Event Announcement Archive (2010)
The Bay Area Orienteering Club has been holding orienteering events for many years, and this archive of pre-event announcements comes in handy for planning future events. The announcements for recent years are stored on our wiki, and can be viewed below by selecting the year and pressing the reload button (or by following these links: 2010 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2010), 2009 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2009), 2008 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2008), 2007 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2007), 2006 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2006), 2005 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2005)).
Even older event announcements for the following years are stored in their original format: 2004 (http://baoc.org/sched/s04/), 2003 (http://baoc.org/sched/s03/), 2002 (http://baoc.org/sched/s02/), 2001 (http://baoc.org/sched/s01/), 2000 (http://baoc.org/sched/s00/), 1999 (http://baoc.org/sched/s99/), 1998 (http://baoc.org/sched/s98/).
Please be aware that links to external web sites or email addresses may be out of date. The formatting of the pages varies, due to the fact that this web site has undergone a number of cosmetic changes over the years. If you know the name of the park where the event was held, but not the date, it may be easier to find by using the search box in the upper right-hand corner of this page.
| Date | Event Name, Location, Type, and Notes |
Event Director or Contact |
Course Setter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 10 (Sun.) |
BAOC COOL #11 Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, San Leandro, CA |
 - 925.872.3935 |
Wayne Caplinger, Bronwen Caplinger, Jay Hann |
| Junior; The second use of this new urban park map. | |||
| Jan. 10 (Sun.) |
Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline San Leandro, CA |
- 925.872.3935 |
Wayne Caplinger, Bronwen Caplinger, Jay Hann |
| C; "Open" event in conjunction with the BAOC COOL event | |||
| Jan. 15 - 18 | Anza-Borrego O-Fest, Borrego Springs, CA | San Diego Orienteering (SDO) | |
| B; Friday = Model event, dinner; Saturday = B-meet day 1, Bar-B-Q dinner; Sunday = B-meet day 2, Maze-O; Monday = Borrego "Big Horn Sheep" (Goat format) | |||
| Jan. 16 - 17 | Georgia Navigator Cup | Georgia Orienteering Club (GAOC) | |
| A; Hard Labor Creek State Park, Rutledge, GA | |||
| Jan. 24 (Sun.) |
BAOC COOL #12 Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, CA |
- 925.254.5628, - 925.872.3935 |
Jonas Kjall |
| Junior; Piggy-back on BAOC B-Meet | |||
| Jan. 24 (Sun.) |
Tilden Regional Park Berkeley, CA |
- 925.254.5628 |
Jonas Kjall |
| B; We had some nice courses from Jonas in the north end of Briones this past Spring. Let's see what he can do in Tilden! | |||
| Jan. 30 - Feb. 7 | 2010 Sierra Ski-Orienteering Championships Lake Tahoe Area |
- 650.793.8764 |
Julie Raymond, Denise Kowal, David Giese, Greg Walker |
| Ski-O; 7 Ski-O events in 9 days in the Lake Tahoe area | |||
| Jan. 31 (Sun.) |
BAOC COOL #13 Bear Valley, near Arnold, CA |
- 650.793.8764, - 925.872.3935 |
Tony Pinkham |
| Junior; Piggy-back on 2010 Sierra Ski-O Championships | |||
| Feb. 11 - 16 | U.S. Ski Orienteering Championships, VT | ||
| A; Middle- and Long-Distance events | |||
| Feb. 13 - 16 | Portugal O Meeting 2010 (POM2010), Figueira da Foz, Portugal | ||
| A; (WRE) Excellent national pine forests, where terrain details and short visibility range combine to create a unique running challenge & excellent orienteering conditions. Middle-distance WRE on Feb 14. | |||
| Feb. 14 (Sun.) |
Shell Ridge Open Space Walnut Creek, CA |
- 510.407.1876 |
Gavin Wyatt-Mair, William Morris, Jay Hann |
| B; "Open" event in conjuction with a BAOC COOL (Junior) event | |||
| Feb. 14 (Sun.) |
BAOC COOL #14 Shell Ridge Open Space, Walnut Creek, CA |
- 925.872.3935 |
