Every now and then, ROC has an event that sort of "knocks your socks off". The Mendon meet was such a day with a turnout of 208 individuals of all ages. Was it the gorgeous Fall weather? Nothing else to do but come out and orienteer? Or, Mendon is my favorite place to orienteer!- whatever the reason, the turnout was great and Rob Stevens' courses did not disappoint.

The use of epunching made this meet especially fun and challenging, too. Many had to learn a new S/F procedure that involved "clearing and checking" and "downloading" with a special "finger stick". Ravi Nareppa can be given kudos and thanks for setting up and running the epunch program. Ravi was not able to leave the computer for at least 4 ? hours.. He had to enter all the epunch numbers and print out the results as they were downloaded. It was very intense. Rob Stevens also deserves kudos for his important role as course setter. He programmed the epunch units to match his courses. On his final trip to set out controls, Rob carried at least 40 lbs of water in his backpack plus stands, units, flags and cups.

Eric Barbehenn deserves a kudo, also, for bringing the new club printer and being able to print the extra maps we needed for the great turnout. If you wonder what ROC does with your membership dues and event fees, well, for example, the club has just purchased a printer which produces excellent color maps at a very reasonable cost. The dream of printing maps on demand is now a reality for our club!

The surprise event of the day was the String O which had its best ever number of participants, 17 ( plus an untold number of teenagers who thought it "cool fun" to run around the string course and collect "body" stickers )

The Mendon meet was a window on the way we hope to experience orienteering events in the future wherever possible. The manual punch and punch card will never become obsolete, of course, but epunching made it obvious that, occasionally, orienteers do punch the wrong flag. We have never have time or man power to check the punches at past events, but now, with epunching, The truth will be known! (orienteering tip- always check your control code)

As always, our volunteers were troopers and how could we have had such a great event without them: COURSE SETTER- Rob Stevens VETTER- Dick Detwiller GREETERS- Carol Moran & Tom Cornell REGISTRATION- Ruth Hayes, John Nusz, Carl & Reid Palmer, Sandra, Lomker, Sandi W- Lemon, Linda Kohn START/FINISH- Rick Worner, Rick Slattery, Mike Meydanasy, Rick Lavine FOOD- Neil Parry INSTRUCTION- Linda Kohn & Eric Barbehenn STRING O- Nancy and Richard Burgey FLAG PICKUP_ Sue, Victor, & Sylcia Klassen, Jim Tappan, Rick Worner, Rick & Dayle Lavine,& Jim Pamper EPUNCH- Ravi Nareppa

Dayle & Rick Lavine- Meet Directors

Results

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Green                      Mendon Meet
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  1. 200  Kohn, Linda                            72:15
  2.   3  Tylock, Steve                          73:49
  3. 113  McGarvey, Randall                      81:07
  4. 101  Klassen, Sylvia                        90:43
  5. 114  Shore, Joel                            91:37
  6.  89  Slattery, Rick                         97:42
  7.   7  Novkov, Jackie                        105:17
  8.  84  Meynadasy, Michael                    109:28
  9.  47  Bundy, Bob                            120:33
10.   70  Tikhumirova, Maria                    130:46
11.   52  Mathes, Luke                          139:58
12.   9  Lambert, Hugh                          143:17
13.   81  Jahn, Eric                            144:15
14.   16  Story, Tom                            149:37
15.   58  Cameron, Rod & Laura                  180:00
16.   26  Burgey, Richard                       186:00
17.   10  Burgey, Nancy                         232:03
18.   79  Parmelee, Lawrence                       MP
19.  106  Cornell, Tom                             MP
20.  201  Worner, Rick                             MP

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Orange                    Mendon Meet
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  1.  90  Weiler, Scott                           76:14
  2.  57  Manioni, Chet                           90:02
  3.  45  Holahan, Annette                        92:36
  4.  20  Armstrong, Frank                        95:17
  5.  27  Sheehan, Kay                            95:28
  6.  77  Curry, Jim                              95:33
  7.  28  Marshall, Carol                         99:03
  8.  50  Palmer, Carl                           100:05
  9.  54  Manley, Jennifer                       127:10
10.   78  Yunker, Mike                           140:03
11.   25  Neuringer, Jordan                      156:49
12.    5  Hart, Colleen                             MP
13.   42  Tucker, Dean                              MP
14.   73  Rick, Gordon                              MP
15.   75  Nunes, Jeff                               MP
16.  116  Behlok, Eli                               MP

