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Check the calendar section for current events. Contact HVO via e-mail For questions and information about HVO and orienteering in the NYC/NJ area, contact Daniel Schaublin, HVO President by e-mail at HVOpresident at aol dot com. HVO phone hot line We are in the process of getting a new hotline number. Update will follow. Postal address Our postal mail goes to: Hudson Valley Orienteering P.O.Box 61 Pleasantville, NY 10570 |
HVO Event Report: Loantaka -- August 7, 2010Loantaka Brook Reservation, Chatham Twp, Morris County, NJ Event Director: Guy Olsen Course Setter: Nadya Popova Helpers: Irina Bublik, Judy Dickinson, Valentina Grigoryeva, Dave Hodgdon, Olga Istomina, Kseniya Popova, Yelena Shubintseva, Alan Young, Sergei Zhyk Weather: Mostly sunny with low humidity, low 80s; in other words, beautiful. Total starts: 41 Participants: 54 (includes ED, CS, 2 helpers who did not orienteer, and 2 shadowers) Results Detailed Splits White -- 1.89 km . 10 controls 1. Deirdre Young (F10) - HVO - 21:17 + 2. Fiona Young (F10) - HVO - 27:40 + 3. Erin Hollenbaugh group (G2) - - 31:04 * 4. Cinthya Zepeda (F) - - 31:56 5. Lev & Nikolai Selector (G2) - HVO - 51:10 Yellow -- 2.26 km . 9 controls 1. David Hollenbaugh family (G4) - - 18:16 2. Anna Breton (F14) - HVO - 20:48 3. Elina Breton (F14) - HVO - 21:00 4. TJ Hawes (M12) - BAOC/HVO - 58:55 + Orange -- 2.60 km . 12 controls 1. Daniel Selector (M16) - HVO - 41:54 2. Peter Zakrevski (M12) - DVOA - 42:33 3. Aleksey Orekhov & Irina Orekhova (G2) - HVO - 43:52 4. Yuri Zakrevski (M20) - DVOA - 59:09 5. Peggy Werns group (G2) - HVO - 81:07 6. Dennis Morgan group (G2) - HVO - 121:24 Green -- 3.50 km . 14 controls 1. John Klingenstein grpup (G2) - - 37:40 2. Albina Zakrevski (F40) - DVOA - 39:38 3. David & Andrew Hollenbaugh (G2) - - 46:08 * 4. Rob Wilkison (M60) - DVOA - 48:56 5. Bob Rycharski (M50) - HVO - 49:15 6. Tom Pelnar (M65) - HVO - 50:33 7. Judith Dickinson (F65) - HVO - 51:04 8. Kristof Ralovich Group (G2) - - 55:01 9. Dave Urban (M60) - DVOA - 66:17 10. Bill Royall (M70) - HVO - 69:33 11. Ramiro Campos & Patricia Contreras (G2) - HVO - 77:31 12. Theo Zaharia (M65) - HVO - 83:51 13. Kathy Urban (F60) - DVOA - 86:25 14. Lou Pataki (M65) - WCOC/HVO - 94:56 Red -- 4.62 km . 15 controls 1. Sergei Zhyk (M21) - DVOA - 26:10 # 2. Vadim Masalkov (M40) - DVOA - 29:39 3. Kristof Ralovich (M) - DV54 - 29:44 * 4. Stefan Slutsky (M45) - HVO - 34:49 5. Daniel Schaublin (M50) - HVO - 39:39 6. Kris Beecroft (F45) - QOC - 49:11 7. Zac Barker (M16) - DVOA - 49:45 8. Charles Carrick (M) - QOC - 57:00 9. Bernie Breton (M50) - HVO - 57:02 10. Dan Barker (M50) - DVOA - 57:42 11. Alex Bass (M) - HVO - 60:17 12. George Hawes (M70) - HVO - 64:29 + = shadowed * = second course # = hung controls Minimal climb on all courses. Please send corrections and/or questions to GuyPOlsen at AOL dot com Posted by Guy Monday, August 09, 2010 (09:37:16)
HVO local meet at TOEC/Moneyhole - May 16, 2010Many newcomers at the Taconic Mountain Laurel Outdoor Rec Fest Beautiful warm day and huge turnout and many, many beginners. The Moneyhole map proved a challenge to some of the more advanced runners, several of whom chose not to complete their courses. Thanks to all the meet workers! Course setter: Bob Bullions Meet Directors: George and Betsy Hawes Day of meet helpers: Melissa Dominguez, Chris Lee, and Jamie Kamlet Click here for results. Posted by Daniel Monday, May 17, 2010 (04:33:05)
Baileytown/Silvermine Event Results - April 24. 2010Spring orienteering on challenging courses Course Setter: Bernard Breton Meet director: George Hawes Meet helpers: Betsy Hawes, Karen Castioni, Liisa Breton, Aleck Breton, Craig Weber, Jim Mertz Weather: just about perfect! Sunny, warm but not too warm. Black flies appearing but not biting yet. This was quite an international meet with visitors from Australia, Sweden, and England. Welcome to the 4 new members who joined at the meet, too! Find the results here. Posted by Daniel Saturday, April 24, 2010 (22:30:13)
