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SASKATOON HOSTING THE 2007 CANADIAN ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND
Two hundred athletes are gathering in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for the 2007 Canadian Orienteering Championships which run from July 27 to July 29.
“We are thrilled that Saskatchewan is hosting the championships this year”, explains Canadian Orienteering Federation (COF) president Charlotte MacNaughton. “In the thirty year history of the Canadian Orienteering Championships, this is the first time that they are being held in Saskatchewan. We congratulate the Saskatchewan Orienteering Association (SOA) for taking on this challenge. The organizing committee is doing a top-notch job.”
The races at this year’s championship include a sprint distance event on the University of Saskatchewan campus on Friday July 27. The winners of the various age categories will take around fifteen minutes to complete their race. The interval starts will run between 4:00 and 6:00 pm at “the bowl” on the UofS campus.
The middle distance event with an estimated winning time of 35 minutes will be held at the Nesbit Forest Reserve, north east from Saskatoon on Saturday July 28th.
The long distance event will also be held at the Nesbit Forest Reserve on Sunday July 29. The estimated winning time is 90 minutes.
There are ten different age categories at the Canadian Championships as well as various open recreational categories. The youngest athletes are under 10 years. The oldest athletes competing this weekend are over eighty.
The races this weekend are World Ranking Events, which allow competitors in the men’s and women’s elite category to gain valuable points for the international ranking system administered by the International Orienteering Federation.
The team to compete at the 2008 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden next summer will be selected based on the results this weekend in the men’s and women’s 17 – 20 age categories.
Orienteering is a cross-country running sport involving navigation. At the start line, the athletes will be handed a very detailed map made specifically for orienteering. Various checkpoints will be circled on the map. The athlete, using only the map and a compass, will run as quickly as possible to each of the checkpoints in order. The athlete who visits each checkpoint and returns to the finish in the fastest time is the winner. The starts are staggered to avoid following. The athletes carry a small electronic device that registers when they visit each checkpoint.
The Canadian Orienteering Federation (COF) is the national governing body for the sport of orienteering.
For more information, contact:
Mark Rosin
Meet Director, 2007 Canadian
Orienteering Championships
cell (306) 260-2774
expedition1@sasktel.net
www.coc2007.ca
Charlotte MacNaughton
President
Canadian Orienteering Federation
cell (403) 589-7470
info@orienteering.ca
www.orienteering.ca
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