2012 Orienteering Results

January 2012

VOC: NJROTC Area 8 Orienteering Championship / Alabama Cup

Saturday, January 21, 2012
Oak Mountain State Park (Double Oak Lake Area)
Meet Director: Danny Odom
Course Design/Setting: Joey Ciza
Registration: Joey Ciza, Anne Mathews, Stella Holmes, Jack Holmes
Starting Line: James Pilman
Finish Line: Daniel Bond, Dave Peebles
Results: Anne Mathews, Joey Ciza
Control Pickup: Barry Holmes, Rick Green, Daniel Bond, James Pilman, Joey Ciza
Early Course Runner: Daniel Bond

Weather: Started out with rain and a thunderstorm at 9:00 am. Starts delayed until 9:30 am due to lightning and some light rain for an hour or so, finally clearing by lunch.

Thank you to everyone who helped out with this annual event. We could not do this without the combined effort of everyone. This was the club's largest local meet ever. The only larger VOC events have been A-meets held at Oak Mountain.

February 2012

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, February 18, 2012
Oak Mountain State Park (Fishing Lakes Area)
Course Design: Daniel Bond
Course Setting: Joey Ciza
Registration: Joey Ciza, Anne Mathews, Daniel Bond
Beginner Instruction: James Pilman, Joey Ciza
Control Pickup: Daniel Bond, Joey Ciza, Francis Marion Military Academy

Weather: Overcast with temperature 50 degrees. Dry all morning with a steady, cool rain starting at noon slowly increasing all afternoon.

March 2012

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, March 17, 2012
Oak Mountain State Park (Tranquility Day Use Area)
Course Design: Joey Ciza
Course Setting: Joey Ciza

Weather: sunny and hot with temperature in the upper 80's leaves beginning to sprout on trees, dogwoods and wild flowers blooming

April 2012

U.S. Orienteering Championship

April 13-15, 2012
Chattahoochee Bend State Park - Newnan, GA

May 2012

VOC: Local Meet & Annual Cookout

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Oak Mountain State Park (Tranquility Day Use Area)
Course Design: Doug Wright
Course Setting: Doug Wright
Control Pickup: Barry Holmes, Jack Holmes, Anne Mathews, Rick Greene, Joe Strickland, Doug Wright, Leo Richard
Cooking: James Pilman, Anne Mathews

Weather: mid 80's and sunny with a little breeze

September 2012

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, September 15, 2012
Oak Mountain State Park (Tranquility Day Use Area)
Course Design: Joey Ciza
Course Setting: Joey Ciza

October 2012

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, October 20, 2012
Oak Mountain State Park (Fishing Lakes Area)
Meet Director: Joey Ciza
Course Design/Setting: Joey Ciza
Registration: Anne Mathews
Beginner Instruction: James Pilman
Control Pickup: Joey Ciza, Barry Holmes, Daniel Bond, Anne Mathews, James Pilman

Weather: clear with temperature about 70 degrees - Woods were open with color peaking in a week or so and some leaves beginning to fall.

November 2012

VOC: Local Meet

Saturday, November 17, 2012
Oak Mountain State Park (Tranquility Day Use Area)
Meet Director: Joey Ciza
Course Design/Setting: Joey Ciza
Registration: Anne Mathews
Beginner Instruction: James Pilman
Control Pickup: Barry Holmes, Rick Greene, James Pilman, Joey Ciza

Weather: start was cool with temp in the 40s rising to low 60s and sunny with a little breeze. Woods were very open with a little color left and still some leaves on the trees.

December 2012

VOC / NJROTC Orienteering Training Camp XIII

November 30 – December 2, 2012
Camp McDowell - Nauvoo, AL

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

Weather: 70 degrees, sunny

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 13th year for the camp and the 8th year at Camp McDowell. A total of 226 cadets competed on all the courses.

VOC: NJROTC Area 8 Orienteering Championship / Alabama Cup

Saturday, December 15, 2012
Oak Mountain State Park (Double Oak Lake Area)
Meet Director: Joey Ciza
Course Design: Joey Ciza
Course Setting: Joey Ciza, Anne Mathews
Registration: Joey Ciza, Anne Mathews, Stella Holmes, Jack Holmes, Jay
Start: James Pilman
Finish: Daniel Bond, Dave Peebles
Course Monitoring: Paul Pilman, Barry Holmes
Control Pickup: Barry Holmes, Alina Bray, Joey Ciza
NJROTC Results: Anne Mathews, Joey Ciza

Weather: Cloudy with temperature in the mid 50s with a little wind at times, some sprinkles early, but not enough to get things wet

Thank you to everyone who pitched in to help make this large meet a success! I apologize if I left someone off.

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