2010 Orienteering Results

January 2010

GAOC: Georgia Navigator Cup two-day A-meet + Extreme-O

January 16-17, 2010 (Georgia Navigator Cup)
January 18, 2010 (Extreme-O)
Hard Labor Creek State Park - Rutledge, GA

February 2010

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, February 6, 2010
Oak Mountain State Park (Tranquility Day Use Area)
Meet Director: Joey Ciza
Registration: Anne Mathews
Course Setting: Joey Ciza
Control Pickup: Daniel Bond, Krop High School NJROTC

Weather: Thursday night 3" of rain. All day Friday was drizzling and temp around 50°. Temperature was in the upper 30's all day along with overcast skies and windy. Some sleet fell towards the end of the meet on Saturday.

March 2010

VOC: NJROTC Area 8 Orienteering Championship / Alabama Cup

Saturday, March 20, 2010
Oak Mountain State Park (Double Oak Lake Area)

Good turnout for the orienteering meet today at Oak Mtn. Thank you to all the volunteers for helping to make this event happen.

Meet Director: Joey Ciza
Course Setting: Joey Ciza
Control Pickup: Daniel Bond, Anne Mathews, Dave Peebles, James Pilman, Paul Pilman, Barry Holmes, and Rick, Paul and Robert Green
Volunteers:
VOC:
Daniel Bond - finish
Anne Mathews - computer/results
Dave Peebles - finish
James Pilman - start
Paul Pilman - start
Rick, Paul and Robert Green
Barry Holmes
Doug Wright

As usual, everyone pitched in wherever someone needed help and everything seemed to fall into place.

NJROTC:
Headland High School NJROTC - host school
Major Odom - man-in-charge (awards, trophies, shirts, etc.)
Ramona Odom - registration

There were several others on the NJROTC side that were a tremendous help.

Weather: What a beautiful day for an orienteering meet!

April 2010

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Oak Mountain State Park (Fishing Lakes Area)
Course Design: Doug Wright, Daniel Bond
Course Setting: Doug Wright
Registration: Joey Ciza, Doug Wright
Control Pickup: Joey Ciza, Doug Wright, Barry Holmes

Weather: Sunny, temperature about 70 degrees. very dry with lots of pollen. Leaves began coming out last weekend. Wild azelias and dogwoods were in bloom.

May 2010

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, May 15, 2010
Oak Mountain State Park (Double Oak Lake Area)
Meet Director & Registration: Joey Ciza
Course Design & Setting: Joey Ciza
Control Pickup: Anne Mathews, Daniel Bond, Joey Ciza, Brian Wright, Doug Wright
Cooks: Thank you to James Pilman and Anne Mathews for all the wonderful hamburgers, hotdogs....

Weather: sunny, temperature about 90°F

September 2010

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, September 18, 2010
Oak Mountain State Park (Double Oak Lake Area)
Meet Director: Joey Ciza
Course Design & Setting: Joey Ciza
Registration: Anne Mathews
Beginner Instruction: James Pilman, Barry Holmes
Control Pickup: Anne Mathews, James Pilman, Barry Holmes, Rick Green, Paul Green, Robert Green, Doug Wright
Cooks: Thank you to James Pilman and Anne Mathews for the hotdogs

Weather: sunny, hot, very dry, about 95°F

October 2010

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, October 16, 2010
Oak Mountain State Park (Fishing Lakes Area)
Meet Director & Course Design: Joey Ciza
Course Setting: Joey Ciza, Doug Wright
Registration: Anne Mathews
Beginner Instruction: James Pilman, Joey Ciza
Control Pickup: Anne Mathews, James Pilman, Paul Pilman, Rick Green, Roger Durham, Joey Ciza

Weather: 80°F, sunny, cool in the morning (50°F), warming up and very dry. Leaves showing some color. Some leaves dropping due to lack of rain.

November 2010

Southeast Bubba Goat Meet

Saturday, November 20, 2010
Oak Mountain State Park (Double Oak Lake Area)
Meet Director: Joey Ciza
Course Design & Setting: Joey Ciza
Registration/Computer: Anne Mathews
Helper & Photos: Barry Holmes
Cook: James Pilman
Control Pickup: Barry Holmes, Anne Mathews, Joey Ciza

Weather: Started out a little cool but very nice for orienteering. Low Saturday morning was 52° with a high around 70° degrees. Partly cloudy with a breeze at times. The Fall leaves were just past peak which was a earlier in the week. Lots of newly fallen leaves. Streams were dry due to very little rain in the last few weeks.

December 2010

VOC / NJROTC Orienteering Training Camp XI

December 3-5, 2010
Camp McDowell - Nauvoo, AL

Our annual NJROTC orienteering training camp was held at Camp McDowell (between Jasper and Double Springs, AL). It is a beautiful place to orienteer with some nice fields, and great canyons adjacent to the Bankhead National Forest and just south of the Sipsey Wilderness Area.

This was our 11th year for the camp and the 6th year at Camp McDowell. A total of 172 cadets competed on all the courses.

VOC Members Assisting: Joey Ciza, Anne Mathews, James Pilman, Daniel Bond, Barry Holmes, Stella Holmes, Jack Holmes, Doug Wright, Brian Wright

Weather: Temperature start out in the mid 30's early Saturday morning and warmed to 60 degrees on Saturday afternoon. Sky conditions were overcast during the day and clearing by sunset.

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, December 18, 2010
Oak Mountain State Park (Tranquility Day Use Area)
Meet Director, Course Design, Course Setting: Joey Ciza
Registration: Joey Ciza with help from Doug Wright
Control Pickup: Barry and Jack Holmes; Rick, Robert and Paul Green; Daniel Bond; Joey Ciza

Weather: Started out early Saturday morning with the temperature just above freezing with rain mixed with sleet. Rain continued till 8am. The rain stopped and the skies cleared. The orienteers came and the temperature climbed to the mid 40's. Pretty good weather for orienteering.

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