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Orienteering TheThinkingSport of Navigation |
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The Four C's: 1C. CHECK-OUT - before leaving, - ALWAYS! 2C. COURSE - Choose right (color) course for your skills White, Yellow when you are new Orange for learning navigation skills - Br,G,R,Bl need advanced Navigation skills 3C. COURTESY - Be quiet, don't distract others, - WHISTLES are for EMERGENCY only 4C. CLOCK - be back within 3 hrs of your start time - or - before course closure whichever first AND 5C. CHECK-OUT - before leaving, - ALWAYS!
Please Remember: ALWAYS CHECK IN... ...before leaving, finished or not. CHOOSE THE RIGHT COURSE ...for your skill level. PUNCH in SEQUENCE... ...don't punch #9 before #8, go back to #8 HAVE FUN but don't distract other competitors olive kearney DON'T FOLLOW... ...other competitors. You never know where they may lead you! Improve your own skills. DON'T ASK OTHERS... ..where you are. They are competing. PLEASE BE QUIET... ...it distracts from the competition. NO shouting, Whistles for emergency only. Stay with your group
DON'T SHOUT WHISTLES are not for FUN Please be quiet out there! Other orienteers want to concentrate 3 short blasts every minute, and we will stop and help you Your whistle is for emergencies
STOP! be back here within 3 hrs of your OWN start time or before Course Closure, whichever first and always check in WHY ? - SAFETY All courses are planned well within this limit If you have difficulty come back and we will help you with some more 'O' skills so your next course will be more enjoyable WHY ? - CONSIDERATION for organisers and other orienteers Don't let us even START to worry about Search and Rescue.Other forms and graphics are available on TTS. Please inqire