Essex Stragglers Orienteering Society (SOS)Leap Year Regional Badge Event
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 The old club tent at the String Course ... |
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It was with some trepidation that I drew back the curtains at 7 am on Sunday morning. There was a light scattering of snow but it was sleet/drizzle that was descending from the heavy sky. Snow will be all gone by 10 am I announced and got on with the business of getting the show on the road sparing a thought for Martin, Kevin and John already out in the forest. But I wouldn’t have believed that we would have glorious sunshine by 10 am. I was even removing layers of fleece. I hope you all enjoyed your run and the technicalities of Roman Valley despite the mud. There were a few minor glitches mostly with getting used to the new start system but overall I felt it worked well. The Mazda trailer was a delight to have as a base. My thanks to Steve for organising this along with all the SI side of the event. As usual Stragglers rose to the occasion and I had plenty of volunteers who worked hard on the day. My thanks to all of them, to Julia and Steve for handling the entries and to Andrew for producing the maps.
Lost Property: 2 plastic control description holders, one containing written descriptions for Course 11 (JM/W3, Orange) and the other Course 9 (M75S/W60S/W65S/W70S/W75S). Contact Lyn West on 01206 322905 or lynwest.ghh@tesco.net
Particular thanks to John Ward for his sensitive and thorough controlling. If the event was a success (and I hope you felt that it was), it was due in no small measure to his advice and attention to detail. He seems single handedly to be quality controlling East Anglian orienteering at present and we all owe him a debt of gratitude.
At the risk of sounding like an Oscar winner with all these thanks, a second vote of appreciation to Kevin for putting out and retrieving controls. Every planner should have an assistant to make these tasks manageable, particularly in the shorter days of winter, and it was great that Hilary, Katie and Alex also pulled in controls so we could all get home at a reasonable hour.
Thanks (the last one) for coming. Hope you had a good run and found the courses sufficiently challenging.
Areas with current forestry operations will always cause more than their share of problems to mappers and planners, and Roman Valley was no exception. Added to the ongoing disruption was the fact that the last edition of the map needed considerable updating, and this had not been possible in advance of planning this event. It is much to the credit of Martin and Kevin that they produced such a detailed and accurate map at the eleventh hour! Their courses utilised the more technical areas of the map well, and interspersed the close navigation with energy sapping runs. From the comments I heard, few people had realised the high standard of orienteering and diversity of terrain the area has to offer, which probably explains why the times for many competitors were longer than expected despite the relatively short course lengths. The event’s organisation ran smoothly when once the Start settled down, and it must be remembered that the ‘half hour blocks’ of entrants was experimental. Several valuable lessons were learnt which will help other clubs trying the technique for themselves. On behalf of all competitors, I would like to thank Martin and Kevin for their exceptionally hard work in the run-up to the event, to Lyn, Steve and all their helpers for their efficient organisation, and not least to the EAOA Junior Squad whose food and drink seemed to comfort even those who ‘mucked-up’ a control or two!
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Pl Name Club Time
M21L (11/11) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Rolf Crook WAOC 80:56
2 Michael Muggeridge HAVOC 87:47
3 Owen Lindsell SLOW 90:20
4 Thomas Booth BAOC 90:57
5 Peter Finch SOS 127:31
6 Andrew Elliott SUFFOC 133:33
7 Oliver Cooper SUFFOC 139:20
Dylan Underhill DFOK mp
Ian Buchan BAOC mp
Ian Maynard HAVOC dns
Laurence Ball NOR dns
M35L (6/6) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Alan Hickling SAX 72:49
2 Bert Park SOS 82:35
3 John Ward NOR 86:00
4 Steve Doyle NOR 86:24
5 Paul Oates CROC 89:02
Jim Pelham BAOC mp
M40L (5/5) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Simon Errington HH 66:01
2 Kevin Robison SOS 86:24
3 Robert MacDermott Ind 90:40
4 Andrew Eves WAOC 131:07
Martin Hime LOK dns
M45L (16/16) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Phil Stuart BAOC 59:58
2 Andrew Malley SOS 61:50
3 Richard Bonnett SOS 62:23
4 Mark Lyne SOS 78:50
5 Clive Tant SOS 79:03
6 Andrew Evans DFOK 82:54
7 Stuart Green BKO 83:02
8 Geoff Pye SOS 84:23
9 Colin West SOS 88:26
10 Simon Peck SUFFOC 90:45
11 Norman King WAOC 96:58
