First of all, I would like to thank all of the participants who enjoyed a warm but not unpleasantly so day of orienteering at Shockley, and to all of the volunteers who made it possible: to Ray for initial course design and suggestions for subsequent modifications, to Jonathan for the preprinted maps and set up of the start/finish table, to those who set up and staffed the registration table (Janet, Bob, Nicci at least), to those who retrieved controls afterward (Joe, Jerry, Mike, Nicci), and to Derek for offering to do the result compilation (not a pretty task for this event as related below). If I have forgotten anyone, it is because I spent most of the day at the start/finish table and didn't see much of what else was going on.

Secondly, I wish to offer my sincere apologies to all affected by control setting errors for which I must take full responsibility. I found that the location for Green 2 (GI), after discussing its placement with Mike and studying its co-ordinates, was in error by as much as several hundred meters. To find its location, one of only two not ribboned by original course designer Ray, I attempted to use the two short trails leading from the road to gauge its position. But there are several such trails, and I apparently used the wrong ones. Had I carefully examined its placement relative to other control positions in my GPS receiver, I would have realized my mistake, but alas I didn't do it! Those who followed a course directly from G1 parallel to the FR538 found it easily, though at much too short a distance, while those who attacked it from the road were lucky to find it at all.

Then there was Orange 5/ Green 5 (CT), which most Orange course runners did not find. It was set, in the correct position, but was low to the ground and nearly buried in a bush. It is not clear what happened here: I certainly did not make any deliberate attempt to obscure its location to the extent described to me by the first Orange finisher who actually found it. Possibly the knot slipped, maybe storms during the week blew it down into the thicket, but at any rate I again must take the blame for failing to tie it securely enough in a suitable vantage point. Unfortunately, most of the early Orange JROTC groups spent so much time in failed attempts to find it that they had to abort the remainder of the course in order to be back by their pre-arranged time limit. Ironically, that control was not on the original Orange course design. It was moved because the thicket at which it was originally to be placed disappeared as a result of clearing by the National Forest Service. Again, I'm very sorry this happened.

Finally, I want to expressly thank Nicci for toiling away at the registration table most of the day, then spelling me at the start/finsh table, and finally retrieving controls. She did not even run a course: please be aware if you help at future events (and we certainly hope you do), that all volunteers should be given an opportunity to do a course if they would like to do so; someone can nearly always be found to fill in during your absence.

Again, thanks to all who attended.

Russ

WHITE

Name	Time
Grady	53:36
Gregg	89:26

YELLOW

Name	Time
Yeager	55:43
Hodge	80:16
Walter	OT
Ruth/Susan	DNF

ORANGE

Name	Time
Prytulo	58:48
Holley	187:18
GirlzGo	93:11
Deland #4	103:27
Andrea Holman	107:02
Deland #6	116:45
Delahunty	121:15
Deland #10	124:45
Deland #9	131:31
Hawkins	133:10
Lavigne	133:35
Deland #3	135:08
Missy Kaler	135:10
Deland #1	144:45
Deland #2	144:56
Deland #11	146:59
Deland #5	152:35
Oveido #1	167:08
Oveido #2	170:08
Jones	OT
Deland #7	DNF
Deland #8	DNF

BROWN

Name	Time
Hamilton	117:45
Jerry Sirmans	120:00
Carlson/Keyes/Schmidt	137:55

GREEN

Name	Time
Bennett	OT
Dempsey	DNF
Dennis/Carolyn	DNF
Joe Maliszewski	DNF
Capp	DNF
John Ide	DNF
Sheppard	DNF
Wyckoff	DNF

RED

Name	Time
Bob Putnam	90:30
Derek Bohn	112:48
Schultz	131:28
Artur Intson	135:00
Shuman	160:10

DNF	Did Not Finish
DQ	Disqualified (Missed Controls)
OT	Over 3 Hour Time Limit