Local meet at Ward Pound Ridge - April 17, 2010Great return to Ward Pound Ridge HVO and WCOC returned for a joint event on the oldest US orienteering map after a long time without access to the map. Geof Connor was able to negotiote an agreement with the WPR ranger. WPR has a great variation of intricate, rocky, green and wide open woods. The rain stopped in time to allow running in dry (but cool) weather. Ward Pound Ridge Reservation proved that it can be a wonderful venue for orienteering and we hope, that we can continue to have more events in this great terrain. Thanks to coursesetter/meet director Geof Connor and to the meet workers: Chris and Jeff Osborn, Craig Weber, Suzie DeWitt and Liz Chiera. Joe Mokszycki vetted the courses and helped, together with Craig Weber with the control pick-up. Find details and results here. Posted by Daniel Monday, April 19, 2010 (01:26:59)
DVOA Defeats HVO at Quail Hill -- November 22, 2009Despite a decent turnout of HVOers, DVOA handily defeated us at the 2009 HVO/DVOA Dual Event. It was held this past Sunday at Quail Hill Scout Camp, near Englishtown, NJ. The outcome continues a pattern of home club victories that goes all the way back to 1999. It also means that the coveted HVO-DVOA Plaque will pass back to DVOA. While the exact Dual scoring is still being finalized, course results -- including links to splits and RouteGadget -- can be found here. Looking ahead, HVO is scheduled to host the 2010 Dual on Sunday, November 21, at a venue to be determined. Posted by Guy Wednesday, November 25, 2009 (13:32:05)
HVO Event Report: James Baird State Park -- March 27, 2010Course setter: Dave Webber Meet Director: George Hawes Helpers: Ed Hicks, Craig Weber, Bob Bullions, Betsy Hawes Weather: cool and sunny Starts: 31, Participants: 39 A nice mix of familiar and new faces at the Baird meet. Great help from the park ranger in replacing the drinking water when the whole container leaked into George's car! Kudos to two groups of beginners who enthusiastically and successfully ran both white and yellow, to Bob and Craig who helped greatly with control pick-up after completing the challenging red course! A fine day was had by all. Go here for results: Posted by Daniel Sunday, March 28, 2010 (15:52:51)
HVO Event Report: Blue Mountain Reservation -- November 28, 2009Blue Mountain Reservation, Peekskill, NY November 28th, 2008 Weather: Cool, partly sunny, and very windy. MD/CS: Dave Webber Helpers: Chris Osborn, Jeff Osborn, Jon Osborn, Pat Gallagher, Ed Hicks, George Hawes Starts: 71, Participants: 97 97 competitors came to run off the Thanksgiving turkey and pumpkin pie on a clear but windy November day. The wind frequently blasted through the assembly area scattering map boards and unattended clue sheets. However, once you were in the woods the winds calmed and the 50 degree temperature made for nice running. Several competitors commented on the woods being nicer then they remembered. I tried to design the courses to avoid the areas that I knew had lots of downfall, but my overall impression of the woods are they are more open and runnable then 11 years ago when I designed the Deja-Blue A-meet courses. I apologize for the missing punches on some of the advanced courses. The meet kit had a shortage of punches, so I figured that the advanced runners could better handle missing punches then the beginners -- especially if they read the meet notes that stated some punches were missing. Click here for full results. Posted by Daniel Sunday, November 29, 2009 (18:35:29)
