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THE CANAL CITIES CHALLENGE The Finale of
the 2011 Canal
Cities Orienteering Festival August 6 - 7, 2011  This may be a control on your course! The Eternal Flame Waterfall at Chestnut Ridge Park by
Daniel Novak Photography. Used with permission. All Rights Reserved. Check this page for periodic updates and additional information. This page was originally posted on March 5, 2011. Change to Awards to be based upon the entire weekend of best two of three events. See the Awards section below for details. This change was posted on June 2, 2011 and allows the club to offer better awards. Reference to Saturday Awards Ceremony has been removed from the Our Schedule section, the Picnic section and the Schedule section due to the changes to Awards described above. This change was posted on June 30, 2011 and corrected on July 4, 2011. Times for the Saturday Picnic and Ice Cream Social were changed to 4pm to 6pm in the Schedule section. This change was posted on July 4, 2011. The August 1st through August 5th boxes on the big map above were updated. This reflects a change in the Convention Headquarters from the Harley School to the Cornell University Cooperative Extension, 249 Highland Ave., Rochester, NY. This change was posted on July 6, 2011. Competitors List and Start Times were posted Sunday, July 23rd here.
Meet Director Notes were posted Thursday, July 28th here.
Friday Night Packet Pickup at the Springville Microtel Canceled as of Wednesday, August 3rd. Most competitors picked up their packets already in Syracuse or Rochester. Saturday registration opens at 7:30am. First Day Results were posted Saturday, August 6th at 7:30pm. Second Day Results were posted Sunday, August 7th at 2:30pm. Pictures Thank you to these participants who have shared their pictures with us: Welcome ------ The
Buffalo Orienteering Club invites you to enjoy the Canal Cities Challenge. Our
Middle,
Sprint and Long events, at two unique venues, will also include a BBQ
picnic and ice cream social.
We’ve assembled a wonderful summer “O” experience in upstate New York to rival
our well-received 2009 meet. Our two-day event will be the perfect finale
to the nine days of the 2011 Canal Cities Orienteering Festival. Nine Days of Orienteering ------ The Canal Cities Challenge is just part of nine days of the Canal Cities Orienteering Festival in the
upstate
New York cities of Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo along the Erie Canal. July 30-31
– The two-day US Classic Championships near Syracuse hosted by
the Central New York
Orienteering Club. July 31-August 5
– The Orienteering USA National Convention in Rochester hosted by the Rochester
Orienteering Club. August 6-7
– The Canal Cities Challenge in Sprague Brook and Chestnut Ridge
County Parks in western NY
hosted by the Buffalo
Orienteering Club. Our Schedule ---------- Friday
August 5
– Registration packets will be available for pickup at the Microtel Inn & Suites at 270 S Cascade Dr., Springville, NY 14141 from
6:00pm to 9:00pm. This event has been canceled as of Wednesday, August 3rd. Saturday August 6 – Meet
Headquarters location for Registration, Vendors, Middle, Sprint and Picnic
is Shelter #1 at Sprague Brook Park, 9674 Foote Road,
Glenwood, NY 14069. Saturday morning August
6
– Middle
Distance event with the first start at 10:00 AM at Sprague Brook Park,
a gem of the Erie County Park system with an excellent mix of forested and open
rolling
terrain. This is a 2007 map drafted and field checked by Valentin Vladimirov
of Bulgaria which was used previously for the 2009 Buffalo O Fest Long event.
It has a scale of 1:10,000 with 5-meter contours. Meet Headquarters will be in
Shelter #1. The start/finish area will be a 1 km walk from the Headquarters and
the parking. Results will be posted at the start/finish area. Saturday early afternoon
August 6 – Sprint
event with first start at 2:00 PM at Sprague Brook Park. The Sprint
event will be on the south side of the park in an area that is mostly open.
