Georgia Navigator Cup 2009

Classic A-Meet
Southeast Interscholastic Championships
Extreme O Competition

Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend
January 17-19, 2009
Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park, Pine Mountain, Georgia

The Georgia Navigator Cup is a 2-day total time event
sanctioned by the U.S. Orienteering Federation
Extreme O (Monday) is a challenging fun event

GNC2009 is comprised of these competitions:

1. The Georgia Navigator Cup (2 day total time)
   1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd in USOF standard categories
2. Southeast Interscholastics (SEIS): (2 day total time)
   Individual SEIS categories:
   • M ISV - Varsity Male (Green) – 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
   • F ISV - Varsity Female (Brown) – 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
   • M ISJV - Jr Varsity Male (Orange) – 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
   • F ISJV - Jr Varsity Female (Orange) – 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
   • M ISI - Intermediate Male (Yellow) – 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
   • F ISI - Intermediate Female (Yellow) – 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd
3. Team SEIS categories:
   • SEIS School Varsity Team 3-5 students (M-ISV on Green and/or F-ISV on Brown) - 1^st team
   • SEIS JROTC Team 3-5 students (M-ISV on Green and/or F-ISV on Brown) - 1^st team
   • SEIS School Junior Varsity Team 3-5 students (M-ISJV and/or F-ISJV on Orange) – 1^st team
   • SEIS School Intermediate Team 3-5 students (M-ISI and/or F-ISI on Yellow) – 1^st team

Awards:

• Medals for 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd in USOF standard classes
• Medals 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd in SEIS individual classes
• Trophies 1^st in 4 SEIS team competitions
• Medals for individuals on 1^st SEIS teams

Southeastern Interscholastic Championships
Traveling Team Trophies
Sponsored by Georgia Orienteering Club

General Information

Lunches

Bag Lunches on Saturday and Sunday will be provided by the Stockbridge High School Navy JROTC at meet HQ. You must pre-order lunches on your Registration forms.

T-Shirts

Commemorative T-Shirts may be pre-ordered on your Registration form. Please indicate number and size (XXL, XL, L, M, S). Design as shown will be printed on ash-colored, 100% 6.1oz cotton long-sleeved T-shirts (not the short-sleeved gray that is shown on the mock-up). You must order your T-shirt with your PRE-registration if you want one. There will be NO SHIRTS FOR SALE AT THE MEET.

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Directions & Park Information

F.D. Roosevelt State Park is approx. 80 miles southwest of Atlanta off Interstate Hwy 185. Directions from Atlanta: I-85 South to exit 21 and go South on I-185 to exit 42. Left on U.S. 27 to Pine Mountain, left on GA 354 to the park.

Park website: http://www.gastateparks.org/info/fdr/

Pine Mountain info: http://www.pinemountain.org

FDR State park is the largest of all Georgia State parks and covers about 40 sq km. Pine Mountain, a long narrow ridge, runs across the maps and serves as a backdrop for the courses. The region in which the park is located is a part of the land ceded by the Creek Indians under the Treaties of 1825 and 1826. It was in 1924 that Franklin Delano Roosevelt first visited the warm springs located just to the North in search of relief for his Polio affliction. Building his “Little White House” in Warm Springs, President Roosevelt guided the country through the trying times of the great Depression and World War II. His solutions included various work programs, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Works Progress Agency (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). It was the CCC that built FDR State Park and the WPA that built highway 190 through the park. Many of the buildings, bridges, lakes and camp areas memorialize the efforts of these agencies and the vision of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Accommodations

See Pine Mountain link included above and check on Accomodations.

Pricing for the Orienteering Event per night:

• Fireside Inn: Call for pricing 706-663-4141 -- no maximum # of people in the room
• Days Inn: $59-$62, but only 2 per room
• Valley Inn: $59-$79, for 2 to 4 people, depending; cabin for 4 @ $105; cabin for 6 @$125
• Davis Inn: No pricing yet
• White Columns Motel: $55/room, for 2 people, $10 additional per extra person up to 6 in some rooms

Parking Passes

Georgia DNR Parking Passes are required and may be purchased at packet pickup, from the self-serve boxes in the parking lots, the bait shop, or the park office. Rates are charged based on vehicle capacity, not the number of actual passengers. Cars and vans with 1-12 passenger capacity are $3/day.

