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2017 Nelson Mandela Bay Geocaching and PEG Awards (GC75BR4)

• Traditional Cache of the Year was a runaway victory for GC69XG7 - Puzzle Containers 6 - Nursery Rhymes by jtomcat16. This being the most popular type of cache placed it is no wonder there were almost 20 nominations.
• Mystery Cache of the Year was another victory for jtomcat16 and GC6KC9X – Puzzleception. 2016 seemed to be the year of the Puzzle and with 9 nominated caches it seems that jtomcat16 has a bit of a cult-following.
• Multi-Cache of the Year had 11 local caches nominated but in the end GC6KE7A – SMAUG by GeorgeC12 was the eventual winner. This D5/T5 cache was a popular choice amongst voters and should be a MUST DO on any geocachers list. It has also been awarded 100% Favourites/Premium Logs. An achievement unequalled by some of the best caches around.
• Letterbox Cache of the Year was awarded to the ever-popular Katarn1977 for one of his farewell caches GC6TB0C - Donald Trump. Set up at the foot of the Lady Slipper mountain outside of PE, this cache deserves a visit.
• Earth Cache of the Year only had 4 nominees and interestingly showed that local Geocachers are not big on this type of cache but the closely contested award went to GC6JXPW – Sundays River : Source to Sea by ChrisDen.
• Wherigo Cache of the Year had 3 nominations and was won by GC6BD5X - Forensic Science: Case #GC6BD5X by Erenei (For Authorized Personnel Only) the local Whereigo expert. PE has some fantastic Wherigo caches and geocachers who place these always seem to get a great response from those who get the smiley.
• Series of the Year was awarded to jtomcat16 for his Puzzle Container Series. The category attracted 7 nominations and shows that local cachers enjoy publishing series.
• Event of the Year was awarded to GC65GXB - On the River Bank (Weekend event) by PumTim with plenty of input from KitchenBoss and a few other cachers. This popular annual event is growing from strength to strength and geocachers attend from far and wide.
• Extreme Cache of the Year went to GC6BNN3 - inniKloof waterfall by plainoldgraham. This D4.5 T5 cache was a deserved winner attracting 10 Favourite Points (56% Favourites/Premium Logs in 2016. A great day out for any geocaching group. The extreme nature of this cache is not only where it is placed and the journey to get to it but also the fact that access to it is by appointment only.
• Most Challenging Cache of the Year went to the well-deserved GC6KE7A – SMAUG by GeorgeC12. (See Multi-Cache of the Year above for more on this cache.)
• The award for All Time Favourite Cache of the Year was a close fought affair with FireflyAfrica’s GC558ZR - PE Beachfront TB Hotel pipping the other contenders. This cache has also been awarded 43 Favourite Points at the time of going to print.
• Best Log of the Year was awarded to Katarn1977 for his penning of the epic tale experienced in the pursuit of GC4PWP3 – Pinocchio’s Nose.
• Best Log Photo is best seen than described. This award, the third for GeorgeC12’s GC6KE7A – SMAUG, saw plainoldgraham (aka, for this cache as, IronMan), Shefetswe (aka the guy with the broken ankle) & Katarn1977 (aka as Captain America for this cache) dressed in swimwear, in the middle of winter, after a prolonged week of rain, in a quest to conquer Smaug, the fire drake of the Third Age. Judge for yourself...
  
  Photo posted by Katarn1977 “What did you do today” on GC6KE7A – SMAUG by GeorgeC12
• Young Cacher of the Year is a close fought category every year and the 2016 Young Cacher was MeercatC12 for his continuous contribution to the local Geocaching community.
• Newbie of the Year was a popular & runaway victory for Bull-Terrier, who racked up 200 caches to the end of December 2016 after only starting in September of 2016.

• A popular choice for The Achievement Award was Katarn1977 for the incredible impact he had on the PE Geocaching community for the short period of time that he was resident in the city. Many Geocachers, who were fortunate enough to meet this fun-loving resident of Bakersfield, California, USA had, not only their Geocaching experience enhanced, but their lives changed by the larger-than-life “Let’s Do It” persona that slotted into the community as if he had lived here all his life.
• Geocacher of the Year Award, with 9 nominations, was fittingly awarded to the husband and wife team of ChrisDen, who, not only, found well over 1800 caches but also surpassed the 5000 mark in 2016. They have also placed more than 170 caches, still in play and have always made themselves available to aid and advise the Geocachers in the area.

• Most FTF's went to Navimate who cached until 4am in the morning after the night the caches were published. Navimate also found all the caches within 11 days and won because he had one more FTF than Chrisden. It was THAT close.
• Chrisden came second, having also found all the caches (but could not win because there were more points for an FTF).
• Wikklegat came third as they also found all the caches, but had less FTF’s.
• Pipibibi got the prize for the “least” found cache GC6Y076 PEG - Little orange boy.
• Spesbona received a prize for the "last" found cache GC6XXJP PEG - Go Fish in the Night.