ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS October 19 to 21, 2012

DVOA
Delaware Valley Orienteering Association
THE 2012
NORTH AMERICAN
ORIENTEERING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
IN THE FALL OF 2012, The Delaware Valley Orienteering
Association, in cooperation with the Pocono Environmental
Education Center, will welcome the world’s orienteers to the
Delaware Water Gap in northeastern Pennsylvania, USA for three
days of world-class orienteering, camaraderie, and spectacle. The
event will offer competitors of all levels the chance to enjoy some
of the most spectacular terrain in the US, allow elite competitors to
participate in three WREs in the middle, long, and sprint disciplines,
and showcase a capstone national team relay to determine which
nation will go home with the Björn Kjellström Cup.
Photo: Will Smith
Photo:Petr Hartman
October 19 to 21, 2012
Delaware Water Gap,
Pennsylvania, USA
Competitors who are traveling from far afield may want
to prepare for NAOC 2012 by visiting world-famous
Surebridge Mountain and the other maps and terrain of
the 1993 World Orienteering Championships—the only
World Orienteering Championships ever held in North
America. This fantastic terrain is located just 100 km by
car from the event center. Also just 100 km away is a
completely different experience. Manhattan, the center
of New York City, beckons with its bright lights and
unrivaled dynamism.
EVENT CENTER
TRAVEL
The Pocono Environmental Education
Center (PEEC) is the event center and
a focal point for the entire long weekend.
Its doors will open Thursday evening to
over 300 participants who will lodge,
eat, and socialize together on the
beautiful campus. PEEC offers numerous
individual and group lodging options
and many communal gathering areas,
including an award-winning new dining
facility. PEEC offers great lodging
flexibility. From single-family cabins
to large group residences, there is a
configuration for everyone.
The event center is just 100 km away by
car from Newark Liberty International
Airport, which features numerous non-stop
flights to most locations in Europe and
North America. Domestic travelers may
find attractive fares and convenient flights
to Lehigh Valley International Airport
or Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International
Airport, also just 100 km away.
There is bus transportation from
Stroudsburg, PA directly to New York
City several times daily.
THE SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 18, 2012
• PM: Model event opens (PEEC)
• PM: Event center opens (PEEC)
• PM: Informal social activities (PEEC)
Friday, October 19, 2012
• AM: Model event opens
• PM: Middle event (Adam’s Creek)
[World Ranking Event–WRE]
• Evening: Award ceremony, reception,
and social activities (PEEC)
Saturday, October 20, 2012
• AM: Long event (Egypt Mills) [WRE]
• PM: Model event closes
• Evening: Award ceremony and banquet
(PEEC)
Sunday, October 21, 2012
tourist info
• 9 AM: Sprint (PEEC) [WRE]
• 11 AM: National team relay (PEEC)
• PM: Awards and the presentation
of the BK Cup
• PM: Closing ceremony
• PM: Event center closes
Chosen for its natural surroundings, high quality of its active lifestyle and
booming growth of its business community, the Pocono Mountains is home to
the 2012 North American Orienteering Championships. Located within driving
distance of most major East Coast cities, the Pocono Mountains region is
home to rolling mountain terrain, breathtakingly beautiful waterfalls, thriving
woodlands, 170 miles of winding rivers, 261 miles of hiking and biking trails, and
bustling downtowns with cafés, quaint shops and historical landmarks. Autumn
in the Pocono Mountains offers visitors dazzling shows of color and the
chance to get away and reconnect with nature. Learn more about the Pocono
Mountains from NAOC 2012 Partner Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau’s
Official website: www.800poconos.com.
REGISTRATION AND KEY DATES
January 1, 2012: online registration opens
with early-bird fees available
June 1, 2012: first fee increase
October 1, 2012: second fee increase.
Only online registration with full payment
allowed after this date
October 8, 2012: Registration closes
COMPETITION AND CLASSES
Standard Orienteering USA courses,
classes, and rules will be in place for the
entire event, with the exception of the
relay and any exceptions required by the
IOF for the WRE competitors. (http://
orienteeringusa.org/rules)
The relay competition will be limited to a
small number of 3-person national elite
and elite junior teams. But, with this race
sharing the same arena as the Sunday
sprints, all competitors will be able to easily
transition from running to spectating as the
Björn Kjellström Cup completion is decided
at high noon on the last day.
Start draws for the WRE courses will be
done in accordance with IOF rules with
an eye towards providing an exciting
conclusion to each day’s racing. The top
elites will generally be last on the start list.
