From: "Richard Neuburger" <rneuburger@worldnet.att.net> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:45:13 -0500 Subject: Possum Trot III announcement Message-ID: <000301bef03d$1293cce0$f5904b0c@richardn>
Possum Trot III Sunday, December 5, 1999 Blue and Gray Park, Jackson County, Missouri Hosted by Possum Trot Orienteering Club Meet Director and Registrar, Dick Neuburger rneuburger@worldnet.att.net, 913-888-1528 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/RNeuburger Course Setter, Mike Shifman Mass Start at 9:00 a.m. About 15 km. May skip 2 controls. Registration: by Email or phone by December 1, 1999 $6.00 entry, $12.00 short-sleeve T, $15.00 long-sleeve T Come to Kansas City for the whole weekend. Orienteer Kansas will host a meet on Saturday, December 4, 1999 at Clinton Lake. We will party on Saturday night!
From: Anthony N Morgan <anthony@iet.hist.no> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:25:35 +0200 Subject: Re: Re WOC 99 and media interest within the UK Message-Id: <37C5323F.9069D5DB@iet.hist.no>
Andy Jensen wrote: > How can we > bring some glamour to this type of sport? It is not very TV friendly, and > can appear very complex to the uninitiated. What to the Scandinavians do > which makes the sport so popular? Maybe we can take a leaf from their book. >.......... I fear that unless we can get our youth > interested in the sport, it will die a slow and painful death..... You won't unforunately find the answer here (Norway) recruiting is a problem for ALL individual sports, particularly seasonal sports such as skiing. Locally orienteering, XC skiing and athletics are dead on their feet as far as the younger generation goes - TV, video, PC and TV games etc. are all keeping the kids at home and the only sports that are successful (partly due to internal pressure, you don't stay in the team unless you attend training) are team sports such as football and handball that can be played all the year round due to the proliferation of sports halls, many with artificial grass football pitches. The inclusion of orienteering in the school curriculum doesn't really amount to much as none of the teachers know anything about the sport! As far as orienteering is concerned the problem seems to be twofold: 1. The sport is a mystery to most parents and parents need to be enthusiastic about the sport or else they won't drive their kids to and from training sessions and events. The newspapers and TV can't seem to present the sport in any interesting manner at all; firstly because they mostly don't understand it and secondly, as pointed out it isn't a spectator friendly sport (except maybe relays). So parents that don't orienteer themselves don't learn about the sport. 2. Individual success and "failure" are more obvious in non-team sports so kids can be easily discouraged. Additionally most youngsters don't have the potential to "succeed" -- you have to have a good brain as well as a good body. Better information dissemination and a down-prioritising of winning in favour of taking part are needed. The conventional person against person idea of competition needs to be replaced by the concept of competing against oneself. If anyone has an answer please tell us all and don't confuse the situation with complaints against administrative organisations, political parties etc. they know less than we do probably -- it's up to us to come up with some answers. ------------------------------------------------ Anthony N Morgan, Fxrsteammanuensis Institutt for Elektroteknikk Hxgskolen i Sxr-Trxndelag N-7004 Trondheim, Norway anthony@iet.hist.no Tlf. 73 55 96 04 Fax. 73 55 95 81
From: "Radstaak" <radstaak@dynamite.com.au> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 19:17:26 +1000 Subject: Re: Information Please Message-Id: <7q30p9$l4t$1@bomb.dynamite.com.au>
The Victorian Association can be contacted at voa@netspace.net.au Regards Gayle Radstaak ACT Admin Officer browningjd <browningjd@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:7pqhv5$6pad3$1@titan.xtra.co.nz... > What dates is the French 5 - Day Orienteering event in 2000? > Who is a good e-mail contact in Melbourne to ask about O Events and dates in > that area. > Replies to browningjd@xtra.co.nz > > Thanks > Dave > >
From: Turku Rovaniemi <norienteer@juno.com> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 09:07:13 -0400 Subject: Re: Day 5, Rocky Mountain 1000 Day Message-ID: <19990826.090716.-3849085.0.norienteer@juno.com>
>Ah, yes! A great event. While my friend Turku was undoubtably >detained at the border, I was! I did enter the event, but was unable to obtain a US visa at the consulate here. I went instead to Canada with hopes of getting through a highway border crossing, as I was told that they often do not ask for identification. This must be true only in urban areas, however, and I made the mistake of trying to cross from a place closer to the event, in Alberta. After flying into Calgary, I drove to the border, and spent three days in Cardston, trying in vain to get through. I eventually drove west and crossed successfully at a busy customs booth near Vancouver during the commuting hour. Unfortunately, these delays meant that I did not arrive at the event until the final day, and in fact there was only one vehicle left at the car park when I drove in, that of the organiser, Mikell Platt. The consolation was that I was able to purchase some maps from him and do some training (and he offered a low price for the maps if I could assist with retreiving the control markers). The terrain was delightful indeed, and I will attend the event next year if I can obtain a US visa in time (I am NOT interested in so much driving again!). I did not see the relay venue that Oslo mentions, but I did talk to Mr. Platt about that event, and it sounds like it must have been truly something to see. Turku ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.