Put out/picked up W-Y controls before & after. 2 happy dogs.
Nottingcook meet, decent day, almost glaring sun, black flies present, no rain - comes later tonight. Decent turnout for UNO local, maybe 40, some from quite far. Farthest goes to Alar who calls B.C. home when he's there but currently staying at Bundschuh's. Hans came from Camden, Carl C & Andrew & Ethan from Essex, Vt, Ken W from Chester, Roger Underwood & Carl from Woodstock, CT. Was able to give Hans his BG cap from last year for oldest finisher. Sent Carl Underwood a check last week for $25 for breaking 2:05 for the half. That was my challenge; it did not take him long at all to do it. He also broke 4:30 for the mile in a relay - that may be subject to another $25 (same challenge) tho it was a running relay start so not quite so cut & dried. Old NEOCers present, back to mid-70s: Olaf & Mette (grandson accepted to West Point!), Hans, Roger and myself.
Meet went fine, no significant glitches. Reported a control w/o code by more than one finisher. Felt sure I'd noted all codes in hanging them. UNO envelopes & organization for keeping track of controls is pretty good. Have 4 days to pick them up. Beth & I did meet pretty much ourselves. S/F/registration was 2 tables a few feet apart & cars were parked w/in 50-75m.
60' & 90' score O - Andrew & Ernst both got 22/26 controls, Andrew back in 81+, Ernst 87+. 90' is plenty - recall doing a 4 hour score O at Pawtuckaway on a July day, 'cramps & all', maybe 10 years ago.
Some takers on the W-Y. One young man, maybe 18, emailed re instruction. Some kind of military activity this summer & wanted a head start. Came early with his dad. I showed them what I could with time I had. In leaving to go out, he asked me what a knoll was. He came back quite pleased with what he'd picked up about compass, sense of direction etc. Almost always fun to hear of the adventures of the neophytes provided the challenge is fair. Good course to save for intro to O for Bow residents - something I need to do.
Usual staging area