HVO Event Report: Tourne Park -- October 31, 2009Tourne Park, Boonton, Morris County, NJ Event Director: Guy Olsen Course Setter: Nadya Popova Helpers: Greg Balter, Judy Dickinson, Laura & Curtis Mulhaul, Kseniya Popova, Paul Regan, Alan Young, Sergei Zhyk Weather: Cloudy with occasional drizzle, low 60s. Not a bad turnout for a damp dreary day! While it did not rain during the event -- save for some drizzle now and then -- the woods were plenty wet from overnight rain. A small, but dedicated group of helpers proved invaluable. 12 year-old Curtis Mulhaul provided homemade spooks for decorations, and helped with a jack-o-lantern that completed the Halloween theme. On the orienteering side, Nadya Popova once again set excellent courses, with all the controls being hung the morning of the event with help from her daughter Kseniya and friends. Paul Regan pitched in at registration and provided beginner instructions. Alan Young, HVO's resident e-punch guru, spent the entire event manning the computer so we could have e-punching, and the amenities (splits, easy finish / results) that brings. Some may have noticed signs warning of bow hunting in the park (part of the Morris County Park Commission's deer management program). Since I was told this would not start until Monday, November 2, it was not a concern. Unfortunately, one hunter did not get the memo, as he set up near a common Green / Red control (#s 8 / 13), and, apparently, moved it about 100 meters away! (my apologies to runners affected by this) After the event, I reported this occurence to the Park Commission, at which point I found out that the southern part of the map, near the lakes, is actually another park, Wilcox Park, owned by the borough of Mountain Lakes. I contacted them and it looks like that bow hunter might not have been permitted under their deer management program, either. Next stop: Mountain Lakes police department. -- Guy Olsen For complete results, click here. Posted by Guy Friday, November 27, 2009 (19:10:36)
HVO Durland Scout Res meet and JROTC Champs 11/15/2009The annual JROTC Championship plus local meet at Durland Scout Reservation was a great success. We are giving credit for the fabulous weather (as well as great courses) to Craig Weber, who finally had a perfect O day for a meet where he set the courses. 254 people were out on the 2 White, 2 yellow, orange, green or red courses. Along with the JROTC cadets, we had a lot of girl scouts, boy scouts, and a pathfinder group, as well as individuals and families. The meet helpers were terrific! 6 West Point cadets came with Major Hallberg and gave beginner instruction: thanks to Mary, Ben, Luke, Kevin, Hannah, and Michael! Judy Dickison took over and finished the last couple of groups so the cadets could get out on their courses. Jim Patterson and his Newburgh Troop 007 Boy Scouts took charge of the parking chores, Chris Lee and Jamie Kamlet handled the starts superbly, Rich Sweeney was a pro at the registration table, Nadya Popova, Bob Bullions, and Daniel Schaublin helped George at the finish table, figuring out the results. Thanks to Jeremy Colgan who started out to look for some late kids, who immediately came into sight! Bob, Craig and George made a good start on the control pick-up. Thanks to the JROTC instructors who organized the scoring and awards for the Championship. (Team results will follow in a few days.) Thanks to the Putnam-Westchester Boy Scout Council for letting us use their beautiful property. Betsy and George Hawes, Meet Directors. 104 Starts, 254 participants Click here for results. Posted by Daniel Monday, November 16, 2009 (02:32:16)
HVO Event Report: Forest Park -- September 26, 2009Forest Park, Woodhaven, Queens, NY Event Co-Directors: Bob Rycharski / Ralph DeFalco Course Co-Setters: JP Ladour / Bob Rycharski / Ian Able Helpers: Mark Bekker, Curtis Mulhaul, Guy Olsen, Alan Sangeap, and 10 Troop 17 youth members Weather: Mostly cloudy, low 70s For article and complete results, click here. Posted by Guy Wednesday, October 07, 2009 (12:00:49)
NOD Orange County Senior Games at Winding Hill 9/21/2009Winding Hills Orange County Park, Montgomery, NY Gorgeous fall day! Meet workers: George Hawes, Betsy Hawes, Rich Sweeney 25 intrepid Seniors came out to try orienteering at Winding Hills for the Orange County Senior Games, HVO's second NOD meet for 2009. For full article and results, click here. Posted by Daniel Tuesday, September 22, 2009 (16:29:51)
