News
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Notice – Special General Meeting March 24
The board of the Edmonton Overlanders Orienteering Club is holding a Special General Meeting via Zoom, Tuesday March 24 at 6pm. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the following amendment to our bylaws: Replace 4.2(d) sentence 1 with: An individual may become an Honorary Member if the Board passes a motion at any
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2026 Membership is live
Our registration form for 2026 membership is now live on zone4.ca. Head over there to register yourself or your family. We’ve added the O-Pass (season’s pass) to the membership form so you now have the option of purchasing the two at the same time. If you’d rather not buy the O-Pass now, you will be
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New for 2026 – AOA Safe Sport Framework
At the beginning of 2026, the EOOC and FWOC, following the AOA’s lead, adopted the Alberta Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport (AB UCCM). This provincial code aligns with the national universal code of conduct and sets clear standards of behaviour for all participants in our sport.
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2026 draft Wednesday Evening Orienteering schedule
The 2026 orienteering season is only 2 months away, and our Event Coordinator Jim has been busy putting together the schedule for this year. We are planning on hosting 23 drop-in events starting April 15 at Jackie Parker Park. The list of locations may yet change a little as Event Directors sign-on but you can
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Jigsaws
Jigsaw puzzles For How-to instructions, hints and tips, go here Jigsaw #7 orienteering map of Astotin Lake, Elk Island Park, that you might visit this summer. Set at 310 pieces (which you can change to make it easier) non-rotating (which you can change to make it harder). Legend for the map. Jigsaw #6 A revised
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O pastime3
Photo puzzleCan you match the photos to the map of the course in this puzzle? www.wgacarto.ca/COC%202016%20PHOTO-O/Sprint%20Photo-O/Web/index.html What to do:There are two ways to work out this puzzle: eg go to control #6. It’s a man-made feature surrounded by trees; look for a photo to match that. eg look at photo R. The control flag is
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O Pastime1
Even though we cannot go outside orienteering right now, you can learn a lot about orienteering by looking at maps with courses This is a sprint course that a few members were able to do recently in Vancouver. The scale for sprint maps is usually 1:4,000 or 1:5,000. Sprint courses are quite short, with the
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Club champions 2019
2019 club champions Canadian Champions Greg (M65+) gold in sprint length, and gold in long lengthGeraint (M65+) gold in middle, and silver in longEinar (M75+) gold in middle, and silver in sprintWill Critchley (M21E) silver in sprintMarilyn (F65+) silver in sprint Western Canadian Champions Walter H (M55+) silver in the middle distanceStefan D (M35+) bronze
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Club Champions 2018
2018 Club Champions North American Champions: Einar Viddal (M75+) gold in Long & Middle Angela Pearson (F55+) bronze in Sprint Robert Gilchrist (M65+) bronze in Long & Sprint Mark Astridge (M45+) bronze in Middle Geraint Edmunds (M65+) gold in Sprint & silver in Middle Don Scott (M90+) gold in Sprint & silver in Middle Robyn
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COC Sprint M65
Photo by Willie Carroll. Copyright Wcfotography