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Essex Stragglers Orienteering Society

Colour-coded and School League (ESSOL) Event

Chalkney wood

Sunday 17th October 1999

Mixed woodland at TL870280. Click here for location map. Map 1:10000, 1997 survey.

Organiser's Report Planner's Report Controller's Report
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Organiser's Comments - Stephen Lustig

This cant be Chalkney it isn't raining! Instead we were blessed with wonderful weather, an unusually large number of entries (we were hand-copying Blue course descriptions up to the last moment!) and a good time (I hope) was had by all. A large thank you to all the helpers who willingly gave their time and energy to make this event work, and work well, especially with the new start procedure. I hope that all the competitors found the new procedures helpful and that you will give us some real, constructive feedback.
One niggle: the new start procedure and accurate results depend on the control cards being LEGIBLE. Some of the cards could only have been written by spiders dipped in ink! I apologise if your name is spelt wrongly in the results but it is my best guess at the name. Writing clearly would avoid errors and disappointment.
I hope everyone (including Mr Squiggle) enjoyed the day and I hope to see you at our next event.

Planner's Report - Colin West

My usual first effort at planning courses for an event came to nought, as a few hours of armchair planning were negated by the reality of a couple of years' vegetation growth since mapping Chalkney Woods, in addition to the management of the woodland in a couple of areas by felling/coppicing. The sequence of planning became: survey to establish useable control sites with immediate access, tape possible sites, mark runnability/impenetrability of areas, consider legs, revisit to confirm and - Bob's your uncle! Until a late need to move second master maps to allow for a minority landowner denying access to part of the woods.

Parts of Chalkney are superb, others similar but with some detracting brambles and brashings - and parts are pretty awful, as orienteers on longer courses will have discovered. I was unable to omit the grot completely - but believe me there was worse! I tried to keep all legs interesting, which led to a succession of short legs in the better wood. With good visibility, these may have proved quite simple, so the controls were hung low to compensate.

The tunnel path on which I located the finish is a particular favourite of mine. The coppiced wood around it is rare and marvellous.

Thanks for assistance to various female Wests, who surveyed, draft planned, replanned, and hung and collected kites. (Junior male of the variety couldn't, due to broken leg). Unique thanks to my father, who died during the planning of this event, but who was with me in spirit in the woods, although I missed him being able to share the experience in person.

Controller's Report - Kevin Machin

I feel congratulations are in order to Colin for managing to produce fair courses in an area that now bears little resemblance to the map. I think a damp spring and end to the summer certainly had a lot to do with some of the vegetation.

The decision to have green and blue overlapping was one I entirely endorsed after having looked at the area. There were very few control sites left in the reasonable areas of the map and so it made sense to have the common part to the courses. We did notice though that two people who intended to do blue, completed the green (and are entered in the results as green) so obviously decided consciously or otherwise to shorten their run at the 2nd master maps.

Apologies to those on the longer courses who may have had problems with the 'vegetation boundary tip' control, which has not been mapped quite correctly, however it should be pointed out that the feature is clearly visible from a distance close to 100 metres.

It would appear that the new start & registration system worked pretty well. Thanks very much to Stephen Lustig for his smoothe running of the event, such that my assistance (interference) was kept to a minimum.

Thankyou to everyone who came out to support the event and I trust you felt as happy with the run as you did with the weather.

WHITE COURSE				Distance: 	1.5 km
PositionName			Age Gp	Club / School	Time	Comments
1	Brett Hargrove		Yr 6	Barnardiston	12:27	
2	Matthew Dickens		Yr 5	Barnardiston	13:42	
3	James Wall		Yr 6	Barnardiston	14:57	
4	Antonia			Yr 6	Barnardiston	15:26	
5	Harry Mills		Yr 5	Barnardiston	15:43	
6	Sam Gregory		Yr 5	Barnardiston	16:02	
7	E. Swinney		Yr 5	Barnardiston	16:43	
8	N. Barker		Yr 6	Barnardiston	17:08	
9	Matthew Johnson		M10	Newlands Spring	19:15	
10	M. Reeve		Yr 6	Barnardiston	22:52	
11	Emerson Family			Ind		24:55	
12	Jade Castro		Yr 3	Ind		28:07	
13	Thomas Robertson	Yr 3	Fordham		32:44	
14	Katrin Sengerova	W7	WAOC		32:46	
15	Anna Smith		Yr 6	Barnardiston	34:11	
16	Hannah Rydell		Yr 4	Cann Hall	35:11	
17	Jonathan Dale		Yr 2	St Annes 	35:54	
18	Jenny Dale		Yr 4	St Annes 	35:59	
19	Layla Davey		Yr 4	Cann Hall	36:13	
20	Harriet Clare		Yr 6	Barnardiston	36:50	
21	Kirsty Mill		Yr 6	Cann Hall	37:57	
22	Lucia Thatcher		Yr 4	Cann Hall	38:23	
23	Louise Reeves		Yr 4	Cann Hall	39:42	
24	E. Birrell		Yr 6	Barnardiston	40:02	
25	Aimee Blowers		Yr 4	Cann Hall	40:05	
26	Nicola Reeves		Yr 5	Cann Hall	41:59	
27	Benjamin Fellowes	Yr 5	Cann Hall	42:37	
28	King Family			St Mary's	43:31	
29	Nikki Smith		Yr 5	Cann Hall	43:56	
30	A.Smith			M11	HAVOC		44:10	
31	Mandy, Pete & Greg		Ind		45:38	Par Time
						
