Canadian Orienteering Championships a great success
A great thanks to the many, many volunteers who helped to make this year's COC's a great success here in Ottawa. More than fifty OOC members, friends and family joined to ensure our 300+ guests were well taken care of. And it was truly appreciated by the participants and by the key organizers. What a terrific group the OOC group is! We also had great support from our sister club, LGOC, who ran one of the meets and then volunteered to help with finishes at the following meets. The orienteering world's most popular website, AttackPoint.org has it all - photos - thanks to Stefan Bergstrom and participant Bernie Breton from NY state, media interviews, comments, accolades, rules discussions,
If you were not participating, let me assure you you have a treat in store when we next use 'the Barrens' map which was the site of the COC long course. Having been on the map for the first time the day after the meet, picking up controls, I was reminded of canoeing days on Lake Temagami and the French River with beautiful rock stretches along the lake shores.
Following is a list of links you may find of interest:
List of Ottawa medalists - 11 1st's in all tied for first place club in the country and 31 medals - largest in the country
| SPRINT | MIDDLE | LONG | |
| M -12 | Tomas Graham 2nd | Philipe Turcanu 1st | Philipe Turcanu 1st |
| Philipe Turcanu 3rd | |||
| W -12 | Megan Williamson 3rd | Emma Slobozianu 2nd | |
| M 13-14 | Victor Turcanu 2nd | Robbie Graham 3rd | Victor Turcanu 1st |
| Robert Graham 3rd | Ian Kemp 3rd | ||
| W 15-16 | Laura Teutsch 1st | Laura Teutsch 1st | |
| W 17- 20 | Laura Teutsch 3rd | Molly Kemp 1st | Molly Kemp 2nd |
| M Elite | Robbie Anderson 1st | Robbie Anderson 2nd | |
| W Elite | Tea Laurila 3rd | Tea Laurila 1st | |
| M 35+ | Frédéric Bédard 3rd | Frédéric Bédard 3rd | |
| W 45+ | Marketa Graham 2nd | Anne Teutsch 2nd | |
| M 55+ | Gord Hunter 1st | ||
| M 65+ | Bert Waslander 1st | Bert Waslander 2nd | |
| W 65+ | Lorna Guttormson 1st | ||
| M 75+ | Michael MacConaill 2nd | Michael MacConaill 2nd | Michael MacConaill 2nd |
| Open 3 | Bruce Laurich 1st | ||
| Open 4 | Alex Teutsch 1st | ||
| Open 6 | James Richardson 1st |
COC results, pictures, WinSplits, RouteGadget
Stefan and others have contributed some great photos from the various events. WinSplits show the split times with various options - takes a bit of time to understand it all but it may be of interest to you. RouteGadget shows you the map, then allows you to select a class to see the course they ran and the route choice of any participants who have contributed. You can then animate it to see where an individual lost or gained on another. Good fun! See http://COC2010.ca/results.shtml
Chase comments
http://www.attackpoint.org/discussionthread.jsp/message_446184
Ottawa Citizen article
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/Gaining+ground...
Ottawa Citizen video
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/videos/index.htm...
AttackPoint discussion entitled "Great Event by Ottawa O-club"
http://www.attackpoint.org/discussionthread.jsp/message_446920
Interview with Emily Kemp on A chanel
http://www.youtube.com/user/AMorningVideo#p/u/3/Nt...
Be sure to visit this last one, not only because it is a great interview, but also because it is the station's YouTube so the more hits we get the better it will be for future orienteering coverage in Ottawa.
Scandi-tario - comments on the long with a posting of the map from the long
http://www.attackpoint.org/discussionthread.jsp/message_446817
Forbidden Features - discussion of the controversial rule regarding not crossing a solid black line
http://www.attackpoint.org/discussionthread.jsp/message_447034