ONB Notes
Vol. 28,  No. 2
September 2003

ONB Notes is the official newsletter for Orienteering New Brunswick, the provincial body for orienteering in New Brunswick. The newsletter is published three times per season: pre-spring season (~April), late summer (~August), and post-fall season (~December). ONB Notes is printed and mailed by Sport New Brunswick in Fredericton. Comments, suggestions and submissions are gratefully received by the editor of ONB Notes at any of the following:

Mail: Stig Skarborn
163 Carriage Hill Drive
Fredericton, NB, E3E 1A4

Phone: 506-452-1804
Fax: 506-452-0881
E-mail: skarborn at rogers.com

More information on orienteering in New Brunswick, including current issues of ONB Notes, may be found on the official ONB web site:

http://www.fan.nb.ca/fan/info/ip_info/ONB/index.html

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The End of Orienteering
• World Orienteering Championships
• ONB Annual General Meeting
• Junior O Camp a Success
• Park Orienteering
• Financial Support for High Performance Athletes
• ONB Executive
• Interviews with Katarina Smith (ONB Member) and Holger Hott-Johansen (Sandy's Husband)
• View from the Foxhole
• National Junior Training Camp
• Beginner's Clinic
• Moray 2003 = Scottish 6-Days
• Orienteering Maine
• We Want Results.... in a special format
• RESULTS
• ONB Executive
• Directors/Contacts

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Malcolm & Judy Adams & Mapping Clinic Participants in Odell

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AUTUMN EVENTS - SEE ENCLOSED EVENT FLYERS FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION.

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The End of Orienteering

Orienteering has outlived its usefulness. To be more specific, the word orienteering. The word 'Oriental' has been supplanted almost entirely by the term 'Asian'. Obviously we should adopt the term asianeering

Many terms associated with 'orienteering' are also inappropriate. Not merely as a matter of avoiding archaic speech or adopting political correctness, we must strive to avoid any term that might cause someone, sometime, to have a negative disposition towards themselves or another.

Some terms are obvious. Depression has to go, particularly deep depression. I recommend using the word impression. A shallow depression becomes a slight impression while a deep depression is a significant impression.

Guidelines are needed to identify and to replace offensive phrases with the more appropriate. Any term used should either be Simply Objective or be a Savoured Objective. This is known as the SOSO criteria.

A Simply Objective word has no emotional impact. One example is the term 'start list'. Already in common use, it is much preferred over the alternative of 'start order'. The word 'order' has connotations of commands and subjugation.

A Savoured Objective is an emotive word whose meanings imply only pleasantness. So the violent 'punching a control' is replaced by 'validation' and a 'control' becomes a validation point.

We must also purge words that embed smaller words that could be inappropriate. The word 'copse' suffers because of its rarity. A reader would naturally see the embedded word 'cops' which, depending on their background, could increase anxiety. Or an unwitting reader might assume that a letter had been forgotten from the word and it should have been spelled 'corpse' . That will certainly lead to unpleasant thoughts for many. Copse should be replaced by 'tree cluster'.

There have been other attempts to adopt more appropriate terms. I have seen DNF, DSQ lumped together as DHB (Did His or Did Her Best). Now this may seem to be acceptable at first glance. Scrutiny reveals that it takes an already objective measurement e.g. finish, and replaces it with someone's subjective opinion. This can lead to unwitting disaster. What about the person that came first? Did they not do their best but still won? The DHB now feels doomed. Or what if the DHB knew they did not do their best. They were preoccupied with things other than competitiveness. That is until they read results where someone else decided that their best had put them in last place. I wonder how many gave quit on the spot. Evidently, having a SOSO mind is not easy.

A SOSO mind cringes at the word 'finish'. The 'finish' should be replaced by 'completion'. Completion implies accomplishment whereas the word 'finish' can have the negative meaning illustrated by , "Your services are no longer required. You are finished."

