Events/Schedule

Rensselaer Plat-O Traverse > latest information and registration updated 9/25/18

We hold events open to everyone in the Spring and Fall, and try to hold Ski-O or Snowshoe-O events in the Winter if the weather gods cooperate. Summer is too hot and humid and the woods are too thick. However, if club members want to organize an summer evening sprint or street O event or something similar, contact one of the officers and/or Janet Tryson for ideas.

NEW: Registration/start for all EMPO events is from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, unless otherwise noted.

Entry fees for standard EMPO events are as follows:

  • EMPO members: $5 with a $13 maximum per family (for those with an EMPO family membership)
  • non-members: $10 with a $25 maximum per family
  • large groups: $5/$10 (member/non-member) for the first two groups' maps and $5 for each additional map
  • first-timer or white (orienteering novice) course: $5 (both member and non-member)
  • Fall Scout-O event: $4 per map (one map required per Scout)

  • SI stick rental for timing ("stick"=timing chip; most courses use electronic timing--also called e-punching--from SportIdent): $2
    [You can purchase your own stick, from one of several vendors listed here: Orienteering USA vendors page; or sometimes through from EMPO if any are still for sale.]
Maps (without a course) may be purchased for $5 per copy.

Wondering what all the symbols on the 'clue sheets' (control descriptions) mean? Check out this guide.

Join Empire Orienteering Club!
         Our membership form is found on the Club Information page (and by clicking the link above).

For directions to the park and information about the map, click on the park's name in the schedule below.

To find other orienteering events, check one of the following links (or check out the schedules of other clubs in the region, listed below the schedule):

Find mailing lists that connect communities of orienteers in the U.S. and beyond.


Note: See link at top of page for Winter/Ski-orienteering events
2018
Date /
   Registration window for EMPO Events
  Place / Details
Check the map link for directions, then watch for Orienteering signs to parking.
 		 Contact(s) / information
Contact the event director for more information

FALL EVENTS

Sat-Sun
September 8-9
 Orienteering Training Weekends
at Hickory Run S.P. (Pennsylvania; see DVOA)
and Pawtuckaway SP (New Hampshire; see UNO)
> DVOA
> UNO
Sunday
 September 16
Register 11am-1pm
EMPO event
 Pleasant Valley Farms, Berne, NY

Score-O format

 Bob Lange
Saturday
 September 22
30 Years of Pond Mountain, Kent, Connecticut
One-day National Ranking Event (NRE)
Western Connecticut Orienteering Club
other training courses available on Sunday
Saturday
  October 13
Mass start 11:00* AM
EMPO event
Rensselaer Plat-O Traverse, Pineridge XC Ski Center to Grafton Lakes State Park, Grafton and Poestenkill, NY
Rec courses also available - see newly
 Pre-registration required
 Phil Hawkes-Teeter
Friday-Sunday
October 19-21
U.S. Orienteering Nationals
(individual championships in Sprint/Middle/Long)
South Bend, IN; Plymouth, IN; Brighton, MI
 Pre-registration required
October 28
 		Harriman Orienteering Festival
(goat-type event starting at Lake Welch, with shorter options)
 		 Pre-registration required
 Info / Registration
Saturday or Sunday
  October 27 / 28
tentative
EMPO event

event director needed
 !!! Need an event director / course setter !!!

(team up with another club member)
Sunday or Monday
  November 11 / 12
Register 11am-1pm
EMPO event
Dwaas Kill / Kinns Road Park, Clifton Park, NY

EMPO Club Championships
 Frank Boscoe
We'd love to hold more EMPO events, but need event directors!

Team up and split the work; try something new!
 We're always looking for adventurous people to learn about event directing and course designing! Contact Phil or Frank if you would like to organize something  this spring or fall.

Thank you for attending our previous meets! Find results for all events here.

To train at any time, visit Grafton Lakes State Park and ask for a permanent-course map at the Park Office (Park Naturalist Liz Wagner is our contact).



     

For additional events, try the following area clubs, or check the race schedule on Attackpoint.org:

 

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