Thanks to all who came out for another day in the woods. The morning started with a cool start and clear skies. 8 hours later, temps were in the 50’s and everyone’s legs were toast.
A huge thanks to Gary and Ellen Thompson for an amazing event.
A huge shoutout to the Lafayette ROTC for bringing a large crew and crushing all those hills!
Detailed, control by control results can be found in below.
Thanks to everyone who helped put on this meet. It was a huge team effort once again to get so many racers through the event successfully. 46 people toed the line as individuals or groups to take on one of the four courses offered. Of course, there was also the GROM award which was given to the racer who bested both the blue course and then went out for a 90 minute score o with 33 CP options. Congrats to The Ukranian for taking this year’s rock.
| GROM COMBINED | Blue Course | Score O | |||||||||||||||
| Place | Name | Blue | Score O | TOTAL | Time | Controls | Control point value | Full 60 second blocks off leader | Minutes behind leader penalty (-5 per full min) | Incomplete Course -30 | Score | Time | Controls | Control point value | Minutes over time | Penalty (-10 per full minute late 90:01) | Score |
| 1 | The Ukranian | 250 | 390 | 640 | 1:25:05 | 15 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 1:30:00 | 31 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 390 |
| 2 | Jeff Ryan | 230 | 360 | 590 | 1:29:53 | 15 | 250 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 230 | 1:27:34 | 30 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 360 |
| 3 | Bryan Niehaus | 220 | 340 | 560 | 1:31:22 | 15 | 250 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 220 | 1:30:04 | 26 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 340 |
| 4 | Brian Rodenbeck | 170 | 370 | 540 | 1:41:51 | 15 | 250 | 16 | 80 | 0 | 170 | 1:22:52 | 29 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 370 |
| 5 | Todd and Z | 135 | 310 | 445 | 1:48:55 | 15 | 250 | 23 | 115 | 0 | 135 | 1:27:45 | 25 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 310 |
| 6 | Jeff Sona | 40 | 230 | 270 | 2:07:43 | 15 | 250 | 42 | 210 | 0 | 40 | 1:21:19 | 23 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 230 |
| 7 | Team Doias | 15 | 250 | 265 | 2:12:45 | 15 | 250 | 47 | 235 | 0 | 15 | 1:13:03 | 21 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| 8 | Joseph Marincel | -25 | 190 | 165 | 2:20:53 | 15 | 250 | 55 | 275 | 0 | -25 | 1:25:41 | 19 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 190 |
| SCORE O | ||||
| Place | Name | Time | Controls | Score |
| 1 | The Ukranian | 1:30:00 | 31 | 390 |
| 4 | Brian Rodenbeck | 1:22:52 | 29 | 370 |
| 2 | Jeff Ryan | 1:27:34 | 30 | 360 |
| 3 | Bryan Niehaus | 1:30:04 | 26 | 340 |
| 5 | Todd and Z | 1:27:45 | 25 | 310 |
| 7 | Team Doias | 1:13:03 | 21 | 250 |
| 6 | Jeff Sona | 1:21:19 | 23 | 230 |
| 8 | Joseph Marincel | 1:25:41 | 19 | 190 |
| BLUE COURSE | |||
| Place | Name | Time | Controls |
| 1 | The Ukranian | 1:25:05 | 15 |
| 2 | Jeff Ryan | 1:29:53 | 15 |
| 3 | Josh Borgmeyer | 1:30:02 | 15 |
| 4 | Bryan Niehaus | 1:31:22 | 15 |
