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RUNNING SUITS We represent a number of manufacturers of top quality "0" suits. Listed below are stock items. Special colour combinations and special prices are available to clubs for bulk purchases. SILVA suits. Colours-Navy, Blue & Red or Red & Silver combinations. Available with long pants or knickers $32.00 TRIMTEX suits. Long pants or knickers. Colour combinations. Brown wlyellow trim. Red w/white trim. Blue w/white trim. Navy w/blue trim $28.00 YNGVEEK suds. Colours-Navy, Blue or Green. Long pants or knickers $32.00 The above are also sold separately. Tops $16.00 Knickers $16.00 Long Pants $16.00 VM DRAKTEN suits. A variety of colour combinations available from stock. With long pants or knickers 535.00 PROTECT YOUR LEGS! BRAMBLE BASHERS Made in Sweden. Colours Red or Blue. Sizes S M L $13.50 GAITERS Made by Trimtex. Available in a variety of colours. S M L S12.00 ORIENTEERING SOCKS. Colours-Navy. Blue or Green. Rubberized fronts for extra protection . . . $7.95/pr, ORIENTEERING SOCKS with strap-no feet. Colours -Navy, Blue or Green $7.95/pr. SILVA T-SHIRTS (Navy only) S5.00 each SILVA HEAD-BANDS S2.00 each

RUNNING SHOES We carry top quality Orienteering running shoes made by various manufacturers. They have been tested and used by Orienteers around the world. All are cleated for sure traction: HECTOR (Green rubber) $25.00 VAUHTI (Navy rubber) $25.00 YNGVEEK (RED wIblack trim) $35.00 S & M (BLUE w/yellow trim) $60.00 SILVA (BLUE wlnavy trim) $35.00 DALEX (BLUE w/white trim) $45.00 TRIMMI boots (Green rubber) Ideal for hiking, orien teering or any outside activity $30.00

COMPASSES SILVA SYSTEM COMPASSES: Type 7NL Polaris. $10.75 Type 1 Explorer .. $34.50 Type 4s/22 Type 11 THUMB.. $15.95

Orienteer $34.50 Type 5 Victor.... $25.00 (less 20% discount when 10 or more are purchased)

NOFICOMPASSES: Standard Thumb . $15.00 Elite Thumb Model $20.00

ORGANIZERS EQUIPMENT CONTROL STATION MARKERS

MINIATURE MARKERS. 30 flags per sheet. Ideal for the classroom or schoolyard S2.00/per sheet

Complete weatherproof MARKERS. Size 5-1/2" x 6-1/4". Ideal for club and school competitions.

:$10.001doz.

NYLON CONTROL FLAGS. Official competition size. Crave/White or Red/White. Long lasting and durable.

$4.25 each

SILVA DIRECTIONAL SIGNS. Weatherproof signs conveniently point the way• to your meet. Use them for directions at meet site for START, FINISH. RESULTS, etc 25 each

ALL WEATHER CARDS. Available in 7 course colours. $2.00/100

CONTROL STATION CLIPPERS. Available with two different sets of letters and symbols. Set A $25.00

Set B $25.00

FLAGGING TAPE. Colours-YELLOW, ORANGE, RED or BLUE S1.501per roll

BOOKS COURSE PLANNING $12.00 ORIENTEERING FOR SPORT AND PLEASURE . $12.00 TACKLE ORIENTEERING $7.50 CONCISE ORIENTEERING $1.95

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS HEAD LAMPS No 3611 $16.00 SILVA TOTE BAGS Large $20.00

Small $15.00

HIGH DUALITY MAP CASES No. 400 Size 14" x 9" x 12-1/2"

$10.00/per 100

ORIENTEERING CLOTH BADGE 50 ORIENTEERING PIN $4.00 ORIENTEERING NECKLACE $6.00

*Ontario residents add 7°/0 Sales Tax. Send cheque or money order with order.

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CONTENTS

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION

333 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario Kit 8H9

Vol. 13, No. 3 September, 1985

Editor's Notes 4 Mot de la Ridactrice 4 President's Niche 5 Le Mot du President 5 Bag Of Tricks-Media Relations 6 COC Relay Returns After 13 years. 9 COC 1985 9 1985 COG Individual Results 12 1985 Relay Results 16 Pat's Potpourri 17 Meet the Juniors 18 National Training Camp 19 Notice to all FIT TO EAT Contributors 20 1985 US Individual Championships 22 International Olympic Cup - North America 22 Super Sponsors for COF 23 The View From Here 25 1986 Asia-Pacific Championships-Hong Kong 25 The Swedish Connection 26 COF Drops 27 West is Best (1985 COC) 28

NEWS RASH! BEST EVER CANADIAN

W.O.C. RESULTS The 1985 WOCs were high-

lighted by: 1. Swedish Superstar Annichen Kringstad winning her 3rd consecutive title; 2. a Fin-nish runner, Karl Sellinen, breaking the 4orwegien domination in the Men's event; 3. an excel-lent performance by DENISE OE-MONTE to finish 18th; 4. a superb run by TEO DE ST. CROIX to finish in 10th.

Results and details are sketchy at time of going to press. Alete report, re-sults, intery , etc. will be published in the next issue of Orienteering Canada.

Mans WBC- 1. KET-Wlinen, FIN 88.06 2. Tore Sagvolden, NOR 90.01 3. Egil Iverson, NOR 90.42

Womens WOC 1. AnniChen Kringstad SWE 54.16 2. Brit Volden tom 55.07 3. C. Slomqpist .11

CANADIAN RESULTS MIEN 57 10. Ted de St:Croix 94.59 40. Ron Lowry 111.43 57. Ross Burnett 132.40

CANADIAN RESULTS WOMEN 18. Denise uemonte 68.11 45. Pagel' Robert Kitty Jones did not

victory by Sallinen is the first evera. Finnish mole and by the first time since 1974 that a Norwegian has, not won the Men's Title. Sellinen was 5th in both the 1981 and '83 WOC.

Calgary orienteer, Urzula Heikkila, who represented Poland in the 1979 WOC again, ran for Poland and finished in 60th place.

Congratulations to Ted and Denise on outstanding results and the best ever by Canadians. Pre-vious best Canadian performances were by Ted, 20th and Kitty Jones, 25th both in the 1983 WOC. Denise previously finished 27th in the 1981 WOC.

Look for complete coverage in the next issue.

ORIENTEERING CANADA is published in Ottawa with the assistance of the National Sport and Recreation Centre. EDITOR: Winnie Stott, 19 Poplar Cr. Aurora, Ont. LAG 3M4 ASSISTANT EDITOR: John Craig. TYPIST & LAYOUT DESIGN: Lee Leger. CONTRIBUTORS: Winnie Stott, Charlie Fox, Nancy Craig, Colin Kirk. Pat de St. Croix, Ann Budge. Ted de St. Croix, Michael Jankulak, The Hedlunds, COVER PHOTO BY WINNIE STOTT. 1985 COC Meet Director, Jim Webster, a.k.a. Oscar 1 at the FINISH on Day 2. DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES FOR NEXT ISSUE: November 15 1985. ALL ARTICLES MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE EDITOR BY THE DEADLINE DATE.

The programs of this association are financially supported by Sport Canada

I gip Government at Canada Fitness and Amateur Sport

Les programmes de cane association recoivent I appui financier de Sport Canada

Gouvernement du Canada Condition physique et Sport amateur

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Do you like going to Orienteering Meets where: the event starts on time---there's water at the start and several times on the course---the courses are excellent---the controls are hung accurately and fairly---the controller and course setter have selected the best terrain---the map is flawless. If your answer is "YES" then you should take the Level Two Officia-ting Course as soon as it is offer-ed. Even if you already have your Level Two or a higher ranking you'll thoroughly enjoy the course. took part in the Level Two Course Conductors Clinic at Blue Lake, Alberta, in July. A dozen or so orienteers from across Canada gathered under the tutelage of Ted de St. Croix (Canadian Orien-teering Federation Technical Direc-tor) for four days.

Part of each Level Two clinic is: the participants put on an 'A' Meet. We staged one for the 50 plus attendants in the Blue Lake Intermediate to Advanced skills cli-nic which was being held at the same time.

Several members of our clinic were "oldtimers" to orienteering so

EDITOR'S NOTES by Winnie Stott

this 'A' Meet stuff was old hat to them. As a result we sunk our teeth into every part of the pro-gram. For example: Ted began one session with slides of courses from previous 'A' Meets. Our "Dirty Dozen" analyzed each leg of each course. (Unknowingly Ted had assem-bled a vocal crew--no timid folks in our group--). By the time we'd exhausted the slides everyone had an excellent grasp of course set-ting. Even the experienced orien-teers had picked up some good tips.

Included in the four days is: hanging ribbons, vetting ribbons, hanging controls, vetting controls. We were in the forest again and again. My partner for hanging ribbons was a Scotsman from back East. With three ribbons in tow we inspected each proposed site, the entire area surrounding it and ended by selecting new sites for two of our controls. (It was a treat to have "all the time in the world" to check out the control area and to be able to debate each feature at a walk!)

For vetting ribbons we were given another area of the map. We'd been critical of locations in our

own hanging...and we were even more alert for the vetting. But, try as we might to find an error in site or control circle...we failed. The ribbon hangers had done their job well.

Back to the classroom. Apparently Ted slipped some truth serum into the water jugs because no one hesi-tated to share past horror stories. ...unveiling theen-ors which entered into meets that the Dozen had helped work on in the past. Such revelations were priceless. There's no way that every little mistake could end up in a manual for 'A' meet directors, but a discussion with experienced and interested orienteers can bring to light past disasters and help eliminate future ones.

The Level Two Officiating Clinic can be (no) IS an opportunity for all orienteers to help Canada in hosting fantastic 'A' Meets. Do not hesitate to take part in the next clinic. Seldom do orienteers have such an opportunity to share time, knowledge, fun, adventures, and do so much good for the sport... all in four days.

MOT DE LA REDACTRICE Aimez-vous partleiper A des courses d'orlentation quand: le depart est effectue A temps ---de l'eau est efforts au depart at A plusimurs reprises tout au long du percours --- los circuits sont excellent' --- les bailees soot accrochees au bon endroit la eentraleur et le traceur de circuits oat selectionn• le meilleur terrain --- la carte est sans defautt Done l'affirmative, vous devriez ruivr. le tours de niveau 2 pour lee officiels des qu'il sere offert. Mama si vow" avec deje obtenu ce classemant ou un classement superieur, vous *darer:Is ea tours. prig part au stage d'animateur ■ de tours de niveau 2 qui a eu lieu Blue Lake (Alberta) in juillet. Une douzaine de coureurs venue de tous les coins du Canada is soot rassembles sous la tutelle de Ted de St-Croix (directeur technique de le Federation canadienne de course d'orientation) pendant quatre jours.

Dans le cadre de cheque stage de niveau 2, les participants orga nisent une rencontre de clause -A- . Vous en svon ■ organise une pour les SO personnel: it plus ■estet:int sum stages pour les niveaux intermediairm it evanci qui avaient lieu au mime moment i Blue Lake.

Plusieurs des membres participant notre stage "'talent des vete-

par Winnie Stott rens de la course d'orientation, l'organisation dune rencontre de class. "A" n'avait plus de secret pour oux. bus avons done con- 'acre beaucoup de loins 6 cheque partie du proaraeme. Par

example, Ted a commence une seance par un disporams presen-tent les circuits de rencontres precedents" de class• A. Le group. des douse a examine cheque branch* de cheque circuit. (Sans le savoir. Ted 'malt vaunt un group. plutet bavard, pas de timid. ■ parml nous...). Vero la fin du diaporems, chacun de nous "Melt tree bien in manure de tracer un circuit. vim. los coureurs d'experienc• avaient appris quelque ■ bon. truce.

Accrocher des rubans, verifier des rubans, accrocher dee bali-les, verifier des Wises, tout cola etait ausei au programme de nos quatre jour ■ de stage. Vous passions le plus clair de notre temps dans is foret. Mon parte-naire pour accrocher des rubans &telt un Ecossais de l'Est. important trots cubing, nous inspections cheque emplacement propose, touts le zone l'entou-rant it choisissions finalemant de nouveaux emplacements pour deux do nos balises. (C'etsit un plaisir do disposer de tout le temps au monde pour verifier les zones des posts de contr8le it pouvoir in discuter in merchant!)

Pour la verification des rubans, nous devions nous rendre A un sutra endroit de is carte. Vous avian' spporte besucoup de coins Cu choix de l'endroit oil accro-cher les rubans ... at nous etions encore plus exigeents lora de le verification. Male malgre tous nos efforts en vus de trouvar une erreur au niveau de l'emplacemant ou du cercle de control*, nous ovens echoue. Von predecesseurs avaient fait de l'excellent travail.

Da retour in class.. Il sem- blersit que Ted avait verse du serum de verite dans nos cruches d'eau, car aucun de nous n's haute 6 partager sec anciennes mesaventures, devollant les Immure commis*, dans l'organi-sation de rencontres A laquelle nous avails contribue. De teller revelations sont Inappreciable•. 11 est Lmpossible quo cheque petite erreur se retrouve dans un manual pour le ■ directeurs de rencontres de classe "A", mats une discussion entre experts interesses pout mettre an lualire des desastres passes pour eider i "miter des desastres future. co stage pout etre (non) US l'occseion pour tous les coureurs d'aider is Canada i otfrir des rencontres fantestiques de clime -A- . V'hesitez pas i prendre part au prochein stage. sous avons cerement l'occesion de partager temps, connaissances, pleisir et aysntures tout an apportant une tells contribution au sport... tout cola in quatre jours.

