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Classic Novice/Intermediate Courses and Intermediate/Advanced Time-O: Cedarview West
2014-10-19
10:00:00
2014-10-19
14:00:00
61
OOC
http://www.ottawaoc.ca/
https://ooc.whyjustrun.ca/events/view/1656
Information
<p>Meet Director: Francis Kawam; Controller: Bert Waslander</p><p>For <strong>Novice and Intermediate Orienteer</strong><strong>s</strong>: typical Sunday novice and intermediate courses will be offered. See description of course lengths for typical Fall Series meet below.</p><p>For<strong> Advanced and Intermediate Orienteers</strong>: a new challenge! <strong> Time-O</strong>!</p><p>A “Time-O” is an orienteering event similar in structure to a score-o with the added feature of having time restrictions for each control point. This year’s “Westpoint A meet” included one of these in its line up (details can be found at the link below <a href="http://www.westpoint.edu/gene/SiteAssets/Sitepages/OTeamAMeet2014/USMAOC_AMEET_2014_TimeO.pdf">http://www.westpoint.edu/gene/SiteAssets/Sitepages/OTeamAMeet2014/USMAOC_AMEET_2014_TimeO.pdf</a> )</p><p>Our Orienteering Ottawa event will be similar in structure. There will be a mass start at as is the case for our standard score-o events but runners will need to use SI dibblers to indicate that they have visited controls. <strong>Mass start will be at 11:00 am.</strong> Participants will have to visit controls that have an associated time stamp: this indicates the time interval <strong><em><u>(in minutes from the start)</u></em></strong> for which the control can be visited for scoring purposes. If a control is visited within the time range one point is scored.</p><p>If the control is punched outside of that time range no point is scored (nor is any penalty assessed). </p><p>Seems simple enough? Well, there are two added challenges: </p><p>everyone must be finished within 1.5 hours: <strong><em><u>all</u></em></strong> points scored are forfeited for those that arrive beyond 90 minute time limit</p><p>the finish control cannot be visited before the 30 minute mark.</p><p>There will also be an added “control pick-up” bonus. If a person arrives at the finish before the time limit (before the 90 minute mark), they may chose to “sign up” to pick up a control for which the time limit has expired. A point is scored for each control returned in the event time limit. The mechanics of this will be discussed at the start but only the person assigned to pick up a designated control will be able to score points in this manner. Of course this comes with a risk…if the person does not return with the control in the 90 minute time limit, all points scored are forfeit.</p><p>The Cedarview map is very flat containing many trails and open areas. The control sites are generally of an intermediate level so the challenge will be to design a route that will maximize the number of scoring controls visited.</p><p>As this is a debut for this sort of event the normal solstice score-o handicaps will not be in place nor will any time be given to preview the map prior to the start. <strong><em><u>All route planning must take place within the 90 minute period.</u></em></strong></p><p>Each finisher will have to print out two time strips: one for themselves and one for the tabulation of results. The final results will be done by hand so they might take a little longer than normal to process and post on the website..</p>
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