Photo gallery image (click to enlarge)

Wildcat Scramble

Wildcat Canyon Regional Park

Date: (Sun.) Sep. 13, 2009
Location: Richmond, CA
Event Director: - 541.401.7595
Course Setter: Ben Legg
Type: C; 30 Checkpoints. 3 Hours. How many can your team find? A mass-start, team event. PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!

Skip to the Results


Event Write-Up

By

Thanks to all who attended the Wildcat Scramble race. Saturday's thunder storms and fog had me a little worried, but we had a calm in the storm with great trekking weather. Hopefully you enjoyed Wildcat Park as much as I did. It's a truly beautiful spot. It has a strange history: our explorers were passing by old nuclear missile bases, abandoned oil wells, the ruins of a sanitarium, and a mysterious ghost road to nowhere. But it lives on as a wilderness at the edge of the city.

Special thanks to our great volunteers. There were big contributions from Rex Winterbottom, Mark Blair, Jeff Dickert, Donato Polignone, Bob Cooley, Nancy Lindeman, Steve Gregg, Greg Ehrensing, and James Wilson. You folks were awesome! Most of all I need to thank my right hand man Jonas Kjall. This guy helped in all aspects: from vetting courses before the event to cleaning up the trash afterward.

I also want to thank the East Bay Regional Parks—it goes without saying that this event doesn't happen without them. Special recognition to Alison, Neil, and Doug, who were a pleasure to work with.

Hopefully I'll see you at another event soon!


Results

Wildcat Scramble at Wildcat Canyon Regional Park

Richmond, CA
Sunday, September 13, 2009

You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in the RouteGadget (introduction; this event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=185)).

Top Men's Team: W&W (300 points)
Top Veteran Team: Steve and Tapio (300 points)
Top Women's Team: Rapping Lizards (260 points)
Top Co-Rec Team: Reptile Palace Orchestra (280 points)
Top Family Team: Quad Runners (210 points)
Top All Youth Team: Troop 24 Scouts (90 points)


Scoring:

30 controls at 10 points each
3-hour limit
-5 points for each minute (or fraction) overtime


Pl  Team                  Members                       Number  Late  Score   Time
 1  W & W                 Rex, Dennis                     30           300   2:44:46
 2  Steve and Tapio       Steve, Tapio                    30           300   2:49:37
 3  Trackme 360 iRule     Mats, Thomas                    29           290   2:27:49
 4  Porter and Goldberg   Scott, Noah                     29           290   2:46:54
 5  Dirty Avocados        Doty, Michael                   28           280   2:40:19
 6  Reptile Palace Orch.  Margaret, Joe, Marina           28           280   2:49:48
 7  Where's Waldo         Marie-Josee, Francois           27           270   2:38:15
 8  Mergeo.com            Roger, Yumay, Charlie, Akilah   27           270   2:39:16
 9  Belgian Beer Brigade  Luc, Theo                       27           270   2:42:26
10  Team GDP Squared      Galen, Donato                   27           270   2:48:38
11  Team Rapping Lizards  Emily, Fiona                    26           260   2:57:49
12  Buzzards Follow Us    Mark, Bud                       26           260   2:58:23
13  GC Plus               Steve, Bill                     24           240   2:58:40
14  Team Derby            Jessica, Theron, Rebecca        23           230   2:31:01
15  Team Aqua             Emily, Anja, Ralf, Jonathan     23           230   2:32:07
16  Quad Runners          Mark, Janet, Katie, Sarah       21           210   2:58:00
17  DragonFly Spring      Shura, Lena                     17           170   2:46:04
18  BL's Fan Club         Joanne, Max, David, David       15           150   2:38:22
19  Kona                  David, Kathy                    12           120   2:47:15
20  Lost Ones             Teruko, Cathy                   12     -5    115   3:00:36
21  Team 24 Adults        Steve, Dave                     15    -45    105   3:08:16
22  Nancy Lindeman        Nancy                           11           110   2:42:17
23  Troop 24 Scouts       David, Mike, Brian, Leo, Cary    9            90   2:17:19