Downtown Victoria Photo-O
November 3rd 2019 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Organizer: Chris Ling (Event Director)
A beautiful afternoon for a romp around town, congratualtions to Sandra and friend for storming to a win with 24 points (there were also 4 errors so it could have been better!). And my apolgies for mis-mapping control number 5 in Market Square.
REMEMBER: CLOCKS GO BACK 1 HOUR BEFORE THE EVENT
The Downtown Victoria Photo-O is back this year once again!
This special urban event uses an OpenStreetMap of the Victoria Downtown area a 90min Score-O event. We will feature a clue sheet of photos depicting some feature visible at each control site marked on the map.
Mass Start at 1pm. Clue sheets and pencils will be provided, but please feel free to bring your own just in case. The event boundaries are Simcoe Street to the south, Street to the north and west and Quadra street to the east.
Registration : From 12:30pm. If dry Pioneer Square - if wet Chris's Silver Mazda 5 on Meares Street as near as possible to Pioneer Square. Look for the hanging control flag.
Parking: Downtown parking lots. Registration
Starts : Mass start 1pm in Pioneer Square - 851 Broughton - Corner of Quadra St and Broughton St.
Course : 90min Score event. Course closes at 2:30pm
Cost: $8 per map. Membership required (Free for first timers, $5 for returning members). No SI stick required for this event due to the Photo-O format.
Preregistration: To give us an idea of how many maps to print, we’d appreciate it if you could either register for the event on our web site by clicking +REGISTER on the right. We will print maps based on the Start List. Please do register on this website to give us a good idea if you plan to come.
Photo O format: The control description sheet consists of a series of obvious or semi-cryptic photos taken in the centre of the circle on the supplied map. Simply write down the number of the control in the box next to the correct photo.