This will be the last Badger Orienteering Club event of the fall season.

Four courses will be offered:
Short (2-3km) Beginner skill level,
Medium (3-5km) Intermediate skill level,
Short Advanced (3-5km) Advanced skill level,
Long Advanced (5-7km) Advanced skill level.

A group of 4 or less staying together and using one fingerstick (timing device) is considered one entry - only one person needs to register and pays one fee.

See www.badgerorienteering.com for more information about this event.
Badger Club members use code BGRMEMBER during check-out for a $5 discount.
For safety reasons all participants must carry a whistle on course, so look for the $2 whistle purchase while registering. They will also be for sale at the event.
Please note, you do not need a PayPal account to make payment. Clicking on the PayPal button at the end will allow you to pay by credit/debit card.

Enjoy an Orienteering event at Endless Outdoors, Kansas City, KS. Event details are listed in the document (click on the event title above and to the left).

Registration will close at the end of the day (11:59pm) on Thursday Nov 21st.

$7 for White Course (On-trail beginners)
Other courses: $10 for orienteering club members, juniors, and $15 for everyone else
Day of or late registration: $20 for most courses (Y/O/Br/G/R); $10 for White

11:30am-1:00pm starts for Public. Control pickup will begin at 2:30pm

If you are going out as a group (staying together and only using one timing chip), only one person needs to register and you only pay one fee. While registering you will record the names of your teammates and have an opportunity to buy maps for them at only $3 each!

Group Registrations If you are bringing a large group (e.g. JROTC units, scouts) and need any help with registration or would like to arrange for instruction for your group, reach out to the registrar at [MaryFrank]. The earlier you contact us and/or register the better - thanks!

Collect as many flags as you can in the time limit. SMOC-runs.com has the official timeline. Please note: registrar notes are read at the end of regular registration; for urgent matters please reach out directly. Recreation Passport or daily or annual parking pass required; if you don't have one already, purchase at the park headquarters or a self-registration kiosk prior to parking. +1s / team members don't need to sign up here, but rather should complete the online waiver here: https://smoc-runs.com/pages/219

Registration will close at the end of the day (11:59pm) on Thursday, Nov 21.

$7 for White Course (On-trail beginners)
Other courses: $10 for orienteering club members, juniors, and $15 for everyone else
Day of or late registration: $20 for most courses (Y/O/Br/G/R); $10 for White

10:00am-1:00pm starts. Control pickup will begin at 2:30pm

If you are going out as a group (staying together and only using one timing chip), only one person needs to register and you only pay one fee. While registering you will record the names of your teammates and have an opportunity to buy maps for them at only $3 each!

Group Registrations If you are bringing a large group (e.g. JROTC units, scouts) and need any help with registration or would like to arrange for instruction for your group, reach out to the registrar at [Bradley Hall]. The earlier you contact us and/or register the better - thanks!

A full spread of courses at one of Tucson's favorite venues!

2024-25 TROL/WARS season event!

Courses: White thru Red (Beginner - Expert)
Starts will be open Sunday, 11am-1pm.

Boone County Environmental Education Center
9101 Camp Ernst Rd, Union, KY 41091

Please join us for "Buzzard-O," a super-fun urban orienteering experience on the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver! Please share this link with your friends, family, heck, even your co-workers! :-)

The basics:
- Please arrive, pre-registered online, by 10:00.
- I will hand out maps and give a briefing at 10:20. - There will be a "mass start," everyone starts at the same time, 10:30am.
- This is a "Score-O" event, a bit like a scavenger hunt. The objective is to verify having found as many controls as possible in any order in a strictly limited amount of time (tba).
- Verification occurs by using the hand punch at each control to make a unique punch pattern in the correct box on your control card (on map or on a separate sheet of paper).
- Controls will have different point values (1, 2, or 3 points, the first digit of each control number), depending upon their relative distance and difficulty. There will be between 25 and 30 controls. A test solution suggested just under 4km gross distance, so a fast and flawless runner could likely sweep it in 25 minutes or less.
- Having said all of that, you of course don't have to run if you don't want to, and you don't even have to punch (unless you want to be scored). Feel free to casually walk the map if you wish. The course closes at 12:30 (I'll begin collecting controls by then).

Limited scoring/timing may be offered; if so, I'll be manually recording times and punching data into a spreadsheet to calculate scores, so there will be a kind of 'quiet' period of 20-30mins after the race for me to get this done. I may establish age and maybe sex-based classes and a teams class depending upon the registrant profile.

Online registration is required.

Yes, really, it's required. There will be no-day of registration at all and no changes after registration closes.

Every individual (each child, team member, etc.) must have their own separate registration including a properly signed waiver.

If you/your team members are unable to properly complete a correct registration online for yourself and each of your family members, please make other plans for your group/family for the day, as you will be turned away. There will be no extra maps available.
"FREE" means I get to have fun, too, and messing around with late and day-of registrations is not particularly fun.

Thank you for understanding.

Individuals: Select, "No team - Individual" as your "team name."

