Some cachers work very hard to earn your vote and others seem surprised but we have yet to find someone who genuinely dislikes that nod of appreciation for their hide. But this event is not just for cachers who hide caches, it is also for cachers who love to FIND them!! The reality is, if no one was to find them the hide wouldn’t be so worthwhile. It’s also one of the best events for geocachers new to the area or to geocaching to meet the South Australian cachers – so many in one spot at one time!
So save the date and plan to come out to find out who won the 2014 South Australian Geocaching Awards! There’s always plenty of laughs and great rounds of applause!
Where?
Linde Reserve – it was such a perfect spot two years ago we’re going to try it again! You have the coordinates, but if you choose to “BFE” it you’ll find it near the corner of Payneham Rd and Nelson St @St Peters.
When?
Sunday March 22nd 2PM Start 5PM End (However, we’ll not stop until the awards have all been given out)
Why?
The SAGA celebrate the best of what SA has to offer and recognises the amazing and selfless effort cache owners go to, to provide their caching colleagues with unforgettable experiences. It is a collective effort to encourage geocachers to place a good variety of quality hides and often gives us all some inspiration for that next great hide!
What?
All caches placed in South Australia between 1st of January 2014 and 31 December 2014 are eligible for nomination. The placed date and location will be officially determined by the GC.com cache page.
The voting process for this year’s SAGA is very similar to last year’s:
NOMINATIONS HAVE CLOSED
This allows you to nominate caches in each of the categories. In order to help with collating the data and to reduce errors, some of these categories we have made a suggestion for. These suggestions are based on the number and/or percentage of favourite points these caches have received. It is also worth noting that these were the only criteria as the pre-selections were made with the CO name and cache name hidden from view.
However, you can still nominate any cache (as long as it matches the criteria for the category). Other categories do not have suggestions yet as these categories are a bit more subjective.
In February we will review the nominations and in each category we will short list the caches with most nominations. The number will be reduced to between 5 and 10. The final number in each category may vary slightly to allow for ties in the nomination process. In other categories there may be a clear group of 6 or 7 and a gap to the 8th most nominated cache in which case we will select all of these 6 or 7 for the final shortlist. Again this process will be conducted with CO names and Cache name hidden.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE VOTING WEBSITE
You can now only choose from the shortlist and remember the additional requirement is that you will have had to have physically found the cache you vote for.
The three highest vote getters will be presented with an award at the event. There will be no tie breaks so in the event of a tie for first we will present 2 golds and a bronze and in the event of a tie for second there will be one gold and 2 silvers. Only when there is a tie for 3rd there will be an additional award.
The SAGA committee aims to be as transparent as possible on these voting procedures, hence the rather verbose introduction. If you still have questions on the process, do not hesitate to contact us.
This year's categories are:
* Best Overall cache of 2014
* Best Traditional cache
* Best Multi Cache
* Best Unknown/Puzzle Cache
* Best Event
* Best Earthcache
* Best Letterbox Hybrid
* Best Wherigo
* Best Regular Container
* Best Large Container
* Most Innovative
* Best New Series
* Best Country cache (over 50km from CBD)
* Best Brain Teaser (Real puzzles of at least 3 star)
* Most Adventurous (must be over 3.5 star terrain rating)
and back by popular demand:
* Best Cache Hider of 2014
We will also ask for nominations for best log. We’ve got a new idea for geocaching photos and will present that to you very soon!
More information about the logistics of the actual event will be posted here at a later date.