All Giant's Rib Raid participants please check the updates section of the race web site for an urgent update (this message was also been sent to participants via email at 2:30pm).
http://dontgetlost.ca/index.php?option=com_content...
A decision will likely be made by 6pm. We appreciate your patience as we remain in discussions with our race HQ landowners which I am sure you will understand is difficult given the widespread power outage. Also cell coverage is down in the region which is how we are trying to communicate with our volunteers.
Giant's Rib Raid has been POSTPONED to next weekend. More details will be available on the web site shortly.
Thanks for the update Mike.
Race will be Sunday April 21st.
This was a tough call for organizers but ice and branches were falling in the forest today, the local conservation authorities had closed the trails and issued flood warnings, and the hydro at the host site may be out for another two days.
We know that some teams will be unable to participate on April 21. If not, you are welcome to write me at adventurerunning@dontgetlost.ca to either defer your entry to Raid The Hammer on November 10 or arrange a full refund. We apologize for the inconvenience but Mother Nature was in a bad mood this week!
Uh-oh ... April 21st is the TOC Mob Match - and the OO AGM. :/
Yup, I'm one of the people who can't make it to the GRR anymore. :(
To be fair to the volunteers who were forced to make a quick decision under stress today, a web page has not yet been created for the Mob Match event so it had not yet been linked to the main Orienteering Ontario calendar. I've put up a link to the main TOC site just now but technically, this is past the deadline for an event web page to be listed on the OOA calendar so there was probably some confusion about whether it was still happening.
If your Salomon Giant's Rib Raid team needs a refund or deferral to Salomon Raid The Hammer on Nov. 10, I'm happy to arrange it for you but we do need to know by Thursday. This will allow organizers to set up the SI software, get maps, race kits and registration list organized, etc. Btw if anyone is able to race now that the event has been moved to April 21, online registration has been re-opened until Wednesday at midnight.
One other thing... I know some of you have found replacement teammates and are still planning to come. If it changes your category in the race, please let me know that too. Thanks!