College Woods

Durham NH

November 9, 2003

This event was an excellent turn out, quite unexpected to me since I had only agreed a month prior to the event to be event director, and therefore publicity except via the Internet was minimal. Many of the regulars from all around the state as well as from northern MA ventured out on the several courses offered. We were also happy to welcome some first timers and some UNH students.

The woods were quite open now that the leaves had fallen. It was a beautiful sunny but chilly day. The UNH fields that are usually a soggy mess were partially frozen after the first deep freeze night and the woods had dried up considerably. Everyone seemed to have fun, and the UNH field house tunnel provided welcome warmth in spite of its rattling ventilators and crummy lighting. While driving is usually not an option during a foot-O Pete Bundschuh nevertheless decided to repark his car into a legal parking spot after he had already started running on the red course. Good move Pete (one fewer 50$ parking ticket for me to appeal)!

I was wondering though, Pete very un-typically seemed to be running out of bounds on the way to control # 1. Bob Walsh on the other hand not only found O-flags but also successfully located a geo-cache (Don’t know what that is? Ask Bob!).

Thanks to all who came out to the event, and many thanks to the Dunhams for unpacking and setting up, and to Carolyn AlEgaily and Kev Graham who superbly dealt with the converging crowd at registration and at the start.

Ernst Linder, Event Director.

White Course, 2.1 km 7 Controls

1. Abbott Philson and Son UNO 50:45

Yellow Course, 2.5 km, 13 Controls

1. Jeff Tash & Matthew Eckert UNH 72:00

2. Akilah Campbell UNH 74:12

3. Carolyn AlEgaily UNO 77:08

4. Greta Hayes Group 83:28

5. Jeanne Walsh UNO 86.36

6. Abbott Philson and Son UNO 107:37

7. Cathy & Gerry Hill 115:00

8. Bill Whelan Group 115:48

Orange Course, 3.3 km, 11 Controls

1. Davio Dunham UNO 37:00

2. Tom Cronin UNO 55:24

3. Britt Eckstrom 58:00

4. Kevin Graham UNO 64:10

5. Mark Stevens UNO 66:00

6. Janice Huebner & S. Douglas 66:35

7. Alex Brooks NEOC 77:20

8. Cathy Dunham UNO 79:00

9. Faye Doria UNO 81:54

10. Kristine Bundschuh UNO 103:10

11. Bob & Margaret Garneau UNO 115:38

12. Nancy & Ralph Turmelle 129:26

13. Georgian Group 133:38

Green Course: 4.2 km 9 Controls

1. Johnny Bundschuh UNO 55:02

2. Abbey and Mary Gosling UNO 67:05

3. Stephen VanNess NEOC 68:30

4. Sarah Grovere & Nate Strong 83:12

5. Ruth Johnson OME 84:30

6. Adrian Dawson NEOC 85:52

7. Nate Brooks NEOC 88:57

8. John Moore 94:32

9. Mark Thomas UNO 113:57

10. Gammerman & Sulsky UNO 120:49

11. Nicholas & Michael Commons UNO 180:30

12 Eva and Aanika Ruutopold UNO HFA

Red Course: 6.7 km 14 Controls

1. Alar Ruutopold UNO 55:33

2. Doug Gosling UNO 62:29

3. Sandra & Erin Olaf-urcher UNO 70:00

4. Jim Pugh NEOC 75:52

5. Pete Bundschuh UNO 77:08

6. Dean Sturtevant UNO 87:22

7. Bob Walsh UNO 104:16