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BFLOrienteer
Volume 36 Number 4
November 2015
The Newsletter of the Buffalo Orienteering Club
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2015 Ellicottville Adventure Run is Biggest Yet
A New Twist for BFLO O-club’s Premier Event—Here Come the Kids!
by Linc Blaisdell
This marks the twelfth year that our club has put on its version of a mini-Rogaine. A Rogaine, a
Rugged Outdoor Activity Involving Navigation and Endurance, usually takes place over a 6,
12, or 24-hour period. Buffalo’s version is “mini” because we don’t offer the 24-hour format.
From 2004 through 2008, our event headquarters was at the CCC Camp near Little Rock City.
From 2009 through 2011 we shifted to the Ski Patrol Training Lodge at Holiday Valley, and it
remains our headquarters to this day. The facilities at this venue allow us to host a more elaborate event with an indoor setting for socializing with food after the event.
In 2012 we made two big changes: we changed the name of the event to the Ellicottville Adventure Run to attract a wider range of competitors, and we used our new map! We had formerly used a non-orienteering quality map created by the Western New York Mountain Bike Association. Now we have a real orienteering map where the field work was done by Valentin Vladimirov.
Last year a group of middle school students from St. Greg’s in Williamsville were motivated by
one of their teachers to participate in the event even though it is designed for more experienced
orienteers. This year, in order to accommodate the middle school group, we established a 2hour beginner course along with the traditional 3-hour and 6-hour courses. And we changed the
pricing structure for beginners to make it more suitable for children.
Over 100 middle schoolers showed up!
—continued on page 2
Byrncliff Ski-O, Jan. 24th
Empire State Games qualifier ski-orienteering
event featuring short, middle, and long courses.
Register 10-11am, start times 10:30-11:00am. The
resort charges $10 per person for access to the
trails. Ski rentals available. Standard club fees
apply. Groomed and tracked trails. Indoor facilities available for pre- and post-event gathering.
Inside This Issue
2
Club Information
3
Editor’s Notes
3-6
Meet Results
7
Membership Information
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2014-2015 Board of Directors
President…………...……Lincoln Blaisdell
(716) 479-9431 [email protected]
Secretary.……………...…….Phil Wolfling
(716) 832-9758 [email protected]
Treasurer……..………………David Cady
(716) 837-3737 [email protected]
Director………..………Jennifer Borowicz
[email protected]
Director………………...…….Henry Davis
[email protected]
Director…………………....Jackie Novkov
[email protected]
Director…………….….Rainee VanNatter
[email protected]
Standing Committee Chairs
Communications.....…...Jennifer Borowicz
Equipment………………….Linc Blaisdell
Map Hikes…………………..Phil Wolfling
Mapping……………...………..Dave Cady
Marketing…….………...……Henry Davis
Membership…………..…....Jane Brennan
[email protected]
Newsletter.…………….…...Robert Reeves
(716) 883-0104 [email protected]
Nominating………………..…..Greg Hyatt
Registrar……………………....Greg Hyatt
Social Media……………….Robert Reeves
Technology…………..……Doug Kennedy
Trail Runs/Ski-O……………..Patty Lyons
[email protected]
Webmaster……...……………..Greg Hyatt
[email protected]
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—EAR, continued from page 1
This year the combined total of participants
was 135, a new attendance record. The glorious
sunny weather this year might also have influenced people to come spend a beautiful day in
the woods.
The event is held at Holiday Valley because it
is our largest mapped area. Because of the
number of controls that need to be placed over
a vast area, the event is a very demanding event
to put on as well as to participate in.
The course setters, course vetters, and control
placers have to travel the relatively long distance from Buffalo to Ellicottville several
times, and have to spend hours and hours in the
woods to prepare the long Score-O format
courses. Jackie Novkov has been the prime
mover of this event since its inception. This
year Dave Levine also took on a huge role in
the technical aspects creating of the course, assisted by Dave Cady, Phil Wolfling, Doug
Kennedy, and Walt and Patty Lyons.
The need to feed people after their three to six
hours of intense exercise adds another layer of
complication and the need for more volunteers.
Jennifer Borowicz brought hot dogs, chips,
cookies, bananas, and apples. Linc Blaisdell,
Phil Wolfling, and Tom Rycroft all made chili
for the event. Lynda Chudy and Rod and Laura
Cameron did lots of work in setting out the
food, while Phil was the main hot dog chef.
The groups ate in shifts; the beginners course
people from 2 to 3, the 3-hour people from 4 to
5, and the 6-hour people from 5 to 6.