Listed here are words and abbreviations now used to denote unsuccessful completion followed by SOSO recommendations:

DNF (Did Not Finish) - SC (Some Complete)

DNS (Did Not Start) - AC (Alternate Complete), i.e. did something else

DSQ (Disqualified) - PC (Prevented Complete)

MSP (Mispunched) - DC (Damaged Complete)

OT (Overtime) - LC (Later Complete)

Speaking of completion lines (finish lines), current event formats guarantee the identification of losers. The mass start of a ScoreO was the inspiration for a new type of event featuring a mass finish as well as a mass start. The event would be called a SynchrA (SynchrO for those who still call our sport orienteering). Half of one's points are awarded on the basis of individual performance. The other half are from team performance. One gains team points by completing at the same time (within one second) as others. The value of the team points earned depends on the number of participants completing together.

Obviously a completion line is unsuitable for more then a few crossing simultaneously. That is why SynchrA uses a completion circle. The circle is sized to hold all participants. Ideally the circle is placed on a level playing field.

As this event becomes more popular, people will become more adept at gauging their abilities to choose which validation points to attempt while still making it back on time. This event is ideal for television. Imagine an overhead camera watching as people swarm in from different directions, arranging themselves around the circumference of the circle for the final, simultaneous convergence. Ultimately, everyone is in the completion circle together (no doubt cheering). The circle even looks like an Olympic ring.

To make competitor identification easier, the number bibs will be replaced by head shawls with numbers on top. This will also help protect each participant from the hot sun or a driving rain.

Is this concern over appropriateness worth it? Here is a way to convince yourself. While standing before a mirror, speak the word "orienteering". Your face puckers into an aggressive pose looking the same as if you spoke "no way". Now say "asianeering". Notice the face relaxes completely with the corners of your mouth upturned into a slight smile. It will look remarkably like the Mona Lisa smile. Is the secret of Mona Lisa's smile simply that she was murmuring "asianeering"?

Ray St-Laurent

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World Orienteering Championships

RAPPERSWIL/JONA, SWITZERLAND - One half of the Canadian Team representing Canada at the country World Orienteering Championships in early August came from New Brunswick; siblings Sandy Hott Johansen, and Mike and Wil Smith. Spouses Holger (Sandy) and Katarina (Wil) also participated representing Norway and Sweden respectively.

The best result was from Holger who placed 8:th in the 16.7 km, 540 m climb, 34 control Long Final. Nick Duca from Ontario, the only Canadian to qualify placed 40:th. Mike Smith placed 49:th in the 2.8 km, 60 m climb, Sprint Final. Katarina Smith placed 19:th in the Womens 11.8 km, 350 m climb, 19 control, Long Final. No Canadians qualified for the Middle Distance finals. Holger had the 7:th fastest time in the men's relay where the Norwegian team placed 7:th. The Canadian team placed 29:th. The Womens relay was won by Switzerland with Canada placing 25:th.

The star of the Championships was Simone Luder from Switzerland who won four gold medals, a previously unheard of achievement. Although the results of the Canadians were perhaps not what had been hoped for, they should all be congratulated for making the team, and combining professional careers with elite sport. I hope they all consider that the event was a fun and worthwhile experience, that can be used as a base for future national team training, competition and selection.

Stig Skarborn

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ONB Annual General Meeting

Mark it in your calendars now, and plan to participate. We need your input and want to hear your views and suggestions. The date of the AGM will be Saturday, November 15, 2003. The meeting will start at 10:00 AM at the home of Harold McQuade, 21 Rosemere Ct., Moncton. Executive and club presidents should bring written reports. Lunch will be provided. To confirm your attendance, E-mail Harold at rosemere@nbnet.nb.ca

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Junior O Camp a Success

Sixteen juniors thoroughly enjoyed the camp that the director Greg Nix organized based at the hostel in Wentworth Valley, N.S. on the weekend of May 24-25th, 2003. The theme was "O Fun" with games being the main theme including the popular capture the control, a follow the line O, blind fold orienteering, a mini-meet with team orienteering on the level 3 course and other activities based on specific skills at various stations. Overall the camp was a tremendous success.

Personal favourites of the five Falcon club juniors (Natasha Oullette, Benoîît Phelan, Carol, Emily & Fraser Ross) that attended included capture the control, learning how to use a thumb compass and just hanging out with other juniors who enjoy the same sport! Thanks to all the adults, especially the North Shore Adventure Club organizers as well as those others from out of town including Harold McQuade who drove from Moncton just to help on Saturday.

