UNO - Up North Orienteers

We are a dynamic and friendly orienteering club, noted for welcoming newcomers, for our families with children of various ages, and for our top-level national competitors. Our objective is to foster and promote orienteering as a recreational and competitive sport.

We offer a full schedule of orienteering in New Hampshire. Our event schedule is dominated by local meets (designed for beginners, casual orienteers, and competitive types). Please check for additional events in the orienteering web sites from our neighboring states:

MA,RI,CT:	NEOC	New England Orienteering Club
West CT	WCOC	Western Connecticut Orienteering Club
Boston:	CSU	Cambridge Sports Union
Vermont:	GMOC	Green Mountain Orienteering Club
USA:	USOF	US Orienteering Federation

The Next Events:

Feb 11-16 Multi-day Ski-O, and the US Ski-O Championships, hosted by GMOC/UNO/CSU in Grafton, Craftsbury, and Chester, VT. See the Ski-O Champs website

Sunday, Feb 21: Ski-O Pawtuckaway State Park, Nottingham, NH

You've run through the boulders, paddled to the islands, camped in the park, and enjoyed a fall swim at the beach. Now try skiing on a map extended for a new kind of orienteering experience at Pawtuckaway! Terrain will include park roads, trails, and off-trail routes. The highlight for many orienteers will be skiing across the snow-covered ice on the lake. This will be a point-to-point score event for experienced cross-country skiers (sorry, no beginners or snowshoers for this event). Minimum distance from start to finish is 2.5 miles.

Registration and Starts: 9 AM to 11 AM. This is a popular snowmobiling area so we're starting early to avoid having a full parking lot and noisy trails. Orienteers will ski to the finish on the east side of the lake and be shuttled back to their cars.

Course: Score-O with Western MA Rules. Controls will have three different point values, depending on their level of difficulty. Gather as many points as possible in 60 minutes (short), 90 minutes (medium), or 120 minutes (long). You don't have to declare which category you're in until you get to the finish, which will be at the event director's house on the lake. Point penalties will be applied for times over two hours.

Map: 1:10,000, extended and updated by J-J Cote. Ski-O map holders are recommended, but large zip-loc bags and safety pins will be available at the start for anyone who doesn't have a map holder.

Cost: Entry for this race is $5 per person, which will cover orienteering and refreshments, including homemade chili, hot soups, and other food and drinks at the finish.

Directions: Take NH 101 to Exit 5 in Raymond. Turn right (north) off ramp and go 0.6 miles north on NH 107 to T-intersection. Turn left on NH 27, then immediately right on NH 156. Go 1.3 miles to park sign and turn left on Mountain Rd. Go 2 miles and turn left at park entrance. Parking will be in the lot where camper registration lot immediately on the right. Look for O-signs.

Meet Director: Ed Kotowski 978-621-2644 (cell), 603-895-2506 (home)

March (Tentative) Ski-O Windblown, New Ipswitch, NH

April 11 Mine Falls, Nashua, NH

April 17 College Woods, Durham, NH

April 25, Nottingcook Forest, Bow, NH

May 1-2, West Point A-meet, West Point, NY

May 8-9, WCOC Spring Thing, between New Haven and Danbury, CT

Saturday, May 15, Sheiling Forest, Peterborough, NH

May 23, Billygoat Run hosted by NEOC at Mt. Tom, Holyoke, MA

June 26, Ahern State Park, Laconia, NH
Event Director: Jim Arsenault 603-528-1727

Sept. 11-12, UNO's ANNUAL CAMPING WEEKEND, Pawtuckaway State Park, Nottingham, NH

Any Time, Tucker Brook Permanent Course, Milford, NH
See Tucker Brook, Milford, NH O-Course