Greg Hyatt’s pre-registration program got most
of the experienced orienteers signed up by a
week before the event. Some of the middle
school kids signed up in advance, but 70 students appeared on the day of the event. Linc
along with Katy Carrier were kept busy by the
deluge of bodies that poured in. Doug Kennedy
also had his hands full getting everyone into
the computer and handing out the “dibblers,”
the scoring finger sticks. The event came to its
conclusion as Jackie Novkov presented awards
to the top finishers.
Thanks to everyone for a great event!
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Meet Results
Location: Sprague Brook Park
Event Type: Score-O
Meet Director: Greg Hyatt
Date: August 2, 2015
Men
Name
Women
Club
Time Score
Name
Club
Time Score
1
Jon Melnik
BFLO 158:35 100
1
Patricia Lyons
BFLO 148:04 100
4
Michael Lyons
BFLO 160:36 94
3
Jackie Novkov
BFLO 160:34 96
5
Michael Alexander
ROC
175:56 82
13 Catherine Skolikas BFLO 160:10 42
5
TJ Sansone
BFLO 178:38 82
18 Rainee Van Netter BFLO 116:10 22
7
Walt Lyons
BFLO 160:43 70
13 Jim Kavanagh
BFLO 181:34 42
17 Scott Heiligenthaler ROC
211:05 26
Groups
Name
8
Team Nascar B
Club
Time Score
BFLO 164:51 62
9
Volunteers: Registration—Linc Blaisdell & Mary Ann
Bald; Contr ol placement/pickup—Dave Levine, Jackie Novkov, Doug Kennedy; Tr aining—Jackie Novkov;
Electronics—Phil & Simon Wolfling
Adolph, Kris Rave BFLO 154:57 58
Henry Davis,
9
BFLO 166:05 58
Steve Lakomy
11 Cameron
BFLO 164:22 50
12 Abby, Justin
BFLO 167:00 44
15 Team Nascar P
BFLO 167:56 30
15 Team Selig
19 Hiking Pandas
138:01 30
BFLO 142:25 16
Editor’s Notes
News from around the Club
The WNY Maritime JROTC Orienteering team competed at the Area 4 JROTC Orienteering
Championships hosted by the Delaware Valley Orienteering Association at Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey. They placed 3rd overall, earning 1st place on the Brown course,
2nd on the Green course and 3rd on the White course. Be sure to congratulate the Maritime
team next time you see them at a local meet!
 I asked Linc to write an article for this issue detailing the Ellicottville Adventure Run. He did a
great job of mentioning many of the volunteers who made the event so successful. Of course
he failed to mention his own efforts, so here is a testimonial from Facebook that does the trick:
Many THANKS to BFLO for putting on a great event on Saturday! They were so accommodating to my last minute registration and computing my score by hand when I forgot to clear and
check. (Now I know what happens when you don't do that!) Lincoln Blaisdell is the grand ambassador of orienteering and Jackie Novkova kept a great crew of volunteers running smoothly. Thanks, all. —Linda Hunt, Rochester Orienteering Club
—continued on page 6
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Meet Results
Location: Camp Schoellkopf
Event Type: Score-O
Meet Director: Phil Wolfling
Date: August 29, 2015
Men
Name
Women
Club
Time
Score
Name
Club
Time
Score
1
Andrei Logvin
OTHER 66:30
100
1
Elena Logvina
OTHER 82:41
100
1
Sevastion Irimie
OTHER 82:46
100
1
Stina Bridgeman
ROC
83:18
100
1
Thomas Rycroft
83:02
100
1
Rainee VanNatter
BFLO
135:01 100
1
David Cady
BFLO
96:33
100
20 Kathy Bannister
ROC
143:04 65
1
David Levine
BFLO
98:23
100
21 Cathy Skolikes
BFLO
159:56 64
1
Michael Lyons
BFLO
105:39 100
24 Ginny Conway
1
Jonathan Edwards
109:00 100
27 Lynne
1
Gregory Hyatt
BFLO
153:36 100
1
Bob Bundy
ROC
177:43 100
BFLO
172:00 98
13 Walt Lyons
15 Lacm Yadkov
17 Jim Kavanagh
88:07
BFLO
97
177:59 82
19 Michael Alexander ROC
159:06 72
28 Dante
111:05 7
Volunteers: Rob Reeves—course design, vetting, control
placement; Dave Levine—registration; Dave Cady—control
pickup; Ben & Simon Wolfling—electronic scoring
170:09 38
BFLO
60:17
9
Groups
Name
Club
Time
Score
13 Kris, Adolph Rave BFLO
162:17 98
16 Cameron
BFLO
160:25 90
18 Davis Lakomy
BFLO
169:06 76
22 Crew 286
171:54 51
23 Runbow
150:24 39
25 Justin & Abby
BFLO
26 Watermelone
29 Hiking Pandas
139:15 35
197:25 13
BFLO
100:58 1
Score-O Series Results
The 2015 Buffalo Score-O series consisted of events at Sprague Brook, Camp Schoellkopf, and
Sardinia Forest. Prizes will be awarded at the 2016 annual meeting in the spring to the top five
finishers in each category, as determined by total points earned with total time as a tie breaker.