Everyone is looking forward to the next camp and rumour has it that it is the turn of the Falcon Club!

David Ross

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Park Orienteering

The Falcons ran Tuesday night park orienteering events. Up to thirty people turned out for one event on Ste Anselme Park in Dieppe for a line O. Two courses with controls along a marked trail on the map were available. The event was well attended due to the unusual format and perfect weather. The following Tuesday evening another park event was organized by Garth Holder. (Editors suggestion: Perhaps this is an idea the Falcons and Foxes should emulate next season.)

David Ross

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Financial Support for High Performance Athletes

The New Brunswick Culture & Sport Secretariat, Sport, Recreation & Active Living Branch, has again supported our elite athletes with a overall contribution of up to $4,500. National and 2003 World Championship team, and ONB, members Wil Smith, Alexandra Hott Johansen, and Mike Smith received the most generous support while Anita O'Brien received a smaller amount based on her results at last year's Canadian Championships where her best result was a silver medal in the short distance event.

I strongly encourage our juniors to take every chance to compete in local events in order to improve technical orienteering ability, and to participate in a regular, coached, running program in order to gain stamina, strength and speed. With participation at provincial, regional and national championships event, and good results, you could also receive financial support.

Stig Skarborn, Orienteering HPAAP Chairman

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ONB Executive

Thanks to Don Heron, we can now fill in missing information in the ONB Executive table that appeared in the last issue of ONB Notes. In 1988 Richard Faulkner was President, Katherine Faulkner VP, Kirk Meldrum Secretary, and (who else, thank you very much) Don Heron Treasurer.

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Interviews with Katarina Smith (ONB Member) and Holger Hott-Johansen (Sandy's Husband)

The following interview was conducted via E-mail and freely translated by your editor from Swedish in the case of Katarina. Katarina will be moving to Canada this fall, and Holger lives in Norway.

What are your ages, education and occupation?

K: Born 1971, maiden surname Allberg, married Wil Smith in 2003, competes for Sundsvalls OK (=Orienteering Klubb) but has also competed for OK Vargen (The Wolf) in Kalix and Stora Tuna IK (Idrotts Klubb, works as a teacher 80% of the time. Uses VJ orienteering shoes, an ordinary Silva compass.

H: 29 years old, acoustical engineer

What are your best results?

K: World Championships - Silver in 2001 and a bronze medal in 1999, both medals as part of a relay team. Placed 8:th in 2001 and 12:th in 1999 in classical distances.

European Championships - Silver in relay in 2000.

World Cup - Placed overall 5:th, 4:th and 8:th in 2002, 2000 and 1998 respectively.

Nordic Championships - Gold in 2003 relay and bronze in 1999 relay.

Swedish championships - Gold in classic distance 2002, gold in relay 2001, five silver medals and one bronze.

In addition to the above impressive results has top results in many other elite races such as the Swedish Elite series, winner in Tio-mila twice, Jukola, junior World Championships and Junior Swedish Championships.

Ed. f. H: Information not provided by Holger. He is modest. Ranked 3:rd in World in April, 2003.

For extensive information, see http://www.6prog.org/IOF/wre_athl.asp?n3id=NOR29&how=F

When and where did you start orienteering?

K: I started orienteering in Kalix when I was 9 years old. My two older brothers went along with our neighbours and soon we were an orienteering family. As the youngest, I got a lot of help from my two brothers. They showed me how to orienteer, and in no time I wanted to compete on courses that were just as difficult as what they competed on.

H: In 1984 when I was 10 at a beginners course in my home club.

Who was the most influential person contributing to your interest in orienteering?

K: I tried most of the sports which were available in Kalix. Orienteering attracted me the most. It was exciting to go out in the woods, and there was a fantastic "togetherness" in the club. There were over 40 kids in my age, give or take 5 years, who were active at the same time I was. I think that is what attracted me. There was an old man in our club, probably around 70 years old. He was one of my idols. He won every race, and I was impressed. So old, and so fast!!!

