The New England Orienteering Club

Beaver Brook Reservation
Belmont, MA
October 21, 2012
Event Director: Jim Crawford

It turned out to be a glorious day for orienteering, mostly sunny in the 60s, lots of colored foliage, and a new map. Historic Beaver Brook Reservation was the first Reservation in Massachusetts. The southern half was a large grove of oak trees (Waverley Oaks) a hundred years ago when the park was formed; only a handful of the original oaks remain, including one within sight of the registration area. The northern half of the park was 2 separate mill ponds and mills. The mills are gone, but the ponds are still there, with water falls coming out of each one.

With most of the experienced orienteers out-of-town at the North American Championships, this was a nice weekend for a small, quiet beginner's meet. 50 people came out, over half of them local first-timers. Everybody seemed to have an enjoyable time, including several who finished their first course and decided they wanted to have more fun, and went out on another course. All of the nice comments people gave made the event worthwhile from my perspective.

The meet ran smoothly with the excellent help of Pete Lane on registration, Joanne Sankus on instruction and pick-up, and my daughter Raina on the computer and pick-up.


Found: dibber/finger-stick; contact Jim Crawford to claim.

 Split times (courtesy of WinSplits)
          [raw splits file available here]

Photos from the meet are under News > Galleries.

White
  Name Club Time
1 Greg Lews & Patrick McNeal NEOC 22:58
2 Torben Krahnstoever NEOC 26:17
3 Deirdre Woods 28:00
4 Lucia Scott 28:03
5 Sarah Valentine 28:09
6 Michael Judy & Patricia Dwyer 34:07
Yellow
Name Club Time
1 Andy McIlvaine NEOC 11:46
2 Patrick McNeal NEOC 13:33
3 David, Owen, Elliot Loveluck 19:44
4 Greg Lewis NEOC 20:47
5 Rhodes Family (4) 23:01
6 Dominich + Nils Krahnstoever 26:18
7 David Merfeld (4) 33:18
8 Chet Osborne + Becca Staples-M NEOC 39:14
9 Neil Jenn Dashiell Daphne (4) NEOC 41:22
10 Michael Judy & Patricia Dwyer 49:44
11 Michael Judy & Patricia Dwyer 49:46
12 Michael Judy & Patricia Dwyer 51:49
13 Hop Holmberg NEOC 53:53
14 Kim Hien Micheal Hirsch NEOC 73:22
Sprint 1
Name Club Time
1 Patrick McNeal NEOC 24:07
2 Pete Lane NEOC 32:40
3 Chris LaPorte 37:51
4 Chris Noon NEOC 47:07
5 Gail DeRuzzo Boyd Potts NEOC 47:14
6 Joanne Sankus NEOC 50:02
7 Kirill Finkelshteyn 60:29
8 Merfeld 64:30
9 Harrigan 83:25
10 Michael Commons 83:48
11 Robert & Barbara Peary NEOC 97:24
Chet Osborne + Becca Staples-M NEOC DNF
Andy McIlvaine NEOC DNF
Sprint 2
Name Club Time
1 Andy McIlvaine NEOC 28:45
2 Bill Binette NEOC 54:03
3 Boyd Potts Gail DeRuzzo NEOC 54:53
4 Sarah Lucia Dierdra (3) 80:54