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Good luck to all the NEOC members and friends headed to the Junior World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic (starting June 29) and the World Orienteering Championships (starting July 14) in Finland, including team USA members Alex Jospe, Brendan Shields, Anna Shafer-Skelton, Isabel Bryant, Carl Underwood, and Meg Parson! Eveyone in the club is proud of all your hard work. Good luck, and go Stars & Stripes!
Follow both teams on the Team USA Blog.
New England Orienteering Club
Annual General Members Meeting & Picnic
June 9, 2013 Wells State Park, Sturbridge MA
Held in conjunction with Mountain bike O & foot O
Everyone is invited to orienteer, picnic and meet to elect new board members for the club.
Check the schedule listing for June 9 for details of the picnic/barbeque and meeting, including time and what to bring. It's a great chance to relax after orienteering, enjoy good food and company.
There are five board positions open for re-election this year. At this time there are four candidates for those positions. If you or someone you know would consider serving on the board contact Pete Frykman, head of the Nominating Committee.
NEOC Board member Jeff Saeger, together with Janet Porter of DVOA, were presented with Orienteering USA's 2013 President's Award, for their "long time service to the Junior Orienteering Team." See the OUSA website for the full story and a photo.
Congratulations, Jeff!
NEOC Members (current & former) on the U.S. Senior Team:
Alex Jospe, Brendan Shields, Anna Shafer-Skelton, Isabel Bryant, and former members who moved out-of-state Samantha Saeger, Ross Smith, and Ali Crocker
NEOC Members on the U.S. Junior Team:
Meg Parson, Carl Underwood, and Isabel Bryant
These competitors will proudly represent USA this year at the World Orienteering Championships in Finland and the Czech Republic!
NEOC member and perennial winner of the finish split Ben Gallup enjoys playing around with data in his free time. He generated the following visualization of the Billygoat by grabbing the GPS tracks of participants off the orienteering community website, Attackpoint, and animating them. Check out the results...