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Our ever present and always correct Webster (Merriam not Jim!) Dictionary defines the adjective 'perfect' as faultless, (of lesson) thoroughly learned; thoroughly trained or skilled. We havt always strived in our own worlds and endeavours to attain this comparative level of func-tion. On occasion we all attain this pinnacle in some form or other with respect to some aspect of our lives.

In Sports we hear of Wayne Gretzky's, Dave Stieb's and Condredge Holloway's whom at their chosen sport came close to attaining the label of 'perfect.' Of course the odd idiosyncrasy creeps in which even allows the GREAT Mr. Gretsky to lose his cool or miss on a break-away. To find out about these occurrences on a daily basis we merely read our local newspaper and they will

elaborate in great detail all you want to know about how close to perfect these athletes were or on the other hand, how far away from 'perfect' they played.

In our sport news coverage is negligible and there is little means of providing meet results. Making contact with the national media services has not resulted in any greater level of exposure for coverage of orienteering or informational material. In spite of this lack of media coverage, we have in our midst an athlete whose ability and accomplishments reach or exceed those at the 'professional' level. For ten consecutive years this individual has set the standard of Orien-teering. not only in Canada, but in North America. He is in my mind the closest an athlete can come to being 'perfect'. His record certainly speaks for

itself; the many, many hours of training on a daily basis, the continuous high level of perfor-mance and the ability to overcome the pressures of other competi-tors trying, in vain, to beat his times has only proven as a stimulant to improve.

At this year's Canadian Champion-ships it was a pleasure to see TED DE ST. CROIX win the Elite Hens Class for the 10th consecu-tive time. It was not only an indication of his greatness as an Orienteer, but it forces us to reflect on the tremendous work and effort that must go into ten long, arduous years of nearly 'perfect' Orienteering.

It is too bad we can't tell the world through the press and media. It is an honour to know and work with an individual with such ability and drive.

GREAT WORK TED1

LE MOT DU PRESIDENT par Charlie Fox

Dans notre fidele petit Robert (le benjamin du grand), le mot 'perfection' est defini come etant la reunion de toutes les qualites portees a leur degre le plus haut, l'excellence. Au cours de as vie, l'homme cherche constamment A atteindre, par sets actions at entreprises. un degro supreme de perfection et ii par-vient, tot ou tard, A s'en aPProcher dans un domaine ou l'autre de sets activites.

Dans le sport, nous entendons parler surtout de Wayne Gretzky, Dave Stieb et Condredge Holloway, par exemple, sont deux athletes qui, dans leur discipline res-pective, gravitent dans la sphere de l'excellence. A l'occasion, le cote humain se del/one lorsque qu'un grand comme Gretsky perd son calme ou manque une percee. Au jour le jour, les journaux nous informant en long et en large sur les faits at mefaits, les hauts et les bas de cis athletes, nous racontent comment ils ont failli ou non joue un match parfait.

En raison du peu d'attention qu'accordent les media A la course d'orientation, ii est difficile de faire connaitre les resultats de nos manifestations; des di:marches recentes aupres des services de presse nationaux n'ont pas donne lieu a une meil-leure diffusion de l'information traitant de Is course d'orien-tation ni A la publication d'ar-tidies de fonds plus nombreux. Cependant, mime si les media ignorant notre sport, nous comptons parmi les notres un athlete dont lee performances at les capacites sont egales sinon supkrieures celles des meilleurs athletes professionnels. Depuis dix ans, cette personne s'est erigee en modele d'excellence dans le domaine de la course d'orienta-tion non seulement au Canada, mais A rechelle du continent nord-amoricain. A mon avis, it est l'athlete qui frOle de plus pres is perfection. Son expe-rience A elle seule en dit long: les nombreuses heures d'entrai-nement quotidien, le maintien de

l'excellence de ses performances et la capacite de surmonter le defi que posent les compititeurs qui essaient, en vain, de battre ses records sont pour lui autant de raisons de se surpasser.

cette armee, nous avons ate rejoui de voir TED DE ST. CROIX remporter pour la dixieme fois en dix ens le Championnat national dens la categorie elite chez les homes. Si ce succes est la preuve de sa superiorite dans la course d'orientation, it nous amine egalement a reflechir sur le travail ardu et l'effort constant qu'exigent dix longues armies d'entrainement et de per-formances quasi parfaites en course d'orientation.

Il est deplorable que nous ne puissions pas faire connaitre au monde entier cet evenement sans l'aide des media. C'est un honneur de connaitre une personne aussi douee et determinee ainsi que de travailler en sa compagnie.

BON TRAVAIL TED!

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BAG OF TRICKS MEDIA RELATIONS submitted by Nancy Craig

ORIENTEERS

ORIENTEERING ORIENTEERING FANS COMPETITION

CATCHING ON SEEK HIGHER PROFILE These are headlines we'd all like to see in our local newspapers. In order for our sport to grow in Canada we have to firstly make the general public and the media aware of the sport and secondly, encourage them to come try the sport.

Unfortunately we have to compete with professional sports organ-izations which have succeeded in creating such a demand for news of their product that there is often little space left in a sports section or a sportscast for news of other amateur sport. The best we can do is be "profes-sional" in our approach towards the media and to persevere.

In Alberta we have been sending typed meet notices and phoning in results to local radio stations and newspapers for several years. But it is only recently that we've actually had the media calling us for information about an event.

Hosting the Canadian Ski-0 Champ- ionships in February and the C.O.C.s this summer really boosted our relationship with the media in our province. We had an exciting event to publicize. If you've got a major event to promote. don't be afraid to tell the world about it.

MEDIA CONFERENCE Two weeks prior to the C.O.C.s, the national team was at a training camp near Calgary. We used this as a reason for holding a media reception in a luxurious suite donated by the Palliser Hotel. We invited about 35 radio, T,V„ newspaper and magazine rep-resentatives to come one after-noon to meet with several team members and C.O.C. organizers.

The benefits far outweighed the costs, especially since the hotel, coffee, sandwiches and Heineken were donated.

Although only four media reps came, we were pleased with the coverage. Both daily newspapers sent reporters who wrote stories (with photos!) within the week. Several of the media who couldn't attend the reception arranged interviews with team members or C.O.C. organizers at a different

time. C.B.C.-TV filmed and interviewed Kitty on a training day at Bow Valley Provincial Park just before the Canadians. C,O.C. Meet Director, Jim Webster, has perfected his broadcasting voice, doing several interviews prior to the big week.

Press kits which included black and white photos of Ted, Kitty and Martin. biographies, press releases about the C.O.C.s and orienteering brochures were sent to the Calgary, Canmore, and Banff weekly papers with a good chance of some coverage there.

Because of the effort in planning a media conference. I would suggest organizing them only for very major events or announcements. The majority of our orienteering news can be handled by mailing press releases or public service meet announcements or by making personal visits to the media reps.

Tips on Media Conferences:

1 Use only for big events. announcements or famous orienteering "celebrities."

2 Invite both sports and recrea-tion media reps at least a week in advance. Call the news editor or public relations manager to ask who on

staff has an interest in athletic or recreational activities.

3. Follow up invitations with phone calls several days before the event. Ask if they received the invitation, if someone can cover it, and, if not, can you provide them with more information, photos or interviews.

4. Prepare press kits including press releases, background material, biographies of key people, photos and contact name and number. Glossy orienteering folders can be purchased from COF to give your press kits that profes-sional touch,

5. Plan a program, e.g. welcome and introductions, purpose of reception, introductory orienteering film, interview time and possibly a short indoor or outdoor "0" course.

6. If possible choose a time which doesn't conflict with other major sports functions. Afternoons early in the week seem to be less busy for sports reporters.

7. Choose a central location. Check out possible donations of hotel suites, university faculty lounges, community social rooms, etc. Provide refreshments, preferably donated.

SPECIAL MEDIA EVENTS Another way to draw public attention to our sport is to plan a special media event where the media personalities are invited to challenge each other at an orienteering meet.

Last year we organized an orien-teering media challenge in May during National Orienteering Week (NOW) at a local park. It was the same day as the City Schools "0" Championships and the media was invited to come at 5:30 p.m. to get the school results, then participate in the media challenge at our regular Wednesday night park meet. A weiner roast was to round out the event.

As a motivating gimmick, we attached a red cord to the invitations which the media could tie to a complimentary compass when they came to the meet. Prizes were donated by Eddie Bauer Outdoor Outfitters. Scott Robertson, a founding member of A.O.A. who had recently won some major Canadian road and track races was our "celebrity". The invitation kits included NOW press releases, sample map, Scott's biography, provincial fixture list and Wednesday night schedule and a fact sheet on "0" in Alberta.

But we had a no-show. That afternoon the heavens opened up to drop a torrential rain storm on our proceedings. Our spirits (and bodies and hot dogs) were dampened to say the least.

However, we persevered and planned another media challenge this May. Surely with the Canadian Championships close to home the media would respond. We chose a weekend meet at Yamnuska.

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OP) Jim Webster (COC Meet Director) and Alistair Mooney (Course Planner) discuss the upcoming Canadian Championships with Calgary Sun reporter. PHOTO BY: Kathy Robertson.

70 km west of Calgary, and in-vited several Banff and Canmore media reps in addition to Calgary people. The follow-up phone calls indicated we would get at least a few to take on the chal-lenge.

But once again we struck out with bad weather -- this time with about eight inches of falling snow! The hardy regular club members who did run reported the visibility to be less than five metres at one point during the meet! Another no-show for our media challenge. But it was worth trying.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (P.S.A.) Any club hosting an "A" Meet should take the responsibility of publicizing and promoting the event to both club members and the general public. When planning a meet, promotion should be given as much thought as registration, course setting and start proce-dures, etc. Assign someone to handle the publicity.

Media outlets are generally cooperative regarding public service announcements. A few rules:

1. Send the typed announcement well in advance -- several days before for radio, a week for daily newspapers, and several weeks for weekly papers. Magazines may require six weeks.

2. Keep it simple.

3, Include a contact name and phone number.

Sample Public Service Announcement:

May 18, 1984

Hello:

Please publicize the following orienteering events:

People interested in trying orienteering will have two opportunities this weekend. Orienteering is an outdoor sport in which a participant navigates his way round a course in a wooded area or park using a detailed map.

The Foothills Wanderers Orienteering Club is hosting an "A" level orienteering meet at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 26 at Pocaterra Creek in Kananaskis Park.

The Banff Orienteering Club is holding a "A" level orienteering meet at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, May 27 at Tunnel Mountain in Banff.

Late registrants should come early. A free instructional beginners' clinic will be offered an hour before the meets.

For further information, call Nancy Craig at 282-4941.

MEET RESULTS If you have asked the media to help publicize a meet, it's common courtesy to provide them with results, Also, the more often the public sees or hears about orienteering, the more likely they are to join in the fun some day.

1. Meet directors should assign someone to phone or send in results.

2. Before leaving the meet, have the following information: date and location of meet, name of meet, e.g. Alberta Orienteering Championships, total number of participants. length of courses for each elite category, winners' names (correct spelling and pro-nunciation) and home town for each elite category.

3. Phone or send in the results as soon as you return home from the meet. Radio stations want "same day" news; tomorrow may be too late! The radio stations will probably want only the winners of the men's and women's elite courses but be prepared to give more.

4 If there were any unusual or newsworthy happenings at the

meet, be prepared to give details. The ultimate goal in publicizing our sport is to have the public demanding coverage of orienteering personalities and meets.

General Publicity Tips for Orienteering Clubs

1 At the beginning of each season, appoint a publicity volunteer. Look for someone who has some writing and speaking ability as well as the desire to do the job. Selling our sport requires some perseverence.

If the publicity person provides the media with regular and accurate infor-mation throughout the season, the media will in turn learn to recognize this person as a source of credible information.

2. The publicist should prepare or update a media list each season. Include names, addresses, postal codes,

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sports department phone numbers, and a contact person for the radio and TV stations, daily or weekly newspapers, and fitness or recreation newsletters in your area. Check if there is a different evening or Sunday phone number -- this is often when the meet results are phoned in.

3. The media list can be used to distribute meet notices, to send in meet results, to announce a new or important event or person, and to invite media to a reception, confer-ence or special event.

4. Try to find a local angle for your publicity.

5. Send a thank you or make a telephone call to a reporter who has provided coverage.

6. An excellent resource booklet "Media Relations for the Amateur Sport Organization" can be purchased from National Sport and Recreation Centre, 333 Ch. River Road, Vanier, Ontario K1L 8H9

Biography

Nancy. a Calgary Foothills Wanderer member, has been involved with publicity for the Alberta Orienteering Association for about five years. She coordinated the local publicity for 1985 C.O.C.s. Previously, she was a reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press, covering food, nutrition and agriculture news.

CKAU, an Alberta radio station, interiews Kitty Jones at a COC media reception in Calgary. PHOTO BY: Kathy Robertson

A Calgary Herald reporter takes notes on Ted de St. Croix's training techniques at a Calgary media reception. (Note cowboy picture in background!) PHOTO BY: Kathy Robertson.

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Two hundred fifty control stands and one hundred fifty flags all made by hand and all created for the 1985 Canadian Orienteering Championships held in Alberta. "Some people have been working on this meet for three years." reports meet director Jim Webster ...and the work paid off. The map, the course setting, the coordination of the entire effort...all facets were excellent. It was obvious that the meet was put on for the orien-teers and the orienteers appreci-ated it,

"About thirty of our club members sat down last year and brain- stormed. We made a list of things we wanted at our meet. Over the past twelve months we kept referring back to the list. For example we decided we wanted control stands, water at the start, two punches on each stand..." comments Ed Lowan the course setter.