NOD/HVO local meet Winding Hills 9/20/2009National Orienteering Day Winding Hills Orange County Park, Montgomery, NY Sunny and pleasant Meet directors: Betsy and George Hawes Course Setters: George and Betsy Hawes Meet helpers: Rich Sweeney, Craig Weber 35 starts, 65 participants -- 35 new to O! For article and results click here. Posted by Daniel Tuesday, September 22, 2009 (16:24:48)
HVO Event Report: Westmoreland -- August 22, 2009HVO Summer BBQ August 22, 2009 Westmoreland Sanctuary Course Setters: Ellen & Stephen Stibler Meet Director: Ellen Stibler Meet Workers/ BBQ helpers : Liz Chiera , Bill and Annette Borowitz, Stephen Stibler Control Pickup: Dave Webber, Jeremy Colgan, Michael Mc Neill and Brent Schwartz Number of Participants: 41 The museum at the sanctuary was the perfect place to host the club summer BBQ, with the heavy thunderstorms that came through during the afternoon. Participants could choose between 2 courses: Brawn (epunching course) and Brains (trivia multiple choice). It seems some of the Brains questions created quite a discussion with the competitors afterwards.. Despite a small turnout, it was a very socialable BBQ with many people spending many hours, enjoying the BBQ, catching up with friends and spending time with Glen Schorr, the new US O-Federation (USOF) Executive Director. For complete results, click here. Posted by Stephen Sunday, August 30, 2009 (15:39:33)
HVO Event Report: Holmdel Park -- May 30, 2009Holmdel Park, Monmouth County, NJ Event Director: Guy Olsen Course Setter: Nadya Popova Course Designer: Katya Dvinyaninova Helpers: Dan & Zac Barker, GeeGee Blair, Judy Dickinson, Alan Lopez, Kseniya Popova, Bob Rycharski, Sergei Zhyk Gorgeous weather contributed to full enjoyment of orienteering at Holmdel Park. Newbies and novices spent quality time in the woods, no matter if they were doing a fast white or a prolonged brown. The more advanced runners were given the opportunity to test their uphill running (or walking) skills and most had a good time. Thank you to everyone who participated; it was a good turnout. -- Kseniya Popova For complete results, click here. Posted by Guy Wednesday, June 03, 2009 (04:56:55)
HVO Event Report: TOEC/Moneyhole Mtn -- May 17, 2009Taconic Outdoor Education Center, Laurel Festival May 17, 2009 Cool and mostly sunny weather MD George Hawes CS George Hawes, Betsy Hawes Helpers: Jamie and Chris 37 starts, about 90 participants One stolen control on both the Green and Orange courses presented a bit of a disappointment to the more advanced orienteers but the many competitors on White and Yellow were not involved. Lots of families and scouts turned out for a day of outdoor activites which included orienteering, canoeing, high ropes, and more. Bird banding was very exciting, as was the presentation on and with birds of prey that ended the day. Click here for results. Posted by Daniel Tuesday, May 19, 2009 (15:36:52)
HVO Event Report: Saxon Woods -- May 3, 2009Here are the green/red results of the Saxon Wood meet. Many punch cards and stubs for the white and yellow course were destroyed by the rain storm. We will try to reconstruct the results as good as we can. The event had great courses, with e-punching allowing the use the woods in new interesting ways. The rain slowed down many runners, especially the people depending on glasses to read the map. One runner described the race experience as doing a night-o by day... Course setter: Jeremy Colgan Meet crew: Annette Borowitz, Bill Borowitz, Ellen Stibler and Stephen Stibler (e-punching). Green and red results here Posted by Daniel Tuesday, May 05, 2009 (14:57:27)
HVO Event Report: Allamuchy -- March 29, 2009Meet Director: Paul Regan Course Setter: Paul Bennett participants: 8; registrations: 5 On a weekend when many active HVO members were in Maryland for a national orienteering meet, we organized a local event for members not traveling. However the weather was cold & wet, which contributed to a small turnout. Wonderful courses were designed to use the best areas of the park. The few folks that came out had a good time. Find the results here. Posted by Daniel Monday, April 06, 2009 (01:32:05)
