Ramblers Orienteering Club

There was certainly plenty of snow for the event. January had brought several major falls – and no rain. Nice! 46 people turned out for the meet, 30 for skiing

and 16 for snowshoeing. There were quite a lot of new faces as well as regulars.

The course layouts were not entirely as I would have preferred to have done. We were under strict restraints from the park to keep everyone “on tracks” and not to use skis to set new trails. That meant that participants had to avoid all “short cuts”. Written notices as well as verbal instructions were given to all who signed up.

We did our utmost to comply and as a result the courses were probably found to be somewhat on the easy side. Nevertheless, it seemed that everyone enjoyed their day … on skis, or snowshoes, and the results show a normal wide range of times. We hope the park were satisfied. We know of only one instance where Orienteers may have wandered – confused in their navigational efforts.

Among the skiers : Francis Falardeau was the fastest around the 16 controls on the 11.3 km Long Course, completing it in 1:00:41. There 4 or 5 others who were hot on his tail however: Michael Bole (1:04:45); Stéphane Lamy (1:07:00); Eric Lillie (1:09:20) and Bruce Glen (1:16:09). Elaine (1:26:35) was the only woman on the Long.

Nicole Roy led all the skiers on the 7.1 km “Middle” course with a fast time of 1:07:00. Thomas Davignon was 2^nd (1:21:25) and Barbara Schumann, accompanied by her two pre-teen children, came 3^rd (1:24:45).

The Snowshoe “Long”‘ course, 6.0 km, 14 controls – was convincingly won by Andreas Rutkauskas in just 45 mins, 10 seconds. His “better half”, Jessica Auer, was just 12 minutes behind, though! Visiting Australian, Maurice Anker was 3^rd.

The 4.5 km “Middle distance” course was led by a first-time Orienteer (and Rogainer), Eric Christensen (0:53:00). Denise OBriain was just 4 minutes back.

There was only one entry in the 3.3 km Short-“Shoe” : Mary Ellen Montague did

…and THANKS to those who picked up the 28 flags after the meet: Bruce, Elaine, Francis, Eric Christensen, and Gloria, who also handled Registration.

Parc-nature du Bois-de-Liesse – February 1, 2009
SKI–Orienteering
			O-Club	Time

#3	LONG–Ski 11.3 km (probable best route) 16 controls
1	Francis	Falardeau	Ramblers	01:00:41
2	Michael	Bole	Ramblers	01:04:45
3	Stephane	Lamy	Ramblers	01:07:00
4	Eric	Lillie	Ramblers	01:09:20
5	Bruce	Glen	Ramblers	01:16:09
6	Stephane	Rousseau	Ramblers	01:21:25
7	Elaine	S	Ramblers	01:26:35
8	Robert	Darby	Ramblers	01:59:02
9	Aerin	Jacob &	— }	Missed #13 & #16
	Laura / Taïca	Canty / Replansky	— }	(2:13:00)

#2	MIDDLE 7.1 km (probable best route) (10 controls)
1	Nicole	Roy	Ramblers	01:07:00
2	Thomas	Davignon	Ramblers	01:21:25
3	Barbara	Schumann +	Ramblers	01:24:46
		Andrea, 11, Dominic, 9	Ramblers
4	Mélanie	Hébert &	— }	01:53:20
	Marie-Josée	Aubry	— }
	Jacques	Aubry	— }
	Joanne	Beauregard	— }
5	Sylvie	Perrault	Ramblers	01:48:56
6	Karoline	Studinska &	—	Parcours completed
	Èvannick	Godbout Villeneuve		… but not timed.
7	Shelly	Rapp &	—	Did not finish
	Paul	Dubé

#1	SHORT	5.1 km (probable best route) (8 controls)
1	Stanley	Lee	Ramblers	48:00
2	Boris	Chopov &	Ramblers	01:21:00
		Maya, 16 + Boriana, 12
3	Jeanne	Ward	—	01:34:00
SNOWSHOE–Orienteering

#3	LONG 6.0 km (probable best route) (14 controls)
1	Andreas	Rutkauskas	Ramblers	45:10
2	Jessica	Auer	Ramblers	57:22
3	Maurice	Anker Northern Tablelands OC	AUS.	01:19:25

#2	MIDDLE 4.5 km (probable best route) (11 controls)
1	Eric	Christensen	—	53:00
2	Denise	OBriain	Ramblers	57:20
3	Suzanne	Fortin &	—	01:09:50
	Claudio	DiGiosia
3	Simon	Dauphin &	—	01:09:50
	Ian	Silvester
5	Vickie	Mortensen &	Ramblers	01:24:00
	& Bernie	Meedhan
6	Jocelyn	Gohier	—	01:35:00
7	Celestine	Segers	—	Err--#5 (1:43:00)
8	Joumara	Abou Nohra &	—	Completed
	Zemfira	Khisaeva		...but not timed

#1	SHORT 3.3 km (probable best route) (7 controls)
1	Mary Ellen	Montague	Ramblers	46:00

		Ramblers Orienteering Club
			31 Starts / 46 participants
				Skiers : 30
				S'shoers: 16