2025-26 Winter Wednesday 1 – Foster Golf Links
Welcome to the first event in the 2025-26 Winter Wednesday training series on a new map of Foster Golf Links in Tukwila. We offer an Easier and a Harder course. The Easier course will be suitable for orienteers with less experience navigating at night and can be completed by staying on the golf cart paths. The Harder course will be a significant step up and, given the flat and open nature of the terrain, is designed to encourage direct routes between controls. The Harder course crosses many golf cart paths but rarely follows them. If you want to take an All Control maps and use it as a Score-O (or design-your-own course), that is also a possibility. Please respect all Out-of-Bounds areas.
Please see the Winter Wednesdays series page for more on the goals and philosophy of these events.
Instruction and coaching happily provided on request.
Billy Baroo’s Restaurant, located in the club house, will be open to 9 PM. Grab a bite to eat after your course and hang out with friends.
COURSES
Course designer(s): Mike Schuh
Course distances will be provided here once the courses are finalized.
Meanwhile, here are the estimated distances:
ESTIMATED
Easier: 1.3 km
Harder: 3.3 km
Create Your Own Course (Score): as long as you want, just finish by 8:30
How are courses measured?
Courses are measured as the crow flies, in a direct line from control to control. Unless you have wings, you will travel farther than this distance! Courses are measured in kilometers, so a good rule of thumb is to simply round up to miles to estimate how far you will go. So in a 5 kilometer race, you’ll likely travel up to 5 miles.
COURSE NOTES
Check back later for special notes from the Course Designer(s).
SCHEDULE
4:17 pm – sunset
4:53 pm – end of civil twilight
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Start window (no assigned start times)
8:30 pm – Course closure
Report to Finish by 8:30 pm even if you have to abandon your course.
9:00 pm – restaurant closes
Why is there a start window?
This event uses an interval start, which means that participants are started in waves instead of all at once. When you arrive please check in with the registration volunteer.
PRICES
PRE-REGISTRATION PRICES
$12 base price
– subtract $4 for Cascade OC members
Participating as a group? Just add $5 for each additional adult (18+) group
member, no cost for additional minors. Max group size is 3 including the group leader.
No Day-of-event registration
The Winter Wednesdays events will not use electronic punching.
SIGN UP
Online pre-registration closes: 11:59 PM Tuesday, December 9th
Day-of-event registration will not be available.
LOCATION
PARKING
Please park in the southeastern portion of the parking lot. The Grand and Glorious and Very Impressive Event Center will be on the northeast side of the club house.
Address: 13500 Interurban Ave S, Tukwila 98168 (47.4812,-122.2656)
CARPOOL
Looking for a carpool? Join the club email group and share your request to find a ride.
OTHER METHODS
Metro Transit route 150 provides service along Interurban Ave. S.
THE MAP
No map preview available
SAFETY & ETIQUETTE
Return to the Finish
All participants MUST return to the finish.
Even if you have not finished your course, you must still return to the the finish and confirm with event staff that you have returned safely.
Out of Bounds
Some areas may be marked out of bounds. It is imperative to respect these boundaries to maintain our relationships with land managers. Participants MUST NOT go out of bounds. Any participant caught going out of bounds will be disqualified.
Course Closure
All participants MUST return to the finish by course closure time. If a participant does not return by course closure, event volunteers will begin coordinating a search party.
If you need a long time on the course, start as early in the start window as possible, wear a watch, and be prepared to cut your course short to make it back by the course closure time.
Whistle
All participants MUST carry a whistle on the course. Complimentary whistles are available at the start tent (please only take one).
If you are injured on the course and need assistance, blow three long blasts to call for help.
If you hear a call for help, abandon your course to find the person in distress.
Voices
Part of the fun and fairness of orienteering is navigating your own course, so please be polite when you find a checkpoint and don’t holler that you’ve found it.
