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

Map Symbol Letraset $8.00/sheet 2. Procedures For Organizing Major Orien-

teering Events $8.50 + $2.00 postage. 3. COF 'A' Meet Organizing Manual $5.00 +

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10. IOF Symbolic Control Description Book $2.00 + $1.00 postage.

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15. Control/Result cards (on waterproof paper) $2.00/100 cards. Postage to be invoiced.

16. Ski-Orienteering Meet Organizing Manual $4.00 + $2.00 postage.

17. Fabric Crests -IOF $1.00 postage included.

18. Orienteering Necklaces $8.00 postage included.

19. Fit To Eat- cookbook, a great gift idea $8.00 + $2.00 postage.

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NEW C.O.F. PUBLICATION

Available from the C.O.F. office. Price: $5.00 + $2.50 postage/handling.

This book covers all phases of orienteering that clubs should follow to be successful. For new clubs the book provides a wealth of information that will help steer the club clear of pitfalls encountered by others.

The book was developed by the COF Promotion/Development Com-mittee with major contribu-tions by Ken Robertson and Charlie Fox. Contents include: Club Organization, Administration, Club Cons- titution, Publicity and Promo- tion, Fundraising, Equipment, Organizing Simple Meets, Budget and Finance, Social Activities, Getting Started,

Sample Meet Flyers, News Releases, Press Information Articles, Guidelines for Be- ginners' Clinics, Newcomers Welcome Letters, etc. make this a very informative and much needed book for all '0' clubs.

Lennart Levin, Secretary General IOF, writes: "May I congratulate you and the Federation on this achieve- ment; the publication really satisfies a need in a vast area. I personally appreciate the appearance of it since I know that it will come parti-cularly handy with respect to the annual development clinic that the 0-ringen Association and IOF arrange in common."

CLUB DEVELOPMENT AND

ACTIVITY PROGRAM

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CONTENTS

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER 01 THE CANADIAN Of:If Nil t PING RAI ION

333 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario ril H c.)

Vol. No. 1

Editor's Notes A

Mot de la Pc(dactrice A

Presidents Niche Le Mot du Prtsident Maps and the Srowth of Orienteering Fixtures Lis' Orienteering Teaching and Coaching Revised National Squad Fund Raising Blue Lake Clinic Viewpoints From the 1986 Champions Junior Participation Badge Recipients 17

National Team New= Correction A 20th Anniversary Article - Sass Peppre 14

Coaches Corner lE

British Children CASH in or Orienteering A 20th AnniversarTTTtiole - in Nova 'A' Meet Sanctioning Retained 1' Freda Wales Trophy Event Orientoers Who Enjoy Working with Junin-- lc

National Junior Training CarT, Meeting Highlights Faits Saillants do la Reunion 21

Notes from the 1968 COCs A 20th Anniversary Article - A Walk flown Memory Lane 1987 Canadian Ski-O Championshtps R Rerc7t ,: 20 Years Later - Same Issues 2: 1987 Canadian Orienteering Championship- The C.O.F.: Our First Three Steps ?Q

C.O.F. Drops 3r,

Sport. Science Committee Fn-Fred

The programs of this association Les programmes de cette association are financially supported

recowentfappuifiganoor

by Sport Canada

de Sport Canada

Government of Canada Fitness and Amateur Sport

Gouvernement du Canada Condition physique el Sport amateur

ORIENTEERING CANADA is published in Ottawa wits "c , assistance of the

National Sport and Recreation Centre. EDITOR: Winnie Stott, c/o COF 333 River Rd. Ottawa, Ont. f(11_ 8H9 ASSISTANT EDITOR: John Craig. TYPIST Fr lAYODT DESII,N: Lee Leger.

Winnie Stott., Charlie pox, -"vd de St. Croix. Kitty Jones, Gilles Ouerireville, 198 , CPc. fl.,-tvd Horne. lim Webster, Pat de St. Croix,

COVER PHOTO: Nancy Crab places second on Masters emen Class at Canadian Ski-0 Championships — Photo by Jim Webster (see article pacio 261. DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES FOR NEXT ISSUE: Aug. 31 1987. :%[_ ARTKLES WST BE SHBM1TTED 70 THE EDITOR BY THE DEADLINE DATE.

REFLECTIONS

This year sees the COF celebrate its 20th year as a national or-

ganization. Few of those who were

active at that time are still in-

volved today; every year sees

another one or two of the origi-

nals leaving the COF for one

reason or another.

It is not just those there 'in

the beginning' that are few and

far between, there were not that

many who were around when we cel-

ebrated our 10th anniversary.

Ir order to pay tribute to our

founders and give our present

members some insight into how

things were in those early years,

it was decided that the theme for

this issue would be on this early

period of COF.

Some of the material is taken

from the 'COF Newsletter' of

1967,'68 and '69. Most of the

names will mean little to you as

most of the present members'

names will mean to our members 20

years from now. These pioneers

are responsible for how the sport

got started and developed in this

country and we owe a tremendous

debt of gratitude to them. As an

example of how far we have come

just look at the quality of the

map used in the 1st COO in 1968

and then think of the complaints

we hear about some of the current

5-colour maps used today.

The 1968 COCs are highlighted

in this issue as the "Before" of

a "Before and After" COO Report.

The 1987 COCs in Alberta this

August will provide the "After"

in the fall issue. Other articles

from the early years will appear

in the next issue. We hope you

enjoy them. In the meantime help

the COF celebrate its 20th anni-

versary by participating in as

many events as possible. Show the

spirit of our founders by bring-

ing your friends to some local

events and introducing them to

the world of orienteering.

EDITOR'S NOTES PLEA FOR MANY PERMANENT ORIENTEERING COURSES

by Winnie Stott

For three months this winter I taught British children and their

parents orienteering. Once they were familiar with a schoolyard map I'd drawn we all wanted to expand our orienteering horizons and find controls in the forest.

Well...easier said than done.

All my flags, punches, control

stands and flagging tape were

back in Ontario. I contacted

local British clubs and their

orienteering equipment was scat-

tered in homes all over the

country side. I did procure

flags, but did not locate punches.

In spite of these frustrations my eager orienteers had several ses-

sions on orienteering maps in

nearby (within twenty minutes

walk of the school) forests.

How? We used permanent orienteering courses. AND the maps

were easy to get. The local sports arena sold a wayfaring packet put out by the national forestry commission and the orienteering federation.

Those two permanent courses made

teaching these beginners a

breeze. None of the usual: find the maps, find the flags, hang flags, vet flags, meet beginners,

do a map walk, hope the flags haven't been stolen since I hung them, collect the people, collect the controls, return everyone and thing to its proper place. Whew... and go home knowing that all of that effort was for a few

people for a few hours.

Those two permanent courses were visited again and again by the parents and kids. The orienteers didn't need me to set up a ses-sion. They could go to the

forest at their convenience, not mine.

The orienteering magazine for

Britain includes a listing of

permanent courses in each issue. I hope the Canadian provinces will follow that example and 1.

create permanent courses; 2. have the maps available at a central point; 3. provide a list

of sites.

With little effort I can recall the frustrations of my beginning days of orienteering. I would have loved to have gotten my

hands on a list of permanent courses so that I could enjoy the sport anytime. AND...perhaps some of the people bitten by the '0' bug who have left the sport

did so because they, too, wanted more opportunities to learn and

have fun.

MOT DE LA REDACTRICE ON DEMANDE UN GRAND NOMBRE DE PARCOURS PERMANENTS DE

COURSE D'ORIENTATION

par Winnie Stott

Pendant trois mois cet hiver, j'ai enseigne la course d'orien-tation a des enfants britanniques et a leurs parents. Une fois qu'ils se sont habitués a une carte de is tours de l'ecole que j'avais dessinee, nous etions tous desireux d'elargir nos horizons et de chercher des controles dans la for -et.

C'etait plus facile a dire qu'A faire. Tout mon materiel (drapeaux, supports, rubans, etc.) etait reste en Ontario. Je suis donc entree en communication avec des clubs locaux mais leur equipement de course d'orien-tation etait eparpille dans differents foyers campagnards. J'ai reussi a mettre la main sur des drapeaux mais je n'ai pas deniche un seul poincon.

En depit de ses frustrations, mes ardents coureurs ont pu benefi-cier de plusieurs seances avec l'utilisation de cartes dans lee forets avoisinantes (A moins de 20 minutes de distance, a pieds, de l'ecole). Comment? Nous nous sommes servis de parcours perma-

nents de course d'orientation. DE PLUS, les cartes etaient faciles a obtenir. Le centre de sport local vendait une trousse d'excursion publiee par la com-mission nationale de foresterie at la federation de course d'orientation.

Ces deux parcours permanents ont grandement facilite l'enseignement A mes debutante. Je n'avais aucun des traces habituels: trouver les cartes,

trouver les drapeaux, suspendre les drapeaux, examiner soigneu-sement les drapeaux, rencontrer les debutante, parcourir la zone illustree par la carte, eel:41.er que les drapeaux n'ont pas ate voles depuis que je les ai sus-pendus, rassembler mes troupes, rapporter tout le materiel at ramener les participants. Finalement, rentrer chez-moi sachant que tous ces efforts n'ont ate faits que pour le bane fice de quelques personnes pendant quelques heures.

Ces deux parcours permanents ont ensuite ate frequentes maintes et

maintes fois par les parents et leurs enfants. Les coureurs n'avaient plus besoin de mes services pour organiser une séance. Its pouvaient se rendre en foret quand bon leur plaisait, sans avoir a m'attendre.

Cheque numero de la revue britan-nique sur la course d'orientation donne une liste des parcours permanents. Peel:4re que lee provinces canadiennes suivront cet example at 1. amenageront des parcours permanents; 2. choisi-ront un point central pour la vente de cartes; at 3. offriront une liste des emplacements.

Je me souviens bien des frustra-tions de mes debuts en course d'orientation. J'aurais adore pouvoir mettre la main sur une liste de parcours permanents de maniere a pouvoir goilter les plaisirs de la course d'orien-tation quand j'en avais envie. Il est bien possible que tous les autres mordus de ce sport l'ont abandonne parce que les occasions d'apprendre at de s'amuser n'etaient pas assez nombreuses.

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The 1987 Orienteering year is upon us and it brings with it the hopes and desires of each member for a rewarding and memorable season. This year in itself is a memorable one as the sport has matured over the years. We now are prepared to celebrate a birthday - 20 years old. The year 1987 signifies that the sport has existed in an organized fashion for some twenty years in the country.

In our own life, our twentieth birthday represents the end of our teen years when so many for-mative and growth oriented events happen. The teens represent the time when girls grow into women

and boys into men. They are a time of experimentation and ex-perience. These are the years when we set our sights and organ-ize our lives for the future. This very much reflects my per-spective of where Orienteering in Canada is at this point. More and more as I sit through Board meetings, read correspondence from the various agencies and groups which impact upon us, I have the feeling that there is a great future ahead. Many indivi-duals have worked hard since the sport was introduced into Canada. Hard work was necessary to lay the foundation required for the sport to go beyond its teenage years and flourish in the future.

It has been a pleasure being a part of this growth and working with the many individuals whom I appreciate for their dedication, inspiration and enthusiasm. For really what has made Orienteering the sport it is, on its twentieth birthday, is 'THE PEOPLE'. So many have worked to guide Orien-teering through its infancy and teen years. Now with the third decade of Orienteering dawning and a new generation of indivi-duals taking the reins, I can't express enough of my appreciation for those who have given so much in the first twenty years.

My thanks, and its on to a bright and prosperous future, of which 1987 is the first season of.

LE MOT DU PRESIDENT par Charlie Fox

La saison 1987 de course d'orientation est amorcee et elle est déjà chargee des souhaits et des desirs de chaque membre qui la voudrait a la fois enrichissante et memorable. Memorable elle le sera certainement car it s'agit du 20e anniversaire de la course d'orientation. En effet le sport existe au Canada de flacon organisee depuis 20 ans.

Dans la vie de chacun de nous, le 20e anniversaire represente la fin de l'adolescence qui a ete marquee par un si grand nombre d'experiences de croissance et de formation. L'adolescence est l'epoque ou les filles deviennent des femmes et les garcons des homes. C'est Page de l'experimentation. Ce sont les annees consacrees l'etablissement d'objectifs et A l'organisation de notre vie pour l'avenir. Cette comparaison illustre bien oil en est la course d'orientation au Canada. De plus en plus, en assistant a des reunions du conseil d'administration et en lisant des lettres envoyees par divers organismes et groupes relies a notre sport, j'ai le pressentiment qu'un avenir

resplendissant nous attend. De nombreuses personnes ont travaille tres fort depuis l'introduction de la course d'orientation au Canada. L'etablissement des assises necessaires a la croisssance du sport afin qu'il franchisse l'etape de l'adolescence et se taille un avenir prometteur, a exige un grand devouemnnt.

Cela a ete un plaisir de participer a cette expansion et de travailler aux c8tes d'un bon nombre de personnes dont j'ai apprecie le devouement, l'inspiration et l'enthousiasme. Car it est evident que le sport n'en serait pas li, l'annee de son 20e anniversaire, si ce n'etait DES GEES. Nombreuses sont les personnes qui ont aide la course d'orientation A sortir de l'enfance et de l'adolescence. Au seuil de la troisieme decennie, maintenant qu'une nouvelle generation tient les renes, les mots me manquent pour exprimer mon appreciation envers ceux qui ont tent donne au cours des 20 dernieres annees.

Je vous remercie infiniment et c'est sur une note prometteuse que nous entamons l'annee 1987, la premiere de cet avenir dore.

