Caledon Navigators

Our annual Thomass Caledon fun winter orienteering race will be held on January 29, 2012 at Glen Haffy Conservation Area. Click here for all the details!

All good things must come to an end, and so it is with the Caledon Navigators orienteering club. As a small town club, we worked hard to host a number of successful events – summer and winter, on foot and on bike. We've taken pride in serving the best post-race food anywhere.

Unfortunately, the club didn't have the critical mass of volunteers needed to continue operating, so at the 2011 AGM, members voted to dissolve the club at the end of 2011. This does not mean the end of orienteering in Caledon. The maps we've used most often – Glen Haffy, Palgrave East and West, Albion Hills, the Humber Valley, Forks of the Credit – are all owned by other orienteering clubs who will continue to host events in our neighbourhood. Orienteering events are held on many weekends in various locations around central Ontario, and everyone is welcome to take part. There are clubs nearby based in Toronto, Guelph, Waterloo and Hamilton for those who wish to join another club. Please write info@orienteeringontario.ca if you have any questions. Thanks for your past support of the Caledon Navigators and we look forward to seeing you in the woods soon!

PHOTO by Barb CAMPBELL

Caledon Navigators members and long-time competitive adventure cacers (and quite possibly this year’s Adventure Racing Sweetheart Couple of the Year), Pete Cameron and Leanne Mueller joined Sean Roper and Andrew Cameron to form Team Salomon-Suunto and compete in the Coast Raid, a four-day event in the remote Lower North Shore region of Quebec.

Their team raced for 36 hours and three hundred kilometres, earning them second place in the four-person category, finishing only 15 minutes behind California’s Yogaslackers.  In a 36-hour race, 15 minutes is an extremely close race – the time it might take to eat a can of cold soup or fix a chain.

Also racing together in the Coast Raid were another Caledon adventure racing Super-Couple, Barb Campbell and Richard Ehrlich, along with teammates Tim Grant and Kristen Harrison of Toronto.  Racing as Team Tree Huggers they also finished very high and came in fifth place.

Read the entire original article written by Barb Campbell and published in the Caledon Enterprise on October 4th, 2008. (link)