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Results: January 8, 2011
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Thanks mostly to the efforts of Forest Brown, we had a larger-than-normal turnout that included quite a few first timers. A total of 61 orienteers hit the desert floor in search of the elusive control markers, with ages ranging from 4 to 81 years. We also added three new members to our roster—welcome!
Forest set up a new Phoenix Orienteering group on meetup.com (http://www.meetup.com/Phoenix-Orienteering/). The big advantage is that by identifying related activities, the group is tied into a network of other outdoor groups. I would encourage all our members to use the site and “RSVP” to upcoming events. This is a fast and easy way for the course director to get an accurate count of how many maps to print, which saves us $ and keeps our membership rates low.
The “purple” course concept morphed into the two traditional red and blue courses. Nearly all of the experience orienteers opted for the blue, which turned out for many to be a challenge to complete within the time allotted. Ron Birks had an outstanding run at 1:33:21 for fastest time on the Blue course.
The Red and Green courses did not get too many takers. Forest Brown and Gary Hickey had the red all to themselves (although the Red course shadowed the Blue for the first half) and Forest finished with a very respectable time of 1:35:06. We also had a couple of boy scout troops join us. Troop 689 did exceptionally well by completing both the White/Yellow and Orange courses within the time allotted.
Many thanks to the volunteers who help run the event and supported control retrieval:
Dianne Haselfeld
Gary Larson
Ron Birks
Kathi Douglas
Forest Brown
Ludwig Hill
Debra Allen
Mike Minium
Gary Hickey
Kevin Adams
Matt Zeilman
A special thanks to Ron and Kathi for once again bringing drink coolers and snacks for orienteers to enjoy—greatly appreciated!
The Tucson club has graciously added the Robbins Butte base map to their RouteGadget website ( http://tucsonorienteeringclub.org/gadget/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi). This tool lets you view the routes taken by other orienteers, and is extremely interesting and enlightening to compare routes taken. The tool also accepts GPS track uploads in .gpx file format, although you have to manually use tie points to get the correct scale and registration.
Categories:
M - Male
F - Female
T - Team
Blue Course
COMPETITOR CAT TIME RANK Team Members
Ron Birks M 1:33:21 1M
Ludwig Hill M 1:54:33 2M
Mike Minium (OCIN) M 2:16:25 3M
Erik Ringnes M 2:20:07 4M
Tim Stefek M 2:33:00 5M
Tom & Warren T 2:39:28 1T TBD
Mike Zampino M 2:39:45 6M
David Marks M 2:41:58 7M
Windy Marks F 2:51:46 1F
Jesse Rutherford M DNF
Lunatic Fringe T DNF TBD
Kevin Adams M DNF
Matt Zeilman M DNF
Tina Stefek F DNF
Team Floridia/Peen/Mace T DNF TBD
Red Course
COMPETITOR CAT TIME RANK
Forest Brown M 1:35:06 1M
Gary Hickey M DNF
Green Course
COMPETITOR CAT TIME RANK
Team Furedy T 1:56:03 1T
Tim Tablada M DNF
Orange Course
COMPETITOR CAT TIME RANK Team Members
Team Haslell T DNF TBD
Debra Allen F DNF
Congratulations to the following recreational orienteers for successfully
completing the course and finding all controls:
Troop 689, Team Tevis, Better Lost than Sober
White/Yellow Course
COMPETITOR CAT TIME RANK Team Members
Troop 639 T 0:29:00 1T TBD
Team Furedy T 0:37:50 2T TBD
Troop 485 T 0:44:00 3T TBD
Congratulations to the following recreational orienteers for successfully
completing the course and finding all controls:
Team Randolf, Sharon Fairchild, Brad Cohen, Lauren Derille, Las Locas,
Team Bowman, Kathi Douglas