The Start and Finish will be adjacent to the Meet Headquarters. The map
is a 1:5,000 enlargement of the 1:10,000 map that will be used for the
Middle. Saturday
late afternoon August 6
– There will be a catered BBQ picnic (ticket required) in and around Sprague
Brook
Park Shelter #1 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. The picnic will include an Ice Cream
Social hosted by the Rochester Orienteering Club as a fund-raiser for the O-USA
Junior Team (additional ticket
required). See Picnic section below for details. Sunday
morning August 7
– Long Distance event with first start at 9:00 AM at Chestnut Ridge
Park,
6121 Chestnut Ridge Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127. One of the most popular facilities
of the Erie County Park system with an excellent mix of forested terrain and
scattered picnic areas, the "Ridge" has panoramic views of Lake Erie,
the Buffalo city skyline and Buffalo Bills stadium. This area has been used for
orienteering for many years but this event will feature the debut of a brand
new map produced from an Eddie Bergeron LIDAR and orthophoto basemap. Fieldchecking
is scheduled for June 2011 and will be done by Valentin Vladimirov. The map will
have a scale of 1:10,000 with a 5 meter contour interval. Meet Headquarters will
be in the Casino building directly adjacent to the large main parking lot. The
start will be a 500 meter walk from the Casino. The finish will be in front of
the Casino. Awards for all three of the weekend's events will be presented at
approximately
1:00pm. Electronic Punching ---------- SportIdent electronic punching
will be used on all the competitive courses throughout the event. Competitors
must either own an e-card or rent one for $2.00 per event. Classes & Courses ---------- Complete OUSA class structure will be offered for all three races. The Middle Distance and Long Distance events will have white, yellow, orange, brown, green, red and blue courses. There will be three Sprint courses. Course 1 is for classes that compete on white and yellow courses. Course 2 is for classes that compete on orange, brown and green courses. Course 3 is for classes that compete on red and blue courses. There will also be open classes on each Sprint course. Winning times on Course 1 are expected to be 10 - 12 minutes. On Courses 2 and 3, winning times are expected to be 12 - 15 minutes and the course lengths will be 2 - 3 km. Non-timed
recreational participants may register on Saturday for that afternoon's Sprint
and on Sunday morning for
White and Yellow courses only. All recreational participants will start after
all competitors on those courses and will use pin punching. Recreational registrations are $8 per
course per individual or group. Directions ---------- Friday night
August 5
– This event has been canceled as of Wednesday, August 3rd. The location for pre-meet pickup of Registration packets from 6:00pm
to 9:00pm is our host hotel: Microtel Inn & Suites at 270 S Cascade Dr.,
Springville,
NY
14141, located a short
distance off State Route 219 at the State Route 39 exit. From
Rochester and from
the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, get directions to I-90 / New York
State Thruway and proceed
west,
exiting
onto
Exit
55-Route
219
South. Exit Route 219
onto eastbound State Route 39. Turn right at the first red light onto Boston
Valley
Road /South Cascade Drive. Travel approximately 0.5 miles and turn left into
the
Microtel
parking
lot.
Packet pickup will be inside the motel in the meeting room. Saturday
August 6
– Meet Headquarters location for Registration, Middle, Sprint, Picnic
and Results: Shelter #1 at Sprague Brook Park, 9674 Foote Road,
Glenwood, NY 14069, located a short
distance off State Route 240 in the town of Glenwood, NY 14069. It is approximately
2.5 miles north of Genesee Road in East Concord and approximately 7 miles north
of Springville. From
Rochester and from the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, get directions
to I-90 /
New York
State Thruway and proceed
west,
exiting
onto
Exit
55-Route
219
South. Proceed on Route
219 south to the Genesee Road exit. Turn left at the stop sign in order to proceed
east on Genesee. In
approximately 3.7 miles, turn left onto Route 240 north, then in 2.4 miles right
onto Foote Road. From
the Microtel Inn & Suites in Springville, exit the parking lot right onto
Boston Valley Road / S Cascade Dr. In 0.5 miles, turn right onto State Route
39 / West Main Street, proceeding east through the village of Springville. In
2.4 miles, turn left onto State Route 240. In 5.4 miles, turn right onto Foote
Rd.
The park entrance will
be on your left. After entering, follow volunteers' directions to one of several parking lots. "O" signs
will
be posted from the Route 240/Foote Road intersection. Sunday August 7 – Chestnut Ridge Park
is located at 6121 Chestnut Ridge Road, Orchard Park,
NY 14127. From Route 219 south and north bound, take the Armor Duells Rd
exit east onto New Armor Duells Road. Travel 0.8 miles, then turn right
onto
Chestnut Ridge Road (Route 277). Travel 1.5 miles south to the main entrance
of the park. The entrance will be on your right. Do not turn at Newton Road, about 0.5 miles before the main entrance. "O" signs will be posted from the park entrance. Meet Headquarters
is in the historic Casino
building next to the main parking area. It will be open 8:00am-11:00am. Preview Maps ---------- Preview
maps are available of Sprague
Brook Park and
Chestnut Ridge Park. Both are at a scale of 1:10,000.
