Orienteering at The Morgan Arboretum

October 22, 2006

A lot of rain earlier in the week (and in previous weeks) meant that the ground was quite wet in many places. On the Sunday, however, in spite of gloomy forecasts predicting rain, we were lucky. The day remained dry until late afternoon. The temperature was good and there was little wind. A great day for Orienteering in Canada’s largest arboretum.

This site remains our most popular for Orienteering events. There were 128 “Starts” with a total participation of 170, including eight “accompanied” children under 10 years. Among the total were two large groups of students from John Abbott and Vanier Colleges.

Six courses were set, providing a range of challenge from “Beginner” to “Long Advanced”. The latter was approximately 9 km (measured in straight lines) and had 21 controls. It actually consisted of first completing a 3.9 km course followed by doing the Course 3.

Notable performances :

Dmitri Galovanov proved to be the top Orienteering of the day, winning the “Long Advanced” in 1:26:22. Patrice Gagnon was 2^nd in 1:33:30; Bruce Glen 3^rd, one minute behind Patrice. Stephen Novosad might have had a chance at 3^rd but, somewhere on the course, he lost his control card. Course 4 had 20 “starts”.

Michael Bole led the 19 competitors on the 5.1 km “Short Advanced”, finishing it in 1:03:47. A few minutes back were two ‘masters’-age competitors, Lars Gawell and Yvan Duchesne. Denise OBriain was the speediest woman on the course – something that has happened quite frequently, incidentally!

Because of the large number of students participating on Courses 1 and 2, each of these courses had two versions: They were run both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions.

Course Two: Stephen Novosad, along with his 8-year old son, Tobin, set the pace on 2–A completing it in 1:11:54. Will Prince of John Abbott did the 2–B course in 1:12:30. The combination of the two 2s had the greatest number of participants – many doing it in family or school pairs. There were a total of 72 people on the two courses, in 57 “starts”.

Course One was also run in both directions. Some novices must have found the “easiest” course pretty easy. The quickest time on 1–A was 0:34:54 by Sonja Gates and Jason Cordrey, followed closely by Raeann Rose and Bill Ludlow in 0:36:54. Course 2–B was done only by Vanier College students. On it A.Lam edged V.Navneethan: 1:05:20 to 1:05:50. The average time for both courses was about 1¼ hours, which makes us feel that we got the distance and difficulty about right.

Our congratulations to all who came out and participated. And our thanks to The Morgan Arboretum for the opportunity of holding our event in their very fine property !

THANKS also to those members who helped at the meet, especially Richard Moreau, Jeff Blezius, Michael Bole and Leslie Hosein.