YELLOW COURSE				Distance:	2.2 km
PositionName			Age Grp	Club / School	Time	Comments
1	Mark & Antigone Jeffcock	Ind		0:27:35	Non-Competitive
2	Victoria Pye & Victoria Brooks W10 & W10 SOS	0:31:23	
3	Matt Johnson			M10  	SOS 	0:35:25	Non-Competitive
4	Ben Barker		Yr 4	Hundon Primary	0:36:26	
5	Richard, Paul & Jenny		St Benedict	0:36:32	
6	Carla & Peter Jeffcock	M10 & M10 Ind		0:37:55	
7	JS & JH			St Benedict		0:38:08	
8	Maria Williams & Gemma White Yr 8 St Benedict	0:41:40	
9	Chisnall Family			St Gregory's	0:45:23	
10	Calum Machin + 1		M4	SOS	0:47:06	
11	C. Talbot, D. Speller & 
	T. Zaramir 		Yr 8 	St Benedict	0:48:49	
12	H. Biggs		M75	HAVOC		0:53:36	
13	Sara Belshaw		W10	Stoke by Nayland0:56:49	
14	Claire & Christopher Belshaw W8 & M8 Boxford 	0:56:53	
15	Abigail Machin		W10	SOS		0:56:55	Par Time
16	George Brown		M10	Tendring Primary0:57:30	
17	Flossie Brown		W10	Tendring Primary0:57:35	
18	Elspeth Machin		W8	SOS		0:58:58	
19	M. West & Co			Ind		1:07:06	
20	Abbi Roberts		W14	SOS		1:09:06	
21	Carla Froud & Siobhan Davey	St Benedict	1:17:20	
22	Sophie Bickle		W16	WAOC		1:22:26	
23	B. Chapman			WAOC		1:22:38	
24	Caroline		Yr 7	St Benedict	1:23:54	
25	Nadia Mazza		Yr 7	St Benedict	1:23:54	
						
ORANGE COURSE				Distance:	3.0 km
PositionName			Age GrpClub / School	Time	Comments
1	Jonathan Lees		M40	WAOC		0:43:54	
2	Sally Johnson		W21	SOS		0:57:00	
3	Alex Machin		M12	SOS		1:01:51	
4	Martin Watson		M45	WAOC		1:05:01	
5	Emma Johnson		W12	SOS		1:05:04	
6	Steve Czyzewicz		M45	SOS		1:05:07	
7	Abbie & Katie		W14	SOS		1:08:01	
8	Alan Smith			St Benedict	1:14:21	Par Time
9	Jane Watson & Jo Howe	W35 & W21 Ind		1:15:21	
10	Clare Woods		W12	WAOC		1:16:13	
11	N. Czyzewicz & J. Howard M12 & M12 St Benedict	1:17:07	
12	Emily Cordle		W16	SOS		1:18:21	
13	P. Gardner		M50	Ind		1:29:38	
14	Fran Watson + 1		W12	WAOC		1:40:30	
15	Anick Collins + Family		M35	SOS	1:54:55	
	Pauline Stevens		W70	SOS		1:27:56	Retired
						
LIGHT GREEN COURSE				Distance:	4.0 km
Position	Name		Age Gp	Club / School	Time	Comments
1	P. Hardisty		M35	Ind		0:54:35	
2	Mike Gardner		M40	WAOC		0:57:18	
3	J. Hoyle		M20	CUOC		0:58:08	
4	Jitka Sengerova		W40	WAOC		1:02:26	
5	Sue Carton		W45	SOS		1:02:48	
6	V. Barker		M45	SUFFOC		1:09:29	
7	Hazel Tant		W14	St Peters 	1:16:30	
8	Joanne West		W12	SOS		1:19:28	
9	Simon Gardner		M12	WAOC		1:20:09	
10	S. Barker		M12	SUFFOC		1:20:18	Par time
11	Katie Sellens		W14	SOS		1:21:29	Training N/C
12	Emma Johnson		W12	SOS		1:21:33	Training N/C
13	Jonathan Pye		M12	SOS		1:21:35	
14	S. Brown		W50	CROC		1:22:40	
15	Mike Sansom		M50	SOS		1:24:35	
16	Ron Castro		M40	Ind		1:35:55	
17	G. Farnbank		M21	NOR		1:49:42	
18	S. Farnbank		W70	NOR		1:56:43	
19	R. Farnbank		M75	NOR		1:57:06	
20	Bahar Mirshekar		W16	Ind		2:03:29	
						