Gavin Wyatt-Mair, William Morris, Jay Hann |
| Junior; Valentine's Day at Shell Ridge | |||
| Feb. 20 - 21 | Norte Alentejano O Meeting 2010 (NAOM2010), Crato, Portugal | ||
| A; (WRE) New maps and great terrain for Orienteering will be the main highlights. Long-distance WRE on Feb 20. | |||
| Feb. 20 - 21 | Sycamore Scramble & U.S. Intercollegiate Championships, Raliegh, NC | Backwoods Orienteering Klub (BOK) | |
| A; Sprint + Middle + Classic (Combined Times) USOF A-meet | |||
| Feb. 21 (Sun.) |
Terraloco Urban Wild Roundup: Classic Oakland | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| C; Urban map race | |||
| Feb. 27 (Sat.) |
BAOC COOL #15 Bayfront Park, Menlo Park, CA |
- 925.872.3935 |
Manfred Kopisch, Daniel Kopisch, Philipp Kopisch, Matej Sebo |
| Junior; Season Championship meet. | |||
| Feb. 27 (Sat.) |
Bayfront Park Menlo Park, CA |
- 925.872.3935 |
Manfred Kopisch, Philipp Kopisch, Daniel Kopisch, Matej Sebo |
| C; "Open" event in conjuction with a BAOC COOL (Junior) event | |||
| Mar. 5 - 7 | Gateway Grunt, Farmington, MO | St. Louis Orienteering Club (SLOC) | |
| A; 2-Day Individual USOF A Sprint + Middle Distance + unsanctioned Goat | |||
| Mar. 7 (Sun.) |
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Richmond, CA |
- 510.531.6697 |
Steve Gregg |
| C; Annual Prologue-Chase two-part sprint, plus White, Yellow, and Orange courses | |||
| Mar. 9 (Tue.) |
BAOC Board Meeting Burgess Recreation Center, Menlo Park, CA |
- 650.321.9713 |
|
| Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors -- 7:00-10:00 PM; pizza will be available at 6:30 -- All club members are welcome | |||
| Mar. 13 (Sat.) |
2010 Western Region Interscholastic Championships McLaren Park, San Francisco, CA |
- 925.872.3935 |
Jay Hann |
| Junior; Day 1 of the 2nd Annual WRIS Champs, on a wonderful new map | |||
| Mar. 13 (Sat.) |
McLaren Park San Francisco, CA |
- 925.872.3935 |
Jay Hann |
| C; "Open" event in conjuction with a BAOC COOL (Junior) event | |||
| Mar. 14 (Sun.) |
2010 Western Region Interscholastic Championships Joseph D. Grant County Park, San Jose, CA |
- 925.872.3935 |
|
| Junior; Day 2 of the 2nd Annual WRIS Champs | |||
| Mar. 14 (Sun.) |
Joseph D. Grant County Park San Jose, CA |
- 650.604.3760 |
Jim Fish, Kelly Wells |
| B; This will be the second day of an exciting weekend of orienteering in conjunction with the Western Region Interscholastic Championships. The first day will be Saturday at McLaren Park. | |||
| Mar. 21 (Sun.) |
Knowland Park Oakland, CA |
- 650.365.4275 |
Jim Fish |
| C; Beginner, Orange, Brown, and Sprint courses | |||
| Mar. 27 (Sat.) |
Morgan Territory Regional Preserve Livermore, CA |
- 510.681.6181 |
Mats Jansson, Dennis Wilkinson |
| Rogaine; Mats Jansson (who has been putting on the awesome TrackMe360 runs) has joined up with Rex and Dennis to bring us a rogaine at Morgan Territory. Come out for some great spring running/hiking. | |||
| Mar. 27 (Sat.) |
MoboGoGlobo 2010; Wherever You Are, Earth | Cascade Orienteering Club (COC) | |
| Mobile-orienteering event, for teams of two -- runner is guided through an orienteering course without a map, aided only by the instructions of his/her teammate over the phone. Benefit event for the Washington Interscholastic Orienteering League. | |||
| Apr. 9 - 11 | Flying Pig XIV, Batavia, Ohio | Orienteering Club of Cincinnati (OCIN) | |
| A; U.S. Interscholastic Championships and individual USOF A-meet | |||
| Apr. 11 (Sun.) |
California State University, Sacramento Sacramento, CA |
- 916.922.8671 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Marsha Jacobs |
| C; Probably a Score-O course | |||
| Apr. 17 (Sat.) |
Joshua Tree Map Trek, Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Rogaine; 4- and 8-hour courses; limited to 60 participants | |||
| Apr. 25 (Sun.) |
BAOC Annual General Meeting Sunol Regional Wilderness, Sunol, CA |
- 650.321.9713 |
|
| Annual membership meeting and election of officers | |||
