2010 Woolly Snogaine Results

March 7, 2010

Woolastook Park and area

Director: Rob Hughes
Course Setter: Rob Hughes
Fieldwork: Rob Hughes, Alex Whaley, Jenny Hughes
Timing, safety, dishwashing, walkie-talkies, etc: Peter Lane
Photography, general help, food service: Jenny Hughes

The event was held in great spring conditions with a sunny and warm day, reaching over +9C after a start of -5C. The overnight frost firmed up the snow and made the going a lot easier than it had been over the previous two weeks while setting the event. At that time we were post-holing through the snow up to our knees without snowshoes. On event day, snowshoes weren't really necessary . No-one opted to ski, although many areas were skiable. Base camp was Kelly's Lodge which is a great spot to use for this sort of event. Everyone seemed to have a good time.... including a couple of dogs...and the main issue seemed to be judging the cut-off time, with the result that quite a few teams fell foul of the draconian penalty point scheme and ended up with a zero score. Two teams managed to reach all control points and get back on time however....overall winner was Nat Couture in the solo category while the Nova Scotia team of Andrew Lowery, Shawn Taylor and Shannon Potter also equalled the top score of 2300 points. A total of 27 people in 12 teams made the day a success.

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