November 9, 2025 Lapham Peak
Results from the November 9 event at Lapham Peak can be found here:
Sunday's event at Lapham Peak helped us end the season on a high note. We had nearly 100 people on 63 teams navigating the forest, along with plenty of volunteers making the event possible at HQ. Thanks in particular to Charlie for designing fun courses, Susie for the spot-on map work, Regina for e-punch problem solving, and Ellen for being our event host.
Badger would not exist without the support of many, many other volunteers throughout the season (and during the off-season, too). Thank you for all you do!
October 18, 2025 Devil's Lake State Park
Results from the October 18 event at Devil's Lake can be found here: https://center.sportident.com/results/orienteering/badger-orienteering-club/2025/devils-lake-oct-2025/overview/1
Sunday's Devil's Lake event was a warm and golden one, with the sun making all the fall colors pop! Thanks to all of you who turned out, and there were MANY! We had 14 walk-up starts for a total of 29 folks, so many that by about 11:30, walk-ups had to choose between the Beginner course and the Advanced Long due to us running out of maps. (Note to everyone: please preregister for Lapham so that you can be guaranteed the course you want).
Big thanks to the volunteers who did a great job making the day go smoothly, and also to Brian for setting challenging and fun courses with controls like the one in this picture (WOW!), Charlie for vetting the courses, and as always, to Susie for her time and attention to detail on the maps.
October 5, 2025 Greenbush Rec Area
Results from the October 5 event at Greenbush can be found here: https://center.sportident.com/results/orienteering/badger-orienteering-club/2025/greenbush-10-15-25/overview/1
May 17, 2025 Lapham Peak
Results from the May 17 event at Lapham Peak can be found here: https://center.sportident.com/results/orienteering/badger-orienteering-club/2025/lapham-peak-orienteering-05-17-25-1/overview/1
Note from BGR Co-President Susie Madden:
We had 58 starts, with over 80 people participating in our final event of Spring 2025.
The weather was breezy but the rain held off and the sun warmed everything up in the
afternoon. Rick Schnell set the courses, which were just the right balance of fun and
challenging. Big thanks to Rick for scouting the park, designing courses, and hanging
the controls in the weeks and days leading up to the event!
Maricel O. from Chicago Orienteering took 1st place on the Long Advanced course and Gillian E. completed her first ever Long Advanced course. We had many people who were
orienteering for the first time, too. As usual, everyone was smiling after finishing their
courses.
It takes many volunteers to make these events happen. Much appreciation to all of the
volunteers who played a part in making today’s event a big success: Rick S., Charlie
S., Linda and Tom S., Ellen H., Gillian E., Chris S., Kevin C., Bobby P., Bob
and Karan D., Tim B. (If I omitted anyone, please know that BGR is grateful for your
help!)
April 27, 2025 Greenbush Rec Area
Results from the event at Greenbush:
Last weekend at Greenbush Rec Area, orienteers enjoyed brisk yet pleasant weather, perfect conditions to run through the forest. 31 groups participated in the event, testing their skills across four different courses. Chris Svobada from CAOC blazed through a tough advanced long course in 1 hour and 17 minutes. It was a good day for racing the clock and/or enjoying the woods!
April 13, 2025 Blue Mound State Park
Results from the event at Blue Mound:
Note from BGR Co-President Susie Madden:
More than 50 groups gathered at Blue Mound State Park this weekend for a lively spring orienteering meet. Participants were greeted with classic Wisconsin spring weather—mild temperatures, a bit of sunshine, and just enough mud to make things interesting.
Kevin Chan presented two beginner clinics; and a “Beginner Plus” course was offered, in addition to the regular Beginner course.
Badger Orienteering Club member Peter Zakrevski had the fastest time on the Long Advanced course, followed by orienteers from the Chicago Orienteering Club and the Minnesota Orienteering club in 2nd and 3rd place. It’s always great to host orienteers from other clubs. We encourage our members to attend events organized by other clubs as well! Several Scout groups participated in the event to earn rank advancement, and had lots of fun in the process.
Volunteers and event organizers kept things running smoothly and cheered on participants at the finish. Many newcomers to orienteering said they were already planning to return for future events. After crossing the finish line, people lingered to share stories, compare maps, and enjoy the fresh spring air.
Thank you to volunteers Mark P., Gillian E., Regina S., Rachel G., Katy W., Lara E., Ben S., Liz J., Kevin C., Hailin D., Bob and Karan D., Tom S., Linda S., and Callie for their work to make this another high-caliber event!
November 23, 2024 Lapham Peak
Results from the event at Lapham Peak are posted here:
Thanks to all the participants (80+ runners and hikers) and friendly volunteers for this event! The courses were tough but fair, and it was good to be out on a crisp fall day.
Lots of the top orienteers from the Chicago area and Wausau showed up to compete, as well as many groups of parents with children going out to orienteer as families.
October 26, 2024 Devil's Lake
Results from the event at Devil's Lake are posted here:
We had 50 starts, with over 80 individuals participating. Hats off to Tim from Rib Mountain Racing for completing the Advanced Long course in a blistering 1:14:01!
October 5, 2024 Lapham Peak
Beautiful day for a 90-minute Score-O on the western side of Lapham Peak. The map had 23 controls, and we had an estimated 45 people on the course. This event had an eclectic group of participants that ranged from experienced adventure racers to Scouts, first-timers and even a person who happened to walk by and pay $10 to participate. Everyone I spoke to and saw seemed to have a good time with this event.
This meet would not be possible without the help of volunteers.
- Doug Pastrich scouted out the control locations, hung the controls, ran the Colorama 5K, manned the start and finish and picked up controls.
- Rachel ran the registration and brought the equipment and maps for the event. She and her family also ran the course.
- Robert Doro and his wife helped pick up controls at the end after completing and finding all 23 controls during the meet
- Suzie M. for all the behind work for map updates and printing!
As meet director I had a blast putting it all together. —Charlie Shahbazian
Results: Time Score/Controls
James Tuckbederry 63 23
Robert Patterson 65 23
Red in the Shed 70 23
James Pelletiere 71 23
Hot Kitty 72 23
John Puddock 78 23
Robert Doro 78 23
Bffs 87 23
Ellen Harris 83 19
Patrick Coneff 87 18
Lindsy P 37 13
Glens gang 78 13
James family 79 13
The Turtles 83 13
Holly Perrotti 82 9
Trail Slayers 88 9
Thunder minions 99 14
Mark P 96 11
Wdltf 137 23
Bad dad Jokes 96 11
SasQuatches 96 11
Jennifer L 133 12
May 18, 2024 Lapham Peak
Thanks to all who showed up and participated in our event at Lapham Peak. It's good to see orienteers from across Wisconsin and the Chicago area! It was a bit warm but that didn't stop Derek Mackenzie from finishing the Advanced Long course in 53:51.
Thanks to all the volunteers that help make these events happen, especially Rick Schnell, Susie Madden, Rachel, Tom, Mark, Derek, Joe, Robert and Ken. See you all in October at Devil's Lake!
Results for all Lapham Peak participants are here.
April 28, 2024 Greenbush
The weather didn't cooperate with us (45°F and raining) but that didn't stop folks from coming out to Greenbush! Thanks to all who made the trek out—and to our volunteers who made the event possible.
Let's spread the word about our club. Talk to Susie Madden about picking up a BGR shirt, an absolute steal at only $15. Hopefully, someone will see you and ask, "What even is orienteering?"
Results for all Greenbush participants are here.