Winners of NOVAGO’s 2023 Geocache Awards
Thanks to all those who took the time to send in nominations and also to those who voted. MrPsyduck and Schwandt graciously formed an awards committee and together did the bulk of the work to get the nominations narrowed down and run a ballot. Thank you fellas! One of our talented members, HyperactiveGirl, whipped up some extra gifts for our winner to go along with the traditional trackable tags. We gathered in Chet Hobert Park in Berryville on May 19th, 2024 to find out who would bring home the prizes as well as get to display the special winner’s SWAG on their cache pages.
Drum roll, please . . . .
And the winners are
Best Traditional Cache
NoVAGO Moviepalooza:The Sound of Music (GCAEQB7) by rlobecker
Best Mystery/Puzzle Cache
NoVAGO Moviepalooza: Nat’l Treasure:Book of Secrets (GCAEPVZ) by sedor18
Best Multi-Cache
NoVAGO Moviepalooza: Godzilla (1954) (GCAEKH8) by CWillyPngn
Best Letterbox
Letterbox – NoVAGO Moviepalooza: Forrest Gump (GCACVD5) by GoshdarnGeniuses
Best Other (Earthcache, Wherigo, or Virtual)
Earthcache – Welcome to THE GAP (GCA3ZB9) by Awesnap
Wherigo – Sleepy Hollow (GCADXX9) by CWillyPngn
Best Adventure Lab Series
NoVAGO Moviepaloosa Family Movie Night by SP4FUN
Best Theme/Series
Rebus Puzzle (#1 – #25) by mcgmarauders
Best Container
NoVAGO Moviepalooza: Godzilla (1954) (GCAEKH8) by CWillyPngn
Most Creative Cache Page
geoCAPTCHA (GCAFC0F) by rlobecker
Most Outstanding Location/Scenery
NoVAGO Moviepalooza: Caddyshack (GCAE69K) by supertodd88
Best Historical/Educational Cache
The Fake Boundary Stone (GCA9KZ6) by sedor18
Most Physically Challenging to Find
Gym Class “Rope” Climb (GCAECZ9) by supertodd88
Best Kids Cache
NoVAGO Moviepalooza: Toy Story (GCAF3E0) by CherokeeThree
Cache of the Year
NoVAGO Moviepalooza: The Sound of Music (GCAEQB7) by rlobecker
Best Event Host (for an Event or CITO)
Rookie/Newcomer of the Year
Youth Rookie/Newcomer of the Year
Volunteer of the Year
2023 Special Volunteer Recognition
In appreciation of leading out 2023 cache series: NoVAGO Moviepalooza.
Cacher of the Year
Youth Cacher of the Year
sedor18 (Little Sedor)
Hider of the Year
Winners of the NoVAGO annual cache awards final voting ballot may add this special SWAG to their cache page and to their geocaching.com profile as desired:
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Do you qualify for the NoVAGO’s Best of 2023 Challenge Cache? This year we are celebrating all great caches published in 2023. Find 25 or more within the NoVAGO territories which have 5+ favorite points to qualify. Thank you vpdj for placing and maintaining this cache. (GCAMB00)