Adventure Attic Canoe Race June 10

Our good friends and adventure run sponsors, Adventure Attic, are presenting the 15th Paddle The Point canoe race on Sunday, June 10. All proceeds from this event go to the Oak Leadership Centre, which gives inner city kids outdoor experiences. Please support this excellent cause!

GHO Training Night on May 31

There will be a GHO training night on Thursday May 31 at Rockcliffe Trails in Waterdown. Thanks to Starr Waddington and Wes Roberts for their volunteer assistance. Barb Campbell will be your host this week.

Note the NEW TIME. Since we have more daylight at this time of year, you can arrive between 6:00-6:30 p.m., and you must return from the woods by 7:30 p.m.

DIRECTIONS: From Hwy 403, take Hwy 6 North up the hill. Turn right on Dundas St. (Hwy 5), and in less than 2 km, turn right onto Dennis St.. Then turn left onto Rockcliffe Rd. and park near the trail entrance.
Click here for a map.

The next training nights will be:
Wed. June 6 - McMaster Sprint
Wed. June 20 - GHO Sprint Champs - Christie Conservation Area

NavStock Online Registration Available

Online registration for the NavStock weekend June 15-17 has just gone live. If you have any questions or problems with your registration, please write the Registrar at barbrich AT ca DOT inter DOT net. Remember that GHO Gold Card members get free entry to NavStock, so it may be worth your while to purchase a 2007 Gold membership. Online membership purchase is now available. For more details, check the main NavStock web page.

Reminder - Training night this Thursday, May 24

There is a GHO training night at Rockcliffe this Thursday, May 24. See the details below in the May 14 blog entry.

Eastern Canadian Championships

The Eastern Canadian Championship is an excellent event hosted by the Ottawa Orienteering Club, though it can be tempered by the weather. It looked like we would be lucky this year as the forecast was for warm and sunny weather even as last as Wednesday. Saturday was great with highs over 20°C and with the Senators eclipsing the Sabres in the NHL playoffs, what could be better for the OOC. However, Sunday returned to Victoria weekend form with bustery conditions and rain. With the forests just flushing, navigation was tricky in quite rugged and varied terrain. Well worth the drive, though that was a problem for some also.

GHO's Logvin family, Elena, Andrei & Serghei, did well, all medaling in the middle distance event and sprint events with Andrei being the big winner with a second in the middle and first in both the sprint and long courses for the M35 class. The battle was between Andrei and UKR's Eugene Mlynczyk with the advantage to Andrei this week. Serghei moved up in class to compete against older competition and performed well. Glenn and Ian completed the GHO roster, competing in a deep M45 field.

Thanks to the TOC crowd for arranging camping for the GTA clubs at picturesque Lac Philippe in Gatineau National Park! See ECOC 2007 for the results

GHO Online to Buy Your Club Membership

Haven't had a chance to buy your 2007 GHO membership yet? You can now sign up and make a secure online payment here.

You can buy an Adult, Junior or Family membership, and you can choose a membership level of OOA Basic, GHO Club Membership or GHO Gold Card Membership. Read more about GHO Memberships here.

Remember that you need to purchase a GHO Club Membership or GHO Gold Card Membership in order to participate in training nights and other club events.

If you haven't done so yet, be sure to take 2 minutes to enter your profile in the new Orienteering Ontario membership system. There is no charge. All GHO members are also members of Orienteering Ontario.

You can choose your own password, and you will be given a permanent OOA ID that you should enter when registering for future events through the Orienteering Ontario website.

Thank you!

HardRock Results

Results from yesterday's Hard Rock are here

Halton Hardrock Start Location Changed

Late breaking news! Rocky Ridge Ranch is going to be crowded this weekend, so we are moving the start of the Halton Hardrock event to the bend in the road at the corner of 10th Sideroad and 4th Line, just west of Rocky Ridge.

Directions: Take 401 to Exit #312 and drive north past the Mohawk Raceway to 10th Sideroad. Turn right and drive until the road bends sharply to the north, becoming 4th Line. The race will start at the trail entrance by this bend.

Because of lower entries, the kids' 2K course will not be offered this time, and the adult course will be designed Thomass-style with a mass start.

Registration opens at 9:30 a.m., with a mass start at 10 a.m. Remember that GHO Gold Card members get this event for free, so consider buying a Gold Card, if you haven't already.

The weather forecast is fantastic. See you there!

Michigan Race Report

Southern Michigan Orienteering Club, SMOC, hosted a three day event the past weekend north east of Detroit in the Pontiac area. These races also functioned as the team trials for the US national team.

First day was a sprint and Adria Fransson finished first in F35. Hans Fransson finished second in M21, 12 seconds behind youngster Michael Sandstrom.

Day two was the middle distance day and the course setter had put together excellent courses in a very nice area, Peach Mtn. Hans placed second again, and Glen Birnie came 5th in M50.

The long courses are always saved for the last day. M21 had 13 km and Hans did not do as well as previous days and finished 10th, Glenn Birnie placed 7th and Adria 2nd in F-Orange.

May 10 Training Night - Iroquoia Heights

Come out to Scenic Woods Park this Thursday May 10 for the 3rd GHO Spring training night of the year. Hans Fransson has prepared a precision compass exercise on the Iroquoia Heights map.

DIRECTIONS to Scenic Woods Park, Hamilton, ON:

From Hwy 403, exit onto the Lincoln Alexander Parkway going east.
Exit onto Mohawk Rd, heading north.
Turn left at Scenic Dr.
Take the 1st left at Lavender Dr.
Turn left at the first entrance to Daffodil Cres.
Park by the playground at Scenic Woods Park.

All GHO Spring Training Nights start between 5.45pm and 6pm, and the course(s) close at 7pm sharp. Please respect the times.

May 3 Training Night - Tyandaga Hills

Come out to Tyandaga Hills this Thursday May 3 for the 2nd GHO Spring Training Night of the year. Choose between line orienteering, regular orienteering and score orienteering - or combine all three.

DIRECTIONS to Tyandaga Hills (Kern Cliff Park), Burlington, ON:

FROM QEW - take Brant St exit N, turn W on to North Service Rd, turn right on to Kerns Rd. Follow Kerns Rd to Kern Cliff Park parking lot.

FROM 403 - take Waterdown Rd exit, cross 403, turn right on North Service Rd, turn left on to Kerns Rd.

All GHO Spring Training Nights start between 5.45pm and 6pm, and the course(s) close at 7pm sharp. Please respect the times.