The Great Northern Tier Geocaching Tournament
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
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Date of Event August 20th and 21st, 2005 A competitive, 2-day
tournament to find as many caches as possible and collect their
point value towards prizes in several categories. All geocachers,
both novice and experienced are invited to participate. GPS
training will be provided on Saturday morning from 8 am to 10 am
for those needing to learn how to use their equipment. GPS units
will be available for rent, purchase and demonstrations.
A competitive, 2-day geocaching tournament in the North Quabbin
Area. Geocachers will be encouraged to find as many caches, both
real and virtual, in order to amass points to win prizes and
awards. Over 60 caches have been hidden or established within the
North Quabbin Area (towns include: Petersham, Athol, Barre,
Philipston, Gardner, Winchendon, Royalston, Templeton, Warwick, New
Salem, Wendell, Erving, & Orange). Entrants will be provided
(beginning at 10 am Saturday morning) with a packet of Cache sheets
with the coordinates for all of the caches established or being
used for the Tournament. Entrants will have until Sunday afternoon
until 3 pm to turn in their scorecard with the correct answers,
stickers, punch holes, or marks to prove they found the various
caches they went to. Tournament organizers will then score each
entrant (team or individual) and register a score for them.
Entrants will receive prizes based on their score and the category
they entered. Geocachers who do not want to take part in the
competitive aspects of the event are still encouraged to
participate for the social and recreational aspects of the event.
The Tournament will begin at North Common Meadow, a conservation
property of The Trustees of Reservations, one of the sponsors of
this event. Other sponsors include New England Forestry Foundation
and the North Quabbin Woods Project, Massachusetts’s Division of
Conservation and Recreation, the New England Naturalist Training
Center, Mass Country Roads, Mass. Depart of Agricultural Resources,
and the office of Congressman John Olver. A barbecue dinner and
entertainment are planned for Saturday evening at North Common
Meadow. The North Quabbin Area is an area rich in natural and
cultural history. This tournament is being held to encourage
entrants to come discover the wealth of opportunities to recreate
and learn in this fascinating part of the state. NOTE: To Register
go to http://www.thetrustees.org/geocache.cfm 8/12/2005 update 2005
GREAT NORTHERN TIER GEOCACHING TOURNAMENT - RULES & GUIDELINES
1. Each team must register at the tent in order to be eligible for
the prize drawings and to receive the event book.. 2. Each team
must submit their official scorecard by 3pm on Sunday August 21st
in order to be eligible for prize tickets for the drawings. 3.
Teams will receive 1 prize ticket for every 10 points that are
authenticated by the official scorers on the official scorecard. 4.
Teams may not interfere with another team’s progress in the
tournament! All stamp, punches and interpretive material must
remain with the caches. Any team found altering or removing any of
those items will be immediately disqualified from the tournament
and asked to withdraw from the event. 5. Teams may have as many
members as they like, but remember, your official scorecard must
have the stamp, punch and/or correct answer to the questions to
validate that you found the cache and receive points for that
cache! 6. All teams will receive their event booklet with the
complete list of geocache sites and their coordinates at 10AM on
Saturday August 20, 2005. If there are an excessive number of
teams, the event booklets will be distributed to 25 teams at a time
in 10-minute intervals. Those teams receiving their booklets later
will have an equal amount of additional time to turn in their
scorecards.. 7. Recognition awards will be given to the team that
finds the most cache’s in the allotted time, to the team that
scores the most points, to the team made up of one individual who
finds the most cache’s and to the team made up of one individual
who scores the most points. Other recognition awards may be awarded
as well. 8. All real caches (32) will be registered with
www.geocaching.com. These will count as “finds” for all those
concerned. Several caches’ will become permanent caches as a result
of this tournament and will be released on www.geocaching.com on
Monday August 22, 2005. 9. All coordinates will be distributed in
hard copy form and not electronically in order to level the playing
field for all contestants. Thanks you for you understanding in this
regard. 10. Teams are instructed to obey all posted signs with
regards to hours of operation or accessibility on all of the
properties where geocaches are located. Your failure to comply with
may incur fines or arrest for your team. Have a great time in the
tournament and enjoy the many sight in the North Quabbin region.
Schedule of Events: Saturday: 8AM Registration begins 8 – 10 AM GPS
Instruction 5 – 7 PM Chicken B-B-Que Sunday: 3 PM – deadline for
submitting scorecards. 4:30PM – Awards and Prizes Someone will be
at North Common Meadow from 8AM Saturday through 5PM Sunday. If you
have an emergency you can call 508 498-4611 to reach someone there,
(we cannot give directions to caches)or call 978 249-3232 to reach
the Athol Police. The Petersham Lions Club will have refreshments
from 7:30AM – 11AM on Saturday and Noon – 4pm on Sunday – including
Coffee, soda, chips, burgers, dogs and sandwiches for bag lunch’s.
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