The Foothills Wanderers had seventy workers contributing to the Championship effort. One outsider was Charlie Fox the meet controller. Jim Webster pointed out. "Something you've got to do is get a controller right away. We got ours within two or three months when we got the hid."

"I committed myself to control- ling the meet in 1982," says British Columbian Charlie Fox...also president of the Canadian Orienteering Federa- tion..."I think the organization/ club efforts of the Foothills Wanderers has been phenomenal. They gave 100% all the time. That's the basic reason the meet's resulted in a success. It was a lot of people doing a whole bunch of little things. Pride in doing a great job was evident down to the smallest detail.

"As a meet controller I think it's the finest club effort I've ever been involved in. As COF president I see it as the most hospitable. During the whole week I worked with happy, pleasant, dedicated people. It was fun to work hard.

"One of the highlights of this championship for me is the award created by the Canadian Orien- teering Federation's Board of Directors. The award is: The Ted de St. Croix H-2I Elite Men's Award. The Board of Directors

has retired the former H-21 championship trophy and given it to Ted. 1985 is the tenth year in a row that Ted de St. Croix has won the men's elite class. I don't think that this feat will be accomplished ever again in Canada and/or in the world. From now on the winner of the H-21 Men's elite category will receive the Ted de St. Croix Award."

Ted spent most of the week pre- ceeding the championships re- covering from an illness. Many Canadian orienteers wondered if 1985 would be the year the Ted would finally lose and not one person wanted him to step down under those conditions.

But, with rest he recovered and for the tenth consecutive year became the Elite Men's Champion for Canada. Per Sandberg, an orienteer from Sweden who competed in the meet, has raced against Ted for many years. "Ted must have improved--a few years ago I would have beaten him. I'm not close to him now."

Ted, along with the other 450 plus orienteers in the Champion- ships had good things to say about the competition. "What I liked about the course was it kept changing all the time-- rough, precision, compass, long legs, short legs, fast running, all on an excellent map. I also appreciated the control stands and having lots of water on the course."

While Ted was logging his tenth victory, Kitty Jones of Alberta claimed her first championship. The three top women were incred-ibly close with Kitty at 179:04 followed by Denise de Monte 180:13 with Magali Robert in third with a time of 181:28.

As Ted pointed out an important ingredient 1...o any meet is the course setting. Ed Lowan took on the job. He received the clean copy of the map in February and was able to go over his proposed courses with map maker Bryan Chubb.

"The hardest task was allowing for the differences in age class-es on the same course. What works well for the younger people is not always appropriate for the older orienteers on the same course number.

COCs 1985 by Winnie Stott

COC RELAY RETURNS AFTER

13 YEARS by Colin Kirk

This year saw the re-introduction of a Relay Championship for the first time since 1972. From 1968-1972. the championship had the format of Day 1-Relay Event; Day 2-Individual Event. In 1973 the Relay was discontinued and the championship changed to a 2-Day Total Time Individual Event.

With the recent trend of having a week of 0 activities preceding the COC, it was decided to in-clude an official COC Relay.

The Relays were held on Thursday. July 31 at Yamnuska Outdoor Cen-tre(about 5km W of the COC Indi-vidual Event area). There were 97 teams entered in the various categories as follows; 016 & under =2; D17-34=6; D35.1-=9; H16& under=6; H17-34=14; H35+= 18; Open=4; H Open=16; Mixed Teams= 22. A team consisted of 3 runners.

Much of the terrain was very open and fast which made for close results and some excellent times. The D & H17-34 and H35 courses got into more technical and hilly terrain but still very enjoyable.

Relay events in Canada are often very long drawn out affairs with runners out for hours on 4-5km courses. Usually there are 1 or 2 strong teams with others hope- lessly outclassed. The organ-izers of this year's COC Relay avoided the normal pitfalls and made the event a fast, snappy. fun event. They were successful and this revival of the Relays was well received by the competi-tors. Meet Director, Susan Chart-rand; Course Planner, Bryan Chubb; and Controller, Jack For-syth are to be congratulated as well as their efficient corps of volunteer officials.

The Relay established a good mood that lasted throughout the COC. Competitors got their first taste of the type of terrain to expect at the Individual Races.

A CP AIR representative presented 2 beautiful silver trophies to the winning Elite Men and Women's Teams. (See article on page 23).

The success of this event augers well for the future of the COC Relays, certainly this year's event was a welcome and success-ful addition. (RELAY RESULTS p.16)

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OSCAR 4 and OSCAR 5 = Ed Lowan and Allister Mooney, Course Setters with petite assistant Megan Lowan. Photo by Winnie Stott.

Bryan Chubb started working on the Championship map in April of 1984. "As a guess I would say it took about 50 to 60 field days to make the map. Probably closer to 50. Each day I'm out on the map for about six hours. The base map was made by Canadian track athlete and orienteer Scott Robertson. All the maps I've worked on are from Scott's base maps. This particular base map had 2.5 metre contours which helped a lot since I drew it at 5 metres."

"OSCAR 2 calling OSCAR 1 'Where the heck are all the runners?' " Oscar 2=Controller Charlie Fox. Oscar 1=Illeet Director Jim Webster. Photo by Winnie Stott.

"The size of the area was a real limitation and the lakes had to all be marked as high water. We couldn't draw a course that crossed the black line surround-ing a lake even though we knew the land was dry.

"As course setter it was inter-esting to study the route choices of the winners. I was surprised at how far out of the way the elite went to get a secure attack point. I also noticed that they didn't go along a straight line like I expected them to. They wove from feature to feature.

"The times reveal that most people were faster on Day Two and I feel the courses for both days were of equal difficulty. The orienteers were probably more secure on the map the second day."

Ed also referred to the brain-storming that the Foothills Wanderers had a year ago. "The ideas/comments ranged from control stands to water on every course. The control stands meant almost double the amount of work. The land here is rock. Every one of the 125 stands for the championships required a ,lack hammer spike to penetrate the rock."

Although the courses were created by Ed, he turned to Alistar Mooney to help on the fine tuning. Ed explained. "We felt that since the meet was a Canadian Championship it needed to be done to an international standard. As a result, you have to be willing to do a lot of work. Everyone travelling to the meet needs to know that it will be a meet of high quality. We have the "A" Meet Standards to go

by now. We also have the Level Two Officiating Course. Now that they're in place we all need to use them.

"It really helped us to have a controller like Charlie Fox. He checked every detail, every control. It's important to have that other qualified person on top of the situation."

And...after months of work... would Ed take on a similar course setting challenge? "I'd do it again as long as Bryan Chubb was the mapper. With Bryan doing the work I know I can use any part of even the most intricate areas."

"This area had some peculiari- ties. One is the man-made fire circle. The stones used for the fireplaces are a distinct white. When I found a fireplace that was vague I'd decide whether to kick the stones away or to build the feature back up again.

"As Ed Lowan pointed out the lakes were a problem. When I mapped them the water table was high, but now it's low. Over three years the water level has been going down. I knew that if I showed them as open rocky areas it would rain all of July and the map would be wrong. As it turned out there was no rain so the orienteers had a pleasant sur- prise trotting through uncross- able lakes.

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"I knew from the beginning of the planning for the championships ( 1 1/2 to 2 years ago) that the Canadians would be a "class" meet so I was willing to put the time into the map. I knew my work was going to be part of a good competition."

And...back to the meet director Jim Webster. "We had a meet budget in range of $40,000.00, One of our committees went out and lined up sponsors. Our brochure cost $2500 and we had $1700 in ads. CP Air contributed trophies and helped with the brochure. We had a "Map Backers" program and for $15.00 you got your name on the back of the championship map. We raised $400.00 that way." The list of sponsors and money raising ideas is a lengthy one. The publicity campaign was also a far reaching one. The result was over 150 international entries from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, England, Australia, U,S.A, and Japan.

"The club took on the mid-week meet (in conjunction with the 0.P.B. Regulars '0' Club) and the Canadian Relay Championships, It was good to have the Wednesday meet prior to the Canadians to help get any bugs out of the system."

And...what is the outstanding feature to meet director Jim Webster? "I will remember most the support and help of all the organizers. It was great seeing the smiles on the faces of the competitors...knowing it'd been a job well done."

Top Photo and Middle Photo: The 1985 COC provided one of the most scenic FINISH areas with a ridge of the Rocky Mountains providing the background.

Left: OSCAR 1, Meet Director -Jim Webster. "The event is over WHOOPEEIII- PARTY TIMES" Photos by; Winnie Stott

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CLASS ■ 012

Name SAVAGE, Erika PEARSON. Heidi

Countr y PAz_l_ TWOUCAN D77;8T HKF/CAN 026.95

Day 2 020.35 030.26

CLASS ■ D21

JONES, Kitty OPBR/CAN DEMONTE, Denise HKF/CAN ROBERT. Magali LG/CAN BOULDING, Kelly LG/CAN Furrer, Lottie SU1 F]admark, Kari NOR Edvardsson, Lena SWE Marberg, Anneli SWE Lundh, Birgit SWE RENNIE, Robyn NSO/CAN

CLASS ■ D35

ELLIS, Margaret STOTT, Winifred PETERSON, Karen PEARSON, Barbara Enter, Mary CRAIG, Nancy MACKENZIE, Bev RANKIN, Gloria LACHANCE, Karen WATTS, Lois

CLASS ■ D40

GG/CAN NOC/CAN PGOC/CAN HKF/CAN BOC/AUS FWOC/CAN POC/CAN 00C/CAN NSOC/CAN CdeB/CAN

082.10 078.91 093.03 088.23 100.98 110.30 115.31 114.63 107.18 102.13

079.36 086.36 084.48 103.68 098.31 104.66 106.06 106.91 115.60 124.85

Fehrnstrom, Anne SWE Suomi, Maija SWE Pearce,Carol UK ROSINGER, Carol PINOC/CAN HICKEY-RYAN, M. TOC/CAN ROOZENDAAL, Mary CVOC/CAN PHILLIPS, C. LG/CAN

CLASS ■ D45

Steen-Olsson, E. SWE Napier. Clarissa UK Berman. Sara Mae CSO/USA DONALD, Shirley KOC/CAN McLEAN, Berit PGOC/CAN Comfort. Betsy SLOC/USA

CLASS - D50

067.26 070.65 073.76 079.33 073.48 092.63 122.75 129.16 098.85 155.96 092.25 225,05 173.78 158.08

055.43 051.71 082.11 070.75 085.75 077.66

111.61 083.86

122.11 135.20 160.85 124.48

088.83 087,70 088.93 103.50 097,06 100.60 098.15 116.25 108.48 116.68

090.21 092.43 092.35 090.53 103.93 102.66 110.98 115.61 126.90 140.86

080.71 080.36 090.13 095.26 108.80 081.65 108.95 115.73 096.90 163.03

077.53 081.03 075.81 090.70 080.38 112.91 089.30 097.11 124.66 122.41

LAU/CAN HKF/CAN E00C/CAN POC/CAN YOC/CAN TOC/CAN SMOC/USA Ca/CAN SOOC/USA POC/CAN

017.11 019.26 021.41 021.38 022.95 022.43 025.81 031.61 032.81 026.55

1985 C.O.C. RESULTS - INDMDUAL (Partial Results)

Oettlie, Meret Martensson, 1. Ryden, Barbro Inoue, Naoko DE ST. CROIX, P. Eriksson, H. CHARLOW, Gloria ADAMS, Judy Miyoshi, Yoshiko Williams, Marj.

SUI SWE SWE JAPAN NOC/CAN SWE ROC/CAN VIK/CAN JAPAN SMOC/USA

Total 043.16 057.21

179.04 180.13 181,13 194.03 200.99 203.26 209.13 231.86 235.38 257.54

161.46 165.27 177.51 191.93 199.29 214.96 221.37 221.54 222.78 226.98

137.91 153.09 166.11 251.91 254.81 317.30 331.86

107.14 152,86 163.41 195.47 257.31 285.33

158.24 161.39 165.94 185.96 189.18 194.56 198.25 212.84 221.56 285.44

SIDNEY, Ben BALDOCK. George BROOMFIELD, John MACKENZIE, Peter PEARSON. Forest GEDDES, Neil Newman, Mike FEENEY, Sean Magde, Michael MACKENZIE. Andy

CLASS ■ H21

DE ST.CROIX, Ted Sjokvist, Lars Sandberg, Per Petterson, Gent LOWRY, Ron ADAMS, Mark Nord, Knot GRAHAM, Brian SIDNEY, Ken KILBOURN, Russ.

