Schedule (2009)
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.
For a list of additional events in the planning stage, and where we need your help as an Event Director or Course Setter, look at the Planning Calendar (PDF 11KB).
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul. 4 - 12 | Dolomites 5-Day, Primiero, Italy | ||
| A; Public event in conjunction with JWOC 2009 | |||
| Jul. 4 - 12 | (JWOC) Junior World Orienteering Champs, Primiero, Italy | ||
| Jul. 5 (Sun.) |
Terraloco Star Spangled Streets 'n Ladders - CANCELLED Berkeley Streets, Berkeley, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| This event has been cancelled, please check its page for details. | |||
| Jul. 9 (Thu.) |
[terraloco] Lake Elizabeth, Fremont Lake Elizabeth, Fremont, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Practice your quick decision making & control picking | |||
| Jul. 11 - 12 | Mt. Pinos, Frazer Park, CA | Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) | |
| B; 2-day B-meet | |||
| Jul. 16 (Thu.) |
[terraloco] Downtown Palo Alto Downtown Palo Alto, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; More route-choice action--a score course with checkpoints scattered over downtown Palo Alto and its surrounding neighborhoods | |||
| Jul. 19 - 24 | O-Ringen, Swedish 5-Days, Smaland, Sweden | ||
| World's largest orienteering festival, with 15,000 orienteers | |||
| Jul. 19 (Sun.) |
Terraloco Merritt College Medley Merritt College, Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| C; 4-loop motala course totaling about 3.5 km; two mass starts: competitive at 10:00, recreational at 10:30 | |||
| Jul. 22 (Wed.) |
[terraloco] Old Oakland Downtown Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; Map navigation training | |||
| Jul. 26 (Sun.) |
China Camp State Park San Rafael, CA |
- 415.482.9055 | Greg Ehrensing |
| B; Standard seven-course event for beginners through advanced -- NOTE DATE CHANGED from original announcement; pending park approval | |||
| Jul. 28 (Tue.) |
[terraloco] Golden Gate Park Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| Training; A medley of map navigation exercises | |||
| Aug. 2 - 8 | Swiss O Week, Muotathal, Switzerland | ||
| Sprint, 4 classic distance, long distance | |||
| Aug. 2 - 8 | Scottish 6 Days, Perth, Scotland | ||
| Classic event held every other year | |||
| Aug. 2 (Sun.) |
Terraloco Crown Beach Crab Cross Crown Memorial State Beach, Alameda, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| C; A hybrid of a short "sprint" style course and the trickery of a "goat" course | |||
| Aug. 8 - 9 | BAOC 2009 Club Championships Spooner Lake/Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park, Between Incline Village, NV and South Lake Tahoe, CA |
- 510.681.6181, - 510.245.9735, - 510.526.9071 |
Rex Winterbottom, Nik Weber |
| B; 2-day combined middle- and long-distance courses for BAOC annual club championship; pending park approval | |||
| Aug. 16 (Sun.) |
Terraloco Lakeside Grand Prix Lakeside Park, Oakland, CA |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| C; Course will be fun, a bit wild, and about 4 km long | |||
| Aug. 18 - 23 | (WOC) World Orienteering Champs, Miskolc, Hungary | ||
| Aug. 21 - 30 | 2009 Manitoba Sandhills Orienteering Festival, Manitoba, Canada | Manitoba Orienteering Association (MOA) | |
| A; Western Canadian Orienteering Championships, Canadian Orienteering Championships, Sass Peepre Junior Training Camp, COF Conference & AGM, and several fun events | |||
| Aug. 23 (Sun.) |
Camp Tamarancho Fairfax, CA |
- 510.407.1876 | Greg Ehrensing |
| B; Join us for a wonderful summer day at Boy Scout Camp Tamarancho in the hills above Fairfax; pending park approval | |||
| Aug. 31 - Sep. 7 | 2009 Laramie Daze, Laramie, WY | Laramie Range Orienteering Club (LROC) | |
| Multi-day training/competition event in the Happy Jack area, the location of the 2008 U.S. Orienteering Championships; it's an area with great terrain and fantastic maps | |||
| Sep. 12 - 13 | B-meet at Dutchman Flat, near Mt Bachelor, Bend, OR | Columbia River Orienteering Club (CROC) | |
| B; 2-day B-meet on the Dutchman Flats map, site of the 2005 U.S. Individual Orienteering Championships | |||
| Sep. 19 (Sat.) |
Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, CA |
- 415.453.3679 | Vic Revenko |
| C; One of our National Orienteering Day (NOD) events. Note that the event is on SATURDAY this year. | |||
| Sep. 19 - 20 | Rattlesnake SF, Dansville, NY | Rochester Orienteering Club (ROC) | |
| A; U.S. Sprint & Ultra Long Championships | |||
| Sep. 20 (Sun.) |
Spring Lake Regional Park Santa Rosa, CA |
Judy Koehler - 707.778.1604 | Scott Aster |
| C; One of our National Orienteering Day (NOD) "Come and Try It!" events; pending park approval | |||
| Sep. 24 - 26 | South African Orienteering Championships, Sabie, South Africa | ||
| A; First World Ranking Event to be hosted in South Africa | |||
| Sep. 27 (Sun.) |
Monte Bello and Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserves Palo Alto, CA |
- 408.728.3706 | Kent Ohlund |
