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June Night-O Report
Submitted by Mike Contratto The course was ....well, navigational challenging. When I sent the first proposal for the course to Hana, her reply was “ BTW the course is rather mean for a night-O, isn't it? But I like it a lot!” Hana and I designed the course to favor the navigator over the runner and the result was a course that was “rather mean”. The use of stopping feature, rails and attack points was important to get many of the points. If you do not know what those terms mean, you can attend Scott's class on orienteering skills next month to find out! The other problem is that only designed one course and just removed the harder points for the White and Yellow course. Therefore, the white was a short yellow and the Yellow was just a short The GPS Device Ban
Jan Kocbach, 25 May 2009, worldofo.com You won’t be allowed to carry a GPS watch like the Forerunner 405/305 on WRE races, World Cup races and WOC races from June 1st according to the new IOF rules published by the IOF today. They are also not allowed according to Jukola rules - the Swedish language invitation explicitly disallows all GPS-devices, whereas the English language version only disallows tracking devices. Note that the IOF rules are not applicable to events which are not organized through the IOF, and thus GPS-watches may still be used in all local races, national races, and international races without WRE-status, etc. Whereas the previous set of rules stated that navigational aids like e.g. GPS-watches could not be used during the competition, the new rules state that navigational aids may not be carried. One could argue that a GPS-watch is not a navigational aid, but that is no use - many GPS-watches available can show you running distance and altitude, which may definitely aid your navigation. However, you may still use GPS logging devices without a screen - which give you no information at all as a navigational aid. One example is the Globalsat BT-335 Data-logger, which can log your position every second while running, but which gives you no navigational aid during the competition. . RoadID – Be seen wearing it.
The US Orienteering Federation is teaming up with RoadID is to produce revenue that will support junior orienteering programs. or by supplying the USOF code (14F) when ordering by phone or going directly to RoadID’s website. Check out the styles of personalized identification offered by Road ID by using the link above, or on the USOF Home page. Order one for yourself and every athlete in your family. Show your RoadID to your friends, classmates, and teammates, and give them the USOF URL (www.us.orienteering.org) so their order will go through the link. Every single order (including other products available on the RoadID website) will yield financial support for junior programs. |
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