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING

A major orienteering championship for Eastern Bloc na- tions was held in the late fall of 1986. Poland, Czech- oslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria and Russia took part. Russian athletes

won 7 of the 8 senior and junior categories. Considering that Czechoslovakia is ranked 4th or 5th nation in the world and that all of their top stars competed, this is a most impressive performance by Soviet orienteers.

It is not yet known if a Russian team will compete in the 1987 WOC but it is only a matter of time until they will be in the WOC. From their showing in the Eastern Bloc Champion-ships held in Poland, they could be in medal contention right away.

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MAPS AND AND THE GROWTH OF ORIENTEERING by Kitty Jones

MAPS...the most vital requirements of orienteering...without them? no orienteering!

THE GROWTH OF ORIENTEERING...the most urgent requirement for our sport to survive...not just from the government's point of view, but from ours: if we don't get more people involved, our long-time, hard-working orienteers will burn out and give up; there will be no one to "take up the flame."

Apparently, early orienteering events used black and white copies of topographic maps. Soon, orienteers demanded more accuracy and larger scale maps. This required time, effort, and money to produce maps that better suited the nature of the sport. Nowadays, almost disproportionate amounts of time, effort and money are spent on the production of high quality orienteering maps. I often wonder whether this has negative effects on our efforts to promote the growth of orien-teering.

"But we must have a new high quality, international standard map for every orienteering championship!" you might say. Well, yes, that would be fantas-tic. I know what a "high" you can get from competing at top form on a high quality map. It's one of the ultimate orienteering experiences. And I know how much easier it is to plan good courses, organize good events. and enjoy orienteering at any level, once you have a good orienteering map.

But, can we afford the necessary time and effort (often from volunteers) and money to produce those high quality maps. when it seems to be so often at the expense of our growth goals? Perhaps our preference for quality has been overshadowing our need for quantity.

My suggestion is that we should be concentrating on producing maps in quantity. rather than a few maps of high quality. If we can do both simultaneously, so much the better. But the former is the most important way of promoting the growth of '0'.

Look at the samples of maps on this page. Which ones take the least time to produce? Which ones are the least expensive? Which ones could be used to expose the greatest number of people to orienteering?

I know that these maps would not be suitable for 'A' meets, or even 'B' meets. But how are we to get more people to come out

and enjoy the 'A' and 'B' meets. if there are no opportunities for them to learn about orienteering at the basic level, before they are intimidated by our more sophisticated 0-maps?

The Canadian Orienteering Instru-ctors Program (CANOI) established by Jack Lee and others, is an excellent program for introducing orienteering to both youth and adults. It was set up for youth, but it is just as suitable for adults; they can go through the progressions much faster. The CANOI Program introduces orienteering concepts using simple black and white maps of classrooms, schoolyards, neighbour- hoods and city parks. These are the kinds of maps we need more of.

This may seem like stepping back to the early stages of orienteer-ing development. But then, the early black and white map led to a relatively rapid rate of growth. Maybe they could do the same again!

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FIXTURE LIST 1987

DATE EVENT VENUE CONTACT/ADDRESS NOTES

Apr 11-12 Troll Cup Wrentham & Gilbert Hill R. Margolin, NEOC, State Forests 251 Crafts St. 1 hr. south of Boston Newtonville MA 02160

Apr 17-25 Easter Camp New York T.de St. Croix National Squad 333 River Rd. Ottawa, Ont. K1L 8H9

Apr 18-19 West Point Open Lake Stillwell CPT Bob Levoit Dept G & CS US Women's West Point NY 07106 Team Trials

Apr 25-26 US Team Selections Brush Ridge Paul Bennett, HVO US Men's Fahnestock St. Pk. 182 Tuxedo Parkway Selections 1 hr North NY City Newark, NJ 07106

May Atlantic Championships May 3 TOC 'A' Meet at Cherry Vivian F.Jankulak, 44 Julia St.

Street Thornhill Ont. L3T 4R9 May 16-17 Ottawa Inter Club Ottawa B.Anderson 2988 Rankin St.

'A' Meet Meach Lake Gatineau Pk Ottawa, Ont K1V 8L3 May 23 HKF 20th Anniversary Ancaster HKF Keith French

'A' Meet May 23-31 National O. Week across Canada C. Kirk, 333 River Rd.

Ottawa, Ont. K1L 089 June 6 Level 1 Official Cert. 001 Winnie Stott 19 Poplar Cr.

Clinic (Day 2) Aurora, Ont. L4G 31'14 June 6-14 National Squad Camp Ottawa T.de St. Croix National Squad June 13 Ontario Relay Champs. Mansfield P.Golightly,4 Brady Ct

DOI Dundas, Ont L9H 6R1 June 14 CVO 'A' Meet

at Terra Nova Mansfield Grant Linney Box 473

Bolton, Ont. LOP 1A0 July 2-5 Blue Lake Clinic Blue Lake, Alberta E. Lowan, 5408 Thornbriar Rd NW

Calgary, Alta T2K 2X8 July 8-11 Jr. International Great Britain T.de St. Croix Jr. Team July 20-24 O-Ringen Ostergotland, Sweden T.de St. Croix Aug 8-9 Alberta Summer Games Edmonton COC '87, Box 88

& 'A' Meet Calgary, Alta. T2P 207 Aug 12 'A' Meet & Selection Bow Valley, Alta. COC '87, Box 88 Freda Wales

Race Calgary, Alta, T2P 2G7 Trophy Event Aug 13 COC Relay near Innisfail, Alta. COC '87, (see above) COF sanctioned Aug 15-16 Canadian Orienteering Pioneer Lodge COC '87, (see above) COF sanctioned

Championships Sundre, Alta. Aug 16-21 National Junior Train-

ing Camp Bow Valley, Alta. Tim Cartmell, Level 1&2 NCCP

4224-46th St. NE training included CALGARY, Alta. T1Y 4K5

Aug 22-28 WOC Camp #3 France Gilles Quenneville National Team Dept. Kinanthropology University of Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Que. J1K 2R1

Sep 1-5 World Championships Gerardmer, France Gilles Quenneville National Team Sep 5-7 B.C. Championships UBC Endowments John Rance COF sanctioned

1428 Edinburgh St. New Westminster, BC V3M 2W4 (604)526-3319

Sep Manitoba Championships Sep Alberta Championships Kitty Jones, AOA Strathcona

House, 104A-429-14th St. NW Calgary, Alta T2N 2A3

Sep 19-20. Quebec Championships Tamaracouta J. Charlow, 406-3615 Ridgewood Ave. Montreal Que. H3V 1B4

Sep 19-20 Nova Scotia Champs. T.B.A. OANS, Box 30105, Halifax N.S. 03J 306

Sep 26-27 Ontario Championships Sudbury Ken Sidney, 1858 Oriole Dr. Sudbury, Ont. P3E 2W6

Oct Nova Scotia Champs. Oct New Brunswick Champs. Oct 3-4 New England Champs. NEOC Oct 10-11 U.S. Championships Rhode Island NEOC Nov 13-15 Annual General Meeting Ottawa, Ont. Colin Kirk

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ORIENTEERING TEACHING AND COACHING REVISED

by Gilles Quenneville National Squad Coordinator and Coach

For many years, teaching and coaching orienteering was geared at bringing the orienteer to be able to run and read the map at the same time. One needs to stop only 30 seconds to be 150 metres behind. If this occurs ten times during a one-hour event, the orienteer is 1.5 km behind assum-ing the others could read the map on the run. Of course, one can-not run any faster than the speed at which he can read the map and keep contact with the surround-ings. Also, one must always be one step ahead; that is read the forecoming terrain on the map while checking the immediate surroundings for location.

Today, one may question the methods used to develop keen orienteers that can read the map while running fast. As of today, most teaching progressions start with being able to read the map sitting down, (a quite unrealistic way of orienteering), then walking and eventually running. The "classic" orienteer would begin on a white course and walk, jog or run at a speed allowing map reading. Eventually when the orienteer can run fast on a white course, he should move up to a higher level and perhaps slow down in order to read the more difficult terrain of the new level. In researching learning methods in 1979. I had come to think there could be another way to approach learning in orienteering. I have tried with success with students and young aggressive runners the following method. It needs more refining and researching but so far suc-cess was immediate and orienteer-ing better appreciated for what it is. You might be interested to look at this method for new ideas.

The method suggests to start orienteering by getting physi-cally in shape to be able to run for 30 minutes in a continuous manner in the forest and on trails at a sub anaerobic level. This training can be done without a map. Only a sheet of paper or a page of scrap magazine is necessary to get the proper habit of having something in the hand. Once the orienteer can run for 30 minutes, then it is time to use the map. Until that time, the

runner should look at the terrain and learn to see features but more importantly, the groups of features making a guide to run in the forest. In the old days. foresters and mountaineers could travel without a map only by fol-lowing large features such as rivers, mountains, etc. In the forest the orienteer should be able to see the land before the maps.

The difference with former theories then, when the map is introduced, is that running speed is maintained high while map reading difficulty is reduced at a level which does not impair speed of running. Progressively,

as the runner learns to read the map on the run. course difficulty increases, but never to a point of slowing the runner down. What has occurred with the people who have tried it so far is a selec-tion of orienteering techniques and map simplification methods that are fast and efficient. By using the "read on the run" method, the orienteers are forced to check only the important in-formation on the map and do away with superfluous details. When one stops or walks he has a dif-ferent perception of the land than when running. In running, hills and shapes come faster and are seen more globally. In a way, when running, it looks more

like the map. The map is drawn

for running. When walking or stopped, many details not on the map appear to confuse the orienteer. As reading ability improves. map difficulty and courses can be increased. The running speed is maintained.

Now, this is a new approach and it has been tried with success with only a few persons. However, if you look at orienteering at a high level, you have no choice but to run fast and read the map at the same time.

Some people may think this method is unrealistic. Well, who could have thought one could run world championship courses without a compass. Last fall, after having been in the forest with some of the best Norwegian orienteers during the Hamilton World Cup and the New York World Cup, I reali-zed that orienteering was running

fast without stopping or having second thoughts about route choice. Everything must be quick and efficient. The way to achieve this, I think, is to use a method that enables the runner to read on the run.

When I introduced elite cross- country runners and skiers to orienteering, they were not interested to walk, they wanted to run fast and long. Therefore, I made up real easy courses using large handrails and easy-to- locate features in the beginning. The course looked like a distance training course with

easy orienteering for elite orienteers. The orienteering being easy I could point out features on the run and explain simple route choices such as, "let us run along the top of the ridge and then on the left side of the marsh to the large cliff." I was amazed how newcomers were quick to catch on. Progressively I increased course difficulty

always keeping speed constant. After ten trainings of two hours over ten weeks and one individual practice of 1 1/2 hours a week they managed to do quite well. During the 1986 Canadian Cham-pionships three of them partici-pated and two ran course number six. They did well considering

it was their first orienteering meet. I had told them to enter course #4 on which I think their orienteering level was.

Had they followed my advice they would not have stopped for re-location as much as they did. In running a course to the level of their reading ability they would have been able to apply to a higher degree the principles of this new approach.

Orienteering, has been said to be simple, in order to attract people who might think it is complicated. We instructors have made it complicated. We have subdivided and analyzed its contents and written numerous books on the steps of the "how to". We have forgotten that people are born with some abili-ties and when they begin to orienteer they know how to read and do several other things. Orienteering is much simpler than we want to make it look like. I

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NATIONAL SQUAD FUND RAISING

Something for every orienteer in Canada

The National Team Budget will permit only part of the team to be sponsored for the 1987 World Orienteering Championships. In order to have a full team of 4 women and 4 men there is a need for more money.

Be a National Team supporter and help out by donating and receiving in exchange something from the World Championships and the National Team.

The following is offered:

* For donations of $5.00 you receive a post card from the WOC with the teams' signature.

* For $15.00 you receive a World Orienteering Championship map.

* For $25.00 you receive a World Orienteering Championship

T-Shirt.

* For $35.00 you receive a World Orienteering Championship map and T-shirt.

* For $40.00 you receive a World Orienteering Championship map,

T-shirt and post card.

Donations should be made before August 22. 1987 and sent to the COF Technical Director, 333 River Road, Ottawa, Ontario KU 8H9 using the order form below.

The National Squad is training hard to compete in the WOC and any support from fellow orienteers will be greatly appreciated.

Your National Squad Coordinator and Coach - Gilles Quenneville

ORDER FORM

BLUE LAKE CLINIC July 2-5, 1987

by Jim Webster

Ever since we first began discus- sing our plans for the '87 Blue Lake clinic, interest has been

high. We wanted to offer the best of what Blue Lake has grown

to stand for; quality leadership

and training with the best in-

structors available, but we also wanted more. We wanted to intro-duce the developments and changes

in orienteering over the past

eight years, we wanted our leaders to also be participants, and we wanted a program which would appeal to the first timers as well as those who have been to Blue Lake 3, 4, and even 5 times; a Blue Lake reunion and Leader-ship clinic offering the best in orienteering from the social side to the latest training philoso-

phies from Europe.

I feel we have come up with such

a program. We have gone back to

the top instructors and founders

of the Blue Lake clinics and asked them to come up with a pro-gram of activities which incor-porates the best of Blue Lake's past clinics along with the

variations and changes which have taken place within '0'. Each

leader will be responsible for a half-day session, then he or she is free to join in as a partici-

pant for the remainder of the

clinic. As well, everyone who registers as a participant will

be assigned to a leader to help

organize that 1/2 day session.

