Hoyle's Mill

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People came from far and wide for this event. Seven clubs, in addition to QOC, were represented at the Hoyle’s Mill NRE: Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA), Georgia Orienteering Club (GAOC), Northeast Ohio Orienteering Club (NEOOC), Hudson Valley Orienteering (HVO), Up North Orienteering (UNO), Orienteer Kansas (OK), and Cambridge Sports Union (CSU).
The weather held up quite well. It was a little breezy and overcast for most of the day. The high reached around 50 degrees which is average for this time of year in the DC area.
Four NJROTC groups participated in the NRE: TJ Patriot, Huntingtown, Loudon, and Patuxent. Combined they accounted for roughly one-third of the starts. We appreciate the patience of the JROTC orienteers who had to wait longer than usual amounts of time to start on the Brown and Green courses.
There was a total of 226 starts. All courses had double digit starts, with the exception of white. All advanced courses had more than 20 starts, with the exception of blue. Orange, brown, and green were by far the most popular courses and combined to account for almost two-thirds of the starts. The rest of the starts were almost evenly split between white & yellow courses on one end of the spectrum and red & blue courses on the other end.
This event would not have happened without the efforts of the following people:
Greg Lennon ran both the event webpage and the event online registration.
Denise Mainville, Mary Snieckus, and Adam Heifetz showed up at 8 AM and helped to get things set up and ready.
Glenn Pastel, Addie Nolan, Stephanie Coffin, Brian Florence, James Weber, and Joseph Barrett got people checked in and handed out clue sheets at the registration tables.
Joseph Pastel, Jill Bradbury, and Erin Brandt helped to point people toward the two start locations.
Joshua Pomeroy, Richard Briggs, David Gedney, Chris Puin, John Cumings, and Chloe Cumings handed out maps and monitored the start to make sure the start times were properly spaced out on the white, yellow, and orange courses.
Don Fish, Heidi Onkst, Dina Beatty, Lydia Andrews, Florence Tan, and Tom Nolan handed out maps and monitored the start to make sure the start times were properly spaced out on the brown, green, red, and blue courses.
Jon Torrance, Greg Palardy, Kathleen Lennon, Greg Lennon, Jens Wira, Kim Jepsen, and Sam Listwak picked up the controls after the courses closed. Justin Levine, Jody Landers, and Cecilia Landers, and Heidi Onkst helped to clean things up after the courses were closed.
Sam Listwak designed all the courses and placed the controls. Michael Dickey, Francis Hogle, and Nadim Ahmed vetted the courses.
Amy Louden and Valerie Meyer ran the e-punch station. Valerie also printed the maps, clue sheets, and lists of pre-registered participants.
Mike Newman worked with both the park and the SoccerPlex to get permission to hold the NRE and arranged for the all important PortaJohns.
Nadim Ahmed mapped the area and took photos during the event. Clinton Morse from OUSA also took photos.
See https://orienteeringusa.org/2021/12/hoyles-mill-nre-recap/ for photos taken by Clinton Morse.
See https://flic.kr/ps/yE9Uh for photos taken by Nadim Ahmed.
- Dave Levine, Meet Director