Stars Orienteering Club

Stars Orienteering Club

STARS Challenge

Date Sunday, 27th May 2007
Location Shade's Mills Conservation Area, Cambridge, Ontario

Results are here.

Your entrance fee gets you into the conservation area - so you're invited to spend the day, perhaps rent a canoe, and enjoy a few hours of relaxation.

The SPORTident system will be used for this event. For those who have not purchased one, SPORTident e-cards will be available for sale or rent.

Race Details

Key Times 9:05 - 10:15 - Registration and waiver formalities
9:15 - 10:15 - Introductory Orienteering Clinic
10:30 - Start for Park sprint & Medium distance courses
13:00 - Awards
Host Club Stars of Waterloo Region http://stars.kw.net
Maps Shade's Mills Conservation Area, Cambridge (2007)
Scale - 1:7500, Contours - 5m (Sprint map is 1:5000)
Contact Nick Duca Sodding spammers
Course Setters Nick Duca, Michael Lucente
Format Clinic, Point-to-point (Medium, Novice, Sprint). Sprint races will be part of the North American Sprint Series.
Registration Please pre-register with us by e-mail (contact above) at least 2 days in advance to ensure a pre-marked map is reserved for your use. Participants must be full or recreational members of Orienteering Ontario or an affiliated club for the current year.

Please use the following link to register online (preferred) - and if you wish to run both the sprint and the medium please enter each one individually (so you will have two entries):

Instruction / Clinic There will be an introductory orienteering clinic for anyone interested. It is free for Stars members; for others $25 for Adults, $12 for juniors & students. This fee includes the park entrance fee, and entrance to one course (novice, medium, or sprint). The clinic will be held at 9:15am, with an option to hold another one later in the day, after the main events. Please e-mail the contact (above) if you'd like to participate.
Cost
Adult, both races$20
Adult, medium only$18
Adult, sprint only$14
Junior, both races$12
Junior, medium only$10
Junior, sprint only$6

Family maximum - $45

The park fee is included as part of all race fees. Guests must pay the normal gate fees ($4 per person over 14; $2.25 for children 13 & under; free under 5), unless they already have a GRCA pass.

Stars members are discounted 50% for fees.
Directions Please see the GRCA web page or Google Maps for details. Best exit from the 401 is probably Townline, & then travel south to the intersection with Avenue Road, right, then left into the conservation area. After entering the conservation area, follow the signs to the event area.