Schedule of Upcoming Events

(Quantico events are in bold and in this font and yellow (VA), green (MD), orange (Richmond area), or red (summer series) background. Others are national "A" events (in red) and events from other clubs in the mid-Atlantic region and are in this font. Adventure racing events are in a smaller green font. Registration times for QOC's events unless listed are 12 to 2 p.m. EDT or 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST. For costs for maps at local events or to print out a waiver form, hit here.)

You can download a copy of USOF's standard A-Event entry form in PDF format from the USOF "Events" web page. The USOF home page is http://www.us.orienteering.org/ You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the entry form. You can download a free copy from the link on the USOF web site.

If you can volunteer to help at an event, click on the name of the meet director for that event to email him/her.

Junior Training Program

Hello All,

Thanks to a grant QOC recently received from USOF, QOC juniors ages 13 to 20 have the unique opportunity to join a junior membership training program and take advantage of some very fun and advanced technology that will help them improve their orienteering, as well as meet and work together with other club juniors. Club member David Onkst began coaching the QOC junior member program. Those interesting in participating should e-mail David at qoccoach@verizon.net and let him know you want to be plan of this program. Juniors should come prepared to discuss their individual orienteering goals and experiences and what they would like to get out of the program.

Some of the planned highlights of the program include, but are not limited to:

The opportunity to use Garmin Forerunners to record an exact route from an orienteering course and then overlay that route onto the course map.
The opportunity to participate in a variety of individual and group training exercises to improve orienteering skills.
The opportunity to receive individual coaching based on analysis gleaned from e-punch and winsplit results.
The opportunity to create, develop, manage, and moderate a website devoted to the program and its goals.
The opportunity to participate in a local summer weekend training orienteering camp.

The idea for the formation of a QOC Junior Orienteering Program stemmed from the desire to use a grant that the club received from USOF—thanks to the efforts of Club Presidents Greg and Kathleen Lennon—to support the development of junior orienteering at the club level. The creation of a QOC Junior Orienteering Program in intended to help foster a sense of community among the club’s juniors and help them kindle a desire to improve their orienteering skills for use in a wide range of activities, whether they want to use them to simply participate in occasional club level local meets, or compete in A-Meets at the regional, national or international level. QOC club members who range from the ages of 13 to 20 (as defined by USOF--via a calendar year), and who are club members in good standing, may join the QOC Junior Orienteering Program by signing a liability waiver (or if they are under 18, by having their parents or legal guardian sign) and placing it on file with the program’s coach.

June 19-21, 2009 PNWOF's Gold Rush & Western States Champs - Individual USOF A - Sprint, Middle & Long Distance in Idaho

Saturday, June 20 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Robious Landing Park
A 20 point Score-O at the White, Yellow, Orange level. The park is on the Northwest edge of Chesterfield County, West of Richmond, VA on the South Bank of the James River. For Directions, more info contact Tim Gilbert.
Saturday, June 20 2009 DVOA's Delmont - W Y O Br G R
Sunday, June 21, 2009 DVOA's picnic & summer meeting at Green Lane
June 27-28, 2009 COC's Pacific Northwest Orienteering Festival - Individual USOF A - Sprint, Middle & Long Distance

Monday, June 29 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Fort Pickett, Va.
A 20 point Score-O at the White, Yellow, Orange level. For Directions, more info contact Tim Gilbert.
Sunday, July 12, 2009 DVOA's French Creek East - W Y O Br G R Bl

Sunday, July 19 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Fort Eustis, VA
A 20 point Score-O at the White, Yellow, Orange level. For Directions, more info contact Tim Gilbert.
Sunday, July 26, 2009 DVOA's Hickory Run - W Y O Br G R Bl

Saturday, August 1 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Dutch Gap, VA
A 20 point Canoe/Kayak-O and Foot-O Score-O at the White, Yellow, Orange level. Both on land and water. For Directions, more info contact Tim Gilbert.
Sunday, August 2, 2009 DVOA's Mt Penn Pagoda - W Y O Br G R

