Willow Glen Holiday Lights 2016

Dec 17, 2016 (Sat)

BAOC

Willow Glen Neighborhood San Jose, CA

Director: Jitka Hiscox (857.361.8984)
Course Setters: Brad Wetmore , Tony Pinkham

Type C: Low-key local. Offers a subset of courses of the regular local event

60- or 90-minute Light-O (Score-O) course and potluck social

Past events:
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2009 2005

Event Write-Up

By Nancy Lindeman

This year we had approximately 145 people attend our annual event. It was wonderful to see so many people especially young people and families turn out this year. We had many scout groups. The young people especially liked the hot cider, hot chocolate, and cookies that were waiting for them when they finished their course!

As always, we had lots of great food for the potluck.

We almost ran out of maps and answer sheets, so we will try to encourage more people to preregister next year.

We were really lucky to have a clear, cool night. Isn't it fun to be out on the course at night?

Contour came in first in the 60-minute category, with Vladimir Gusiatnikov and Beatrice Schreibstein coming in second, and being the top family to finish.

Jason Reed, Rex Winterbottom, and Graham Brew were at the top of the 90-minute finishers, and the Rosenzweig family was fifth overall and the first family.

Peter Graube had a good crowd to listen to his interesting Water Play presentation.

Congratulations to Tapio Karras, the winner of this year's BAOC Service Award. Thanks, Tapio, for all you have done to help the club! So many people like to check out the routes on RouteGadget.

Thanks for making this event possible go to:

  • Tony Pinkham and Brad Wetmore, the course setters, for all their hard work on this event. They set the really interesting courses, added content for the BAOC Holiday Lights webpage, and photos and content for the BAOC Facebook page. They ran the starts and finishes, and Tony was out from 6:15–7:15 with the moving control.
  • Steve Haas for handling registration and the presentation of the Service Award.
  • Bob Cooley for printing the maps.
  • Chuck Spalding for help with the website.
  • Rex Winterbottom (our former Event Coordinator), who helped get this event on the schedule, and thanks to Steve Harrison (our current Event Coordinator), who is working with us now to get next year's Holiday Lights event on the 2017 schedule.
  • Brad Wetmore for setting up the on-line sign-up form.
  • Marina Keeting for handling the insurance.
  • Kevin, Eyelyn, and Dan Cox, and Donald Taggart, for working on the results. We had so many participants that it did take a while to check all the answers.
  • Peter Graube for bringing in all the science equipment, and giving the popular Water Play presentation.
  • And thanks to everyone for coming on a cool night to our annual Willow Glen Holiday Lights event.

Results

60-Minute Category  (17 teams)
Control_Points     Total   Time     Total   Wrong  
Pl  Name(s)                         Correct/Penalty    Time   Penalty   Pnts    Answers
 1  Contour                            280     0       59:48      0      280  
 2  V. Gusiatnikov, B. Schreibstein    250     0       59:15      0      250
 3  Steve Haas                         240   -30       58:50      0      210    31
 4  David Harrison                     240     0       62:23    -30      210
 5  Bob, Jan, John                     190     0       58:40      0      190
 6  Anastasiya Gordeeva, Sergei Volkov 180     0       59:45      0      180
 7  Lellina, Helen, Kiely, Kaycee      190     0       60:16    -10      180
 8  Pack 43 (Tiger Team)               160     0       59:52      0      160
      Matthew Gutierrez, Aaryan
 9  Kevin, Daniel, Evelyn Cox          150     0       59:40      0      150
10  Fyodor Konkov                      140     0       59:27      0      140
11  Andra J., Ian M, Krista F.         140   -30       57:55      0      110    15 
12  Achterkirchen                      110     0       59:48      0      110
13  Tate                               100     0       59:32      0      100
14  Monroe 8                           100     0       62:10    -30       70
15  Kara O'Connor                      100     0       62:45    -30       70
16  Susie G, Rose G, Lillie G.          90   -30       61:59    -20       40    15
17  Pack 43 (Tiger Team)                60   -30       61:40    -20       10    15
      Kian, Colin, Connor, Sile
90-Minute Category  (35 teams)
Control_Points     Total   Time     Total   Wrong  
Pl  Name(s)                         Correct/Penalty    Time   Penalty   Pnts    Answers
 1  Jason Reed                         540     0       93:00    -30      510  
 2  Rex Winterbottom                   480     0       90:25    -10      470
 3  Graham Brew                        450     0       89:50      0      450
 4  Jason Lee                          410     0       89:54      0      410
 5  Rosenzweig Family                  400     0       89:54      0      400
 6  Kipley Fiebig                      400     0       93:00    -30      370
 7  Vicki Woolworth, Mike Leadbetter   310     0       87:07      0      310
 8  Attack Squad 23: Ellen Smith,      300     0       87:51      0      300
      Daniel Šebo, Matej Šebo
 9  Brian Ho                           310     0       90:02    -10      300
10  Šebo: Lubo + Monika                310     0       91:35    -20      290
11  Donald Taggart                     300     0       92:30    -30      270
12  Han Wang, Melody Kao               260     0       87:53      0      260
13  Benjamin Huang (?)                 290     0       92:20    -30      260
14  Jun Fuiisawa, Mayuyai, Chishya     250     0       89:30      0      250
15  Lingshan Xu, Chen Zhang            240     0       79:39      0      240
16  Lumberwolves                       240     0       89:30      0      240
17  Jeff Lanam                         240     0       91:20    -20      220
18  Diane Appel (group of 7)           210     0       82:57      0      210
19  Erika Reed                         270   -60       87:16      0      210    16, 101
20  Steve Beuerman                     240   -30       88:40      0      210    2
21  6pm Irgrcas                        220   -30       85:23      0      190    16
      (Sorry, very hard to read!)
22  Mikes' Vikes (group of 4)          220   -30       89:47      0      190    54
      Julia Doubson, Maya Akkaraju,                                             (Tony rechecked this control,
      Rachel Loewy, Zoe Douglas                                                 likely on wrong street)
23  Stefanova, Gueorguiova & Jito Rios 240   -60       82:34      0      180    11, 22
24  Jacob Ningen                       170     0       79:20      0      170
25  Pack 43 (Team Wolves/Rydeen 3)     180     0       90:31    -10      170
26  Quinones Family                    160     0       86:27      0      160
27  Carl & Aleene Reisinger            150     0       85:10      0      150
28  Pack 43 (Team Bear)                150     0       85:30      0      150
      Adel and Sean Sawaya
29  Joe, Dan, Heather Ethier           170   -30       88:25      0      140    3
30  Mark Blair                         220     0       99:59   -100      120
31  Toddler Trio (Bjorn, Trinka, Nils) 110     0       71:00      0      110
32  Dark Night of Light                110     0       83:37      0      110
      Joanne, Seth, Blake Johnson
33  Akito Fujisawa                     140   -30       88:25      0      110    15
34  Kathleen and Joann Kerns            80     0       77:50      0       80
35  Pack 43 (Team Webelos)             120     0      117:56   -180        0
      Michelle Ray, Charlie Thayer,      
      Robert Ray, Ransom Thayer
DNF = Did not finish (one or more controls missed)
DNS = Did not start
DSQ = Disqualified
MSP = Mispunched (one or more incorrect controls)
OVT = Overtime
Updated: Apr 11, 2026, 3:12 PM PDT Edit