Prince William Forest

Course results can be seen below as well as on Attackpoint and WinSplits. To enter your routes and see how others went, head to RouteGadget.

Reminder: Pre-registration is mandatory for this coming Sunday's Great Falls Sun. 11/1 event, and we are expecting to reach our max. capacity soon, so if you haven't registered yet, now's the time. And don't forget Daylight Savings Time will end Sunday at 2am, just hours before our event, so please remember to re-set your clocks.

Congratulations to all who came out on a gorgeous day and enjoyed themselves! We were honored to have some very special guests at the meet – members of the All-Marine Orienteering Team from the 1970s. Many of you may not know that the Quantico Orienteering Club got its start 45+ years ago after the Marines at Quantico Marine Corps Base incorporated orienteering into their training. Some of the original Marines present were: Robert Turbyfill, Don Davis, Robert Fawcett, Garth Sturdevan, Steve Andresen, Ed Smith, William Adkins, and Wayne Steele. I know I missed a couple since I only have the names of those who ran a course, so I apologize. Greg Lennon made a special presentation to the group on behalf of both QOC and OUSA.
For those who did not pay in advance, you should have received a slip of paper with payment instructions when you registered. Please use the instructions to pay as soon as possible and mark your payment for the PWFP Meet.
As for the meet itself, the weather was perfect for orienteering and the recent dry weather made for good running. Tori Campbell designed some excellent courses at all levels and provided outstanding course notes. We had one glitch as the long courses had an approved route choice through one of the occupied cabin camps. We had over 200 participants with 181 starts and a number of folks running two courses due to the nice weather. A huge thanks to all the volunteers, especially John Baker, who filled several roles, including rushing out to inform runners of the “out of bounds” cabin camp. Matthew Knight and Eric Hallstrom came early and helped with setup and other tasks. Valerie Meyer and Amy Louden ran the e-punch operation effectively, as usual, with help from Hannah and Kevin Culberg. Registration was a challenge as we were not allowed to collect payment in the park, so we had to change the procedures somewhat. Our registration volunteers, Laura Holian and Aaron Linville did a great job adapting and Valerie also help out when we had a sudden rush of folks who had not pre-registered. James Chaplin provided outstanding beginner instruction, as usual. Jeremy Gillespie volunteered his Loudon Navy JROTC crew to help with parking control and they did a fine job. Three of the midshipmen who helped were Andrew Toth, Nicholas Schaffer, and Kelton Allen, but I think there were more whose names I did not capture. Ben Bloshock stayed and helped with the take down after his long run. I had a number of last-minute volunteers for control pickup and I appreciate those who volunteered, but were not needed. Those who did pick up controls were Paul Hession, Daniel Pike, Shane Hagerman, Bob Hart, Jon Campbell, Sarah Robich, and Adam Bee. And once again, thanks to Tori who designed and set the excellent courses, with assistance from Valerie Meyer, Amy Louden, Hannah Culberg, and Kevin Culberg.
Bill Wright, Meet Director