Schabarum Valentine Score-O
February 15, 2004
Meet Director/Course Setter - Clare Durand

A great crowd enjoyed the scout meet score-O course and the wonderful weather at 
Schabarum. And some of us even enjoyed pizza at Round Table afterward. This event is 
always pretty casual and a lot of fun. This year we had a few festive valentine balloons and the traditional kiss for every finisher.

There were a total of 30 controls worth 555 points. Time limit was one hour. The penalty 
was 5 points for each of the first 5 minutes, 10 points per minute after that. Teams were 
officially OT after an hour and a half.

5 finishers made it to all 30 controls within the time limit. Blowing away any competition 
was Nathan Tharp, who cleaned the course in 37:28. The only Junior to complete the entire 
course was Noah Elhardt. The illustrious meet director went out for a little memory-o and 
although you won't see her result listed, she did manage to remember all 30 controls and 
return in under an hour.

Of course the real winners aren't necessarily those at the top of the results, but the folks 
who stick around to get the candy. In the group categories, valentine hearts of Ferrero 
Rocher were awarded to Allan Pincus and Kim Wright, Peter Elhardt and his friend Nestor, 
Dieter and John Elhardt and the team of Stooges/Greenstein. In the individual categories 
Noah Elhardt, Twyla Elhardt, Bruce Corning, and Caroline Goulard walked away with solid 
chocolate hearts. There were plenty of sweethearts to go around to everyone else who 
volunteered or stayed for the awards.

Special thanks to the Elhardts who made pick-up a breeze. They even planned their own 
groups and pick-up strategy so I could just relax and wait for the controls to come in.

Thanks to all the volunteers!
Registration - Allan Pincus, Kim Wright, Terry Churchill
Instruction - Rich Hoesly
Start - Laura Vossman, Steve Churchill
Official "Kisser" - Marvin Johnston
E-punch Crew - Marvin Johnston, Bruce Corning, Ananda Ranasinghe
Control Pickup - The entire Elhardt Clan - Dieter, Noah, Peter, Twlya, John, Joseph, and 
friend Nestor.