CLASS - H35

HUNTER, Gord STOTT, William Jellbin, Ingvar Prowting, Jim Johnson, Ian Naotaka, T. FORCE, Jim McCausland, Gary HAGUE, Peter WOOD, Stuart

CLASS 0 H40

Fjordheim, Odd Jokinan, Juhani Fehrnstrom, S. PALOTIE, Timo ELLIS. Brian ANDERSON, Bill Cooley, Bob FOUBISTER, M. PEARSON, Steve TAMMEMAGI, Hans

CLASS ■ H45

Lundin, Sven Bengtsson. Rune Kivisto, Reijo Boyt, Arthur Joonas, Risto SANTALA, Risto Comfort, Bill SMITH, Peter LEE, Jack PHILLIPS, Earle

LG/CAN 073.00 SWE 076.88 SWE 077.10 SWE 083.36 HKF/CAN 079.00 VIK/CAN 082.68 SWE 085.23 00C/CAN 091.26 LAU/CAN 100.43 CKOC/CAN 089.23

00C/CAN 085.63 HKF/CAN 083.71 SWE 082,35 UK 093.38 AUS 094.46 JAPAN 092.38 FWOC/CAN 100.00 NOC/USA 107,50 Cd8 112.25 FWOC/CAN 122.00

NOR 045.03 FIN 045.05 SWE 057.70 SISU/CAN 067.40 GG/CAN 075.61 00C/CAN 066.75 BAOC/USA 066.45 SOC/CAN 069.90 HKF/CAN 072.15 FWOC/CAN 063.90

SWE 045.60 SWE 054.16 SWE 056.96 UK 049.73 FIN 061.81 S1SU/CAN 064.01 USA 061.58 COVC/CAN 061.78 HKF/CAN 069.81 HKF/CAN 063.80

015.91 017.35 017.33 019.31 018.10 021.05 023.58 029.35 036.96 047.03

071.06 069.75 075.70 077.48 086.50 083.30 084,36 090.18 082.10 093.93

079.13 086.58 090.91 090.60 103.15 106.55 107.83 114.83 113.51 104.00

042.83 066.83 057.03 059.93 052.68 066.06 070.31 068.55 075.35 092.10

049.35 056.08 058.70 066.53 058.56 068.36 080.96 081.73 083.11 089.81

033.02 036.31 038.74 040.69 041.05 043.48 049.39 060.96 069.77 073.58

144,06 146.63 152.80 160.84 165.50 165.98 169.59 181.44 182.53 183.16

164,76 170.29 173.26 183.98 197.61 198.93 207.83 222.33 225.76 226.00

087.86 111.88 114.73 127.33 128.29 132.81 136.76 138.45 147.50 156.00

094.95 110.24 115.66 116.26 120.37 132.37 142.54 143.51 152.92 153.61

Name Country

2/21_2 Day 2 Total

CLASS ■ H12

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1985 C.O.C. Results Continued

Name Country Day 1 Day 2 Total Name '24171.Y. Day 1 Day 2 Total

CLASS = HSO CLASS = H17-18

Oettli, Berhard SUI 053.05 053.08 106.13 Benguim, Luc SUI 046.15 052.06 098.21 Liljekvist, Ake SWE 058.48 053.61 112.09 GEDDES, Ewan TOC/CAN 060.61 068.01 128,62 Berman, Lawrence USA 050.71 067.70 118.41 HAMILTON, Colin KOC/CAN 072.25 071.68 143.93 Sandberg, 8o SWE 063.38 055.73 119.11 BULLOCK, Chris KOC/CAN 064.65 085.51 150.16 ADAMS, Malcolm VIK 067.01 059.38 126.39 WALTON, John KOC/CAN 081.91 084.43 166.34 Olsson, Lennart SWE 070.81 062.13 132.94 Jones. Robert NCHJ/USA 071.96 095.03 166.99 KERR, Alex TOC/CAN 081.71 054.10 135.81 LAMB, Mac KOC/CAN 086.55 081.33 167.88 KIRK, Colin LG/CAN 075.83 077.13 152.96 Dyess, Richard NCHJ/USA 073.98 105.46 179.44 Brenda, Gene EOOC/CAN 104,68 073.11 177.79 Griffith, Jesse NCHJ/USA 082.75 111.46 194.21 Johnson, Edward NCHJ/USA 111.51 117.46 228.97 Rachel, Robert NCHJ/USA 125.00 084.46 209.46

CLASS = H55 CLASS = H19-20

Jansson, Sture SWE 048.13 049.18 097.31 PARDOE, Martin FWOC/CAN 083.16 080.95 164.11 Karlsson, B. SWE 056.73 063.65 120.38 Sottoriva, A, SLOC/USA 129.26 094.16 223.42 Kronqvist, Arne SWE 069.23 053.48 122.71 DEPASS, Mark HKF/CAN 121.80 106.20 228.00 SCOTT, Don E000/CAN 063.35 067.10 130.45 ASTRIDGE, Mark FWOC/CAN 110.11 119.10 229.21 Shimizu, Y. JAPAN 065.23 071.98 137.21 WHEELER, Tony Streak/CAN 133.31 107.83 241.14 DE ST.CROIX, D. NOC/CAN 076.03 067.00 143.03 KISSACK, Blair CdB/CAN 144.91 180.11 325.02 Paine, Kevin AUS 090.41 056.81 147.22 Santesson, B. SWE 073.18 091.91 165.09 CLASS = 0 NOVICE Williams. Ca USA 101.81 073,40 175.21 Azuma, Kiichi JAPAN 095.88 099.70 195.58 HESS, Barbara FWOC/CAN 029.28 052.18 081.46

SIDNEY, Theresa 065.80 035.15 100.95 CLASS = D13-14

CLASS - D OPEN B SKINNER, Allison SJOC/CAN 035.28 031.71 066.99 FEENEY, Allyson CdB/CAN 037.65 030.23 067.88 Paine, Joanne AUS 095.48 084.36 179.84 SHARK, Kimberly PGOC/CAN 038.95 029.15 068.10 KNIGHT, Leslie THOR/CAN 083.23 097.10 180.33 WADDINGTON, Nina HKF/CAN 043.00 028.93 071.93 MCKELLAR, Marion FWOC/CAN 090.00 093.45 183.45 SKINNER, Andrea SJOC/CAN 046.06 034.11 080.17 OHare, Deirdre CSU/USA 102.98 127.33 230.31 VALOIS, Mielle CAN 174.26 195.30 369.56 LINTON, Cheryl FWOC/CAN 114.00 123.00 237.00

LIDSTONE, M. FWOC/CAN 124.86 116.35 241.21 CLASS = 015 -16 ACKERFELDT, N. NSO/CAN 128.96 120.68 249.64

LOWAN, Colleen FWOC/CAN 114.53 136.00 250.53 FORCE, Sonnet FWOC/CAN 078.50 057.51 136.01 RAB, Susan LG/CAN 109.68 142.16 251.84 SKINNER, Sonja SJOC/CAN 062.98 085.25 148.23 TINEVEZ, Susan NSOC/CAN 120.61 138.05 258.66 LEE, Nancy HKF/CAN 078.31 084.70 163.01 PEARSON, Kirsty HKF/CAN 063.51 105.18 168.69 CLASS = 0 OPEN C BRENDA, Nicole EOOC/CAN 109.55 080.63 190.18 BEAUGIE, Marnie PGOC/CAN 100.90 107.91 208.81 WANNOP. Gayle PGOC/CAN 065.13 072.33 137.46

HAGEN. Catherine PGOC/CAN 078.45 062.36 140.81 CLASS = D19-20 Magde, Peggy SOOC/USA 088.75. 103.63 192.38

WOOD, Jennifer FWOC/CAN 120.11 075.65 195.76 JAMES, Pamela HUS/CAN 066.43 069.70 136.13 FEENEY, Jacinthe CdB/CAN 088.35 119.23 207.58 RAB, Lynda LG/CAN 122.51 154.90 277.41 COWLING. Anne CVO/CAN 073.88 154.10 227.98 CAMERON, Laura LG/CAN 181.55 118.68 300.23 KENNEDY, Alice VNOC/CAN 111.88 119.01 230.89

WADDINGTON, Sue HKF/CAN 084.95 153.63 238.58 CLASS = H13-14 HOCKING, P. VIC/CAN 100.53 146.76 247.29

PEREIRA, E. LG/CAN 173.30 163.03 336.33 MAY, Brian SJOC/CAN 025.98 024.25 050.23 KING, Craig FWOC/CAN 035.70 022.96 058.66 CLASS = D OPEN D FORCE, Sky FWOC/CAN 037.66 026.05 063.71 BLAIS, Daniel CdB/CAN 036.88 031.55 068.43 LEGRESLEY, Ella YOC/CAN 058.46 044.76 103.22 DOWELL, Noel EOOC/CAN 033.28 036.05 069.33 BROOMFIELD, D. EOOC/CAN 033.51 038.91 072.42 McLEAN. Erik PGOC/CAN 087.83 041.76 129.59 CLASS = H OPEN A CLASS = H15- 16 BOOTH, Glenn LG/CAN 090.56 090.73 181.29

Benguim, Jan SUI PAGE, Nick OABC/CAN SELIGY, Chris LG/CAN PAGE, Jon OABC/CAN CROWELL. Greg Track/CAN Tharp, Nathan NOC/USA Fields, Jeremy SLOC/USA GEDDES, Spence TOC/CAN MANSTAN, Ken LG/CAN

032.61 036.65 047.28 045.86 047.95 053.05 045.51 045.50 050.63

038.60 038.33 030.93 035.30 046.33 041.71 049.45 052.13 054.08

071.21 074,98 078.21 081.16 094.28 094.76 094.96 097,63 104.71

CARTMELL, Tim FWOC/CAN RENNIE, Bruce NSO/CAN GREEN, Mike HKF/CAN ALBINSSON, Ove NSO/CAN LEPRADE, Bert FWOC/CAN HARDY, Rick CSU/USA GRIEVE, Gerry THOR/CAN McCULLOCH, Neil E00C/CAN INGLIS, Stewart EOOC/CAN

124.60 108.41 137.88 133.00 146.35 130.58 154.95 160.43 152.20

116.00 134.36 141.20 152.35 153.86 175.10 173.13 170.75 192.08

240.60 242.77 279.08 285.35 300.21 305.68 328.08 331.18 344.28

SODERQUIST, Greg CVOC/CAN 047.15 060.65 107.80

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1985 C.O.C. Results Cont.

Country 22/1 Day 2 Total Name

CLASS - H OPEN B

Evans, Bob SLOC/CAN FORDHAM, Dave NOC/CAN TRIMMER, Derek PGOC/CAN McLEAN, John R. FWOC/CAN WONG, Peter E00C/CAN CONNORS,Tony CdB/CAN Rogers, James E. CAOC/USA YOUWE, Philip SOC/CAN CANN, Murray E00C/CAN

CLASS H OPEN C

069.36 099.11 168.47 077.26 096.36 173.62 088.88 124.58 213.46 134.46 120.98 255.44

158.53 105.61 264.14 113.71 152.21 265.92 144.93 142.83 287.76 173.73 115.15 288.88 158.33 170.15 328.48

CLASS H OPEN D

Bond, Mike Oritz, George HERRING, Corey

CLASS WAYFARE A

MUNRO, Marion THOR/CAN DYSON/WEBSTER FWOC/CAN BALDOCK, Bren/N. HKF/CAN LEGER/PHILLIPS LG-HKF/CAN

CLASS WAYFARE B

FOX, Christopher VNOC/CAN ELLIS, J. & E. GG/CAN Jones, David/Pam

067.06 042.23 109.29 066.18 051.46 117.64 180.13 060.73 240.86

058.88 049.51 108.39 072.30 039.00 111.30 080.70 035.35 116.05 077.86 061.55 139.41

033.41 029.88 063.29 043.03 031.30 074.33 059.25 032.43 091.68

FORSYTH, Jack HGOC/CAN 069.50 062,51 132.01 Morrison, Ken CAOC/USA 076.05 092.55 168.60 Magde, Douglas SDOC/USA 093.93 076.10 170.03 Baradoy, Alex 067.80 110.48 178.28 LEE, Jim HGOC/CAN 081.80 106.40 188.20 Newman, Charles SMOC/USA 110.83 081.81 192.64 ZUKIWSKI, M. E00C/CAN 133.25 090.05 223.30 BURNETT, Ian NSO/CAN 140.13 096.95 237.08 Brooks, Craig THOR/CAN 134.13 114.94 249.06 BRUCE, David FWOC/CAN 120.40 132.51 252.91

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EXCELLENCE

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The raison d'être of Canada's high performance athletes .

EXCELLENCE Vital to the growth and development of amateur sport in this country .

Sport Canada, through its funding programs assists almost 800 top-level amateur athletes, including world champions, and more than 85 national sport organizations . In pursuit of excellence .

L'EXCELLENCE. Voila ce que vise !es athletes de haute performance du Canada .

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Sport Canada, par ses programmes (14- financement vient en aide a ores de 800 athletes amateurs de haut niveau, y cornpris des champions mondaux ainsi qu a plus de 85 organismes nationaux de sport . C'est Jo poursuite vers ('excellence .

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1986 National Ski-Orienteering Team Named

The successful 1985 Canadian Ski-Orienteering Championships were used as the primary basis of selec-tion for the 1986 Ski-Orienteering Team to represent Canada at the World Championships in Bulgaria.

Of the Ski-Orienteers invited to the team the following athletes accepted and have since been named to the team:

Women

Denise Demonte Cathy McCune Gabrielle Savard

Men

Kim Poole Ron Lowry Mark Tarnapolsky Peter Findlay

Congratulations to the above athletes and we wish them all the best in Bulgaria. Since Ski-Orienteering is not on the funded circuit, the team will unfortunately have to pay their own expenses.

On other fronts in Ski-Orienteering, make your plans now to attend the 1987 Canadian Ski-Orienteering Champ-ionships in Whitehorse, Yukon Ter-ritories scheduled for February 28-March 1. The Yukon orienteers plan to host a clinic prior to the championships and are also encour-aging skiers to enter the local ski loppets February 22 & 23.

