This Geo-Meet was organized by local geocachers with the
cooperation of and promotional support by the staff of Radio
Station WGAW...AM 1340, located in Gardner, MA. Geocachers of all
experience levels participated in this all-day event on
Saturday, November 19th, 2005. Coffee and doughnuts were
provided during the registration hour compliments of Dunkin
Donuts/Baskin Robbins of New Athol Road, in Athol, MA.
THANKS to all those who
brought food for the Food Drive!!.
Tournament
Statistics
There were 30 caches to
find, 16 traditional (container with log)
and 14 virtual (gather information only) placed for the
event with a variety of difficulty levels. In addition to the 30
defined caches, there were three "On Air Virtuals".
Information for these caches was mentioned repeatedly on the
airwaves of WGAW- AM 1340 and WCAT- AM 700 during the
event. Bonus points were added to an individual's or team's score
if the correct answer was provided. Eleven (11) new caches were
added to the 295 pre-existing caches in the footprint. (see
map below).
Total Possible Points 885, Cache Finds (650),
First to Finds (185), Bonus (50)
It would be impossible to be the FTF on all 17 Caches. Taking this
into consideration, an "Optimum" score might be 730.
Congratulations to Team "MooseRedden", Moose-r-Us and Mredden.
Attendance: 64 19 Teams-(45), Individuals-(10),
Visitors-(6) and support-(3)
|
| TOP TEAMS (Over 300) |
SCORE |
TEAM MEMBERS |
| Moose Redden |
665 |
Moose-r-Us, MRedden |
| Buzzards |
625 |
TrailBuzzards, Bugeye59, McDyver |
| 3 Hams |
605 |
KT1I, KB1GSD, WN1E |
| The Mighty Hills |
595 |
srt4guy & ?? |
| Black Feathers |
585 |
Blackstone Val, Feathers |
| Berjr1 |
560 |
Berjr1, LHollo777 |
| The Dinosowers |
535 |
Mr. & Mrs. Dinosower |
| Terra Tooth |
560 |
Terradactill, Toothstock |
| TBKC |
465 |
Tammyj, 10 Point Buck, Crpntr1,
KathyDaffy |
| ~Bailey~ |
420 |
Mr. & Mrs. ~Bailey~ |
| El Fog Train |
375 |
El Fago Baca, Fog, Trainlove |
| Team Hawaii 1981 |
420 |
Jeff & Sarah |
| Cgod |
355 |
Cgod, Talula |
|
| TOP INDIVIDUALS |
SCORE |
| Bigrock95 |
505 |
| Joshbro |
435 |
| Blitzkrieg |
325 |
| Scout 98 |
315 |
| Lelfarm |
310 |
| WeatherednBoston |
295 |
| Goldfinch593 |
225 |
| Nomad64 |
145 |
The WGAW listening area "Footprint" extends from Mt.
Monadnock to Mt. Wachusett and includes many state parks,
conservation areas and historic sites. Local area businesses and
corporate sponsors donated gift certificates and prizes to be
awarded to geocachers with the highest point scores.
Many Thanks to those sponsors who donated
prizes.
Members of the oganizing committee include Spencer Marshall,
host of The WGAW Morning Show, Jode and Bigrock95. KT1I placed a
new cache to coincide with the event. Jode's "Bears Den II and
Srt4guy's "Coin Swap Cache were added to the event as well.