Northmoreland Park
13 April 2019
Orienteering Meet
It was a pleasant sunny spring day with temperatures in the upper 60's
. We had a reasonable turnout (47 people), although there were
very few on the beginner and novice courses. There were a
total of 33 starts with several groups doing two courses.
Jim Wolfe designed five courses for the very open park and
winning times were about what would be expected. Generally, the
participants had a good time; however there were two problems:
one small and one large.
The small problem was with the results. The printouts for all but
one course showed gaps in the split times. The control punches
were recognized but there was no split time. This was not figured
out until I got home and examined the control boxes. Somehow I
had forgotten to synchronize 13 of the control boxes that were in use;
and as a result, they were still on standard time. This
made it seem to the computer like people arrived at a control before
they started. Consequently, it could not determine a split time.
The large problem was something everyone should note. One
of the controls was near an in-holding (private property totally
inside the park); it was #6 on Red (Adv Long) and #5 on Brown (Adv
Short). Some participants on these courses either trespassed on
the private property or came close enough to it that the property
owners believed they were trespassing. One of the cardinal rules
of orienteering is NEVER TRESPASS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Why? Because the owners may complain, which they did.
And because the owners may do more than complain which can lead
to us being banned from using the park in the future. I will take
part of the blame because I set the control close to the property.
But I designed the course so that people who knew what they were
doing (which should be the people on the advanced courses) should
have had several reasonable route choices to the control without
arousing the property owners. You should always steer well clear
of anything that is olive green (private).
Thanks to Lee and Hunter Bash, Laurie Opila and Dave Battista for
handling registration. Thanks to Naomi Jarvis and Mark Puda for
helping with start/finish. Thanks to Naomi Jarvis and Joe
Logan for conducting instruction. And thanks to Alexis Rzewski,
Yaki Barak and Jerry Agin for doing control pickup.
Here is a link to the splits (although they are mostly messed up): splits
Here is a link the photos that Alexis took
Our next event will be at Heritage Reservation on May 5.
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| results |
created by Ór |
| Name | Class | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Alan Cox (3) | | | 35:41 |
| 2 | Kirill Kiselyov (2) | | WPOC | 40:48 |
| 3 | Mary Sleppy | | WPOC | 41:58 |
| 4 | Petersen family (3) | | | 167:59 |
| Name | Class | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Sid Wiesner | | | 41:35 |
| 2 | Fred Chenot | | WPOC | 45:13 |
| 3 | Debbie Stiles | | WPOC | 62:33 |
| 4 | David & Therese | | | 66:56 |
| Name | Class | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Jason Gray | | | 59:33 |
| 2 | Anthony Travia | | | 66:39 |
| 3 | Paul Sleppy | | WPOC | 69:38 |
| 4 | Alan Cox (3) | | | 70:51 |
| 5 | Naomi Jarvis (2) | | WPOC | 75:33 |
| 6 | Tatarinov (3) | | | 76:54 |
| 7 | Hazelton (2) | | WPOC | 80:40 |
| 8 | Tom & Linda Gray | | WPOC | 80:51 |
| 9 | David and Therese | | | 86:40 |
| 10 | Philip Griffith | | | 87:38 |
| 11 | Niko & Eliza | | | 95:06 |
| Name | Class | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Dave Battista | | WPOC | 41:30 |
| 2 | Joe Logan | M60 | WPOC | 43:45 |
| 3 | Ryan & Ryan | | | 71:00 |
| 4 | Soccer fans (2) | | | 82:57 |
| 5 | Bruce Lee (3) | | WPOC | 92:46 |
| 6 | Mark Puda | | WPOC | 119:35 |
| Loretta Opila | W65 | WPOC | DNF |
| Name | Class | Club | Time |
|---|
| 1 | Todd Pownell | M40 | NEOOC | 66:31 |
| 2 | Alexis Rzewski | | WPOC | 80:11 |
| 3 | Jerry Agin | | WPOC | 99:06 |
| 4 | Yaki Barak | M55 | WPOC | 105:39 |
| 5 | Mike Lorenz | | WPOC | 122:44 |
| 6 | Mike Brown | | | 170:49 |
| 7 | Ruth | | | 198:26 |