Vulcan OC and the US Orienteering Team
Team Fundraiser A-Meet, 15-17 January 2005

Event Director: Joey Ciza
Courses for Days 1, 2, 3: Vladimir Gusiatnikov, Alexei Azarov, Toni Louhisola
USOF Course Consultant: Eric Weyman:
IOF Event Advisor: Jan R. Lien:
Registrar: Boris Granovskiy
starts and finishes: Vulcan OC, Georgia OC
results: Vulcan OC
control pickup:
    Day 1 - US Orienteering Team
    Day 2 - Joey Ciza, Vulcan Orientereing Club
    Day 3 - US Orienteering Team, Cody McCandless
map production assistance: Bob Cooley
training session and logistics: Eric Bone
provided map sealer: Orienteering Cincinnati
Many thanks to GAOC for lending assistance.

We are proud to announce Scarborough Orienteering as a sponsor of the awards. Winners of Days 1 and 2 in all competitive classes (with the exception of Open categories) will receive gift certificates valid towards the purchase of merchandise from Scarborough Orienteering, including items in the Suunto and Brunton catalogs.

General
The map was born in 1982 and revised multiple times. Saturday’s map is up to WRE expectations and ISOM 2000. Sunday’s and Monday’s maps conform to a version of ISOM; no attempt has been made to bring the Sprint map to ISSOM, the International Standard for Sprint Orienteering Maps.

Small (dot) knolls, rootstocks, and pits are all stages in the (after)life of a dead tree. Rootstocks are at least 1.5 m high, and dot knolls are at least 1.0 m high. Black x’s are man-made objects.

Oak Mountain features some of the friendliest vegetation in the low-lying USA. The major exception to that is greenbriar. This thorny vine is quite sparse but can stop you in your tracks.

Maps have been printed on a high-resolution Epson pigment ink printer. The map size for all courses, all days is 8.5”x14” (except for some White and Yellow course maps), sealed into 4-mil, 12”x15” polyethylene cases.

The entrance fee for Oak Mountain State Park is $3.00 per person with the right of same-day reentry. You must be out of the park by 17:00 (5pm local time) in order to avoid complications that would complicate further use of the park for orienteering.

Saturday 15 January 2005
Directions: Follow the ample signs to the park. From the park entrance on John Findlay Drive, continue on the main park road to Mile 3.95. Turn right on Tranquility Drive and park. Orienteering signs show the way.

Day 1 is a World Ranking Event on the Blue M-21+ and Red F-21+ in the Middle distance. There will be two Red courses. All male Red participants compete on a Classic course, labeled Red M. The map scale for all courses is 1:10 000 with 5-m contours.

The cairn symbol is used to show small areas of loose rock. The ruin symbol is enlarged compared to the actual feature size in order to conform to ISOM 2000.

Controls for the WRE utilize stands. Other courses generally use hanging punches. All water controls will be manned although this is not shown on the control descriptions. The control official will register the times of the participants but will not verify punch cards.

There will be a training session on the Model/Practice area at 15:00, a 4 km line-O and precision point-to-point course set by Eric Bone. U.S. Team members will be on hand to provide guidance on precision technique.  The training is appropriate for Orange-level and advanced runners. The cost is $3.00/junior (18 and under) and $5.00/adult. The session will take approximately one hour. Register and pay on site. Directions: Follow the main park road about 3 miles to the east of Tranquility Dr. Look for parking after a sign that says “Dip”, before a spillway.  If you pass between lakes and reach another park entrance booth, then you have gone a few hundred meters too far.

There will be a get-together dinner at 17:00 at the Golden Corral restaurant at I-65 exit 246. We have a room reserved to hold about 80 people. People beyond the 80 will have to take other available seating. The meal is a family-style, all-you-can-eat buffet for about $10/person. Mention “orienteering” to get a 10% discount.

Sunday 16 January 2005
Directions: Follow the ample signs to the park. From the park entrance on John Findlay Drive, continue on the main park road to Mile 2.15. Turn right on Terrace Drive and go another kilometer. Park on the right.

The map is at the 1:15 000 scale for Blue and Red and at 1:10 000 for all other courses, with 5-m contours. On the map, black O’s are permanent orienteering course markers. There is a special symbol for trail crossing a stream with a bridge. It is a black dash wider than the normal line thickness for a trail.

The start interval is 3 minutes on Blue and 2 minutes on all other courses. There will be a special start procedure explained at the start. There will be one map issue point, but different course runners will go to different start-of-navigation points (the purple start triangle marked on the map).

The award ceremony for Saturday and Sunday will be on Sunday, at the finish area at 14:30.

Monday 17 January 2005
Directions: Same as for Sunday.

There will be one course for Orange and advanced-level participants. However, results will be tallied and awards given separately for each class. USOF ranking points will be given according to the "proper" course color for the class you entered.

Maps for all courses are at 1:5 000 with 5-m contours. The special symbols on the map are the same as those on Sunday’s map. Most black x’s on Monday’s map are picnic tables. The ISSOM symbol set is not used.

Controls for the Sprint utilize stands. Other courses generally use hanging punches. The start interval will be one minute. Monday’s awards will be mailed.

I hope you have as much fun competing as we’ve had putting this event together!