Team Number I Ontario Time LEG 1 Nancy Lee 31.88 LEG 2 Nina Waddington 29.40 LEG 3 Kirsty Pearson 25.73 TOTAL TIME 087.01

Team Number 2 Newfoundland LEG 1 Sonya Skinner 29.83 LEG 2 Andrea Skinner 45.25 LEG 3 Allison Skinner 34.40 TOTAL TIME 109.48

CATEGORY - D17-34

Team Number 15 Ontario Time LEG 1 Kelly Boulding 47.85 LEG 2 Magali Robert 48.18 LEG 38. de St. Croix 55.85 TOTAL TIME 151.88

Team Number 13 B.C. Time LEG 1 Karen Peterson 64,11 LEG 2 Ann-Marie Fisher 60.36 LEG 3 Robyn Rennie 59.11 TOTAL TIME 183.58

Team'Number 12 Alberta Time LEG 1 Kitty Jones 47.10 LEG 2 Jane Brandreth 74.56 LEG 3 Urszula Helkkila 83.13 TOTAL TIME 204.87

CATEGORY D35-OVER 1st CANADIAN TEAM Team Number 33 Ontario Time LEG I Winnie Stott 54.53 LEG 2 Barb Pearson 53.16 LEG 3 Margaret Ellis 66.83 TOTAL TIME 174,52

Team Number 50 Sweden Time LEG 1 Sylvia Jansson 48.45 LEG 2 Kerstin Eriksson 71.45 LEG 3 Maja Suomi 62,60 TOTAL TIME 182.50

Team Number 52 Sweden Time LEG 1 Ewor Sieekbam 48,86 LEG 2 Jearriet Erikson 110.91 LEG 3 Ann M. Fernustiom 46.30 TOTAL TIME 206.07

Team Number 5 B.C. Time LEG 1 Nick Page

23.36 LEG 2 John Morgan

27.95 LEG 3 Jon Page 22.66

TOTAL TIME

073.97

Team Number 7 Ontario Time LEG 1 Todd Spence 31.06 LEG 2 Jan Pearson 30.15 LEG 3 Johannes Zwart 24,23 TOTAL TIME 085.44

Team Number 8 N.B. Time LEG 1 Allyson Feeney

30.80 LEG 2 Daniel Blais

29.45 LEG 3 Marko Cote

28.85 TOTAL TIME

089.10

CATEGORY - 1117-34

Team Number 17 Sweden Tine LEG 1 Leif Ackerblom 47,03 LEG 2 Knut Nord 44.20 LEG 3 Gert Pettersson 38.71 TOTAL TIME 129.94

Team Number 27 Sweden Time 11G 3 Per Sandberg 39.63 LEG 2 Pontus Eriksson 44.78 LEG 3 J. Custafsson 48.61 TOTAL TIME 133.02

1st CANADIAN TEAM Team Number 24 Ontario Time LEG 1 Nike Waddington 46.36 LEG 2 Ken Sidney 44.78 LEG 3 Glen Geddes 45.28 TOTAL TIME 145.64

2nd CANADIAN TEAM Team Number 28 Quebec

Time LEG 1 Mark Adams

51.45 LEG 2 David Lumb

49.90 LEG 3 Brian Graham

45.30 TOTAL TIME

146.65

Team Number 16 Sweden Time LEG 1 Leo Larsson 47.13 LEG 2 Jan Samuelsson 55.21 LEG 3 Lennart Bjorkman 47.80 TOTAL TIME 150.14

1st CANADIAN TEAM Team Number 44 Ontario Time LEG 1 Bill Stott 40.15 LEG 2 Timo Palotie 55.80 LEG 3 Brian Ellis 43.96 TOTAL TIME 139.91

Team Number 64 Finland Time LEG 1 Risto Soonas 47.98 LEG 2 Reijo Kivisto 60.06 LEG 3 Juhani Sokinen 43.61 TOTAL TIME 151.64

2nd CANADIAN TEAM Team Number 45 Quebec Time LEG 1 Doug Bishop 60.95 LEG 2 Cord Hunter 41.46 LEG 3 Bill Anderson 55.75 TOTAL TIME 158.16

Team Number 61

Time LEG 1 Bo Sandberg

62.33 LEG 2 Abe Liljebuish

67.93 LEG 3 Rune Bengtsson

38.10 TOTAL TIME

168.36

Team Number 62

Time LEG 1 Odd Fjordheim

38.16 LEG 2 Rolf Edvardsen 88.36 LEG 3 S. Fehcwsfrom 46.60

TOTAL TIME

173.12

Team Number 59

Time LEG 1 S. Lundin

48.55 LEG 2 Birger Karlsson 68.33 LEG 3 Sture Jansson

57.45 TOTAL TIME

174.33

3rd CANADIAN TEAM Team Number 38 Alberta Time LEG 1 Jim Webster 57.95 LEG 2 Hans Tammemagi 53.76 LEG 3 Stuart Wood 84.01 TOTAL TIME 195.72

CATEGORY MIXED

Team Number 83 - Swiss Time LEG 1 Bernie Oettlie 22.13 LEG 2 Lottie Furrer 33.18 LEG 3 Beat Spelinger 40.01 TOTAL TIME 095.32

1985 CANADIAN RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS PARTIAL RESULTS

CATEGORY - D16-UNDER

CATEGORY - 816-UNDER

CATEGORY 835-OVER

3rd CANADIAN TEAM 'Team Number 22 BC LEG 1 Tim Booth LEG 2 Mike Ackerfelt LEG 3 Ross Burnett TOTAL TIME

Team Number 56 USA Tiue LEG I Linda Kohn 26.71- LEG 2 Deirdre O'Hare 40.31 LEG 3 Sara Mae Berman 32.66 TOTAL TIME 099.75

Team Number 54 Nf ld Alta BC LEO 1 Sonya Skinner 33785 LEG 2 Ni.cole Brenda J5 81 LEG 3 Kim Shaak 41.73 TOTAL TIME 113.34

Team Number 55 Ontario Time LEG 1 Linda Rab 29.85 LEG 2 Sue Rab 41.91 LEG 3 Laura Cameron 47,84 TOTAL TIME 119.60

FIXTURE LIST Sep 29 TOC Relay Meet-Albion Dct 5-6 Alberta Mountain Mara-

thon E00C D. Broomfield Oct 5-6 New Brunswick Provin-

cial Championships Moncton OC Contact T. Edgett (506)854-2525

Oct 12-13 (IOC CUP EVENT) Ontario Ch'ships Guelph-M. Ellis

Oct 12-13 BC Ch'ships Nanaimo, OABC, C. Preston

Oct 19-20 Officials Level 1 Clinic, POC, B. Allen

Oct 19 Ottawa O. Marathon, contact A. Gravelle

Oct 20 Ottawa O. Ch'ships 00C B. Anderson.

Oct. 26-27 (IOC CUP EVENT) US Ch'ships Milford Michigan

Nov 2&3 'A' New York State, Hudson Valley OC,

Nov 3 Indian Summer t A' Meet, Ontario.

2nd CANADIAN TEAM Team Number 32 Manitoba Time LEG 1 Pat Lee 61.26 LEG 2 Lois Watts 62.88 LEG 3 Marion Loewen 99.31 TOTAL TIME 223.45

3rd CANADIAN TEAM Team Number 30 Alberta Time LEG 1 Maggie McLean 71.56 LEG 2 Nancy Craig 93.65 LEG 3 Barb Bertch 65.96 TOTAL TIME 231.17

Time Team Number 96 Time 48.41 LEG 1 Claire Seguin 40.80 61.00 LEG 2 Ian Seguin 27.70 47.28 LEG 3 Luc Seguin 33,56 156.69 TOTAL TIME 102.06

Team Number 82 Australia Time LEG 1 Joanne Paine 27.66 LEG 2 Kevin Paine 35.83 LEG 3 Ian Johnson 41.01 TOTAL TIME 104.50

CATEGORY OPEN MEN

CATEGORY - OPEN WOMEN

Team Number 71 Australia Time LEG 1 Arthur Boyt 30.00 LEG 2 Jim Prowtimg 34.23 LEG 3 Alistair Harding 42.60 TOTAL TIME 106.83

Team Number 69 Alberta Time LEG 1 Russell Kilbourn 29.55 LEG 2 Andy Newson 40.41 LEG 3 Tim Carmen 38.41 TOTAL TIME 108.37

Team Number 77 USA

Time LEG 1 Mike Sorbello 43.91 LEG 2 Bob Evans 40.10 LEG 3 A. Soctoriva

34.51 TOTAL TIME

118.52

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The inaugural Masters' Games are now history. In my last column I guaranteed that those who attend-ed would have a great time. I think most of us did. 193 persons from 13 different countries registered to compete in orien-teering, Margaret Ellis and Bryan Chubb won the 35 age class-es. Other COF medal winners were Ken Sidney, Ritva Rassmussen, Earle Phillips, Alex Kerr, and Miles Hicklin, Hororary Chair-person, Bjorn Kjellstrom, invited everyone to a party he gave at the home of Helene Huculak.

Frank Farfan directed three meets and every control was in its proper place with the correct code and description. Bill Stott kicked off the whole affair with a great training day up at Mansfield.

There was an Argentinian novice orienteer who spoke no English. Richard Lay and Lynda Sidney came to the rescue. There was a 69 year old motorcyclist/pilot/ novice orienteer who asked for help. The Hedlund family came to her rescue. With 16 courses in a relatively small area on the final day we did have a few people who mispunched, but every-one finished each day using their own navigational skills.

There was a former world relay champion, Eivor Steen-Olsson, who is still a champion. Bertil Nordenfelt at age 82 was our most senior competitor having started orienteering at age 11.

Someone did not get the food on the bus the first day but we all survived. Gwen French picked enough plums at the farm to supply the competitors at the finish line on Sunday.

The fifty volunteers made sure that the water was or the course, courses were vetted, results were hung. etc.. etc.

A good contingent of orienteers also competed in Masters Games track events and a number of them took home awards. Ken Sidney and Shirley Pommier each won their class in the 10 and 8 km cross country races. Scott Robertson placed second overall in cross country and hinted that he might come orienteering again.

(continued next page)

The "Tasters Gold Medal Winners". Photo by Winnie Stott.

PATS POTPOURRI by Pat de St. Croix

Scene from the Opening Ceremonies. Photo by Lennart Hedlund

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Of the two events, cross country running and orienteering, I find orienteering by far the most interesting. What is there to discuss or compare after a straight race? I did hear someone mention a hill on the course. It was at least one contour high! At a barely slippery corner we were warned. then directed across a road and also around a tree. I was reminded once again of how much there is to think about and to discuss after an orienteering meet.

Even planning and staging an orienteering event is more interesting, challenging and entertaining than organizing other sports events. Of course, there is also so much more at stake since a poor course eliminates the challenge, a misplaced control spoils the course, errors on descriptions make it unfair,

Some Masters Results.

"If it is worth doing, it is worth doing well," my mother always says, Therefore I am going to attend the next officials clinic in order to help ensure that there are better and

Photo by Winnie Stott.

better courses, and good organ-ization at the meets which I help to run. I want to guarantee that everyone, novice to elite, has a great time always. Please join me at the clinics.

MEET THE JUNIORS by Winnie Stott

"Meet the Juniors" is a series of articles which highlights a Canadian Junior. If you have a special junior in your club don't hesitate to submit an article AND photographs to John Yardley, National Squad Committee Chairman.

INTRODUCING JANET VEALE A year in Sweden, August 1985 to is on the athletic council, is a During the year in Sweden she'll August 1986....a dream for many an member of the track team, the cross live with four different families orienteer....a reality for Janet country running team, the swimming for three months each. The 1985-86 Veale of Elora, Ontario. team and also plays intramurals, school year would be Janet's grade

l.hile track and cross country twelve, however, the exchange pro-In October of 1984 the Rotary Club dominate her school year, the summer gram does not replace the Ontario offered an exchange program to is free for orienteering. In 1983 schooling. In 1986 she'll start Janet's high school. Those inter- she participated in the Ontario grade twelve classes. ested in spending a year in another Summer Games at Sudbury and competed country had to be prepared to pay on the orange course. Also that "While I've been in orienteering their travel and $1000 plus for summer she attended the Canadian I've heard so much about Sweden, but expenses. Twenty students applied, Championships at Barrie, Ontario. I never thought I'd get there. Now, ten were interviewed and three made The Barrie and Sudbury maps are her with a whole year in the country I it to the second interview. Janet favourites because both offer fine want to use the opportunity to learned of her selection December runnable forests and interesting improve my orienteering and to learn 21, 1984. orienteering problems. the language."

The students were to select three In 1984 Janet attended the National "The sport would be more fun for me countries. Janet's choices were: Junior Training Camp led by Canada's if I could train with someone. I've Sweden, Belgium and Brazil. During Technical Director Ted de St. Croix. heard that the local clubs in Sweden her interviews she mentioned The camp was held in Nova Scotia have weekly training sessions so I'm orienteering. Janet started the just prior to the Canadian Champion- hoping I can join in." sport in grade nine (1982-1983). ships and proved to be excellent Renee Goodall, also a student at preparation for the big meet. After But there is more than fall, spring Centre Wellington, introduced her to day one at the Canadians Janet was and summer during those twelve orienteering. As members of Guelph first, after day two she was in months..."The winter time in Sweden Gators they had excellent coaching second place...two seconds behind should be interesting. I know that from Margaret Ellis, author of the Kirsty Pearson of the Hamilton Kings skiing is a popular sport there. I Level One Coaching Manual and a Foresters, tried it here in Ontario but I'm a former member of Canada's National real spaz at it." Team. "The training camps here are great

fun. It's wonderful to be with the A year in Sweden...a dream come true However, orienteering competes with people. They're so nice. Also, I for one Canadian orienteer, perhaps several other activities in Janet's like being out in the bush. It's a it can be a reality for others, too. schedule. She's active in school, challenge to be doing something on

your own."

