Welcome to the first event of QOC's Sept. - June season! We have bike orienteering, foot orienteering, and a special welcome for Northern VA Senior Olympics participants!
Everyone is welcome at either (or both) of the events taking place here at Lake Accotink Sunday, Sept. 11. In the morning, weather permitting, bring your bikes and choose between medium and long mountain bike orienteering ("MTBO") courses; register between 9-10am, start between 9:15 - 10:15, and be off your course by 11:30am. After the bike event comes foot orienteering. Register between 11:15 - 1:15pm, and then walk or run on foot your choice of a beginner (white or yellow), intermediate (orange), or advanced (brown, green, red) orienteering course. Start anytime between 11:45 - 1:30pm, and be sure to be back no later than 3pm.
New to orienteering? We recommend you try foot orienteering (the bike courses are not recommended for beginning mountain bikers). We will hold (free) beginner clinics from 11:30 - 1:30 upon request; just tell the friendly folks at registration if you'd like to try that. Also, make sure to check out our Your First Event [2] and For Beginners [3] webpages, and if they don't answer any question you have, just use our Contact Us [4] form and ask away!
Group Leaders: please see our For Group Leaders [5] webpage and then contact us so we can get you registered in advance.
Northern VA Senior Olympics Participants: Check in at the registration area from 11:00 to 11:30. The "advanced beginner" course is also known as the Yellow course, and your "Advanced" course is also known as the Brown course. We will be happy to offer instruction and answer additional questions at the event.
Additional Information:
Location | Lake Accotink Park, McLaren-Sargent Pavilion, Springfield, VA (Classic & MTBO) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Registration | No advance registration required. Just show up and have fun! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Start Times | You may start your course at any time during the start window listed below for your event. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule | Sunday, September 11
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volunteers |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location Details |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Details | Classic & MTBO
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Notes | Classic & MTBO Course conditions or updates will be posted Saturday night if warranted. Otherwise ... The Lake Accotink map as used for both the MTBO and the regular orienteering course will be at a scale of 1:7,500. A few trails are a bit faded and overgrown from lack of use. Vegetation is some areas is thicker than mapped, but the courses should be fairly runnable. The trails are fairly popular for mountain biking so all runners should be aware of bikers. There is a very dense network of trails in the park. Because they were built by mountain bikers, many of the newer trails tend to loop around. The MTBO course distances are a rough estimate of the optimal route on trails (in other words, the straight line distances are less and are not shown). For this MTBO event, no shortcutting off the trail through the woods is allowed, either on the bike or carrying it - you must stay on trails at all times. The MTBO will have the same start and finish as the foot-o. The courses will be mostly on narrow singletrack trails within the park. The courses will have some sections with short, steep uphill and downhill terrain that will require some skill to ride. This is not a course for beginning mountain bikers. Obstacles such as downed trees generally have log ramps built up or an alternate ride around. You will probably need to walk bikes over some of the most recently downed trees blocking some trails and ~none of these are mapped. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Entry Fees | Individual Entries
Note: juniors = under 21
Team or Group Entries Participants are welcome to compete together as a single team entry. Teams containing one or more nonmembers are charged the nonmember individual rate. Teams containing one or more adults are charged the adult individual rate. For teams to receive member or junior rates, all members of the team must be members or juniors, respectively. Each extra team map beyond the first is an additional $2. Individuals or teams desiring to compete on a second course can do so for a reduced fee of $2/map. Important Notes
|
Links:
[1] https://www.qocweb.org/events/2016/9/11/lake-accotink
[2] http://qocweb.org/content/discover-orienteering-discover-yourself-your-first-event
[3] http://qocweb.org/content/orienteering-technique-beginners
[4] http://qocweb.org/contact
[5] http://qocweb.org/content/group-leaders
[6] http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lake-accotink/
[7] https://www.qocweb.org/contact/Baker/John
[8] https://www.qocweb.org/contact/Dickey/Jeff
[9] https://www.qocweb.org/contact/Lin/Victor
[10] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=loc:38.7935,-77.2119&sll=38.7935,-77.2119&sspn=0.076258,0.086346&ie=UTF8&z=14
[11] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=loc:38.7927,-77.2185&sll=38.7927,-77.2185&sspn=0.076258,0.086346&ie=UTF8&z=14
[12] https://maps.apple.com/?ll=38.7927,-77.2185&q=Lake Accotink Park&t=m
[13] http://qocweb.org/content/membership-types
[14] http://qocweb.org/epunch