Well, well, well, it is hard to believe our spring season is coming to a close. It is certainly going out with a flurry of activity! Be sure to check out the information about the Saturday and Sunday Annapolis Valley Club events next weekend!!
Acadia University is in Wolfville. Just take the 101 to Windor from Sackville near Halifax and go another half hour. Camelot Park is in Kentville-turn at the Needs store on the Acadia side of Kentville and go up the hill. Camelot Park is on the right.
Of course, don't forget the increasingly popular Canoe/Kayak Orienteering event on the 23rd of July. Come and stay in Pugwash for a holiday and participate in the many events that make up our summer festival known as Harbourfest!
Good Luck to those attending the Canadian Orienteering Championships in Ottawa this summer!! See you all for our Fall line-up...some events have been posted, more to follow.
Cheers,
Greg Nix
Past President
OANS
- Sat Sep 18
The Infamous Dirt Devil Bike, Hike or Run Event - Sat Sep 25
Enfield Rogaine - Sat Oct 23
Night Orienteering
AVOC Meet at Lumsden Dam ( Posted Tue July 20 )
Thanks to all 22 competitors who came out on a nice Sunday on the last weekend in June, especially to the 5 brave souls who competed in all 3 events that weekend.
This was the first event held at Lumsden Dam since the map was updated last year.
AVOC Night-O Results ( Posted Sat July 3 )
On a day with early morning rain and an afternoon sprint, 6 competitors braved the late start time (9:30 PM) to compete in the Night-O held in Camelot Park. Results can be seen by clicking the following link:
AVOC Sprint Acadia University ( Posted Sun June 27 )
On a sometimes cloudy, sometimes sunny day, a good number of runners showed up for the first OANS sprint race in the Annapolis Valley. This is an updated map by Lucy Hughes with assistance from Bob Kaill. Bob was involved in creating the first Acadia map in 1976, for a national TAPE conference.
Wentworth Mountain Buster Results Results Results ( Posted Tue June 22 )
It was a hot June day that greeted the participants of the annual Wentworth Mountain Buster. The event lived up to its name with the long course participants tettering on exhaution taking most of the four hours trying to get every possible checkpoint they could! Of special note to learn that Ian Faulkins has been recently married and obviously has not affected his orienteering!
Escapade at Uniacke Estates - Lives Up to Tough Reputation ( Posted Sat June 12 )
Saturday June 12th - Temperatures in the mid-twenties enhanced the already tough reputation of the Uniacke Estates Map. On the arduous 21 control Advanced Course - Brian MacCulloch led the way with a commendable 17 out of 21 controls followed by Ian Clark (16)and Tony Wheeler (15). Dale Ellis and Heather MacDonald led home the Intermediate Course with 9 out of the 14 controls. Unfortunately several competitors on the two Score O courses were caught out by the 2 hour time limit and "lost" some of their hard-earned controls.
An encouraging turn-out, with several newcomers, took part in the 10 Control Beginner Point-to-Point Course with The Hebb Family leading the way in 15 min 12 seconds. Individual first-timer 12 year-old Macgillivray Smith showed great initiative after just learning about the sport at school at an OANS presentation.
Thanks to Martina Murphy for making the facilities available at Uniacke Estates and to Dale Ellis and Heather MacDonanald for helping out with regsitration.
(The Lewis Family) - For Results Click Read More
ESCAPADE AT UNIACKE ESTATES - SATURDAY JUNE 12th ( Posted Mon June 7 )
COME OUT AND EXPLORE THE WOODS AND TRAILS SURROUNDING HISTORIC UNIACKE HOUSE MUSEUM - Saturday June 12th
Debert Daredevil Bike and Foot "O" ( Posted Sat June 5 )
Meet Report for Debert Daredevil Event June 5th 2010
With near perfect Orienteering weather 48 participants showed up in Debert ready to meet the challenge. There were four courses, a beginner with 19 participants, Intermediate with 19, the long score course with 6 going the distance and 4 on the bike course. When you account for groups we had 24 starts. From this group we had 37 as day members and 11 as full members.
As usual the biggest challenge in Debert is keeping all the trails straight a wrong turn could see you travelling quite a distance before you realize your mistake. This played a factor for half a dozen on the intermediate course resulting in them getting a DNF, did not finish. They should be aware that even the best navigators make the same mistakes when there are so many trails to keep track of so I hope the new participants will come out and give it a try in another park.
I want to acknowledge Alex Regan who helped set out controls, did registration, results and helped collect controls at the end of the day.
Meet Director, Michael Price
Results follow