Walter Baker Sports Complex (Barrhaven!) orienteering practice Thursday Orienteering Practice

Organizer: Jeff Teutsch (Coach)

Parking and meeting point: We will meet at the pin here outside the Walter Baker Sports Complex in Barrhaven for a 6:30 start. There is tons of parking or you can be green and take public transit or a bike.

As this is the last practice of the fall we are returning to a fun practice that we tested out for the first time in the spring. A Wordle-based orienteering event inspired by some club members that set a similarly inspired course as part of a birthday gathering.We call it O-dle. All are encouraged to join us for drinks and food at Brown's Socialhouse Barrhavenat 1055 Greenbank Rd after practice.

How it works:

There will be roughly 20 controls scattered score-o style across the map. 5 of those controls make up the course you are trying to find. Just like in Wordle each person will have several attempts to figure out the course by visiting 5 of those controls. When you come back you will tell one of the coaches what 5 controls you visited in what order and they will tell you which of those controls are not on the course, which ones are on the course but not in the right spot on the course and which ones are on the right spot (just like the green, yellow, and green letters in Wordle). After you get that information you should go out again to find 5 controls in another attempt to find the course. And repeat.

As this is a practice in an urban sprint venue we will be using pinflags to mark the control locations in the terrain.

Reserving maps: Please e-mail Jeff Teutsch at jeff@ottawaoc.ca by noon on Thursday to reserve a map. We do not guarantee maps for those that don't send an e-mail.

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