Corporate Team Building

Orienteering: Team Building Challenge

Offer your department a unique team building experience that easily fits your budget and time constraints. See the city has you have never seen it before, or have an exhilarating adventure in the mountains. Our programs cater to employees of all skill and fitness levels with each member of the team contributing to the final objective.

What is Orienteering?

Orienteering is a participation sport for all ages and fitness levels. Orienteers use an accurate, detailed map and a compass to find checkpoint locations in the landscape. It can be enjoyed as a walk in the woods or as a competitive race combining strategic thinking, navigation, and high intensity cross-country running.

Format

We can provide a program to meet the time-frame and objectives of your group. A typical program, outlined below, would require between 2.5 – 4 hours of your group's time, depending on group size and whether you would like to include a debriefing session.

The Objective (Sample Program)

Each checkpoint will have point values that have been allocated based on a combination of distance and difficulty. Teams of 3 to 5 people will plan and implement a strategy to obtain the largest point total within the 90-minute time limit. The team that collects the most points less any late penalty points will be declared the champions. In addition, bonus points can be achieved by solving special challenges and puzzles along the route.

Tools

Each team member will be provided with:

• a set of rules
• a map or a combination of maps
• a compass
• a control card (score card)
• a control description sheet with points
• a whistle

Each team member must also have:

• water
• a working watch

Each checkpoint (control point) will have:

• an orange and white nylon control flag
• a coded pin punch

Workshop Leader

Bill Jarvis, former Executive Director of Orienteering Alberta, has 20 years of orienteering experience as an official, event organizer and participant. Bill has been providing orienteering team building events since 1999 and for the past 6 years has organized the very popular Urban Orienteering event for the Calgary Corporate Challenge. In 2009 Bill organized the City Chase for 475 teams of 2. For small or large groups, Bill and his team can deliver an excellent program!

Cost

Costs for your group can be as low as $600 (a 90-minute session for 15 people in the city) to $40–$60 per person for larger groups. This includes an introductory clinic and all required supplies. Per person pricing varies depending on location, duration, size of group, extra challenges and any customization.

For further Information:

Pascale Levesque, Executive Director
Alberta Orienteering Association
Box 1576
Cochrane, AB T4C 1B5

Ph: 403-981-4444
pascale@orienteeringalberta.ca
www.orienteeringalberta.ca