Occoquan

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Only a few days ago, we were anticipating the possible closure of Occoquan Regional Park and the cancellation of the meet as a consequence of Hurricane Florence's imminent landfall. In the event though, a cloudy morning gave way to periods of sunshine this afternoon, and even the rain forecast for later in the afternoon failed to materialize. Today's total of 233 starts was an auspicious beginning to QOC's 2018-2019 season, with the yellow and brown courses leading in popularity and the numbers augmented by the participation of the Loudoun County, Patuxent, and Calvert NJROTC units as well as Fork Union Military Academy and participants in the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics.
Thanks on behalf of the club and all of today's participants are due to the volunteers who made the meet happen.
Paul Collinson came early and got Shelter 4 set up for the event. To him goes the credit for the innovative idea of draping the OUSA banner over the back of my Subaru.
Amy and Valerie reliably handled the large volume of participants as they flowed from registration to their starts, as they alway do.
Bill Vienna anchored first shift registration with John J. and Mary Miller. Mary was good enough to work both shifts and provide continuity at the registration table while the Bianchetta family jumped in en masse to keep things moving.
Andrew Komm and Jim Chaplin provided beginner's instruction, and Jon Torrance, Patrick Farley, Ed Enson, Radka Herndon, Bob Fawcett, and Keg Good went out on the course a second time to bring in the controls. Keg Good also, along with Sidney Sachs, coordinated the North Virginia Senior Olympics participation in our white and brown courses.
Special thanks to Gavin Weise for helping hang controls Saturday and Sunday and for dealing with the large black snake hanging out in the lower branches of the tree right next to control 110 while he was trying to hang it and also to Daniel Heimgartner for leading the effort to update the Occoquan map to reflect all the changes in the park since our last event there and for giving me numerous pointers on the use of Condes course design software.
Finally, QOC got great support from new Park Manager, Mark Mermelstein and Facility Manager, Chris Gaul. Thanks to Mark, Chris and all the Occoquan Park staff for their help.
See you at Lake Accotink.
Charles Carrick, Meet Director