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Auckland Orienteering Club Club social, prizegiving and AGM aa Friday 12 February 2016, from 6.30 pm aa Come join us for this social and BBQ at the Cory-Wright's place in Pt Chevalier. aa The AGM will start at 6.30pm and follow with social, dinner and prizegiving for club awards, club champs and the AOS series. If you’re coming please bring either a salad or a desert to share and BYO alcohol if desired. We'll provide non-alcoholic drinks plus meat, etc for BBQ. All members are very welcome.  aa Venue 4 Lister St, Pt Chevalier  RSVP 845 4106 or 027 676 0899 or email me for catering purposes  aa |
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Raewyn Bennett Raewyn, a long standing member of AOC, passed away last month. Raewyn made an enormous contribution to club life including roles as our Treasurer and equipment officer. A few members attended a memorial service for Raewyn in December. This was a fitting celebration of her life and contribution to yachting, conservation and orienteering. Raewyn’s knowledge was vast. Orienteering is a complex sport - we ask people if we can use their land, we ask that members build things for us, we ask if members can fix things and we ask for advice. Everything is done with precision and the highest levels of accuracy. All this work, voluntary of course, was the true domain for Raewyn. Our orienteering controls built by Raewyn and John are the best there's ever been. Others have fallen but the Bennett's controls stood. Raewyn also procured our big purchase of high tech equipment and managed exchange rate dealings and freight forwarders as well as the finances in her role as Treasurer. If you needed a "bloke" with a 4WD Raewyn would be the first to put her hand up. The steep sandy tracks in Woodhill Forest were no problem to her. Towing a fully loaded caravan with equipment - no problem.  Raewyn was instrumental in organising the 24 hour Rogaine AOC hosted a few years ago. This was a huge logistical challenge for the club but Raewyn without even a blink was up for the whole 24 hours organising and delivering logistics to the most remote parts of the Port Waikato area. Raewyn also understood what was required to manage first aid and safety issues. Without her our club may have breached the required standards many times. Raewyn's volunteering was enormously inspiring and energising. We have lost a great member but the amazing legacy that Raewyn has left for the club will be visible for many years ahead. The club sends it’s deepest sympathies to John, Jono and Alex and the wider family. |
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M. Crosby - 100 events in 2015 (actually 101) a …...impressive stats Martin a |
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2016 events a A programme of Auckland events is in draft form for 2016. Whilst a few members will be putting a lot of time into planning for 2017 we still have a full programme including forest and sprint trainings. The calendar will be published as soon as it is finalised. a |
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Summer Nav - safety and security aa During our first Summer Series event at the Domain this year some orienteers came across a few more 'camps' than usual. We’re very aware that encountering a camp can be off-putting and particularly daunting if occupied when down in some of the deepest green bits of the Domain. We’ve been speaking with Auckland Council regarding the issue and realistically we expect that the camps will be difficult to clear. Our final Summer Nav event is at the Domain on. We’ve agreed that only courses 1 and 2 will go into the green parts of the lower Domain and that controls will be located away from the known camp areas. a If you have questions please contact me. Cheers Guy |
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Club laptop aa One of our club laptops has gone missing. If in your travels you come across an unfamiliar device with various orienteering software installed (OCAD, Sport Ident, etc - it will be obvious) please get in touch. It was one of our older club laptops but still used at events. a |
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