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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May. 17 (Sat.) |
Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA |
- 415.845.9562 | Vladimir Gusiatnikov, Brian Schmitz, Rex Winterbottom |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, & Sprint courses (Sprint Finals) | |||
| May. 17 - 18 | National Capital Orienteering Festival, near Ottawa | Ottawa Orienteering Club (OOC) | |
| A; Canadian A-Meet | |||
| May. 24 - 26 | USOF Team Trials, Individual A-meet, & WRE, Bethlehem/White Haven, PA | Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) | |
| A; Sprint, middle, & classic distance | |||
| Jun. 7 - 8 | San Francisco Night & Day Challenge San Francisco, CA |
- 206.291.8250 | Terry Farrah |
| 3-, 7-, and 16-hour urban rogaine | |||
| Jun. 14 - 15 | Jukola & Venla Relays, Tampere, Finland | ||
| Jun. 14 (Sat.) |
Granite Bay, Folsom Lake State Recreation Area Granite Bay, CA |
- 530.478.0905 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Marsha Jacobs |
| C; White & Yellow beginner courses, and intermediate & advanced Score-O courses; pending park approval | |||
| Jun. 14 - 15 | Mt. Pinos, Frazer Park, CA | Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) | |
| B; 2-day event; White thru Blue courses | |||
| Jun. 14 - 15 | Allegany State Park Rogaine, NY | Rochester Orienteering Club (ROC) | |
| 2008 U.S. Rogaine Championships | |||
| Jun. 16 - 19 | Junior Training Camp Clair Tappaan Lodge, Norden, CA |
- 925.872.3935 | |
| THIS TRAINING CAMP HAS BEEN CANCELLED | |||
| Jun. 20 (Fri.) |
Tahoe 3-Day "A" Meet - Day 1 Northstar Resort, Truckee, CA |
- 510.526.9071 | Steve Gregg |
| A; Afternoon or evening sprint | |||
| Jun. 21 - 22 | Tahoe 3-Day "A" Meet - Days 2 & 3 Burton Creek State Park, Tahoe City, CA |
- 510.526.9071 | Dwight Freund |
| A; Middle distance Saturday, Classic distance Sunday | |||
| Jun. 28 - Jul. 5 | (WMOC) World Masters Orienteering Championships 2008, Marinha Grande, Portugal | ||
| Jun. 29 - Jul. 7 | (JWOC) Junior World Orienteering Championships 2008, Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Jul. 12 - 20 | (WOC) World Orienteering Championship 2008, Holesov, Czech Republic | ||
| Includes a 6-day orienteering festival open to all. | |||
| Jul. 12 - 13 | CNYO Rogaine 2008, Pharsalia State Forest, Norwich, NY | Central New York Orienteering (CNYO) | |
| Jul. 13 (Sun.) |
China Camp State Park San Rafael, CA |
- 415.482.9055 | Mikkel Conradi, Lauren Knight |
| B; Standard 7-course "B" event; pending park approval | |||
| Jul. 21 - 25 | O-Ringen, Swedish 5-Days, Dalarna, Sweden | ||
| World's largest orienteering festival, with 15,000 orienteers | |||
| Jul. 26 (Sat.) |
Bayfront Park Menlo Park, CA |
- 408.386.9343 | Cameron Ferguson |
| C; ; pending park approval | |||
| Jul. 28 - Aug. 3 | (WUOC) World University Orienteering Champs, Tartu, Estonia | ||
| Aug. 2 - 3 | Northwest Forest Frenzy, Cle Elum, WA | Cascade Orienteering Club (COC) | |
| A; 2-Day Individual USOF "A" meet | |||
| Aug. 4 - 10 | 2008 U.S. Classic Championships, Laramie Daze, Laramie, WY | Rocky Mountain Orienteering Club (RMOC) | |
| A; Week-long orienteering "extravaganza" | |||
| Aug. 17 (Sun.) |
Camp Tamarancho Fairfax, CA |
- 510.407.1876 | Greg Ehrensing |
| B; Standard 7-course "B" event; pending park approval | |||
| Aug. 21 - 24 | Canadian Orienteering Champs, Moncton, Fundy National Park, NB | ||
| A; Sprint, middle, & classic distance | |||
| 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 |
- 916.408.8052 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Mike Christensen (GCO), Kathy Tegtmeier (GCO) |
| C; National Orienteering Day, Come and Try It event with White and Yellow courses; pending park approval | |||
| Sep. 26 - 28 | 2008 North American Championships, Central NY venues | Central New York Orienteering (CNYO) | |
| A; Sprint, middle, & classic distance | |||
| Oct. 5 (Sun.) |
Hudson Highlander XIII | Hudson Valley Orienteering (HVO) | |
| A; | |||
| Oct. 19 (Sun.) |
DVOA Club Long-O Championships | Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) | |
| A; Valley Forge National Historical Park, Mt. Joy, PA | |||
| Oct. 25 - 26 | Mt Tom State Reservation, MA | New England Orienteering Club (NEOC) | |
| A; 2-day classic A event | |||
| Oct. 25 - 26 | Mt Tom State Reservation, MA | New England Orienteering Club (NEOC) | |
| A; 2-day classic 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. 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 V 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; 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, .
