General GCO Meet Details - how most meets work
Registration for most GCO events opens at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 10:30 a.m. Starting times are assigned from 9 to 11 a.m. Beginner Instruction is offered as requested. Courses close at 1.00 p.m.
Our fees: $10 for each adult and $5 for each child or youth (ages 7-18) for non-members and $8 for adults and $4 for children or youths for members of GCO or other Orienteering clubs.
A second course is $2 per person. You can also rent a compass for $1.
You can save time, particularly for groups, by filling out a Registration Form (left). Use ONE FORM for each individual or team going out together!!
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Combined schedule for 2024:
GCO, BAOC and Terraloco
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Saturday 4/13/2024 Terralocos' Almaden Find Your Way 5K & 10K. San Jose, CA.
Terraloco's Alamaden 5k & 10K .
.Saturday 4/20 - GCO Mississippi Bar, Fair Oaks, CA
Score-O event: - Find as many check point you can within the time limit. Snowberry Creek Assembly area, 4857-4872 Maine Av., Fair Oaks, CA 95628. Event Director & Course setter: Dan Rathbun. More location info: Mississippi Bar, Sacramento
You can run individually or as a team. Classic pin punches and punch cards are used. Event Directors / Course Setters = Danny Lulla & Dan Rathbun
8:30- 9:30 Registration
9:30-10:00 Start
11:30 Max time
12:00 Control pick up
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Saturday 4/27/2024 Terralocos' Old Town Sacramento 5K & 10K. Sacramento, CA.
Terraloco's Old Town Sac 5k & 10K .
.Sunday 4/28/2024 - BAOC: Piont Pinol Regional Shoreline, Richmond, CA.
C: Four courses for beginners through advanced.
BAOC Point Pinole
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Sunday 5/5/2024 - BAOC: Indian Valley College, Novato, CA.
B: Standard 7-course event for beginners through advanced.
BAOC Indian Valley
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Saturday 5/18/2024 - Terraloco: San Mateo 5K & 10K"
5k and 10k scramble San Mateo 5K & 10K
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Sunday 5/19 - GCO Sacramento Bar!
A sunny (yes, for sure!) B-meet with 6 courses
Course Setter Kyle Polak, Event Director Jonas LibellWHITE: 6-10 controls, 1.5-2.5 km, easy beginners, all controls are along the trail or distinct features
YELLOW: 6-10 controls, 2-3 km, advanced beginners, controls are cisible from trails or large features
ORANGE: 10-15 controls, 3.5-5km, intermediate, some reoute selection, controls near distint features
BROWN: 10-15 controls, 3-5 km, advanced, lots of route choices, small features.
RED: 21 controls, 5-8 km, advanced like brown
Getting there, About Sacramento Bar Park.
You can run individually or as a team. Classic pin punches and punch cards are used. All check point have to be visited in the order they are marked. Max time is 2 hours.
8:30 Registration starts
9:00 First start
10:30 Registration closes
11:00 Last start
13:00 Courses closed and control pick up starts
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Sunday 8/25/2024 - BAOC: Bedwell Bayfront Park, Menlo Park, CA.
C: Beginner event with free introduction to Orienteering sessions.
BAOC Bayfront Park
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Sunday Early October , GCO - Orangevale Community Park
Orangevale Park
Beginner / Intermediate event. 3 regular courses (White, Yellow and Orange) with checkpoint that have to be visited a specific order.
Orangevale Park is a small but varied park with fun single track trails and some really runnable forrest!
Course Setter Ryan Zahner
More location info: Orangeval Park.
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Sunday 12/1 - GCO Rossmore Bar!
B-meet with 6 courses
Course Setter Nic Weber, Event Director Dan Rathbun.
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Mid December - GCO's X-mas Old Town Folsom O-Scramble!
The traditional Holiday scramble in Old Town Folsom. Check points are cattered around the old town, from the zoo to the trolley stop. Time limit is 90 minutes; find as many as you can in and return to the start/finish before the time runs out. Penalty for Overtime. Event Director and Course Setter: Dwight Freund.
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Come and have fun with us!
More scheduled events:
Abbreviations: W = White, Y = Yellow, O = Orange, Br = Brown, Gr = Green, R = Red, B = Blue,
ED = Event Director. CS = Course Setter.
White and Yellow are beginner courses. Orange is intermediate. Brown, Green, Red and Blue are all advanced courses with varying lengths and physical difficulty.
Scrambles (also known as Score-O) are mass-start events in which you find as many controls as possible, in any order, within the time limit.
All meets are tentative, subject to park approval!! Dates might be changed for various reasons, so always check here! Look for more details on the meets closer to the date.