Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Topic created by ssotingco on Wed Mar 14, 2012 at 10:36 am

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Being fairly new to DVOA (within last few years) I was not sure what is meant by the rarely used "Classic" course as noted on the info page for this weekend at Elk Neck. I also saw that there were zero controls listed for every color course, unsure why this is?

Reply by furlong47 on Wed Mar 14, 2012 at 7:14 pm

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The majority of DVOA events are still what I would consider Classic courses. I'm not sure who wrote that bit or where the thought that they are 'rare' came from. Perhaps in regard to national events, which have been headed more toward the Sprint, Middle, and Long formats. If you are used to local DVOA events I would think you shouldn't notice anything different about the courses at Elk Neck.

I would imagine the course setter sent the lengths and climb and just didn't include info on the number of controls to be posted.

Reply by Vadim on Wed Mar 14, 2012 at 7:27 pm

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At the time of posting, number of controls information was not available. Now details are posted.

As for the different formats of orienteering event please refer to USOF rules found at http://orienteeringusa.org/rules#M

Reply by Sandy on Wed Mar 14, 2012 at 8:10 pm

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There has been a trend over the years for courses to generally have more controls.  I'm not saying this is good or bad, just a noticeable trend.  The courses at Elk Neck look to have on the low end of the number of controls we are used to, and so closer to what are traditionally considered "classic" courses.  Looking forward to the challenge!

Reply by hughmac4 on Fri Mar 16, 2012 at 3:48 pm

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Neat! Great idea Sergei. ~600m average on red! Maybe I CAN figure out how to get down there, painting be darned.

Reply by ssotingco on Sat Mar 17, 2012 at 8:59 pm

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Thanks for the link Vadim and all the feedback from furlong47! Looking forward to good weather and a fun course tomorrow.