Last updated: June 21, 2008
Welcome to the Vulcan Orienteering Club (VOC)
Orienteering - The thinking sport
I came, I saw, I thought, I ran
The VOC hosts orienteering meets primarily at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, AL (just south of Birmingham, I-65 exit 246). We have a large portion of the 8,820 acre park mapped with enough detail for orienteering. This allows us to start in several different locations throughout the park to keep you from getting too acquainted with any one section of the park. The VOC orienteering season runs from September through May each year. We typically host one meet each month (usually on the 3rd Saturday).
All events are open to everyone and offer beginner, intermediate, and advanced courses, as well as free beginner instruction. There is a nominal fee of $5 per map. (small groups may go out using a single map. Additional fee if electronic punching is used). Our orienteering meets are very informal and are primarily used to introduce people to the sport of orienteering and as practice for national USOF orienteering meets. You may enjoy it as a casual walk through the woods or a competitive run. To find out about the next VOC event, please check the VOC schedule.|
So
what is orienteering like? (we set new courses every meet)
A video on Orienteering
from
YouTube |
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VOC 2007-2008 schedule/results
VOC schedule - PDF (please print out copies of the VOC schedule and distribute them) Electronic punching is used at most of our local meets (click here for more info)
"Orienteering for Beginners"
video - shows the basics of e-punch (from YOUTUBE)
Everyone who participates must sign
a waiver (required by USOF). |
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VOC Training session June 21, 2008 starting at 10am results waiver ( in PDF) (revised with e-punch rental) e-mail: vulcanorienteering@earthlink.net |
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Next VOC local meet Saturday, September 20, 2008 Oak Mountain State Park This will start the VOC 2008-2009 orienteering season. Start anytime between 10am and noon. 3 hour time limit on all courses. Joey Ciza e-mail: vulcanorienteering@earthlink.net |
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Oak Mountain State Park new trail markers (posts) have been installed at Oak Mountain State Park. GPS coordinates for the posts (updated August 4, 2007) trail map Oak Mountain State Park hiking trails elevation profiles (data from VOC orienteering maps) WHITE BLUE YELLOW GREEN RED Bike-1 Bike-2 |
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To get the latest VOC info, join Vulcan Orienteering newsgroup: 1. Go to the Yahoo Groups website www.yahoogroups.com 2. In the "Join a Group" box type vulcanorienteering 3. When it takes you to the next screen, click on Register and complete the information The latest orienteering info for VOC is posted on the newsgroup. |
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IOF International Orienteering Federation |
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USOF Unites State Orienteering Federation |
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COK Carolina Orienteering Club |
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FLO Florida Orienteering Club |
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GAOC Georgia Orienteering Club Many GAOC events are only a few hours of driving away! drive over, orienteer, and drive back in the same day. |
| USOF Sanctioned Event Calendar |
| Randy Hall's Unofficial Planning Calendar of Orienteering Events |
| Vulcan Trail Association |
Who orienteers with us? We have JROTC & NJROTC high school students, ROTC college students learning land navigation, boy scouts working on scouting requirements and orienteering merit badge, and girl scouts, adventure racers wanting to improve their navigation skills, people that want to learn to read maps, people who like to walk in the woods, people who want to see parts of Oak Mountain off the beaten path, orienteers practicing for a serious O-meet, .....
To find out more about orienteering, please visit our Orienteering LINKS page. There is a lot of good information out on the Internet about orienteering. You will also find info there on some permanent orienteering courses at Oak Mountain and around Alabama.
VOC is a
member of the United States Orienteering Federation (USOF)
Join the USOF
- (USOF membership application)
Join the Vulcan Orienteering Club
If you have looked at the
orienteering links and still need more information about
the Vulcan
Orienteering Club or more information on orienteering, contact:
James Pilman e-mail: ka4zqa@aol.com
or
Joey Ciza e-mail:
vulcanorienteering@earthlink.net
or
To get the latest VOC info, join Vulcan Orienteering Yahoo Group:
Click to join VulcanOrienteering Yahoo Group
please send an e-mail message to to
vulcanorienteering@earthlink.net when joining the yahoo group.
This is to verify that a legitimate user wants to join the group.
or
Come out and join us at Oak Mountain State Park !
Oak Mountain State Park entrance fee is now
$3/person/day on weekends and holidays
(an annual pass is also available for purchase at the park office)
If you plan on bringing a group (more than 5), please let us know at least one week ahead of time so we may have enough maps available. The cost is $5 per map. Small groups may go out together using a single map. Please specify which course(s) and how many maps.