H: There has been different people through different periods.

What did the your club do to help you become a better orienteer when you were in your teens, and as you became an elite orienteer?

K: My club organized many good training sessions, training camps and trips to races. When I became a junior an elite orienteer helped me with map (course) reviews and the basic mental training.

H: I ran a lot of races in different places and attended the regional team.

Who is your present coach?

K: I am my own coach, and I have Marita Skogum as a confidant. She is absolutely super, and can help you achieve your best when you have important races.

H: Anders Gäärderud (Olympic champ 3000 m steeple chase, Montreal 1976)

How much do you train and compete as an elite member prior to major targeted

events?

K: I compete less now than when I was a junior. In a season I now compete in 20-25 races. In a World Championship or World Cup year there would be many more races. In the build-up to the competitive season I train 10-15 hours per week, and under the competitive season 5-8 hours per week.

H: This winter I tried to train 20 hours per week. A lot of slow running. Only one fast run per week. During the season from April onward I train less with more speed. The last weeks before WOC I will train approximately 10 hours or a little less.

What would be the best advice you can give a young orienteer who would really like to make orienteering his/her sport?

K: That is a big question, which I could write pages about. However, in a nutshell; 1) Take every opportunity for technical training, 2) Compete a lot up until the time you are in the elite H/W-21 category, 3) Analyze your races. Review both good and not so good legs. MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF THE GOOD LEGS ONLY. 4) Have fun! 5) Make the training sessions into something fun, as often as you can. 6) Study maps often.

H: Go to a lot of races in different areas. Racing is fun and gives you a lot of experience. And be patient. It takes a while to become a good orienteer.

Do you still think orienteering is fun?

K: Ja!!!

H: Yes. There have been periods when I have been fed up, but the last years I have focused on the fun part to stay motivated through all my training.

Stig Skarborn<.p>

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View from the Foxhole

And a lonely view it is too. I was just looking at the latest membership list. The Foxes are down to five family memberships and four individual members. Six of these are "old stalwarts" who have been members for many years and have served Orienteering at the local, provincial and national levels. Hey, the President of the COF is a Fox. The other three are relative newcomers.

Currently the Foxes executive consists of only two people - myself as President and Gary Daneff as Secretary-Treasurer. We should fill the vice-president position and I would like to personally fill the Past-President position.

So... If anyone would like to volunteer to stand for election to the executive in any capacity please contact me at 455-0818 or e-mail <fellows@unb.ca>. If I don't have a lot of volunteers, I will be contacting folk individually prior to the Annual General Meeting in November.

David Fellows

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National Junior Training Camp

Five Falcons were off to Kamloops for the national junior training camp. It was be a three day event that attracted participants from across the country, the USA and often even further afield. The event purposely precedes the ten days of the Sage Stomp in Kamloops that includes the western championships, a high performance event, team relay and then the three day national championships. Natasha Oullette 14, Benoit Phelan 14, Carol 15 and Fraser Ross 14 have all had a busy spring season with them attending most of the week night park events in the city and the weekend meets in both NS and NB as well as the junior camp at Wentworth. Natasha and Carol also managed to sneak in an officiating clinic last week in Halifax so that they can now see it from both sides. They have all graduated to using thumb compasses and are getting a grip with O shoes for the first time.

During the camp there are usually morning theory sessions followed by field activities in the late morning and afternoon. The ratio of coaches to juniors is usually about 1/3 with lots of attention available for all. Ted de Ste Croix is the head coach and he certainly tosses out a few challenges to all but in a very gentle fashion.

Overall it is a tremendous orienteering growth experience, great for making friends across the orienteering world and we promise to report back on the camp in the next issue of ONB notes.

David Ross, assistant coach

Beginner's Clinic

On May 31, A beginner's clinic was held in Fredericton's Odell Park. Strange things happened. Although advertised in Fredericton all the victims (participants) were from Moncton. We hope to see Robert Landry and Nadine Lanteigne, Dean Scott and Kathy Sonier, Lise Frigault and Gerry Dos Santos, and Vivian Hsu, out regularly for our events.

