MCNJ Results 2012

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

For those who would like to know how they did…

We hope you enjoyed scenic Lebanon and Tewksbury townships.  You passed many farms.  The different legs of the rallye were named after farms that you would have seen only if you were on-course.  It did not impact mileage.

Leg 1 – From Instruction # 1 to Instruction # 10 - Official mileage:  11.35 miles

Instruction 5 stated R on Pleasant Grove Rd.  The sign at the intersection says PLEASANTGROVE RD which is one word, not two words as listed in the instruction, so therefore you should not have turned right at this intersection.  You should have stayed straight, where you would have passed the scene in Photo A on your right near the fire station.  You then would have come up to the intersection for Instruction 6 which has the SOL Our Lady of the Mountain church, where you would have made a right.  Those who turned R on Pleasant Grove Rd encountered the sign in Photo B and skipped to Instruction 9.  Eventually, everyone makes a left on Califon Rd and joins together. Penalty:  143 mileage points (under mileage)

Leg 2 – From Instruction # 11 to Instruction # 16 Official mileage:  8.06 miles

Instruction 12 directed you L onto Anthony Rd, which is the second route-following priority.  Once directed onto a road by name or number, you are to stay onto this road until you can execute the next numbered instruction.  For Teddy Bear rallyes, you were told that special photo instructions should be considered and executed as if they were a numbered instruction; therefore you were looking for signs to keep you onto Anthony Rd as well as the SOL scene in Photo C.  At the intersection right before the SOL scene in Photo C, Anthony Rd becomes Hollow Rd and is marked such (Anthony Rd continues straight as possible towards the fire house).  If you beared right on Hollow Rd, you would have encountered the SOL scene in Photo C right away, made a R FOPP on Mt Top Rd, drove down the mountain and then skipped to Instruction 15, and joined the others on Musconetcong Rd to eventually turn R at the checkpoint and drive back up the mountain on Point Mountain Rd. Penalty:  204 mileage points (under mileage)

Leg 3 – From Instruction # 17 to Instruction # 21 - Official mileage:  7.23 miles

In Instruction 19 you encountered the “Speed Limit 40” sign depicted in Photo D immediately upon turning L on to Woodglen Rd, which you may have missed if you were reading all of Instruction 19.  The first “Speed Limit 40” sign is clearly bent up on the bottom and different than the next two “Speed Limit 40” signs.  You should have made a     L FOPP on Little Brook Rd, then R at STOP on Sliker Road and proceeded to go S at STOP at the intersection where the SOL Peapack-Gladstone Bank is on the corner.  If you did not turn L FOPP, you would have proceeded directly to the in-sight Passage Control signs, where you were given instructions on how to get back on course.  Everyone then joins together on Sliker Road and goes to the checkpoint across from the Califon General Store. Penalty:  110 mileage points (over mileage), plus stopping at an off-course Passage Control (200 points)

Leg 4 – From Instruction # 22 to Instruction # 31 - Official mileage:  15.05 miles

Instruction 25 directed you to turn R onto “SAWMILL RD” (which also reads “SAW MILL RD” at the intersection; however this was not the trap based on spelling).  Anything in the route instructions that appears in capitals and is enclosed in quotation marks is a direct reference to a sign.   As you can not turn onto a sign, you should have passed Sawmill Rd and continued straight on Old Turnpike Rd (Route 517) until you came upon the sign in Photo E, made a R FOPP onto Hill & Dale Rd and then skipped to Instruction 26 which brought you up Hell Mountain.  You would have eventually come down the mountain and made a L on Sawmill Rd at Instruction 29 and joined up with everyone at Instruction 30.  If you turned R onto Sawmill Rd, you would have encountered the SOL sign in Photo F, BL at Y to avoid Burrell Rd (where the old Tewksbury Vineyard used to be), skipped to Instruction 30 and joined up with everyone. - Penalty:  592 mileage points (under mileage)

Leg 5 – From Instruction # 32 to Instruction # 36 - Official mileage:  3.35 miles

Instruction 32 had you turn L onto Califon-Cokesbury Rd.  This trap was recently used in the 2010 Teddy Bear Rallye.  For those of you who ran that rallye, or are familiar with the area, or are using GPS or detailed county maps (which you are not supposed to per the instructions), you would know that Califon-Cokesbury Rd makes a right at the top of the hill.  The sign at the top of the hill for Califon-Cokesbury Rd has been gone for well over a year now.  The second route following priority states that once directed onto a road by name or number, the signs indicating that road may be found on the right, left or in front.  As there is no street sign, you should have stayed straight, which is the third route-following priority, where you would have encountered the scene in Photo G, made a R at T, then        L FOPP on Rockaway Rd, then skipped to Instruction 36 to go to the checkpoint.  If you made a right at the top of the hill because you thought that kept you onto Califon-Cokesbury Rd, you would have eventually turned on Rockaway Rd from the other direction and joined up with everyone on Rockaway Road. Penalty:  186 mileage points (over mileage)

Leg 6 – From Instruction # 37 to Instruction # 41 - Official mileage:  5.42 miles

Photo H is of the sign that you would have seen if you were going over the bridge from the other direction (which you were not).   However, if you thought Photo H was the one you actually saw, then you went down to the 4-way intersection and made a L on Potterstown Road, where you would have eventually made a R at STOP on Route 517 South.  Otherwise, you should have gone straight as possible until you also made a R at STOP on Route 517 South, and joined up with everyone to go S at SIG under Route 78 (there are multiple SIGs, but only this one qualifies). Penalty:  115 mileage points (over mileage)

Leg 7 – From Instruction # 42 to Instruction # 50 - Official mileage:  8.27 miles

Instruction 48 had you make a L FOPP after “40 M.P.H.”  The first road after that sign is Cold Brook Rd which clearly becomes unpaved within sight.  As defined by the generals, the course is on through, paved, public roads.  Roads other than these do not exist, unless the factor that makes them nonexistent is specifically overridden in the route instructions.  You were not directed to turn onto unpaved, or that Cold Brook Rd TTU.  You should have not turned there, but gone down Lamington Road a bit further and made a L on Black River Rd.  Either way, you would have eventually made a L on Vliettown Rd, and joined up together to go to the checkpoint at the STOP in Oldwick. Penalty:  221 mileage points (under mileage)

Leg 8 – From Instruction # 51 to Instruction # 53 - Official mileage:  8.91 miles

This is the official odometer leg.  There were no "planned" traps in this leg.

TOTAL OFFICIAL MILEAGE:  67.64miles 

Please remember you were only competing against teams within your own “Class,” and the "honor" of being 1^st Overall.  So, if everyone in your “Class” fell for the same trap, it would not affect your “Class” standings.  We used different traps throughout the rallye, to test everyone’s skills.  Rallying is a skill gained through participation and learning at rallye reviews.

The real winners of today’s event are the recipients of the toys that were donated for the USMC "TOYS FOR TOTS" program.  We hope you enjoyed the event and look forward to seeing you next December for the running of the 23^rd Teddy Bear Rallye!  Thank you!

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