Street Orienteering

Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club

2009/10 Training Activities - Saturday Mornings

Where:	Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne
When:	We provide entertainment and exercise on days when there are no other organised events scheduled. Current Training Runs - 10:00 am Saturday mornings
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

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	Click Here
28	5/10/2009	Lauris	Ringwood Wilds	Scrabble-O	Click Here
27	28/9/2009	Reg	Deepdene	Loop-O	Click Here

Future Fun Runs (Click here to ADD an event)

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
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
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


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