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The second ranking event in October was held around Aberdeen Reservoir on 22nd October. This was a relatively long event with the expected winning time about 55 minutes. When I got the map, WTF?! 5.5 km with 6 CONTROLS ONLY?! This is just a cross-country run with route choices! IS THIS REALLY ORIENTEERING AT ALL??? I couldn’t finish this “cross-country run” within the time limit of 2 hours because I took a bad route choice. I attempted to go 1-A-B-3-C-D-2,…

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As autumn comes, the orienteering season begins. There are two ranking events in Hong Kong in October, one in Cheung Ngau Shan, another in Aberdeen Country Park. The event in Cheung Ngau Shan was held in 2nd October. The weather was still very hot, and the terrain was mainly open (yellow) and exposed under the sun. As the terrain was open, on most legs, going straight is the most preferred route. From start to 1, I was misled by another…

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World Trail Orienteering Championships 2017 was held last week in Birštonas, Lithuania. I was selected to be a member of the Hong Kong team in both PreO and TempO competitions, and this was the first international sports (as opposed to academic) competition that I participated in. The official maps are published online and can be found from the following link: http://wtoc2017.lt/2017/07/16/wtoc-2017-maps/ TempO The competition programme began on 10th July with the model event in Birštonas. I familiarised the working of…

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The 3rd sprint orienteering ranking event was held in Fung Shue Wo last Sunday. The venue was fun, including both park and village terrain in the same competition, with legs of different lengths mixed together demanding high level of concentration in the race. I ran the M21 course, with my target at 800 marks hoping to return to élite class next year. I performed well in the initial half, with only little mistake made, but my performance turned bad in…

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Within a month, I returned to my “home stadium” for orienteering the second time. This event is composed of two parts: a team event and an individual Pre-O event. Team Challenge The team challenge is done by teams of 3. I signed up with Paul and Raymond, but at the event Raymond had got his leg injured so we started with 2 only. The race composed of compulsory points and free points: Compulsory points: Points which every team members must…

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In my 5 years of orienteering life, I mostly participated in individual race in my own, with only very few team races, because finding teammates was very difficult. This race, “Festival of Sports Orienteering Relay”, is held every year, but I didn’t bother to join because I was not confident about my ability to finish the race. However, as my technique improved, I would like to join the race this year. I looked for teammates among my club, other scouting…

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HKOC Sprint Series this year started last Saturday. The first stage was held in Kowloon Park, which is my club’s “home stadium”. This race is not a gazetted event, which means it is mainly a practice event in my own view. However, as I was too familiar with this field, although I did generally well, I still made some mistakes. The first mistake I made was at point 2, where I ran too fast onto the field directly to the…

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Starting from this race, I will make an evaluation post for every orienteering race I participated, as part of my effort to improve my orienteering skills. This race was very special, different from typical orienteering race by having the following: The field was HUGE, combining Ngau Liu, Pak Shek Kiu, Fa Shan, and Shek Lung Kung, resulting in a map of A3 size at 1:10000 scale. As the field was HUGE, in order to cater for courses of different difficulties,…

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The first competition of Hong Kong Orienteering Ranking League (Middle / Long) 2016, the third full year since I become an orienteer, was held today. The event took place at Tai Mo Shan (大帽山), the highest hill in Hong Kong. As it is usually foggy on the hill, it is also called 大霧山, which means “foggy hill” and sound the same as its true name except the tone in Cantonese. This was also the first ranking competition after I completed the…

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