Burnt Lands Orienteering Practice Thursday Orienteering Practice
September 23rd 2021 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Organizers: Jeff Teutsch (Coach), Stefan Bergstrom (Coach)
Map: Burnt Lands PP
Registration:
Pre-registration is required and costs $15 per session or is $80 for the 8 weeks of fall practices (but pre-registration is still required). In order to guarantee that you get a freshly printed map please register by noon on Thursday. We will do our best to accommodate those that register Thursday afternoon by sharing maps.
Purchase a Fall practice pass - This link will only worked for logged in club members that have signed the waiver this year. If you're having trouble make sure you are logged in and try signing the waiver.
All participants must fill out a health declaration on Thursday before the practice.
Parking and meeting point:
We will meet on Burnt Lands Rd (off March Rd). Look for the club banner. See google maps here for the exact location.
Practice details:
All groups will be focusing on compass work today - the perfect exercise for a small flat area :)
There will be a series of short (1-1.5km) loops. Advanced and Team Canada athletes will have the option of doing the oops with a 'fog-o' map where parts of the map are blanked out.
The advanced group and Team Canada athletes will have a session that is split between detailed map reading and compass bearing work - two critical foundational skill! The compass bearing portion is a 3km course through relatively flat and generally open terrain. The map reading exercise is a 1.8km micro orienteering course at 1:2,500 scale. It should be both really challenging and really fun!
You will want to have a headlamp with you this week as it will be getting dark around 7:00, and about half an hour earlier in the woods. We recommend a headlamp with a rating of at least 500 lumens and more is better. If you have any questions about headlamps just ask (jeff@ottawaoc.ca)
All participants should also bring a compass (we will have a few extras if you don't have one) and, optionally, a control description holder.