Club Championships

While I've participated in many events, and helped out at quite a few, this was my first time designing the courses and hanging the markers. I learned what I did right and what I could have done better. I underestimated the time it would take me to hang all the advanced control flags and apologize for the slight delay. And I'll try to do even better next time. I hope everyone had a good time and enjoyed the courses.

The seven courses offered on Sunday (beginner, advanced-beginner, intermediate, and four advanced courses of different lengths) are all the ones offered at a typical US "A-meet," where participants come from all over the country to compete. EMPO will hold one day of an A-meet at the end of October, 2004 at Thacher Park on a new, expanded version of that map. We hope you can all attend, and maybe even volunteer to help out.

Many thanks to my helpers:

• Glen Tryson, who hung the White/Yellow course markers
• Rob Tryson & Eric Hamilton, who helped set up
• Glen again, for early registration, then starts/finish
• Bruce O'Neill and his nephew, who picked up the White/Yellow control flags
• Bob Goodwin, Phil & Marty Hawkes-Teeter, Glen & Rob Tryson who picked up the rest
• And finally, thanks to the staff at Moreau, particularly Park Manager Michael Greenslade, and workers Kevin and Kyriel, for their help and understanding.

-- Janet Tryson