Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Topic created by markwalsh on Wed Dec 7, 2011 at 2:59 pm

markwalsh
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Just wondering if there will be a blue course this year at Brandywine and how deep is the creek ?


With this being the last meet this year is anyone aware of any winter meets within a 3 or 4 hr driving distance of ny/nj?

-Mark W.

Reply by edscott on Wed Dec 7, 2011 at 4:43 pm

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There is no Blue listed on the schedule or on the event notes... see http://www.dvoa.org/info/news.php?news_id=41&ev=y   ...so I'd not expect one to be offered.  The creek is of relatively uniform depth and would probably require a short stretch of swimming to cross this time of year.

Reply by Sandy on Wed Dec 7, 2011 at 5:08 pm

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QOC has a regular winter schedule;  see the QOC website.  Their events are 3-4 hours from Philadelphia so depends on where in NJ you're coming from.

Reply by Tom-O on Wed Dec 7, 2011 at 10:50 pm

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There will not be a Blue course at Brandywine.  The Red course is 7.7 km.  None of the courses cross the creek - we will be using only the east side of the park.

Reply by markwalsh on Thu Dec 8, 2011 at 1:19 pm

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Thanks for the responses and links .......hope to make it Sunday.

MW

Reply by kathyu on Thu Dec 8, 2011 at 2:20 pm

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The Urbans and Plunketts and maybe Steve Mones and other intrepid types are going to Anza Borrego in January (out near San Diego).  Dave and I didn't do so well two years ago, but it was a lot of fun and very different terrain.

Reply by j-man on Fri Dec 9, 2011 at 8:18 pm

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Anza Borrego is awesome. You will have a great time.