Long Island Orienteering Club
General information
3 meets in the spring and 3 in the fall (see below)
Registration: 10:30 AM until 1 PM / Courses close at 3:30
Meet Fees: $15 non members / $5 members
Annual Dues: $15 electronic newsletter / $20 paper newsletter
Children under 7 are free but must be accompanied by their guardians
CONTACT: Glen Malings / gmalings@gmail.com or John Pekarik / ja171@aol.com
GROUPS: Let us know if you're bringing a group so we can have enough maps and download waivers to save time at registration.
Membership: $15 Annually. Email Glen your info, including email, and...
What is Orienteering? It's like a treasure hunt in the woods using a map to find controls (box shaped flags hanging from trees). We usually have 3 courses: White/easy ~2 miles all controls on trails, Yellow/medium ~3 miles controls can be seen from trail, and Orange-Blue/hard ~4-5 miles with all controls hidden in the woods. You can compete as an individual or a team (usually 2-3 people). For more info, see our Fact Sheet or email Glen (gmalings@gmail.com).
Want more? Click on the video below.
Upcoming Events
Training Sessions
Glen will be running "Advanced Skills Training sessions" at 9:30am (please arrive by 9:15) before each meet to practice skills for difficult controls such as deciding on an "attack point," pace count & compass reading, collecting features, aiming off, and contouring. Please contact him at gmalings@gmail.com or text 516-477-0852 to sign up.
Fall Schedule:
Sunday 9/24/23 Nissequogue River State Park (dogs are allowed)
Sunday 10/15/23 West Hills North
Saturday 11/11/23 Muttontown Preserve
Recent Events
Spring Season Points Total for 2023 (top 3 earned awards)
Denis Rozhkov 40
ECT 39
Alex Rozenberg 37
Mark Primak 37
Idan Gil 31
Chris Morrissey 27
Tom & Cat 22
Hyde Harper 20
Erik Syvertsen 20
Frank Yost 17
Sunday 10/30/22
MUTTONTOWN PRESERVE
White course, 1 hour and 2 hour Score-Os.
Awards (LIOC Pint Glass or T-shirt) presented to top 3 fall season finishers
Kayak Orienteering start
Foot-O orienteering Start
September 18, 2022
STILLWELL WOODS
Great weather for our first meet of the fall season.
So far, here are the top 3 in the running for a Pint Glass or T-shirt for the fall season awards...
Elite Orienteer Jeremy Colgan (35 points) beat Misha Leder (16 points) by 5 minutes on a tough Green course and then went out and won the Orange course.
12 year old Mark Primak did very well placing 1st on the White and then 2nd on the Yellow earning 13 points, which puts him 3rd.
June 12, 2022
CAUMSETT STATE PARK
Margaret Tagger was the fastest on the White course. Nina Rozenberg won the 1-hour Score-O. Andrew Burford & Anjolie Nagawalla AKA Butter & Parm, a pair of newbies from SUNY Stony Brook, won the 2-hour Score-O.
The 3-hour Score-O was really close and we had to come to a winner using some creative thinking. Both Stephan & Jeremy found all 36 controls and both went over the time limit by 1 minute.
May 15, 2022
Stillwell Woods
We had good weather (mostly sunny, about 70 degrees, and muggy) for our second meet of the spring season. Major Moore brought 63 JROTC cadets from Freeport. That plus 83 other participants made this one of our most highly attended meets.
APR 23, 2022
SUNKEN MEADOW STATE PARK
Great weather (sunny, about 60 degrees, little wind) for our first meet of the spring season. Alex designed 4 nice courses. Congrats to Chris for a fast time on the Green course (so fast, I couldn't get a picture) and Mark Van Loon on the Orange course.
Permanent courses
Due to COVID-19 we are introducing permanent courses.
Disclaimer: Orienteering may involve risk to both persons and property. Always exercise common sense and cation. In no way shall Long Island Orienteering Club, nor any volunteer be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, or consequential damages arising out of, or in any way connected with the use of this website or use of the information contained within. Permanent courses are suggested routes at your leisure time, they are not organized events.
