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Topic created by ErikEddy on Mon May 16, 2016 at 12:29 pm
June 12th is the summer picnic and vice president's cup.
I'll spare you the nitty-gritty details, but anticipate a fun event where anyone can win. There will be four lengths of advanced course with your start time calculated by your age/gender group. Still working on the calculations, but for example M65 might get a 2.5 minute head start on M50 but whoever finishes first wins.
First to cross the finish line is the Vice President Cup Champion. Now is your chance to compete on an even playing field!
For those wary of "mass start", I guarentee you will avoid crowds into controls with how I set up the event and it will feel closer to a interval start event with an exciting real-time sprint finish. I am also making use of terrain never used before out of this venue.
Details will be posted a little closer to the date. I anticipate registration for the advanced courses 9:45-10:45 with a group walk to start at 10:45 AM. Potluck picnic and summer meeting to follow at great venue in Crow's Nest. WYO will also be offered, timing TBD.
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Reply by ErikEddy on Thu May 26, 2016 at 10:40 amAfter some field checking, I decided to delay this idea for another time. Instead, look forward to a traditional relay event!
Join DVOA for a fun relay event and stick around for the summer meeting and pot-luck picnic. Learn more about DVOA and meet some of your navigation peers! Enjoy a relaxing afternoon at Crow's Nest Preserve.
Registration is 10-10:45AM. Mass start at 11AM.Relay- Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
The event will be a relay, with three legs, run according to the US Relay Champs points system to determine time “bonuses” for runners.
Those rules are:
1. Ages 17-20 or 35-49 receives 1 point
2. Ages 15, 16 or 50-59 receives 2 points
3. Under 15 years of age or 60 and older receives 3 points
4. A female orienteer receives 2 points, in addition to any age points.
5. [ex. 15-year old female = 4 points; 47 year old male = 1 point; 23 year old male = 0 points]
Each point is worth a 4 minute deduction from the time taken on a leg.
So, a team of a M18, an M21, and a F65 would have (1 x 4) + (0 x 4) + (5 x 4) = 24 minutes subtracted from their total time. And so forth.
You are welcome to run the relay as an individual or a team of two, but the same point system applies.
There are three courses: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, as follows:
• Beginner: 2.6K, 11 controls (White)
• Intermediate: 3.2K, 9 controls (Orange)
• Advanced: 4.3K, 12 controls (Brown/Green)
Some of the courses may have “forking” where throughout the 3 courses everyone will run the same legs, but may differ between the courses. So, following is OK—but pay attention!Registration is 10-10:45AM. The event will be a mass start, at 11 AM. Teams will do the legs in random order. In other words, at "go" some runners will be on Beginner, some Intermediate, and some Advanced. The teams will be given their packet of maps before the start, in the order they will run.
Summer picnic to follow. Bring a covered dish and enjoy a great day at the Crow's Nest Preserve! -
Reply by Steve on Thu Jun 2, 2016 at 8:05 amWill the courses be available for new orienteers to run without joining a team?
