The Southeast Texas
Geocachers are hosting the 9th Annual Texas Challenge the weekend
of March 12, 2011 at
Huntsville State Park, with the main event
starting at 9:00 AM on March 12th, at the lodge.
Click
here to Register!
Pre-registering helps the event organizers plan the meals and
activities and ensures that we have enough t-shirts and coins
available for everyone.
Register your team one person at a
time.
Please join us at Huntsville State Park for a full weekend of fun,
food, and games!
The Texas Challenge is an annual event that pits cachers from
across the state in a contest to find the most caches during a
timed competition. The Grand prize? The coveted
Golden Ammo Can, and bragging rights for
the next year!
Please visit our website and
make your reservations as soon as possible.
We're looking forward to seeing you all there!
For questions and the latest news please visit the
Texas Geocaching Forum.
What do we need from you? Please post a *will attend* and watch
this listing for future announcments. When you post your
attendance, please state which team you will be representing in the
challenge.
Click here to Register!
Registration Update! >>
The deadline for Pre-made Score Card is midnight February 28th.
Deadline to order shirts and meals is March 3rd, and will close at
midnight. Registration will stay open until March 10, if you would
like to register to compete, but all other options will be closed.
After March 10th, no one can register to hunt for caches in the
Texas Challenge. However, you can register in person on Friday,
March 11 or Saturday, March 12, to attend the event as a
non-playing participant.
Schedule Events >>
The weekend's schedule of event has been posted on the
Texas Geocaching News page, forum, and Facebook
page! Check it out!
Travel Bug Rules >>
Here's what you need to do to ensure that the trackables you bring
to the event are routed TOWARD their intended destinations rather
than being randomly scattered about the state when everyone departs
the event.
Since this isn't exactly an international event, I have simplified
the routing from the system I designed for GW4 that is now in use
at most MEGA events. The trackable system for TC 2011 goes like
this:
First off, please put the trackables you bring into a ziploc baggie
and make sure it is sealed tightly.
Considering Huntsville as the origination point mark your
trackable's baggie with one of the following destinations
considering where it should head from Huntsville to stay on
track:
North
South
East
West
Any or Task
There will be a labeled bin for each of these destinations plus one
extra for unlabled trackables, because there is always a few who
don't get the memo.
The same ticket system will be in place that is used at MEGA events
with one ticket per trackable, but in this case THERE WILL BE A
PRIZE DRAWING with the tickets that will be held during the lunch
announcements. You do not need to be present to win. Winning
numbers will be posted through the Sunday morning CITO event.