You're welcome to participate in teams. To do so, each team member must enter the Team Name when prompted during online registration. Teams must present all together at check-in, stay together the entire time on the course, and must finish together (do not report in as finished until your team is all together at the finish). Sorry, there will be no formation of recorded teams, editing of team membership, or editing of team names once Regular online registration closes. Select "Individual - Not Participating as a Team" as appropriate. Each Team gets one map to share.

You're welcome to use a compass if you have one. There will be no loaner compasses, and no instruction. Don't worry, though, you'll find it pretty easy to orient yourself. Just come out and have fun.

Early registration - FREE!,
Regular registration FREE!!,
Late Registration - None. Nope. Sorry!!!
Rain or shine. In the event of extreme weather, the event may be canceled at the Registrar's discretion. Check your email/spam folders.

BYO water, snacks. We'll have use of the nearby field house restroom building.

PARKING/ACCESS: There is no free parking on campus (anywhere, anytime), but there should be plenty of $2/hr metered parking nearby, limited free street parking downtown (N of Speer), and meet HQ will be abt 600m from the Ball Area Light Rail Stn and about 700m from the Colfax at Auraria Stn. There's no embargo for this event, but try not to peek on your way in! :-)

HQ: Just off the N corner of the Tivoli Building.

I hope you'll be able to attend!

Please contact me with any questions or concerns. conavgames a.t gmail dot com

Thank you.

Galen

TROL Training Day

Saturday, Nov 30 starting at 9:00 am. We plan to finish up at 5:30 pm.

All-day orienteering training classes, with a mix of indoor training and outdoor courses and activities. Boyd Hall, Miami Univ. Western Campus, Oxford OH

Lunch (sandwiches and snacks) and early dinner (pizza) is included.
Free parking this weekend only - No Miami permit is required.

Special Note: The Marcum Hotel at Miami University is offering a special rate of $99 per night plus taxes for participants of this event. Call 513-529-6911 to reserve your room today, mentioning Group code TROL1124 to secure the special rate.

The 5th event of the 2024 Nav-X season will take place at Mt. Tamalpais Watershed in Fairfax, CA. 2 & 4 hr courses will be offered. We've expanded the area used for BAOC's Bon Tempe map to include the north slope of Mt. Tam, south of Bon Tempe Lake. There is also some overlap with the adventure racing map used for "Bone Tempest". The map scale will be 1:10000 with 5-meter contours. The start will be at the parking lot next to the Bon Tempe dam. This event will use the app "MapRun" for timing on your own schedule. The competitive window for this event is October 1 - November 30. Results during this time period will be included in the official results and accrue Nav-X Challenge series points but the course will still be available on MapRun until 2025 Jan 1, after which it will move to the archived courses. Upon registration, you will receive (1) registration confirmation, (2) within 24 hours, a separate email with links to map documents.

Registration will close at the end of the day (11:59pm) on Thursday, November 28.

$7 for White course (on-trail beginners).
Other courses: $10 for orienteering club members and juniors; $15 for everyone else.
Day of or late registration: $20 for most courses (Y/O/Br/G/R); $10 for White.

10:00am-1:00pm starts. Control pickup will begin at 2:30pm.

If you are going out as a group (staying together and only using one timing chip), only one person needs to register and you only pay one fee. While registering you will record the names of your teammates and have an opportunity to buy maps for them at only $3 each!

Group Registrations If you are bringing a large group (e.g. JROTC units, scouts) and need any help with registration or would like to arrange for instruction for your group, reach out to the registrar at joey.mcgarvey@gmail.com. The earlier you contact us and/or register the better—thanks!

2024-25 TROL/WARS season event!

Courses: White thru Red (Beginner - Expert)
Starts will be open SUNday, 11am-1pm.

Boyd Hall on Western College Drive
Miami University Western Campus, Oxford, OH
GPS: 39.502952, -84.725847

Possum Trot Weekend Saturday Johnson County CC, Overland Park, KS Sunday Possum Trot Heartland Center, Parkville, MO Billy Goat: Following allowed. [Google Doc: https://tinyurl.com/Ptxxiv] [Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/PTxxivFB]

Please join us on December 7th at Shelby Park.

Courses offered (approximate distances in kilometers):

Yellow -Beginner (~2-3 km) Beginner skill level, for new orienteers.
Brown - Advanced Short (~3-4 km) Advanced skill level, (less length and climb).
Green -Advanced Medium (~5-6 km) Advanced skill level.

Course starts are between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
Please return from your course by 3:00 PM.

Beginner instruction will be available upon request.

If you are coming as a group* please let us know in advance by emailing Alex Thomas at amtthomas@msn.com.
*(JROTC/ROTC/Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts/Church/School)
Event will only be canceled for severe weather conditions; otherwise, no refunds will be issued within three days proceeding the event.

Late registration begins 12:00 AM on Wednesday, 12/4.
Registration closes at noon on Friday, 12/6.

***see club website for more details***

2024-25 TROL/WARS season event!

Courses: White thru Red (Beginner - Expert)
Starts will be open Sunday, 11am-1pm.