| 5 | Brian Rodenbeck | 1:41:51 | 15 |
| 6 | Todd and Z | 1:48:55 | 15 |
| 7 | Jeff Sona | 2:07:43 | 15 |
| 8 | Team Doias | 2:12:45 | 15 |
| 9 | Jason Coleman | 2:13:53 | 15 |
| 10 | Joseph Marincel | 2:20:53 | 15 |
| 11 | Allen Kuehnle | 2:25:32 | 15 |
| 12 | Andrew Karandjeff | 2:35:24 | 15 |
| 13 | Nathan and Mandy Goff | 2:44:34 | 15 |
| 14 | Brian Hey | 2:43:44 | 14 |
| 15 | Mitch Faddis and Jim Avery | 3:38:10 | 14 |
| 16 | Michael Haveman | 1:34:41 | 13 |
| 17 | Big Dogs | LOST EPUNCH | |
| GREEN COURSE | |||
| Place | Name | Time | Controls |
| 1 | Yvonne Deyo | 1:30:42 | 12 |
| 2 | Lost in the Right Direction | 1:37:57 | 12 |
| 3 | Vladimir Yurkuns | 1:50:17 | 12 |
| 4 | Laura and Zack Houseman | 3:23:59 | 12 |
| 5 | Gail and Jane Small | 2:28:25 | 4 |
| 6 | Abby Wilde | LOST EPUNCH | |
| ORANGE COURSE | |||
| Place | Name | Time | Controls |
| 1 | Chase and Douglas Sickbert | 1:11:57 | 11 |
| 2 | Where’s Waldo | 1:43:20 | 11 |
| 3 | Diana Gores | 1:59:14 | 11 |
| 4 | Christina Duncan | 2:11:55 | 11 |
| 5 | Mark Yurkuns | 1:01:03 | 10 |
| 6 | Ian Jones and Bridget McCoy | 0:57:10 | 5 |
| 7 | MO-081 Alpha | 1:22 | 5 |
| 8 | MO-931 AFJROTC – Navy | 1:26:57 | 5 |
| 9 | MO-931 AFJROTC – Emerald | 1:28:13 | 5 |
| 10 | Dennis Yurkuns | 0:55:47 | 3 |
| WHITE COURSE | |||
| Place | Name | Time | Controls |
| 1 | Doug Sickbert | 0:22:09 | 11 |
| 2 | Chase Sickbert | 0:24:23 | 11 |
| 3 | Austin Sivia | 1:03:10 | 10 |
| 4 | Bob Kindle | 1:17:00 | 6 |
The inaugural West Tyson Poker-O was a hit! Hit me again everyone said…..so we might do just that…….next year, that is. We didn’t know we had a club full of gamblers! They braved freezing temps, ice, and sliding rocks just to get in a card game. We thankful that all made it back safely except for this poor fella:
Here are the results of the O -Game. Bryan Niehaus nearly swept the whole event but card shark, Jeff Adams, swooped in and slammed down a Full House! Congrats to everyone who had the free time to enjoy in the experience. We hope to do more of these spontaneous, fun O-adventures for our valued members. If you have any ideas or would like to direct an event, just let us know!
Name Time
Bryan Niehaus 44:35
Nathan Graves 47:10
Ukranian 51:47
Jeff Ryan 57:23
Michael Haveman 1:01:30
Manoj Sood 1:18:15
Jeff Adams. 1:28:57
Ted Weiss. 1:57:13
Mike Knapp 2:15:00
Jane Small 4:27:00
Name Poker Hand
Jeff Adams Full House!
Bryan Niehaus Ace High Flush
Manoj Sood Straight Queen high (with wild card!)
Jane Small. Triple Kings, 9 high
Mike Knapp. Pair of Queens, Ace high
Nathan Graves Pair of Jacks, King high
Michael Haveman Pair of 10s, ace high
Ukranian Pair of 8’s, Queen high
Ted Weiss Pair of 6’s, Queen high
Jeff Ryan Ace, queen high
Thanks to the Sona’s for a super fun Score O course. Congrats to Bryan for a first overall finish, Cynthia and Steven Truemper for first in the group catagory and Melissa and Myles Kelley for first in the group w/kids catagory. A huge thanks to Scott Kelley for getting the new techincal rig going for the club. It worked like a chime, an e-punch downloading chime that it.
