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THE sp"RING" bash Event Cache

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Hidden : Sunday, September 9, 2007
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Terrain:
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THE sp"RING" Bash (September 2007)
DATE: Sunday 9th September 2007

Firstly we'd like to say a HUGE thanks to everyone who came along. We were expecting about 100 people and the turn out phenomenal with 111 people (with 3 teams at the last moment not being able to make it). I am going to keep it short and simple so below are the interesting statistics for those who want to see it all and the positions of all the winners. There were 33 teams overall.

For those of you who want a list of the TB numbers, please drop me an email and I will forward you the list of numbers that you can discover. Please give me a short while to get this in order. You can drop an email to " geo@crystalfairy.co.za " with any comments (positive or negative) so that the next event (which is a while away - we think its time some other teams let us compete for a while :-) ) can be even better.

Finally a BIG thanks to "The Ring ", "GSAK", "Ananzi", "Tracks 4 Africa" and "Magicom" (in no particular order) for making this event possible and for sponsoring all the incredible prizes along with people teams like LeonW and Not Blonde and fellow cachers from Canada sponsoring hampers and geo-coins.

We thought we would share a few "general knowledge" answers with you from the results and the team names. (Just for fun)

What is the number 1.61803... Infinity (By Rod 'n Joan)
Who wrote The Hobbit JK Rowling (By Team Hilux)
What is the Druids name in Asterix Haven'tgotaclueix (By Urban Hunters)
What would turn you to stone if you looked at it? Virgins Breasts (By Urban Hunters)

 

Position
Team Name (Please excuse the spellings)
Score
1
The Larkies
271
2
Red Gnu & Sh0w me the cache
242
3 Team Without a Clue 239
4 Timmo1977 238
5 Team TGF and Scorp 67 231
6 Robin Hills 227
7 Zuperheroes 216
8 Team Hilux 214
9 River God 206
10 Keith Wood (The Woodies) 189
11 Eragon Saphira 180
12 Stukkies 179
13 Wayward and Gophers (New Team) 168
14 Fish Eagle 167
15 Urban Hunters 166
16 3 Blind Mice ZA 164
17 Cache Fan 160
18 Mal Gaan Soek (New Team) 156
19 Landy 2001 147
20 Ollie Noster 142
21 Team Olo 127
22 Not Blonde 108
23 Jors 103
24 Wild Birds 101
25 Red Globe 98
26 Damhuis Clan and Gold Diggers 86
27 Super Cur8tor 85
28 The Engelbrechts 82
29 Cache Converters 76
30 Craig1606 74
31 Rod 'n Joan 68
32 Team Ginger 67
33 No 4x4 Yet 53

 

Cache Name Number of Team
Who Completed It
01 - Crystal Wall 9
02 - Dam View 2 10
03 - Guard House 11
04 - Culture Shock 23
05 - Eugene Marais 10
06 - Fairy Sanctuary 8
07 - General Schoeman 7
08 - Haarties Best View 12
09 - Lesedi Village 27
10 - Magdalena 17
11 - Mikes Labrynth 17
12 - Paradise Found 15
13 - Paradise Lost 15
14 - Preller Graves 21
15 - Saturated 15
16 - Small RIP 9
17 - The Journey 1
18 - Toms Cache 9
19 - Trinity 16
20 - Stone Mountain 2
21 - Days Gone By 5
22 - The Castle 3
23 - Rocky III 8
24 - The Blue Train 13
25 - Rhino View 15
26 - Tant Malies Antiques 3
27 - Branch Out 13
 
A - Doors 8
B - Beware of 1
C - Biggest Word 1
D - Caution of 4
E - Crosses on Door 1
F - Lions 5
G - Spires 19
H - Restaurant Name 22
I - Name on Metal Box 9
J - Look up here 8
K - House colour 9
L - Wooden Slats 15
M - Big red word 4
N - Cactus Growing 1
O - Road Name 7
P - Plot Number 6
Q - Speed Limit 23
R - On the Ground 8
S - Sign Pole 15
T - Sign 0
U - Sign on Rock 14
V - Plot Number 21
W - Security Company 0
X - Sign 3
Y - Object 1
Z - Lives Here 4
AA - Drain Chains 6
BB - Colgate Word 9
CC - Largest Words 2
DD - Long Snake 3
EE - Whos Property 4
FF - Green Words 3

The venue - The Ring in the Magaliesberg!

All we are telling you is :

  • The views are phenomenal.
  • The food is out of this world.
  • The concept is completely different from past events.

This time there is no excuse for not attending. It is close to Johannesburg and Pretoria and the event will be three hours in length, followed by a scrumptious lunch.

Book the date now. Write it in your diary. No excuses will be allowed.


Update as at 22nd August 2007

Everything is setup and ready to rock and roll. We have over 27 caches and 32 way points for your enjoyment. There is even one cache that requires a 4x4 or a steep climb or mountain bike to complete, as well as some very different types of caches including even an Earth cache this time.

The event is sponsored by Ananzi, Tracks 4 Africa, The Ring, GSAK, Magicom Print and CrystalFairy.

The cost for the event will be R40 per person (Pre-registered) + lunch (optional) or R50 per person on the day

The price of lunch depends on the number or people, but ranges from R62 to R77 per person + drinks for the following
Potjies, Dessert, Bread and Salads (Trust us - You will not finish the meal!)

We already have 29 teams registered and over 89 people attending so far. Don't forget to log a "Will Attend" and email geo@crystalfairy.co.za your team name, members names and one contact cell number and email address.

Registration / Opening Time : 7am
Briefing Time : 8:45am for 15 minutes
Teams Leave : From 9am till 10am
Teams Arrive Back : 12am till 1pm
Marking : 1pm till 2pm
Prize Giving : 2pm till 2:20pm
Lunch : 2:30pm onwards


Payment can be made into the following bank account:
Name: The Spring Bash
Account Number: 9013338503
Bank / Branch : ABSA Rivonia (509955)
Please make sure your reference number is your team name!

Come on everyone lets break the 100 people mark and make this the biggest event in AFRICA !

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)