HVO Event Report: Sebago South -- April 4, 2009Lake Sebago, American Canoe Association Camp, Harriman State Park, NY Meet Director: George Hawes Course Setter: Daniel Schaublin Meet workers: Rich Sweeney, Dave Webber, Chris and Jamie, Betsy Hawes Weather: cloudy and windy and cold, but the rain held off. 50 starts 61 participants The crowd was small, in part because of the weather, but it was actually quite nice in the woods. Daniel’s courses were enjoyed by all. The buildings of the Canoe Camp were great for the registration, course copying and instruction. Find complete results here. Posted by Daniel Monday, April 06, 2009 (00:55:46)
HVO Event Report: Surebridge North -- March 22, 2009Not a bad day for the weather, though a bit on the chilly side. Lots of people came out, both experienced and new, for the first event of the spring season. Bob Bullions set all possible courses. He made the map easier to read and with the exception of 2-3 runners, the changes were met with enthusiasm. Those who ran who might have prefered to have all the rocky ground and all the form lines included at least had a good workout and some good navigational challenges. Many people tried 2 courses and one couple completed 3! Many boy scouts worked on merit badge requirements. Special thanks to all who took the time to print their names neatly on the results slip! Meet helpers: Dave Webber, Betsy Hawes, Judith Dickinson, Bob Rycharski, Nancy Strada Find complete results here. Posted by Daniel Monday, March 23, 2009 (13:53:50)
Event Report: Eagle Rock Night-O -- November 29, 2008Eagle Rock Reservation, West Orange, NJ Event Director: Guy Olsen Course Setter: Nadya Popova E-punch Chief: Alan Young Helpers: Judy Dickinson, Chris O'Bara, Kseniya Popova, Janet Porter, Stephen Stibler and Dave Webber. Weather: Partly cloudy, low 40s, and, oh yeah, dark. Article (still) in the works! For complete results, including splits, click here. Posted by Guy Wednesday, December 10, 2008 (06:13:56)
HVO takes the 2008 HVO/DVOA Dual!! Eagle Rock Reservation -- November 29, 2008Eagle Rock Reservation, West Orange, NJ Event Director: Guy Olsen Course Setter: Nadya Popova E-punch Chief: Alan Young Helpers: Gregory Balter, Paul Bennett, Judy Dickinson, Yekaterina Dvinyninova, Karl Fredrickson, Nikolay Glukhov, Valentina Grigoryeva, George Hawes, Kseniya Popova, Stephen Stibler, and Sergey Zhyk. Weather: Mostly cloudy, low 40s. HVO 114 - DVOA 88 Lost & Found: Knit hat, headband To claim either, please send a description to: GuyPOlsen AT aol DOT com Article (still) in the works! For complete results, including splits, click here. Posted by Guy Friday, December 05, 2008 (09:33:59)
Event Report: Spook Swamp, including JROTC Champs -- November 22, 2008Spook Swamp, Sebago Beach, Harriman St. Pk, NY November 22, 2009 Course Setter: Bernie Breton Meet Directors: Betsy and George Hawes Meet helpers: Rich Sweeney, Bob Bullions, Dave Webber, Mike Hendricks, Ellen Hendricks, several West Point Cadets, JROTC Leaders, Alan Young, Gwen Hawes, Daryl Provost Participants: 210 Starts: 124 Weather: Freezing, breezy and sunny! There was a terrific turnout for a cold fall day, of both orienteers and event workers. Six schools were represented for the annual HVO-JROTC championship, with the team trophy going to O’Neill H.S. JROTC. (Have they been practicing with the West Point cadets?) In addition we had a large crowd for the other courses. Special thanks to Jennifer for letting us use the large utility room for registration and the HVO Board meeting…it was a life-saver by getting us out of the wind. For complete results (local meet and JROTC), click here. Posted by betsy Sunday, November 23, 2008 (02:27:21)