What a great day to be on the lake. It started with a pretty wild overnight
thunderstorm but that seemed to cool the air and calm the lake. So after my car
broke down in the driveway, and I had to have some club members and parents
(thanks Mom, Dad, and Bryan) come to the rescue, the course was finally up, the
HQ was set and we were ready to roll about 9:30am. Thanks to Bryan, Mark, Scott,
Kevin, and David who all came out early to help with set up and logistics.
Thanks to Scott, Kevin, Robert, Mark, David, Bryan, and Joe for helping with breakdown
and course pick up.
We had several divisions this time around with winners everywhere. The
course was designed to be just a little too long to complete, forcing you to
decide which controls you would go for and what you had to punt. There were two
controls you could get to by foot if you chose (no one did) and five controls
of higher point values to tempt you to paddle farther and make tough choices. Each minute over 60, starting with 60:01 was a penalty point so the penalty was steep, and did make a difference in the end.
It was great to be out there with everyone. Thanks for coming and playing in
the water.
The map you first used last year at this meet has been fully completed. The Southeastern portion of Greensfelder, about 33% of the park and now including the Wyman Center, is complete and it’s a gem! This meet will take you around the section in great detail over four courses. HQ is at the Wyman Center, Enterprise Shelter.
Start with your annual SLOC membership, which is the best deal in St. Louis activities that you can find anywhere. We put on at least one meet per month with courses for every level of skill, every time. Use our on-line system FIRST, to purchase your membership and receive a coupon code instantly by email to then, SECOND, register for meets at a discount for the rest of the year. We have single, family, and special group memberships. The meet is $5 for members and $20 for non-members in advance. Those go up to $10 and $25 inside of two days prior to the meet.
COURSES OPEN FROM 12PM-5PM
COURSES:
WHITE: This course will be about 1.8km in length with 11 controls and climb of about 25m. The course is built to allow a youth to go out on their own with the map and feel confident. A special 1:5000 map will be provided. All controls will be along well-established paths and trails and will keep the orienteerer close to the Wyman property at all times.
ORANGE: I’ve noticed our usual orange course group has been getting good so I’m kicking this up a little on the navigation level. The length will be 3.4km with 11 controls and about 150m of climb. You will use handrails throughout and have bigger features to catch and will generally stay within the basin of Wyman.
GREEN: The green course folks will get a shot at some longer legs, more climb, and a number of route choices. This is essentially the group that is not going for the GROM (more on that to come) but still want that full course feel. This course is 4.8k in length with 12 controls and 250m of climb. You’ll be in the woods, don’t expect trails as handrails, expect to have to use all your skills.
BLUE: The blue course is designed to be course 1 of the GROM, but you are welcome to just do the blue course and be ranked on this course and not do course 2 of the GROM. The blue course is 7.3k in length with 14 controls and 400m of climb. This is a big course by design, thus the blue designation. There will be three big climbs on this course and of course many smaller ones based on your route choices. There will be long legs with route choice options. I am excited to see what our orienteerers come up on this course.
GREEN ROCK ORIENTEERING MASTER (GROM): This is the return of the GROM. You may recall this from last year. The format is two courses; part 1 is the blue course that must be run first (as described above). Then for part 2, you check back in, find out where you stand, and get the score O map. The score O allows you to obtain any control on the map in any order. The new addition for this year is that the controls are worth different points values to increase strategy. You will have 90 minutes to obtain as many as you can. You may take as long as you like to plan your route before heading out. Everyone will be chasing the person who finished first in points on the blue course. It will be amazing!
Scoring from the GROM will be based on a weighted system combining the two scores from the blue course and the score O course. The weighting goal is to allow for balance between two different styles of course. The winner of the GROM will be the highest point total in the combined scoring system. All those who complete the blue course will also be ranked in the blue results as well.
