[roc-info] Wed Aug 11th meet at Black Creek

[robert holmes]

The Rochester Orienteering Club will host a summer Score-O and Sprint 
Series orienteering meet beginning at 6PM on Wednesday August 11 at 
Black Creek Park starting at the Pathfinder shelter.

White and Sprint starts are between 6:00 and 7:30 PM. The one-hour 
score-O begins at 7:00 PM with a mass start. Be sure to arrive early 
enough to get registered before your start and if you want to do a 
Sprint and the Score-O make sure you arrive early enough to get back 
from the Sprint by 7:00PM.

Course Setter Notes:

The courses for will be on a recently updated map. Linda has made 
improvements to the entire map with extensive updates to the area around 
the east side pavilions. Because most recent changes to the park have 
been around east side pavilions and the updates have been focused on 
that area, the mapping for the Sprint/White Course areas is quite up to 
date. In general, the park has some extremely dense stands of vegetation 
(dark green on the map) and the rough open (yellow) areas have grown 
unchecked, so runnability varies. The yellow vegetation will primarily 
affect the Sprint Series sprint (Sprint A) and the Score-O. The yellow 
areas for Sprint A are generally passable with waist-high vegetation - 
but do include areas of uneven/wet ground.

The maps will be at 1:5,000 for the Sprint and White Courses and 
1:10,000 for the Score-O. E-punching will be used for the White and both 
Sprint Courses. Sprint A counts towards the club's Sprint Series 
Championship. Sprint B is a little shorter and is technically a little 
easier than Sprint A but is a little more difficult than the white course.

The tentative courses lengths are as follows:

White: 2.10 km -- 11 controls

Sprint A (Sprint Series): 2.48 km -- 12 controls

Sprint B: 1.79 km -- 11 controls

Score-O: 24 controls with varying point values

Please note that on all courses you will find some wet/low areas and you 
will likely leave with muddy shoes. All of the courses, including the 
White course, cross the interior park roads -- so please be careful and 
mindful of the traffic.

See you out there!
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