Saturday, August 15 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Eppington Plantation a History-O
A 20 point Score-O at the White, Yellow, Orange level. For Directions, more info contact Tim Gilbert.
Sunday, August 16, 2009 DVOA's French Creek West - W Y O Br G R
Sunday, 16 August 16, 2009 WPOC's Keystone State Park (West side) New Map W Y O G
Sunday, August 30, 2009 DVOA's Valley Forge Fatlands - W Y O Br G R
Saturday, September 12, 2009 DVOA's Hickory Run Beginner Int Adv Instruct
Saturday, September 12, 2009 DVOA's Hickory Run Night-O

Sunday, September 13, 2009 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Hemlock Overlook
Sunday, September 13, 2009 DVOA's Hickory Run - W Y O Br G R Bl
September 19-20, 2009 ROC's USOF Ultra Long Course Championships & USOF Sprint Championships + Middle distance event
Sunday, September 20, 2009 DVOA's Daniel Boone Sprint-O Beginner Int Adv two heat sprints
Sunday, September 20, 2009 WPOC's Blue Spruce Park - National Orienteering Day Meet - W Y O G R

Sunday, September 27, 2009 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Patuxent
(Meet Director: ?; Course Setter: Peggy Dickison)
Sunday, September 27, 2009 DVOA's Brandywine - W Y O Br G R
October 3-4, 2009 UNO's Boulder Dash - 2-Day Individual USOF A-event
Sunday, October 4, 2009 DVOA's FCE - W Y O Br G R Bl
Sunday, October 4, 2009 WPOC's Deer Lakes Park (Anglers shelter) W Y O Scramble
October 9-11, 2009 - Badger 3 day Individual USOF - Middle, Classic & Classic (Day 2 is A Meet) in Greenbush, WI
October 10-18, 2009 WMOC: World Masters Orienteering Champs; Sydney Australia

Sunday, October 11, 2009 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Orange Grove
(Meet Director: Jan and Dasha Merka; Course Setter: ?)
Sunday, October 11, 2009 DVOA's Green Lane - W Y O Br G R

Sunday, October 18, 2009 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
South Fork
Sunday, October 18, 2009 DVOA's Hibernia - W Y O Br G R
Sunday, October 18, 2009 DVOA's Quail Hill - W Y O Br G R Scout event
October 23-25, 2009 BGR's Badger 3 day including 1 day US Championships - Middle, Classic & Classic
Saturday, October 24, 2009 WPOC's Camp Seph Mack - Night meet with mass start
Sunday, October 25, 2009 DVOA's Camp Horseshoe - W Y O Br G R
Saturday, October 31, 2009 DVOA's Washington Crossing - W Y O New Jersey Scout Event

Sunday, November 1 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Pohick Bay or Fort Belvoir
Sunday, November 1, 2009 DVOA's Evansburg - W Y O Br G R
November 7-9, 2009 BAOC's O in the Oaks 09 2-day Individual A-event
Sunday, November 8, 2009 DVOA's Star Village - W Y O Br G R Bl EPunching Long O Champs
Sunday, November 8, 2009 WPOC's Pine Ridge Park1 (Pine Lodge) White, Yellow, 90-min Score W Y 90 min. Score-O

Sunday, November 15 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Oregon Ridge (new map)
(Meet Director: ?; Course Setter: Frances Hogle)

Sunday, November 22, 2009 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Manassas
Sunday, November 22, 2009 DVOA's Tyler - W Y O Br G R Bl EPunching HVO Dual
Sunday, November 29, 2009 DVOA's Valley Forge Joy - W Y O Br G R Bl <----- December 2009 ----->
November 7-9, 2009 LAOC's Vasquez Rocks Trail O Championship & A Meet 2-day Individual A-event

