With QOC taking a weekend off (two weekends, in fact, to avoid any conflict with the Susquehanna Stumble in NE Maryland on Sunday, October 8th), it seems a good time to remind people of upcoming orien

QOC will be in the woods at Swanson Road Natural Area (a part of Patuxent River Park) near Upper Marlboro, MD, this Sunday, with six regular courses (white through red) on offer, plus two advanced tra

Plan to head out to Hemlock Overlook Park (near Clifton, VA) this Sunday, and enjoy the woods that our course setter (Tom Nolan) says are in fine form for the six courses (white through red) on offer.

It's predicted to be a sunny, 72 degree day this Sunday, Sept. 10 at Lake Accotink (near Springfield, VA) for the first event of our 2017-2018 season, and we hope to see you there! Course setter Jon T

Hi QOC, A very good Swedish orienteer, Love Sintring, just moved to Richmond, VA for the fall semester. He is looking to connect with other orienteers in the area for possible rides to events, both lo

Northern Virginia Senior Olympics registration deadline for Orienteering and other events is approaching (Mail: Postmarked by August 26, Online deadline is 9/2) Orienteering will be held in conjunctio

Reminder! This Friday, July 28th, QOC will be participating in an Invasive Plant Removal work day and we need more volunteers. The group will be meeting at the McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley State P

From QOC President Jody Landers: On Sunday, July 9, the Patapsco Valley State Park has invited QOC members to participate in another Trail building work day. The work group will be meeting in the Pick

QOC Volunteers are Needed to Help with Trail Maintenance at the McKeldin Area of Patapsco State Park on Saturday, June 24th from 9:00-1:00 The managers of the Patapsco Valley State Park have a policy

Hi all, This will (probably) be the last time I blast the QOC Yahoo Group, so if you’re not on the SSS list and would like to be, please let me know. Conversely, if you’d like to be taken off, let me

We wrap up another Sept to June season this coming Sunday at Jug Bay with our annual BEvERage Chase - the longest running orienteering event in the US - and we hope to see you there for both the orien

It’s time to start thinking about the summer! I guarantee you it *will* get hot, humid, and buggy. The Summer Short Series will be back for another season of low-key orienteering training and socializ

Using the more northern - and arguably more interesting - northern area of Fountainhead Regional Park, the orienteering event on offer for tomorrow (Saturday May 20) will be based out of the Bull Run

We expect the rain will have moved well to north by this Sunday (May 14), and it should be a fine day to orienteer at Rosaryville State Park (near Rosaryville, MD). We will have a full set of 7 course

Rain or shine, we will be holding our orienteering event tomorrow (Saturday, May 6) at the Granite area of Patapsco Valley State Park and we hope to see you there. Thanks to Anne and Kim Jepsen as eve

With temperatures forecast to be in the mid-70's, it should be fine weather to orienteer at Mason Neck State Park (east of Lorton, VA) this Sunday, April 30. In addition to the orienteering, Mason Nec

We have a full set of courses (white through blue) ready for all you orienteers this Sunday, April 23, at the Clopper Lake section of Seneca Creek State Park (Gaithersburg, MD). Extensive course notes

All, Something I should have said in that last message - we've had enough reports of weirdness with the online registration that I would counsel everyone to make sure their name (or group name) and co