2025 Summer Series
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Hi Folks! It has been great to see everyone at BAOC events over the last several months. A big thanks to all the volunteers and participants that have made these events successful.
As usual, over the late spring and summer, BAOC will be switching to predominantly shorter format events on typically more urban maps. This is the 2025 BAOC Summer Series!
Each Summer Series event will typically have a beginner (White) course, a "Short" intermediate course, and a "Long" intermediate course. (The "Short" and "Long" courses will have a difficulty of about a regular Orange course, or whatever technical level the map can support.) There will be six Summer Series events, as listed below. And the whole Series will run as an overall competition. In actual fact, there will be two separate competitions at each event—a "Short" and a "Long"—just like last year. (Athletes can score points on only the first of either the "Short" or the "Long" course they run at each event.)
The exact scoring will be explained in detail later, but basically participants' results are weighted by age and gender (see the explanation from last year below, which is subject to change for this year). And the best four scores from the six events for each participant will be considered for the final standings. In this fashion, all participants have a chance at the top spot—and missing an event or two will not spoil your chances. Points are also awarded for the Course Setter and Event Director of each event (since they cannot participate).
As ever, these events are run entirely thanks to the efforts of volunteers. So please reach out to the individual Event Directors, or your Regional Event Coordinators, for volunteer opportunities at these events. And a huge thank-you to everyone who has already volunteered!
Looking forward to seeing you out there! Your BAOC Regional Event Coordinators:
- East Bay REC: Vicki Woolworth (
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- North Bay REC: Scott Aster ()
- Peninsula REC: Graham Brew ()
- South Bay REC: Graham Brew ()
- San Fran. REC: Deron van Hoff ()
The Schedule
The Summer Series schedule is below. Click on an "Event" link to go to the event webpage. After each event, you can click on results links to see the event results.
- Please note that the permits are pending for some of these events. That means, some of the dates and locations are subject to change and some dates have changed. Keep an eye on this page for the latest news, but we will do our very best to stick to this schedule.
- Event #1 – Sunday, June 8 – Presidio of San Francisco
- Event #2 – Sunday, June 22 – Location TBD (date uncertain)
- Event #3 – Sunday, July 6 – Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill
- Event #4 – Saturday, July 26 – Northstar Resort, during the Tahoe 4-Day event
- Event #5 – Saturday, August 9 – Evergreen Valley College, San Jose (date uncertain)
- Event #6 – Sunday, August 24 – Bedwell Bayfront Park, Menlo Park
Note to Beginners
BAOC welcomes beginners at events, with (free) brief, instruction sessions ("clinics") that introduce orienteering, and with "beginner" courses. We hope you will come to one or more of the Summer Series events (there is no requirement to attend all the events), and/or to our "regular" events listed in the Schedule.
More information will be available closer to the start of the Series.