The Sprague Brook map will be an 8.5x11inch portion of the map used for the A meet in 2009 and will be essentially the same as the map used for the Middle this year.
The preview map of Chestnut Ridge will be an 8.5x11 inch portion of the former map of this area.
The cost is $5 each which includes first class mailing (folded). Maps will be mailed to US addresses if requested by July 21, 2011.
Otherwise they will be included in the meet packet.
Accommodations ---------- Our host hotel is Microtel
Inn & Suites at 270 S Cascade Dr., Springville, NY 14141,
located a short
distance off State Route 219 at the State Route 39 exit.
OUSA sponsor Motel 6
is located near the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport at 52 Freeman Road, Williamsville, NY 14221, (716) 626-1500. Additional
hotels/motels
in every price range in the Buffalo metropolitan area are within 30 minutes of
the Day 1 site and 15 minutes of the Day 2 site. Clusters include the town of
Hamburg at I-90 exit 57 with a Red Roof Inn, Holiday Inn, Comfort
Inns & Suites and Econo Lodge, the village of East Aurora at
Route 400 exit Maple Street with a Hampton Inn and the historic Roycroft
Inn, and around the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport. Camping:
The
Erie County Parks Department operates a campground at Sprague Brook Park, the
Day 1 meet site. Reservations
may be made by calling (716) 858-8355 or online here. If you camp here,
restrict your pre-competition activities to the roads and the campground. Distances ---------- To assist competitors on deciding where to
stay or how long a drive it is between specific venues, the following are given
as an estimate of driving distances and approximate times with normal traffic.
Buffalo-Niagara
International Airport to US Champs site in Williamstown, NY– 162 miles, 2 hours
40 minutes Airlines ---------- To assist participants who are flying in deciding what airport
to
use, the following list is provided of the airlines serving each.
Syracuse: Air Canada, American Eagle, Continental, Delta, Jet Blue, United Express, US Airways Baby Sitting ---------- Baby
Sitting
will be available for $15.00 per event. In general terms, this is understood to mean 30 minutes before your start time until 30 minutes after your finish. Space must be reserved when registering.
Please specify Saturday morning (Middle), Saturday afternoon (Sprint) or Sunday morning (Long). Picnic ---------- A BBQ catered picnic will be offered in and around Shelter #1 in Sprague Brook Park on Saturday starting at 4:00pm and continuing to about 6:00pm. It will be a buffet-style offering of BBQ chicken, sides and beverages. Seating will be available in the shelter and in a large tent. A large lawn area will also be available for those who wish to bring lawn chairs, blankets, etc. When purchased during registration, tickets are $15 per person for ages 16 and older, $10 for ages 5-15, and $5 for age 4 and younger. When purchased after July 21st, ticket cost is $3 higher, subject to availability. From approximately 4:30pm to 6:00pm, the Rochester Orienteering Club will offer an Ice Cream Social as a fund-raiser for the USA Junior Orienteering Team. Tickets for this event must be purchased separately with a minimum donation of $5. Souvenir T-Shirt ---------- A limited-edition T-shirt will be the perfect remembrance of your weekend.
Pre-order for $12 to guarantee availability of your size. On-site purchases are
priced at $15. Awards ---------- Canal Cities Challenge Awards will be given to the top three eligible individuals
in each class based on results for the entire weekend.
A points system will be used based upon your two best finishes in the same class of the three events.
All awards will be presented at the end of competition on Sunday. REGISTER EARLY Meet Fees ----------Register Early ----------
Online
----------By Mail Fees
are set
on a staggered scale to encourage early entries but we understand that some
individuals may be uncertain far in advance.
Register early anyway. Complete refunds of
entry fees for any cancellation will be given up to July 9th! Cancel by email
to Festival@Buffalo-Orienteering.org.
Below are entry fees
for adults (21 yrs & up on Dec. 31, 2011) and juniors (20 yrs & below
on Dec. 31, 2011) for each race individually when postmarked or registered online
by each deadline. Net
fees for USOF/COF/IOF members after standard discounts are in parentheses.