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NATIONAL TRAINING CAMP by Winnie Stott

July 10, 1985 Knut Nord. former coach of the Swedish Women's orienteering squad, landed in Calgary, Alberta. During the next four weeks he directed training sessions for the Canadian National Team with the specific goal of preparing the top six Canadians for the World Championships in Australia.

During the camps Knut emphasized several points;

"I feel it is better if you con- centrate for 30-50 minutes instead of having a training session with 1 1/2 hours of running. Our goal is to make no mistakes. And...to compare yourself only to yourself, not to others.

"We ran a lot of precision orien- Knut Nord of Sweden conducted training sessions to prepare Canada's teering. It is important to know National Team for WOC65. Photo by: Winnie Stott. where you are on the map. Each evening we had discussions. We concentrated on mental preparation.

"My philosophy as a coach is that each individual needs a philo-sophy as a competitor, You don't just go out training. You go out with a specific goal in mind for each session. My rule is: if you have a map in your hands you must be concentrated.

"The orienteer must analyze his training and his races. He must always ask the question; Why! Why! Why! The orienteer must always know why he's training drills, why he made a mistake.

"We held a Junior Training camp after the National Team camp. It was good for the team because they were following juniors in the forest. When following an athlete the coach has to be super alert to all that is happening. Following heightens the coach's awareness of the athlete. terrain, map. It is good for competitors to be coaches. They have to analyze what's happening.

"Another very important point for all orienteers is each person needs someone to talk to. The athlete must talk all the time to other people. Through discussion the individual often recognizes flaws in his race and his outlook."

The last phase of Knut's month in Canada was in participating in and an analysis of the Canadian Championships.

"Whenever possible it is a good idea to have a training camp

surrounding a competition. In Sweden we house all the athletes in the same place. That way you can talk to them more. It's much better if all the people are in the same spot. At the Canadian Championships the athletes are living in different locations. I understand why, but wish we could all be together.

"I feel the Canadian Champion-

ships have been excellent. The map is a perfect map for me. Its got so much detail...like the maps in Norway and Sweden. It's a very good rap. This type of orienteering requires you to read the map all the time. The course setting was good. It constantly required the orienteer to change his speed and use many skills.

"The key to orienteering is to use the right speed at the right

time. Selecting the correct speed is the biggest problem. If you go too fast you lose your place--too slow you lose the race.

"You must always look at the map. You must know what's coming. You cannot be surprised. You must be prepared. Some people think you must run all the time, but NO you must stop sometimes. Some people run stressed and force themselves to keep running when they should stop and check the map and terrain. This is a discipline ...to know what legs require what technique.

"If you want to be better you

need to get on new maps. That is the best training. The best training is to go on a new map each day. It's impossible to do in Sweden so I believe it's impossible in Canada.

"I think you need the same coach for at least three to five years. The coach needs time to learn about the athlete and to discover how to bring the athlete to his or her best level. 1 feel the ideal coach/athlete situation is to have a Master Coach direct-ing the nation and a local coach for each athlete to coordinate the program.

"During the training camps we did Grov-Fin all the time. Grov-Fin is a long orienteering leg followed by several short ones. The athlete is forced to change his speed quickly. We tried to simulate competition. We also used split times -- not to compare to another, but to push yourself.

"In preparing for a big meet you must have a lot of self confi-dence. It is the most important thing.

"In preparation for the big meet you go out training and say 'Today I will do no mistakes' and if you do make a mistake you must be MAD at yourself.

Another important drill is to go back to a competition site and rerun trouble areas. You must learn the exact WHY for each mistake. (continued next page)

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NATIONAL TRAINING CAMP (continued from page 19)

"Finally, when you're orienteering just think about yourself. When you make a mistake don't worry about how fast someone else is on your course. You're alone as an orienteer. Don't drag the other competitors out there with you."

In addition to working with Knut Nord the Canadian National Team had several sessions with Rick Pardo who works with the Fitness Institute in Toronto, Ontario. Rick tested the National Team earlier this year in Toronto and conducted a follow-up program in Alberta. His lectures included training, peaking, an analysis of the reason for fitness testing, long range training plans. 1985 Canadian Elite Champions, Kitty Jones and Ted de St. Croix both

attended the National Training Camp. Photo by Winnie Stott Rick's work was not limited to

the lecture hall or the fitness lab, He brought a sport tester to the outdoor sessions. It has a band that goes around the athlete's chest which sends out your heart rate to a memory on your wrist. It keeps records up to six hours. As soon as the orienteers were back to the lodge the equipment was plugged into a computer and it graphed the heart rate throughout the training session. The athletes saw what rate they were competing at. As a result they could transfer that information to their individual training programs.

Both of the 1985 Canadian elite champions attended the national training camp. Kitty Jones felt, "The best part for me was working with Knut. He was able to talk me out of my negative attitudes. It was good to have an objective

concerned person especially since I don't have a regular coach.. I

had set myself very high standards and I hadn't come up to them yet this year. Since the camp I've seen my orienteering

and speed come together in competitions."

Ted de St. Croix enjoyed "learning Knut's philosophy On training. In previous years I used to just go out training on maps without any real purpose. Now my time is tighter and I have to make a plan for each training session. This is important at the elite level.

"I agree with Knut that the key to improving in orienteering is to analyze your courses properly --not only identify the mistake, but what caused it. Ask:. What

can you do to improve in the future. It is also important to be able to talk to yourself before a race and remind yourself to correct your usual mistakes. For myself I have to remember to check my control description and be alert to the fact that some-times I'm too anxious in a race and I stop using my compass. Oh, yes...and during the Canadians I broke my Golden Rule: 'Never run faster than you know exactly where you are on the map.'

"I feel that the National Team Training Camp this summer was the best opportunity we've had to learn what we need to know to improve our training and peaking.

We learned why fitness testing is important, helpful and necessary. We received the information and motivation necessary to establish a solid long-term program."

NOTICE TO ALL "FIT TO EAT" CONTRIBUTORS submitted by Ann Budge

even! The Nabisco Brands Fund is close to $14,000.00 and this amount seems adequate to meet the needs it has to cover at present.

Hurtig Publishers Ltd. of Edmonton, Alberta will be publishing FIT TO EAT next spring (1986) in a revised and 25Z larger form.

It was never my intent to obtain any money myself from FIT TO EAT, however, my expenses for both editions have soared. well beyond my expectations, to a realistic figure of about 13,500.00 with more to come probably. I will be the recipient of the royalties. and Hurtig will have to sell a great many books for me to break

I cannot -guarantee that all the present recipei will reappear in Hurtig's edition as it will be edited by one of his editors. they have the final say, although the copyright always belongs to the "creator." Hopefully the pages about orienteering will still be included, but certainly the facts that Nabisco Brands funded the original edition and

that it was a fund raiser for our elite orienteers will be there -a plug for the sport.

If anyone whose recipe(s) appear-ed in the original edition does not wish it/them to appear in Hurtig's edition of FIT TO EAT. please contact me IMMEDIATELY and I will certainly pull the recipe. My address is RR #1. Terra Cotta. Ontario LOP 1NO Telephone: (416)838-3318. If I do not hear from you I will assume you are granting me per-mission to include your recipe.

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The United States Individual Orienteering Championships is a two-day, total time competition sanctioned by the United States Orienteering Federation as a class 'A' meet. It has also been designated as an International Olympic Cup Event. (See article in this issue.)

39 competitive classes and 6 courses are offered. For entry form send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Georgene Rutsky, P.O. Box 7323, Ann Arbor, MI 48107

LOCATION: Highland Recreation Area, 43 miles NW of Detroit near Milford, Michigan.

MAP: New 5-colour IOF map, 1:15,000 scale with 3 metre contours. Mapped in Fall, 1984 and Spring, 1985.

TERRAIN: The competition terrain is glacial moraine, with moderate relief and several large hills, open woods with some thick vegetation, small lakes, ponds, and streams. Extensive trail network,

MEET ORGANIZERS: Southern Michigan O. Club. Julie Weeks and Dennis Elston, Meet Direc- tors; Kirby Milton, Course Setter.

COMPETITION CENTRE: Highland Township Hall. Located 4.4 miles west of the entrance to Highland Recreation Area, just west of the intersection of M-59 (Highland Rd.) and Milford Rd., at 205 N. John St.

DIRECTIONS: From 1-96 and US-23, take US-23 north 8 miles to exit 67 (Highland Rd./M-59). Proceed east on M-59 12 miles to just west of Milford Rd. Turn right on John St., which is one block west of Milford Rd, Competition Centre is 1 block south on the right side. Highland Recreation Area is 4.4 miles east on M-59.

From Port Huron, take 1-94 west to exit 243. Proceed west on M-59 for about 40 miles, through Utica and Pontiac, to Milford Rd. Use the first turn-around (left) lane past Milford Rd. to turn around to east- bound M-59. Immediately turn right onto John St. to the Highland Town Hall.

RECREATIONAL COURSES: Two non-competitive map hikes will be available both days at a cost of $3.00/day. Both will be white level of difficulty and will be 2 km and 4-6 km in length.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Public Campsites: • 174 modern sites at Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, located 2 miles east of meet site. • 140 modern sites at Proud Lake Recreation Area, located 6 miles south of meet site. • 222 modern sites at Brighton State Recreation Area, located 20 miles southeast of meet site.

Check camping line on entry form and we will send you the state park camping registration form. The cost of one site for 2 nights is $20.00 for elec-tric, $16.00 for no electric.

Private Campsites: • Taylor's Beach Campground (517)546-2679. 189 sites. About 23 miles W. of meet site. • Burrough's Farms (313)227-1381. 117 sites. About 28 miles SW of meet site. • Haas Lake Park (313)437-1771. 265 sites. About 10 miles S of meet site.

flotels/Motels; • Best Western in Hartland at M-59 and US-23 (12 miles W of meet site). Another at 1-96 in Howell (20 miles W of meet site). Both offer 10% discount to orienteers. Both have 60 rooms. Call (800)528-1234 for reservations. • Alpine-59 Chalet Motel (313)887-9992. 22 rooms. 1 mile east of meet site. • Huron Valley Motel (313)685-1020, 13 rooms. 6 miles SW of meet site. • Pontiac Lake Motel (313)666-1900. 10 rooms. 3 miles east of meet site. • Waldenwoods Resort (313)632-7304. 38 rooms. 12 miles W of meet site. • Holiday Inn, Howell (800)238-8000. 160 rooms. 20 miles W of meet site.

Private Homes: For those who cannot afford or do not desire camping or motels, a limited number of people are invited to share the hospitality of local families. Call Julie Weeks at (800)521-0570 for details.

1985 U.S. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS October 26-27, 1985

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC CUP

NORTH AMERICA

The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) obtained a development grant from the Inter-national Olympic Committee (IOC). The grant was allocated to three countries/ regions: Austria. Hungary and North America. Grant conditions include: (a) an IOC Cup event be held this fall; (b) followed by a Development Pro- gramme this fall or spring of 1986. Events already scheduled were recommended to be used so as to minimize organizing costs and leave most of the grants for actual development. The COF and USOF decided that due to shortage of time that we utilize this year's ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIPS-Oct. 12-13 and US CHAMPIONSHIPS-Oct. 26-27 for the IOC Cup event.

A simple point system covering the 4 days of the 2 meets be used to decide the winners. The com-petitors with the highest point total will receive a special IOC Cup. In the case of ties the total times will be used as a 'tie breaker'.

Initially only the Elite Men and Women categories H21 & D21 were to be included. COF and USOF felt that the top juniors should also be recognized as there are already several International competitions for Seniors and very few for Juniors.

Due to different Junior age cate-gories in Canada and the US it was decided to award trophies to the best Canadian Junior boy and girl in the Ont. Championships and the best US Junior boy and girl in the US Championships. A formula to determine the "best boy and girl" will be developed, probably based upon time per km.

The exact amount of the Develop-ment Grant is not yet known. The grant will be divided 50/50 bet-ween COF and the USOF, Plans for use of the grant must be submit-ted to 10F for approval.

No prior details of this IOC Cup event have appeared in Orienteer-ing Canada. Information and entry forms were forwarded to all Prov. Assoc. and 0-clubs. We hope that many of our members are able to attend one or both meets of this special event.

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Over the years CP Air has been one of Amateur Sports most consistent supporters and sponsors. For several years COF has receive a CP Air Pass usually worth in excess of $1000.00. When used to cover the travel costs of someone travelling to an event in Australia the pass is worth closer to a $2000.00 saving to COF.

This year CP Air made a signifi-cant contribution to the C.O.C. through the production of the multi-colour C.O.C. information brochure that all members received. In addition CP donated two beautiful tropies for the elite Men and Women's Relay Championships. These trophies will be kept in the COF National Office with the names of the winning team members engraved on a plaque each year.

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GARY FEENEY WINNER OF SILVA NEW MEMBER CONTEST

One of COF's hardest working volunteers won the Silva New

Member Contest and the two air

tickets to the 19B5 WOC in Australia. The past year has been a memorable one for Gary Feeney of the Coureur de Bois O. Club. Grand Falls. New Brunswick. In July of 1984 he spearheaded the ONB team that organized an excellent COC. Later in the year Gary was selected as the 1st winner of the SILVA CHALLENGE AWARD for outstanding contribu-tion by a volunteer and now he wins the "biggy".

The draw was made on June 27 with Mr. Bjorn Kjellstrom of Silva making the actual selection, The draw was made as follows:

1. The National Office Staff prepared a slip of paper for each person eligible to win. A slip was prepared for each ten (10) new eligible members. Several members had multiple slips entered in the draw eg. Gary Feeney (4), Dennis Fedoruk (4), Bob and Helene Edwards (4), Nancy Addison (3), Peter Smith (3). The slips were folded and placed in a box.

