Orienteer on terrain that is still relatively new near the Clopper Lake section of Seneca Creek State Park (Gaithersburg, MD). There will be eight courses to choose from (2 beginner, 1 intermediate, and 5 advanced), and detailed park and course notes are now posted below, thanks to course setter Sam Listwak.
This Sunday event requires on-line pre-registration, and we plan to open registration at 6pm on Monday, Feb. 22. QOC’s COVID risk reduction protocols [2], as also enumerated here [3], will be in effect. Please read these guidelines carefully, particularly keeping in mind the need for participants to bring their own water for all their hydration needs before, during, and after their runs/walks.
Registration will be at the Blue Jay Pavilion, towards the west end of the parking area shared with the Nuthatch Pavilion. Carpooling is encouraged. A park map is here [4]; the Blue Jay Pavilion is way down in the lower left (southwest) edge. If we overflow the parking lot, we are allowed to park along the NW side of the road leading to it, i.e. the right hand side of the road as you drive in.
Any youth or large groups attending, although you will be pre-registering online, please contact the Event Director [5] of your plans and numbers for her awareness.
Other points:
NOTE: The Captcha function used to contact individuals (as named below) is under repair and is not working. To contact an event director, use the Contact Us [10] form.
Location | Seneca Creek State Park, Clopper Lake, Blue Jay Pavilion, Gaithersburg, MD (Classic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Registration | Registration for this event will open at 6pm on Monday Feb. 22 - via this link [11]. Registration will close no later than 6pm Sat. Feb. 27 (the night before the event). New: Epunch/SI# is now required if you are using your own. Who's registered? Check by clicking here [12]. Sorting by column is possible too - just click on the column name. Need to contact an event director? Use the Contact Us [10] form. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Start Times | Participants will register in advance for a specified 15 or 45 minute check-in window (including map pick-up), starting at 9:45am until the final window from 1:15-1:30pm. Each window will be limited to 15 or 45 "starts" (solo individuals or groups). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule | Sunday, February 28
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Course Details | Classic
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Course Notes | Classic First, a few general comments about the map and park. The overall terrain is typical ridge and valley terrain with some scattered rock outcroppings. However, the park has several obstacles that influence course design: Seneca Creek, a lake and Great Seneca Highway. In addition, the park has multiple trail systems, roads, parking lots and a disk golf course. I would not consider this area to be highly technical or physical terrain, so efficiently executing your course will be a matter of route choice. Since the courses utilize sections of the park that have both multiple trail and roads present, this meet would provide a good opportunity for runners to try a more advanced course than they usually run. The courses were designed with subtle route choice options in mind and placed in portions of the park to enhance running speed. So for the competitive orienteers, small hesitations and route choices could determine finishing order.
Course specifics. There will be a separate Start/Finish for the White and Yellow courses from all the other courses. Map scale is 1:10,000 with 5m contours. Have fun and enjoy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Entry Fees | Individual Entries
Note: juniors = under 21
Group Entries Participants are welcome to orienteer together as a group (up to the maximum for that event; usually 4). Each member of a group is charged their individual rate as shown above, up to a group total of $30 (maximum), and each receives a map. A group receives one epunch. Individuals or groups desiring to compete on a second course after completing their first can do so for a reduced fee of $2/map subject to approval at the event by the Event Director. Important Notes
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Links:
[1] https://www.qocweb.org/events/2021/2/28/seneca-creek
[2] https://www.qocweb.org/sites/default/files/QOC_COVID_Risk_Reduction_2020_10_01.pdf
[3] https://www.qocweb.org/events/2020/9/27/gunston-hall/
[4] http://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/parkmaps/senecamap.aspx
[5] https://www.qocweb.org/contact/Tan/Florence
[6] https://coronavirus.dc.gov/dccan
[7] https://covidlink.maryland.gov/content/faqs/#faqCA
[8] https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/covidwise/
[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFJLfLJk9tk
[10] https://www.qocweb.org/contact
[11] https://qoc.wufoo.com/forms/wk9q7ui1tmpmmu/
[12] https://qoc.wufoo.com/reports/w1qoxpna0gswzh4/
[13] https://www.qocweb.org/contact/Listwak/Sam
[14] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=loc:39.1422,-77.2662&sll=39.1422,-77.2662&sspn=0.076258,0.086346&ie=UTF8&z=14
[15] http://qocweb.org/content/membership-types
[16] http://qocweb.org/epunch