2008 National Capital Orienteering Festival 
Saturday, May 17th & Sunday, May 18th (Victoria Day weekend)
Montebello & Gatineau Park, Quebec

Three events over two days in beautiful Gatineau Park, just north of Ottawa,

 and at Sedbergh School, just north of Montebello. Hosted by the Ottawa Orienteering Club.

 

We are proud to host these selection races for the National Team. Good Luck to all contenders!

SI results

middle , sprint and long

Schedule of Events

Event Date First Start Suggested winning time Map
Middle Saturday, May 17 12:00 25-35 minutes Sedbergh School
Sprint Saturday, May 17 16:00 12-15 minutes Sedbergh School
Long Sunday, May 18 10:00 45-95 minutes Gatineau Park

Our thanks to our sponsors


Each event will include courses suitable for Novice, Intermediate, and Experienced orienteers -- So come out and join the fun!  Non-COF/USOF members are welcome to sign up in the Open Classes.

Courses & Categories Charts

Long and Middle distance Events    The F21E (Elite) and M21E courses will be set up to challenge the National Team contenders but they will also be available to eligible COF/USOF competitors.

Course 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Difficutly Easy Beginner Adv. Beginner Intermediate Short Advanced Medium Advanced Long Advanced Long Advanced Long Advanced
Classes, Men M12 M13-14 M15-16 M65-74
M75+		 M55-64 M45-54 M35-44
M17-20		 M21E
Classes, Women F12 F13-14 F15-16 F55-64
F65-74
F75+		 F45-55 F35-44
F17-20		 F21E  
Open Open-1 Open-2 Open-3 Open-4 Open-5 Open-6    

Sprint Event

Course 1 2 3
Difficulty Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate
Classes, Men M12
M13-14
M65-74
M75+		 M15-16
M55-64		 M17-20
M21E
M35-44
M45-54
Classes, Women F12
F13-14
F55-64
F65-74
F75+		 F15-16
F17-20
F35-44
F45-54		 F21E
Open Open-1 Open-2 Open-3

Sport Ident Timing

Sport Ident (SI) timing will be used for all events and we will have SI cards available for rent or sale at reasonable prices.

Officials

Meet Directors: Bill Anderson, Peter Laurich
Course Controllers: Bill Meldrum, Brian Graham

COF Elite Course Controller: Magnus Johansson
Registration and SI Timing: Lorna and Richard Guttormson

General Inquiries: bill [at] wgacarto [dot] ca

Registration Information: see link on registration page

Map Information

A sample of the new Sedberg School area is at right. This will be the first event on that map. Middle courses at 1:10000, Sprint at 1:5000.

The Lapeche map near Wakefield, QC will be used for Sunday's long courses.  The original map was used for the 1996 COC's. The area was partially updated and used last year for our O-fest long courses. We will be updating more of the map for this year's courses. To be fair to all competitors, we have attached a .pdf of last year's O-fest map for your review. Click HERE to view it.

Location and Directions

You may find this Google interactive map of event sites and camping helpful

Saturday - Sedbergh School: If you have ever skied section 5 of the Canadian Ski Marathon, you will remember their beautiful campus.

From across the Ottawa river in Gatineau, take major highway 50 east for 30km and exit at Masson/Buckingham to follow old highway 148 to Montebello. After 40km, at the first lights in Montebello, turn left (north) onto highway 323 towards St. Jovite. After 4.5 km, turn right onto Cote Azelie where there will be signs for the school and orienteering. The school is 1.5 km from that turnoff. Parking attendants will direct you to one of the several small parking areas around the school. Allow 60 minutes drive from the east side of Ottawa. 

Note: Route 323 is a 2-lane, busy highway on Saturday mornings with the entrance to the Omega Wildlife Park near to the highway exit to Sedbergh. Cars may be stopped on the highway at the park entrance. 

Sunday - P17 Gatineau Park:

From Ottawa take major highway 5 north until it ends in about 20 km. Turn right and at the lights, turn left onto highway 105 north. After 8 km you will come to another set of lights for the turnoff to Wakefield. Proceed straight on highway105 for 600 metres to P17 on your left.

Registration

Entries are now closed

To see who is coming by : If you chose class - which event?

Fees

Event Early Bird*
Adults		 Early Bird*
Juniors		 Regular **
Adults		 Regular**
Juniors		 COF/USOF
discount		 OOC discount SI rental
Middle $20 $12 $25 $15 -$2 -$3 $2
Sprint $12 $7 $15 $9 -$2 -$3 $2
Long $20 $12 $25 $15 -$2 -$3 $2
All 3 $47 $26 $60 $34 -$6 -$9 $6

* Early bird deadline is April 18th.
** Final registration deadline is May 9th.  Juniors are those age 20 and under as of Dec. 31, 2008

Billeting

Members of the Ottawa club have offered to host those coming from afar. If you would like to stay in the home of one of our members, email and he will coordinate this.

Camping

We recommend the Lac Phillipe Campground in Gatineau Park.  It's a 10 minute drive to the day 2 venue and a 90 minute drive to the Day 1 venue.

 1-866-456-3016 www.gatineau-park-camping.ca

Inns and B&Bs near Wakefield:

Ottawa-Gatineau

There are many hotels, motels and B&Bs in Ottawa and Gatineau.

Montebello

There are small hotels, many B&B's, and of course the Chateau Montebello.

Tourist Links

Insider Tip

Black Sheep Inn - great venue for live music in Wakefield - www.theblacksheepinn.com