Florida Orienteering
Rock Springs Run State Preserve
September 8th 2007
EC - Mike & Marilu Dempsey


Courses: WHITE | YELLOW | ORANGE | GREEN | RED | BLUE | NOTES

What a day for the start of Orienteering season!
Maybe a wee bit warm while running out in the open, but not too bad once you got under some shade... and you did remember to carry lots of water; right?

We had a great turnout, with lots of first timers. I spent a solid 1.5 hours providing instruction ... after which I had almost lost my voice - and I think Bob was handling some additional instruction at the same time. Despite the crowds we only saw about 6 people during our 'run' of the Orange course - where was everyone I wonder.

Anyone who went 'off trail' probably ate a few spiders. I think they must really like the recent weather we've been having - I have never seen so many of them. Disapointingly, the spiders were the only wildlife we saw, other than a few birds we scared up from their nests while fighting through some undergrowth we mistakenly entered.

I would like to thank all those who helped out and made it such a great event. My applogies to Will Pirnasch who returned from retreiving all the Red/Blue controls to find that the table on which he had left his car keys was gone! (Along with Myself, Bob, and all other FLO helpers) Luckily our ROTC friends who were taking the equipment were still around, and he was able to find his keys by digging through all our gear.

Despite the heat and the length of the courses we had 17 intrepid O'ers run the Blue course. That was rather more than expected so Jerry Sirmans and I were barely keeping up with making copies of the map and clue sheet for the latest entrants.

We had 4 new members and a bunch of renewals, and received many comments about how much people had enjoyed their day, so it seems like it was a great success. We also collected over 200 pounds of food which the Second Harvest food bank was happy to accept. Thank you all.
So let's all have some more fun at the National Orienteering Day event next month at Moss Park. See you all there I hope.

Mike Dempsey


WHITE

Name Time
Kris Mante 45:38
Body of Art 66:40
Taylor 98:00
Bright 162:00

YELLOW

Name Time
THS Orellana 38:28
Troop 225 58:08
Ed White #4 58:42
Michelle Kiefae 72:00
THS Perry 73:00
Ed White #11 79:41
Ed White #5 82:49
Susan Hewlings 87:10
THS Ravelo 88:26
Ed White #12 89:38
THS Pensel 92:12
Wulburn 97:05
THS #3 99:51
BCHS #2 100:02
Thomas Hall 103:41
Ed White #6 107:32
Lost Tribe 110:03
BCHS #4 115:59
Ed White #3 116:22
Ed White #10 118:18
Centennial #2 122:30
Ed White #8 122:37
Centennial #3 125:30
THS Pattilo 131:13
Centennial #1 135:40
WCHE 146:58
Troop 238 157:50
Ron Crudo DNF
Nelson DNF
Rick Price DNF
Tampa Girls + DNF
Daniel Wensel DNF
BCHS #1 DNF
Ed White #7 DNF
Ed White #9 DNF

ORANGE

Name Time
Tim Buchholz/Anna Nummelin 48:33
Centennial #6 53:35
Anne Putnam 61:53
Public Display 74:40
Centennial #4 77:55
Veronica Dedge 78:38
THS Hargis 80:38
West Nassau #9 87:40
M&M Dempsey 87:55
Hamilton 89:15
Craig Skiles 91:35
Team Griffield 92:23
Ian Coutune 94:55
Pine Ridge #3 113:02
West Nassau #5 114:06
BCHS #8 114:50
Wing / Paher 119:50
Mark Dowling 121:58
Fishes 126:02
West Nassau #3 127:46
West Nassau #4 128:50
West Nassau #6 132:18
Lost & Found 132:30
West Nassau #2 133:28
West Nassau #10 133:58
West Nassau #7 135:58
West Nassau #1 137:11
Centennial #5 142:10
Bill Plant 145:51
Jack & Trace 160:31
Sheri Weinstein 161:24
Pine Ridge #1 169:42
BCHS #5 DNF
BCHS #6 DNF
BCHS #7 DNF
Centennial #7 DNF
Pine Ridge #2 DNF
THS McGu DNF
West Nassau #8 DNF
Ed White #1 NTR

GREEN

Name Time
Tim Buchholz/Anna Nummelin 90:35
Schmid 112:52
BCHS #9 113:15
Aaron Boivin 116:36
Ed White Pomper 119:47
Centennial #8 123:23
D&J Murphey 157:15
First Class 170:12
Dennis & Carolyn DNF
James Fenduer DNF
Keith Pattillo DNF
Team Bruno DNF
BCHS #10 DNF
Ed White #2 DNF
THS Gary DNF
THS Tran DNF

RED

Name Time
Toby Henson 54:46
Jerry Sirmans 59:38
Van den Huevel 64:58
Mike Campbell 65:08
Lou E Brown 81:36
Jamie Sheriff 106:40
Jim Fenduer 111:55
Karl Goedert 195:20
J Clardy Jr 195:20

BLUE

Name Time
Rob Kohnen 75:39
Ron Eaglin 77:01
Grant Staats 83:40
Bob Putnam 86:27
Travel Country 86:28
Ray Bruneau 94:12
Dwayne Jenkins 101:25
Troy Coutur 107:02
Pirnasch/Barr 128:00
Steven Spencer 134:58
Charlie Scott 135:02
Are we there yet 137:05
Kyle Tallent 140:20
Go Blue 142:27
Richard Nuzzi 182:12 (OT)
Jean & Audrey 190:15 (OT)
David Shuman DNF
Jonathon Wensel DNF


NOTES

DNF   Did Not Finish (Missed Controls)
NTR No Time Recorded (Did not check in at Finish)
OT Over 3 Hour Time Limit


Created 09-September-2007