The Falcon Cup/ONB Championships were held on June 3 at the Pits of Despair, also known as the Hillsborough Quarries. About 70 orienteers, including a busload of students from Amherst, braved the cool drizzle. Unfortunately, due to a misplaced control, Courses 4, 5 and 6 had to be disqualified. The meet organizers apologize for this error.
COURSE 1 F-12: Emily Ross Falcons 61:30 Gen Lalonde Falcons 81:11 M-12: Fraser Ross Falcons 19:51 Jared Nix Finders 29:56 Ian Black Falcons 29:58 F-Open: Jan Scott Finders 56:52 M-Open: Jeff O'Leary Finders 34:01 Matt Morris Finders 37:24 Luke Nowaczek Finders 62:33 Ricky Horsman Finders 111:09 Wayfarer: Jeff Atkinson, Josh Carvell Finders 25:59 Alvina and Kim Nix, Austin Lane Finders 30:30 Cameron Maxwell, Bobbie Ross Falcons 33:14 Andre, Mark and Scott Stanford Fundy 36:48 Jan and Peter Stanford Fundy 38:03 Wayne, Shannon, Diana Howett Finders 44:18 COURSE 2: F 13-14: Carol Ross Falcons 44:27 Christy Verstaten Finders 101:35 M 13-14: Evan Holder Falcons 65:31 Ben Phelan Falcons 75:14 Chris Richards Finders 98:52 Matthew Clarkson Finders DNF M-Open: Patrick Cove Finders 73:00 Scott Richard Finders 154:01 Rob Black Falcons DNF Derek Haynes Finders DNF Matthew Cove Finders DNF Wayfarer: Matthew Melanson, Matthew MacDowell Finders 69:25 Brett Smith, Devin Gabriel Finders 75:19 Justin Comeau, Joey Gautreau Finders 79:13 Andrea and Lindsay Laltoo Falcons 85:08 Gary Nicholson, Nick Merril Finders 151:00 COURSE 3: M 15-16: Greg Lockhart Finders 52:37 Matt Landry Falcons DNF Jamie Griffiths Finders DNF F-Open: Roisin Whaley Foxes 92:31 Theresa Whaley Foxes DNF M-Open: J.P. Hastey Finders 46:56 Chris Shanahan Falcons 117:11 Willis Ripley Finders 148:27 COURSE 4: F17-20 Heather Smith Falcons 74:29 Victoria Smith Falcons 80:24 F 55-64 Anne Mahoney Falcons 153:24 M 45-54 Terry Edgett Falcons 90:24 Rolf Ohlsson Falcons 93:32 Ray St. Laurent Foxes 127:56 M 55-64 Stig Skarborn Foxes 95:24 M-Open Greg Nix Finders 99:54 Daniel Sinclair Falcons 139:05 Garth Holder Falcons DNF Harold McQuade Falcons DNF COURSE 5: F 21-34 Anita O'Brien Falcons 139:30 COURSE 6: M 21-34 Jeff Mahoney Falcons 114:34 Alex Whaley Foxes 154:24 Paul Looker Fundy 159:40
The times recorded for Courses 4, 5 and 6 are unofficial as they do not take into account the various amounts of time competitors spent looking for the misplaced control. However, for purposes of assigning points for the Falcon Cup, the organizers decided to give points for competitors who otherwise finished the courses, averaging the points -- i.e., if there was one person finishing, he/she got 3 points, if there were two persons, each got 2.5 points, and if there were three persons, each got 2 points.
The points allotted were as follows:
CATEGORY FINDERS FALCONS FOXES FUNDY F-12 3 + 2 M-12 2 3 + 1 F-Open 1 3 M-Open 1 3 + 2 + 1 Wayfarer 1 3 + 2 1 F 13-14 2 3 M13-14 1 3 + 2 M-Open 2 3 + 2 Wayfarer 2 3 + 2 + 1 M 15-16 3 F Open 3 3 M Open 3 3 + 1 2 F 17-20 2.5 + 2.5 F 55-64 3 M 45-54 2 + 2 2 M 55-64 3 M Open 4 2.5 2.5 F 21-34 3 M 21-34 2 2 2 TOTAL 39.5 39.5 10 2
The Courier de Bois award given to the club in the province with the most points for the championship categories only went to the Falcons with 17 points.