Category Archives: Annual NOVAGO Awards

2013 NoVAGO Cache Awards: Nominations

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What were your favorite caches of 2013?   Which ones brought you to awesome spots?  Which dazzled you with their creativity?  Which ones made you want to pull your hair out in frustration perhaps from a tricky puzzle or devious hide?  Maybe it was a cache that allowed you to learn something new?  Or maybe one that tested your physical limits?  Was it a traditional?  A well-thought out multi?  An amazing puzzle?  Gather all those memorable caches together and nominate them for the 2013 NoVAGO Cache Awards! Every year, the NoVAGO community nominates and selects the best caches hidden the year before.  It provides an opportunity for area cachers to help recognize those that make caching in Northern Virginia a great experience and also provides a terrific way to highlight caches worth making a detour for.   You can find information on the award categories & eligible caches on this forum thread:  … Continue reading →

NoVAGO 2010 Cache & Cacher Award Honorees

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NoVAGO peers selected the following caches and cachers for recognition as the best of the best for 2010.  The announcement was made yesterday at the NoVAGO Spring Event at the Blue Ridge Center.  A big CONGRATULATIONS to those cache owners, and individuals so honored…and a big THANK YOU on behalf of NoVAGO for the contributions you’ve made to keep this pastime so enjoyable for all of us.  Please remember to thank and congratulate them when you see them on the trail, or at a future event. Best Theme/Series Alien Invaders by Buglady1 (GC2HHE8 GC2HG5X GC2HHVZ GC2JE0D GC2JE3B) Best Kids Cache Fishy Canyon by Ty (of team Serrabou) (GC2FV5Q) Best Location Cache Uncached Territory by mapman132 (GC238VA) Best Hike Serrabou Cove by Serrabou (GC2895Q) Best History-Related Cache (TIE) The 3 R’s 1897 Style by 2Wheel’in (GC25JGA) Stratford Junior High (Custis Trail Series) by LostDogsArlington (GC2KG0M) Best Multi-Stage Cache VSP Sky Meadows … Continue reading →

NoVAGO’s 2010 Cache Awards Voting

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Hey!, do you enjoy finding micro caches? – how about traditionals, puzzles, multis….does just finding a cache of any type brings a “Smilie” to your face?  Well, here’s your chance to recognize those caches and cachers that bring you so much joy.  Voting instructions and the list of NoVAGO’s 2010 most outstanding caches and cachers is below …and it’s time to pick your favorites by voting.  The polls close at midnight on April 30th, and the most outstanding caches and cachers will be announced shortly thereafter – probably at the NoVAGO Spring Event.  Please take the time to vote.   NoVAGO’s 2010 Geocache Awards Below are the caches and cachers up for awards. Votes will be accepted up until midnight May 10th. Vote by picking one cache or cacher from each category, and email your votes to: 2010awards@novago.org Please include your geocaching userid. There will be extra incentive to visit … Continue reading →

NoVAGO 2008 Cache/Cacher Voting to End 10 May 09

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One of the items on the agenda for the May 17th 2009, NoVAGO “Spring has Sprung” Event (GC1QBV1) is the announcement of the 2008 NoVAGO Geocache Award Winners.  In order for that to happen, the voting results have to be tallied, so the deadline for submitting your vote(s) is established as midnight, Sunday, May 10th 2009.  That means this coming weekend will be your last chance to visit those nominated caches.  Please show your appreciation for all the enjoyment you get out of geocaching by participating in the voting process.