Event Report: James Baird St. Park -- November 1, 2008Event Director: George Hawes Course Setter: Craig Weber Event workers: Rich Sweeney, Betsy Hawes November 1, 2008 was a perfect day for orienteering: sunny, not too warm or cold, dry. Craig Weber's courses were enjoyed by beginners and advanced runners alike. There was a large turnout of Army cadets, JROTC cadets, Service Brigade and boy scout troops as well as individuals. Most impressive were our beginners who went from a successful White course to completion of Orange and even of Red! Congratulations Danny Tsu, Joshua Passe and sister, and Joel Atkins! Lost and Found: jacket, compass Please contact bnghawes at frontiernet.net For complete results, click here. Posted by betsy Saturday, November 01, 2008 (21:31:53)
Event Report: Holmdel Park -- October 19, 2008Holmdel Park, Monmouth County, NJ Course Setter: Katya Dvinyaninova (with help from her son Andrew) Event Director: Bill Shannon Helpers: Valentina Grigoryeva, Alan Lopez, Guy Olsen, Tom Pelnar, Nadya Popova. Sunday, Oct. 19 was a beautiful Fall day. Foliage changing, sun shining, soft breeze blowing, and the temperature in the low 60's. A great day for orienteering. Only thing missing was a good turn out; 21 individuals competed on six challenging courses set by Katya Dvinyaninova. The low turnout was probably due to the late posting of the event on the club calendar. For editor's comments and complete results, click here. Posted by Guy Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (04:04:39)
Scout-O/HVO local event Forest Park 10/4/2008We had an excellent brisk fall day, 60 to 65 degrees, raw and misting (briefly) at 10:30 am and mostly sunny and warmer by 12 noon. About 120 boy scouts from Queens and Brooklyn participated in the event. For details and results click here. Posted by Daniel Friday, October 10, 2008 (20:12:58)
Highlander/Lowlander 2008 Results2008 Highlander Results, Splits and Extended Splits are available. (Lowlander times are listed below Highlander times on each page.) Posted by Stephen Monday, October 06, 2008 (12:12:27)
Homeschoolers NOD Event 9/23/2008Young students learn to orienteer 34 homeschoolers and parents showed up on a lovely Tuesday morning at Winding Hills County Park. Like the seniors on Monday, they participated a short introductory lecture and then in 3 skills workshops that had them up and moving. MD: Betsy Hawes CS: Betsy Hawes Event crew: George Hawes, Rich Sweeney Thanks for the great job to Betsy & George Hawes, Rich Sweeney and all their helpers for the three day series at Winding Hill! For more details and results, click here Posted by Daniel Tuesday, September 23, 2008 (23:54:00)
Orange County Senior Games 9/22/2008Winding Hills Event for Orange County Senior Games It was another perfect day for orienteering. 27 Orange County Seniors turned out for 3 workshops on orienteering skills, a choice of long or short white courses, and a great picnic prepared by Arthur. All meet workers were also Orange County Seniors. MD: Betsy Hawes CS: Betsy Hawes and George Hawes Third workshop leader and control pick-up, Rich Sweeney Control pick-up, Rick Reuschle For results, click here Posted by Daniel Monday, September 22, 2008 (20:25:43)
Hackley School - September 7, 2008A great local meet to start the HVO fall season on the new Hackley School map in Tarrytown, NY. Interesting and fast courses by Ed Hicks and Bob Burg using the intricate details of this fine new map. For the full write up and results, click here. Posted by Daniel Monday, September 15, 2008 (02:52:19)
Loantaka Grocery-O -- June 8, 2008Fun n' Games Grocery-O Loantaka Reservation Chatham, Morris County, NJ Sunday, June 8, 2008 Weather: Warm and sunny Starts: 33 Competitors: 51 This year's fun and games event featured the return of Grocery-O; an event first devised by that legendary O-savant Jon Nash. The event is basically a 75 minute Score-O event with a twist. At each control location was either a grocery item or a picture and description of a grocery item. A competitor purchased said item by punching at that control. The goal was to get as close to 26.99 in groceries without going over. With the fairly easy control sites, all levels of competitors enjoyed a fun event on a warm summer-like day. For the rest of this write-up and the complete results, click here. Posted by Guy Friday, July 25, 2008 (07:32:30) |
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