8th Annual Los Angeles Scout Orienteering Meet Schabarum Regional Park February 14, 2004 Meet Director/Course Setter - Clare Durand Almost 200 boy and girl scouts and leaders representing 16 Troops enjoyed a great day or orienteering competition at Schabarum. The weather was fantastic and everyone had a great time. E-punching was used once again. Unfortunately, operational errors resulted in a delay in the downloading of afternoon results, but the troops waited patiently for the results and awards. Surprisingly, virtually all winners stuck around to receive their awards. Despite the delay, awards were completed by the published time of 4:00pm. Top Honors went to Boy Scout troop 4673 from Los Angeles, participating in their 3rd scout meet. Their results included the winning team on the Orange course of Joey and Caleb, who also took third place overall in the score-O. In addition, their White 1 teams took 2nd and 3rd place in their class in the score-O. This year a variety of orienteering and Valentine's Day conflicts brought up the question of whether the meet should be rescheduled to be off of President's Day weekend. I am still investigating this possibility and will announce a date for next year soon. It will be in the middle of February, I'm just not sure exactly which weekend yet. As always, a large volunteer crew was necessary to keep the meet running smoothly. Volunteers included scouts, scout leaders, and regular LAOC members. Thanks to everyone for helping out. Packet stuffing and Awards prep - Suzie Varon Pre-Runners - Bruce Corning, Rich Hoesly Registration - Rita Mulligan Start - Dan Wamba, Rich Hoesly, Debie Wakeland Instruction - Joe Vlietstra Finish - Vivi Varon E-punch gurus - Marvin Johnston, Bruce Corning Lunch for the Meet Director courtesy of troop 1980; leader - Candy Tomanek Overall Troop scores - In order to receive a troop score and be eligible for troop awards you must have at least 3 teams running in both the morning and afternoon. Place Troop Council Score 1 4673 Los Angeles Boy Scouts 33.38 2 316 Old Baldy Boy Scouts 26.67 3 711 Orange County Boy Scouts 26.64 4 FROGS San Fernando Valley Girl Scouts 26.00 5 730 Old Baldy Boy Scouts 25.38 6 138 San Gabriel Valley Boy Scouts 24.93 7 1606 San Fernando Valley Girl Scouts 24.33 8 1980 San Fernando Valley Girl Scouts 21.75 9 338 San Gabriel Valley Boy Scouts 21.25 10 167 San Gabriel Valley Boy Scouts 19.75