Leaders will include the likes of

Juri Peepre, George Murphy, Jack Lee, Kitty Jones, Afan Jones, Ross Burnett, Ed Lowan, Ted de St. Croix as well as others.

ORIENTEERING TEACHING... (continued from p. 8)

have often introduced people to orienteering by saying. "Here is

a map and we are now standing here. Turn the map around and keep it in match with the land

(map orientation). Let's go check

out this cliff and let's use the

left side of the marsh, then the

long hill to navigate to the control." After a few hours in

the forest, I was amazed at the

success and fun, the newcomers would have.

Maybe it is time to try something

different. Who knows, it might

work, to me, orienteering has always been fun. Since I use

this method it is exciting as

well. It would be interesting to hear from others who might have

tried this method or others.

In closing, I am not suggesting we change our manuals and books. I am only presenting a different

approach which may bring about

some interesting changes. Some-

times we are too analytical and want to use all the techniques we know. Then we have very little time left to let the people

learn. I feel we have been

conservative in our ways of teaching orienteering.

The program will include a 3 hour

Rogaine event, a Voyageur Relay, the best of the Blue Lake follies, a welcome reception, a

barbeque and dance, a wrap-up '0' meet, forest adventurers, the

latest ideas on training, and

much more.

We suggest you register early as

space is limited and there is

always a full house. Cost for

the 4 days and nights is $120.00

which includes meals, accommoda-tion and the clinic. Come pre-

pared to spend lots of time in

the woods. If you would like more info and/or a registration form contact: Ed Lowan, 5408

Thornbriar Road NW, Calgary,

Alberta T2K 2)(8 Phone: (403) 275-1931.

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VIEWPOINTS FROM THE 1986 CHAMPIONS

As a contribution to the anniversary edition of ORIENTEERING CANADA, we asked the 1986 COC Champions to send in their "Orienteering Viewpoints". The responses we received are featured, thanks to all those who contributed.

Magali Robert 1986 D-21 Winner

It was on of those cold wet and miserable fall mornings. I was out hanging my orienteering flags, still debating whether I should have stayed in bed, when I came upon a deer grazing in a small valley. I stopped and we stared at each other. For how Ione I don't know, time no longer existed. The falling snow seemed to curtain us from the rest of the world. Finally, the deer slowly turned and we went our separate ways. However, I no longer felt the bitter cold and a deep warmth glowed inside me.

And people still ask me why I love orienteering!!!

Marko Cote H15-16 1986 Champion

Ewan in his "formative years" is on his father's knee.

Ewan Geddes 1986 H19-20 Canadian Champion

The thing I like most about orienteering is the opportunity to travel! In my years of orienteering I have travelled from one side of Canada to the other, to the States and most recently and most exciting was my trip to Hungary, even though I lost my luggage. Also another reason I like to orienteer is the meeting of new people, which you get from the travelling. These might not be the high priority reasons for liking the sport, but since I am fortunate to have a family very involved in the sport, I have grown to like it for some reason or another!

I find that orienteering is a sport that involves a lot of

endurance and the ability to think straight under a lot of pressure. Orienteering as a sport is unlike any other sport because it involves a number of skills: reading a map on the run.

My favourite map has to be Blue Mountain in Grand Falls although I did like a number of Gatineau Maps.

I must thank Gary Feeney for making the sport an interesting one for me because of his motiva-tion.

Ted de St. Croix 1986 H21 Canadian O. Champion

My reasons for preferring orienteering over other activities came at different times in my orienteering career. Initially. it was the fun of finding flags and winning Sass Peepre's famous plaques at his well attended Guelph events. I used to team orienteer with my brothers (we used to cheat by getting together in the forest and coordinating efforts) !

Then I experienced Scandinavian orienteering and soon became competitive. It was then, as junior, that I started getting thrashed by 20 minutes by "the rabbit", Ron Lowry, and got motivated to beome the best I could be. I loved that challenge and I trained hard to reach that nebulous goal. I guess I'm in it now for strictly competitive reasons but on the odd occasion that I'm out training in the forest I notice how beautiful and peaceful it is out there. I like that too.

My favourite competition is the Canadian Championships for its social atmosphere. Some day I am going to go and stay up later than 10:30 the night before!

What's unique about this sport? The Canadian Team doesn't beat up the Soviets - in fact, we may get to compete against them! Septem-ber 1987 may be our first chance.

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Rebecca Sidney 1986-012 Canadian Champion

VIEWPOINTS...(continued)

I like orienteering because you get fresh air, you run, and I like working on different maps and trying to figure out which control is where. I also like orienteering because I meet new friends. Best of all I like to have fun.

My favourite met map is Barr Tract. Barr Tract is fun to race or train on. I like it there

because it has nice up and down hills. The flats are good too and there are lots of trails.

The unique thing about the sport is that you're in the woods surrounded by trees and rocks and you have to figure out where to go by yourself.

I like orienteering whether its snowing, raining or sunny.

• My favourite map is the Dundas Valley used in the 1986 World Cup event.

• What is unique about the sport? The challenge to run and compete in the nature where fitness, map and compass reading skills are required at the same time. This is something you don't find in any other sport. Risto Santala

1986—H45 Canadian Champion

• Why do I like to orienteer? I find it is a sport where the desire to do better is always present, there is room for improvement — by making fewer mistakes at the next event.

• My favourite meet is the Canadian Championships.

Allyson Feeney 1986 015-16 Canadian Champion

• Why do you like orienteering? I think the main reason I like orienteering is the challenge it creates for you. Cross country skiing, another sport I am invol-ved in, is very hard physically. but orienteering also adds a mental challenge. You could be the best runner in the world and still not be successful in orienteering. When I'm in the woods, reading a map, I feel like I'm doing something exciting, that not all people can do.

• What's your favourite meet? One of my favourite meets was the Troll Cup last spring. I had been training very hard and it paid off. I was the second fastest time on Day 1 including the boys. My most exciting event, however, has to be the winning the 1986 Canadian Championships in St. Sauveur, Quebec.

My favourite map is Blue Bell Mountain (site of the 1984

COCs). It's not because I did well either (ONF) but because the forest is so beautiful. Another map I liked very much is the 1985 COC map in Alberta.

• What's unique about the sport? The sport is unique in many ways. The main thing is no other sport gives you a competi-tion plus a nice day in the woods. If you like nature and the outdoors, you will love

orienteering!

Jan Pearson 1986 H13-14 Canadian Champion

(Jan didn't include a photo).

I like orienteering because its a real challenge to me. I also enjoy it because it gives you a chance to be alone with yourself, which I think is good.

My favourite map is the Dundas Valley map where the World Cup was held.

The sport is very unique, my reasons are because orienteering involves mental decisions and mental knowledge along with a good deal of stamina and dex- terity.

(continued next page)

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ORIENTEERING JUNIOR PARTICIPATION PROGRAM

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VIEWPOINTS...(continued)

Alison Skinner 1986 D13-14 Champion

The sport of orienteering is unique for many different reasons. You have to be a runner and a thinker to be in top form. Physical fitness is developed through school sports and jogging. Mental development is encouraged using armchair '0'.

Orienteering meets are one of a kind. Take the weather: heat waves, torrential rain, or waist-deep snow - the meet goes on

Through orienteering, you meet people from all over the world. And, orienteers become such good friends! It certainly must be true that absence makes the heart

grow fonder; I am always eager to see my orienteering friends.

Orienteers get to explore many new places. I've seen Western Canada through orienteering, and probably would not have had the chance otherwise.

I've been to the Junior Training Camp for the last two years and I have learned almost all I know about orienteering there. Super camps!

Orienteering sure is a great sport. I enjoy it tremendously and will continue to orienteer for as long as I am able.

1. Why do you like orienteering? 1 like the mental challenge in a forest setting.

2. What's your favourite map? My favourite meet and map is any competition which causes me to think every step of the way. I like the courses with long legs and route choice, but the 035 and D40 courses don't offer those challenges very often.

rock climbing. The swimming is something you can do anytime. anywhere due to all the indoor pools...however, it requires minimal concentration.

Rock climbing demands concentra-tion, but can only be done at specific sites under specific weather conditions.

Orienteering is a joy because it combines the best of both sports - concentration and availability. It's perfect!

3. What's unique about the sport? I spent many years with the sport of swimming and a brief time with

Winnie Stott

1986 D-40 Champion

JUNIOR PARTICIPATION BADGE RECIPIENTS

The 1987 orienteering season will soon be in full swing. Our next issue of Orienteerin Canada should have a lengt y ist of Junior Participation Badge Recipients.

Congratulations to the following Juniors who have earned badges:

YELLOW BADGES

Matthew Charles, North York, Ont. Michael Sinclair, North York, Ont. Everton Lewis, North York, Ont. Ian Mulchey, North York, Ont. Warren Howard, North York, Ont. Cameron Rose. North York, Ont.

ORANGE BADGES

Michael Faulkner, Hillsborough, NB Cameron Rose, North York, Ont.

GREEN BADGES

Ryan Bradstock, Newmarket. Ont.

RED BADGES

Drew Bradstock, Newmarket, Ont. Ryan Bradstock, Newmarket, Ont. Simon Toole, Montreal, Que.

BLUE BADGES

Simon Toole, Montreal, Que.

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ORIENTEEm

CORRECTION

The first training camp for 1987 was held in Ottawa, January 22-24 and saw several new programs im-plemented. We explored methods of monitoring fitness using our new heart rate monitors and found that these instruments are ex-tremely accurate and responsive -except if its -20 0C.

Using Rick Pardo's portable com-puter we were able to plot heart rate graphs to see our training intensities and recovery rates for different types of work per-formed. Using these monitors one is able to train closer to their threshold of decompensation (or Lactate Threshold) to obtain maximum benefit from training without overtraining.

We also planned the periods in the year when we will train specific energy supply systems to obtain the peak fitness when its needed most i.e., the WOC in September in France.

Psychological training is gaining popularity on the Squad but more importantly is the evaluation, planning and preparation of a sound psychological program for specific races. Everyone has their on days and off days. What we are attempting to do is pro-duce those "on" days at will. It is not easy.

Upcoming camps are a week in New York (April) to work on technique and a week in Ottawa this coming June to work on strength and en-durance as well as polish up techniques. To see the squad in action come to the Team Selection Races August 12, 15 & 16 in Alberta (CDC events) as we will all be there vying for the up to 8 team positions. The Team wel-comes Dr. Gilles Ouenneville to the program as our Team Leader and Coach for the next three years.

In the previous issue of Orien- teering Canada Vol. 14, No7-4--Tn the "C.O.F. Drops" section, Page 17, it was reported that Helene Huculak was no longer connected with Silva Division of Johnson Diversified Canada Inc. We have been advised in a letter from Julie De Pass of Johnson Diversi-fied that:

Helene is still connected with Johnson -- Diversified Canada Inc. as a consultant. She has in fact been coming out to Burlington every Thursday morning and we usually have a list of questions for her!"

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A 20th ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE ALEX 'SASS' PEEPRE: LEADER, TEACHER, COACH

AND ADMINISTRATOR by Pat de St. Croix

Two decades have passed since the founding of the Canadian Orien-teering Federation, a period in which the name of this sport is now recognized by most profes-sionals in the fields of Physical Education and Sport Administra- tion in Canada. During the past twenty years literally thousands of Canadians have had some kind of an introduction to orienteer-ing through recreation courses, scouts and guides, summer camps, schools, colleges and university programs. As a result many are now successfully using maps. Others have made the sport of orienteering part of their lives.

One of the great contributors to the development of this sport in Canada was the late Alex 'Sass' Peepre. Sass loved the sport. He loved people and he loved nothing more than showing young people how to add this activity to their lifestyles. Happiness, he would say, is what we are all seeking, and each time we find a control we are happy, so greater sport is there'?

EARLY BEGINNINGS ESTONIA

Sass started life in Estonia where he lived until April, 1943, when the German occupying forces brought pressure on him to join their cause. Sass was well known by both the Russians and the Germans as he was Baltic Nordic Combined Ski champion for three years. He also held a sport director position in the city of Tallin where he lived with his wife Leida, and infant daughter, Mari. Rather than fighting the Russians with the Germans he chose the Finnish side in the conflict. First he, then Leida

with Mari, travelled by night in open fishing boats across the Gulf of Finland to become for a number of years citizens without a country. When the Finnish- Russian conflict ended the Peepres once again found them-selves adrift and were eventually towed to Swedish shores.

ON TO SWEDEN

Sweden had remained neutral throughout the 2nd World War and there the Peepres quickly began to learn the new language and to start life over. To the usual type of menial labour available to immigrants without the language, Sass quickly added ski coaching and work at summer camps for children. Through this work he came in contact with Bjorn Kjellstrom who was then serving as a director of the board for the City of Stockholm sports program. It was through Bjorn that Sass was introduced to Dr. Doris Plewes of the Canadian Ministry of Health and Welfare. Dr. Plewes's advice to Sass was, learn the language and start in the YMCA in Canada. So in 1950 together with their daughters (Mall was added to the family in Sweden), the Peepres started life once more in a new country, this time in Toronto, Canada.

LIFE IN CANADA

Alex Peepre started working in the YMCA in Toronto first as caretaker and then as a dish- washer at the summer camp. After dishes were done Sass would head for the waterfront where his talent as a teacher and coach were quickly recognized. He worked as Youth Secretary and then as Boys Work Secretary of the Broadview YMCA before moving to the Guelph YMCA as Physical Education Director. Sass was invited to join the staff of the Athletics Department and later the School of Physical Education at the University of Guelph in

1956. He continued his work at summer YMCA camps for 15 years. Meanwhile a son. Juni. was added to the Peepre family.

It was at Guelph University that Sass became involved with the Canadian Legion Track and Field clinics run for Physical Educa-tion teachers in the summer months. Sass began introducing Orienteering as alternative activity for running training at these clinics. John Disley was invited to come to Canada to provide some expertise in this new sport. Sass had been intro-duced to orienteering when in the Finnish army so had some know-ledge as well.

HONOURARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP FOR

LEIDA

Soon orienteering became a major direction in Sass's life and in the lives of his family. Mall, Juri and their spouses continue to orienteer. Juri even staged his wedding during the week of the Canadian Championships so that friends could conveniently attend both events. Mall's husband, Doug Bishop, is the volunteer medical doctor of the National Team. Sass's wife. Leida, was given an honourary life membership by the Ontario Orienteering Association in re-cognition of her strong support

what 'Sass Peepre' a great contributor to the development of the sport of '0'

(Photo from the LONDON FREE PRESS)

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Level 2 71t ---- 10T: Bob Henderson

Winnie Stott Rodney Vickery

I know there are coaches active out there who have not received Practical Acceditation. Please send your coaching logs to the

COF office so we can certify you. For more information on the Level 1 and 2 Courses offered in your region, write to your Prov-incial/Territorial Association or the COF office.

We have recently completed print-ing the Level 2 Coach Manual in French. English or French copies are available for $20 from the COF office. This manual contains the most up-to-date orienteering techniques, training methodolo-gies and coaching tips available today. Written by Ron Lowry for the coach but invaluable to any

orienteer.

Congratulations to the following coaches certified in 1986. fully certified means passing all three components of the program, Theory. Technical and Practical.

Level 1 Alberta:

B.C.

Ontario:

Quebec:

Doug Dowell Brian Alford Ross Burnett Jennifer Fenton Nancy Addison Mark Smith

Christine Kennedy Yvan Duchesne

for the many orienteering activi-ties centered around and from her home.

PRESIDENT OF 0.01 & C.O.F.

Sass started the Orienteering Committee of the Canadian As- sociation of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. He conducted the Guelph Spring Orienteering Festivals which continued for many years. If he happened to be in Europe on sab-batical as happened one year, •Jun convened the Festival. Many of the first American orienteers from Quantico attended these clinics and meets. Sass became

president of the Ontario Orien-teering Association and later of the Canadian Orienteering Federa-tion. He organized and conducted the first Canadian National Leadership Course which drew participants from every province except New Brunswick and from the United States. He gave clinics throughout Canada and several in the United States.

Sass recognized the need for a national movement and was instru-mental in the establishment of the COF National Office at the National Sport and Recreation Centre in Ottawa.

A successful advancement for Canadian orienteering was in 1971 when a group of ten of the most experienced Swedish coaches and mappers arrived in Canada. After capturing top honours at the Can-adian Orienteering Championships, conducted that year by the Clarke Orienteering Club in Ontario, the group dispersed throughout Quebec and Ontario to coach and teach. Three of them went to Guelph to produce Canada's first 4-colour map. Then they all reassembled in Guelph where Sass organized a clinic at which the Swedish group conducted workshops for Canadian leaders. They also conducted a meet on the new map to which Sass attracted over 400 competitors, among them many teachers and students. Much benefit continues from these encounters, including the invitation from one of the Swedish teacher/coaches to send our National Team '89 to Sweden this summer and next to train and be hosted and coached by the club of Arne Yngstrom, co-designer of the Norcompass.

Although the sport and the promo-tion of the sport began to domi-nate Sass's life, he still had

time to make contributions to other sports. Leida says that he had the capacity to crowd 100 things into each day. He was instrumental in the development of the Canadian Red Cross Swim-ming and Water Safety Program, He coached the Guelph University Alpine Ski Team. He qualified for Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance Certification and was Ski School Director at Beaver Valley, He coached and promoted soccer in Ontario and Leida says that there stills exists a Sass Peepre Award for Ontario High School Soccer.

While on a sabbatical leave in Europe, Sass spent two weeks brushing up on ski techniques. He was on the first gondola up in the mountain in the morning and among the last to leave at night. He skied those steep long hills wearing a back brace and at night nursed his swollen knees. But the snow was right, the hills were there, and Sass had to make good use of both. Then in the evenings he would plan where the next orienteering clinic would be held in Canada.

While in and out of hospital, in what must have been a fading

light, he attended his final

orienteering meet in Wellington County Forest near Guelph to

present the awards. The awards were apples since Sass was unable to make the wooden awards he so much enjoyed creating. Yet again he welcomed one and all and urged them to continue this marvellous sport of orienteering.

A Sass Peepre Memorial Map exists at Camp Hollyburn in Ontario's Muskoka area and a Sass's Trail exists at Camp Kandalor in Ontario's Haliburton area.

The Canadian Orienteering Federa- tion established the Sass Peepre

MEMORIAL FUND ESTABLISHED

Memorial Fund at the time of his death in recognition of the abilities and accomplishments of this truly outstanding sport teacher, coach and administra-tor. The purpose of the fund is to continue his inspiring work of encouraging and developing leadership among young people,

At this 20th anniversary celebra-tion it is good to look and say thank you, Sass, for helping to successfully establish a national sport.

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BRITISH CHILDREN 'CASH' IN ON ORIENTEERING

Fifty-six 9 to 11 year olds at New Scotland Hill School in Berk-shire England learned how to CASH in on orienteering. A program running from December through January took the students from the basics of classroom orienteering to several outings on permanent courses in nearby forests.

But...how DID they CASH in? The word CASH is an acronym for Control, Attack point, Stopper, and Handrail.

The students were taught that in orienteering it is mandatory to be: First Smart--Then Swift. In other words...before you move those feet--have a plan.

CASH was decided before anyone set out to a control. First of all...what is the control feature? What exacty are you looking for?

Secondly what is an excellent attack point? Perhaps there is a field corner, a path crossing, a building.

Thirdly is there a STOPPER behind the control to keep you from going too far? Is there a path, a stream, a clearing? Is there anything that will save you extra steps? The students paid careful attention to the STOPPER. They could easily imagine running well beyond the control and possibly off the map.

Finally is there a handrail or a series of handrails leading you to the control marker? Can you see a fence, stream, path, field edge, powerline to guide you?

With CASH thoroughly drilled into their brains the students applied the word to indoor and outdoor maps of the school. The building's walls and the schoolyard fence served as BIG stoppers. The critical step came when over 50 parents and children enjoyed an orienteering walk at a nearby permanent course. Identifying the stoppers in the forest intro-duced the group to another term: Defensive orienteering. (A term borrowed from "Defensive Driving").

Even a carefully planned route can result in that "lost" feeling. So...orienteering with

by Winnie Stott

potential disasters in mind can eliminate some confusion when you are trying to correct a problem.

For example: The plan is:

C = a small hill Defensively: There is only one small hill in the control circle so if you are at a hill in the circle you are near the marker.

A = a path crossing Defensively: There are two cross-ings near the control. However the one you want has a depression on the west side.

S = earth wall Defensively: So far all of the earth walls you've seen on the map have been over one metre high so you should realize when you run into this particular wall.

H = a fence and a path Defensively: There are many paths in the area. The one you want has a steam on the right side.

When the orienteer identifies where he might go wrong BEFORE he does the leg then he should be

able to execute it flawlessly.

However, if he ignores possible problem areas during the planning stage he could fall into "traps" and lose himself.

(continued on p.17)

Jonathon Moore (top) & Scott Paton work on a 3-dimensional schoolyard model. (Photo by W. Stott)

Melissa Gibson and Michelle Collet planning their move. (Photo by Winnie Stott)

British Children 'Cash' In ... (continued)

In addition to CASH and Defensive Orienteering during the three months the children produced a 3-dimensional schoolyard model, flash cards of features. play- dough models of hills...re- entrants...spurs, trivia courses for the indoor and the outdoor maps, a slide show of British maps, '0 , relays, map memory, '0' competitions, timed route choice comparisons...you name it and those children thought it up and DID it.

One super bonus of CASHing in on orienteering was the success several of the "poor" readers enjoyed. Children who were repeatedly "low" in school acade-mics were excellent map readers. Jamie Grey and Davide Monaco discuss the map.

(Photo by Winnie Stott). It was a delight to watch their transition from bored-lifeless- blobs tuning out on a math lesson With three months of orienteering tion. Not so...unless you in- TO smiling, excited individuals interspersed with the normal cur- elude "Why do we have to wait

eager to take the orienteering riculum you might expect a few 'til this afternoon to do the map and run to the controls. children to vocalize an objec- course?"

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A 20th ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE ORIENTEERING IN NOVA SCOTIA

THE BEGINNINGS - 1968-1970 by David Home

The development of orienteering in Nova Scotia can be traced to two sources which made contact with one another from time to time until the first meets were organized in 1969.

SASS PEEPRE CONDUCTS

ATLANTIC CLINIC

At a meeting of the Canadian Orienteering Federation in August of 1968. Ragnar Axelsson of Port Hawkesbury was appointed the Eastern Representative for orien-teering. Ragnar was subsequently involved in an orienteering clinic conducted by Sass Peepre at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. This September clinic, sponsored by the Canadian Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (CAHPER) was attended by Freda Wales and Laurie Montgomery.

Interest in orienteering was further advanced when Laurie Montgomery gave a talk on the subject at a meeting sponsored by the Canadian Youth Hostels As- sociation, Maritime Region (now the Canadian Hostelling Associa- tion - Nova Scotia). However orienteering would likely have

taken much longer to become an established sport if Ray Will, a member of the Montreal Orienteer-ing Club, had not moved to Halifax early in 1969. His presence became known to Dick James, then President of the CYHA, Maritime Region, through his conversations with John Charlow, Executive Director of the Quebec Region of the CYHA, and a very ardent supporter of orienteering in Quebec. Dick approached Ray who conducted a very successful clinic on April

10th, followed by the first orienteering meet to be held in the province, at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, on April 12, 1969.

Excerpts from the CYHA Maritime Region minutes of that year

briefly tell the story of the beginning of orienteering in Nova Scotia:

February 3 - "expert help has been offered to the

Region to organize an orienteering program."

June 2 - "the orienteering program is going ahead nicely."

Orienteering was indeed going

ahead quite nicely. Ten meets were held in 1969 throughout the Province, in Halifax, Waverly, Wentworth, Debert and Port Hawkesbury. Maps of the latter two locations were prepared by Ron Day and Ragner Axelsson, respectively. All the maps at that time were black and white and could only be described as crude compared to the multi-coloured maps that exist today. Some of them did not even have contour lines, and the usefulness of those maps which did have contours was limited by in-

adequate plotting and large contour intervals.

O.A.N.S. FORMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

It was soon realized that orien-teering was an activity that should be organized and adminis-tered by its own Board of Direc-tors rather than as one of a number of activities sponsored by the CYHA. At a meeting held in Truro on September 27. 1969, the

formation of the Orienteering As-sociation of Nova Scotia was pro-posed and an interim Board of Directors was elected pending ratification and incorporation of a constitution. The interim

officers elected at that meeting were Ron Day, President; Ragnar Axelsson, Vice-President; Ruth MacKenzie, Secretary; and Freda Wales, Treasurer.

Information on the initial stages of the Orienteering Association of Nova Scotia (OANS) was con-tained in the first newsletter of the association, published in November 1969. The editor was Magnetic Mike, Paul Hanlon. This newsletter records that Nova Scotia entered a team in the Canadian Championships held in Waterloo, October 18-19. The team. consisting of Margie James, Ragnar Axelsson, Paul Hanlon and Bruce Cheadle, represented the Province very well, with the men's relay team placing second.

A constitution for the Orienteer-ing Association of Nova Scotia was adopted at a meeting held in Truro on April 18, 1970. The officers of the OANS remained the same as those elected on an interim basis the previous year. except Dave Horne replaced Ruth MacKenzie as Secretary.

FIRST O.A.N.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS SEPT. 26, 27, 1970

The first Nova Scotia Orienteer-ing Championship was held on the weekend of September 26-27, 1970. The relay races were held at Wentworth while the individual events were held in the Debert area. At the Annual General Meeting held in conjunction with the championships, Ragnar Bern-hard replaced Ragnar Axelsson as Vice-President. Unfortunately, Ragnar returned to Sweden, but it was soon evident that the second Ragnar was an excellent orienteer. At the Canadian Champion- ships that year Ragnar was the first Canadian to finish in the elite class, and he was third overall. Not only that but his wife, Elisabet, and son, Jonte, won their classes too (women's

elite and junior men). The Nova Scotia Junior relay team. consisting of Jonte, Bruce Cheadle and Bruce Thomsen also recorded a first place finish.

Orienteering had got off to a good start in those early years. Although numbers waxed and waned over the years (a few meets in the mid-70s attracted up to 200 people), a small but dedicated group of volunteers, assisted from the fall of 1976 by a Development Co-ordinator (funded by the Province of Nova Scotia), has continued to promote and develop orienteering through the '70s and '80s. With rapid changes taking place in every facet of our society it is diffi-cult to imagine what the next 20 years will be like, but we can enjoy our sport today and dream of the future when every control will be in the right place and we will always know exactly where we are on the map!

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`A' MEET SANCTIONING RETAINED

At the 1986 Annual Meeting a motion to discontinue sanctioning of 'A' meets was defeated. There-fore the standards introduced in 1986 remain.

