It was a fine day for orienteering at Oatka Creek. We had our first local experience of "Western Massachusetts Rules." Stina Bridgeman set out twenty seven controls throughout the park, and participants could choose to run yellow (any 8 controls), orange (any 15 controls), green (any 20), or red (all 27.) Nobody was close to Mike Lyons on the red.

In addition there was a challenging white course with tempting (on the map) straight lines along stone walls connecting controls that had roundabout trail routes. There was also a 2.6 km sprint course; Rob Holmes, Sergey Dobretsov and Mike Lyons finished in about 20 minutes within about a minute of each other. These hotshots are being chased by the next generation. Zack Lyons and Tim Dobretsov blazed through the yellow course

Another innovation was the ability to print maps on demand with the club's new printer. About 1 p.m. one of the meet directors, noting the sparse turnout, asked, "where is everybody?" A few minutes later groups of scouts and local extreme athletes started lining up at the registration table, and we ended up having to print several batches of extra maps.

We volunteered to pick up trash for Earth Day, but there was very little to be found in this park.

Thanks to the volunteers: Mike Meynadasy, Stina Bridgeman, Elizabeth Hane, Richard and Nancy Burgey, Sandi Willsey-Lemen, Jim Russell, Jim Pamper, Bob Bundy, Carol Moran, Laurie Hunt, Patty Borden, Sandra Lomker, Tom Cornell.

Rick and Dayle Lavine, meet directors

White Course    
1. Shannon and Liam Oberst                30:36
2. Rob Holmes, Tyler & Bryn               32:10
3. Lucas Lyons                            34:55
4. Joe and Nancy Brugnoni                 38:38
5. Chris and Ryan Maloney                 40:24
6. Terri Steigelman-Johnson & H. 
    Trevor Johnson-Steigelman             43:09
7. Davin & Cal Reddington, 
    Dan & Aidan Delehanty                 47:19
8. Kate Green, Spencer, John & Andrew     56:10
9. Jon Mosbruger                          83:40
10.Melissa Tylock                          DNF

Yellow    
1. Tim and Sergey Dobretsov               18:57
2. Don Winslow                            20:22
3. Zachary Lyons                          26:19
4. Roger, Vince & Alex Kurtz              29:07
5. Elizabeth Hane                         33:58
6. Albert Abanado and Catie Jefferds      41:15
7. Carol Moran                            46:19
8. Jim Oberst, Shannon, Liam and Cal      50:02
9. Karen Santoro and Donna Budgeon        50:03
10.Patty Borden and Jeannette Wahl        55:22
11.Joe and Nancy Brugnoni                 64:12
12.Ryan Clancy and Mark Belfield          76:03
13.Brian Oistad and Marty Belfield        89:51
14.Kate and Amelia Cochrane               97:56
15.Bill Jabs and Wendy Mercado           103:18
16.Eric Barbehenn and Sachiko Kaizuka    127:42
17.Zack Cooley and Nathan Nau              DNF
        
Orange    
1. Rob Holmes                             36:06
2. Scott Heiligenthaler, Jason and Joelle 61:26
3. Eileen Flanagan                        77:16
4. Chris, Melissa and Steve Tylock        82:49
5. Will Soles                             95:56
6. Gail and Bob Hohman                    97:57
7. Mike Hirsch                           100:28
8. Vincent Luongo and Shannon Manzo      116:50
9. Tom Cornell and Sandra Lomker         117:39
10.April Miller                          148:25
    
Green    
1. Dick Detwiler                          61:17
2. Rick Worner                            72:01
3. Doug Brooks                            75:05
4. Vince Cassano                          76:50
5. Dayle Lavine                           79:58
6. Paul Schwartz                          86:20
7. Sandi Willsey-Lemen                    88:30
8. Rick Slattery                          89:28
9. Jim, Kathy and Mike Curry              98:40
10.Nancy Burgey                          126:34
11.Laurie Hunt                           127:03
12.Anna LaForce and Phyllis Staet        135:20
13.Jon Fleig                             149:36
    
Red    
1. Mike Lyons                             54:48
2. Michael Meynadasy, 
    Bill McGuire and Cooper               73:34
3. Patty Lyons                            77:41
4. Zak Borden                             79:10
5. Jessica Snyder                         83:02
6. Jim Pamper                             85:48
7. Dennis and Jeffrey VanKerkhove         86:50
8. Jim Russell                            89:01
9. Carl Palmer                            90:45
10.Chad Borden                            91:12
11.Linda Kohn                             94:53
12.Sue and Eric Grimm                     96:20
13.Tyler Borden                          100:29
14.Marilyn Robak Zygo                    104:35
15.Joel Shore                            112:07
16.Bob Bundy                             113:04
17.Larry Zygo                            113:34
18.Richard Burgey                        115:19
19.Brigid Maloney                        117:57
20.Walt Lyons                            122:03
    
Sprint    
1. Rob Holmes                             19:41
2. Sergey Dobretsov                       19:59
3. Mike Lyons                             20:49
4. Carl Palmer                            21:24
5. Steve Tylock                           23:25
6. Vince Cassano                          24:22
7. Jessica Snyder                         30:46
8. Kameron Holmes                         33:02
9. Scott Heiligenthaler                   36:37
10.Marilyn Zygo                           39:19