Place
1
2
3
4
5
Men
Name
Michael Alexander
Jim Kavanagh
Andrei Logvin
Thomas Rycroft
Sevastion Irimie
Score
232
201
200
200
200
Place
1
2
3
4
5
Women
Name
Stina Brigeman
Jackie Novkov
Elena Logvina
Rainee VanNatter
Patty Lyons
Score
200
194
178
156
100
Place
1
2
3
4
5
Groups
Name
Adolf & Kris Rave
Camerons
Davis & Lakomy
Team NASCAR B
Justin & Abby
Score
224
140
134
100
76
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Meet Results
Location: Holiday Valley Resort
Event Type: Mini-ROGAINE
Meet Director: Jackie Novkov
Date: September 26, 2015
3-Hour
6-Hour
Name
Class
Club
Time Score
Name
Class
Club Time Score
1
Stina Bridgeman
Women ROC
358:23 1395
1
Irime Sevastian
Men
2
Controlled Chaos
Groups BFLO
359:37 1380
2
Team Scotts
Groups
3
Thomas Roycroft
Men
ROC
348:15 1290
3
Lach Yadkov
Men
BFLO 179:47 560
4
Alexis Rzewski
Men
WPOC 352:34 1285
4
Mike Lance
Men
BFLO 138:54 360
5
Jason Urckfitz
Men
ROC
326:05 1270
5
Kelly Urckfitz
Women ROC 171:32 310
6
Gregory Michaels
Men
ROC
356:04 1250
6
Team Sullivan
Groups
7
Russell Nordquist
Men
ROC
366:41 1240
7
Tortise and Hare
Women ROC 158:56 240
8
Olga Huber
Women
358:12 1200
7
Team GGGG
Groups
171:42 240
9
Pavel Korniliev
Men
ROC
354:45 1150
9
Ava Munschauer
Women
171:43 225
9
Erin Roycroft
Women ROC
348:07 1150
9
Team Kerwin
Groups
167:51 225
Stars 164:04 815
179:32 600
175:25 275
11 Todd Pownell
Men
NEOOC 339:30 1100
11 Lynne DePasquale Women BFLO 168:27 170
12 Eric Smith
Men
CYNO 358:48 1015
12 Maritime Delta
Groups
179:43 150
12 John Boland
Men
CYNO 358:43 1015
13 Maritime Bravo
Groups
152:44 125
14 Gary Maslanka
Men
ROC
353:39 930
13 Maritime Alpha
Groups
149:38 125
15 Yaki Barak
Men
WPOC 356:21 845
13 Maritime Echo
Groups
152:32 125
ROC
16 Maritime Charter
Groups
165:46 85
16 Sergey Dobretsov Men
349:43 840
17 Wandering Rocks
Groups
347:28 640
18 Forces of Nature
Groups ROC
340:29 520
19 Rainee VanNatter Women BFLO
354:27 475
20 Lynda Chudy
Women BFLO
375:28 305
21 Laurie Hunt
Women ROC
02:30 290
22 Charles Feldman
Men
346:24 140
23 Sara Oche
Women
313:03 120
23 Catherine Skolikas Women BFLO
313:03 120
Volunteers: Course design, vetting, controls—Walt & Patty
Lyons, Dave Levine, Dave Cady, Phil Wolfling, Lynda
Chudy, Katy Carrier, Doug Kennedy; Tr aining—Phil
Wolfling, Greg Hyatt, Rod Cameron, Katy Carrier; Food—
Linc Blaisdell, Phil Wolfling , Tom Rycroft, Jennifer Borowicz, Laura Cameron, Lynda Chudy
Beginner
Name
Time
1 Team Ferger
118:24
2 Team Merca
86:49
3 Team Midshipmen 117:38
4 Team Nascar PBJ 104:54
5 Pina Mecchia
121:58
6 The Vipers
108:25
7 Team Crafters
103:33
8 Team Pumpkin
97:30
9 Team Adolf
78:15
9 Team Turtle
106:01
11 Troop 156
134:46
12 Team RKMT
79:19
12 Team TESS
108:31
12 Team Saccone
97:15
Score
250
190
185
170
160
130
120
115
110
110
100
95
95
95
Name
15 Team AAAM
15 Team Cena
15 Countries United
18 Team Snowballs
18 Team Green
18 Team PTG
21 Team Marauders
22 Team Planter
22 Team POW
24 Team Void Swag
25 Team Faves
26 Hiking Pandas
27 Team O'Donnell
28 Team Kerwin
Time
84:51
98:08
102:22
86:05
96:08
79:48
94:01
84:39
87:18
78:03
79:36
63:52
27:30
169:01
Score
90
90
90
80
80
80
65
60
60
45
30
20
15
-415
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Meet Results
Location: Sardinia Forest
Event Type: Score-O
Meet Director: Katy Carrier
Date: October 17, 2015
Women
Name