We ask all 1987 'A' meet organi-zers to submit the names of the Meet Director, Course Planner and Controller for the 'A' meet as well as the following details for inclusion in the COF fixture list: contact name, address and phone number, meet venue, map and map scale and name of mapper.

The current policy on the offi-cials program states that only officials in sanctioned 'A' meets will receive practical accredita-tion for their Level 2 Officials Certification.

We have been very successful in eradicating a very high percentage of event foul-ups such as incorrect codes or misplaced flags, thanks to our hard working officials. We want this high standard to continue.

by Ted de St. Croix

Many officials have expressed their concern over the great deal of work required to host an 'A' meet to COF standards but if you have done a few you soon learn the secrets to time saving.

1. It is not necessary to have eight separate courses. Combine as many controls as possible. We are not—elTalTrig with hundreds of competitors.

2. Consider your courses carefully. Does Course 8 of 10 kms really need 20 controls? Definitely not. On courses 4-8 there should be route choice options. If you have a control

every 500 metres (8 controls over 4 km) then you may have too many controls. Remove all the un- necessary controls. The best orienteer is determined between the flags not at the flags.

3. Plan to have your map print-ing, map case stuffing as late as possible to ensure all changes in courses are incorporated. To

allow this all other arrangements should be completed one week before the event and not left to the last minute.

4. Pre-planning - the 'A' Meet Organizing Manual contains checklists for all the major officials. Have each official stick to those timelines and you should have no problems.

5. Delegate - the one-man show has got to go! The meet director should never be the course plan-ner. TI- e17- are club members out there dying to be asked to help; yet they are ignored and eventually leave the sport. The same people are still doing all the work to the extent that the participants come to expect it of them.

'A' meet sanctioning forms can be obtained from your provincial/ territorial association or the COF Technical Director.

Hey! Extend your stay in the Rockies after the 1987 COCs! Experience some more orienteering in the foothills, where there are lots of open forests and meadows, and almost no fight!

Take the opportunity to help juniors improve their '0' skills and enjoy '0' more than ever before! Come and have a good time learning how to coach juniors!

NATIONAL COACHING CERTIFICATION COURSE

DATES: Aug. 16 (evening)- Aug. 21 immediately after the COC).

LEVELS: Levels 1 and 2 will he combined.

DATES: August 17 (7:00 pm) 7TU5Ust 21 (noon) (right after the COCs). VENUE: Ribbon Creek Youth Hostel near Bow Valley. MAPS: 5 Training maps- Mt. Laurie 71§175 COC map): Barrier Lake, Yamnuska, Tunnel Mtn. and Pocaterra. COACHES: A Swedish coach will head up the training and a team of certified NCCP coaches.

VENUE: Ribbon Creek Youth Hos- 1.77Tlear Bow Valley, Alberta. COST: $45.00 PRACTICUM: You will have a chance to upgrade your coaching skills through hands-on experience with juniors at the National Junior Training Camp under an experienced Swedish Coach and NCCP Course Conductor, Kitty Jones. REGISTRATION: Send down payment of $25.00 to Kitty Jones. c/o AOA Strathcona House, 4104A-429-14th St. NW, Calgary, Alta. T2N 2A3 by July 17, 1987. Full payment by July 31st.

DIRECTOR: Tim Cartmell.

:gO1-21:1080

14 $100.00 all inclusive.

Ages - 2 COST: i.

deposit required bpyeo : luelY 17, 1987 to the Alberta Orien-teering Association. Full payment by 1 9 2, REGISTRATIONS: o Tim Cartmell, c/o ADA Office, #104A, 429 - 14th St. NW, Calgary, Alta. T2N 2A3 (403) 270-7557

FREDA WALES TROPHY 2nd Annual Inter- Regional Junior

Challenge

The Atlantic Team (Freda Wales Trophy Winners - 1986) will be hard pressed to defend their title against the upcoming Western Junior Team, This Inter-Regional Challenge is held in honour of Freda Wales, a pioneer in sport and recreation development in Nova Scotia. She was a founding member of OANS and one of the first members of COF,

The Freda Wales Trophy will be up for grabs at the August 12 'A' Meet to be hosted as part of the COC pre-meet activities.

Competitors will be entered in six age categories,

H17-18 D17-18

H15-16 D15-16

H13-14 013-14

representing one of three regions.

WEST: Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Yukon.

CENTRAL: Ontario, Quebec. EAST: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,

Newfoundland.

ORIENTEERS WHO ENJOY WORKING WITH JUNIORS

NATIONAL JUNIOR TRAINING CAMP

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MEETING HIGHLIGHTS 1986 ANNUAL MEETING - NOVEMBER

TORONTO

1. Board of Directors- Elections: Three director positions were up for election. In two instances the incumbents, Bill Anderson

(Ottawa), VP Finance and Earle Phillips (Hamilton). VP Special Projects, stood for re-election and were returned for another two year term.

The other directors, Bill Stott (Aurora), VP Performance Pro-grams, did not stand for re-elec-tion. Bill has spent a lot of time out of the country during the past year on business pro-jects and with the likelihood of the same happening in 1987 felt he was unable to fulfill his obligations as a director. Jim Lee (Hartney, Man.) was elected to the position VP Performance Programs.

2. 1989 Canadian O. Champion- ships: These were awarded to Ontario. No official request was submitted by Ontario and the championships were awarded on the basis that an official letter to host would be submitted to the COF office early in 1987.

3. 1987 COF Membership Fees: Fees of $6.00 for Individual and $12.00 for Family groups were approved for the 1987 membership year. These fees are incorporated by provincial associations/ clubs with their fee structure with the provincial associations submitting membership forms and payment to the COF office.

4. Change in Publication of Orienteering Canada: Due to ever increasing printing and postage charges, the costs of publishing Orienteering Canada 4 times a year are greater than what COF receives in membership fees.

This means that COF receives no actual revenue from membership fees. In order to refrain from increasing the membership fees it was decided that Orienteering Canada would be published twice each year - Spring and Fall. The spring issue will include details and entry information on the COC while the fall issue will include results and articles on the COC.

Two qua-terly bulletins - Summer and Winter - will be published with copies going to all provin-cial associations and '0' club presidents. This will permit inclusion of bulletin material in club/provincial magazines.

5. 1990 COC - North American 0.C. - Asia Pacific 0.C. - World Cup: The year 1990 will be a busy one for orienteers in Western Canada.

The Orienteering Association of B.C. will host the 1990 Canadian Championships and also the Asia Pacific O. Championships. In conjunction with these events the Alberta Orienteering Association will host the 1990 North Ameri-can Orienteering Championships (NAOC). Additional plans are for Alberta to host a World Cup event as part of the NAOC.

The COF will submit a bid to IOF to organize a World Cup event in the summer of 1990. It will be some time before the offer to organize the World Cup event is considered. IOF has advised that details on the 1990 World Cup events and applications to host will only be available in 1988.

It is hoped that the U.S. Orien-teering Federation will also submit a request to host a World Cup event during the summer of 1990. It is unlikely that the World Cup Committee would sanc-tion only one event in North America as the travel costs would be prohibitive for competitors for just one meet.

6. Increased IOF Fees Proposal Rejected: The IOF proposed a new fee structure that saw the COF annual payment increased by over 160% for 1987. This was the lar-gest percentage increase of any IOF member country. As stated in item 4., our present membership fee structure only covers the cost of Orienteering Canada with no actual revenue to COF. The annual IOF membership fee is paid from funds generated from sales of COF manuals, etc. The in-creased fees would have placed a severe strain on COF and almost certainly an increase in member-ship fees.

The delegates attending our An-nual Meeting rejected the pro-posed increase in IOF fees with the motion: "That IOF be advised that Canada is not willing to pay a larger per capita membership fee of their budget per person than the average of all other countries."

7. Sport Marketing Presentation: A guest speaker, Mr. Dave Wilkin- son, Executive Director of the

Ontario Volleyball Assoc. gave a presentation on marketing amateur sport to generate revenue from sponsors and member fund raising programs. The Ontario Volleyball Assoc. has been extremely successful in fundraising programs of discount coupon book sales etc. The presentation was high powered and generated much enthusiasm from the delegates. Mr. Wilkinson stressed that there is a lot of competition from profes-sional sport for sponsors' dol-lars and that there are very few "free handouts/donations" available to amateur sport. We have to "give something to get some-thing." Traditionally amateur sport is very guilty of "wanting something for nothing in return." This approach will no longer work.

The stimulating presentation left the delegates with many new ideas on the subject of "self generat-ing funds."

Mr. Wilkinson's services were made available through the Sport Marketing Council (SMC), a new market resource office operating from the National Sport and Re-creation Centre in Ottawa. The SMC is the brainchild of the Minister of Sport, Mr. Otto

Jelinek and funded by Sport Canada. Well known television sport commentator, Johnny Esaw, is President of the SMC.

BOARD MEETING JANUARY 1987

1. 'A' Meet Standards: At the Annual Meeting there had been a lot of discussion on some aspect of 'A' Meet Standards; in parti-cular the rule regarding pre- printed maps. Some felt that master maps should be considered acceptable. The following motion was adopted:

"That for all 'A' meets for late registrants master maps for championship categories must be presented after the official start."

The VP Standards was also direc-ted to review the 'A' meet standards and report to the next Board Meeting. At that meeting (Jan. 31), the following motion was adopted:

"That all 'A' meets maintain the standard of pre-printed maps, and that provincial

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FAIT SAILLANTS DE LA REUNION LES GRANDS MOMENTS DE L ASSEMBLEE ANNUELLE

DE NOVEMBRE 1986 A TORONTO

1. Conseil d'administration et elections;

fallait proceder a une elec-tion pour trois postes de diree-teura. Dans deux des cas, les titulaires, Bill Anderson (Ottawa), vice-president aux finances et Earle Phillips (Hamilton), vice-president aux programmes etaient presentes at ont ate reelus respectivement pour un mandat de deux ans.

L'autre directeur, Bill Stott (Aurora), vice-president aux pro-grammes, ne s'est pas repre-sante. Bill a passe beaucoup de temps a l'etranger l'an dernier par affaires, et come i1 y a de fortes chances que la chose se produjse en 1987, it estime ne pas etre en mesure d'assumer ses responsabilites d'admini- strateur. Jim Lee (Hartney, Manitoba) a ate elu au poste de vice-president aux programmes de performance.

2. Championnat canadien de course d'orientation 1989: L'hete de cette rencontre sera l'Ontario. Bien que la province n'ait pas preseute de demande officielle a la MO, elle a ate ehoiele en sachant qu'elle le fern au debut de 1917.

3. Frais d'adhesion de la FCC pour 1987: Les frais de six dollars par personne at de douze dollars par famine ont ete approuves pour l'annee 1987. Ces frais sent adoptes par les asso-ciations at les clubs provinciaux et integres 6 leur structure de frais compte tenu que les asso-ciations remettent les formu-laires et le montant des frais au bureau de la FCD,

4. Changements A is publication Orienteering Canada: En raison de l'augmentation constante des emitss, d'impression et des frais postaux, la publication de Orienteering Canada route quatre fois plus cher a la FC0 que les frais d'adhesion lui rapportent. Ce qui, segnifie que is FCC n'enregistre aucun revenu des frais d'adhesion. Plutot que d'augmenter les frais, it a ate decide de publier Orienteering Canada deux fois l'an, au prin-temps et i l'automne. Le numero du printemps portera en partie sur les details at les rensei-gnements concernant l'inscription au CCCO at celui d'automne con-tiendra les resultats du CCCO, et des articles A ce sujet.

Deux bulletins semestriels, un an ate et on en hiver, seront enveyes aux associations provin-ciaies at aux presidents de club de course d'orientation qui pourront les integrer e leurs revues respeetives.

5. CCCO 1990 - C.C.O. Amerique du Nord - C.C.O. Asia Pacifique - Coupe du monde: L'annee 1990 sera bien remplie pour les orienteurs de l'Ouest canadien.

L'Asseciation de course d'orien-tation de la C.-B. sera l'hote du championnat canadien de course d'orientation an 1990 at du Championnat de course d'orien-tation Asie Pacifique. Con- jointement, l'Asseciation albertaine de course d'orien-tation tiendra le Championnat de course d'orientation d'Amerique du Nord 1990 (CCOAN). 11 est aussi question que l'Alberta colt l'hdte de is Coupe du monde dans 1e cadre du CCOA1L

La FCD presentera une demande d'hete A la FICO concernant la Coupe du monde qui devrait avoir lieu I fete 1990. li faudra quelqee temps avant que la demande d'hete de IS Coupe du

monde soft etudiee. La FICO a informs lee personnes toncernees que les details de cette ren-contre seront devoiles en 1988.

Nous esperons que la Federation americaine de course d'orien-tation presentera she aussi une demande d'hete de is Coupe du monde qui devrait avoir lieu é fete 1990. 11 est peu probable que le Comite de la Coupe du monde ne sanctionne qu'une seule rencontre en Amerique du Nord, car les feels de transport empecheraient certains con-currents d'y participer.

6. Rejet de la proposition de la FICO concernant l'augmentation des frais d'adhesion: La FICO a propose une nouvelle structure qui obligerait la FCCO a augmen-ter son paiement annual de 160 pour cent en 1987. Il s'agissait de la plus importante hausse imposes 4 un pays membre de la FICO. Tel qu'enonce au point 4, notre structure d'adhesion actuelle ne couvre que Les coots de publication d'Orienteerine Canada, ne rapportant aucun profit is Is FCCO. Les frais d'adhesion A is FICO sent payes au moyen de is vente des manuels de la FCCO, etc.. L'augmentation plaeerait la federation eana-dienne dans une situation tres precaire at l'obLigerait t aug-menter les frais d'adhesion des membres.

