Congratulations to Bridget Hall and Keegan Harkavay of NEOC who are on the 2021 Junior National Team. Congratulations also to Bridget for joining the Senior team Development squad, and to Mori Finlayson for joining the Junior Development Team.

Read the full announcement on the OUSA site.

The JWOC Selection Committee will choose up to six young male and six young female athletes to represent the USA at the 2021 Junior World Orienteering Championships this July in Turkey.

Because of the lack of competition in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, selection of the 2021 team will be entirely by petition. Read the official announcement, containing a link to the selection criteria.

Happy New Year!!

What a year we have had!! So much has changed, and much has been lost, but some new and different paths have been opened.

While we were not able to hold our traditional orienteering meets, we were creative in finding ways to get “out into the woods.”

The new model of printing your own maps at home and going out to courses, set by our fabulous group of volunteer course setters, has been a great success. I have seen people who were not able to attend weekend meets, for whatever reason, go out on a preset course during the week when they are able.

Missing the group aspect of the sport as we have had in the past is difficult. But with proper distancing, printing maps at home, and the wide opportunity to orienteer when you are able, many had a chance to continue with a sport we love. All in all, a much needed antidote to the limits in so many other aspects of our lives.

I want to thank the many members who pitched in to set up courses for BYOM events. The training events also were something we had never done before at this level. We introduced QR codes, and even got through an event with scheduled start times. All of that was due to lots of great work from club members.
I want also to personally thank the Board of Directors for getting the club to seamlessly pivot to the new formats of events. It has been a pleasure to work with the BOD members—they have made my job so much easier.

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Now, an update from our Mapping Group chair, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., who has been churning out new maps and updating old ones!

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Join NEOC (or renew your membership) now and be ready for orienteering in 2021.
(All 2020 memberships expire on December 31, 2020.)

Member benefits now include:

• Free map downloads for Bring-Your-Own-Map events
• Access to map downloads for members-only training courses

Your member card will be e-mailed to you right after payment, and you can get another copy sent any time.

Read the details and join/renew now.

Continuing Mike Cooper's "think aloud" video series, this time on the "Advanced A" training course at Hammond Pond. Follow his route on NEOC's Routegadget.

Send your feedback on these videos to Mike.