2009 NCOG / COG Family Picnic
As of 5:16PM on 9-16-09, the Poker Run has
been locked for any more entries. You can come and be put on
standby for any open spots. We are filled at this point though!
Thanks to everyone who pre-registered early for the poker
run!
We would like to invite you out to the 2009 North
Central Ohio Geocachers (NCOG) / Central Ohio Geocachers (COG)
family picnic on Saturday, September 19, 2009. This is the 2nd
annual Ohio mixer picnic, and we hope to have even a higher
attendance than in 2008! The 2009 event will be held in Marion,
Ohio at McKinley Park.
We have quite a bit lined up for this event. We
will be having a cookout once again, and ask that you supply a side
dish. NCOG will provide all meat (Burgers, Dogs, Sausage) again
this year, as well as the condiments for these. Please see the
itenerary below for more information:
10:30AM - Start Arriving. Be sure to
register at registration and pick up your poker run sheet. You will
also need to fill out a raffle ticket. We will also accept entries
into a Unique Cache Design contest for a small prize. Entrants can
either keep their cache or offer it to the raffle as a donated
prize.
11:15AM - Explanation of Poker Run *(see below for
explanation)
11:30AM - Start of Poker Run.
2:30PM - Deadline to check back into shelter house with
your cards. No late entries accepted! Cookout will commence.
3:00PM - Kids games / activities. Prizes awarded to ALL
kids who have entered.
3:45PM - Announcement of Poker Run winner. Announcement of
Unique Cache Design contest. Raffle of prizes.
(Visit This
Link for more information)
There will be a little bit of everything for
everyone at this event! We will have bean bag toss (simliar to
cornhole), and various other games to play while at the event.
There is AMPLE play equipment for children of all ages at the park.
There will be no shortage of entertainment! If you do not want to
come for the poker run, feel free to come and chat geocaching and
join us for the cookout! We will also be having a Unique Cache
Design competition. Put your best work into a creative cache design
and enter it into the competition. We will have a panel of judges
judge them and announce the winner for a small prize at the end of
the event. Entrants can either keep their designed cache or they
can offer it as a donation for the raffle.
We have allowed ample time for you to find the
caches at the poker run. We did this so you will have time to find
some of the other caches hidden in the Marion area. If you have
found all of the other caches, feel free to come back early and
play some games or sit and chat about geocaching!
Please post your "Will Attend" with the
following:
-Number Adults Attending
-Participating in Poker Run?
-Number Children Attending (Playing Games (yes or no))
-What you will bring for the cookout
We hope to see you at this event! Last year was a
great time and really looking forward to this one again this
year!
*Poker Run Explanation - This is a
geocaching poker run. There will be 5 caches hidden in Marion.
These caches will be loggable following the event. There will be
cards sealed in yellow envelopes in each of the caches. Your goal?
Find each of the 5 caches and keep "1" (ONE) yellow envelope from
each cache. DO NOT OPEN THE ENVELOPE! If the envelope has been open
or tampered with, your card in question will be disqualified from
the event. After you have found all 5 caches and have removed 1
yellow envelope from each cache, bring your 5 envelopes back to the
event registration table. We will tally up your cards and the
person with the highest card hand wins the poker run! This is a
blind poker hand as you will not know what you are taking from each
cache. Each geocaching username is entitled to participate. So if
you and your wife use 1 geocaching name, you can have only 1 set of
cards. If you each have a geocaching username, you each can have a
poker hand.