Online registration is highly recommended, and you can register with the online
system and still send us a check. If you must register by postal mail, please
take extra care as this 9-day event is rather complex. Register online:
complete the online forms, print the waiver, sign and mail the waiver with a
check or execute
an online payment
using a credit card or a PayPal account. Or, register
by mail: print the standard
O-USA
form,
or the COF form, fill out, sign the waiver portion and mail to Gregory Hyatt,
86
Darwin
Dr,
Amherst
NY
14226
with a check in US Funds made out to the Buffalo Orienteering Club. Individuals
not residing in North America must also
register online or by mail, but may choose to bring the waiver and pay on-site
(US funds only). Regular rates shown first (USOF
/COF/IOF member discount rates are in parentheses) Early: Postmark by June 23rd
or Online by June 30th
Adults $25 ($21) Middle Distance $15 ($11) Sprint $25 ($21) Long Distance Juniors $15 ($13) Middle Distance $10 ($8) Sprint $15 ($13) Long Distance Standard: Postmark
by July 7th
or Online by July 14th Adults $35 ($31) Middle Distance $20 ($16) Sprint $35 ($31) Long Distance Juniors $20 ($18) Middle Distance $15 ($13) Sprint $20 ($18) Long Distance Late: Postmark
by July 14th or
Online by July 21st Adults $45 ($41) Middle Distance $25 ($21) Sprint $45 ($41) Long Distance Juniors $25 ($23) Middle Distance $20 ($18) Sprint $25 ($23) Long Distance USOF /COF/IOF member
discount – An active Membership ID # must be supplied or the regular rate
will be charged. If paying by check, make payable to Buffalo Orienteering Club
and mail with a completed O-USA or COF standard entry
form to: Gregory Hyatt, 86 Darwin Drive, Amherst, NY 14226. Questions? Email: Info@Buffalo-Orienteering.org or phone: 716-480-1713.
Please limit calls to reasonable times. Schedule ---------- Packet pickup /
Recreational registration: Friday 8/5/2011 6:00pm – 9:00pm at our host hotel: Microtel Inn & Suites at 270 S Cascade Dr., Springville, NY 14141 This event has been canceled as of Wednesday, August 3rd. Saturday 8/6/20117:30am
– 2:00pm near Sprague Brook Park Shelter #1 (just right
of
park entrance driveway, follow
signs from park entrance) Sunday 8/7/2011 8:00am–
11:00am inside Chestnut Ridge Park Casino Start
times: Saturday 8/6/2011 Middle
Distance First start – 10:00am Sprint
First start – 2:00pm Picnic– 4:00pm to 6:00pm Ice Ceam Social– 4:00pm to 6:00pm Sunday 8/7/2011 Long Distance First start – 9:00am Awards
– approx. 1:00 pm People ---------- Meet
Director: Lincoln Blaisdell,
linc43@roadrunner.com, 716-479-9431, 4715 Ransom Road, Clarence NY 14031. Course
Designers: Middle - David B. Levine,
dlevine@cs.sbu.edu, 716-373-5287, 3299 W Valley View Drive, Allegany NY 14706. Course
Vetters: Middle - Jackie Novkov,
jezibon@yahoo.com, 716-903-1180, 57 Danebrock Drive, Amherst NY 14226. Course
Setter: Jackie Novkov,
jezibon@yahoo.com, 716-903-1180, 57 Danebrock Drive, Amherst NY 14226. Map
Coordinator: Phillip Wolfling,
pwolfling@verizon.net, 716-832-9758, 263 Morris Avenue, Buffalo NY 14214. Meet
Registrar: Greg Hyatt,
Info@Buffalo-Orienteering.org,
716-480-1713, 86 Darwin Drive, Amherst NY 14226. Start,
Finish, Technology & Results: Doug Kennedy, kenned_d@hotmail.com,
716-353-4763, 18 Potter Road, Machias, NY 14101. Hospitality,
Food & Awards: Henry
Davis, henrysooz@verizon.net,
716-626-4234, 70 Fox Chapel Road, Williamsville NY 14221. Safety
Officer: Steve
Lakomy, slakomy@thebeagroup.com,
716-886-3236, 168 College Street, Buffalo NY 14202 |
