3/11/2008
Next
events in the Aude - weekend 17/18 january 2009
The
perfect pre-season training week-end, a night event on 17th january on
the updated map of Callong (near Quillan), followed by a classic on
sunday 18th on the red sandy ravines of Peyrolles & Serres,
one of the nicest orienteering areas in southern
France.
5/10/2008
Regional club championships - Lac
d'Arques sunday 5th october 2008
Lezignan club
COORE once again took home the men's and women's trophy, in both cases narrowly
defeating teams from Toulouse Aerospatiale (TOAC).
In the women's race, first
leg runner Helène Serrand built a big lead
for TOAC ahead of COORE's Bénédicte Tisseyre-Bopp, but Audrey Duchassin pulled
COORE back into the race, overtaking TOAC mid-leg and sending Gwenola de Miniac out
3 minutes ahead of Toulouse's Valérie Berger-Capbern. The cushion was enough
to keep COORE in the lead, the winning margin just 30 seconds after 2
hours 50 minutes of running.
The men's race was
even closer between the same two clubs. Vincent Picard on the first leg for COORE handed over to Jérôme Cavarroc
about 20 seconds ahead of TOAC's Patrick Capbern. The second leg TOAC runner, 15
year old Loïc Capbern, set things up nicely for TOAC by launching Frédéric Portoleau
with a three minute lead ahead of COORE's Steve Leconte. Anything could have happened
to these two, and forty minutes later team-mates from the two
clubs waiting at the spectator control were treated to the sight of Portoleau
heading for the spectator control with Leconte at his heels. In
spite of having his arm in plaster after a bike accident
a few weeks previously, Leconte pulled clear heading up the hill on the last short
loop to bring COORE home in first place a few seconds ahead of
TOAC.
In the youngster's
race (under 14s), with an encouraging entry of twelve teams,
TOAC took first place just ahead of Montpellier. A mispunch deprived an RDPA
team from Chalabre of 3rd place, but the second Chalabre team showed
promise by coming 5th ahead of Lézignan youngsters.
Results:
Team results
Split times
Individual race
Map with all controls
Photos :
http://picasaweb.google.fr/Club.COORE/ChampionnatDeLigueDesClubs2008#
and
http://limipyco.free.fr/Photos/2008-10-05-arques/Album1.html
16/6/2008
Regional event - Lac
d'Arques sunday 15 june 2008
Back to the Lac d'Arques for a tough and
technical regional event. The map and courses are now up on the Matrace
routegadget page.
Regional middle distance championship - sunday 4 may 2008
The winners: Ludo Ruiz & Bénédicte Tisseyre-Bopp, both members of COORE .
27/10/2007
National semi-final on the Plateau du Larzac - 6 april 2008
Not quite in the Aude, but not too far: the Languedoc-Roussillon regional association has scraped together enough money to bring you a new map on the Plateau du Larzac just next to the Bal des Rochers map at Caylar, with the same technical qualities if not better. Situated a few miles from the excellent areas for the French (Aveyron) 6 days (august 2008), the terrain is simply fabulous, beautiful rocky karst terrain, both very runnable and in places very complex, some of the best in France. Its first use for the national semi-final on 6th April 2008 will be a highlight of the 2008 orienteering calendar, not to be missed. More information (in French) on the Ligue Languedoc-Roussillon website, or contact ray.hulse AT orange.fr for details in english.
23/9/2007
Local event, Camurac
RDPA at the french championships
with a win in the night championships ...
and another in the classic
Results here
2/5/2007
New permanent courses at the Lac d'Arques and Sougraigne
Work has begun installing the controls on several new permanent courses in the area.
The official inauguration of the new permanent course at the Lac d'Arques is due to be held at the end of May. The courses cover all levels, from beginners to elites (50 controls), on top quality orienteering terrain.
A small permanent course (10 controls) will also open around the Source de l'Eau Salée (Sougraigne): this course is designed to help visitors discover the hidden corners of this historical site, with most of the controls on features of historical or botanical interest. Two small park areas in Couiza are also due to be opened, essentially for use by the local schools.
2/5/2007
Easter in the land of the Cathars, 7 & 8 april 2007
Nearly 200 people turned up for the easter weekend, a record for the Aude. They were treated to a middle distance race at the Lac d'Arques followed by a classic event at Peyrolles/Serres, two unforgettable races on glorious terrain. More details here .
24/9/2006
Local event, Camurac (24/9/2006)
About fifty people enjoyed a sunny day out.
MTB orienteering at the Festiv’Aude outdoor sports festival (28/5/2006)
MTB O on the Plateau de Nébias, using the map for the future permanent MTB course. Day spoiled a bit by the theft of a timing box.
13/3/2006
A weekend of orienteering in the upper Aude valley (11/12 mars 2006)
RDPA's first two-day event: regional sprint championships on saturday and a classic on sunday, on the new map at the Lac d’Arques. This tiny area is a foretaste of the much bigger map due out in 2007.