Welcome to QOC’s First Event on a new map in a very new park just opened in Calvert County last spring.
Ward Farm Park is a fun new park with expansion potential and still under development. Only 163 acres are used in these courses, but there are many navigable features and trails. It does not offer as challenging a venue as our advanced orienteers are used to, however, with a little creativity, we hope to offer courses with route choices and a chance for a pretty good run.
This park is mixed use. Soccer and baseball fields with open ground around them covered with 2-3 foot grasses and flowers, some clear woods with deep re-entrants and thick vegetation at forest edges, many good trails, and a network of wide, grass-covered, rolled-flat RUNWAYS that go around the heavily-overgrown farm fields.
The ball fields are open (with reservations) for public use, so we expect them to have use before and during our event. Because we can’t predict whether they’ll be used or not, they are shown as dark green No Entry Authorized areas. The trails around them, of course are fine to use… and if the fields aren’t in use, they are fine to enter.
Check in will open about 9:45am and courses will open at 10:00am.
As always, please be off the course no later than 3 pm and remember to download at our e-punch station even if you did not finish. We want to make sure of everyone’s safety and status.
Free Beginner Instruction will be offered, but please reach out to the Event Director you have a group, so we can plan accordingly. Also, make sure to check out our Your First Event [2] and For Beginners [3] webpages. Beginners are also encouraged to watch relevant videos such as this one [4] created by QOC's instructional guru David Onkst. If they don’t answer any remaining questions you have, just use our Contact Form [5] and ask.
Group Leaders: Please see our For Group Leaders page if you are leading a youth or large group – even though you will be pre-registering online. Please contact the Event Director to make them aware of your plans and numbers.
Dogs are welcome, usual leash laws apply.
Your Map = A Free Cookie! After your run, join other orienteers and volunteers at the Chesapeake Grille & Deli [6] in Dunkirk MD, less than 2 miles from the event (map link [7]). Event volunteers are likely to show up after 4pm, but feel free to show up earlier. Bring your map to get a free cookie with any purchase, courtesy of Alexis, the CG&D manager.
Reminders:
Location | Ward Farm Park, Southern Parking Lot, Dunkirk, MD (CANCELLED) | ||||||||||
Registration | Pre-registration is required and will open on Monday, March 27 at 6pm and will close at Noon Saturday April 1. | ||||||||||
Start Times | Start times will be by windows (to be defined for this event before registration opens). | ||||||||||
Schedule | Sunday, April 2
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Course Notes | CANCELLED Map Notes: Course Notes: to be posted closer to event date. | ||||||||||
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/2023/4/2/ward-farm-park
[2] https://qocweb.org/content/discover-orienteering-discover-yourself-your-first-event
[3] https://qocweb.org/content/orienteering-technique-beginners
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFJLfLJk9tk
[5] https://qocweb.org/contact
[6] https://www.eatchesapeake.com/
[7] https://goo.gl/maps/DSCsjrDdvP9FQoLg7
[8] https://www.qocweb.org/contact/Shelden/Craig
[9] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=loc:38.7205,-76.6467&sll=38.7205,-76.6467&sspn=0.076258,0.086346&ie=UTF8&z=14
[10] https://maps.apple.com/?ll=38.7205,-76.6467&q=Ward Farm Park&t=m
[11] http://qocweb.org/content/membership-types
[12] http://qocweb.org/epunch