Ramblers Orienteering Club

Orienteering Street & Mini-park Maze

Dollard-des-Ormeaux – April 27, 2008

We had a wonderful day for our opening event of the Spring season. It was sunny and mild, the last of the snows had disappeared and the folliage was beginning to bud again. Terry Fox park chalet wasn’t yet officially open but DDO Recreation Services were kind enough to provide us with a key to the building. Thanks, Keith !

We had set up three courses. The LONG was 14.2 km, the length of a 1/3 marathon – if run using the shortest route choices. The MIDDLE was 8.3 km and the SHORT was 5.3 km. Each provided about the same degree of navigational difficulty.

Almost all who participated on the SHORT were families, although the three fastest times were posted by individuals: Denise OBriain covered the course in just 39:23. François Belanger, 2nd in 43:09, hadn’t done orienteering since he learned it in a course at Collège Maisonneuve, quite a few years ago. Mary Ellen Montague did her only other O-meet last Fall at the Morgan Arboretum. She came 3rd this time in 56:30. Of the many families who walked the Short Course, the average time to complete it was 75 minutes. Not bad, as many were first-timers. It was nice to frequently see their little ones come running in to the finish, obviously happy with their O experience. Some told of their kids pausing in mini-parks along the way to enjoy play equipment found there.

The MIDDLE course attracted a variety of walkers and runners although the fastest were obviously moving pretty quickly! Anthony Berkers topped the group with a time of 46:12 for the 8.3 km. Michael Bole was 2nd in 48:32 and Andreas Rutkauskas 3rd in 51:20. Jessica Auer was the fastest woman with a time of 58:05.

It was the 1/3 Marathon “LONG Course” that provided the most exciting finish. Eric Lillie* and Dmitri Golovanov had already posted good times (1:19:09 and 1:25:10) when Francis Falardeau, a frequent winner in past events, came back with a super 1:06:01. Simon Denier, who had started five minutes after Francis, was the only runner with a chance of catching Francis. Eyes were on the clock when, with just two minutes to spare, Simon suddenly appeared and sprinted to the finish. His winning time – a flat 64 minutes. That’s 7.7 minutes/km over the 17-control course.

* An interesting sidelight… Eric, in training for the Ottawa marathon, had run from his Baie d’Urfé home to the DDO meet site – as a warm-up. Unfortunately he lost his control card on the course and, what would have been a third place finish, became an unofficial timing. (He did get a drive home with his wife after the race.)

Congratulations to all who participated.

John C

DDO Maze (A Street & Park-Orienteering meet)

April 27, 2008

# 3

LONG — 10.6 km (as the crow flies)     17 controls.     (Best route: 14.2 km / 1/3 Marathon) 

 

 

 

O-Club member

      Time

1

Simon

Denier

Ramblers

01:04:00

2

Francis

Falardeau

Ramblers

01:06:01

3

Dmitri

Golovanov

Ramblers

01:25:10

4

David

Agar

Ottawa O C

01:31:50

5

Jeff

Blezius

Ramblers

01:47:51

6

Dennis

Wyche

—

01:51:00

.

Eric

Lillie

Ramblers

(1:19:09)
unofficial - lost card

 

 

 

 

 

# 2

MIDDLE — 6.35 km (as the crow flies)     8 controls.     (Probable Best Route: 8.3 km ) 

1

Anthony

Berkers

Ramblers

00:46:12

2

Michael

Bole

Ramblers

00:48:32

3

Andreas

Rutkauskas

Ramblers

00:51:20

4

Pierre

Grondin

Ramblers

00:54:00

5

Bruce

Glen

Ramblers

00:55:00

6

Jessica

Auer

Ramblers

00:58:05

7

Patrick

Demers

—

01:04:22

8

Jean-François

Côté

—

01:09:38

9

Frederick

Fortier  &

Ramblers

01:17:23

 

  Rachel

  Carbonneau

Ramblers

 

10

Sylvie

Perrault  &

Ramblers

01:27:18

 

  Marc

  Davignon

Ramblers

 

11

Raymond

Roy

—

01:28:00

12

Sondra

Tremblay  &

—

01:29:00

 

  Christian

  Reid

—

 

13

Steve

Cabilio

Ramblers

01:31:27

14

Patrick

Fernet  &

Ramblers

01:39:13

 

  Louise

  Valiquette

Ramblers

 

15

Elaine

S

Ramblers

01:40:00

16

Richard

Aronoff

Ramblers

01:40:33

17

Mathilde

Schneebeli

—

01:41:50

18

Marie-Hélène

Tremblay  &

Ramblers

01:46:20

 

  Alain

  Gauthier

—

 

 

  Bibiane

  Charland

—

 

19

Sylvaine (group)

Grousset  &  3 adults :

—

02:51:30

 

  Valerie Gaufre, Bonnie Fung-On,  Hugo Chavez + Anais, 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

# 1

SHORT — 4.0 km (as the crow flies)     7 controls.     (Probable Best Route: 5.3 km ) 

1

Denise

OBriain

Ramblers

00:39:23

2

François

Belanger

Ramblers

00:43:09

3

Mary Ellen

Montague

Ramblers

00:56:30

4

Marie-Josée

Alarie  &

—

01:00:57

 

  Michel

  Casavant  + 2 enfants: 6 & 4 ans

 

 

5

Jacek

Majewski   + Daniel (5)

 

01:01:54

6

Matt & Elizabeth

McMahon

Ramblers

01:03:17

7

Mary & Laura

Goyens

Ramblers

01:07:26

8

Richard & Barbara

Styrczula  + Ryan (15)

Ramblers

01:08:00

9

Beat

Richert  + Yoska (6)

Ramblers

01:08:13

10

Brian & Diane

Styrczula + Amanda(14),Justin(12)

Ramblers

01:10:56

11

Steve

Shaw  &

Ramblers

01:13:41

 

  Kitt

  Richard  + Nathaniel,16, Robin,11

Ramblers

 

12

Stéphane

Gauthier  +  Jade, 12

Ramblers

01:14:10

13

Carlos

Hernandez  &

Ramblers

01:18:21

 

  Jocelyne

  Caron  + Sara,4,  Maxim,10 mois

Ramblers

 

14

Linda

Homsy group - with

—

01:18:56

 

  Stepto & DiTomasso families (3 adults + 4 kids: 8,9,10,12)

 

15

André & Marian

Cornellier + 4 kids: 7, 10, 12, 14

Ramblers

01:19:20

16

Loydie

Majewska  + Darius, 7

—

01:22:40

17

Jean

Gauthier  +  Kia, 7

Ramblers

01:29:57

18

Marisol

Stevenson  + Matilda, 4

Ramblers

01:56:14

19

Chantal

Pharand  &

Ramblers

02:00:20

 

  Marc

 De Laplante + Stephanie,8, Alex 5

Ramblers

 

.

Steven

Zeitz & Tina  + Hilary, 10

—

not timed

.

Lise

Casavant  &

—

DSQ missed #2

 

  Josée

  Casavant + 2 Maxime 6, Sacha 2

 

 

.

Valerie

Scott   &

Ramblers

DNF

 

  David

  Shelton  + Rachel, 9,  Nicole, 6

Ramblers

 

 

 

 

 

 

48 "starts";   103 participants, including 12 who were 10–16 yrs.,  16 under 10 yrs.

 

 

 

 

 

Ramblers Orienteering Club