Sunday, December 6, 2009 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Great Falls, MD
(Meet Director: Greg and Kathleen Lennon; Course Setter: Nadim Ahmed)
Saturday, December 12, 2009 DVOA's O Marathon II - Fair Hill NRMA, MD Half and Full Marathon Course

Sunday, December 20, 2009 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Meadowood

Sunday, January 10, 2010 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Greenbelt
(Meet Director: Ton Nolan; Course Setter: Jan Merka?)
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Sunday, January 24, 2010 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Great Falls, VA

Sunday, January 31, 2010 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Bowie
(Meet Director: Tom Nolan; Course Setter: Dave Onkst)

Sunday, February 7, 2010 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Happyland

Sunday, February 21, 2010 Registration from 11 am till 1 pm.
Wheaton
(Meet Director: Patti Mace; Course Setter: Mark Mace)
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Sunday, February 28, 2010 DVOA's Batsto - W Y O Br G R Bl
March 5 to 7, 2010 SLOC's 2nd Gateway Grunt Goat + A sprint/middle, Forest Park and Hawn

Sunday, March 14, 2010 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Rosaryville
(Meet Director: John and Jody Landers; Course Setter: ?)

Saturday, March 20, 2010
Little Bennett Night-O
(Meet Director: ?; Course Setter: Sam Listwak, Mihai Sirbu?)

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Little Bennett
(Meet Director: ?; Course Setter: Sam Listwak, Mihai Sirbu?)

Courses
STREAMER 1.1 km 4 controls Course for kids with orange streamers marking the path
WHITE km m climb controls Beginner course - along trails, streams, and other linear features
YELLOW km m climb controls Advanced beginner course - near easily identifiable re-location features
ORANGE km m climb controls Intermediate course - off trail network, checkpoints on major terrain features
BROWN km m climb controls Expert course - navigation is very tricky with few re-location features
GREEN km m climb controls Expert course - navigation is very tricky with few re-location features
RED km m climb controls Expert course - navigation is very tricky with few re-location features
BLUE km m climb controls Expert course - navigation is very tricky with few re-location features
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Westmoreland Weekend
April 9-11 OCIN's Flying Pig XIV

Sunday, April 18, 2010 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
McKeldin and SVO Stumble
(Meet Director: SVO's Eddie Bergeron; Course Setter: Ted Good)

Sunday, April 25, 2010 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Fountainhead or Hemlock Overlook
May 1-2, 2010 USMAOC: Sprint/Middle/Long A event. West Point NY
May 8-9, 2010 WCOC/Team: A Meet, Danbury CT

Sunday, May 9, 2010 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
College Park
May 23-24, 2010 NEOOC: A Meet

Sunday, May 23, 2010 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Balls Bluff

Sunday, June 6 Registration from 12 noon till 2 pm.
Jug Bay - Annual Meeting and Chase
June 26-July 21, 2010 North American Orienteering Festival, including NA Orienteering Championships (in Kootenay Rockies), British Columbia
June 26-July 21 Events in Washington State
July 1-7 2010 North American O Champs - South-eastern British Columbis
July 9-15 Barebones Whistler, BC
July 17-21 Rocky Mountain O-Fest, CO
July 31 - August 7, 2010 WMOC: World Masters Orienteering Champs; Le Pays de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
August 7-15, 2010 World Orienteering Champs; Trondheim, Norway
August 18-22, 2010 Canadian Orienteering Champs, Eastern ON
October 1-3, 2010 BAOC: Sprint/Middle/Long A meet, Boggs Mtn., Cobb CA
October 9-10, 2010 GHO: Golden Leaf Orienteering Fest; Niagra Falls, ON

Virginia's club James River Orienteering Club (JROC); Pennsylvania's clubs DVOA, SVO and WPOC; North Carolina's clubs BOK and COK ; New York City Area, St. Louis, West Coast Events and USOF A-Events schedules are also available.
Also you may want to check Active.com for combined listing of events around the country including ours and for an unofficial calendar of Orienteering events. Click here for a list of local adventure activities.