News and Notes Archive
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2014 Items
2014 BAOC Service Award Recipient
Congratulations to Nick Corsano for winning the 2014 BAOC Service Award. Information about Nick's accomplishments (and information about previous recipients) is available here.
BAOC President
(December 14, 2014)
2014 BAOC Service Award Nominations
Nominations are closed. Attend the Willow Glen Holiday Lights and Potluck Social event to see the award presentation.
It's time to nominate a worthy recipient for the 2014 BAOC Service Award, which is given annually to a club member who has provided extraordinary service to the club and/or the sport of orienteering. Please forward to us your selected nomination(s) by November 23. Please include your reasons for your nomination. (Note: Past recipients and the sitting president are not eligible for consideration.)
Note: Please do not post your nominations on the Bay-O-Net. "Secrecy" adds to the suspense, and doesn't hurt the feelings of the nominees who are not selected, who might win in future years.
We will forward the suggested list to the past recipients for a vote to determine the final 2014 winner.
(The past recipients are Nancy Lindeman (1994), Gary Kraght (1995), Bob Cooley (1996), Ev & Jean Beuerman (1997), Joe Scarborough (1998), Evan Custer (1999), George Minarik (2000), Gavin Wyatt-Mair (2001), Penny & Harold DeMoss (2002), Robert Lewis (2003), Steve Beuerman (2004), Scott Aster (2005), Jeff Lanam (2006), Tony Pinkham (2007), Mark Blair (2008), Jay Hann (2009), Chuck Spalding (2010), Kelly Wells (2011), Rosemary Johnson (2012), and Rex Winterbottom (2013).)
The plaque will be presented at the Willow Glen BAOC annual Potluck event on Dec 13. Time is needed for the preparation of the updated plaque, so please let us know your inputs soon. Nominations will close on November 23.
Thank you for your responses.
(October 12, 2014)
BAOC results at 2014 N.A. Championships
The North American Championships were held near Arnprior, Ontario, west of Ottawa, Canada, during the weekend of October 11–13.
Two of our club members won North American Championships over the three days:
- Matej Å ebo won the Middle Championship on Saturday in the tough M–20E class. Matej came back the next day to take 3rd in the Long.
- François Léonard is the N.A. Sprint Champion in M35A+. Francois also grabbed a third place two days earlier on the Middle Course.
Gian Coolen had a great day on Saturday on the Long Course. He was second, missing the top spot by one second in M–14.
The Middle and Long courses were held at Carp Ridge. The fall colors were in full display, and the woods were very runnable. This terrain was mostly flat and very subtle. It was particularly difficult to pick out the land forms—quite a contrast from BAOC terrain. Many experienced orienteers had big errors.
The Sprint course on Monday ran through the town of Arnprior, where the downtown streets were closed for the event. The Sprints ended at the arena set in a downtown park. After the Sprint event, exciting competition was had between the U.S. and Canada elites in a relay event, with the U.S. prevailing this time.
Eleven BAOC members competed and cheered on each other. There were over 600 total competitors, with most of the top orienteers from the U.S. and Canada attending. The maps and results are here (http://www.naoc2014.ca/results-centre).
(October 14, 2014)
There were some other notable performances by BAOCers and locals as well:
- Cornelia Coolen-Vogt finished 4th of 29 in the Long in F45–54.
- Maria-Josée Parayre finished tied for 5th (4th North American) out of 20 in the Sprint in F35–44.
- News Flash: It appears that another of the runners in front of Marie-Josée might not be eligible for the North Americans, so Marie-Josée may have won a Bronze.
- Gian Coolen, in addition to his near win in the Long, came in 4th of 18 in the Middle in M–14.
- Chuck Spalding finished a very fine 8th (3rd US) of 37 in the Long in the highly competitive M65–74 category.
- Tori Borish, who started grad school at Stanford last month, finished second in the Womens Elite Sprint (F21–34E).
(October 14, 2014)
BAOC results at 2014 U.S. Championships
The U.S. National Orienteering Championships were held over three days, October 3–5, at Letchworth State Park, south of Rochester, NY.
On Friday, Dennis Wildfogel took the Sprint Championship Gold Medal for M65+. This is the tenth U.S. Championship for Dennis.
Erin Schirm had a great day on Saturday, capturing third place in the elite M-21+ class on the Long course.
Seven BAOC members competed in the event. The terrain was very technical when compared to BAOC terrain. The fall colors are becoming resplendent. Next weekend more club members will join us for the North American Championships near Ottawa, Ontario.
Full results are here (http://roc.us.orienteering.org/2014nationals/results.shtml).
(October 5, 2014)
Matej Å ebo on the 2014 U.S. JWOC Team
"The Junior Team Selections Committee is pleased to announce the team that will represent the USA at the 2014 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) in Bulgaria, in July.
