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The Wild Times June 2002 The Wild Times June 2002 The official newsletter of the Rochester (NY) Orienteering Club In this issue: Canoe-O: Don’t miss the fun! Put your canoe on the car and head out to Bay Creek Summer schedule: mark your calendar, check Paddling Center on Sunday, June 2. If you’ve never tried the directions and be there! Page 3 canoe orienteering be prepared for a lot of fun and adventure. We will be exploring the waterways of Irondequoit Creek Chilling reflections on West Point: a story of with a mass start at 12:30 p.m. brave women. Page 4 The Canoe-O will be a score-O with a two hour time limit in Meet Karl Kolva: you think you know him, think which participants attempt to find as many controls as again! Page 5 possible. Extra points will be awarded for style (how you and your vessel look), praising the meet organizers, and A-Meet: looking back… Page 6 environmentally friendly behavior (collecting garbage). ROC news update Page 7 Canoes and kayaks are available for rent at Bay Creek. Call ahead (585) 288-2830 to reserve your battle cruiser. Anchors Results from spring events: for those who away! compete Page 8 Membership information and national events Teacher Workshop schedule Page 11 The workshop is designed for teachers who are interested in using orienteering to teach skills in science, social studies, Smile in O-style Page 12 physical education, and math. Separate groups will focus on activities appropriate to grade level to meet the specific needs of workshop participants. Orienteering Skills Camp This is a “hands-on” workshop that will prepare teachers to The Rochester Orienteering Club and the Monroe County use orienteering in their classes. Each participant will come Parks Department are cosponsoring an orienteering skills away with: camp for students. Orienteering is a growing sport that 1) a short video about orienteering; combines map reading and running through the woods. 2) the book Map Activities for the Classroom by Meg Numerous opportunities exist for competition in Rochester Garrett; and throughout the United States and Canada. 3) experience participating in sample orienteering events and Two groups will be offered, both handled by certified samples of maps; orienteering coaches: one for beginners and another for more 4) experience setting up activities for their class; experienced orienteers. The emphasis will be on map reading 5) complimentary membership in the ROC for one year; and improving orienteering skills. Although there will be lots 6) school discount at ROC events; of physical activity, we will not emphasize physical training. 7) assistance in preparing a schoolyard map of their school and assistance preparing and holding events for their classes. Camp date and time: June 26-28, 2002, 9 AM-3 PM daily. Date and time:September 14, 2002, 9AM-5PM. Location: Mendon Ponds Park. Location: Webster Park, Parkview lodge. For more information please contact: Registration and information: [email protected] or (585) Linda Kohn (585) 581-2979 or [email protected] 581-2979 Jim Tappon (585) 482-0993 or [email protected] Registration deadline: June 15,.2002 1 Club Officers and General information on local meets Committee Chairs Courses President: Jim Tappon, 482-0993, [email protected] The club this year will use the USOF “color” designations wherever applicable. Past President: Dayle Lavine, 442-6358, A description of the courses is as follows: [email protected] President-Elect: Larry Zygo, 227-7618, [email protected] Color White Yellow Orange Green Red Blue Treasurer: Kathy Bannister, 493-2219, Approx. distance 1.5 km 2.5 km 3.5 km 4.5 km 6.5 km 9.0 km [email protected] Difficulty Easiest Easy Moderate Hard Hard Hard Secretary: Sandra Lomker , 426-6773 Membership: Doug Brooks, 624-4980, [email protected] The White course is intended to be easy enough for first-time participants after Equipment (East Side) Sept-June: Dayle a short introduction to the sport. Control points are generally on trails or Lavine, 442-6358, similarly easy-to-locate features. [email protected] Equipment (West Side): Larry Zygo, 227- The Yellow course is slightly more difficult than the White course. Control 7618, [email protected] Equipment (East Side) June-Aug.: Jim points are generally placed close to but not right at easy-to-find features, such Lavine, 442-1162, [email protected] as on a knoll that is 50 m away from a trail junction. Mapping Chair: Dick Detwiler, 671-2437, [email protected] The Orange course requires more map-reading and course-planning skills than Local Events Chair: TBD the Yellow course. Controls