Events/Schedule

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
2019
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 2019
September 14-15
Trail O at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, Delmar, NY

  CRNA
Sunday
   Sept 22
Register 11am-1pm
      EMPO event
 Tawasentha Park, Guilderland, NY*
Note date change
SCORE-O, two-hour time limit

Register and start any time between 11-1; course closes at 3pm (all competitors need to return to start/finish by 3)

*Start/finish at winter (free) parking lot 1/4 mi south of 
main park entrance*
Robert Lange
Saturday
October 12
Register 11am-1pm		 Lock 7 Park, Niskayuna, NY

Foot-O and MTB-O

Register and start any time between 11-1 in the parking lot closest to the lock		  Gabor Bobok
Saturday
November 2
Register 11am-1pm		 Club championships
Thacher Park North (parking on Carrick Rd, off Old Stage Rd in East Berne, NY) 

Foot-O 
  Phil Hawkes-Teeter
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 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 Mary Downey is our contact).




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

 

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