Sylvan Lake (Cranbrook) Score-O TNT

Organizers: Wakana Heilman (Course Planner), Jim Webster (Event Director), Andree Powers (Assistant)

Map: Cranbrook Community Forest

Join us on this fun forest map in the Cranbrook Community Forest. Course planners are preparing a Score-O style event so you get to try to navigate to as many controls as possible within a given time. Which control points you go to are totally up to you! Again, there will be continued training for our newcomers to orienteering group starting at 5:30.

Check-in starts at 5:00 with newcomer training beginning at 5:30 sharp! (IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE TRAINING SESSION, PLEASE BE CHECKED IN AND READY TO START AT 5:30!) This weeks training will be learning about Attack Points and Catching Features, 2 really important techniques/concepts to understand and apply when orienteering. Hope to see you there!

Location - West Parking lot of the College of the Rockies near the student residence

Score - 0 Mass Start at 6:15

Score O - How it works (See below for description)

COST: FREE TO MEMBERS OF KOC (Kootenay Orienteering Club) - Buy Membership Here , Adults - $10 / Youth $5

$10 FOR NON-MEMBERS FOR A SINGLE EVENT.

FOR ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTENDED AN OPEN HOUSE EVENT AND WANT TO CONTINUE ATTENDING CLUB EVENTS, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE TAKE OUT AN ONLINE MEMBERSHIP ($10/INDIVIDUAL) BEFORE ATTENDING THIS EVENT. INDIVIDUAL FEE FOR ONE EVENT IS $10 AND WILL BE COLLECTED AT REGISTRATION IF NOT A MEMBER. MEMBERSHIP SUPPORTS OUR CLUB IN SUPPLYING EQUIPMENT, PRINTING MAPS, PROVIDING TRAINING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS FOR CLUB INSURANCE PURPOSES.

• Participants are given a map with up to 15 control points
• Control points can be visited in any order
• Each control point has a point value of between 10 to 30 points
• Locations that are more challenging or further away from the start / finish area will have more points
• You have 10 minutes to plan your route before you start
• Course time limit is 75 minutes
• The goal is to collect as many points as you can in the 75 minutes
• There is no minimum number of control points that you have to visit
• Score O is excellent training for planning your route, decision making and strategy. You will be able to practise all your orienteering skills whether someone just new to the sport or a long-time orienteer

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