Orienteering is a sport in which participants navigate around a course using a map and compass. Orienteering ACT is the body that organises and promotes Orienteering in the ACT.
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Saturday Orienteering for 2012 continues on 26 May at Campbell Park - 10.30am to 12 noon starts. All are welcome to take part. For information click here. The first four weeks include the "Map Mates" series run by the Blue Sparks especially for juniors and their parents.
Orienteering As It Was In 1971
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Close to 100 attended the 41st
 anniversary event at Mt Ainslie and about half (48) opted for the 1971 black
and white map, with 26 undertaking one of the three original courses, while the
other 22 had the black and white map with shorter courses using some of the
same control sites. Scanned images of
the five Red courses, some maps used over the past 40 years and the coloured
map used for the other courses are here:
· Images 1 to 5 are the five Red courses for ACT League 5, with 1 to 3 being the original courses
· Image 6 – 1:20000 May 1977 (cartographer Kevin Paine)
· Image 7 – 1:15000 1985
· Image 8 – 1:10000 July 1994
· Image 9 – 1:15000 April 1990
· Image 10 – 1:10000 May 2012
Most competitors coped with the black and white
1:25000 map set to true north, not magnetic north, but a few seemed to have
some trouble, including some not realising the tracks have not changed in 40
years. The event was an ACT League event
(# 5, but the fourth for the year given that event 1 had to be cancelled
because of wet weather) and those who opted for the Red 5 course had a considerable
advantage as they scored the top points, with Geoffrey Dabb (pictured) scoring a
remarkable 131 points. The aberration caused by this event is not likely to
impact on the final standings which will be based on the best seven scores from 12
events.
The results are here and the progress points are
here.
The next event will be at Mt Majura East on 3 June.
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