Club
Men
Time
Score
Name
Club
Time
Score
1
Stina Bridgeman
ROC
123:07 100
1
Andrei Logvin
OTHER 101:25 100
6
Jackie Novkova
BFLO
177:13 98
1
Thomas Rycroft
ROC
112:50 100
8
Erin Rycroft
ROC
177:12 89
1
Savastian Irimie
Stars
117:40 100
OTHER 90:31 78
1
Greg Hyatt
BFLO
167:27 100
7
Gary Maslanka
ROC
183:24 96
9
Ralph Lindzon
TOC
177:40 84
10 Michael Alexander
ROC
152:16 78
12 Jim Kavanagh
BFLO
162:44 77
13 Rod Cameron
BFLO
156:11 73
15 Scott Heilgenthaler
ROC
177:11 59
16 Michael Selig
NONE 238:19 40
10 Elena Logvina
18 Rainee VanNatter BFLO
161:29 34
Groups
Name
Club
14 Raves
17 Team Nascar B
Score
166:07 68
BFLO
19 Rauscher Team
19 Team Nascar P
Time
146:56 38
155:43 10
BFLO
146:55 10
21 Hendricks
99:28
21 StryVetk
100:27 9
21 Bakshi Team
NONE 99:26
9
9
Volunteers: Walt & Patty Lyons—vetting; Lynda
Chudy—flag placement, food, electronics; Doug Kennedy—electronic scoring, flag pick-up; Linc Blaisdell—
food, beginner instruction; Rod & Laura Cameron—
registration; Jackie Novkov—beginner instruction, flag
pick-up; Mike Lance—flag pick-up; Kris Rave—flag
pick-up; Rob Maslanka—flag pick-up
—Editor’s Notes, continued from page 3
 Call for nominations: All board members and directors will be elected to two-year terms at the
2016 annual meeting. Contact nominating committee chair Greg Hyatt if you are interested in
serving or if you have someone to recommend. The board meets several times per year in a relaxed setting to set club policy and plan events. Many different talents are needed and board
members need not be expert orienteers. They need not be excellent cooks either, but should be
willing to enjoy the excellent food that is an important part of the meetings!
 Thanks to Patty Lyons for organizing another year of successful trail runs. The Explore Erie
County Parks trail run series attracts hundreds of competitors each season and raises money
to support the club.
 Our first Guided Map Hike series was a big success at Chestnut Ridge Park this summer. Many
new folks were introduced to our sport. One person even attended all 9 hikes and completed
the Map Hike. Thanks to Linc, Jackie, Rainee, Rob, Rebecca, Jane, Katy, Lynda, and Patty for
leading one or more hikes.
—Robert Reeves
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Membership Information
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the newsletter address label. Please renew your membership with the form on the previous
page. Discounts are available for three-year individual and family memberships.
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 Fee discounts at Buffalo and Rochester Orienteering Club meets and events
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 Discounts at Eastern Mountain Sports “Club Days”
 Voting rights at the annual meeting
 Invitation to the summer Club picnic
 Helping to support club expenses and future mapping projects
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Jon Melnik has joined our club since the last issue!
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Orienteering is Cunning Running!
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Checkpoint leg routes chosen by the top 20 participants at the
6-hour Ellicottville Adventure Run
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Photos courtesy of Alexis Rzewski