GREEN COURSE				Distance:	5.6 km
PositionName			Age Grp	Club / School	Time	Comments
1	James Catton		M20	CUOC		0:53:02	
2	I.Smith			M40	WAOC		1:09:47	
3	M. Bishop		M50	SOS		1:10:12	
4	L. Brown		W18	WAOC		1:15:53	
5	W. Allen		W21	BAOC		1:17:32	
6	Jim Graham		M45	BOFREG		1:19:53	
7	A.Wilson		M21	Ind		1:26:01	***
8	C. Nicholson		M55	SMOC		1:26:10	
9	Colin Curtis		M65	WAOC		1:34:10	
10	S. Gash			W16	WAOC		1:37:47	
11	Martin Senger		M45	WAOC		1:41:16	
12	Gillian Mann		W40	BADO		1:41:52	
13	Cathy Bishop		W45	SOS		1:45:40	
14	Ramsay			M21	Ind		1:46:46	***
15	S. Woods		W40	WAOC		1:49:10	
16	Rob Coulter		M50	SUFFOC		1:50:20	
17	Terry Hammersley	M55	NOR		1:54:34	
18	Geraldine Russell	W55	SOS		2:14:25	
19	June Webb		W65	SUFFOC		2:14:50	
***	These competitors entered the Blue but finished the Green courses and are therefore shown in the Green results.					
						
BLUE COURSE				Distance:	6.9 km
PositionName			Age Grp	Club / School	Time	Comments
1	M. Brown		M20	CUOC		0:50:53	
2	Alex Rothman		M20	CUOC		0:52:56	
3	Rachel Elder		W20	CUOC		0:57:30	
4	Steve Hinshelwood	M35	WAOC		0:59:27	
5	Mick Belshaw		M35	BAOC		1:02:26	
6	J. Caulkett		M21	SUFFOC		1:03:29	
7	Steve Robertson		M45	SOS		1:04:00	
8	S. Peck			M40	SUFFOC		1:09:39	
9	Mark Collis		M21	CUOC		1:10:29	
10	Tim Brett		M21	BAOC		1:11:23	
11	M. Wadeson		M35	WAOC		1:11:34	
12	Claire Warner		W21	CUOC		1:11:42	
13	David Dathan		M18	CUOC		1:12:12	
14	Mark Lyne		M40	SOS		1:12:23	
15	Martin Sellens		M45	SOS		1:12:43	
16	Chris Brown		M45	WAOC		1:12:54	
17	Chris Sellens		M16 Yr10PM		1:14:15	
18	Mike Bickle		M50	WAOC		1:15:10	
19	David Birkett		M35	SOS		1:15:11	
20	Susie Robertson		W16	SOS		1:15:13	
21	Helen Cooper		W21	CUOC		1:15:38	
22	Tom Collins		M40	SOS		1:18:30	
23	C. Rowse		M20	CUOC		1:19:25	
24	A. Challacombe		M50	HH		1:19:28	
25	Andrew Cordle		M45	SOS		1:20:10	
26	Peter Woods		M40	WAOC		1:21:48	
27	Mike Powell-Davies	M50	SOS		1:23:00	Par Time
28	Andrew Wadeson		M40	WAOC		1:24:29	
29	Geoff Pye		M40	SOS		1:25:12	
30	Les Jarrald		M50	NOR		1:26:09	
31	Mark Johnson		M35	SOS		1:26:57	
32	Wayne Patrick		M21	CUOC		1:28:02	
33	A. Waller		M21	HAVOC		1:29:25	
34	Brian Straight		M55	HAVOC		1:29:32	
35	Andrew Breakwell	M50	SUFFOC		1:29:35	
36	M. Wilson		M35	SOS		1:29:54	
37	Nicola Robertson	W16	SOS		1:30:33	
38	S. Mann			M40	SOS		1:30:40	
39	A. Biggs		M50	HAVOC		1:33:42	
40	C. Middleton		M21	NOR		1:34:59	
41	J. C. Gray		M35	SUFFOC		1:35:19	
42	Colin Brown		M50	CROC		1:35:20	
43	R. Murray		W21	CUOC		1:36:28	
44	Brian Shepherd		M45	SOS		1:36:57	
45	P. Lowe			M40	SUFFOC		1:40:10	
46	P. Gardner		M14	WAOC		1:42:54	
47	S. Tracman		M40	BAOC		1:45:43	
48	Andrew Elliott		M21	SUFFOC		1:47:51	
49	S. Daniels		W35	CHIG		1:51:43	
50	Nicola Gardner		W40	WAOC		1:52:44	
51	Linda Gash		W40	WAOC		1:55:02	
52	Ken Wickham		M55	CHIG		1:55:58	
53	Wendy Welham		W40	SOS		1:57:22	
54	B. Sengerova		W18	WAOC		2:00:32	
55	C. Collis		M55	SUFFOC		2:16:47	
	M. Whisson		M40	CHIG		0:53:13	Retired