2. A set of numbered slips was prepared, folded and placed in a box.

3. Slips were simultaneously selected from each box and the 'name' slips assigned the number on the 'number' slip. The 'name' slips were unopened so no one knew which numbers were with which names.

4. A telephone call was placed to Mr. Kjellstrom who selected

the winning number - 39. When slip 39 was opened the name Gary Feeney was seen,

Mr, Kjellstrom called Gary to offer his congratulations. The SILVA COMPANY also telexed all the SILVA offices world wide announcing the winner. Gary and Jacinthe Feeney have received several letters and telegrams from SILVA branch offices as well as a telephone call from the President of SILVA, Sweden.

On their return trip from

Australia, Gary and Jacinthe stopped off at Fiji for one week.

The total award was for $5000 with $3982 being spent on air

travel and the balance used for hotel accommodation in Fiji and Australia.

Following the draw the SILVA COMPANY made an additional offer of an orienteering suit to each person whose name was entered in the draw.

COF extends the heartiest congratulations to Gary Feeney on being named winner of the contest and also to all of the unsuccess-ful entrants for their efforts in making the contest a success and helping increase membership.

On behalf of the COF and all orienteers I wish to offer a very special and sincere THANK YOU to Mr. Bjorn Kjellstrom, Mrs. Helene HucuIak. President Silva Canada, and the Silva Company for making this NEW MEMBER CONTEST possible

and for their continued support of Orienteering in Canada.

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By Michael Jankulak

Have you ever wondered how much time you should be spending at a control, whether you are punching your control card, figuring out your next leg, or having a drink of water , In May of this year, I had a chance to watch some of Canada's top orienteers in action at the Selection Races while working at a split control/map exchange.

It was a beautiful day, not too hot, and because my control was on top of a small hill, a breeze kept the bugs away. My ,lob was to pour the water and take down the split times, while Bill Stott with whom I was working, engin-eered the map exchange.

First of all, they didn't make it easy on us; halfway through the day I decided that the competi-

tors must be reconnoitering just inside the woods, for they would attack us in groups. Sitting alone for half an hour, we would see nobody until five competitors arrived within thirty seconds.

One thing I discovered when we were finished is that the split times were often representative of the overall times of the cam-petitors. That is, someone who was fourth at the split control was often fourth at overall, (I guess the top-notch orienteers do not mess up on one control and ace the rest like I do).

Some people came in grumpy. upset over some past control, and ex-changed maps without a word. Some vocalized their frustration, but I can't repeat the things they said! Others were friendlier, and exchanged a remark or two about the time of the other competi-tors. We were not allowed to speak to them and break their concentration unless we were spoken to first.

Just because these were the selection races, don't think these people were perfect. It was interesting to see how they ap- proached the control. Over half

of them came by the best route (according to Bill); others seemed to stumble upon us and came from the strangest directions (we were silent - they could not follow our voices). Some even left the control in the wrong direction, making the famous "1800 mistake" (mentioning no names, of course).

And now, what about the time that the average "Selection-Races-Day- Orienteer" spent punching our control? I was somewhat prepared for this experience after viewing some videotapes Winnie Stott had made while she was in France. She had chosen a control, sat down near it, and videotaped each com-petitor's movements at the con-trol, timing it as well. At our control, the best time was five seconds. This person came in, punched, grabbed a glass of water, switched maps, and was gone! Most people, however, spent 20-30 seconds at the control, slightly longer for those who didn't realize they had to punch their map before the exchange.

Overall, I had a great time sitting at the control, earning the title of my column "The View From Here". It was great to have a chance to see the pros at work.

1986 ASIA-PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS by Ted de St. Croix

Mike Hayden, event organizer for the 1986 APOC writes. "Interest in the event is good. Over the last twelve months I have received about 100 enquiries from around the world. The greatest number coming from Australia and New Zea-land." This was in February of this yearl

I have since received a letter from Hajime Taguchi of Japan whO writes that 150 will go from Japan alone. I am in constant contact with

both Mike and Hajime and can safely say the 1986 APOC in Hong Kong will be a well organized race and a tre-mendous boost to the already booming growth of Orienteering in Hong Kong.

I have colour brochures giving the details for APOC as well as a week of events to follow in Japan which can be obtained by writing to the Technical Director c/o C.O.F. Info,. /nation contained in the brochures reads: Venue is 45 minute bus ride from Hong Kong City to the North West. All 101 classes will be offer-ed and 10F standard maps used. The Championship Terrain covers a wide range including steep, stoney detailed hillsides. Small foreStS, fast open grassy hills and small marshes, extensive rock features and many small re-entrants, visibility is good. An extensive path network ecists in places. The elite and longer courses will cover a full variety of terrain which will be technically and physically demand-ing in places.

Calendar of Events

Wed. Jan T - Warm Up event I close to Thurs. Jan 2 - Warm lip event) the city Fri. Jan 3 - Model event. Sat. Jan. 4 - Individual Championships Sun. Jan. 5 - Relay Championships

A preliminary entry fee of HK S15 (about 54.00 CON) to Orienteering Association of Hong Kong c/o Police Cadet School, Fan Gardens, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong is re-quested.

ORGANIZED TOURS APOC '86

Have you ever dreamed of visiting China? APOC '86 may be your best chance because organised tourS in Conjunction with APOC are being organized.

Why not drop into Japan on your way home?

Calendar of Events in Japan

Jan. 10

Saturday - Training. Jan 11 Sunday 101 'B' Meet Nara

International Competition Nara City.

Jan. 14 Wednesday - Model Event. Jan. 15 Thursday- [OF '8' Chiba

International Competition Naruto, Chiba.

HONG KONG

Maps 1:15 000, 5 m contours to 10F standards.

Nara City is 50 km S E. of Osaka International Airport in Itemi City which is 40 km S of Kyoto City.

Naruto is 70 Kms E. of Tokyo and 20 km N of the New Tokyo Inter-national Airport in Narita City.

"The events will be held in various types of typical Japanese terrain that undulate sharply in some places but not so much in most of the areas. The whole area is rich with trail

networks. You will enjoy the native cedar forests with good runnability. It is an attractive place we have

here as you will also be able to see the typical Japanese farm village on your orienteering course."

For further information write to: Japan Orienteering Committee C/o Kenko Tairyokuzukuri

Jigyozaidan Toranomon 34 Mori Bldg. 1-25-5 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo 105 JAPAN

Entry closing date: Oct, 31, 1985.

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The Hedlund Family

Now to the club and the members in it. As a youth leader it is important that you create under-standing with the members who have been in the club for a long time to understand the importance that all "new" will feel welcome in the membership of the club. You could even create a family feeling in the whole club where the helpfulness and companionship always will be in the first place, and where envy and slander never occur. For everybody the club shall be the unity link that you are proud of.

To mass-media and outsiders (school and authorities) the club and its members shall stand out as a very important model in society.

Now we think it will be enough for this time. We are going to continue in several articles about this matter because we think it is very important to talk about.

Catarina. Lennart, Anna-Maria, and Johan Hedlund

NEW PRESIDENT FOR USOF

Delegates attending the 1965 USOF Congress elected Per Stensby of the Hudson Valley O.Club to replace Al Smith of St. Louis who decided not to seek re-election.

Per, a native Norwegian, has orienteered since boyhood and prior to being elected president was VP Competition. A regular visitor to 1 0 4 events in Canada, Per competed in the 1st COC in 1968.

Congratulations and best wishes to Per in his term as President and a sincere THANK YOU on behalf of the CIF Board of Directors to Al Smith who worked extremely hard during his term in office.

THE SWEDISH CONNECTION by the Hedlunds

Dear Readers:

Now "the Swedish family" is ready has many children with different for their third letter. This time interests you must be prepared to we'd like to give you some thoughts take care of an individual child. about a clinic for youth leaders. But, make sure that you have good We will start with the youth contact with the others in the leaders' responsibility, character family even if they have different and how to behave. interests. Don't recruit children

only. Orienteering needs the The Youth Leader needs to co- family support system behind each ordinate teamwork between parents, member. members of a club, the mass media etc. Don't forget that also, as a youth

leader, you have a big responsi- What is your resonsibility as a bility to take care what the youth leader? children and young people are

doing. Even in this case you have You must recognize that young to have contact with the parents to people do not all share the same try to get them interested in the goals in orienteering. children's activity.

As a youth leader you have the A still harder problem is to get to responsibility to develop the know every new person in your club children, mentally, socially and and always remember that everybody physically, has his own way to think, appear

and to carry out things. You have How will you do that if you are the to be prepared to get in to each youth leader? other's way of thinking. Your

praise and your criticism have to Our opinion is the youth leader come out at the right time and when needs to be inventive and fleai- it is best needed. Learn to ble. Sometimes the training console, encourage. criticize and session he has planned on paper bring up everyone at the same doesn't work well in the field. He time. Be a good close friend to needs to be able to quickly adjust everybody. Control your anger, try his inappropriate plan and create a to be calm

and never have a successful session, favourite.

When you start to recruit for the We've said a lot about the club have an aim to recruit the individual and the family, but they family. Of course, if the family shall always be in the spotlight.

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MASTERS GAMES GOLD FOR ELLIS

AND CHUBB

by Colin Kirk

Two Canadian Orienteers, Margaret Ellis of Guelph Gators O.C. and Bryan Chubb of Edmonton Over-lenders O.C. won the D35 and H35 Titles at the 1st Masters Games. held Aug. 8, 9, & 11 in Ontario.

In both instances the winning margins were very slim. Margaret edged out American, Gail Gagarin, by a scant 3 seconds while Bryan beat another Canadian, Ken Sid. ney, by the narrow margin of 32 seconds.

Most other categories were won by Swedish competitors, however, several other Canadians won Silver and Bronze medals.

1. New Presidents Names in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario

A. New Brunswick: Long time ONB president, Alex McNaught, recen-tly moved to Edmonton where he will study at the University of Alberta, ONB has made several significant advancements under the leadership of Alex and his influence and experience will be missed. Named to replace Alex until the next Annual Meeting is Gerald Lebel of Grand Falls. Best wishes and lots of success to both Alex in his new location and Gerald in his new position.

B. Quebec: One of COF's first membi7TJohn Charlow, has been elected president of Orienteering Quebec. This is John's second term as president having served in that capacity way back in the late 60s. The 1985 COC saw John continue his streak of having competed in every COC. one of only 2 or 3 to achieve this feat. John is also the longest serving member of any provincial association having been a direc-tor of Orienteering Quebec since its founding in 1967.

C. Ontario: 00I's new president, 37457 Lee, is also another "second time" president, having previously served a term in the early/mid 1970s. Like John Charlow, Jack possesses a wealth of knowledge of all aspects of orienteering that can only benefit orienteering in general and in Ontario specifically, Congratulations and best wishes to John and Jack.

2. C.O.F. Comes Clean: Every 3 or 4 years Revenue Canada con-ducts an audit of each National Sport Federation who receives grants from Fitness and Amateur Sport. This year COF was one of the sports selected for audit. The audit was performed by the chartered accountant firm of Thorne Riddell and covered the period April 1, 1981 through March 31, 1984 - 3 government fiscal years. During that period COF received grants totalling $438,312.71.

After the audit and a subsequent review by a Fitness and Amateur Sport financial analyst COF was found to owe F. & A.S. the amount of $768.00. Of this sum $500.00

COF DROPS

was repaid to COF by a provincial association due to an invoice date that was deemed unsatis-factory by F. & A.S., resulting in a net refund from COF of $268.00

The amount of $268.00 averages to a refund of $90.00 per year against an average grant of $146,100 and enhances our position as a fiscally responsible federation in our spending and accountability of public funds.

3. Officials Certification Program: In the June 198b edition of Orienteering Canada an article titled "Officials Certi-fication" appeared on pages 26-28. The article contained a list of certified officials.

There were several inaccuracies in the article and the list of officials. An updated "List of Officials" is presently being compiled and will appear along with a corrected article in the next issue of Orienteering Canada. This updated list is being developed by COF in conjun-ction with the provincial as-sociations.

4. Confession From A Cheat: It is with a heavy heart and after a lot of soul searching that I must confess that I broke one of the rules of orienteering during the recent COC. The rule states that no competitor can receive assist-ance of mechanical aids or motor- ized vehicles. However, my con- science makes me tell all. It happened like this:

On Day 1 I was an early starter on my way from Control 3 to 4 (a water control located in a small marsh off the edge of a long narrow open area.) While running along the clearing edge trying to determine how far to go before cutting in, I suddenly noticed a set of wide tire tracks going through the wet morning grass. My mind is nimble even if my feet aren't. I concluded that the tracks had been made by one of the All Terrain Vehicles' (ATV) used by the organizers and very probably used to transport water to the control I was headed for. I followed the tracks until they turned around, then I went into

the trees for about 30 metres, PRESTO there was my 4th control!

After the event I mentioned it to the Meet Director and Course Planner and a short time later was advised by the ATV driver, Allister Mooney, that there was no way I would obtain similar assistance on Day 2.

As fate would have it on Day 2, while on my way to Control 3 again a water control, I was on the lookout for tell tale tracks but saw none. As I came into the vicinity of the control (about 200 metres away) I became aware of loud crashing ahead of me and underbrush being pushed aside by the slow movement of a heavy vehicle. I followed the crashing and came to a water control man-ned by Bryan Chubb with the ATV standing by. Unfortunately, it was the wrong control and the ATV turned out to be BIG JIM LEE who had spent some 20 minutes trying to locate his control. It was another 10-15 minutes before Jim found his flag and I heard that he had flattened more underbrush and trees than a logging crew does in two days!

