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It is with heavy hearts that we share that Tim Good, 53, longtime Quantico Orienteering Club member and co-founder of Brown [University] O Club passed away September 21, 2013 after battling an aggressive cancer. Brother of longtime QOC members, Ted and Keg Good, Tim was a regular at local orienteering meets and at numerous national meets including the Highlander, the Billygoat, and the Susquehanna Stumble.

Tim came to orienteering as a nationally ranked youth racewalker and distance runner. In high school in the late 1970's, he was Maryland state track champion in the indoor 2 mile.…

The 2013 U.S. Orienteering Junior Standing Team has been announced and QOC junior member Addie Nolan has made the team. “She will represent our club very well on the national level and we should all be very proud of her. I’m looking forward to continuing to work with her, and pushing her to an even higher level so that she can hopefully travel to the Junior World Orienteer Championships in the future and run for not only for the U.S., but also for QOC,” said QOC junior coach David Onkst. Congratulations Addie! OUSA…

Congratulations to QOC member/e-punch guru, Valerie Meyer, for winning the 2012 Silva Award, Orienteering USA's annual award given to one individual in recognition of their outstanding contribution to orienteering nationally. If you want to get the merest hint of how much she has done on the national stage over the years in addition to all she does just for QOC printing maps and supporting our use of e-punching, take a look here.

OUSA has, for the first time, sent a team of three women to the MTBO World Championships this year. The competition began on August 20th with the long distance qualification, in which one member of the US team qualified for the final. Sprint and middle distance qualification and the finals are still to come. You can follow the action at the competition web site and the US team specifically at the US team blog.

QOC's bid to host an A-meet this November 14-16, including the 2014 Night Orienteering Championships, and, Ultralong Championships, has been approved by Orienteering USA.

Oregon Ridge Park (MD), Hemlock Overlook Regional Park (VA) and Fountainhead Regional Park (VA) are now embargoed in accordance with OUSA Competition rules.

To be specific, this means the following:

No organised orienteering of any kind may take place in the embargoed areas until after the A-meet. No training sessions, i.e. running/races, testing route choices etc. are allowed in these areas…