U. S.
Orienteering Team
Fund Raiser A-Meeet
January 15 – 17, 2005
(Martin
Luther King Weekend)
Oak Mountain State Park
Pelham, Alabama, USA
I-65 exit 246, just south of Birmingham
The Vulcan Orienteering Club with the United States Orienteering Team
Day 1 Course Parameters
Course Format
Length,km Climb,m Controls Est. 100-pt runner time, min
Blue Middle 4.78 345
15 35
Red F Middle 3.78 275
11 32
Red M Classic 5.52 375
15 50
Green Classic 4.57 300
11 45
Brown Classic 3.45 215
8 45
Orange Classic 3.43 210
12 40
Yellow Classic 3.42 80
10 30
White Classic 2.56 60
10 25
Day 2 Course Parameters
Course Length,km Climb,m Controls
Blue 11.89 540
23
Red 7.71 380
16
Green 5.86 210
12
Brown 4.19 175
8
Orange 4.30 210
12
Yellow 3.72 90
9
White 2.38 75
10
USOF sanctioned 3-Day A-Meet
Day
1 - Saturday,
January 15 - start times 11:00 to 13:00 CST
Middle Distance,
F-21+,
M-21+;
Classic Distance, all other categories
all F-21+, M-21+ category entrants
will receive World Ranking Event points for Day 1
In order to not receive World Ranking Event points, one should enter a different
class on Day 1 (from M/F-21+)
maps - all courses - 1:10,000 with 5m contours
Start times: 11:00 to 13:00
On Saturday, 15 January, at 3:00 pm there will be a
training session organized by the US Team.
The session is appropriate for intermediate and advanced-level runners.
The
session will utilize the practice area map.
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.
Saturday - 5:00pm informal get-together at Golden Corral restaurant at I-65 exit 246. We have a room reserved to hold about 80 people. Over 80 will have to take available seating. This is a family style all-you-can-eat buffet for about $10/person. Mention "orienteering" to get a 10% discount.
Day
2 - Sunday,
January 16 - start times 10:00 to
12:00 CST
Classic Distance,
all categories
maps - Blue & Red -
1:15,000 with 5m contours
all other courses - 1:10,000 with 5m contours
Awards for Saturday/Sunday will be Sunday at 14:30 CST
Day
3
- Monday,
January 17 - start times 9:00
to 12:00 CST
(start time requests accepted)
There will be one course for Orange and advanced-level participants on the day
of the Sprint, 17 January.
The start interval will be one minute. 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
- all courses - 1:5,000 with 5m contours
Monday awards will be mailed
***Oak Mountain State Park
entrance fee is $3 PER PERSON per day (weekends/holidays)
($2 on week days) Entrance fee is paid at the park entrance ***
($1 for children and seniors)
Walkers, runners, and cyclists are not exempt from the fee.
Courses designed and vetted by U. S. Orienteering Team
There will be no e-punching.
Practice area/Model Event maps are available at the Event Center on Friday, Jan. 14 starting at 12:00 noon
White,
Yellow and Orange recreational
courses will also available.
Cost for recreational courses will be $5 per map.
No pre-registration needed for recreational courses.
Terrain: parallel ridges and reentrants. Fast open woods with an extensive trail network, lakes, small streams, boulders. Oak Mountain is 9000+ acres of perhaps THE most runnable, mature hardwood forest in all of the U.S. currently mapped for orienteering.
Whistle required for all participants as part of the safety plan.
Practice area map
(practice area maps will be available on Friday at the event center starting at
noon)
The practice area is located at the far north end of Oak Mountain State Park.
To reach the practice area, continue on the main park road for 7 miles after
entering the main entrance to the park. Mile markers are located along the
main park road. You may park in the open gravel areas adjacent to the
lake. The practice map is intended to show you the open woods of Oak
Mountain with its many winding ridges and re-entrants. You will also see
that there are many old logging roads that date back many years. Most of
them are very runnable and follow ridges or reentrants. However, many are
indistinct and may disappear and reappear. You may run into some old
logging roads that are not mapped. Most of them are very indistinct.
You can see many old stumps throughout the park (especially the practice area)
from when the park was logged in the mid 1900's. Many of the old pine
stumps have metal pieces attached to them for the collection of pine sap (before
the trees were sawed down) which was used to make turpentine many years ago.
You may also run across some small areas of pine deadfall that are the result of
pine beetles over the past years. Most of these areas are very small and
will not significantly hinder you.
If you would like a sample orienteering map of a section of Oak
Mountain State Park, please send a Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope (SASE) to
Joey Ciza - Vulcan Orienteering Club
2233 Hearthwood Circle
Birmingham, AL 35242
Fees:
line 1: $23 per day (days 1, 2 & 3 = $69 total)
line 2: -$ 3 per day discount for USOF/COF/IOF
members (days 1, 2 & 3 = $9 total)
other: -$10 discount for entering all 3 days
total: $50 for entering 3 days
with USOF/COF/IOF discount ($69 - $9 - $10 = $50)
Late fee of $5 /event ($15 max) will be charged for entries received after January 1, 2005
The Registrar for
the event is Boris Granovskiy
Foreign entrants can pay on arrival at no extra fee, provided that the entry
is received by the deadline.
There will be no extra fee for the World Ranking Event (Day 1 F-21+, M-21+ categories)
Mail entry forms by
January 1, 2005 (checks made out to USOF):
Boris Granovskiy
83-26 Lefferts Blvd., Apt. 1G
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
USA
+1
718 744 5525
Boris@post.harvard.edu