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ALBERTA MAKES STRONG EFFORT TO SHOW WEST IS BEST

There is no set of rules or yard- stick to determine whether one COC is better than another or which one was the best ever. If such a set of standards existed then the 1985 event would pro-bably be very close to the top. In my own opinion it was the best that I have attended and in many areas established new highs for future organizers to aim for.

The setting was spectacular with the first range of the Rocky Mountains forming a backdrop as well as one boundary of the map. The weather for the entire week of events was ideal; sunny but not too humid. In a similar way as the 1984 event at Grand Falls, heavy rain started falling immediately after the event and continued all evening. Obviously the 1985 organizers spoke to the New Brunswick group about arrang-ing the weather.

The meet site layout was excel-lent with parking, start and finish areas all in close proxi-mity to each other and the "run-ins' laid out to give spectators a good view of the finishing competitors. In particular the Day 1 run-in with the steep heart-break hill climb made for an outstanding finish. Upon reaching the Finish, competitors were provided with pieces of orange, bottles of Nanton Mineral Water plus normal water. Results

by Colin Kirk

were posted fairly quickly on two large display stands. I cannot remember any other COC with as good a competition area layout or nearly as well organized. There was always a feeling that every-thing was under control with all officials confident and capable of the task at hand.

MAP and TERRAIN GREAT

I heard nothing but praise for the map prepared by Bryan Chubb. It was excellent and must rank as one of the best in the country. My only comment is with regard to the camp fire sites which con-sisted of only a small circle of stones. Someone could easily remove these in a minute or two or build several similar ones very quickly. I question whether they should have been shown and was surprised when I came across them in the terrain. That comment aside. Bryan must be congratulated for his work. The terrain was appreciated by most competitors and was the most pleasant I have encountered in this country. Nice open woods, little underbrush, good footing, excellent runnability, contour detail that made good map reading essential, sufficient route choice to satisfy all levels of competitors. Just a really good area that provided 2 days of very enjoyable orienteering.

As usual there are, even in the best events, a few concerns. negative comments etc. As pre-viously stated, I think that this was our best COC ever; however, upon reviewing the meet results I was surprised at the fairly high percentage of DNFs and DSQs. I was not aware of this at the event but the results show one of highest percentage of non finis-hers in recent years - almost 17% of all starters did not complete the 2 days; that is 1 in every 6. This does not include the non starters - only the DNFs and DSQs. I do not know the reason for this. Did the fact that the control codes were not on the flags but rather lying flat on the control stand cause some DSQs? I understand that several controls on the longer courses were very close to the map edge and resulted in many competitors running off the map - did this result in many DNFs?

On Day 1 I found two controls with quite similar codes DG and DJ in fairly close proximity that caused me a bit of a problem for a couple of minutes and perhaps caused some DSQs. The map, ter-rain, weather, courses, etc. all appeared excellent so what caused the problems? Perhaps the good runnability made people run too fast and created abnormal problems. Any comments from the Course Planner or Controller?

Ted de St. Croix wins 10th H21 Title

In addition to all of the other good things the 1985 COC will be remembered for Ted de St. Croix extending his winning streak to 10 consecutive H21 titles - an amazing feat. Ted has opened up a very wide gap between himself and other Canadian competitors. This year his winning margin over Ron Lowry was over 21 minutes or almost 3 kilometres. In spite of the lack of Canadian competition, Ted did receive strong challenges from a trio of top class Swedish

continued

Results Stand at Finish-00C85. Photo by Winnie Stott.

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WEST IS BEST (continued)

orienteers, Lars Sjokvist, Per Sandberg and Gert Petterson, beating out Lars by 2 1/2 minutes. Petterson is a former Swedish champion and was a member of the Swedish World Championship team in 1976 finishing 8th in the WOC Individual and winning a gold medal in the Relay Event.

Some good results were turned in by wine of the up and coming Canadian orienteers in the H21 category. Mark Adams finished a close 3rd only 30 seconds behind Ron Lowry while Bryan Graham con-firmed his fine year-long perfor-mances with a solid 4th place ahead of veteran Ken Sidney. Alberta's Russell Kilbourn was close behind Sidney. Nova Scotian junior, 01vind Naess, after a poor 1st day was 2nd fastest Canadian on Day 2. These young competitors plus Mike Waddington, Chris Robert and Glen Geddes give hope to the future.

D21 CATEGORY -VERY EXCITING COM PETITION

The 021 category proved to be much closer and exciting than the Men's Event with Kitty Jones. Denise DeMonte and Magali Robert staging a dog fight both days. On Day 1 only 1:23 separated the three with Denise in top spot.

Day 2 saw another close struggle with only 2:14 between the three. When the dust settled Alberta's Kitty Jones was the winner edging out Denise by just over 1 minute with Magali a similar distance back in 3rd place. Another good performance in this category was turned in by 4th place Kelly Boulding. Kelly had 2nd fastest time on Day 2 some 20 seconds behind Kitty.

If the COC event had been used to select our World Championship Team as has been suggested for future WOCs, then only Ted de St. Croix would have made the Men's Team while Kitty, Denise and Magali would have qualified for the Ladies' Team, as they did in the Selection Evert.

TALENTED YOUNGER ATHLETES TO

WATCH IN THE FUTURE

The younger girls' categories highlighted some fine performances from future stars. The D13-14 saw two promising girls. Allison Skinner from Newfoundland and Allyson Feeney of New Bruns-wick turn in two good runs with the former winning by 1 minute. In the D15-16 category a young Alberta girl, Sonnet Force, cap-tured the title from Sonja Skinner of Newfoundland. In the 019-20 category Pam James of Nova Scotia outclassed her competition for an impressive victory.

The boy's events also had some impressive performances from com-petitors from all parts of the country. Newfoundland's Brian May had a comfortable margin over Calgary's two- some of Craig King and Sky Force in the H13-14 event. The H15-16 category had twin brothers Nick and Jon Page from British Columbia finishing 1st and 3rd with Chris Seligy from Ottawa duplicating his 1984 2nd place finish, highlighted by a super Day 2 run.

Ewen Geddes of Toronto was an easy winner in the 17-18 class with three Kootenay. B.C.boys, Colin Hamilton, Chris Bullock and John Walton filling in the next 3 places. The H19-20 class saw host club Foothill Wanderers member, Martin Pardoe, outclass his competition both days. Martin won the 17-18 category in the '84 COC and has started a winning streak.

Keep an eye on all the above mentioned in future COCs. There is a lot of excellent young talent in this group.

AGE CATEGORIES

I have not mentioned much of the older age categories and a look at the results will show why. This year's event had a large number of overseas competitors with most in the older age cate-gories. These competitors. mainly from Sweden. were in Canada preparing for the 1st Masters Games the week following the COC. As the results show they were much too good for most of our veterans with large winning margins in most cases. Some of these overseas competitors were outstanding in the Elite categor-ies in their younger days. Former Swedish H21 Champion. Gert Petterson, was mentioned earlier, Eivor Steen-Olsson winner of D45 and Anne Marie Fehrnstrom D40 have both represented Sweden and won medals in the WOC. In parti-cular Steen-Olsson was one of the most outstanding D21 competitors in Swedish history. Both of these ladies won their categories in the Masters Games. (Anne Fehrnstrom competed in the 1976 Quebec 5-Days finishing 1st in 035.)

The attendance of the large number of overseas competitors added an extra dimension to the Championship and most were ex-tremely happy with the COC and very surprised at the calibre of the event organization and map. The 1985 COC did a lot of good promotion for future COCs among overseas visitors.

A special feature of the Awards Ceremony was COF retiring the H21 Elite Men's Trophy and presenting it to ten-time winner Ted de St. Croix, and the introduction of the new "TED DE ST. CROIX TROPHY For H21 ELITE MEN". Appropri-ately the last name on the old trophy and first on the new one is "Ted de St. Croix."

The COG banquet at Kananaskis Guest Ranch was held in a unique doughnut shaped structure, somewhat like a "poor man's Montreal Olympic Stadium". The centre of the structure was open to the skies while the outside ring was

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The husband and wife combo of Winnie and Bill Stott settled for OVERSEAS COMPETITORS second places in the 0 & H35 categories behind Margaret Ellis WIN EVENTS IN OLDER and Gord Hunter respectively. In both instances the Stotts were leading after Day 1 but fell victim to fine runs by Margaret and Gord the second day.

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OSCAR 1 (Meet Director-Jim Webster)on All Terrain Vehicle. Photo by Annie Stott.

WEST IS BEST (continued) covered and provioed seating and cover. A happy hour sponsored by HEINEKEN preceded the meal. Danc-ing, telling of tall tales, re-counting of COC experiences, farewells and goodbyes until next year lasted well into the night.

In closing I would like to men-tion one special innovation that the COC organizers used to keep informed of all goings on - namely a battery of "walkie-talkies" and a series code names. OSCAR 1 - Jim Webster. OSCAR 2-Charlie Fox, OSCAR 3-Bryan Chubb, OSCAR 4 - Ed Lowan, OSCAR 5-Allister Mooney. OSCAR 6-Ken Robertson. It was common to hear: "Oscar 1 to Oscar 5 - Where are you?" "Oscar 5 to Oscar 1-Putting out the water." etc.

I don't know who came up with the code names or whether it was an illustration of Western optimism for next year's academy awards for Best Production and Best Support Cast. If It means anything, you can count on my

vote for the "Best Performance by a bunch of real 'Bad Actors' ".

I have no idea of all of the mem-bers of the Foothill Wanderers OC who were involved in the COC events but a sincere thank you to all, especially the Websters, Lowans, Craigs, Pattersons, Mooneys, Robertsons, B. Chubb, Voitchovskys, Susan Chartrand

(plus husband Jim who minded the baby). Pat Glover, FWOC Pres. Jack McLean, Dave Bruce, Jim Swiss. Controllers Charlie Fox and Jack Forsyth and so on. (The list is getting as long as the Academy Awards). My apologies to all those that I have forgotten. We eagerly await your next COC or NAOC in 1990?? (hint, hint...)

AVAILABLE FROM THE C.O.F. OFFICE 1. Control Description Letraset $8.00/sheet.

Map Symbol Letraset $8.00/sheet 2. World Class Orienteering: by Wilfred

Holloway $7.25 postage included.

3. Procedures For Organizing Major Orien-teering Events $8.50 postage included.

4. COF 'A' Meet Organizing Manual $4.00 postage included

5. COF 'B' Meet Organizing Manual $4.00 postage included.

S. Level I Coaching Certification Manual $12.00 postage included.

7. Niveau I Manuel de Certification des Entraineurs $12.00 postage included.

S. IOF Course Planning Book by Gawelin & Nordstrom $13.00 postage included.

9. IOF Symbolic Control Description Book $2.00 postage included.

10.COF Mapping Manual $6.00 postage included.

11.NEW Map Making for Orienteers by R. Harvey 18.00 plus $2.00 postage/handling.

12.NEW BOOK Level 2 Coach Manual - $20.00 postage included.

13. Whistles - .60 each.

14. COF Full Colour Poster (1-10 posters) $2.50 ea. plus postage. (11-99 posters) $1.50 ea. plus postage. (100+ posters) $1.00 postage included.

15. Promotional Brochures full colour which complement the COF full colour poster. (1-100 brochures) .20 ea. plus postage. (100+ brochures) .15 ea. plus postage.

16. Control/Result cards (on waterproof paper) $2.00/100 cards.

17. Orienteering: Training and Coaching from the 8.O.F $14.00 postage included.

10. Ski -Orienteering Meet Organizing Manual $4.00 postage included.

19. Circle Markers $15.00 postage included. 20. Fabric Crests-IOF $1.00 postage

included. 21. Orienteering Necklaces $8.00

postage included. 22. Fit To Eat - cookbook, a great gift idea

$10.00 postage included. 23. Armchair Orienteering book by

Winifred Stott $10.00 plus $2.00 postage/handling,

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BOARO OF DIRECTORS

President: Vice President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: Member at Large: Past President:

Charlie Fox, 1225-235th St. RR 9, Langley, B.C. V3A 6H5 Cord Hunter, B Foxmeadow Lane, Nepean, Ontario K2G 3W2 Earle Phillips, 52 Price Ave., Hamilton, Ontario L9C 1K3 Ian Miller, 17 Pondicherry Dr., Dartmouth, N.S. B2W 5C4 Bill Anderson, 2988 Rankin St., Ottawa, Ontario K1V 8L3 Jim Webster, 107 Thomson Ave. N.E., Calgary, Alberta T2E 2W2 Pat de St. Croix, Box 316 Vineland, Ontario LOR 2C0

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

National Squad:

John Yardley, #16-75 Ventura Dr., St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 7J7 Development:

Jim Webster, 107 Thomson Ave. N.E., Calgary, Alberta T2E 2W2 Technical:

Jack Forsyth, Box 163, Hartney, Manitoba ROM OXO Ski-Orienteering:

George Murphy, 9216-168 St., Edmonton, Alberta T5R 2V9

PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATIONS/PRESIDENTS

Newfoundland: Nova Scotia, O.A.N.S.: Nova Scotia, Presidents New Brunswick, A/President: Quebec, Acting President: Ontario, President: Ontario, 0.0.Is Manitoba, Presidents Alberta, President: British Columbia, President: Yukon, President:

Ian MacCallum, 48 Pennywell Rd., St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 2K9 OANS, Box 3010 S, Halifax, N. 5. B3J 3G6 (902)425-5450 Dick James, 1872 Garden St., Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3R6 Gerald Lebel, Box 1474, Grand Falls, N.B. EOJ 1110

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