Ramblers Orienteering Club

REPORT: Mount Royal Park Event – May 13, 2007

Sunny weather, even if a little on the cool side, invariably brings out lots more people, especially amongst those doing the two easier courses. Course 1, in fact, drew a total of 37 people plus ten kids under 10 years of age – the tiniest being carried in a backpack.

Times for the 2.4 km course ranged from a fast 40 minutes by the John & Madeleine Carr family, to an average of 80 minutes, and a very relaxed max of two hours.

Course 4 was 7.3 km with 22 controls. Unfortunately, it suffered from a control (#14) that was misplaced by almost 40 meters. Even so, almost all on the course persevered and located the “rootstock”. The fastest time – 62 min. 10 sec. – was recorded by Thomas Kneubühler. Stephen Novosad took 1:09:11 and Anthony Berkers 1:15:04.

The times are tainted, however, by the course-setting error.

Course 3 was lead by Christophe Deprez (51:27), with Bertrand Lemaitre (58:40), Matthieu Babeau (1:07:45) and Evan Pierce (1:07:50) close behind. There were 13 entries in this 4.6 km (straight-line measurement) course.

Course 2 was a little more challenging than #1 and not quite as technical as #3. After some instruction from Thomas K, Andreas Rutkauskas fleet-footed it around the 3.5 km in just 39:12. Stephen Novosad and his 10-year-old son, Tobin, completed the same 13-controls course in 41:44, and Maksim Kirtsman and sister, Ilya, did it in 58:37.

Andreas apparently enjoyed chasing down the controls so much that he volunteered to pick up all 43 of them – which he did first thing Monday morning.

Pierre Dillenbourg was a surprise entry to our event. From Lausanne, Switzerland, he was visiting Montreal for a conference and was here only for the weekend. To clear his head after his flight he decided to go for a run on the mountain. He spotted a competitor with a map in his hand and asked whether there was an Orienteering meet in progress. Pierre then found us on the hilltop and, even though he didn’t have a penny in his running shorts, we gave him a map – of Course 4. (His choice). He completed the Long-Advanced in 1:46:48) – without a compass ! These Swiss certainly have a knack with our sport !!

SPECIAL THANKS to Gloria (registration), Elaine (starts), Bruce (instruction) and Andreas flag pick-up.

J

Ramblers Orienteering Club

ORIENTEERING RESULTS

 

Mount Royal Park — May 13, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#4 — LONG-ADVANCED      7.3 km   (22 controls)         {13 / 14 – }

 

 

 

O-Club

Time

1

Thomas

Kneubühler

Ramblers

01:02:10

2

Stephen

Novosad

Ramblers

01:09:11

3

Anthony

Berkers

Ramblers

01:15:04

4

Stéphane

Rousseau

Ramblers

01:18:22

5

Dmitri

Golovanov

Ramblers

01:27:41

6

Bruce

Glen

Ramblers

01:34:49

7

Jean-François

Gagne

 

01:36:01

8

Frédérick

Houle

Ramblers

01:44:21

9

Patrick

Daigle &

 

01:44:56

 

   Caroline

   Emond

 

 

10

Pierre

Dillenbourg

Switzerland

01:46:48

11

Dominic

Samoisette

Ramblers

01:47:33

 

Steve

Cabilio

Ramblers

not timed

 

Francis

Falardeau

Viking

DQ #4 & 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3 —  Short-Advanced       4.6 km    (14 controls)           {13 / 14 – }

1

Christophe

Deprez

Ramblers

00:51:27

2

Bertrand

Lemaitre

 

00:58:40

3

Mathieu

Babeau

 

01:07:45

4

Evan

Pierce

 

01:07:50

5

Eric

Rondeau

Viking

01:08:16

6

Raymond

Roy

 

01:22:54

7

Jean-Claude

Deslaurier

Viking

01:25:40

8

Oliver

Cordoba

Ramblers

01:26:45

9

Gaell

Baboyeau

 

01:30:30

10

Stanley

Lee

Ramblers

01:46:10

11

Richard

Aronoff

Ramblers

01:56:21

12

Claude

Desjardins  &

 

02:15:33

 

  Marie-Claude

  Desjardins

 

 

13

José

Beaudet

 

02:34:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2 —  Intermediate           3.5 km    (13 controls)              {14 /  22 +2}

1

Andreas

Rutkauskas

 

0:39:12

2

Stephen & Tobin 10

Novosad         2nd run º

Ramblers

00:41:44

3

Maksim  &  Ilya

Kirtsman

 

00:58:37

4

Barbara

Schumann + Dominic 7, Andrea 10

Ramblers

01:01:45

5

Patrick

Fernet

Ramblers

01:07:42

6

Mary & Laura

Goyens  and

Ramblers

01:28:40

 

   Anne Marie

   Thomas

—

 

7

Tara

Mitrovka   &

 

01:38:08

 

   Jennifer

   McComb

 

 

8

Elaine

S

Ramblers

01:40:14

9

Sondra

Goldman  + Joshua 6

Ramblers

01:59:20

10

Marie-Hèlène

Tremblay   &

 

02:08:30

 

   Alain

   Gauthier

 

 

11

Sylvie

Perrault

 

02:12:15

12

Thomas

Davignon

 

02:30:13

.

François

Beaudet

 

not timed

.

Wendy

Lafontaine   &

 

dnf - not timed

 

   Margaret

   Boyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#1 —  Novice           2.4 km          (10 controls)               { 16 /  37 +10 }

1

John & Madeleine

Carr  + Gabrielle,10, Jonny, 8

Ramblers

00:40:00

2

Robert

Darby  + Keven, 10

 

00:49:10

3

Katel

Deprez  + baby Méliane

Ramblers

00:49:43

4

Niki

Kolokotronis   &

 

00:54:00

 

   Maria & Tina

   Alexis

 

 

5

Charles

Huot  + child

Ramblers

00:55:55

6

Christine

Schwab  &

 

01:03:40

 

   Fernand

   Vallee

 

 

7

Marc & Chantal

DeLaplante/Pharand + 2 (4&7 yrs)

Ramblers

01:06:00

8

Yichao

Chen  &

 

01:10:00

 

   George

   Ciobanu

 

 

9

Rachel

Carbonneau  &

 

01:17:12

 

   Frédérick

   Fortier  + Kyra, 6

 

 

10

Martin

Janssen grp (3 adults, 3 child.)

 

01:24:00

11

Poonam

Kumar  &

 

 

 

   Dan

   Gunasekaram

 

01:44:40

12

Walter & Stephanie

Novosad  + Zoe, 10

 

01:54:00

13

Jacquie & Serge

Therrien

 

02:10:00

.

Isabel

Sigouin + 2 children of 2½ ans

Viking (1:07:00)

missed #10

.

Farial / Allison / Jen

Desai / Fraser / Tum

(1:55:00)

missed #7

.

Sophie

Therrien  &

(2:29:00)

missed #7

 

   Francis

   Hamel  + children, 9 & 11

 

 

Starts / Participants + children under 10; lessº

55 / 86 +12

Ramblers Orienteering Club