will generally have a good attack point, but the Hotline: Carol Moran, 377-8144, attack point may be more subtle than on the Yellow course, or the control will [email protected] be placed further from the attack point. The route choice from one control to the Newsletter: Laurie Salladin, 436-9304, [email protected] attack point for the next control is often less obvious than on the Yellow course. Publicity Chair: Rick Worner, 581-2979, [email protected] The Green, Red, and Blue courses differ from each other only in length. At Retail Map Sales: Louise Cook, 293-3465, local parks, they are usually the most difficult course that can be set given the [email protected] size and the terrain of the park. Map-reading, compass, and route-planning Permanent O: Tom Cornell, 426-6773, skills will be tested to a greater degree on this course. [email protected] O-Education: Laurie Salladin, 436-9304, Sometimes other courses may be offered, such as a Motala (a course which [email protected] Jim Russell, [email protected] involves one or more map exchanges), or a Line-O or Score-O. These courses Board of Directors members: will be explained in the meet instructions at any meet which uses these formats. Doug Brooks, 624-4980, [email protected] Fees Bob Bundy , 586-9393, The entry fees to ROC meets are $3.00 per map for ROC members and $5.00 [email protected] Dick Detwiler, 671-2437, per map for non-members. If several people (a family group for example) enter [email protected] as a group using the same map, the fee is still $3.00 (members) or $5.00 (non- Sergey Dobretsov, 265-3821, members). A person or group can do a second course using the same map for [email protected] no additional charge (if you complete the Short course and decide to try the Tim Lagerhausen, 288-6913, [email protected] Medium course, for example). Jim Lavine, 442-1162, [email protected] Beginner instruction Rick Lavine, 442-6358, Beginners are always welcome; there is an informal beginners’ clinic [email protected] Lee May, 624-7698, Lee-and- approximately 15 minutes after the beginning of the event, and all meets offer a [email protected] course suitable for beginning orienteers. Carol Moran, 377-8144, [email protected] Laurie Salladin, 436-9304, [email protected] Kay Sheehan, 786-8312, [email protected] Contacts Jim Tappon, 482-0993, ROC Hotline: 716-377-5650 (directions to meet sites, any last-minute changes, etc.) [email protected] Rick Worner, 581-2979, ROC web site: http://members.aol.com/RLShadow/ROCHome.HTM (note: the [email protected] address is case sensitive) Larry Zygo, 227-7618, [email protected] Central New York Orienteering (CNYO) web site: http://cnyo.us.orienteering.org/cnyo/ Golden Horseshoe Orienteering (GHO) (Niagara/Hamilton region) web site: http://www.icom.ca/~gho Summer Meet Schedule Upcoming Rochester-area events September Webster Park. Parkview and Hilltop Shelters. June 2 Canoe-O on Irondequoit Creek. 14 Bay Creek Paddling Center, on Empire Regular meet from noon to 2 p.m. and teachers workshop. Blvd. Two hour score-O with a mass start at 12:30 p.m. Directions: Take NY 104 east to Webster, Directions: Take NY 590 north to Empire exit on Holt Rd, turn left on Holt and go Blvd (exit 8), go right on Empire for about north for about 3 miles. Park entrance will 0.5 mile. Paddling Center will be on right be on the left side. side, right after the bridge. September Irondequoit Bay Park West. June 15 Letchworth State Park, West Side. 21 Regular meet, start from noo to 2 p.m. 9:00 a.m.: Skills workshop. Directions: Get off I-590 at Empire Blvd Noon to 2 p.m.: Regular meet. and go East (toward the bay and Webster) Directions: Take NY 390 south to Mt. 0.3 miles, turn left on Orchard Park Rd Morris (exit 7), turn left on Rt. 408. Follow (just before going down the hill to the bay). Rt. 408 for about 10 miles to Nunda, go Follow Orchard Park (approximately 1 right on Rt. 436 to Portageville for about 5 mile) down the hill to the bay making a miles, after the bridge turn right on Rt. 19a. sharp left at the water, past the marina and Park entrance will be on the right side. look for O-signs.. July 10 Mendon Ponds Park. Beach parking lot. Upcoming events outside of the Rochester area June 8 CNYO. Dwyer Memorial Park, Little York, Summer Score-O series. Mass start at 6:30 NY. Empire State Senior Games/Recreational p.m. Run with the Seniors O Directions: Take NY 590 south to Monroe Meet directors: Ave east (exit 2), turn right on Rt. 65, go ESSG: Barb Sleight (315) 458-6406 south for about 5 miles. Park entrance will Recreational: Shawn Forney and Pete Dady.
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