Summer Series No.8 HuttonThu 4 Aug

SOS/HAVOC Summer Mid-Week Series

Local level event

Terrain type: Urban

Results

• • Event 8 - Hutton Results

Report

Organiser’s Report

Thank you all for running in the final event of the HAVOC/SOS Summer Street O series. Sorry for the late change of venue, forced on us by roadworks, but we hope you enjoyed the area and the mix of on and off road running, taking in Hutton Country Park, as well as the local streets of Hutton.
The MapRun software seemed to work a little better on the streets - only one missed control for all competitors.

Details of the scoring can be found at this link:
https://www.orienteering-havoc.co.uk/results-archive/Hutton_Results.pdf

This was the final event of the series, so the series table is almost finalised. You have 2 weeks to record a MapRun and gain a 50 point bonus if you haven't already, and two weeks to run the Hutton course if you haven't already, and score points for the league.

It is very close at the top of the Long course table, so things could still change there. It looks a bit more clear for the short course, but that could also change depending on what happens in the next two weeks.

The HAVOC website will also show details of the final results at this link:
https://www.orienteering-havoc.co.uk/havoc-sos-midweek-summer-street-o-league

Any questions you have about the event or your entry please contact the event organiser: streeto@orienteering-havoc.co.uk

Event Coordinator’s Report

Thanks to everyone who raced in the joint summer series this year. We had eight races in various locations throughout Essex. We had various formats including score, line, trivia questions and MapRun enabled courses. We experienced street running, park running, and off street areas including footpaths and woodlands. The weather was generally kind to us – some very hot conditions even, and little rain. After the runs we enjoyed local pubs for some post race analysis and refreshment.

Thanks to all who planned and organised an event – Eddie Banks, Paul Beckett, Jackie Sibthorp, Graham Batty, John Collyer, David Float, Colin & Lyn West and Dale Bennett. Without these volunteers we could not run these events. Thanks also to Chris Childs for assisting with the co-ordination of the series.

We used RaceSignUp this year of course, which hopefully worked well for everyone. It certainly made things a little easier for me.

The MapRun experiment went pretty well. We hosted all the HAVOC events on MapRun after the event for scoring in the league for a couple of weeks, and also held the last two HAVOC events on MapRun on the night, which allows for instant results and the ability to have post race discussions including route choice and splits analysis.

We also continued with the MapRun bonus of 50 points for running in Essex MapRun during the series. This has definitely increased the usage of our MapRuns, and between the two clubs we now have over 50 courses to choose from.

In total, we had 31 entries for the short course, and 47 for the long. This includes people who ran in both series, most notable being David Game of course who ran both courses most events. There were 222 runs overall, including MapRun catchups, and 15 people grabbed their 50 point MapRun bonus. Congratulations to David Game, Colin Jackson, Colin West, Lyn West, David Float, Lorna Pettifer, and Chris Childs who ran in all eight events.

The final league tables were calculated based on the best six scores from the eight races.

On the short course, David Game won the series, top scoring in three races. Reigning winter series champ Melanie Sirrett took second in this series, just ahead of Colin Jackson, who consistently scored between 72 and 88 points at all eight of the events.

It was really close in the long course series. Gary Chandler had three wins from the first four races, and scored 91 points in the last race at Hutton to take him one point clear of Jackie Sibthorp. Jackie missed that last race, and didn’t do the MapRun catchup, so stayed in second. Colin West scored highly in the last event, but couldn’t quite close the gap and finished the series in third, just 8 points behind.

Thanks everyone, for making the series a success.

We are currently planning the next winter series, which will start towards the end of October/early November when the clocks go back. If you can volunteer to organise and plan an event then please consider doing so. Melanie Sirrett and Roy Read are the defending champions. Look out for further details on both the HAVOC and SOS websites.

Last updated: Mon 22 August, 2022

Overview

The event will form part of HAVOC/SOS Mid-Week O’ League. Points will be awarded based on finishing times adjusted using an age/gender handicap system. Each missed or incorrect control will incur a 5 minutes penalty. Best 6 results from the series will count. Full details here

Location Info

Near: Hutton
Lat,Lng: 51.63320,0.34165
Postcode: CM13 1YX
What3Words: ///sides/curving/online

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