NEOC local meet at Estabrook Woods in Concord, MA.
A lot has changed since my last NEOC local meet, which was at Nobscot in 2006. This time, we did not have to copy maps on time, or at all, as they were pre-printed and pre-bagged. There was e-punching, and the results were up the very same evening (
http://www.newenglandorienteering.org/results/117-...) along with WinSplits and RouteGadget. That's great! For sure, the quality of the local events has improved tremendously.
I knew ahead of time that the map was sketchy in places, so that didn't trip me up too much. The only real negative comment I have about the meet is the lack of reciprocity of lower entry fees for members of other O-clubs. WCOC charges the same price for NEOC, HVO, UNO, CSU, DVOA, etc members for its meets as it does its own members. I was surprised to see that NEOC did not offer the same courtesy. It's not a huge deal, since meet entry fees are too low for the product being offered anyway, but it would have been a nice touch.
Oh yeah, my run. It went ok. There were times when I treated the map as a rogaine map, and just used the big features to get around, but otherwise most of the map was ok, and there are some great bits of terrain in there. Ian and Wendy did a great job with the courses, making them as fun and fair as possible given the map age and quality. Thanks NEOC!