Thanks for a great weekend everyone!

A quick note of thanks & congratulations from the organizers to all the participants of the 2013 Barebones weekend. We truly enjoyed putting on the races and appreciated the great atmosphere of sportsmanship and appreciation of the outdoors. We hope that you enjoyed the Family Camp and the various head-to-head racing formats, and we look forward to doing it all again next year!

Barebones 2013 volunteers:
* Deanne Stephen - Family Camp organizer, volunteer coordinator, lunch planner, ... Well - the list is never ending
* Adrian ZIssos - Meet Director / Course planner (Setup/Chase/THOMASS)
* JP Buysschaert - Urban O: course planner
* Marion Owen - FARSTA course planner
* David Campden - FARSTA course planner and photos
* Jane Rowlands - map printing and much more
* Justine Scheck - Cup Cake O-rgnaizer
* Alaric Fish - vetting and test running
* Don Bayly - vetting
* Brian May - the one-armed vettor
* Toni Louhisola - putting out controls, picking up controls, elk consulting
* Kitty Jones - vetting
* Karen Martino - timing
* Charlotte MacNaughton - lots of timely work getting things done
* Jean MacNaughton - Registration
* Tor Aksland - Safety Chief
* Adrienne Cohen, Magali Robert - First Aid
* Greame, Alix, Darya, Emma - presentations
* Alix Stephen - medals
* Pollie Lumby - photos

Special thanks to 
  • Town of Canmore - for permitting us to run in town & finish at Veteran's Park
  • Canmore Nordic Centre - always a pleasure to work with. What a great day it was!
  • Alberta Tourism, Parks, and Recreation - for permitting us to run in this grand terrain at Mt Laurie
  • Francis Cooke landfill - for being so accommodating in letting us park on Sunday
We have packed the 18th annual Barebones weekend full with socializing and orienteering. Lots of exciting head to head racing, including the return of The Barebones Chase and two mass start races. As always with Barebones you are guaranteed:
  • challenging, well designed courses
  • courses suitable for all levels - elite to first timers, kids to superstars, old vets to young gazelles
  • great socializing, with dinners and between-races activities
  • learning - presentations on fascinating topics from some of the most interesting and experienced orienteers in the country
  • the usual fabulous Barebones mix of young and old, elite and recreational, the very fast and the maybe not quite so quick ;-)
  • and of course the you-can-never-get-tired-of-it stupendous scenery of the Rocky Mountains all weekend.

Schedule

                         
Friday June 7 Town of Canmore
6:30 pm Urban-O Discover Canmore's quirky side with this fun, team-oriented race
Saturday June 8 Canmore Nordic Centre
9:00 am The Setup Short "sprint-style" race, with interval starts
12:00 pm The Chase Longer "middle-style" race, with chasing starts
1:30 pm Lunch buffet Sandwiches and such, in the Nordic Centre daylodge
3:00 pmTHOMASSMass start, with handicapping based on age/gender/experience
6:00 pm Social & Talks Social gathering at the Alpine Club, with snacks and a fun presentation - speakers: FWOC Juniors Alix, Emma, Darya about orienteering in Switzerland in 2012, GVOC's Graeme Rennie about racing in the Junior World Championships in Italy.
Sunday June 9 Mt Laurie
10:00am Farsta One-person relay - each runner does three loops

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