If you are participating in the GROM, please indicate it when you arrive for the day. I am working on a unique prize for this year just like last year.
Paddle Orienteering at Creve Coeur Lake
UPDATED 8/12/23 AT 6AM – QUITE THE STORM BUT IT SEEMS TO BE PASSING. WE ARE ON FOR TODAY UNLESS THE WEATHER DOES SOMETHING UNEXPECTED IN THE NEXT THREE HOURS. SEE YOU THERE!
It’s been many years since SLOC held an orienteering meet on the water and the wait is over. Join us on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at Creve Coeur Lake Park. Registration and starts begin at 9am, last starts occur at 12pm. Course closes at 1pm (UPDATED TIME – LARGER WINDOW OFFERED)
Paddle orienteering works just like a regular orienteering meet except you use a water craft of your choice to navigate your way around the course. Any non-motorized watercraft is permitted, including canoe, kayak, pack raft, stand up paddleboard, or whatever else you have in your personal livery.
This meet will be a Score O format so you will receive your map at registration, plot your course, get your boat all ready to go, and set out. You will only have 60 minutes to obtain as many controls as you can. A one-point penalty will first commence at 60:00:01 and another for each additional minute. Don’t be late!
Watch your clue sheet closely as some of the farther controls are worth more points. The Score O format allows paddlers and navigators of all levels to enjoy the course at their pace. A non-competitive category will also be available. There is no time limit in the non-competitive category other than the course closing at 1pm.
Boats are not provided by SLOC but are available for rent at the Creve Coeur Lake Park boat rental kiosk. The race HQ/registration will be set up right next to the kiosk and they are expecting us and holding boats.
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER SO WE CAN TELL THE BOAT RENTAL COMPANY HOW MANY TO EXPECT! Those who pre-register are guaranteed a rental boat. Those who do not are first come, first serve along with the rest of those who are on the lake.
After you register and get your map, walk a few steps over to the kiosk and rent your boat. Start the meet when you have your boat and route ready.
Here is a link to the rentals, they rent canoes ($20), kayaks ($15), tandem kayaks ($20), and stand up paddle boards (SUP) ($15). https://crevecoeurlakerentals.net/pricing/
In order to account for the different types of boats, talents, combos, and ages this event will feature the following divisions:
Solo kayak/canoe
Tandem kayak/canoe (includes 3 person)
Stand Up Paddle Board
Pack Raft
In addition, there will be three categories of competitors:
Juniors: Solo/All team members must be under 18 years old
Masters: Solo/All team members must be 55 years or over
Adult: Anything else (including combinations where one person is in another category)
Non-competitive: Any boat, any combination, no time limit, just be back by 12pm.
The standard SLOC waiver must be signed by every participant and for minors an adult must sign. EVERY PARTICIPANT MUST WEAR A COAST GUARD APPROVED TYPE III PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE (PFD). It is required TO BE WORN for the entire event, no matter what water craft you use, your skill level, or how hot it is, including when using a stand up paddle board. You MAY NOT just carry it or strap it to the water craft.
These are available through the rental company or provide your own. This rule will be enforced and if you break this rule while on the course you will eliminated from the results and may be barred from future SLOC events at the discretion of the SLOC Board. Those renting boats must sign all rental company agreements as directed.
The event will be cancelled if there is inclement weather and we will attempt to reschedule. We will use our website to announce this. Watch for updates if you see the weather is looking questionable that day.
The event will use e-punch. Anyone borrowing a SLOC e-punch will be responsible for it. If you lose the e-punch, you will owe a $30 replacement fee. We will have string and zip ties for extra security if you would like. It might be a good idea to bring a hat, sunscreen, and water as it will be hot.
The meet is free for SLOC members as part of your annual membership. The fee is $20 for those who are non-members and $10 for those under 18. The annual membership is still availible for only $50, that is 5 more meets before the year turns over, still the BEST DEAL in St. Louis outdoor sports!
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.
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.
