Event Announcement Archive (2006)
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: 2025 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2025), 2024 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2024), 2023 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2023), 2022 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2022), 2021 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2021), 2020 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2020), 2019 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2019), 2018 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2018), 2017 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2017), 2016 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2016), 2015 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2015), 2014 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2014), 2013 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2013), 2012 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2012), 2011 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Archive?year=2011), 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Please be aware that links to external web sites or email addresses may be out of date.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. 14 - 15 | Desert O-Fest 2006, Anza-Borrego State Park, CA | Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) | |
A; 2-day individual USOF "A" meet | |||
Jan. 22 (Sun.) |
Burton Creek Ski-O Burton Creek State Park, Tahoe City, CA |
- 650.793.8764 | Matthias Kohler |
Ski-O | |||
Jan. 29 (Sun.) |
Indian Valley Open Space Preserve Novato, CA |
- 415.895.6039 | George Minarik |
B; White, Yellow, Orange, & Brown courses open to everyone; Red & Green courses by reservation only | |||
Feb. 4 (Sat.) |
Tahoe Donner Ski-O Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area, Truckee, CA |
- 650.793.8764 | Peter Graube |
Ski-O | |||
Feb. 5 (Sun.) |
Royal Gorge Ski-O Royal Gorge Cross Country, Soda Springs, CA |
- 650.793.8764 | Brenda Giese |
Ski-O | |||
Feb. 18 - 19 | Georgia Navigator Cup, Pine Mountain, GA | Georgia Orienteering Club (GAOC) | |
A; 2-Day individual USOF "A" meet | |||
Feb. 18 (Sat.) |
Millbrae Street Scramble City of Millbrae, Millbrae, CA |
- 206.913.3790 Meridian Geographics (MerGeo) |
Eric Bone, Terry Farrah |
Street orienteering; foot or bike; 90-minute or 3-hour Score-O. Presented by Meridian Geographics. | |||
Feb. 26 (Sun.) |
Bear Valley Ski-O Bear Valley, near Arnold, CA |
- 650.793.8764 | Thorsten Graeve |
Ski-O | |||
Mar. 5 (Sun.) |
Pt. Pinole Sprints Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, Richmond, CA |
- 510.779.8808 | Steve Gregg |
C; BAOC Sprint Championship, plus White, Yellow, and Orange courses | |||
Mar. 11 (Sat.) |
Huddart Park Woodside, CA |
- 650.851.5688, - 857.361.8984 |
Mike Fleishman, Jitka Hiscox, Brian Kirshner |
C; "Come and Try It" event -- White and Yellow, and more | |||
Mar. 19 (Sun.) |
Sunol Regional Wilderness Sunol, CA |
- 510.407.1876 | Gary Carpenter |
B; All seven courses -- White through Blue | |||
Mar. 26 (Sun.) |
Golden Goat and Golden Kid Briones Regional Park, Lafayette, CA |
- 510.658.4327 | Penny DeMoss |
Extra long and strenuous courses; NO BEGINNER COURSES due to park restrictions on the number of participants at this assembly area due to limited parking | |||
Mar. 31 - Apr. 2 | Flying Pig X "A" Meet, Ohio | Orienteering Club of Cincinnati (OCIN) | |
A; 2006 U.S. Relay & Sprint Championships | |||
Apr. 3 (Mon.) |
BAOC Board Meeting | - 415.681.7075 | |
Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors -- 7:00-10:00 pm; pizza will be available at 6:30 -- All club members are welcome | |||
Apr. 9 (Sun.) |
Stanford University Palo Alto, CA |
- 415.948.5593, |
Stanford Orienteering Club |
C; White, Yellow, Sprint, and two Mystery-O courses | |||
Apr. 15 (Sat.) |
Spring Lake Regional Park Santa Rosa, CA |
- 415.456.8118 | Scott Aster |
C; White, Yellow, and Sprint courses, plus a special course with an Easter theme | |||
Apr. 22 - 23 | 2006 Blue Ridge Classic, Brevard, NC | Carolina Orienteering Klubb (COK) | |
A; 2006 U.S. Interscholastic Championships; 2-day individual USOF "A" meet | |||
Apr. 23 (Sun.) |
[GCO] Sacramento Bar Sacramento Bar, Fair Oaks, CA |
- 916.922.8671 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Dwight Freund (GCO) |
C; White, Yellow, Orange, and one advanced course | |||
Apr. 29 - 30 | 2006 U.S. Short & Long Championships | Empire Orienteering Club (EMPO) | |
A; | |||
Apr. 30 (Sun.) |
Joseph D. Grant County Park San Jose, CA |
- 408.878.5073, - 510.886.7360 |
Derek Maclean, Dean French |
B; Standard seven courses (White through Blue) | |||
May. 7 - 14 | European Orienteering Championships, Estonia | ||
A; Public events on May 12, 13, 14 | |||
May. 20 (Sat.) |
Shell Ridge Open Space Walnut Creek, CA |
- 707.557.6251, - 925.926.0853 |
François Léonard, Marie-Josée Parayre |
B; Standard White through Blue courses; BAOC Annual General Meeting & Officer Elections | |||
May. 20 (Sat.) |
BAOC Annual General Meeting Shell Ridge Open Space, Walnut Creek, CA |
- 206.913.3790 | |
Annual membership meeting & officer elections | |||
May. 21 (Sun.) |
[GCO] Goethe Park River Bend Park, Rancho Cordova, CA |
- 916.922.8671 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Jennifer Kerr (GCO) |
C; White, Yellow, and Orange courses | |||
Jun. 3 - 4 | San Francisco Night & Day Challenge San Francisco, CA |
- 206.913.3790, - 206.291.8250 |
Terry Farrah, Eric Bone |
Urban Rogaine; bike or foot; Presented in conjunction with Meridian Geographics. | |||
Jun. 10 - 11 | Mt Pinos 2-day "B" Meet, Frazier Park, CA | Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) | |
B; | |||
Jun. 11 (Sun.) |
China Camp State Park San Rafael, CA |
- 510.526.9071 | Bill Papendick |
B; Standard seven courses (White through Blue), plus Long Orange course for Adventure Racers | |||
Jun. 17 - 18 | Jukola & Venla Relays, Salo, Finland | ||
Jun. 19 (Mon.) |
BAOC Board Meeting Burgess Recreation Center, Menlo Park, CA |
- 650.906.9672 | |
Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors -- 7:00-10:00 pm; pizza will be available at 6:30 -- All club members are welcome | |||
Jun. 24 - 25 | Tahoe 2-Day "A" Meet Spooner Lake/Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park, Between Incline Village, NV and South Lake Tahoe, CA |
- 510.779.8808, - 510.681.6181 |
Thorsten Graeve, Dan Stoll-Hadayia |
A; 2 Days of Orienteering in the South Lake Tahoe Area | |||
Jun. 24 (Sat.) |
Spooner Lake State Park Spooner Lake/Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park, Between Incline Village, NV and South Lake Tahoe, CA |
- 510.779.8808, - 510.681.6181 |
Dan Stoll-Hadayia |
C; White, Yellow, and Orange recreational (non-competitive) courses in conjunction with the "A" meet | |||
Jun. 25 (Sun.) |
Spooner Lake State Park Spooner Lake/Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park, Between Incline Village, NV and South Lake Tahoe, CA |
- 510.779.8808, - 510.681.6181 |
Thorsten Graeve |