Meadow Ridge Butler County MetroPark
5101 Circle Pkwy, Middletown, OH 45042

As many flags as you can in the time limit, with holiday themed twists. Mass start. Please note: registrar notes are read at the end of regular registration; for urgent matters please reach out directly. Huron Clinton Metropark: Ensure you have a daily or annual park pass. +1s / team members don't need to sign up here, but rather should complete the online waiver here: https://smoc-runs.com/pages/219

Renew or start your SMOC Membership. Members get $5 off races and access to training forums.

The 2024 Nav-X Club Membership gives you access to 18 archived Nav-X GPS courses: 2023 (5), 2022 (5), & 2021 (8) + arm warmers + $2 discount to Nav-X GPS events and discounts to events put on by other OUSA clubs (e.g. BAOC and GCO). It's $35 for new members and $25 for renewing members, $10 off for juniors.

Tucson Orienteering Membership - One year of individual or family membership and discounts on event entry fees. Note: In the world of orienteering, each club is assigned a unique acronym. Our Tucson club is designated 'TSN'. Please do not unintentionally select 'TOC', which is Toronto.

Membership in ICO supports the club and provides member benefits including discounts at local and regional orienteering events and a vote in decisions that affect the future of the club.

San Diego Orienteering presents 4 events at the beautiful Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Located about 90 miles east of San Diego, this rugged open desert terrain offers some course options that you won't find anywhere else in the US.

2025 Empire State Games Ski Orienteering

The WARS Season Pass gives free entry to all OCIN TROL/WARS 2024-25 Season events, November through March 2025, as well as free or reduced entry to several non-TROL/WARS events in fall and spring.

PLEASE NOTE: Only adults and older juniors / college students may purchase WARS season passes. High school and younger students who wish to participate in TROL/WARS events, may purchase a TROL season pass -- but WILL be able to participate on WARS courses.

For the 2024-25 WARS season, age class is based on 2024 orienteering age (age on 12/31/2024), regardless of birth date -- including in 2024. When registering for individual events, the default age class will remain the same through the entire WARS season.

The TROL Season Pass gives free entry to all OCIN TROL/WARS 2024-25 Season events, November through March 2025, as well as free or reduced entry to several non-TROL/WARS events in fall and spring.

PLEASE NOTE: Only high school and younger students may participate in the TROL season-long competition. College students, and adults, who wish to participate in TROL/WARS events, may purchase a WARS season pass.

TROL participants, however, are not limited to TROL classes; they may run in any class for which they are eligible, based on gender & age.

North Texas Orienteering Association is proud to host the 2025 U.S. Junior Nationals in conjunction with the NTOA Spring-O national event at Sid Richardson Scout Camp. The competitive events will follow the two-day Classic format, with winners decided based on two-race combined scores for Saturday and Sunday. *NOTE: Registration for REC Courses must be done via the NTOA Junior Nationals Event Page https://ntoa.com/junior-nationals-spring-o-2025-race-details/

Please join us on March 22nd at Cedars of Lebanon State Park.

We are meeting at the shelter on Stables Road.
(See website for site map)

Courses offered (approximate distances in kilometers):

Yellow -Short (~2-3 km) Beginner skill level, for new orienteers.
Orange -Intermediate (~4-5 km) Intermediate skill level.
Brown - Advanced Short (~3-4 km) Advanced skill level, (less length and climb).
Green -Advanced Medium (~5-6 km) Advanced skill level.
Blue -Advanced Long (~10-12 km) Advanced skill level.
3-hour time limit for courses.
Course starts are between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
Please return from your course by 3:00 PM.

Beginner instruction will be available.

If you are coming as a group* please let us know.
*(JROTC/ROTC/Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts/Church/School)
Event will only be canceled for severe weather conditions; otherwise, no refunds will be issued within three days proceeding the event.
***see club website for more details***

Welcome to Buffalo's Cultural District for a sprint on the Buffalo State University campus followed by a sprint in Delaware Park. Both events feature a spectacular finish arena on the Great Lawn of the world renowned Buffalo AKG Art Museum. You may enter one or both events, enjoy a picnic lunch, and then visit the AKG, the Burchfield Penney Art Center, or the Buffalo History Museum. For more orienteering, the Rochester Orienteering Club is holding an NRE Ultra-Long the following day in Mendon Ponds Park.

Ultra-Long courses 50% longer than normal. The event will feature a wave start for people in the same age groups.

Please join us on May 3rd at Long Hunter State Park for a Paddle-O/Foot-O!

Entry fees:
Early bird entries (prior to 10pm on 31 December, 2024): $30
Regular entries (1 January, 2025 to 20 April, 2025): $40
Late entries (after 20 April, 2025): $45

E-punch rental: $3

Courses offered:
3hr Foot-O - finish time of 1pm
3hr Paddle-O - finish time of 1pm
6hr Foot-O - finish time of 2pm
6hr Paddle-O - finish time of 2pm
*Mass start at 10am for 3hr races.
*Mass start at 8am for 6hr races.

If you are coming as a group* please let us know.
*(JROTC/ROTC/Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts/Church/School)

Event will only be canceled for severe weather conditions; otherwise, no refunds will be issued.

***see club website for more details including a detailed schedule and mandatory equipment***

Orienteering Cincinnati Membership - One year of individual or family membership and discounts on event entry fees.