John Charlow

Ramblers Orienteering Club

ORIENTEERING RESULTS
Morgan Arboretum – October 22, 2006
			O-Club	Time
4	LONG-ADVANCED 8.9 km (18 controls)			{ 21 }
1	Dmitri	Golovanov	Ramblers	01:25:22
2	Patrice	Gagnon	Ramblers	01:33:30
3	Bruce	Glen	Ramblers	01:34:48
4	Eric	Morand	Ramblers	01:37:00
5	Alain	Harel	Ramblers	01:46:59
6	Stéphane	Rousseau	Ramblers	01:54:02
7	Bertrand	Lemaitre		01:54:34
8	Ian	Aitken		01:55:35
9	Bruno	De Robert	Ramblers	02:13:03
10	Jean-Marc	Devin	Viking	02:14:06
11	Jeff	Blezius	Ramblers	02:15:54
12	Nicolas	Morin		02:40:38
13	Daniel	Sauriol et		03:35:45
	Jocelyne	Dumais
14	Andrew	McIlone		03:58:00
	Olivier	Cordoba		(3:10:12) msp.
	Eric	Lillie	Ramblers	dnf
	Charles	Huot		dnf
	Jean-François	Gagne		dnf
	Patrice	Bertrand		dnf
	Stephen	Novosad {Lost control card}	Ramblers	unofficial: 1:34:04
	Chris	Robitaille {2nd course—Leg 2 only}	John Abbott	01:06:06
3	ADVANCED 5.1 km (10 controls)			{ 24 }
1	Michael	Bole	Ramblers	01:03:47
2	Lars	Gawell	Viking	01:07:08
3	Yvan	Duchesne		01:12:53
4	Vincent	Dehail	Ramblers	01:30:19
5	Christian	Robitaille	John Abbott	01:30:40
6	Jeff	Secours	Ramblers	01:35:09
7	Denise	OBriain	Ramblers	01:43:41
8	Daniel	Duchesne	Ramblers	01:46:42
9	Shou	Goh	McGill OC	01:55:15
10	Carl	Girard		02:00:00
11	Marie	Drinkwater et		02:02:20
	Nichol	Pelchat
12	Will	Prince &	John Abbott	02:03:00
	Adrian	Bradley (2nd course)
13	Richard	Aronoff	Ramblers	02:14:54
14	Jean-Claude	Deslauriers		02:16:08
15	Sean	St-Hilaire	John Abbott	02:16:12
16	Yves	Fauvel		02:31:00
17	Stanley	Lee	Ramblers	03:10:10
	Sylvain	Harel + 3	Ramblers	msp at #5
	Marie-Pierre	Gauthier +2	Ramblers	dnf
2	INTERMEDIATE DIFFICULTY 3.6 km (10 controls)			{ 45: 44+1 }
1	Stephen	Novosad + Tobin, 8 (2nd course)	Ramblers	01:11:54
2	Charles	Hernandez		01:24:20
3	Chris	Malek	McG OC	01:26:20
4	Marc	Gratton	John Abbott	01:27:10
5	James	Cortenback	John Abbott	01:28:00
6	Sundeep	Saini	John Abbott	01:38:33
7	Vincent	Adams	John Abbott	01:39:31
8	France	Daoust Group of 4		01:40:00
9	Paul & Emilie	Diver (Baie d'Urfé Scouts)	Ramblers	01:41:09
10	Will	Pollock	John Abbott	01:41:43
11	Marc	Assad	John Abbott	01:48:10
12	Nick	Kroeger	John Abbott	01:54:15
13	Franc	Garnier family of 4		01:54:40
14	Heng	Lay	McG OC	01:59:35
15	Gaby	Drew }	John Abbott	{ 2:00:00
16	Tracy	Rankin }	John Abbott	{ 2:00:00
17	Dillon	Rice	John Abbott	02:04:30
18	Sarah	O'Reilly	John Abbott	02:07:46
19	Arteum	Kanda	John Abbott	02:09:00
20	Chelsea	Pottage &	John Abbott	02:12:08
	Dylan	Speak	John Abbott
21	Jennifer	Berube	John Abbott	02:16:05
22	Louis Simon	Capistran		02:29:20
23	Ashley	McCulloch	John Abbott	02:38:00
24	Catherine	De Robert	Ramblers	02:38:12
25	Celestine	Segers	Ramblers	02:45:00
26	Audrey	Speck + Angela McLaren, 9		02:50:00
	Denis	Lacasse		OK–but not timed
	Kristen	Boyer & (helped injured Parry)	John Abbott
	Laura	Sheppard	John Abbott	dnf
	Maude	Jodoin et	Ramblers	dnf
	Marc	Lemire	Ramblers
	Denis	Bergeron		dnf
	Andras	Frankel	McG OC	dnf
	Denis	Pepin grp of 4		dnf
	Philip	Mundiyamkal	John Abbott	dnf
2b	INTERMEDIATE DIFFICULTY 3.5 km (9 controls)			{ 27 }
1	Will	Prince	John Abbott	01:12:30
