March Middle Madness
Four Days of Middle Courses Around the Bay Area
Date: Mar. 17 - 21, 2018
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Event Director: 
- 510.407.1876
Course Setters: Matej Sebo, Steve Gregg, George Minarik
Type: A; National Event with four Middle-distance events (part of COW, March 17–25) (pending park approval)
Related Event Information
California Orienteering Week GCO National Event (http://goldcountryorienteers.org/schedule.html)
This four-day event with a variety of Middle events, along with a three-day National Event (http://goldcountryorienteers.org/schedule.html) organized by Gold Country Orienteers (http://goldcountryorienteers.org/index.html) (GCO), comprises the 2018 California Orienteering Week (COW).
More information will be available closer to the event.
Embargo Notice
Because these are National Events, the areas close to the races are embargoed (ref. OUSA Rule A.7 (http://orienteeringusa.org/rules#A7)). This is done for the purpose of fairness.
Thus, from September 20, 2017 through the completion of the events:
- Anyone who intends to compete in the March 17th or March 18th event is not allowed to visit Morgan Territory Regional Preserve.
- Anyone who intends to compete in the March 19th event is not allowed to visit Pt. Pinole Regional Shoreline.
- Anyone who intends to compete in the March 21st event is not allowed to visit Mills College (except if they are already a student there).
Anyone who visits the embargoed areas can still participate in the event, but will not be included in the official results, will not receive awards, and will not earn OUSA ranking credit.
(This notice does not apply to people who will participate on the recreational courses.)
Schedule
Note: As of October 4, 2017, all the events are pending permits from the respective parks.
Saturday, March 17 – Day 1
- Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, Livermore, CA (~35 miles E of San Francisco)
- Venue for the 2016 U.S. Individual Championships Middle and Long events
- Middle courses
- U.S. National Ranking Event (for competitive entries)¹
- Recreational (non-competitive) entries allowed
Sunday, March 18 – Day 2
- Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, Livermore, CA (~35 miles E of San Francisco)
- Venue for the 2016 U.S. Individual Championships Middle and Long events
- Middle courses
- U.S. National Ranking Event (for competitive entries)¹
- Recreational (non-competitive) entries allowed
Monday, March 19 – Day 3
- Pt. Pinole Regional Shoreline, Richmond, CA (~15 miles NNE of San Francisco)
- Venue for the O in the Oaks 2017 Middle courses
- Middle courses
- U.S. National Ranking Event (for competitive entries)¹
- Recreational (non-competitive) entries allowed
Wednesday, March 21 – Day 4
- Mills College, Oakland, CA
- Venue for the 2016 U.S. Individual Championships Sprint event
- Urban Middle courses
- U.S. National Ranking Event (for competitive entries)¹
- Recreational (non-competitive) entries allowed
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¹ Sanctioning by OUSA pending