By Nancy Lindeman and Brad Wetmore

About 110 people came to enjoy the cool night and the course with all the wonderful decorations. It was amazing out there! We were happy to see all the scout and family groups enjoying orienteering with us!

Many people stayed to enjoy hot apple cider and the potluck after their course.

Congratulations to Stephanie and Derek Maclean for winning the 2023 BAOC Service Award. Thanks for all that you have done for the club over the years!

Thanks to all those who helped put on the Willow Glen event:

Brad Wetmore and Jeff Lanam – Course Setters

Brad Wetmore – Map printing

Bob Cooley – Map corrections

Sarah Williams – Online registration

Steve Hass – In-person registration

Garham Brew – Event Coordinator, get the event on the schedule

Marie-Josee Parayre – Presentation of the Service Award

Chuck Spalding – Website

Gavin Wyatt-Mair – Insurance

Bob Wedig and Jeff Lanam – Scoring

Kathie Wiegant – Help with set up and clean up.

Jeff Lanam – Tech help to get the Facilitron Permit

This year, Jeff and Brad set 61 controls (690 possible points), with just over half in the NW section of the map where the decorations are traditionally the most numerous.

In the 60-minute event, Tapio Karras and Sami Torstila battled it out right up to the last minute with Tapio taking first by just 10 points (280 vs. 270 points; 40 secs vs. 53 secs to spare).

In the 90-minute event, a time penalty almost cost Jason Reed a first-place finish. He was 3 minutes late (actually 2 minutes 2 seconds, but that's counted as 3 minutes), which dropped him from 540 to 510 points, and was followed closely by Rex Winterbottom at 500 who arrived with 2:10 to spare. The top four finishers (Jason, Rex, Jason Lee, and Erika Reed) finished with 510, 500, 490, and 480 points, respectively.

If you have the time, please visit RouteGadget once the event is posted, and add your routes. It's always very interesting and educational to see which way folks went, and for the Course Setters to create interesting route-choice problems for future events.

Thanks to all that came out and joined us for our 13th annual event. Hope to see you next year!

The full event results are below.

Your Event Director and Course Setters,

Nancy Lindeman
Brad Wetmore
Jeff Lanam

60-Minute Class  
                                                 Control Points   Elapsed   Time    Total 
   Pl  Name(s)                                   Correct/Penalty   Time    Penalty  Points  Errors
    1  Tapio Karras                                280      0      59:20      0      280     
    2  Sami Torstila                               270      0      59:07      0      270
    3  Bob, Jan, & John Wedig                      220      0      57:33      0      220
    4  Steve Haas                                  180      0      59:15      0      180
    5  Wayne, Brooke, Anna, & Clara Staats         190      0      60:47     10      180
    6  Marie-Josée Parayre                         210     30      64:11     50      130      29
    7  Lumi, Matias, Usva, Sara, & Ahto            120      0      57:06      0      120

90-Minute Class  
                                                 Control Points   Elapsed   Time    Total 
   Pl  Name(s)                                   Correct/Penalty   Time    Penalty  Points  Errors
    1  Jason Reed                                  540      0      92:02     30      510     
    2  Rex Winterbottom                            500      0      87:50      0      500
    3  Jason Lee                                   490      0      88:03      0      490
    4  Erika Reed                                  480      0      87:23      0      480
    5  Eric Rosenzweig                             500     30      94:10     50      420       5
    6  Jeremy & Seth Johnson                       410      0      89:33      0      410
    7  Mark Sinks                                  390      0      88:11      0      390
    8  Joe & Sophia Knapp                          360      0      84:30      0      360
    9  Lebreton Lia, Sebastien                     330      0      90:01     10      320
   10  BTO                                         270      0      86:27      0      270
   11  Mack Cotton, Daniel Cotton, Diane Appel,    260      0      90:21     10      250
         Jim Vicks, Jen Vicks
   12  Joanne & Ada Johnson                        230      0      82:37      0      230
   13  Sparkals-Sunshine-Rainbows                  260      0      92:26     30      230
   14  Vin Family                                  250     30      89:40      0      220      10
   15  Callie & Zander Rosenzweig                  290     30      94:10     50      210      10
   16  Anish                                       200      0      89:16      0      200
   17  Aaryan Magar                                200      0      91:22     20      180
   18  Nick Corsano & Esther Heller                170      0      83:33      0      170   
   19  Rajsheel Ippili, Shreyas Pandey,            160      0      88:07      0      160
         Sarvesh Sinha, Reyaninsh Gadia
   20  3 Scouts and a Compass (Eliana, Reynore     180      0      92:02     30      150
         Devon Ingram, & Caius Delgabe)
   21  Andy, Rebecca & Penny Ritger,               160      0      91:17     20      140
         Camila Lauralex, & Ivy Lumbae
   22  Michele, Dan, and Ben Conway                130      0      91:12     20      110
   23  Sumeet, Preeti, Sanya, and Sophia Sobti     170      0      95:21     60      110
   24  Reena and Cora                              100      0      77:04      0      100
   25  Aakash Nishar, Akhil Prabha,                140      0      95:21     60       80
         Michael Catambay, Rohan Keshari