2008 Cache/Cacher Awards Voting & NoVAGO Spring Event

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Voting for those fantastic caches vying for your recognition is going very slowly, I realize that many of you would like to complete more of the caches on the list before casting your votes.  Please do so, but by the same token…don’t wait too long.  Although a cut-off date for voting has not yet been determined…I expect it may be within the next month. 2008 Geocache Award Voting Below are the caches and cachers up for awards. You have until midnight on May 10th to vote. If you have time, visit the caches below, and then vote by picking one cache from each category, and email your vote to: dorkyrooster[at]hotmail[dot]com There will be an update on this thread on the end of the voting period There will be extra incentive to visit these caches, in the form of another cache GC1P34J (published shortly) that you can log after you visit 40% … Continue reading →

2007 NoVAGO Awards

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Cache of the Year Presentations Ahem, and the winners are… Best Theme/Series Be the Genealogist-Final by reedkickball (GC14X8B) Best Kids Cache Farm, Field, and Forest by The VanDucks (GC10BXJ) Best Location Cache Infarmary by Ka-Ching! (GC11J8X) Best Hike If You Want To Run With The Big Dogs…Greyhound by _BBQ_ (GC123T7) Best History Related Cache From the Halls of Montezuma by Blakeley Pirates (GC10A6N) Best Multi-Stage Cache A Walk in the Woods by 2Wheelin (GC13ZDZ) Fox Hunt by zygote2k (GC11027) Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache Be the Genealogist-Final by reedkickball (GC14X8B) Best Letterbox Hybrid Long Black Veil by flyingmoose (GCZZ9M) Best Earthcache Wetlands: A Natural Treasure by mgsgagag (GC105P8) Tour de Geology by 2Wheelin (GC10N4P) Cache of the Year Be the Genealogist-Final by reedkickball (GC14X8B) Rookie of the Year Bubba Q Jack Cacher of the Year 2Wheelin (second year running!) … Continue reading →

NoVAGO 2007 Cache Awards

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From now and until the 25th of February we will be taking the nominations for the categories below. The list of nominated caches and cachers will be posted for everyone to check out, and then vote on, starting on or before March 1st and will continue until 31st of March when voting will be locked. The winners will be announced at the meeting in April, in Loudoun County Please email your suggestions to the following email address: matsusie(at)gmail(dot)com Cache Eligibility: 1. Cache must have been placed between 1, January 2007 to 31 December 2007 2. Only 2 nominations per category 3. We will be submitting the top 3-5 nominees in each category for your votes. So the more nominations we get, the easier it will be to discern the best of the best. The Categories: Best Theme/Series Best Kids Cache Best Location Best Hike Best History Related Cache Best Multi-Stage … Continue reading →

2006 NoVAGO Cache award winners!

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Best Kids Cache Chalk-Art Challenge (GCV19F) Best Location Liver River (Liver Fiesta #6) (GCXTFC) Best Hike Troll Treasure (GC103KW) Best Theme The Liver Series by Team KKW Best Name Glimwicket’s Rocky Hillside House of Treats (GCZWXZ) Best History Related Cache “Peanut” Johnson (GCYZEQ) Best Micro Barking Up the Wrong Tree (GCYE4Q) Best Multi-Stage You are the GPS (GCV153) Best Mystery/Puzzle The Geo-Justice League (GCYAYJ) Best Traditional (non-micro) Glimwicket’s Rocky Hillside House of Treats (GCZWXZ) Best Letterbox The Missing (GCV8DM) Best EarthCache Great Falls Earthcache (GCZDA0) Most Creative Cache The Treasure you seek lies not in the box…. (GCY83X) Cache of Year Gimme Shelter from the Beavers (GCYEGC) Rookie of the Year TheFirstNoel Cacher of the Year 2Wheel’in … Continue reading →

2006 NoVAGO Geocache Awards

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Hey, hey it’s that time again…NoVAGO would like to recognize the outstanding caches and cachers for the 2006 calendar year. Please review the nomination guidelines and submit your selections by February 28th… Actual voting will take place during the month of March. Here are the Categories: Best Kids Cache Best Location Best Hike Best Theme Best Name Best History Related Cache Best Micro Best Multi-Stage Best Mystery/Puzzle Best Traditional (non-micro) Best Letterbox Best EarthCache Most Creative Cache Cache of Year Rookie of the Year Cacher of the Year Send your votes to: cacheawards(at)novago.org … Continue reading →