Greasewood Park Intro to Orienteering -- May 2
Learn to orienteer! This is a hands-on introduction to the sport of orienteering. After this session you'll be armed with the basic skills you need to attend one of our regular events, including a basic understanding of orienteering maps and courses, as well as orienteering event logistics. Date: May 2nd, 7am-9am (NOT 9am-11am as previously written here) Details: Pre-registration is required and participation is limited to the first 8 people who sign up. All participants will receive a $5 credit towards a Tucson Orienteering Club membership. You'll receive more detailed information (where to meet, what to wear/bring) in an email after signing up. Linden Park Street-O -- May 9
What better way to celebrate Mother's Day than with an early morning street-o? Moms participate for free today for a fun urban run.
Map and course: Participants will be provided with a basic line map of neighborhood streets and circles marking the locations to visit. An accompanying clue sheet will indicate the number of points each location is worth and a question to answer in order to prove you've visited it. Get as many points as you can in 45 minutes!
Greasewood Park Early-O -- May 16
Beat the heat and stay close to home in our May early-O event at Greasewood Park!
Courses: Participants will have a choice between a regular score-o (get as many points as you can within the time limit) and a special dogbones score course! In a dogbones course the checkpoints are paired up (each pair resembles the shape of a dog bone). Once you visit one of the two checkpoints of a "bone" you must then go next to its pair checkpoint, completing the "bone". After completing a bone you may then go visit any other bone. You can visit the bones in any order you like and also start each bone from either end.
Greaterville Score-O Results -- 4/11/21
Sunday April 11 the Tucson Orienteering Club hosted a Score-O at the Greaterville location on the eastern side of the Santa Rita Mountains. Thirty nine orienteers participated in their choice of either a 1 or 2 hour event allowing each team or individual to establish their own route choice while visiting as many controls as possible during that time frame. Twenty-two controls were placed on the course, each control assigned a point value with a total of 500 points possible on the course. There was a 10 point deduction in total score for every minute or partial minute over the prescribed event time limit. The day was “Chamber of Commerce” perfect with temperatures in the 60’s-70’s, light cloud cover and very little wind.
Orienteering For Two on a Fine Warm Day in April (Photo Y. Poe) Next GPHXO Orienteering Event -- May 22The Greater Phoenix O Club's next orienteering event will be the Rim Lakes Navigation Games held on the Mogollon Rim north of Payson, AZ on May 22, 2021. For details about these events and more information about GPHXO events, go to their website. Orienteering with the Tucson Orienteering ClubCarol Smythe made this video of her adventures on the yellow course during the Southwest Spring Week 2019 at Ironwood Picnic Area in the Tucson Mountains desert:
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Did You Know ...
... that the Tucson Orienteering Club was founded by John Maier in early 1984?