Stig Skarborn

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Moray 2003 = Scottish 6-Days

Ariane and Paul Looker from the Fundy Orienteering Club participated in the Moray 2003 event. Paul ran on the Men's 35 years old, long, course and finished in 54:th spot. Ariane tackled the white beginners course and finished 18:th. For full results, which includes many Canadians, see www.scottish-orienteering.org/Moray2003.

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Orienteering Maine

OME has received sanctioning to host a two-day nationally sanctioned A-meet on September 25-26, 2004 at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine. Earlier this week, at the USOF's annual convention, the USOF Board of Directors awarded OME the 2004 US Night-Orienteering Championships and the 2004 US Relay Championships as
part of that weekend's events. The schedule for the weekend now looks like this: - Saturday, September 25th - a 1-day A-meet - Saturday, September 25th - the 2004 US Night-O Champs - Sunday, September 26th - the 2004 US Relay Champs. We would like the Saturday (day) A-meet to be the 1:st Maine and Maritimes Championships. In addition to an open competition, we envision a competition - with an additional set of awards - amongst orienteers from Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (Is their any orienteering on PEI?) in each category. We hope this could be a regular, if not annual, event, rotated among the orienteering groups in the region. How does this sound to you? Could you find out if the officials of OANS support the idea? Could you tell me who to contact in New Brunswick about the idea?

Orienteering Maine thinks the idea of a rotating regional rogaine championship - the 'Eastern Boreal Rogaine'? - is a great one. We would be happy for Orienteering New Brunswick to kick it off, if they like. I have noted the dates for the 2004 E2C in Nova Scotia, and will have it included on the OME calendar of events.

Jonathan D Nash, jonnash at juno dot com

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We Want Results.... in a special format

Your ONB Notes editor and Webmaster are revolting! "This is news?" you ask. Well, yes. We are spending more time than we wish reformatting meet results to get them in shape for inclusion in the newsletter and the web site. So we have devised a standard format the we encourage you to use. The form this encouragement will take is probably to ignore results that aren't in the suggested format.

We have chosen the format to decouple us from the vagaries of software that meet directors seem to use for preparing results while still making easy to prepare them. Results should be sent in a standard, comma--separated-values, format. This format can be produced with a simple text-editor on any kind of computer or operating system. If you know what you are about, it can also be produced by most spreadsheet programs.

The particular format we want consists of a sequence of lines. Each line consists of three "values" separated by commas. Sometimes the value can be nothing at all. After processing each line will become a row in a three column table. A set of results for a tiny meet are shown below in the correct format:

,Mini Meet,
,June 31comma 2004,
,Some Parkcomma Somweherecomma NB,
,,
Meet Director:,Joe Bloggs,
Course Setter:,Jane Doe,
Controller:,B. Smart,
,,
Competitor,Club,Time
,,
COURSE 1, 2.45km, 30m climb
F-12,,
Jill Smith,Foxes,20:23
Joan Williams,Falcons,22:44
Mary Jones, Fundy,DNF
,,
M-Open-1,,
Bill Smith,,30:30
,,
Groups-1,,
Johncomma Joecomma and Mary,Foxes,28:14
,,
COURSE 2, 3.15km, 55m climb
F13-14,,
Jenny Smith,Foxes,25:25
Katie Jones,Fundy,25:35
Mary Williams,Falcons,29:12
,,
M13-14,,
Fred Smith,Foxes,26:26
Bill Williams,Falcons,29:31
Casey Jones,Fundy,29:32
,,

Notice that every line contains two commas. . The two commas separate the three values that go will go in three table cells when the file is processed for inclusion in ONB Notes or the web site. Note that "nothing" is a legitimate value. If you have nothing to say, be silent, but put the comma in anyway. Some values like a date need a comma inside them. In that situation the required comma should be entered as the word "comma". This is illustrated by the date, location and Groups-1 entries above.

A template file containing the skeleton for an ONB "A" meet result submission is available for download via http://www.orienteering.nb.ca/crew/results-form.html. It is a good starting point for preparing your results. For a "B" meet unneeded classes and courses can simply be deleted. A score meet uses a slightly different template also downloadable from the ONB web site. The web page referenced above contains a detailed set of instructions for filling out the template using Windows software. The strategy is the same for Macintosh or Linux.

