2010 Winners

04/25/2010 12:35 Filed in: Announcement
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Congratulations to the 2010 Great Richmond Region Adventure winners!

1st Place:
Scavenge of the Nerds
$1,700 for the team and a $1,700 donation for Maymont Park

2nd Place:
Great Big Mable
$1,000

3rd Place:
High Fivers
$600


Most Creative Team Name (tie):
Dickie Shortpants and His Amazing Hovering Band
The Sliderulers

Most Creative Team Shirts:
Pothole in One

Great Richmond RIDDLE Adventure Prize Winner:
Snail Trail


Thanks to all of the Great Richmond Region Adventure & Great Richmond RIDDLE Adventure participants for your enthusiasm and great show of sportsmanship. You made this year’s event a grand success! What a fabulous day!

Photographs coming soon!





ADVENTURE DAY INFORMATION

04/21/2010 19:24 Filed in: Announcement
The following information was delivered to all Great Richmond Region Adventure Team Captains via email. In an effort to make sure participants are aware of the logistical information, the contents of the email are posted below.

Good luck on Saturday!


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DATE: Saturday, April 24
CHECK-IN: 8:30-9:30 am
START TIME:10 am

START LOCATION:
The Pauley Center
at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts



Only pre-registered teams are allowed to participate.
NO walk-up registration will be available.



So, the team is all signed up for the 4th Annual Great Richmond Region Adventure (GRRA)! Now what? Below are answers to your logistical questions. Be sure to read this information carefully.


1. Where does the Great Richmond Region Adventure start?
This year's adventure race will take place in the Fan and Museum Districts. The check-in and start location is outside the Pauley Center at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). For mapping purposes, use 200 N. Sheppard St., Richmond, VA 23221 as your destination address. The entire race will be completed on foot.

2. How can teams make check-in easier and faster?
Arrive on time and have each team member complete the waiver and give it to the Team Captain. Waivers can be obtained here: Get Waiver

On the day of the race, the Team Captain will be responsible for verifying team information (the information provided on the online registration form). Once the team's information sheet and waivers are complete, the Team Captain will submit the package to check-in staff.

3. What about parking?
Participants living in the Fan and Museum Districts should consider walking to VMFA.

For those driving, we have arranged parking in the VMFA Parking Deck. Enter the parking deck from N. Sheppard Street (it is a one-way street best entered off Kensington Avenue). Directions to VMFA can be found on the VMFA website: VMFA Directions

A maximum of two parking passes per team will be issued. E-mail Ravenchase@GreatRRAdventure.com with the required number of passes for your team. The passes will then be sent in an e-mail to the Team Captain. If you forget your pass on event day, you will expected to pay the regular daily parking fee.

4. What is the event day Schedule?

* 8:30-9:30 a.m. ........ Check-in
* 9:45-10 a.m. ............ Final instructions, rules and safety
* 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ........ Great Richmond Region Adventure
* 1:15 p.m. ................. After-party begins
* 1:30-2 p.m. .............. Awards presented

5. What if our team has additional questions?
Please contact Ravenchase@GreatRRAdventure.com should you have any questions regarding event logistics. Also, keep watch for additional announcements on the Great Richmond Region Adventure blog.


Start Information Delivered

04/19/2010 22:13 Filed in: Announcement
The adventure start location and other logistical information is delivered via email to registered team captain. Team Captains, if your team is registered but you haven’t seen the logistical information email, please contact us immediately.

It is not unusual for spam filters to catch these types of emails.

Saturday will be here before you know it!

Do Your Homework

04/16/2010 15:54 Filed in: Announcement
How familiar are you with our local attractions? You may find familiarizing yourself with them beneficial to you next Saturday. You should at least know what they look like.

Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge, Know What I Mean, Know What I Mean?