C; White, Yellow, and Orange recreational (non-competitive) courses in conjunction with the "A" meet | |||
Jul. 1 - 7 | (WMOC) World Masters Orienteering Championships 2006, Wiener Neustadt, Austria | ||
Jul. 2 - 9 | (JWOC) Junior World Orienteering Championships 2006, Lithuania | ||
Jul. 14 - 15 | Western Canadian Championships, Whitehorse, YT, Canada | ||
Jul. 15 - 21 | Swiss O Week 2006, Zermatt, Switzerland | ||
A; 6 events over 7 days at the foot of the Matterhorn | |||
Jul. 15 - 21 | O-Ringen Hälsingland 2006, Söderhamn, Sweden | ||
Jul. 22 - 23 | Seattle Night & Day Challenge, Seattle, WA | Meridian Geographics (MerGeo) | |
Jul. 30 - Aug. 5 | Danish WOC Tour, Aarhus, Denmark | ||
A; 5 public events over 6 days | |||
Jul. 30 (Sun.) |
Bayfront Park Bedwell Bayfront Park, Menlo Park, CA |
- 650.906.9672 | Brad Wetmore |
C; White, Yellow, Motala (1-3 loops), Fog-O, and Trail-O courses | |||
Aug. 1 - 5 | (WOC) World Orienteering Championships 2006, Denmark | ||
Aug. 4 - 6 | Urban Festival of Orienteering Oakland Hills, Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 | Rex Winterbottom, Dwight Freund (GCO), Joe Scarborough |
C; Four events in three days | |||
Aug. 4 (Fri.) |
Suburban Sprint and Sausal Canyon Maze-O Oakland Hills, Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 | Rex Winterbottom |
C; USOF Sprint and Score-O | |||
Aug. 5 (Sat.) |
"Tour de Fog" Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA |
- 510.681.6181 | Dwight Freund (GCO), Vladimir Gusiatnikov |
C; White, Yellow, Orange, Long Orange, and USOF Sprint courses | |||
Aug. 5 (Sat.) |
Urban Goat II, plus Dinner and a Movie Oakland Hills, Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 | Rex Winterbottom |
C; Short "Goat" course | |||
Aug. 6 (Sun.) |
"Oakland Hills Thrills" Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 | Rex Winterbottom, Joe Scarborough |
C; White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, and USOF Sprint courses | |||
Aug. 9 - 20 | Rocky Mountain 1000-Day, Laramie, WY and Buena Vista, CO | Rocky Mountain Orienteering Club (RMOC) | |
A; 6 A-meet days (including U.S. Classic & Night-O Championships, & Western States Championships) plus 5 non-sanctioned events | |||
Aug. 18 - 27 | [Gators OC] Canadian Orienteering Championships Festival, Collinwood, ON, Canada | ||
Aug. 26 - 27 | Trail Building at Huddart Park Huddart Park, Woodside, CA |
- 206.913.3790 | |
Organized by V*O*Cal. We will join with dozens of others to rebuild the Chickadee Trail. All meals are provided. | |||
Sep. 9 - 10 | British Columbia Championships 2006, Whistler, BC, Canada | ||
Sep. 10 (Sun.) |
University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley, CA |
- 510.862.5481 | George Minarik |
C; Campus O -- White, Yellow, and Prologue & Motola Sprint | |||
Sep. 14 (Thu.) |
BAOC Board Meeting Burgess Recreation Center, Menlo Park, CA |
- 650.906.9672 | |
Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors -- 7:00-10:00 pm; pizza will be available at 6:30 -- All club members are welcome | |||
Sep. 16 (Sat.) |
Coyote Hills Regional Park Fremont, CA |
- 408.313.3753 | Jim Fish |
C; National Orienteering Day "Come and Try It" event for beginners | |||
Sep. 17 (Sun.) |
Spring Lake Regional Park Santa Rosa, CA |
Judy Koehler - 707.778.1604 | Dwight Freund (GCO) |
C; National Orienteering Day "Come and Try It" event for beginners; White, Yellow, & Fog-O courses | |||
Sep. 17 (Sun.) |
Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, CA |
- 415.453.3679 | Vic Revenko |
