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Topic created by Dasha on Sun Dec 2, 2012 at 8:15 pm
What a fun event today with a fantastic turnout of 300 regular course participants and 25 challengers for the Ridley Riddle! The atmosphere was electric, and despite early morning fog, the weather cleared in time for the first starters. The Junior Fun(d)raser Refreshments by Janet Porter were a true hit, as many enjoyed hot chololate, hot dogs, and homemade chicken noodle and vegetable soups! We had fifteen on-site membership renewals and new members participate in the Ridley Raffle!
Check out the photos and videos of the event!
None of this would be possible without an All-Star Team that put on a true DVOA production! A big thanks to all who helped at the Event! The highlights included the universally acclaimed courses by the first time course-setter Chris Young, and the fun challenge of the Orienteering Riddle set by Karl Ahlswede! The support and help before the event by Clem McGrath, Sandy Fillebrown, Tom Overbaugh was incredible and speaks to the incredible DVOA community that we have. If I were to compose an Ode to Ridley , it would begin with the list of all the major players in the event, as you will see below. There were also many others, not listed here, who lent a helpful hand during the event in a true show of DVOA spirit—a big think you to all!
The All-Star Ridley Volunteer Team (with thanks to many others who helped at the event!)
Course-Setting: Chris Young, with the help of Gianine Kopishke, and course consulting from Clem McGrath
Streamering/Vetting Team: Chris Young, Clem McGrath, Tom Overbaugh
Course Printing: Sandy Fillebrown
Map bagging and sealing: Sandy Fillebrown, Tom Overbaugh, and Clem Mcgrath
Control Hanging Team: Tom Overbaugh, Chris Young
Arena Set-Up: Sandy Ahlswede, Peter and John Gillette, Nick Babushok, Tom Overbaugh, Mary and Mark Frank, Gianine Kopishke
On-Site Map Production: Gianine Kopishke, Chris Young, Nick Babushok
Registration Crew: Michelle and Mary Frank
Start Crew: Bob Agosta, Peter Gillette, John Gillette, Ralph Tolbert
E-Punch Crew: Sandy Fillebrown, Kathy Urban, Ann MacMullan, Ed Niemann
Beginner Instruction Team: Peter Gillette and John Gillette, Mark Frank, Fred Reed
Ridley Orienteering Riddle Team: Karl Ahlswede, Sandy Ahlswede, Richard H. Ebright
Junior Fun(d)Raiser Hot Refreshments Team: Janet Porter
Control Pickup and Arena Take-Down: Hugh MacMullan IV, Brian Stempin, Erik Eddy, Ron Wood, Petr Hartman, Ron Bortz, Mark Walsh, Hugh MacMullan III, Jim Eagleton
Thank you all, and hope to see you all next year at the 2013 Ridley FoxTrot! -
Reply by anniemac on Mon Dec 3, 2012 at 9:28 amDasha, congratulations to you for event directing such a successful event! Everything ran smoothly and efficiently and a good time was had by all. I'm already looking forward to next year's Fox Trot!
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Reply by rpboehme on Mon Dec 3, 2012 at 10:05 amA most fun event - it was great walking quickly through the woods, making questionable route choices, socializing and unwinding with the Ridley Riddle! Many thanks to all that helped execute this event - my hope is that we had enough maps!
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Reply by MaryFrank on Mon Dec 3, 2012 at 10:40 amGreat Job Dasha. Very fun!!!
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Reply by yoyonateo on Mon Dec 3, 2012 at 2:12 pmGreat Job Dasha! You had more people at this even than at the US night, relay, and ultra-long champs. Hope we can see this number of people at more local meets
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Reply by camperpat on Mon Dec 3, 2012 at 8:29 pmEverything about the day was fun! Great courses, nice people, a beautiful day , changing terrain, food and lots of it along with music! Thank you everyone from the Burton Family
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Reply by Gillettejw on Tue Dec 4, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Great Job Dasha:
Peter and I had a great experience and I have a feeling he will be back for many more events int he Spring. The turnout was great and the weather couldn't have been better. Hoping to work our schedule better next year so that we can participate in the Riddle too!
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Reply by edscott on Tue Dec 11, 2012 at 5:54 pmI've just looked over the club event records and Ridley 2012 was the largest ever at Ridley in the category of maps used, or as OUSA calls it "Starts". In the past our All Time Largest local event records have been based on the number of participants where Ridley 2012 was 18 people out of 3rd place. Good location and great marketing.
