Street Orienteering
Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club 

2009 Monday Night Fun Runs


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Where:  Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne
When:  7:00pm on Mondays (as indicated in the program on the Street-O home page)
Who:  We provide entertaining and amusing walking and running experiences for folks that want a little exercise in the company of friends. Loosely based on the popular pastime of street-orienteering - these are low-key events - with a focus on fun. In spite of this, the events are generally well organised and run to the standards normally offered on regular street-orienteering evenings.

We stress to all attending that this is a training event and you are responsible for assuring your own safety and that of others you encounter during the event.

Cost: While there is NO charge for these events, we do expect participants to pitch in and organise an event when they think they're ready. Lots of people have set their first orienteering course on one of our training nights. It's interesting and with good support from regulars, it's fun too!
More information: We would be pleased to provide you with assistance in getting started - people turning up to their first event are asked to arrive by 6:30 p.m. This will provide more than enough time to show you how to register for the event and explain how to take part in the event.  If you have any questions, please ring Geoff Hudson on (03) 9888 8121
Result queries: Email to person that enters results for this series

 

Recent Events

Link to the previous training series

 Link to Andrew Baker's Southern Summer Series
Event Date Set By Map Event Format Report
30 19/10/2009 Suzanne Fabulous Fitzroy Pub Crawl Click Here
29 12/10/2009 Mark B. Blackburn Lake Elementary Orienteering Course Crick Here
28 5/10/2009 Lauris Ringwood Wilds Scrabble-O Click Here
27 28/9/2009 Reg Deepdene Loop-O Click Here
26 21/9/2009 Mark Jarvis Ashwood Long Score Course Click Here
25 14/9/2009 David P. Bulleen Really mean Score Course Click Here
24 7/9/2009 Mike Bulleen Ups & Downs Score Course Click Here
23 30/8/2009 Geoff Surrey Hills 50 points on every map - Pat and Allan's 50th Anniversary  
22 25/8/2009 Suzanne   Key Hole surgery - there were bits missing!  
21 17/8/2009 Ian Dodd Blackburn Lake Score Course Click Here
19/20 10/8/2009 Rick Wantirna South Score Course Click Here

Rules of Engagement

It's a new season - so perhaps it's worth restating some of the guidelines for our series:

  • Your job - if you are course-setter - is to entertain the group. Simple, easily explained concepts that require a modicum of walking/running are what is required. Above all, it's got to be fun.
     
  • It doesn't need to be perfect - although I note that most events are well done. If you have a copy of the maps DVD (with lots and lots of previous courses on it), then you can probably arm-chair set most of the course.
     
  • If you are out on the course:
    • And the pole does not have an obvious number - put an X in that square
    • If there is no pole there - record the number from the nearest light pole - one over, across the road...be inventive!
    • There are NO light poles or power poles in sight - you're probably lost (for guidance here, please read the fine print section labelled Unconditional Guarantee - which describes in painstaking detail how we'll cover you for most conditions - up to and including nothing - and a legalese explanation of the term unconditional guarantee - ie a guarantee that is not honoured under any conditions).
    • If you lose your card - no problem, fill another one in at the finish
    • If you experience catastrophic pen failure - use the pointy bit to poke holes in the appropriate squares

Archived Events

Event Date Set By Map Event Format Report
18 27/7/2009 Schon Canterbury Trails Score Course Click Here
17 20/7/2009 Bryce Waverley Woods A repeat of last Wednesday's map with 5 perversely placed bonus controls Click Here
16 13/7/2009 David Heidelberg Very Tricky A score course with duplicate controls. If truth be known, David simply can't count and inadvertently placed too many controls on the map. The resulting course was, however, a lot of fun to run.  Click Here
15 7/7/2009 Marta and Fitz Bennetswoof Hageby Click Here
14 29/6/2009 David P. Templestowe Heights Score event Click Here
12 15/6/2009 Louise Glen Iris O-pair - 30 controls - two for the price of one (or is it vice-versa) Click Here
11 8/6/2009 Barry Giles Camberwell Central Trust-O - will your partner be back on time? Click Here
10 1/6/2009 Geoff H. Upper North Kerrimuir Score event Click Here
9 25/5/2009 Mark B. Mullauna Score event Click Here
8 18/5/2009 Wally Cavill Mulgrave Score event Click Here
7 11/5/2009 Schon Hudson Surrey Hills Score event Click Here
6 4/5/2009 Ian Stirling Camelot Rise Score event Click Here
5 27/4/2009 Johanna Notting Hill Incredibly heavy rain before the event - lucky it stopped :-) Click Here
4 20/4/2009 Dale Howe North Blackburn North Reverse things, turn others inside out and the remainder upside down. Copy & distribute on mild Autumn evening for maximum entertainment. Click Here
3 13/4/2009 Ian G.     Click Here
2 6/4//2009 Lauris     Click Here
1 30/3/2009 Ian Davies Glen Iris 25 control score course - do you dare try for the bonus option? Click Here

 

Future Fun Runs