The Flying Pig VI
“A” Meet & World Ranking Event
April 12-14, 2002,
Lebanon, Ohio
35 miles northeast of Cincinnati, Ohio on
I-71
The Pig Sprint, Friday, April
12
A short-course format event with late afternoon
starts.
Camp Whip-poor-will, Girl Scout Camp.
Organized by Miami Valley Orienteering Club (MVOC).
Course Setter: Matt Bond. Vetter: Steve Barnhart.
Start and finish will be within view of parking, less than 150 meters.
The Pig Sprint (Friday) information.
(This is an MVOC Page and may not be maintained indefinitely)
The Classic, Saturday, April
13
Classic distance races including a World Ranking
Event.
Map: Fort Ancient and adjacent camps. Start
at Camp Swoneky.
Organized by Orienteering Cincinnati (OCIN).
Course Setter: Steve Vaughan Controller: Sheldon Friesen.
Start will be less than 400 meters level walk from parking.
Finish will be within 200 meters of parking and probably visible from most parking.
The Farsta, Sunday, April 14
Brown, green, red and blue courses will mass start
in an exciting “one person relay” format.
Orange, yellow and white will have regular interval
starts. Courses will be classic length.
What is a FARSTA? Explanation is here.
Map: Fort Ancient. Start at Fort Ancient State
Historic Site.
Organized by Orienteering Cincinnati (OCIN).
Course Setter: Mike Minium.
Start and finish will be within view of parking, less than 150 meters.
Directions
I-71 exit #36.
Go right (east) on Wilmington Rd.
Immediately turn right on Middleboro Rd, then follow
“orienteering” signs.
All starts will be within 5 miles of the exit, either
directly off Middleboro Rd.
or off Ohio rt. 350 west of Middleboro. Details are below.
Friday
Continue south on Middleboro Road about 3 miles.
You will cross OH 350 and pass Strout Rd on right.
Enter Camp Whip-Poor-Will on right.
Saturday
Within 1 mile, turn right into Camp Swoneky.
Sunday
Go south on Middleboro less than 2 miles.
Turn right on OH 350 for about 1 mile.
Turn left into Fort Ancient State Historic Site.
Large Vehicle Advisory
Trucks and campers must not atempt to use OH 350 west of Fort Ancient.
(between Fort Ancient and I-71).
Steep grades and hairpin turns make this route impassable for large vehicles.
Locator Map
http://www.ocin.org/locator/locator_fortancient.html
Schedule
March 22 Last day to enter
without late fee.
April 12
Sprint starts from 2 pm to 4 pm.
Evening check-in, location tba.
April 13 WRE starts
9 to 11 am.
Regular starts 11 am - 1 pm.
Dinner, 6 pm.
April 14 Mass
start 10 am.
Awards 1:30 pm.
Courses and Classes
All standard USOF courses and classes will be offered.
Note that F 50+ and F 55+ are moved to brown course
this year.
World Ranking Event
All entrants on M-21+ blue and F-21+ red will be
included in the WRE
unless you ask NOT to be included on your entry form. The WRE
start times
will be assigned by random draw and can not be changed. Note
that WRE
participants start before other courses. The WRE is Saturday
only.
If you do not want to participate in the WRE, you
will have a regular start
time after 11 am. Courses: Mike Minium, Controller: Sheldon Friesen.
Awards
Separate awards will be given for each day of competition.
Awards to top 3 places in “age classes” and 1st
place in “course classes”.
Recreational Courses
Recreational courses will be offered on white, yellow and orange.
Day of event registration only. $5 per person or group sharing a map.
No awards are given or times recorded on recreational courses.
Punching
The SportIdent electronic punching system will be
used for all courses.
Be sure to put your SI number on the registration
form.
Rental cards are available for a fee. See
registration form.
Terrain and Maps
All maps will be 1:10,000, 5 m. contour.
Generally, this is typical Midwest ridge and valley
terrain with mixed
hardwood forests. Expect some very steep sections.
The Fort Ancient area has many pre-historic earthworks
and mounds. Crossing over the top of the earthworks is prohibited.
Fort
Ancient sits atop steep bluffs which drop almost 100 meters to the
Little Miami
River. Fort Ancient is a new map, so no preview will be available
but a
small area will be open for training on Friday.
An old (1:7500) map of Camp Whip-poor-will will
be available for viewing
at registration, but there are not copies available for sale.
Shirts
T-shirts designed by OCIN artist extraordinaire,
Greg Sack.
Shirt will include a reproduction of an historic map of the Fort Ancient earthworks!
See the shirt designs.
Dinner
Dinner is a fund raiser for U.S. junior orienteers.
Proposed menu (subject to change): Awesome Chicken,
Vegetarian Cincinnati Style Chili, Cornbread, Broccoli, Salad,
contributed desserts, Iced Tea and Lemonade
Lodging
We will be offering dormitory bunks, cabins and
camping at Camp Swoneky
(on the Ft Ancient map!). Many motels are also available. See http://www.ocin.org/flyingpig/lodging_2002.html
Child Sitting
Please let us know early if you will need this service.
Child sitting will NOT be offered if we have no
requests by March 22!
$3 per hour for first child, $2 for each additional
child from same family.
Child Sitting fees are payable at event, directly
to sitter.
Park Fees
The site use fee for Fort Ancient will be $4 per person for the weekend.
OCIN will collect this fee when you check in at the event.
You must pay this fee if you are doing any of the following:
1. orienteering on Saturday, March 13 or Sunday, March 14
2. visiting Fort Ancient site or museum on Sat. or Sun.
3. non-orienteering family member who will be entering the Ft. Ancient site.
This is a discount over the normal entry of $5 per person per day
and will get you into the site on BOTH days.
You do not need to pay the fee if you are only orienteering on Friday
and will not be visiting the Fort Ancient site.
Fort Ancient's site director, Jack Blosser, will be guest speaker at the
Saturday evening dinner and will give a brief presentation on the history
and archaeology of the Fort Ancient earthworks.
Fort Ancient is operated by the Ohio Historical
Society.
Detailed information about the park and its history may be found at:
http://www.ohiohistory.org
Information
The Event Director is Mike Minium and may be contacted
by e-mail:
at mikeminium@aol.com or by phone at
(513) 523-9279.
Registration
Printable
entry form
Mail entry form to:
Mike Minium
6797 Stillwell-Beckett Rd.
Oxford, OH 45056-8870
Make checks payable in US$ to: OCIN
Entrants from outside the USA may e-mail entry info
to mikeminium@aol.com and pay US$ on
arrival at event.