2	Jason	Cordery &	—
	Sonja	Gates (2nd course)		01:15:55
3	Bill	Ludlow &	—
	Rae Ann	Rose (2nd course)		01:17:55
4	Sandy	Phillips - Hutchins	Ramblers	01:25:42
5	Vince	Drouin	John Abbott	01:27:21
6	Michael	Gatti	John Abbott	01:31:40
7	K.	Pascal &	Vanier Col.
	Amanda	Woodley (2nd course)		01:32:15
8	Ryan	Jones	Ramblers	01:33:24
9	Kevin	Hutchins (13 yrs.) &	Ramblers
	Daniel	Kelly (13 yrs)	Ramblers	01:34:55
10	Celine	Lam & (2nd course)	Vanier Col.
	C. Varvaro &	R. Membreno Garcia	Vanier Col.	01:35:00
11	N. Veluppillai &	Nasrim Ullah (2nd course)	Vanier Col.	01:37:00
12	Veronica	Solnoky	John Abbott	01:41:55
13	Steve	Cabilio	Ramblers	01:45:44
14	Caroline	Fortier	Ramblers	01:46:00
15	Stéphane	Côté &
	Julie	Blouin		01:47:10
16	Satvir	Randhawa	John Abbott	02:00:25
17	Amanda	Brisebois &	John Abbott
	Vanessa	Pilon	John Abbott	03:18:13
18	Kim	Strohmeyer &	John Abbott
	Melissa	Theobald	John Abbott	03:45:42
	Adrian	Bradley (8 of 9 controls)	John Abbott	msp#1 (1:19:45)
	Sean	Skuja (7 of 9 c)	John Abbott	dnf
	Nick	Montecalvo &
	Kathleen	Botter	—	mis'd 1,8,9 dnf
	Paule	Lafontaine &
	P.	Giguere	—	mis'd 8,9 dnf
	Patrick & Therese	Jones	Ramblers	mis'd 8,9 dnf
	Pascal	Moreau &
	Brigitte	Veileux	—	mis'd #9 dnf
1a	Easiest 3 km (11 controls)			{41: 35+6}
1	Sonja	Gates &
	Jason	Cordrey	—	00:34:54
2	Raeann	Rose &
	Bill	Ludlow	—	00:36:54
3	Hélène	Duchesne	Ramblers	00:47:16
4	Michael	Bole &	Ramblers
	Leslie	Hosein		00:53:55
5	Corinne	Waheed	Vanier Col.	00:56:55
6	Jean & Gabriel	St-Denis	—	01:00:05
7	Nicholas (& Julie)	St-Onge, 9; 9 et	—
	Raymond	Roy		01:09:37
8	Ranwa	Mourani	Vanier Col.	01:10:25
9	Sameena	Saleem	Vanier Col.	01:11:00
10	Krystal Kirby	Pascual	Vanier Col.	01:14:31
11	Robin	Jean & Leah Giacobbe	—	01:16:30
12	Anna Karin	Jones (9 yrs.)	Ramblers	01:17:24
13	Nicholas	Raimondo	Vanier Col.	01:17:30
14	Nahidah	Hussainzada	Vanier Col.	01:27:00
15	Tara	Dufort	Vanier Col.	01:29:04
16	Mary & Laura	Goyens	—	01:30:04
17	Nancy	Conley + Sarah, 9 & Emily, 9		01:35:36
18	Cassandra	Maselli	Vanier Col.	01:38:21
19	Paul & Gillian	Stuart + Cameron,8 & Alec,9		01:40:36
20	Jacques	Amzallag	Vanier Col.	01:49:21
21	Christina	Bino	Vanier Col.	01:52:21
22	Marisa	Di Spirito	Vanier Col.	02:00:21
23	Catherine	Varvaro	Vanier Col.	(1:25:45) msp–#10
24	Lucia	Cantore		(1:50:48) msp–#9
25	Jocelyne	Carun		(2:16:30) msp–#9
.	Isabelle	Verier		not timed, msp–#5
.	Jacques & Wendy	Lafontaine		not timed
1b	Easiest 2.9 km (10 controls)			{ 12 }
1	Anh My Celine	Lam	Vanier Col.	01:05:20
2	Navneethan	Veluppillai	Vanier Col.	01:05:50
3	Nasrin	Ullah	Vanier Col.	01:10:00
4	Rene	Membreno Garcia	Vanier Col.	01:10:01
5	Amanda	Woodley	Vanier Col.	01:14:40
6	James John	Pasieka	Vanier Col.	01:15:00
7	Chritopher Amadio	Pagano	Vanier Col.	01:16:00
8	Megan	Fontaine	Vanier Col.	01:28:04
9	Alessia	Ruberto	Vanier Col.	01:30:55
10	Jason Lorenzo	Cervini	Vanier Col.	01:42:33
11	Leya	Bahlou	Vanier Col.	01:43:40
12	Malena	Dimitrova ( 3:31:00 DSQ.)	Vanier Col.	6 of 10 msp'd
Participants: 170: {162 + 8 under 10 yrs.} "Starts": 128
Many students and some adults also did parts of a 2nd course.
Ramblers Orienteering Club