Here’s the list:
  1. 17th Street Farmers' Market (Richmond)
  2. Agecroft Hall (Richmond)
  3. American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar (Richmond)
  4. Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives (Richmond)
  5. Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (Richmond)
  6. Bolling Haxall House (Richmond)
  7. Chesterfield Museum Complex (Chesterfield)
  8. Children's Museum of Richmond (Richmond)
  9. Chimborazo Medical Museum (Richmond)
  10. Church Quarter (Hanover)
  11. Cold Harbor Battlefield Visitor Center (Hanover)
  12. Confederate War Memorial Chapel (Richmond)
  13. Courtney Road Service Station (Henrico)
  14. Deep Run Schoolhouse (Henrico)
  15. Drewry's Bluff (Chesterfield)
  16. Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Richmond)
  17. Elegba Folklore Society (Richmond)
  18. Eppington Plantation (Chesterfield)
  19. Fort Harrison Visitor Center (Richmond)
  20. Gaines' Mill Battlefield (Henrico)
  21. Glendale/Malvern Hill Battlefields Visitors Center (Henrico)
  22. Hanover Co. Black Heritage Society Museum (Hanover)
  23. Hanover Courthouse (Hanover)
  24. Hanover Tavern (Hanover)
  25. Henricus Historical Park (Chesterfield)
  26. Historic Polegreen Church (Hanover)
  27. Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond)
  28. John Marshall House (Richmond)
  29. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (Henrico)
  30. Library of Virginia (Richmond)
  31. Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site (Richmond)
  32. Maymont (Richmond)
  33. Meadow Farm Museum (Henrico)
  34. Metro Richmond Zoo (Chesterfield)
  35. Museum and White House of the Confederacy
  36. Museum Galleries at Virginia Union University (Richmond)
  37. Museum in Memory of Virginia E. Randolph (Henrico)
  38. Museum of Virginia Catholic History
  39. Museum of Virginia Golf History (Henrico)
  40. National Donor Memorial (Richmond)
  41. New Kent Courthouse Square (New Kent)
  42. Old Dominion Railway Museum (Richmond)
  43. Richmond Canal Cruises (Richmond)
  44. Richmond National Battlefield Park Civil War Visitor Center (Richmond)
  45. Rockwood Nature Center (Chesterfield)
  46. Science Museum of Virginia (Richmond)
  47. Scotchtown (Hanover)
  48. Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church (Richmond)
  49. St. John's Church (Richmond)
  50. St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Richmond)
  51. Three Lakes Nature Center and Aquarium (Henrico)
  52. Valentine Richmond History Center (Richmond)
  53. Virginia Aviation Museum (Henrico)
  54. Virginia Center for Architecture (Richmond)
  55. Virginia Historical Society (Richmond)
  56. Virginia Holocaust Museum (Richmond)
  57. Virginia House (Richmond)
  58. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond)
  59. Virginia State Capital and Executive Mansion
  60. Virginia Telephone Museum (Richmond)
  61. Virginia War Memorial (Richmond)
  62. Walkerton Tavern (Henrico)
  63. Wilton House (Richmond)

Wow! Aren’t we fortunate to have so many great attractions? If you made a visit to one per week, you’d still not finish within a year. Hard to say there’s nothing to do in our neck of the woods. We encourage you to continue your adventure even after the GRRA is over. We challenge you visit at least ten of these attractions this summer.

Crying UNCLE?

04/16/2010 12:22 Filed in: Announcement


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Did Uncle Sam have you crying “UNCLE!” yesterday when you wrote that big tax check? Register your team today. You could walk away with our BIG CHECK!

Creative Richmond!

04/15/2010 16:52 Filed in: Announcement
We love living, working & playing in Richmond were folks are not only hospitable, but charmingly creative.

Here are just a few of the team names:

  • Scavenge of the Nerds
  • Ladies of the Lost Ark
  • Dickie Shortpants and His Amazing Hovering Band
  • Heels & Wheels
  • Great Big Mable
  • What Nathan Doesn't Know

(We’re wondering... what is it that Nathan doesn’t know?!)

Keep the creativity flowing. Register your awesome team today!

WTVR's Virginia This Morning

04/15/2010 16:39 Filed in: Media
 

Logistal Information

04/11/2010 19:36 Filed in: Announcement
The initial logistical information will be delivered via email to Team Captains at the email address provided the evening of Monday, April 12, 2010. Team Captains, if you don’t see the information by Tuesday morning, please check your spam folder. If you don’t see it there, please contact us to let us know we need to resend the information.

Contact Ravenchase@GreatRRAdventure.com
if you don’t see the email.

Represent!

04/02/2010 16:45 Filed in: Announcement
Registrations have gotten off to a great start!

The Virginia Holocaust Museum currently leads the way with the most teams participating on their behalf.

Don’t leave your favorite attraction with no representation. :(
Show them some love. <3
Register now! :D

GRRA on WRIC's Showcase

04/01/2010 13:02 Filed in: Media
Chris Dove of Ravenchase Adventures chats with WRIC’s Chip Tarkenton about the Great Richmond Region Adventure




C’mon! Get off the Couch & Get in the Game!

Scenes from GRRA 2009

03/10/2010 11:46 Filed in: Media








Watch scenes from the 2009 event.



 

Registration Opens March 15

03/09/2010 13:19 Filed in: Announcement
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Evil Geniuses

02/19/2010 15:02 Filed in: Announcement | Media
Richmond is certainly rich in historical attractions and landmarks. But we are, apparently, also rich in Evil Geniuses. Who are the creative folks putting all of the historical and attraction data into the adventure blender making a splendiferously, delicious Great Richmond Region Adventure? Why, those would be the devilishly twisted and clever minds of the evil geniuses at Ravenchase Adventures, of course. Read More...

Save The Date

01/28/2010 13:13 Filed in: Announcement
Calling All Adventurers!
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