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Red                        Mendon Meet
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  1. 115  Gorbold, Tim                            57:14
  2.  22  Holmes, Rob                             69:11
  3.   4  Lyons, Nate                             89:32
  4.   2  Worner, Lindsay                        101:32
  5.  88  Pamper, Jim                            105:27
  6.  60  Klassen, Victor                        106:30
  7.  53  Barbehenn, Eric                        112:32
  8.  63  Bridgeman, Stina                       119:53
  9.  12  Cassano, Vince                         120:15
10.   72  Korniliev, Pavel                       124:08
11.   69  Rukosueva, Rita                        125:34
12.   43  Pieh, Erik                             126:57
13.   76  Quinn, Patrick                         134:17
14.   71  Sizov, Dimitry                         157:35
15.  102  Klassen, Sue                           184:46
16.   15  Maslanka, Gary                            MP
17.   18  Fergusson, Dave                           MP
18.   51  Luonyo, Vince                             MP
19.  110  Wallenhorst, Jack                         MP

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White                      Mendon Meet
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  1.  86  Dobretsov, Tim                          22:34
  2.  38  Creatura, Jack                          30:36
  3. 108  Nadorff, Elanor                         34:11
  4.  13  Kerekes, Cris                           34:27
  5.  11  Meyers, Morgan                          41:04
  6.  21  Wilson, B                               45:27
  7.  68  Cornell, Anita                          50:32
  8.  23  Holmes, Kameron                         52:10
  9.  40  McGwin, Kathe                           52:23
10.  6  Daum, Ron                                 53:53
11.  41  Davis, Katie                             54:54
12.  14  Buehler, Edwina                          56:00
13.  19  Nakada, Joyce                            56:05
14.  35  Wilson, C                                65:49
15.  39  Creatura, Anna                           70:29
16.  31  Wilson, A                                71:48
17. 111  Casto, Cindy                             78:07
18.  34  Wilson, F                               112:59
19.  32  Wilson, Z                               156:50
20.  29  Tumia, Cathy                               MP
21.  61  Penoyer, Barden                            MP
22.  36  Wilson, D                                  MP
23.  44  W, Wilson                                  MP
24.  33  Wison, E                                   MP
25.  37  Wilson, G                                  MP

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Yellow                    Mendon Meet
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  1. 107  Kurtz, Vincent                         62:46
  2.  1  Willsey, Sandi                          65:11
  3. 105  Holmes, Cameron                        69:07
  4. 117  McGarvey, Denise                       73:04
  5.  67  Winslow, Don                           75:11
  6.  80  Russell, Jim                           88:57
  7.  48  Mazzullo, Tony                         92:00
  8.  24  Moran, Carol                           94:06
  9. 112  Lomker, Sandra                         96:28
10.  82  Cloninger, Bethany                     101:31
11. 103  Creatura, Jack                         107:14
12.  87  Tuck, Douglas                          111:13
13. 104  Cornell, Anita                         115:23
14.  65  Byfield, Bert                          116:40
15.  56  Mancini, Chuck                         118:42
16.  49  Nusz, John                             119:01
17.  64  Nutschler, Bill                        130:07
18.  62  Hane, Elizabeth                        130:09
19.  83  Laplante, David                        148:16
20. 210  Wilson, 1                              255:00
21. 211  Wilson, 2                              257:00
22.  8  LaForce, Anna                              MP
23.  17  Story, Lori                               MP
24.  30  Parry, Neil                               MP
25.  66  Lally, Mike                               MP
26.  46  Holahan, Tim                              MP
27.  59  Budgeon, Donna                            MP
28.  55  Jabs, Bill                                MP