Les delegues presents a l'assem-blee annuelle ont rejete la proposition de Is FICO par is contre-proposition suivante: "Que la FICO sache que le Canada n'est pas prat a payer des frais d'adhision plus 4Leves que la moyenne des autres pays membres."

7. Conference sur la commercialisation du sport: Le conferencier invite, Monsieur Dave Wilkinson, directeur admi-nistratif de l'Association ontarienne de volleyball, a fait un expose sur la commercia-1isation do sport amateur en tent qu'activite generatrice de revenus 4 partir de comman-ditaires at de campagnes de souscription. L*Associaeien ontarienne de volleyball a eu beaucoup de succes en matiere de

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HIGHLIGHTS.. continued associations be informed that only participants who register prior to the meet flyer stated registration deadline need to have pre-printed maps. All late registrants may have to use master maps."

2. Club Leader Clinics: The develOpment of strong clubs is the key ingredient to the growth and health of orienteering. An active club program is essential and with this in mind a new Club Development and Activity Program manua was produced (see review in this issue). It was also felt that a National Club Leader Clinic would be of great value. A request for funds for a National Leader Clinic was submitted to Fitness Canada.

The following motions were

approved: A. "That a 1-day Club Leader Development Course he held during the CDC week with August 14 being the recommended date."

B. "If funding for a National Club Leader Development Course is approved then a 2-day Leader Development Course will be conducted at another time and location."

Charlie Fox and Earle Phillips are responsible for the organiza-tion and instruction at these courses,

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NOTES FROM THE 1968 C.O.C.s (From the COF Newsletter Vol. 1 No. 3, Nov. 1968)

The first National Championships in orienteering were a giant step

forward in Canada's bid to make

orienteering a recognized compe-titive sport in North America. Many factors contributed to the success of the meet and to the

many benefits following the meet. Those features which are so vital to a successful orien-teering experience: a quality map, a quality area, and quality courses, were beautifully demon-

strated in this "Quality Meet". In this the initial growth period

of the sport, standards must be set which will favourably in-

fluence the future development of the sport in Canada.

NOTES FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP

* The weather was absolutely

perfect, clear and cool.

* John Disley was driven to the

wrong starting area (by three miles) and had to run back and get reorganized - he still won!

* Mr. Backstrom, a 73 year old Finn who was on holidays in

Canada, read about the Canadian Championships on a poster in a

sports store in Ottawa, phoned and said he would very much like

to be present at Canada's first

championships; so we got him a

ride an he participated with all

the excitement of a top competi-tor. He was still running on the hill to the finish and finished

5th on the orange course.

* Bjorn Kjellstrom mentioned that the 3rd place team prize and medal were the first awards in orienteering which he had re-

ceived in 25 years.

* Many competitors chose to run in higher classifications and on longer courses than they perhaps were prepared for. (Failure isn't fun, finishing is, pick a course

if a choice is given that will be within your capabilities and that you will enjoy running on).

* One very small section of the

map, unfortunately right at the

last control, turned out very

black and caused confusion for

many of the senior members.

* National coverage in the Star Weekly, national coverage on two occasions by CBC Radio live interviews, full page coverage by two large daily newspapers in Ottawa and Montreal; pre-race and

follow up articles by all the major news media in Ottawa and Montreal. Radio coverage was

given for two weeks in advance by 10 stations in Quebec and Ontario.

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financement au moyen de coupons de rabais sur l'achat de livres, etc.. Le ton de la conference etait energique et a suscito l'enthousiasme des delegues. M. Wilkinson a souligne qu'il y avait beaucoup de concurrence de la part du sport professsionnel dans la recherche de commandites et que les dons n'etaient pas chose courante du cote du sport amateur. Il faut offrir quelque chose pour obtenir quelque chose. L'histoire nous revele que le sport amateur demande sans rien donner en retour. 11 ne peut continuer d'en etre ainsi.

Cette conference emballante a donne beaucoup d'idees aux delegues en matiere "d'auto- financement".

La presence de monsieur Wilkinson a ete rendue possible grace au Conseil de marketing du sport (CMS), un nouveau centre de ressource sur le marketing dont le bureau est situe au Centre national du Sport et de la Recreation A Ottawa. Le CMS est le fruit du ministre du sport, monsieur Otto Jelinek et finance par Sport Canada. Johnny F.saw, commentateur de sportif bien connu, en est le president.

LES GRANDS MOMENTS DE LA REUNION DU CONSEIL DE JANVIER 1987

1. Les normes des rencontres A: 11 a beaucoup ete question A l'assemblee annuelle des normes de rencontre A; en particulier du reglement concernant les cartes pre-imprimees. Certains esti- maient que les cartes maitres devraient titre jugees acceptables. La proposition suivante a ete adoptee:

"Que dans le cas des concurrents retardataires toutes les rencontres A, les cartes mores pour les cate-gories de championnat soient presentees apres le depart officiel."

Le vice-president aux normes a aussi eu la tAche d'examiner les normes des rencontres A et de faire un rapport a la reunion suivante du conseil. A cette reunion, qui a eu lieu le 31 janvier, la proposition suivante a ete adoptee:

"Que les rencontres 'A' conti- nuent d'exiger les cartes pre-imprimees at que les associations provinciales soient avisees que seuls les participants qui s'inscrivent avant la rencontre auront besoin des cartes pre-imprimees. Tous les retar-dataires devront utiliser les cartes mores."

2. Stages a l'intention des leaders de club: L'etablissement de clubs solides est la cle de l'avancement at de la sante de is course d'orientation. Un programme vigoureux de club est essentiel et c'est pourquoi, nous avons elabore un nouveau manuel intitule Club Development and Activity Program (voir la critique dans le present numero). Nous avons aussi cru bon d'offrir un stage national a

Pintention des leaders de club. Nous avons presente une demande d'aide financiere a Condition physique Canada é cette fin.

Les propositions suivantes ont ete approuvees:

A. "Qu'un cours de perfec- tionnement d'une journee A l'intention des leaders de club soit offert durant la semaine du CCCO. On a propose qu'il ait lieu le 14 salt."

B. "Que si les fonds pour un cours national de perfection-nement des leaders de club sont accordes un cours de deux jours soit offert a un autre moment dans un autre endroit."

Charlie Fox at Earle Phillips sont charges de l'organisation at de l'enseignement a ces cours.

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A 20th ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE

FIRST CANADIAN '0' CHAMPIONSHIPS - 1968

The Camp Fortune area of the Gatineau Park was the site for the 1968 C.O.C. The date was Sunday, August 18. By sheer co-incidence this event also happens to be the first occasion I ever orienteered. I competed with Al Gravelle of the Ottawa O. Club on the 2.9 km Novice Wayfarers Course - the results show that we finished 2nd in 101.16.

Other than the fact that it was my first time orienteering and that it was a beautiful, warm, sunny day I can't really remember too much about the event. I do remember that Al and I took almost one hour to locate the first control even though it was almost visible from the start (about 200 metres away). This article is basically constructed from the results of the event plus items from the COF News- letter Vol. 1 No. 3, Nov. 1968.

The Elite Men's result shows the first 10 positions being taken by one Brit (winner); one Finn (5th): three Swedes (2, 9, 10) and five Norwegians (3, 4, 6, 7. 8). The first Canadian was Murray Shaw of Waterloo, Ontario in 11th place. Although not Canadians by birth, several of the top 10 are still living in Canada - Leo Lehtonen (5th); Jan Hansen (8th) and Gosta Edvardsson (9th); while Per Stensby (7th) and Bjorn Kjellstrom (10th) reside in the United States. Other well known Canadian orien-teers who competed in the Elite category are Otto Loesel (12th) and Bob Kaill (DNF). Bob now lives in Sweden.

The Elite Ladies title was won by Pat Skene of Montreal with two Swedish ladies. Elizabeth Axel-sson and Ellen Edvardsson in 2nd and 3rd spots. Only a few of the competitors are still active today with several of them still performing very well. Irene Jensen, winner of the Senior Ladies category in 1968, went on to win the Elite Ladies title in 1973 and was on our World Cham-pionship Team in 1974. She re-tired from '0' around 1978 after a series of ankle problems. In 1985 she made a bit of a comeback by competing in the Masters Games event and in 1986 came all the way back with victories in the

045 categories in both the Canadian and North American Championships.

by Colin Kirk Runner-up to Irene in the 1968 Senior Ladies event was Gloria

Charlow of Montreal. Gloria has remained active throughout the entire 20 years and won several Canadian titles in D40 - D50 categories. Irene and Gloria are the only two ladies from the first COC who are still actively involved in '0'.

One the male side things are a little better with several more competitors from the 1968 COC still competing on a regular

basis. Lehtonen, Edvardsson, Stensby from the Elite Men's category are still among the leaders in their age groups -H55. The first two stay pretty much to their home base area events (Ottawa-Montreal). On the other hand Per Stensby of the U.S. is probably more active today than in 1968. Per who is usually one of the favourites to win his age class, is current President of the USOF and also serves on the IOF Council as the North American delegate. One other, Jan Hansen, usually competes once or twice each year but has not been actively involved for the past 10 years.

FEW OF THE FIRST STILL ACTIVE

The Senior Men's category gives 3

more names that have remained involved over the years - Jake Edwards (2nd - Senior Men's);

John Charlow (5th) and Michael MacConnail (DNF). Jake is now retired but still attends a few events in the Ottawa area each year. His son Bob is now carrying the family torch and an active participant in Ottawa area events. John Charlow has been one of the stalwarts of Canadian orienteering since the first days. The 1968 newsletter indi-cates that he represented Quebec on the first COF Board of Direc-tors and he is currently the President of Orienteering Quebec. In between he has made several maps and organized numerous events including several Quebec Championships. He has also been an active competitor and consis-tent medal winner in the veteran categories in the past few years.

If good wine improves with age,

then the same can be said of Michael MacConnail. A DNF in 1968, Michael won the H55 title in the 1986 COC. Like John, Michael has been actively invol-ved non-stop from the very first days.

The only other participants in the 1968 event still involved are Al Gravelle and yours truly. Please note I said "participants" and not "competitors". It is difficult to classify our first efforts as competitive. Shortly after the 1968 COC I moved to Montreal and joined the Montreal O. Club. I was active in that club until moving to Ottawa in 1981 and being involved in the formation of the Loup Garou 0.

_Club.

Al Gravelle, along with Mike Day

founded the Ottawa O. Club in 1969. Al was president of the club until two years ago. He made

several of the Ottawa area '0' maps and organized numerous events. Pressure of business and a pair of rapidly deteriorating knees seriously curtailed his active participation over the past few years; but he is still a strong force in the 0.0.C.

Mention should also be made of Otto Loesel (12th in 1968). Although no longer a really active member. Otto always joins the Ottawa Club and COF every year and every now and then pops up at a meet. These then are the survivors from 1968 that are still active in this country. Not very many in numbers but a significant force in the develop-ment of '0' in Canada and the U.S. over the years.

WHAT OF THE OTHERS WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Winner of the Elite Men's, John Disley, was very active in '0' until the last few years. He won several British Championships and represented the UK in the WOC. He also served as Chairman of the B.O.F. and as the UK member of the IOF Council for many years. John. who won a silver medal in the steeplechase in the 1952 Olympic Games, was one of the


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Elite Men 9.0 km 1. John Disley Eng. 2:06:09 2. Ragner Axelson N.S. 2:08:10 3. Harald Wibye USA 2:13:56 4. Frank Jorgensen VIK 2:23:41 5. Leo Lehtonen VIK 2:24:55 6. Tore Engebretsen VIK 2:33:01 7. Per Stensby USA 2:35:52 8. Jan Hansen VIK 2:44:34 9. Gosta Edvardsson VIK 2:53:17 10. Bjorn Kjellstrom USA 3:12:24 11. Murray Shaw Ont 3:44:24 12. Otto Loesel Ont 4:01:03

Lars Larsson VIK DNF Alain Brassard MOC ONE Ray Will MOC DNS Bob Kaill Ont DNF Glen Morrell Ont ONE

Senior Men 6.0 km 1. Philip Cottel ACC Que 2:52:31 2. Jake Edwards QU Ont 2:53:58 3. Georges Brabant MOC 3:15:20 4. Max Visser MOC 3:17:19 5. John Charlow CYH Que 3:39:49

Frank Templeman CYH Que DNF Normand Bramucci CYO Que ONE Charles Srkal VIK DNS

Brian Wilson QU Ont ONE Michael MacConnail IND Ont DNF Sire Hendrick Swiss DNS Robert McNair USA DNS

Junior Men 4.2 km

1. Pierre Brassard MOC 3:05:00

Elite Ladies 6.0 km 1. Patricia Skene MOC 1:42:39 2. Elizabeth Axelsson USA 3:00:46 3. Ellen Edvardsson VIK 3:30:34

Edith McNair USA DNS

Elite Men's Team Results CLUB MEMBERS TIME

1. WV- P. Axelsen 7776:22 L. Lehtonen G. Edvardsson

2. VIK

F. Jorgensen 7:41:16 T. Engebretsen J. Hansen

3. USA H. Wibye 8:02:25 All P. Stensby Stars B. Kjellstrom

Senior Men Special 4.2 km 1. Beattie MacKenzie VIK 1:30:55 sp Louis Sebert M&S Ont 2:15:50

James O'Neill M&S Ont 2:15:50 2. Raanan Mintz IND Que 2:24:56 3. Peter Booler QVTF Ont 3:02:00

