Schedule (2008)
All of the club's events take place within the San Francisco Bay Area, are on Sundays, go on rain or shine, and offer courses for beginners, unless otherwise noted. Please check our Frequently Asked Questions for more details about the time of day, costs, and what to bring.
For the latest information for any event, please check this web site closer to the event, or contact the Event Director. There are additional details about the event schedule below.
If an event you are interested in no longer appears on the schedule, please check the Archive of event announcements or the Results.
| Date | Event Name, Location, Type, and Notes |
Event Director or Contact |
Course Setter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 17 (Sun.) |
Camp Tamarancho Fairfax, CA |
- 510.407.1876 | Greg Ehrensing |
| B; Standard seven courses--White (easy beginner) through Blue (strenuous advanced) | |||
| Aug. 21 - 24 | Canadian Orienteering Champs, Moncton, Fundy National Park, NB | ||
| A; Sprint, middle, & classic distance | |||
| Aug. 24 (Sun.) |
Lakeside Park and Indian Gulch Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 | Rex Winterbottom, Mark Manning |
| C; Afternoon event: White, Yellow, Sprint, Bike-O, and Memory-O courses | |||
| Sep. 6 - 7 | Yukon Championships, Haines Junction & Whitehorse, Yukon | Yukon Orienteering Association (YOA) | |
| A; Canadian A-Meet | |||
| Sep. 13 - 14 | (WRC) World Rogaining Champs, Estonia | ||
| Sep. 13 (Sat.) |
Knowland Park Oakland, CA |
- 650.365.4275, - 510.245.9735 |
Jim Fish, Dean French |
| C; National Orienteering Day event on a NEW MAP | |||
| Sep. 14 (Sun.) |
Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, CA |
- 415.453.3679 | Vic Revenko |
| C; National Orienteering Day Event: Beginner and intermediate courses in a beautiful venue; pending park approval | |||
| Sep. 20 (Sat.) |
Orangevale Park Orangevale, CA |
Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) | |
| THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED | |||
| Sep. 26 - 28 | 2008 North American Championships, Central NY venues | Central New York Orienteering (CNYO) | |
| A; Sprint, middle, & classic distance | |||
| Sep. 26 - 27 | Mount Laguna, San Diego County, CA | San Diego Orienteering (SDO) | |
| B; 2-day event | |||
| Oct. 5 (Sun.) |
Almaden Quicksilver County Park San Jose, CA |
- 650.941.8251 | Derek Maclean |
| C; Intermediate/advanced courses only (Orange thru Blue); NO BEGINNER COURSES; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 5 (Sun.) |
Hudson Highlander XIII | Hudson Valley Orienteering (HVO) | |
| A; | |||
| Oct. 12 (Sun.) |
Briones Regional Park Martinez, CA |
- 925.934.6567 | Alan Houser |
| B; Regular 7-course BAOC event in conjunction with the Scout-O Championships; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 12 (Sun.) |
Scout-O Championships Briones Regional Park, Martinez, CA |
- 925.934.6567 | Alan Houser |
| B; 16th annual Scout-O Championships for all scout levels; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 19 (Sun.) |
Calero County Park San Jose, CA |
- 408.996.8749, - 408.499.8069 |
Alex Finch, Tapio Karras |
| B; Standard seven courses; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 19 (Sun.) |
DVOA Club Long-O Championships | Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) | |
| A; Valley Forge National Historical Park, Mt. Joy, PA | |||
| Oct. 25 (Sat.) |
Joaquin Miller Park Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 | Jay Hann |
| C; FREE day of orienteering, the kickoff of our 2nd BAOC COOL season, and a celebration of the BAOC 30th anniversary; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 25 - 26 | NEOC Heart and Troll Revival, Mt Tom State Reservation, MA | New England Orienteering Club (NEOC) | |
| A; 2-day classic USOF "A" event | |||
| Oct. 26 (Sun.) |
Rossmoor Bar Sacramento, CA |
- 916.769.7381 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Dwight Freund |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, and advanced courses; pending park approval | |||
| Nov. 2 (Sun.) |
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness San Ramon, CA |
- 925.831.6136 | Mark Blair |
| B; Format TBA -- perhaps a creative twist for the advanced courses; pending park approval | |||
| Nov. 9 (Sun.) |
Raid the Hammer, Hamilton, Ontario | Golden Horseshoe Orienteering Club (GHO) | |
| "The absolute toughest half marathon and gnarliest 10k in Ontario" | |||
| Nov. 14 - 16 | O in the Oaks '08 Joseph D. Grant County Park, San Jose, CA |
- 408.354.1686 | Francois Leonard, Kent Ohlund, Dan Greene |
| A; Full-featured "A" meet, including U.S. Trail-O Championships | |||
| Dec. 7 (Sun.) |
Morgan Territory Regional Preserve Livermore, CA |
- 415.948.5593, - 510.604.2688 |
Evan Custer |
| B; Standard "B" event, including the 2008 BAOC Club Championships; pending park approval | |||
| Dec. 13 - 14 | Bon Tempe Reservoir Fairfax, CA |
- 415.747.2768 | Bill Papendick |
| C; Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event; LIMITED ATTENDANCE; RESERVATIONS REQUIRED; pending park approval | |||
| Dec. 14 (Sun.) |
Mississippi Bar Sacramento, CA |
- 916.922.8671 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Stew Hintz (GCO) |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, and advanced courses; pending park approval | |||
Schedule of events in 2009 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Schedule/Current?year=2009)
Notes
Additional notes about the above schedule:
- Events in bold are regular BAOC orienteering events. The schedule also includes other events of potential interest, such as training sessions, board meetings, national A-meets, and regional events.
- B and C meets are regular BAOC events. B meets provide the full seven courses (White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red, Blue). C meets offer a subset of these courses or another flavor of orienteering, such as Score-O.
- A-meets are regional or national events for competitive orienteers. They offer courses in all competitive classes and are counted in the national rankings. These meets also have courses for recreational orienteers.
- All events (A, B, C) offer beginners clinics and courses unless otherwise noted.
- Practice sessions are often suitable for beginners, but sometimes are intermediate and up; check the event details.
More Schedule Information
You may find more events by looking at the Pacific Region ranking series (http://www.geocities.com/usofpacreg/rankingfaq.html), the SConet Combined Schedule (http://www.geocities.com/o_laoc/la_sched_all.html), the USOF calendar (http://ourworld.cs.com/usofmeets/), the USOF working calendar (http://mapsurfer.com/sanct/maincal.map), the USOF championships calendar (http://mapsurfer.com/sanct/champcal.map), or the pages of other orienteering clubs (http://baoc.org/links/western.php).
If you are looking for a past event announcement, check out the archive of old event schedules (http://baoc.org/sched/archive.php).
The best driving directions are usually within the event announcements themselves, but we also have a page containing driving directions (http://baoc.org/maps/directions.php) to all of the parks.
If you'd like to orienteer more often, volunteering to help put on these events is a sure way to do it. Please contact the Events Coordinator, . If you have additional information concerning any of these events, please send it to the Webmaster, .