School Buses and Vans MUST stop by the Park Office to pick up their Park Passes for the weekend.

Electronic Punching

GNC2009 will have Electronic Punching using the SportIdent system for the Saturday and Sunday main competition. Each participant (except Map Hike & Extreme O) will be required to have an SI Ecard (finger stick). If you own an Ecard, indicate the Ecard number on your registration. If you do not own an Ecard, you must rent one for $2/day, reserve one on your registration form. Participants who lose or damage a rental Ecard will be charged a $40 replacement cost. The same card must be used for both Saturday and Sunday. School coaches are encouraged to monitor their teams’ rental Ecards. For info on how to use Epunching, see our primer in PDF, click here.

Map

F.D. Roosevelt State Park Orienteering Map:
Blue & Red - 1:15,000, 5m contours
All other course – 1:10,000, 5m contours.
Updated Fall 2008
Pine Mountain, a long narrow ridge, runs SW to NE across the map, and serves as the backdrop for the courses, which criss-cross the complex spur/reentrant terrain below the mountain. The vegetation is open hardwood and pine forest.

Courses

USOF standard color courses White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red and Blue will be offered. If pre-registration necessitates it, we'll have 2 Yellow and Orange courses. If you're not sure which course you want, there's a great explanation, click here.

Extreme-O (Monday)

Extreme-O is patterned after a three-day military competition held in a member NATO country each year. Typically, competitors orienteer from several different types of maps, including aerial photographs, quads and topographical maps. Past events have included rope bridge crossings, canoe legs, culvert controls, memory legs and other interesting tests. Due to the nature of the event, advance registration is a must and space is limited to approximately 50, cost is $15. Couples or groups sharing a set of materials/maps count as one. The event begins at 9:00a.m. on Monday. All participants must attend a briefing on Sunday immediately following the awards ceremony at the HQ Shelter.
Anticipate a short course and a long course.

Events Directors: Chuck & Linda Ferguson
Extreme-O Course Setter: Mal Harding

Start Times

First Starts will be approx. 10am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday. Start Times will be posted on the GAOC website one week prior to the event.

Recreational Orienteering (Map Hike)

A limited number of non-competitive Orienteering spaces are available on the White, Yellow and Orange courses. Register at the group shelter Saturday 11a.m.-1p.m. $8 per map, Sunday 10a.m.-noon. Map Hike will use manual punching.

Babysitting

Babysitting is available only while you’re competing. There will be a per-hour charge. Please indicate number and ages of children on your Registration form. Please provide warm clothes, toys, and snacks for your children while they are in our care. Location of babysitting will be meet HQ.

Southeast Interscholastics (SEIS)

The Interscholastics will have 4 team competitions, School Varsity team, JROTC Varsity team, School Junior Varsity team, and School Intermediate team. Note: School and JROTC teams are not mutually exclusive. JROTC teams that meet school team requirements are also eligible for the school team award. Each school may field a maximum of 12 students in the SEIS competition.

Eligibility

School Teams

1. Members must be enrolled full-time at the same private or public accredited school one of these states - North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, or Tennessee. Varsity teams consist of 3-5 members from M-ISV and/or F-ISV classes. Junior Varsity teams consist of 3-5 members from M-ISJV and/or F-ISJV classes. Intermediate teams consist of 3-5 members from M-ISI and/or F-ISI classes.
2. Members must each be able to show school ID for the same school or, if the school does not issue ID’s, a letter from the principal stating that the students are enrolled full-time at the school.
3. Members must meet the eligibility requirements for Individuals in the SEIS competition.