C; National Orienteering Day "Come and Try It" event with White, Yellow, and 2 Orange courses | |||
Sep. 23 - 24 | 2006 NE Regional Sprint, Middle, & Classic Champs, Cortland, NY | Central New York Orienteering (CNYO) | |
A; | |||
Sep. 24 (Sun.) |
Calero County Park San Jose, CA |
- 408.732.4818, - 408.688.4482 |
Dan Greene, Tapio Karras, Bill Strauss |
B; Regular 7-course BAOC event | |||
Sep. 30 (Sat.) |
Environmental Service Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
- 206.913.3790 | |
On National Public Lands Day, help landscape and remove invasives | |||
Oct. 6 - 9 | Golden Leaf Orienteering Festival, Milton, Ontario, Canada | Golden Horseshoe Orienteering Club (GHO) | |
A; 2006 North American Orienteering Championships | |||
Oct. 8 (Sun.) |
Monte Bello and Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserves Palo Alto, CA |
- 206.913.3790 | Kent Ohlund |
B; White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red, and Blue courses | |||
Oct. 15 (Sun.) |
Scout-O Championships Briones Regional Park, Lafayette, CA |
- 925.934.6567 | Gavin Wyatt-Mair |
B; 14th annual Scout-O Championships for all scout levels (also see regular BAOC event) | |||
Oct. 15 (Sun.) |
Briones Regional Park Lafayette, CA |
- 925.934.6567 | Gavin Wyatt-Mair |
B; Regular 7-course BAOC event in conjunction with the Scout-O Championships | |||
Oct. 22 (Sun.) |
The Astrogaine at North Grant Ranch Joseph D. Grant County Park, San Jose, CA |
- 925.462.2254, - 408.262.3457 |
Mark Blair, Kelly Wells |
4-hour or 7-hour Rogaine with the usual age/gender team divisions | |||
Oct. 31 (Tue.) |
Trick-Or-Treat O' II Oakland Hills, Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 | Rex Winterbottom |
C; Score-O -- Navigate amongst Trick-Or-Treaters and well-decorated houses! | |||
Nov. 4 - 5 | O in the Oaks IV "A" Meet Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, Livermore, CA |
- 925.516.7622, - 925.516.7622 |
Martin Kunz, Hannu Haarma |
A; 2-day event, with separate results for each day | |||
Nov. 11 - 12 | Fall A-Meet, Pine Barrens, Southern NJ | Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) | |
A; Middle/classic courses (Sat), classic courses (Sun) | |||
Dec. 3 (Sun.) |
Stanford University Palo Alto, CA |
- 408.599.9709 | Russell Neilson |
C; Afternoon beginner and Score-O courses, Night-O, potluck dinner social | |||
Dec. 3 (Sun.) |
Possum Trot X, Kansas City, MO | Possum Trot Orienteering Club (PTOC) | |
Annual 15-km orienteering event | |||
Dec. 6 (Wed.) |
BAOC Board Meeting Burgess Recreation Center, Menlo Park, CA |
- 650.906.9672 | |
Quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors -- 7:00-10:00 pm; pizza will be available at 6:30 -- All club members are welcome | |||
Dec. 10 (Sun.) |
Tilden Park Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, CA |
, - 510.409.9285 |
Evan Custer, Jay Hann |
B; 2006 BAOC Club Championships on a NEW MAP | |||
Dec. 10 (Sun.) |
Vasquez Rocks, Santa Clarita, CA | Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) | |
B; | |||
Dec. 16 - 17 | Bon Tempe Reservoir Fairfax, CA |
- 510.658.4327, - 510.658.4327 |
Dwight Freund (GCO) |
C; Volunteer appreciation event -- Advanced courses only -- Attendance limited -- RESERVATIONS REQUIRED | |||
Dec. 17 (Sun.) |
Holiday Lights Night-O in Willow Glen - CANCELED Willow Glen Neighborhood, San Jose, CA |
- 408.524.2723 | Thorsten Graeve |
This event has been canceled. Please check its page for details. | |||
Dec. 22 - 31 | [APOC] 2006 Asia-Pacific Orienteering Championships, Hong Kong, China | ||