Patapsco McKeldin

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The weather forecast for the day was pretty good, although it was spiced up with gale force winds at the shelter sending papers, bins etc. flying. Regardless of the steep terrain, we were pleased so many people showed up, and we hope that all orienteers (204 starts) had fun and enjoyed the beautiful weather.
It's a pleasure to once again thank all the volunteers at the event. A special thanks goes to the morning crew who were faced with having to get up earlier because of Daylight Savings Time and who couldn’t get into the park before 9am. However, Amy Louden and Valerie Meyer managed to set up in time for the first runners while Rikke Jepsen, Esben Jepsen and Russell Kenny helped Anne set up the registration area, and Kim hung the last controls. During the day Valerie and Amy expertly ran the e-punch table and Valerie printed all the maps and sealed them as well - it’s a huge service benefiting us all. As always Amy treated us with delicious cookies and even baked some gluten free treats – thanks!
Registration was smoothly handled by Florence Tan and Tom Nolan followed by Rikke Jepsen and Russell Kenny, and finally by Dasa Merkova and Alex Merka. A distraught runner came back realizing that she had lost her i-Phone on the yellow course, and Alex immediately volunteered to go out looking for it. In the meantime, Trish Strat found the phone laying along a path, but Alex instead found a set of lost car keys, making an elderly couple overjoyed – thank you Alex and Trish!
After the event, control pick-up was swiftly handled by Michael Wood, Tom Wells, Ted Good, Martins Jonass, JP & John Landers, Kim Jepsen, and Howie Weinstein offered to step in for Heidi Onkst who was exhausted after battling the steep terrain, so special thanks to him.
Thank you, Wendy Wroblewski, for helping Amy with clean up/loading.Thanks to Mike Dickey, Steve Camp, Jan Merka, Richard Briggs who offered their help which was unneeded. It’s a pleasure to be part of a community with so much support.
Finally, the event would not have been possible without the volunteers who work behind the scenes: Don Fish, Mike Newman, Greg Lennon and Craig Shelden. The MapRun app which Craig has introduced to the club will allow us to hold events without physical controls and can be of much help both during course setting (to ensure control placement) and for control pick-up where it takes any doubt out of retrieving controls after a long run in the woods.
-Anne and Kim Jepsen