"The Committee would like to congratulate all juniors who tried out for the JWOC Team. The efforts and improvements of every junior who went for it are huge, and have started to build a more competitive culture in the USA junior orienteering program. Notably, all 16 athletes are members of the Junior Standing Team, and have been training for months under the guidance of the National Junior Coach. We would like to congratulate the juniors for their hard work that has led to success. They have set the tone for years to come.
"There are 3.5 months until JWOC. The Selections Committee expects all junior athletes to continue training hard, and smart. The Committee encourages all Juniors on the standing team who were not named to JWOC to travel to Europe for training and racing to increase their experience level. Thank you all for your hard work, time, and commitment!"
Women:
- Isabel Bryant (CSU and NEOC)
- Katrina Weinmann (COC)
- Evalin Brautigam (WCOC)
- Anne Wilkinson (COC)
- Elina Breton (HVO)
- Melanie Sergiev (GMOC)
- Anna Breton (HVO) – 1st alternate
- Addie Nolan (QOC) – 2nd alternate
Men:
- Matej Å ebo (BAOC)
- Ethan Childs (GMOC)
- Will Hubsch (LAOC)
- Michael Laraia (MNOC)
- Austin Fowler (GAOC)
- Connor Frost (GAOC)
- Matt Stout (GAOC) – 1st alternate
- Zac Barker (DVOA) – 2nd alternate
"For more information on the selection process, please see the Junior Team section (http://orienteeringusa.org/news/2014/us-teams/2014-us-team-jwoc-announced) of the OUSA website."
2014 Junior Team Selections Committee:
- Erin Schirm, National Junior Team Coach
- Barb Bryant, Junior Team Administrator
- Charlie Bleau, Vice President of Competition
Posted to the USOFclubnet (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/USOFclubnet/) mailing list by , Junior Team Administrator
April 16, 2014
Matej Å ebo is an Alternate on the 2014 U.S. WOC Team
Congratulations to the following team members who will represent the U.S. at the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Italy this July!
Women:
- Ali Crocker (SMOC)
- Alex Jospe (CSU)
- Samantha Saeger (NEOC / OK Linne) (by petition)
- Hannah Culberg (COC)
- Tori Borish (COC)
- Cristina Luis (TSN / Nydalens SK) – 1st alternate
- Alison Campbell (DVOA / EUOC) – 2nd alternate (by petition)
- Kseniya Popova (HVO) – 3rd alternate
Men:
- Eric Bone (COC)
- Ethan Childs (GMOC)
- Giacomo Barbone (CSU / Orient'Alp) (by petition)
- Wyatt Riley (DVOA)
- Ross Smith (CSU / OK Linne) (by petition)
- Eddie Bergeron (SVO) – 1st alternate
- Matej Å ebo (BAOC) – 2nd alternate
- Ken Walker Jr. (CSU) – 3rd alternate
The full announcement (including the scoring list) can be seen on the OUSA website (http://www.us.orienteering.org/news/2014/us-teams/2014-us-team-woc-announced).
Announced by Kris Beecroft, on behalf of the Team Selection Committee
March 26, 2014
BAOC Treasurer Position Available
The officers of the BAOC Board of Directors are up for election in April. Kelly Wells has decided not to continue as Treasurer. This is an important position, especially as we are now a California corporation and are nearing completion of our transition to a 501(c)3 organization. We are looking for someone who can keep careful financial records and prepare the annual budget. Knowledge of QuickBooks is a plus. This position doesn't take a lot of hours, and certainly doesn't require orienteering expertise. Kelly has the records in excellent shape, and I'm sure he will be more than happy to give his replacement all the help he can. Please contact myself or , chair of the Nominating Committee, if you are interested or have a candidate to suggest.
My thanks to Kelly for all of the work he has done in the position, and all the other capacities in which he has served the club.
BAOC President
(March 3, 2014)
Update: Sharon Evans graciously volunteered to fill this important position, and was elected at the AGM in April.
Steve Beuerman on 2014 U.S. Trail-O Team
Congratulations to Steve Beuerman for being selected to the 2014 U.S. Trail-O Team, which will compete at the 2014 World Trail Orienteering Championships (http://www.woc2014.info/wtoc.php) in Italy in July. The other team members are Clare Durand (LAOC) and Sharon Crawford (RMOC), who are frequent participants at BAOC A-meets.
OUSA 2014 Rules Available
"The official 2014 version of the OUSA Rules is now available on the website. Event organizers for 2014 should make sure that they download the updated document."
Posted to the USOFclubnet (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/USOFclubnet/) mailing list by , Orienteering USA Rules Committee Chair
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