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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November 17th (Sun.): BAOC - Shell Ridge Walnut Creek, CA.
B-meet, standard 7-course event for beginners through advanced orienteers. Everyone is welcome, including beginners with free, brief beginner instructions available. Pending park approval.
BAOC Golden Goat & Kid - Tamarancho
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Sunday 12/8 (new date) - GCO Rossmor Bar!
B-meet with 6 courses for beginners through advanced orienteers Everyone is welcome, including beginners with free, brief beginner instructions available. Parking Fee: Sacramento County Park Permit or $7 per Vehicle Course Setter: Nic Weber, Event Director: Dan Rathbun
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Sunday December 22nd - 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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January 12th (Sun): BAOC - Golden Goat and Golden Kid Tamarancho, Fairfax, CA.
Traditional annual extra long "Goat" course and "Kid" course with a shared mass start. There will be beginner courses with regular start intervalls. Pending park approval.
BAOC Golden Goat & Kid - Tamarancho
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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.