LODGING
At the PEEC Event Center
Event center accommodations include a
limited number of small cabins (hosting
4-6 people), and many larger dormitory
styles cabins. There are also yurts. Lodging
includes some meals (lunches are bag
lunches that can be picked up at breakfast).
Lodging at the event center will go fast—be
sure to book early.
Offsite
Discounted rates are available at
Fernwood Resort (about 10 minutes to
the event center).
• Single or double occupancy hotel rooms
• Villas accommodating 2-6 people
Additionally, there are many chain hotels
in East Stroudsburg (about 30 minutes to
the event center) including Hampton Inn,
Holiday Inn Express, Days Inn, Super 8,
Budget Inn, and more.
Photo: Will Smith
THE NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE BJÖRN KJELLSTRÖM CUP
The NAOCs have been contested every two years since the early 1970s. Most of
those years have featured a competition between the elite athletes from the US
and Canada. Named for orienteering luminary and co-founder of the United States
Orienteering Federation, Björn Kjellström, this competition had generally been
dominated by Canada, until the US broke the Canadian streak in 2010. The athletes
from north of the border will be out to avenge this loss when teams reconvene.
The competition will be even more furious at NAOC 2012 with the debut of a
fourth event. After the last individual race on Sunday—the sprint—participants will
gather to watch as the top North American orienteering athletes in the junior and
adult elite categories race head-to-head in a relay, with a total winning time of
under one hour.
TIMING
Photo: Eddie Bergeron
All days competitions will use
SPORTident epunching.
special focus on
event production
One of North America’s most
knowledgeable competitors and
arena announcers will lead the
announcing crew, aided by radio
controls and spectator controls, with
live results at the arena each day.
We also want to allow off-site
audiences to tune in. For those
watching from home, timely results
on www.NAOC2012.org will allow
fans to keep in touch with the action
as it unfolds.
COMPETITION AREAS
MAPS
Each day will revolve around a carefully
selected arena, offering refreshments,
announcing, media, and sponsor and
club tents. Competitors will be bused
to Friday’s and Saturday’s events from
the event center or off-site parking. On
Sunday, with many competitors staying
onsite at PEEC, the sprint and relay arena
will be a short walk away.
Respected mappers for NAOC 2012
include Mark Dominie, Alexey Zuev,
Vladimir Zherdev, and Bob Burg. Each
have extensive mapping experience and
have produced maps for premier national
or international events. Existing maps
of similar terrain at the Delaware Water
Gap (produced by Mark Dominie) will be
available to purchase in advance of the
competition.
Photo:Petr Hartman
terrain
THE DELAWARE WATER GAP
LONG AT EGYPT MILLS
SPRINT AND RELAY AT PEEC
The glaciated Delaware Water Gap
uplands are bisected by the Delaware
River, which flows several hundreds of
meters below the mapped plateau. Shale
may be found through the area, especially
in stream beds and some barrens, and
sandstone and conglomerate are visible
in areas of small to moderate height
cliff faces that can follow ridgelines
for some hundreds of meters. A few
discrete boulders will be found through
the forest. Vegetation is mixed: the
competition areas are covered by at least
50% conifer forest, with the remainder
mature deciduous forest where oak
predominates. The conifer forest—oldgrowth hemlocks—is dramatically open
and incredibly fast.
The long area is covered by many parallel
ridges, occasionally punctuated by deep
ravines. It has a moderate trail network,
and numerous watercourses, marshes,
and ponds, and some beaver activity.
It is a decidedly dramatic location. The
Egypt Mills map contains portions of
the existing Stuckey Pond map. Male
and female elite classes will use 1:15,000
ISOM maps.
Sunday is all about PEEC. While this
area is entirely contained on the existing
Spackman Creek map, substantial
new building and improvements have
transformed the campus. Also, as the
sprint map will be mapped to ISSOM
standards, rather than 1:15,000 ISOM
standards, it will present a completely
different experience to competitors. The
forest area is generally open, but will offer
a greater density of contour features than
found in the other stages. The relay map
will be mapped to 1:10,000 scale.
MIDDLE AT ADAM’S CREEK
Some of the forest in the middle area
is younger and denser than in other
areas. Unlike other days, competitors will
traverse areas of reclaimed farmland,
with mixed rough open punctuated by a
number of stone walls. The middle area
has few substantial water features and
limited trails. This is entirely new terrain.
Indicative long terrain.
At 1:15,000 scale. ISOM.
Indicative sprint mapping. ISSOM standards.
Indicative relay terrain.
At 1:10,000 scale. ISOM.
NAOC 2012 partners
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www.peec.org
Indicative middle terrains.
At 1:10,000 scale. ISOM.
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