Norway for b being outlined in black lines. some prioritization in the Activity Plan in favour of recruitment c being printed in dark blue rather than light blue. of young people into orienteering. In many countries people are already very active (and very successful) in this field, 10. The name orienteers give to the procedure of going back and they have even succeeded in having orienteering's superb to a place where you weren't lost after you decide you educational value recognized by getting it accepted as part are lost is of the national school curriculum. a reorienting. (sound's logical, eh?) b relocating. What we orienteers are not good at is getting even a small c starting over. proportion of these young people to take up orienteering as one of their mainstream sport. In most 0-clubs which I have 11. The distress signal with your whistle (to be used only if some knowledge of, almost all the youngsters are the sons you are in serious need) is or daughters of active club members in M/W35 and higher a the SOS in Morse code. age bracket. The high proportion of older members gives b one long whistle followed by a shout. orienteering the image in the community of a sports activity c three short whistle blasts. for veterans. 12. If you did not finish an orienteering course, you should Training geared mainly for adults, lack of suitable social a hand in your punch card at the finish anyway. activities and no offers of transport to events are three b leave without bothering the people working at common reasons why young people don't join orienteering the finish. clubs. But maybe it's also to do with the image of the sport c find a private place to have a good cry and - and the sport's Unique Selling Proposition (USP). For me, decide on your excuses (see 13). the unique challenge of trying to find one's way in unknown d a and c above. terrain, coupled with the physical agility and skills needed to cope at speed with every kind of obstacle the terrain can 13. Which of the following excuses have been used to offer, is a central feature of the USP which most of us don't explain why orienteers got lost? put over, in the way we describe our sport, half well enough. a I lost my compass. If we did, I feel sure we would spark the imagination of b I drew my course wrong. many more budding young runners. Something to be worked The fold on the map covered the most on! important feature. d I had the map upside down. The second matter, the one not mentioned at the Congress, e I thought the fence was the north line. f I forgot my glasses. is the event format to be proposed for the Summer Olympic g The staples (or pins, or my watch, or....) Games. Congresses do tend to discuss principles rather than threw my compass off. practices, but it is so important that we get the format right h I lost my contact lens. that no opportunity for discussion should be missed. If you They picked up the control before I got to it. have a view on what is being suggested, in favour or otherwise, write a letter to Orienteering World. J Any and all of the above. AVAILABLE FROM THE COF OFFICE

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