Babcock Division of Gallitzin State Forest
2nd Babcock Bog & Boulder Challenge
29 April 2023
The weather forecast for the day had been for showers in the morning,
tapering to none in the afternoon. Instead, there were no showers
at all; temperature was about 50 to 55 with very light winds. It
was a good day for orienteering. We had 40 teams, 62 participants.
Generally, everyone seemed to have a good time. There were
several reports of the difficulty of finding control #84 (it was in a
difficult place) and a couple of reports about not being able to find
#56 (which was not in a difficult location). Fortunately, there
were no serious injuries; a few people came back with minor problems
(scratches, a possible sprain); one person lost his compass and
had to return early. For me there was one disappointment - I had
specifically placed control #76 because of the view it afforded of the
wind turbines just outside Babcock; however, I don't think anyone saw
them because from all reports much of the strip mine area was shrouded
in fog.
The event featured First Found Bonuses - 8 controls were chosen and the
first person to reach each of them was given $20. Four of these
bonuses were awarded to people in the 3-hour race; four were awarded to
people in the 6-hour race. The winners of the bonuses are noted
in the
"Bonus" column of the results. Individuals were limited to one
bonus award each; I heard many stories in which a person could
not pick up a bonus marker because s/he already had one.
Nevertheless, I was happy with the distribution of the bonuses;
last year no one in the 3-hour race got any of them.
Miscellaneous notes: Wildlife reports from participants:
one turkey and one coyote. Found: one sweat band at
control #81.
Jim Wolfe designed the course and he and Ryan Knecht put out the
controls. Ryan also appears in the results; however, he was
restricted to visiting only controls he did not place. Thanks to
Joe Logan and Alexis Rzewski for handling
parking. Thanks to Sherry Shank, Loretta Opila and Jim Wolfe for
handling check-in. Thanks to Loretta Opila for preparing the food
and making the awards. Thanks to Greg & Kathleen Lennon for
the addition of chocolate to the available food.
Results by Class are shown below.
Results by Course are here
Follow this link to splits
Follow this link to Route Gadget
A few
comments about the course based on control visits: The most
visited controls could easily be guessed - #32, #34, and #38 the ones
closest to the start. The most visited high value control was
#83; it was fairly easy to reach - this was because it had to be moved
after the course was designed; the original location (400 m away) was
made too easy when the forestry people put in a road that went right to
it. The least visited controls were #40 and #65; that was a
little disappointing because both are picturesque locations; but both
are a little out of the way from the routes most people planned.
The most controls that any team reached on the 3-hour was 17; the
least was 2 with an average of 9. I was pleased that only
three controls were not visited by anyone on the 3-hour, #36, #53 and
#82. The most controls that any team reached on the 6-hour was
33; the least was 3 (because of a lost compass) with an average of 19.
| 2nd 3BC |
|
| results |
created by Ór |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 2 | 132 Brennen Hall | DVOA | 358:33 | 1796 | 1796 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 128 Will Levine | WPOC | 358:06 | 941 | 941 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 115 Minimum Speed | | 350:18 | 869 | 869 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 15 | 117 Sparkles | ROC | 348:42 | 947 | 947 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 113 Searching Sisters | | 349:54 | 672 | 672 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 23 | 119 Homan Hedgehogs | WPOC | 331:50 | 468 | 468 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 120 In It For The View | WPOC | 342:58 | 418 | 418 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 1 | 116 Jerkface | ROC | 350:33 | 1820 | 1820 | 0 | $20 for #62 |
| 3 | 111 Jonathan Boyer | NEOOC | 366:57 | 1793 | 1912 | 119 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 4 | 103 Stina Bridgeman | ROC | 357:27 | 1664 | 1664 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 5 | 122 Glen Tryson | DVOA | 350:58 | 1511 | 1511 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 124 Raccoongainer | WPOC | 355:08 | 1492 | 1492 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 110 GM | ROC | 345:15 | 1231 | 1231 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 106 hats4toads.com | WPOC | 356:00 | 1139 | 1139 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 129 Logans Walk | WPOC | 352:02 | 1040 | 1040 | 0 | $20 for #39 |
| 13 | 105 Yaki Barak | WPOC | 353:29 | 1033 | 1033 | 0 | $20 for #42 |
| 14 | 104 John Pane | WPOC | 354:29 | 1009 | 1009 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 114 Shin Shimizu | COO | 297:36 | 933 | 933 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 134 John Huffman | WPOC | 354:51 | 858 | 858 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 118 Adventureman | OCIN | 336:47 | 627 | 627 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 130 Mad Welshman | NEOOC | 204:15 | 158 | 158 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 9 | 123 Janet Tryson | DVOA | 349:40 | 1163 | 1163 | 0 | $20 for #53 |
| 22 | 126 Naomi Jarvis | WPOC | 352:14 | 549 | 549 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 7 | 133 Red Arrow | QOC | 359:46 | 1371 | 1371 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 102 Glacial Speed | CNYO | 348:19 | 1150 | 1150 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 1 | 26 Zach Serafini | | 177:32 | 1070 | 1070 | 0 | $20 for #71 |
| 10 | 98 A Karnavas | | 176:14 | 241 | 241 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 7 | 1 Team Shank | WPOC | 176:08 | 428 | 428 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 38 Kate and Liz | | 172:04 | 422 | 422 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 3 | 61 Ponipa | ECP | 181:35 | 894 | 928 | 34 | $20 for #46 |
| 5 | 52 You Shall Not Compass | NEOOC | 178:04 | 625 | 625 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 87 Yes Dragons | WPOC | 180:19 | 235 | 252 | 17 | 0 |
| 12 | 44 Forest Folk | | 155:24 | 219 | 219 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 60 Off Course Yorks | | 167:03 | 103 | 103 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 2 | 99 Ryan Knecht | WPOC | 165:57 | 993 | 993 | 0 | $20 for #37 |
| 4 | 96 Jim Trautmann | WPOC | 180:03 | 834 | 851 | 17 | #20 for #81 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 8 | 97 Adventure Bear | OCIN | 163:00 | 426 | 426 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 13 | 91 Wilbar | WPOC | 168:33 | 206 | 206 | 0 | 0 |
| Name | Club | Time | Score | Gross Score | Penalty | Bonus |
|---|
| 6 | 13 Paul Collinson (QOC) | QOC | 165:22 | 444 | 444 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 George Brothers Land Nav | WPOC | 246:17 | -713 | 426 | 1139 | 0 |