Paolo Fassina GYM Que DNF

Michael Whiteside Eng DNF

Senior Ladies 4.2 km 1. Irene Jensen VIK 1:47:05 2. Gloria Charlow CYH Que 2:10:40 3. Merrily Stallard VIK 3:36:50 4. Donna Cottel ACC Que 4:10:00

Dorothy Shorter CYH Que DNF Inge Wibye USA DNS

Novice Men 2.9 km 1. Bill Purves IND Que 48:05 2. Stewart Ramsay IND Que 1:08:50 3. Gerry Lavalley IND Que 1:09:14 4. Barry Will Eng. 1:11:19 5. M. Backstrom (73y.)FIN 1:29:27 6. Antony Shuman USA 1:33:04 7. John Smith IND Que 2:35:34

Novice Ladies 1.9 km 1. Toni Ramsay IND Que 1:33:18 2. Ann Archbold CYH Que 1:42:30 3. Karen Lavalley IND Que 1:43:27 4. Velma Gurr CYH Que 2:07:34 5, Cecilia Clyde IND Que 3:00:59

Marian Fergusson CHY Que DNF Susan Wallis CHY Que DNS Patty McNair USA DNS Sally McNair USA DNS

Novice Junior Men 2.9 km 1. Robert Harris CYH 1:03:51 2. Graham Glen CYH 1:2001 3. Wesley Kaill Ont 1:50:35

Malcolm McNair USA DNS Douglas McNair USA DNS

Wayfarers Junior 2.9 km 1. Steve Kaufman

Michael Kepron 1NO Que 1:18:15

2. Allan Gravelle Shawn Gravelle Colin Kirk IND Ont 1:41:16

3. Douglas Collier James Walker IND Que 3:15:03

Abbreviations MOC = Montreal O. Club VIK = Viking Ski Club CYH = Canadian Youth Hostels W = Wanderers IND = Independent QU = Queen's University ACC = Alpine Club of Canada DNF = Did not finish DNS = Did not start

three driving forces that organ-ized the WOC in Scotland in 1976. Another one of the three was John's best friend. Chris Brasher (1956 Olympic gold medal winner of the steeplechase). John and Chris changed their efforts from orienteering to marathon running in the late '70s and founded the famous London Marathon. generally conceded to be the best organized and financially stable marathon race in the world. John was knighted for his efforts in ama-teur sport (both as a competitor and organizer) and is now Sir John Disley.

Ragnar Axelson and Tore Engebret-sen moved to Sweden in the early '70s; Harold Wibye and Frank Jorgensen moved also but to their native Norway. All were still active through the 1 70s but no news has been received of their present involvement. The more active two, Wibye and Engebretsen are probably still as involved as ever. Bjorn Kjellstrom, of course. has always been involved through his connection as Presi-dent of Silva - North America. He has not been an active compe-titor in the last few years but was in attendance at the 1985 Masters Games.

Another of the originals still very involved is Bob Kaill. Bob was bitten by the '0' bug more severely than probably any other of the original Canadians. While Pat Skene was the first to make the 0-Ring trip, she was followed closely by Bob Kaill and Russ

Evans. Bob went one step further and moved to Sweden for a couple of years. He returned to Canada for a few years and worked for the Orienteering Association of Nova Scotia. He returned to Sweden a few years ago and still lives there. He competed in the WOC in 1972, '74 and '76. Re-cently he has concentrated on coaching and is coach of one of the better Swedish '0' clubs. He writes regular coaching articles for the Swedish '0' magazine and has often been an instructor at international training and coach-ing clinics held in Sweden.

Although not many of the first COG participants are still with us we owe a vote of thanks to all of them for helping make the event a success and establishing a legacy that continues today.

Take a look at the 1968 map. How would you react to such a map at a present-day championship or 'A' meet?

OFFICIAL 1968 C.O.C. RESULTS

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1987 CANADIAN SKI-0 CHAMPIONSHIPS February 21-22,1987

- ORIENTEERS ARE A SPECIAL BREED - by Jim Webster, Meet Director

The 1987 Canadian Ski-0 Champion- ships once again reaffirmed my belief that orienteers are a special breed -- as individuals, athletes, and organizers.

If there was ever an event that could have been viewed by the outsider as "a disaster about to happen", it was the Ski-0 Cham-pionships. The event was hosted by the Alberta Orienteering As-sociation rather than a club. Organizers were scattered throughout Alberta and the only meetings were one-on-one with the meet director for short periods by phone or at an '0' meet. Con-sequently, a lot of faith had to be placed on the individual to handle his/her area of responsi-bility with little or no guidance.

As the winter months began to tick by, I soon realized that organization was to be the least of my worries. Seventy-five straight days of above normal

temperatures and no new snow in three weeks was giving course setter, Bryan Chubb, untold grief -- he stil hoped for a miracle to save what he felt were the best courses the map could offer.

With two weeks to go and most of the planning in place the de-cision was made to proceed, no matter what the conditions. This was based on two things. Firstly, in spite of the temperature, Ter-ratima still had the best snow conditions outside of the moun-tains. Secondly, and most impor-tantly, was the belief that orienteering is a sport founded on a challenge of both mind and body and that if the participants were aware of the conditions, they would rise to the challenge.

We were right beyond our wildest expectations. Even though the courses were shortened by 507 and competitors had to remove and run with their skis as many as 10

times depending on their course. the level of competition was no less intense than at other events, with the best coming out on top. If anything, the condi-tions brought everyone closer to-gether as the competitors reali-zed we had done the best we could under the circumstances.

True to form, for a Canadian Ski-0 Championships, we had snow Saturday night which improved conditions to a point where many relay competitors removed their skis only once (to cross a bridge).

With participation at about 150 for the two days. a fun recep-tion, hay rides and a banquet, I think most felt it was a weekend well spent and hopefully not soon forgotten. Thanks to all those who bore with us and accepted the challenge. You make it all worthwhile.

SKI-0 CHAMPIONSHIPS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Men Open A Club lime 1. Kim Poole tOOC 77718 2. Ken Sidney LAO 64.08 3. Martin Pardoe FWOC 68.41 4. Ron Lowry HKF 71.54 5. Gord Palm POC 81.43 6. Doug Wyllie FWOC 83.58 7. Ron Pontius WASH 85.37 8. Roy Strum POC 86.22 9. Robert Gilchrist EOOC 87.36 10. Steward Inglis E000 117.47 11. Les Parsons ROG 125.02 12. Keith lble POC 251.00 13. Ken Moore FWOC DNF Women Open A 1. Anette Leandersson POC 60.10 2. Denise DeMonte HKF 60.44 3. Cathy McCune EOOC 83.43 4. Kitty Jones ROG 84.30 5. Wendy Edge FWOC 92.02 6, Angela Pearson EOOC 92.33 7. Pam Bendall VICT 108.14 Masters Men A 35+ 1. Greg Hunter EOOC 86.59 2. Eugene Ulmer EOOC 100.56 3. Doug Dowell EOOC 103.16 4. Rob MacKenzie POC 106.14 5. Gene Brenda EOOC 110.50 6. D. de St. Croix NIA 116.14 7. Robert Borg POC 118.19 8. George Murphy EOOC 121.39 9. Dennis Fedoruk VICT 122.09 10. Andy Newson ROG 144.12 11. Mark Lund EOOC 147.39 12. John McLean FWOC 156.48

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Junior Women A 16-20 i. Karen Rasku KOC 2. Nicole Brenda EOOC

Junior Men A 16-20 1, Chris Bullock 2. Colin Hamilton 3. Jeff Pimm 4. Jon Brenda 5, Simon Newson

Mixed ixed T7-W:

70.49 MacKenzie 33.04; P, MacKenzie 32.14; R. MacKenzie 57.42

2. D. de St. Croix 31,44; Pam Bendall 34.98; Dennis Fedoruk 59.10 3, Tim Brooks 54.49; Colin Hamilton 30.50; Chris Bullock 41.87 4. Noel Dowell 34.19; Robert Gilchrist 38,88; Doug Dowell 55.39 5. Simon Newson 34.45; Andy Newson 42.30; Kitty Jones 55.30 6. John McLean 36.02; Janet Montieth 40.23; Tim Cartmell 60.04 7. Chris Shaar 141.52; Benoit Shaar 58.25; Barb Ens 99.03 8. David Manning 104.25; Marg Brenda 109.13; Ley Goodwin ONE

KOC

64.52 KOC

70.40 POC

100.29 E00C 110.00 ROG

152.28

123.00 126.32 128.06 129.26 133.25 136.29 299.20

20 YEARS LATER SAME ISSUES

The following article appeared in "The COF Newsletter" No. 2, 1968. The general message of the article is as true today as it was when first written. We are still having problems getting orienteering accepted by schools and universities and the closing paragraph on "spectator sportsmen" and to INVOLVE MORE PEOPLE is discussed at every COF and Provincial Association meeting.

DIALOGUE

Whither Canadian Orienteering?

Having navigated a third of the way through its second effective year of growth in Canada, Orien-teering is gradually assuming a more prominent role on the sports scene. Canadian Orienteering ap-pears to be evolving along two slightly divergent paths, one being through school and univer-sity sports programs, the other as a public recreational sports activity. It is perhaps note-worthy to observe that the deve-lopment of the sport in Europe and the U.K. is primarily in the public recreational field, The normal summer recess from May to September. for universities is in conflict with the May to October orienteering season. Basic orien-teering skills, understanding of maps, compasses and development of distance concepts (pacing judgement) can be effectively taught in classrooms and special outdoor clinics. However, compe-titive and interesting recrea-tional orienteering requires the constant changing of areas, the preparation of more sophisticated

map forms and generally a more elaborate organization for the succesful staging of events, features difficult to introduce in schools. Not only must the competition organizers be experienced, but they must have the time available to undertake the solution of the seeming 1.001 problems which inevitably arise. Orienteering is a sport for par-ticipants. and regrettably not all competitors are participants.

For the sport to achieve meaning-ful growth, the public has to be involved not as organizers or officials or competitors, but as organizers and officials and competitors. It will be only then that they as participants will receive as much as the sport is capable of providing.

Canada, a land of adult specta-tor-sportsmen, needs the recrea-tional benefits provided by orienteering. Our message? Make a definite effort to INVOLVE MORE PEOPLE!

RELAY RESULTS Ski-0 Relay Championships Results

February 22. 1987 at. Terratima

Men's 1.77Fn Sidney 45.14; Denise DeMonte 46. 2. Martin Pardoe 48.12; Gordon Palm 46.

30; Ron Lowry 36.05 36; Kim Poole 38.10

3. Mark Lund 57.12; Eugene Ulmer 51.59; Greg Hunter 44.50

4. Ron Pontius 42.55; Udo Grady 68.34; Scott Donald 74.16

5. Doug Craig 84.58; Stuart Wood 66.09; Jack McLean 60.55

6. Jon Brenda 101.50; George Murphy 80. 36; Gene Brenda 61.26

Women's 1. Bev MacKenzie 34.28; Brenda Allen 42.02; A. Leandersson 28.05 2. Maggie McLean 41.24; Nancy Craig 44.18; Angela Pearson 29.57 3. Sandra Todd 41.43; Lois Lund 51,39; Nicole Brenda 51.72 4. Carol Scott 48.44; Shirley Donald 44.32; Ursula Grady 52.66

Masters Women A 35+ 1.71€775a7-aie POC

83.21 2. Nancy Craig

FWOC

98.53 3. Janet Montieth

FWOC 107.31 4. Carol Scott

KOC

124.04 5. Maggie McLean

FWOC 148.59 6. Ursula Grady

KOC

156.22

Junior Men A 15 1. Peter Mackenzie POC

27.22 2. Noel Cowell EOOC

52.09 3. Stefan Ible POC

60.40 4. Justin Ible POC

61.38 5. Andy MacKenzie POC

63.49 6. Matthew Craig FWOC

70.00 7. Jason Rasku KOC

105.43 8. David Manning E00C 178.41

Total 127.49 132.58

154.01 185.45

212.02 243.52

104.35 115.39 145.32 146.32

Wayfarers 1. Debbie Borden,

Sandy Kajewski

E00C 69.56 2. Jenith Ible

POC 70.05 3, James Wong,

Patty Wong

E00C 94.29

Novice Men 1. Fred Blair 37.39 2. Benoit Shaar FWOC 39.01 3. Paul Swinton 59.56 4. Tim Brooks KOC 61.36 5. Barry Johns 77.14 6. Shannon Rackette 151.39

Novice Women 1. Deb Dewey 2. Cheryl Miciak 3. Pam McCaskill 4. Melissa Dickey 5. Christina Shaar

Master Women B 40+ 1. Shirley Ronald 2. Tricia Rasku 3. Lois Lund 4. Ley Goodwin

Masters Men B 40+ 1. Gordon Patterson 2, Scott Donald 3. Udo Grady 4. Reino Rasku 5. Alfred Bagden 6. Cy Peckson

Women Open B T. Sandra Todd TOC 53.07 2. Kathryn Haunts EOOC 97.36 3. Lori Rush FWOC 117.44 4. Barb Ens EDOC 119.39 5. Karen Tungnitsch 129.16

- Quentin Miciak E00C 99.40 (male)

Men Open B 1. Sven Jonsson POC 132.55

FWOC

48.39 EOOC 80,00 EOOC

81.44 98.30

FWOC 107.30

KOC

56.28 KOC

69.21 EOOC

92.18 FWOC 140.20

FWOC

53.40 KOC

54.56 KOC

63.41 KOC

64.06 EOOC 114.46 FWOC

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Schedule of Events Sat. Aug. 8 - Day 1 'A' Meet at Redwater NEof Edmonton.