| Apr. 25 (Sun.) |
Sunol Regional Wilderness Sunol, CA |
- 510.747.8003 |
Mark Blair, Theo Verhoeven |
| B; Standard 7 courses plus Long Orange course | |||
| Apr. 30 - May. 2 | Red Bluff Training Weekend Red Bluff, CA |
- 541.401.7595 |
Ben Legg, Jim Fish |
| Training; A weekend of training activities | |||
| May. 1 - 2 | 31st Annual West Point A-Meet, West Point, NY | U.S. Military Academy Orienteering Club (USMAOC) | |
| A; 2-day individual USOF A-meet | |||
| May. 2 (Sun.) |
Stanford University Palo Alto, CA |
- 650.327.2193, |
Manfred Kopisch, Philipp Kopisch, Daniel Kopisch |
| C; White, Yellow, and Orange courses with something thrown in for fun | |||
| May. 2 (Sun.) |
Granite Bay, Folsom Lake State Recreation Area Granite Bay, CA |
Paul Keeton (GCO) Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Dwight Freund |
| C; Probably White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, and Red courses | |||
| May. 8 - 9 | WCOC Spring Thing, Ansonia and Bethel, CT | Western Connecticut Orienteering Club (WCOC) | |
| A; 2-day individual USOF A-meet | |||
| May. 13 (Thu.) |
[terraloco] Twin Peaks, San Francisco, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| May. 16 (Sun.) |
Indian Valley Open Space Preserve Novato, CA |
- 415.383.4429 |
Heidi Whalen |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, and Brown courses | |||
| May. 20 (Thu.) |
[terraloco] Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| May. 23 (Sun.) |
Sacramento Bar Fair Oaks, CA |
- 916.408.8052 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Jonas Libell (GCO) |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, and Red courses | |||
| May. 23 (Sun.) |
The Lost Ranch Score-O and Mini Rogaine, Lake Arrowhead, CA | Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) | |
| Rogaine; 1-, 2-, and 4-hour event on new map of about 6,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land. LIMITED TO 75 PARTICIPANTS. Must register in advance. Not recommended for beginners. | |||
| May. 26 (Wed.) |
[terraloco] Huddart Park, Woodside, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| May. 29 - 30 | 2010 North American Rogaine Championship, Big Muddy Ranch Rogaine 5, near Antelope, OR | Columbia River Orienteering Club (CROC) | |
| Rogaine; Popular event with BAOC members | |||
| Jun. 3 (Thu.) |
[terraloco] Presidio of San Francisco | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Jun. 5 - 6 | San Francisco Night & Day Challenge San Francisco, CA |
- 206.291.8250 |
Eric Bone, Vladimir Gusiatnikov |
| Rogaine; 3-, 7-, and 16-hour urban rogaine; foot, bike, and duathlon (foot + bike) divisions | |||
| Jun. 7 (Mon.) |
BAOC Board Meeting William Walker Recreation Center, Foster City, CA |
- 650.248.9595 |
|
| Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors -- 7:00-10:00 PM; free pizza and salad will be available at 6:30 -- All club members are welcome | |||
| Jun. 9 (Wed.) |
[terraloco] Vasona Lake County Park, Los Gatos, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Jun. 13 (Sun.) |
[terraloco] Urban Wild Roundup Miller Knox Regional Shoreline, Richmond, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| C; Short, medium, long, and AR courses; all courses feature a custom-made 1:15000 map, interesting, non-trivial navigation, and awesome checkpoints [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Jun. 20 (Sun.) |
Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA |
- 530.214.6168 |
Deron van Hoff, Scott Novotny |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, and Long Orange courses; demonstration Trail-O controls | |||
| Jun. 26 - Jul. 20 | North American Orienteering Festival; Washington, British Columbia, and Colorado | ||
| A; U.S. Orienteering Champs, USOF Convention, N.A. Orienteering Champs, SAGE, Whistler Barebones. Spectacular scenery and World Class orienteering featuring the first-ever IOF sanctioned N.A. Regional Champs. (See individual events.) | |||
