WPOC's first ever Street Orienteering event was a big success. It was held in the town of Beaver, PA with start and finish at the Beaver Area Memorial Library. The day was warm and sunny for the 101 participants (63 children, 38 adults...for the library's statistics!). Many thanks to the staff and volunteers at the Beaver Library and to the many landowners who permitted placement of a control flag on their property. The only problem that occurred during the meet was that one family forgot to hang the control #525 in their tree before they left for the weekend. A few participants tried to find it, then went on their way to the next control. Thanks to Jennifer Livingston for putting the whole event together and handling start/finish, and to her husband, Jason for all his assistance with the modification of the regular street map. To the Library and especially the children's librarians Deborah and Bonnie for helping to make the event possible and for donating all the copies of the maps, cluesheets, etc.. Thanks to WalMart for donating $25 gift card to the library for prizes (compasses) and to Friends of the Library for providing refreshments (and Adrian for getting everything ready) after the event while everyone waited for the results! Due to all the donations, the event fee was waived. Donations were accepted to purchase books for the library on the subject of orienteering or map and compass use.
Scoring was 5 points per control with 30 points marked on the map (and only 29 available since #525 was missing). Finishers with the same points are listed in the order of who finished first. This was a 1 hour event from 11-12 noon. Participants chose either the Foot or Bike category, although one group of guys decided to drive their car, so of course they were disqualified, but are still listed below.
Bike-O
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Name(s)
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Score (points) |
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Nick and Chris Kruczek
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130 |
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Raymond Bohl
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125 |
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Kullen Family
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110 |
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Larson Family
|
80 |
Foot-O
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Name(s)
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Score (points) |
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Brad and Ethan Davis
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105 |
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Doyle Family
|
100 |
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Kostek
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100 |
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Team Crog
|
90 |
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Brown Family
|
90 |
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Maddie
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85 |
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Kelli Pingly
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85 |
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Troop 481
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80 |
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Emma Livingston and Sondra Perrone
|
80 |
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Sherri Herstine and Webelos #4 Pack 495
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80 |
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Rose Johnson
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80 |
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Zang 1
|
75 |
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Ben and Joshua Kruczek
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75 |
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Reid Family
|
70 |
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Zang 2
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70 |
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Collings Family
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70 |
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Wallace
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70 |
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Perry Family
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65 |
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Katie and Ellen Kruczek
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65 |
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Matt and Ryan Hutchinson
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65 |
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Giangiulio Family
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65 |
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Tom and Mary Bates, WPOC
|
60 |
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Pattie Burger
|
20 |
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Greg White and Jonathan Robinsin (driving
a car) 145 points (all of them)
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DSQ |