Winter Series No. 5 BockingWed 11 Jan

SOS/HAVOC Winter Mid-Week Series 2022/2023

Local level event

Terrain type: Urban

Results

• • Event 5 - Bocking Results updated

Report

Planner/Organiser’s Report (results do not yet include Brentwood South Mapruns)

Finally got this event to take place! Our first choice of pub in Bocking closed 2 weeks before the original date. The Bell was on our courses so we transferred the start location. The original date was moved to avoid a clash with England’s World Cup semi-final which they then failed to make. In any case it snowed and with sub-zero temperatures and ice we postponed the event on safety grounds. We managed to slot the event in between Havoc’s event last week and SOS event next week.

Trevor, the temporary landlord at the Bell made us very welcome although his beer stocks were a bit low as this is his last week with a new person starting next week. It was great seeing so many people enjoying the hospitality afterwards. The courses seem to have been appreciated with a couple of comments about how tricky it was and the need to concentrate. We like to give you plenty of route choice to exercise the brain and the maze of roads and interconnecting paths provides plenty of scope. Throw in a couple of open areas which become a lot more difficult in the dark and it makes for a good event. There was some discussion about No.6 on the long course and the roads marked on the map. The most westerly road is more of a gravel track and I think some people didn’t see it easily in the dark. About half the runners found no number and half recorded 2. We have allowed both. The notes have very specific details about siting the control but we didn't write the number down. Must go back and look.

Congratulation to Melanie on short and Chris on long for recording the fastest times of the night. Thank you all for coming and see you next week at Colchester.

Colin & Lyn West

Last updated: Sat 14 January, 2023

Overview

Event rescheduled from December following adverse weather conditions.

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. 50 bonus points added for undertaking any one of the Essex MapRuns during the series - just confirm run to Coordinator. Full results will be emailed and published on the SOS and HAVOC websites.

Location Info

Near: Braintree
Lat,Lng: 51.88611,0.57000
Postcode: CM7 9UL
What3Words: ///joins.bottle.slope

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