Congrats to all for a tough and fun day in the woods. Big shoutout to Gary Thompson for all his volunteered time and energy. The Course was perfect and his point system was masterful!

Also big shoutout to a lot of newer folks to the sport, well done!

Great job with this meet Kelleys and Youngs! Beautifly made SLOC logo cutting board made by Mark Young as prizes for the top finishers. Very cool.

People must have been excited for the new map and favorable February weather as we had over 100 people attend! There are so many folks to thank for lending a hand in helping pull this together. From Brian Hey and David Fischer with permitting and equipment, Jason, Jeff Sona, and Jarrid for help getting the Wyman Center as our start/finish, Josh, Jeff Ryan, Mark, and Bryan for helping with epunch learning and course concepts, Jeff and Bryan for vetting, and Jeff, Todd, and Josh for course set up and pick up. The Kelly’s, Jerry, and Brian Rodenbeck for help cleaning up and Manoj for jumping in to help with the registration table. We had a scout group and several new folks who learned and had their first day in the woods orienteering this meet. Thanks to Josh and Mark for doing some teaching. What a group effort! Congratulations to Bryan Niehaus for taking home the first ever GROM Rock which was awarded to the best combined score for participants who completed both the Blue and Score O Courses. I had such a good time, and given the new map and the efforts the club is anticipating in getting more of Greensfelder Park mapped in 2023, I am committing right now to another similar event of this kind in February 4, 2024. Mark your calendars now! -Nathan

Link to the course notes and details

Great course Yvonne. It was an exciting event, so many new friends who have been at meets this past year are returning more and more. The woods family is growing and its a great time to be part of SLOC. Well done Mark and Bryan for the quick work on the e-punch. Dave Frei held court once again teaching us all that the best route from 6 to 7 was immediatly up the Eastern spur after the road crossing and folloing the ridge to the attack point. The Master.