| Jun. 26 - 30 | U.S. Championships & USOF Convention, Spokane, WA | Eastern Washington Orienteering Club (EWOC) | |
| A; Middle (Moses Lake), Long (Fishtrap Lake), Sprint (Spokane) Championships; 4-day convention; Trail-O Championships | |||
| Jul. 1 - 6 | 2010 Western Regional Sass Peepre Junior Training Camp | ||
| Junior; July 1, 5 & 6 at Cranbrook, BC | |||
| Jul. 1 - 7 | North American Orienteering Championships (NAOC2010), Cranbrook & Kamloops, BC | ||
| A; Middle, Long, & Sprint courses; WRE & N.A. Regional Championships; Junior Training Camp | |||
| Jul. 4 - 11 | (JWOC) Junior World Orienteering Championships, Aalborg, Denmark | ||
| A; Annual international championship event for juniors | |||
| Jul. 7 (Wed.) |
[terraloco] Lake Elizabeth, Fremont, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Jul. 9 - 14 | Barebones 2010, Whistler & Vancouver, BC, Canada | ||
| A; Two each of Sprint, Middle, and Long courses | |||
| Jul. 10 - 11 | Mt. Pinos, Frazer Park, CA | Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) | |
| B; DATE CHANGED - 2-day event with White, Yellow, Orange, Green, and Red or Blue courses -- a nice weekend of orienteering and camping (or hotel) in nice forested terrain at altitude | |||
| Jul. 14 (Wed.) |
[terraloco] Downtown Palo Alto, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Jul. 17 - 21 | Rocky Mountain Orienteering Festival, Lake George, CO | Rocky Mountain Orienteering Club (RMOC) | |
| A; Western States Championships (2-day); U.S. Night-O, Relay, and Ultra-long Championships; Top of the World Sprint #3; many new maps | |||
| Jul. 18 (Sun.) |
[terraloco] One-day navigation training camp, Oakland, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Five fun training events on one day [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Jul. 22 (Thu.) |
[terraloco] Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Jul. 28 (Wed.) |
[terraloco] Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Jul. 31 - Aug. 7 | (WMOC) World Masters Orienteering Championships, Le Pays de Neuchâtel, Switzerland | ||
| A; Model event; Sprint qualification and final; Long qualification (2) and final courses | |||
| Aug. 1 (Sun.) |
Bayfront Park Menlo Park, CA |
- 650.281.5280 |
Steve Haas |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, and Sprint courses | |||
| Aug. 5 (Thu.) |
[terraloco] Berkeley Hills, Berkeley, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Aug. 7 - 15 | (WOC) World Orienteering Champs, Trondheim, Norway | ||
| A; Sprint, middle, long, and relay events | |||
| Aug. 7 - 15 | (WTOC) World Trail Orienteering Championships, Trondheim, Norway | ||
| A; One model event, two WTOC events, and one similar to a classic foot orienteering event | |||
| Aug. 7 (Sat.) |
[terraloco] Urban Wild Roundup: Classic Oakland Ramble Lakeside Park, Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| C; 2-hour Score-O on Rex's custom 1:15000 map; morning or evening starts at Lakeside Park on Lake Merritt [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Aug. 9 - 13 | WOC Tour, Trondheim, Norway | ||
| A; 5-day public event in conjunction with the WOC 2010 | |||
| Aug. 11 (Wed.) |
[terraloco] West Valley College, Saratoga, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Aug. 15 - 22 | Ottawa O'Week, Gatineau, Canada | ||
| A; Canadian Orienteering Championships (Sprint, Middle, Long); Farsta; Junior Camp; COF O'sessions; Montreal City Search-O | |||
| Aug. 19 (Thu.) |
[terraloco] Crown Memorial State Beach, Alameda, CA | - 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Mid-week training event [organized by terraloco, not by BAOC] | |||
| Aug. 29 (Sun.) |
Camp Tamarancho Fairfax, CA |
- 415.456.8118 |
Greg Ehrensing |
| B; Regular 7-course event, with beginner through advanced courses | |||
| Aug. 30 - Sep. 6 | Laramie Daze, Laramie, WY | Laramie Range Orienteering Club (LROC) | |
| Week-long series of events | |||