IF UNDELIVERED Return to 333 Rivet Rd . Va nier, ono, K1L 8H9 FIRST CLASS MAIL L ORIENTEERING CANADA Vol. 12 No. 1 ISSN #0227-6658 April 1984 ORIENTEERING° EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES 5 * FROM SILVA LIMITED 446 McNICOLL AVENUE, SPONSORS OF WILLOWL)ALE, ONTARIO M2H 2E1 (416) 499-1991 OUTDOOR RECREATION SINCE 1930 RUNNING SUITS We represent a number of manufacturers of top NORCOMPASSES: quality "0" suits. Listed below are stock items. Standard Thumb $12.00 Bite Thumb Model $16.00 Special colour combinations and special prices are available to clubs for bulk purchases. ORGANIZERS EQUIPMENT SILVA suits. Colours-Navy, Blue & Red or Red & CONTROL STATION MARKERS Silver combinations. Available with long pants or knickers $32.00 MINIATURE MARKERS. 30 flags per sheet. Ideal TRNTEX suits. Long pants or knickers. Colour for the classroom or schoolyard $2.001per sheet combinations. Brown wlyellow trim. Red wlwhite Complete weatherproof MARKERS. Size 5-112" x trim. Blue wiwhite trim. 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THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION 333 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1L 8H9 Vol. 12 No. 1 April, 1984 CONTENTS Editorial 4 President's Niche 4 The Past and the Future 5 Asia/Pacific Orienteering Championships 8 The NorCompass 9 Course Planning Competition 11 Coaching Corner 12 The Western Report .14 Meet Schedule. 17 National Orienteering Week 21 C,O.F. Club Award 22 National Squad Program 22 National Squad Criteria 23 "Double or More by '84" 24 Silva 'New Member' Contest 27 Ski-0 WM '84 28 1984 World Ski-0 Championships 29 Where Goes Canada in Ski Orienteering? 39 Ex World Champions Retire 41 Orienteering For the Young 43 Book Review 45 "Fit To Eat" Receives Vote of Approval 47 C.O.F. Drops 48 ORIENTEERING CANADA is published in Ottawa with the assistance of the National Sport and Recreation Centre. EDITOR: Winnie Krogsrud, #403-83 Indian Rd., Toronto, Ont. M6R 2V5 ASSISTANT EDITOR: John Craig. TYPIST, LAYOUT AND PASTE-UP: Lee Leger CONTRIBUTORS: Winnie Krogsrud, Charlie Fox, Bengt Saltin, Ted de St. Croix, Jim Webster, Colin Kirk,Juri Peepre, Gord Hunter, Dave Linthicum COVER PHOTO: Gabrielle Savard-Finish of Individual Event W-Ski-O '84 photo by George Murphy DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES FOR NEXT ISSUE: to be received by May 31st. ALL ARTICLES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE EDITOR BY THE DEADLINE DATE. 3 EDITORIAL PRESIDENT'S NICHE by Winnie Krogsrud by Charlie Fox We Jack Lee's article, "Parents - is Your are now gearing up for our 1984 Orien- Child Ready?", (see previous issue of teering season, and by now the serious Orienteering Canada) brought to mind a among us have dusted off the old runners, put away the skies and are now well in meet I attended in France last winter. I was out for a jog the day before the com- to our spring training routines. (It is rumoured that even our newest board mem- petition and ran into a series of streamers hung every 15 to 25 metres. I ber - Jimmy Webster is going to make a serious attempt to rise above mediocrity followed them in the terrain and kept my in this his last year in the H21 cate- place on the map. Occasionally I came to gory:) a contol. There was never any decision As we plod the streets or follow concerning which way to go next because a bearing into the woods in preparation the streamers increased in frequency fol- for major local ('B' and 'A' meets), pro- lowing each marker. vincial (championships) or national (COCs in New Brunswick July 14-15) events At several points along the course I was thoughts will undoubtedly be crossing our mind. It is important to set personal led off the tracks. At other sections the goals streamers marked clearly an extremely of performance whether it be: overgrown path. i) to improve my time on a given course; The next day during the meet I learned ii) to improve my level of compe- that the children keeping on the stream- tition from one course to another; ered course were awarded a certificate if MI to train more conscientiously they found at least 6 of the 10 controls. and consistently; The French approach was a bit of a sur- iv) to enter more events prize to me: Streamers ALL the way, 6 or even for some rumoured souls out of 10 controls! But...Jack Lee's v) to lose more weight than the article and the fact that France has over other fellow. 5,000 orienteers to Canada's 1,500 permit- ted me to look again at the strange but Aside from the personal goals you will obviously successful approach to orien- strive for, set aside a teering. couple of goals which don't have you in mind as much as the organization or the betterment of the That day in France there were 100+ young- sport. My I suggest sters at the competition...and there a couple of pos- sibilities for you: weren't any confused faces, just children eager to participate in what they knew to i) to bring in 10 new members and be a fun non-threatening game. complete one entry into the Silva contest; ii) to put on so many events for ******* 44 V- the year; iii) to officiate at so many events for the year; 4 iv) to organize or help at so many background and from all walks of life. clinics through the year; We must make personal goals of improve- v) to adopt a young orienteer new to ment in order to better ourselves, but the sport and act as a coach, facilitator just as importantly adopt a couple of or guiding light. more global goals ones which will allow vil to form a new club if you are in our sport to grow in '84 and with all an area which lacks that organization, luck DOUBLE OUR MEMBERSHIP and TRIPLE etc. OUR ENTHUSIASM and QUADRUPLE OUR r ENJOYMENT: Our sport can only grow with the dedi- cated initiative of individuals. People like you, with all kinds of experience, THE PAST AND THE FUTURE by Bengt Saltin, President, tOF (Taken from the 10F Bulletin, No. 7 solve all the problems: A goal must be Oec/83) that in a WOC during this decade at least 10 countries are represented among the Another year of orienteering is close to top twenty in the individual race and an end. Allow me to look back and bring that there is less than 15 min. between out some of the highlights, and more im- the winning and the 10th team in the portantly, try to project some views on relay. years to come. Another highlight for me was that I could On the competitive elite level our World play a visit to some 0-countries in the Championship was the success we had hoped Far East. I was impressed by the for, both in terms of athletic achieve- thorough knowledge of orienteering in ment and from the standpoint of organi- countries like Thailand, Singapore, the zation.