| B; The map got a rest last year, so hopefully it will feel a little fresher this year. Come out and enjoy!; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 2 - 4 | Australian Orienteering Championships, Benalla-Wangaratta Region, Victoria, Australia | ||
| A; Sprint, long-distance, and relay events | |||
| Oct. 3 - 4 | Boulder Dash; Hancock/Hillsborough, NH venues | Up North Orienteers (UNO) | |
| A; USOF sanctioned A meet | |||
| Oct. 4 (Sun.) |
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness San Ramon, CA |
- 925.831.6136, - 510.526.9071 |
Francois Leonard |
| C; Relay event, and possibly more; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 10 - 18 | 2009 World Masters Games, Sydney, Australia | ||
| Oct. 10 - 17 | (WMOC) World Masters Orienteering Championships, Sydney, Australia | ||
| A; Sprint qualification and final, Long qualification (2) and final courses | |||
| Oct. 11 (Sun.) |
Scout-O Championships Briones Regional Park, Martinez, CA |
- 925.934.6567 | Alan Houser |
| B; 17th annual Scout-O Championships for all scout levels; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 11 (Sun.) |
Briones Regional Park Martinez, CA |
- 925.934.6567 | Gavin Wyatt-Mair, Alan Houser |
| B; Regular 7-course BAOC event in conjunction with the Scout-O Championships; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 17 - 18 | Fall O Weekend at Camp Ripley, Little Falls, MN | Minnesota Orienteering Club (MNOC) | |
| C; Score-O (Sat.), MinneGoat (Sun.) | |||
| Oct. 18 (Sun.) |
Mississippi Bar Fair Oaks, CA |
- 916.632.8856 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Dwight Freund |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, and advanced courses; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 23 - 25 | US Champs, 3-Day A-meet, Greenbush, WI | Badger Orienteering Club (BGR) | |
| A; Middle distance (Fri), U.S. Classic Championships (Sat), 1-day classic event (Sun) | |||
| Oct. 25 (Sun.) |
Calero County Park San Jose, CA |
- 650.248.9595 | Mark Rice, Tapio Karras |
| B; Calero is beautiful in the Fall--come out for a full set of courses; pending park approval | |||
| Oct. 31 (Sat.) |
Knowland Park Oakland, CA |
- 650.365.4275 | Jim Fish |
| C; Beginner, Orange, and Sprint courses -- a great way to celebrate Halloween! | |||
| Nov. 7 - 8 | O in the Oaks '09 Pacheco State Park, Hollister, CA |
- 408.313.3753 | Dan Greene, Derek Maclean, Toby Ferguson, Alex Finch |
| A; 2-day A-Meet on a New Map! 60 mi south of San Jose | |||
| Nov. 8 (Sun.) |
Raid the Hammer, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Golden Horseshoe Orienteering Club (GHO) | |
| 10K & 25K Adventure Run | |||
| Nov. 9 - 15 | [terraloco] The Golden Gate Getaway Greater Bay Area |
- 510.681.6181 terraloco (tl) |
Rex Winterbottom |
| C; A week of sprint training and racing; 2009 North American Sprint Series finals [organized by terraloco, not BAOC] | |||
| Nov. 21 (Sat.) |
Rossmoor Bar Rancho Cordova, CA |
- 916.332.0271 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Jennifer Kerr (GCO) |
| C; White, Yellow, Orange, and advanced courses | |||
| Nov. 22 (Sun.) |
Morgan Territory Regional Preserve Livermore, CA |
- 510.604.2688, - 415.948.5593 |
Damian Swift |
| B; Morgan Territory is always a great venue, and Damian (who hails from New Mexico Orienteering) will be setting his first courses for BAOC; pending park approval | |||
| Dec. 5 - 24 | South American O Tour 2009 | ||
| Events in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, including South American Championships (relay, middle, long) | |||
| Dec. 5 - 6 | Vasquez Rocks, Santa Clarita, CA | Los Angeles Orienteering Club (LAOC) | |
| A; Sprint/Middle/Trail-O A-meet, U.S. Trail-O Champs | |||
| Dec. 12 - 13 | Bon Tempe Reservoir Fairfax, CA |
- 510.658.4327 | Penny DeMoss |
| C; Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event; LIMITED ATTENDANCE; RESERVATIONS REQUIRED; pending park approval | |||
| Dec. 13 (Sun.) |
Granite Bay, Folsom Lake State Recreation Area Granite Bay, CA |
- 530.478.0905 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO) |
Marsha Jacobs, Stew Hintz (GCO) |
| C; Courses TBD -- NOTE DATE CHANGED: was Dec. 6; pending park approval | |||
Schedule of events in 2010 (http://baoc.org/wiki/Schedule/Current?year=2010)
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. Note, however, that these meets also have courses for recreational orienteers.
- All A, B, and C events offer beginners clinics and courses unless otherwise noted.
- Junior events are specifically for youth under 21 years of age.
- Training 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://pwp.att.net/p/PWP-usofmeets), the USOF working calendar (http://mapsurfer.com/sanct/maincal.map), the USOF championships calendar (http://mapsurfer.com/sanct/champcal.map), or the Web sites of other orienteering clubs.
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 events is a sure way to do it. Please contact the Events Coordinator, . You can look at the Planning Calendar (PDF 11KB) to see what is in the planning stage and where help is still needed.
If you have additional information concerning any of these events, know of an event that should be added, or see something that's incorrect, please contact the .
