Bon Tempe Reservoir
Greg Ehrensing Memorial Event for BAOC Volunteers
Date: (Sat.) Dec. 2, 2023
Location: Fairfax, CA
Event Director: - 415.456.8118
Course Setter: Dennis Wildfogel
Type: C; ONLY ON SATURDAY this time; as in the past, participation is limited to only club members who have volunteered this year; PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED; NO BEGINNER OR INTERMEDIATE COURSES
Related Event Information
WinSplits Results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=94206) RouteGadget – Introduction RouteGadget – This Event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=532) Event Announcement
Event Write-Up
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Thank you to all who came out and enjoyed a day of Orienteering at my favorite club map!
The course setter, Dennis Wildfogel, went the opposite way this year from several years ago, when he set a record of number of controls. This year, he incorporated many long legs, testing people's abilities to choose the best route between controls. Based on the discussions after finishing, he did a great job, as many different routes were taken, and spirited discussions were argued over which were best.
The weather held up just enough for us. The day was interspersed with the sun unsuccessfully trying to make an appearance, and the occasional light mist. Map cases proved necessary due to the wet conditions of the vegetation. Even though it did not rain, people came back damp and wet thanks to the bushes and trees dampened by the previous night's rain.
With the relaxation of participation limits imposed upon us by the land owner (the Marin Municipal Water District), we should consider expanding this map, and possibly offering more courses. There is good terrain south and east of the current map, which would allow for more variation in course locations.
Of course, this event would not have been possible without the help of many club members. First of all, I want to thank the course setter, Dennis Wildfogel, who stepped in at short notice and designed the courses and hung all the controls for the event.
I also thank these people for helping:
- Jeff Lanam came up early on Saturday, and set up the E-punch system, which ran very smoothly this year!
- Our permit person at the Water District, Sabrina Gonzales, was very helpful and easy to work with, and was the person who told me our old participant limits had been changed!
- Chuck Spalding quickly and repeatedly updated the website for us, as we bombarded him with notices and updates before the event.
- Bill Cusworth executed the many map updates needed that Dennis found while field checking the courses.
- Sarah Williams set up online registration. (This was the first time this was used for our annual Bon Tempe event.)
- Steve Gregg, Rex Winterbottom, Deron van Hoff, Theo Verhoeven, and Tom De Vre picked up controls for us, which is always very much appreciated by this event director!
- Tapio Karras set up RouteGadget for the event.
I also want to thank the people who brought food to share. Thanks to them, we had some very tasty treats to enjoy, which helped make the event seem extra special.
Lastly, I want to acknowledge Nancy Lindeman, longtime club member, who came out and did a course on the fifth anniversary of her being diagnosed with a serious health condition. You are an inspiration to us all Nancy!
Results
Bon Tempe Reservoir
Fairfax, CA
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Silver Course Short Brown Course Brown Course Green Course Red Course
Thanks to Scott Aster for directing the annual Volunteer Appreciation Event and to Dennis Wildfogel for setting some great courses. There was space for more people than we had — maybe we need more volunteers!
Also see control-by-control timing in the WinSplits results (http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/en/show_event.asp?id=94206).
You can see the event map with the actual routes traveled by participants, and draw your own route for comparison, in RouteGadget for this event (http://baoc.org/gadget/cgi/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=532). (Use of RouteGadget is explained here.)
Please tell Jeff Lanam () and the Webmasters () if anything needs to be changed.
Silver Course Pl Name Club Time 1 Nancy Lindeman BAOC 3:00:35
Short Brown Course (2.7 km, 125 m climb, 7 controls) Time Pl Name Club Time Behind 1 George Minarik BAOC 52:42 2 Dan Greene BAOC 1:03:54 11:12 3 D/J/R Freund GCO 1:23:04 30:22 Brooke Staats BAOC DNF
Brown Course (3.6 km, 175 m climb, 10 controls) Time Pl Name Club Time Behind 1 Gary Kraght BAOC 1:00:01 2 Chuck Spalding BAOC 1:03:05 3:04 3 Steve Haas BAOC 1:08:17 8:16 4 Olga Kraght BAOC 1:10:06 10:05 5 Stephanie Maclean BAOC 1:15:32 15:31 6 Nick Corsano BAOC 1:44:30 44:29 7 Jeff Lanam BAOC 1:46:15 46:14 Johanna Merriss BAOC MSP
Green Course (5.5 km, 275 m climb, 13 controls) Time Pl Name Club Time Behind 1 François Léonard BAOC 51:22 2 Tapio Karras BAOC 1:02:59 11:37 3 Angelica Riley DVOA 1:05:43 14:21 4 Misha Kreslavsky BAOC 1:06:19 14:57 5 Steve Gregg BAOC 1:07:14 15:52 6 Martin Kunz BAOC 1:11:27 20:05 7 Marie-Josée Parayre BAOC 1:16:21 24:59 8 Derek Maclean BAOC 1:19:59 28:37 9 Matthias Kohler BAOC 1:37:35 46:13 10 Vicki Woolworth NAVX 2:03:40 72:18
Red Course (6.8 km, 340 m climb, 17 controls) Time Pl Name Club Time Behind 1 Anthony Riley DVOA 46:49 2 Wayne Staats BAOC 1:11:02 24:13 3 Rex Winterbottom BAOC 1:11:11 24:22 4 Greg Callas NAVX 1:13:55 27:06 5 John Richardson BAOC 1:24:00 37:11 6 Tom De Vre BAOC 1:24:55 38:06 7 Graham Brew BAOC 1:25:58 39:09 8 Deron van Hoff BAOC 1:36:34 49:45 9 Nikolay Chukanov BAOC 1:46:10 59:21 10 Theo Verhoeven BAOC 1:47:41 60:52
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DNF = Did not finish (missed one or more controls)
MSP = Mispunched (one or more controls wrong)