We look forward to receiving results in this format and painlessly including them in a web page or ONB Notes. If you are having problems, send me an e-mail.

David Fellows

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RESULTS

Check our ONB website,http://www.fan.nb.ca/fan/info/ip_info/onb/index.html, for official results after each meet.

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Fredericton Street-O

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2003 Flood-O Results - Sunday, May 4, 2003

A beautiful warm, sunny, dry, bug less spring day greeted the 53 participants in the 14th annual "Flood O" orienteering B meet. The event was conducted out of MacNaughton High School adjacent to Centennial Park. True to tradition flood damage this year closed two of the bridges and tree fall from the ice storm made woods travel difficult. There were 34 starts with participants from greater Moncton, Shediac, Rothesay and Woodstock. Thanks to Harold MacQuade course setter, Bobbie Ross meet director and assistants Rob Black, Steve & Kathy Woodworth, Nathan Goudeau and Darren Madden.

Submitted by Carol and David Ross

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2003 UNB Woodlot "B" Meet - May 10

Meet director: David Fellows. Course Setter: Mike Fellows

Appeals to the weather gods failed and the meet was held on a cold, rainy afternoon. The inclement weather seems to have discouraged those who typically run the easier courses. However, those who braved the elements to come out seemed to enjoy themselves.

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"Line O" park orienteering event in Ste. Anselme on May 27, 2003

Thirty-one people turned out for this event. Overall the participants found it challenging but fun. Runners started from both ends of the lines/courses alternating by one minute intervals. Everyone drew their own map from a master and there were no clue sheets. This made matters easier for the course director and setters. Here are the corrected results for the two line O,s. A 2 minute penalty was added for each incorrect control and for each missed control. Four decoy controls were deployed within sight of the line and it appears that a few people were trapped by them. In brackets is the number of correct controls found and the second number is the number of penalty point minutes added and included in the final time. Thanks to Carol Ross for the course design, Terry Edgett for setting, The Ouelettes for doing registration, and to Harold McQuade and Andre Bourque on control retreival.

Course 1 with ten controls with 2 decoys.
Individual
Emily Ross					42.42 (9,2)
Jeremie Oullette					44.26 (9,4)
Wayfarer
Phil, Veronica, Gabriel and Jeremey Coombes					42.16 (10,0)
Guilda Cawley and Marie-Paule					44.28 (10,0)
Jordan, Thomas and Mary Ann Carols					44.07 (9,6)
lendon & Codie				76.10 (6,10)
Course 2 with 13 controls with 2 decoys.
Wayfarer
Serge & Danika Ouelette					48.10 (12,2)
Heath Johnson & Nick Chan					73.19 (10,6)
Male
Andre Bourque					45.52 (13,0)
Julien Nowlan					58.30 (11,4)
Harold MacQuade					74.31 (13,2)
Patick Ferron					86.55 (10,6)
Daniel Daigle (I misplaced his control card)					52.02 (?,?)
Fraser Ross					DNFFemale
Carol Ross					37.05 (13,0)*
Natasha Ouellette					51.44 (13,2)
Danielle Cawley					64.59 (13,0)
Bobbie Ross					79.22 (8,12)
Aralee Coombes					84.35 (13,0)
Brigitta Ouelette					84.55 (10,6)

*course designer on paper and setter of 3 controls and 2 decoys

We are all looking forward to the next Line O!
David Ross

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Rockwood Park - June 15, 2003

- Meet Director: Paul Looker, Planner: Don Heron

Code: F = Female; M = Male; W = Wayfarer. Weather: Rain late in the day.

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FALCON CUP 2003 - June 22, 2003 - Hillsborough, N.B.

Meet Directors: Harold McQuade, Luella Smith. Course Setter: David Ross. Controller: Ed Smith.

Falcons: 48 points
Nova Scotia: 24 points
Fundy: 5 pointsbr> Foxes: 4 points

ONB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION 2003

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Orienteering New Brunswick, c/o Stig Skarborn, 163 Carriage Hill Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3E 1A4

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