Sun. Aug. 9 - Day 2. 'A' Meet at

Redwater NE of Edmonton.

Mon. & Tues. Aug. 10-11 - Sight- seeing and travel.

Wed. Aug. 12 - 'A' Meet and Freda Wales Junior Regional Team event, Bow Valley Provincial Park - west

of Calgary.

Thurs. Aug. 13 - Canadian Open

Relay Championships near Innis- fail, south central Alberta.

Fri. Aug. 14 - Training Day, Arrowhead Ranch near Innisfail.

Fri. Aug. 14 - "Get to Know Sundre" Street Meet and recep-

tion.

Set. Aug. 15 - Day 1, Canadian '0' Championships at Pioneer

Lodge near Sundre.

Sun, Aug, 16 - Day 2, Canadian

'0' Championships at Pioneer Lodge near Sundre.

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1987 C.O.C.s

by Jim Webster 1987 C.O.C. Course Planner 1985 C.O.C. Meet Director

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To many of you, the 1985 Canadian Orienteering Championship in Alberta is now just a fond memory of good scenery, fun times and good orienteering. To others, it was an opportunity lost and, to others, it was something that took place before orienteering became part of your life.

Into whichever category you may fall, 1987 brings another oppor-

tunity to find out the special things Alberta has to offer.

Once again, Alberta is host to

the Canadian Championships.

Well offer a 10-day orienteering

festival of individual events, relay, training, development

clinics and superb sightseeing. We begin August 8th with a two-day 'A' Meet near Edmonton and finish August 15th and 16th with

the COCs. In between there will be time for touring (now's your

chance to visit famous West Ed-

monton Mall or the Rocky Moun-tains). Take in a mid-week 'A'

Meet near the 1985 COC site. Rally your team members together for the Canadian Relay Champion-

ships then put in some individual concentration at the Training

Event. Club leaders can bone up on leadership skills at a clinic being planned as part of the week.

The venue for this year's Cham-

pionships will be Sundre, located

on the edge of south central Alberta's expansive forest

reserve. The majestic Rocky Mountains are just a short drive

from Sundre and the area is known

for its ranches and exciting whitewater rafting and canoeing. The meet centre - Pioneer Lodge -

offers accommodation, dining,

swimming, horseback riding and. of course, orienteering. We've booked the complete facility for the duration of the Champion-

ships.

On the social side, we'll be

hosting a street meet and reception Friday, sponsored by

Heineken Beer and the businesses in Sundre, and a whoop-up western


Pioneer Lodge near Sundre, Alberta will be the Competition Centre for the 1987 Canadian Orienteering Championships. (Photo by Jim Webster)

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1987 C.O.C.s continued

banquet and dance on Saturday night.

A complete registration package will be mailed in early May to all COF members. Be sure to enter soon after you receive it - the Palliser Hotel in Calgary is offering early birds draw a draw prize of a weekend for two plus Sunday Brunch.

For further information write: COG '87, Box 88, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2G7

Come to sunny Alberta this summer for a fun filled week of orienteering.

All competitors will receive a free pie at the finish site of the 1987 COCs at Pioneer Ranchl (Photo by Jim Webster)

THE C.O.F.: OUR FIRST THREE STEPS STEP 1 1967 - FORMATION OF THE CANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION Newsletter No. 1, 1967: the Cana-dian Orienteering Federation came into being fittingly enough near the close of Canada's Centennial Year receiving its federal char-ter on December 1, 1967. The rapid growth of the "map sport" necessitated a national organiza-tion to help in coordinating activities in various "hot spots" across Canada.

Three Montreal area orienteers, Patricia Skene, Christian Skene and Michael Rowland applied for the charter and are named as dir-ectors on the official document.

STEP 2 1968 - DIRECTORATE PRO- POSED FOR THE NATIONAL BODY Vol. 1 No. 3 Nov. 1968: The COF was previously "a ship without a crew" as it had never appointed a full slate of directors since its application for charter, Dec. 1. 1967. On Aug. 17, 1968, the first of two meetings (the 2nd in Guelph-Aug. 28) was held in con-junction with the Canadian Cham-pionships, in Ottawa. 94 people have been accounted for at that meeting and this group agreed upon a 13 man directorate repre-senting 5 area divisions across Canada. The divisions were set out as: Western-1 representative: Central-1 representative:

Ontario-5 representatives, Quebec -5 representatives, Eastern - 1 representative.

Ragnar Axelsson, a competent orienteer from Nova Scotia had already indicated that he would be willing to represent the East- ern Division. Since there was essentially no organized competi-tive orienteering in Central or Western Canada, there were no participants at the meeting and no specific representation estab-lished.

Quebec's representatives were named: Chris Skene, John Charlow, Charles Srkal, Frank Jorgenson, Roy Will.

On August 28, the 2nd meeting was held. A discussion was held in- volving representations made at the first meeting. On the topic of whether a national organiza-tion was a necessity, a vote was taken whether to accept the COF and the proposals made. 38 voted to accept. 4 voted against. The reasons for voting against were given that it was felt the sport was not on sound enough footing to go forward as a separate or-ganization. The people who voted to accept were possibly swayed by the fact that a Canadian could not be represented at the WOC unless there was a recognized

national body exclusively for orienteering with membership in the I0F.

Ron Samol was chosen for Western representative and Steve Kurylyk for the Central Division. Ontario named their representatives as: Lorne White, Russ Evans, Alex

Peepre. Bob Kaill, and Lars Carlson.

It was suggested by Mr. Alex Peepre that Patricia Skene con-tinue in the position as Execu-tive Secretary. He also thanked the Quebec group for their ground work in setting up the skeleton for the national organization.

STEP 3, 1969 APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE IOF: Based upon the outcome of 2 meetings in August, a letter was sent to the IOF once again requesting Canada's acceptance into that

organization.

WE'RE IN - The COF Newsletter - 1/of. --1% No. 2: The Canadian Orienteering Federation has just been advised that it. along with the Association in Belgium, has been accepted as a full members of the 10F. Another control found: Our congratulations to L'Association de Course D'Orien-tation de Belgique and our sin-

cere appreciation to IOF for their earnest consideration and approval of our application.

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C.O.F. DROPS 1. Nabisco Brand and Sass Peepre Funds in Healthy Positions: The bank balance of the Nabisco Brands Fund for Elite Orienteers as of January 31, 1987 was $14,432.00 with $14,000.00 of this earning interest in short term certificates. Revenue for this fund comes from the sale of the cookbook "FIT TO EAT". One expenditure of $1,478.85, for the purchase of 3 heart rate monitors for our National Squad members. was made in 1986.

Jack Lee, one of the trustees and responsible for the bank account of the Sass Peepre Trust Fund advises that there is a balance of $5,170.50 as of December 31, 1986. Two grants of $150.00 each were made to two juniors, Oivind Naess (Nova Scotia) and Colin Hamilton (B.C.) in 1986.

2. Orienteering? On National Television in February: A weekly Canadian television program for young people called the "Edison Twins" (viewing time 5:30 pm Sundays) is seen immediately before the Walt Disney show. The '0' showings were on February 1 and 8. The good thing about it was that the word "Orienteering" was printed in millions of TV Guides and that millions watching the shows heard the word "Orienteering". The bad thing was that any similarity between what was shown and what our brand of orienteering is was purely coincidental. The contestants were supplied with clues and equipment at each control to be used in getting to the next control. Equipment... you say? At one control the competitors received rain coats from which they had to construct rafts to cross a river (points were deduc-ted if they got wet). At another, the clue was locked in a metal

box. The equipment given was some oranges and string. The acid from the oranges combined with the string were used to con-struct a fuse that opened the lock.

It will be interesting to see if we receive any enquiries from any viewers of the program and if they will be dissapointed when they come to a normal '0' event.

3. New President for Manitoba O. Association - Keeps it in the }amily: We have been advised that tarry Konotopetz has been elected as President of the MOA

replacing Jennifer Hamilton. Jennifer and Larry are husband and wife and parents of a new baby. The handing over reins should be quite smooth - Jennifer won't even have to package anything up to hand over. Best wishes to Larry but be careful not to remark at the dinner table on what a mess the previous president made, or there might be a different kind of mess - all over your head.

4. Judy Adams Victim of Freak Ski Accident: Meet Director for the T486---COC, Judy Adams. suffered very severe injuries in a cross country ski accident. Surgery was required to both knees to repair extensive ligament and bone damage. Judy, a proficient skier,was on a ski outing on the mountain behind her St. Hilaire home. On a final easy section through an orchard she caught a ski on a small bush and got wrenched sideways with her knees going in opposite directions. Unable to get back on her feet, she was forced to . crawl.

Fortunately, another sk i er her and gave assistance. Judy is now home and commencing a lengthy rehabilitation program that will keep her out of all orienteering activities this year. One of the

more active mappers. meet organ-izers and course planners in the country, (was scheduled course planner for the 1987 Quebec Cham-pionships) her expertise will be sorely missed. We extend our sym-pathies to Judy and wish her a complete recovery from her in-juries.

5. Ted de St. Croix on Road to Recovery: After a very long illness with a mysterious ailment known as post-viral syndrome, Canada's No. 1 orienteer appears to be well on the way to complete health. Ted has been plagued with the condition since shortly after the 1985 WOC in Australia and had to miss most major events in 1986, including the two World Cup events in North America.

Dr. Doug Bishop, well known Ottawa orienteer and the physician who treated Ted, in describing the ailment says, "The best example might be an athlete who normally runs 3 or 5 miles or more per day who all of a sudden can't run 200 metres because he is just totally exhausted." Dr. Bishop treats about 50 patients for post viral syndrome in Ottawa.

One indication of Ted's recovery is his jogging and skating to and from work. Ted lives close to the Rideau Canal and skates 2 miles along the canal and then jogs the remaining 2 miles to his office - reversing the procedure on the way home in the evening. Ted's plans include competing in 2 major U.S. events in April (West Point-April 18-19 and the U.S. Team Trials-April 25-26). These events will be a good yard-stick to his health status. Best wishes for an illness free season and lots of success in this a World Championship year.

SPORT SCIENCE COMMITTEE FORMED

by Ted de St. Croix In November of 1986 National Team enthusiasts got together to dis-cuss the formation of a nucleus of sport science experts to help prepare our National Team for competition.

This group will be responsible

for the planning and evaluation but not necessarily the imple-mentation of the National Squad Program.

Physiological, technical, psychological - the three major components of a good training program will be improved for future teams through this enthus-iastic group.

Inaugural members of this committee are: Dr. Ken Sidney, Lauren- tian University and Laurentian Voyageurs O. Club; Mr. Rick Pardo, Kinesiologist of the Olympic High Performance Centre at the Fitness Institute in Mississauga; Ted de St. Croix, Technical Director. Dr. Doug Bishop of the Ottawa 0. Club continues to operate as Team Physician and will be a consult-ing member for the Sport Science Committee.

Gilles Quenneville will work closely with the Sport Science Committee in his new capacity as National Team Coordinator. Gilles has also enlisted members of his faculty at the Universit6' de Sherbrooke to work with our Sport Science Commitee.

Now if we can pull the team to-gether we're all set!

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COF ADDRESSES BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Finance: National Teams: Standards: Performance Programs: Promotions Special Projects:

President: Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President

Charlie Fox, 1225-235th St. RR 9, Langley, B.C. V3A 6H5 Bill Anderson, 2988 Rankin St., Ottawa, Ontario K1U 8L3 Ian Miller, 17 Pondicherry Cr., Dartmouth, N.S. 82111 5C4 Jack Forsyth, Box 163, Hartney, Manitoba ROM OXO Jim Lee, Box 132, Hartney, Manitoba, ROM OXO Jim Webster, 107 Thomson Ave. N.E., Calgary, Alberta T2E 2W2 Earle Phillips, 52 Price Ave., Hamilton, Ont. L9C 1K3

PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATIONS/PRESIDENTS

Newfoundland: Nova Scotia, 0.A.N.S.: Nova Scotia, President: New Brunswick, President:

Quebec, President: Ontario, President: Ontario, 0.0.Is Manitoba, President: Alberta, President: Alberta, A.O.A. British Columbia, President: Yukon, President:

Ian MacCallum, 48 Pennywell Rd., St. John's, Newfoundland R1C 2K9 Steve Fraser, OANS, Box 3010 5, Halifax, N. S. B3J 3G6 (902)425-5450 Ian Miller, 17 Pondicherry Cr., Dartmouth, N.S. 82W 5C4 Stig Skarborn, Comp 2 Carriage Hill Dr 886, Fredericton, NB E3B 4X7 John Charlow, #406-3615 Ridgewood Ave. Montreal, Due. H3V 184 Jack Lee, 87 Rothsay Ave., Hamilton, Ont. L8M 3G2 Henry Lam, 1220 Sheppard Ave.E. Willowdale, Ont. M2Y 2X1 (416)495-4160 Larry Konotopetz, 1038 Palmerston Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R30 1K2 Nancy Craig, 2028 - 8 Ave NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4J4 Kitty Jones, Strathcona House #104A-429-14th St NW Calgary, T2N 2A3 Dennis Fedoruk, 3059 Oakdowne, Victoria, BC VBR 1P5 Helen Slama, Box 5386, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 4Z2

NATIONAL OFFICE

Executive Director: Technical Director: Secretary:

Colin Kirk Ted de St. Croix Lee Leger

Canadian Orienteering Federation

333 River Road Ottawa, Ontario K1L 8H9 (613)748-5649

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