JROTC Teams

1. JROTC teams competing only for the JROTC trophy must be made up of students who are enrolled in the same JROTC unit in accordance with the host military service requirements in one of these states - North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, or Tennessee. Members shall consist of 3 to 5 students who are registered in M ISV and/or F ISV classes.
2. JROTC teams may compete for the Interscholastic Varsity team competition if they meet the school team requirements.
3. Members must meet the eligibility requirements for Individuals in the SEIS competition.

Individuals

To win individual awards competitors must be competing in one of the SEIS classes and must be a full time student attending an accredited school one of these states - North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, or Tennessee.

Individual competition will be held for each of the 6 Interscholastic classes.

• M ISV - Varsity Male (Green)
• F ISV - Varsity Female (Brown)
• M ISJV - Jr Varsity Male (Orange)
• F ISJV - Jr Varsity Female (Orange)
• M ISI - Intermediate Male (Yellow)
• F ISI - Intermediate Female (Yellow)

Each individual starter shall receive a calculated elapsed time or an incomplete designation (DNF, MP, OT). The winning individuals are determined by lowest individual combined time over the 2 days competition.

Scoring

Individual Score

Each individual starter shall receive a calculated elapsed time or an incomplete designation (DNF, MP, OT). The winning individuals are determined by lowest individual time over the day or days competition.

Team Score

Scoring for team awards in two Interscholastic Team Categories, School Varsity and JROTC, will be done as follows:

• For each interscholastic class, define AWT (the average winning time) as the average of the times of the top three competitors in that class who are competing in a team category.
• For each competitor in each class with a valid result, their score is computed as 60*(competitor’s time)/ (AWT for the class).
• For competitors with an OT, MP, DNF or DSQ result, their score will be the larger of 10+60*(course time limit)/ (AWT for the male class) and 10+60*(course time limit)/ (AWT for the female class) for that team category.
• The best three scores each day for each team are combined for a team score.
• Lowest overall team score wins.

Calculation & Display of Scores

For calculation purposes the decimal should be carried as far as the used system will allow.

For display purposes the decimal should be carried one or two places, or as far as necessary to indicate an order or tie. We recommend two decimals be the standard. This would accommodate 10,000 unique individual scores.

Tie Breaking

If two or more scores are exactly the same, break the tie by:

• First – consider the total times. If that fails:
• Second – consider the positions of the teams Fourth members if available. If that fails:
• Third – consider the time of the fourth positions. If that fails:
• Fourth – consider the same as above for the fifth positions. If that fails:
• Fifth – accept the tie. It must be valid.

Registration

Costs & Fees:

Capacities

USOF standard color courses (White, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red and Blue) will be offered. Each course has a capacity of 90 entries on a first-come basis. If needed, we will have separate Yellow and Orange courses for SEIS. Once this capacity on a course has been reached, no more entries for the course will be accepted.

Registration forms

Register using the USOF Standard Entry Form, School coaches may submit their students' registration information via an Excel spreadsheet. The preferred Excel format is available below but you may use your own format if all information is present. Completed Excel files should be emailed to the Registrar and followed up immediately by payment mailed to the Registrar’s address. Signed Waivers of liability for Excel registrations must be received by the Registrar prior to the event.

Individual forms - use USOF Standard Entry form in Word or PDF

School group forms - use Excel file here or may use Individual USOF Standard Entry forms above. If using Excel file to enter, you will also need to print out waivers in Word or PDF

Registration Address

Paper forms and checks to:

David Leach
12016 Gardner Drive
Alpharetta, GA 30009

Send emailed forms to:
registrar@gaorienteering.org

Note: All payments must be made by check or money order. Make checks payable to GAOC.

Registration Deadline

All entries must be postmarked by Monday, January 5, 2009. Entries received after this date will incur a $10 late registration fee.

Applications received after Wednesday, January 14, may be refused registration.

Contacts

Event Director: Martha Carr marthakimcarr@hotmail.com

Registrar: David Leach registrar@gaorienteering.org

Course Setter: Bill Cheatum bcheatum@charter.net

Extreme O: Linda Ferguson cior@aol.com