12 Ian Smith WAOC 108:16
13 Stephen Cartwright SOS 110:44
Nigel Bateman DEVON dns
Peter Woods WAOC dns
Mal Lyon SLOW dns
W21L (5/5) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Helen Lloyd NOR 88:19
2 Blanka Sengerova CUOC 89:40
3 Julia Wotton WAOC 96:58
4 Niamh Ni Cholmain CUOC 112:56
Rosemary Dyer BOK dns
JM5L (4/4) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Alexander Machin SOS 92:40
2 Jonathan Pye SOS 119:40
3 Ben Greenhalgh CUOC 121:12
Stephan Pugh SOS dns
M50L (16/16) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Colin Webster HH 72:23
2 Andrew Welsh SMOC 73:41
3 Alan Springett BKO 78:52
4 Martin Hore SUFFOC 81:16
5 Michael Hill HAVOC 81:17
6 Stephen Searle NOR 85:15
7 Jon Snepp SAX 85:28
8 Nicholas Pugh SOS 91:44
9 Andy Elliott CROC 92:51
10 Bruce Marshall WAOC 99:32
11 Paul Garton NOR 124:11
Steve Robertson SOS mp
Ian Wilson SAX dns
Paul Langston HH dns
Laurie Rudling NOR dns
Peter Howsam WAOC dns
M21S (10/10) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Will Kromhout DEVON 58:24
2 Elliot Norton SLOW 66:04
3 Richard Kromhout DEVON 69:59
4 Chris Cann HAVOC 72:48
5 Neil Wates DFOK 74:05
6 Mark Collis CUOC 79:08
7 Andy Blanchard Ind 80:11
8 Philip Crocker Ind 84:35
9 Joseph Lowe LOK 99:35
10 Russel Hawsey OD 186:28
M35S (4/4) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Perry Mole SUFFOC 86:37
2 Neil Lewer MV 104:46
3 Robert Hammond SOS 197:31
Zachary Leong Ind mp
M55L (16/16) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Alan Williamson SO 62:25
2 Peter Martin SAX 67:42
3 William Morgan NOR 71:47
4 Stephen Wright NOC 75:13
5 Michael Bickle WAOC 79:02
6 Greg Birdseye LOK 82:22
7 Steve Brockbank CROC 88:56
8 Chris Shaw HAVOC 91:01
9 Andrew Breakwell SUFFOC 92:59
10 Peter Ryall WAOC 122:01
11 Robert Coulter SUFFOC 129:02
12 Christopher Childs Ind 150:15
13 Andrew Childs Ind 176:45
Anthony Biggs HAVOC dns
Fred Northrop WAOC dns
Barry Breed HH dns
W35L (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Catherine Galvin LOK 107:49
M40S (5/5) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Graham Perry HH 69:40
2 Gary Woods SOS 82:37
3 Ray Valler SUFFOC 127:04
4 Alec Waterhouse OD 146:48
David Sanderson SOS mp
M60L (8/8) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Pat Martin NOR 63:37
2 Roy Lindsell OD 65:19
3 Tony Bishop WAOC 69:24
4 Jack Richmond DFOK 71:28
5 David Peregrine WAOC 85:08
6 Clive Coles SUFFOC 117:16
Hally Hardie WAOC dns
David Ball NOR dns
W40L (5/5) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Helen Errington HH 64:58
2 Anne Elvidge SUFFOC 84:03
3 Louise Jones LOK 84:52
4 Gillian Powell Davies SOS 112:15
5 Veronica Machin SOS 159:22
JM5M (3/3) Preliminary results 21:33
1 James Lyne SOS 56:36
2 Mark Chalkley NOR 64:32
3 Sebastian Pugh SOS 91:45
JW5L (2/2) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Emma Johnson SOS 74:17
2 Kiri Alford SOS 131:14
M65L (4/4) Preliminary results 21:33
1 John Webb SUFFOC 63:03
2 Rodney Freeburn NOR 70:49
3 John Faller SAX 79:06
Robin Barris HH dns
M70L (5/5) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Chris Baker DFOK 64:40
2 Colin Curtis WAOC 80:43
3 Jack Isbester SOS 87:42
4 Macarthur Gollifer SN 96:39
Alan Coddington NOR dns
M45S (8/8) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Charles Taylor-Keane TVOC 51:17
2 Maurice Hemingway WAOC 52:31
3 Paul Lowe SUFFOC 55:17
4 Graham Williams LOK 55:35
5 Edward Cox SO 61:00
6 Paul Ross SAX 62:04
7 Alan Alford SOS 68:33
8 Mark Powell Davies SOS 99:28
M50S (5/5) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Bob Blows WAOC 55:12
2 Andrew Cordle SOS 59:09
3 Robin Kingman SAX 60:01
4 Martin Senger WAOC 78:16
5 Richard Barker SOS 91:35
M55S (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
John Collyer SOS mp
W45L (2/2) Preliminary results 21:33
Jackie Chapman SLOW dns
Sue Woods WAOC dns
W50L (9/9) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Lindsey Freeman WAOC 56:31
2 Jean Fitzgerald SAX 75:27
3 Maria Marshall WAOC 79:23
4 Nancy Powell Davies SOS 84:52
5 Sue Carton SOS 88:44
Janis Ryall WAOC mp
Janet Biggs HAVOC dns
Jane Howsam WAOC dns
Jane Breed HH dns
W55L (3/3) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Jenny Collyer SOS 60:57
Satu Peregrine WAOC dnf
Hiliary Jago LOK dns
W21S (4/4) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Carys Morgan DFOK 49:59
2 Julie Lowe LOK 76:21
3 Miriam Pugh SOS 96:18
Gail Scott-Spicer LOK dns
W35S (3/3) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Joanne Hickling SAX 50:59
2 Dawn Figg HH 87:17
3 Paula Doyle NOR 121:52
JM5S (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
Robert Hime LOK dns
JW5S (5/5) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Joanne West SOS 59:08
2 Nina Tant SOS 68:32
3 Hang Tung Chow CUOC 69:31
Clare Woods WAOC dns
nc Nichola Barker SOS 116:48
M60S (2/2) Preliminary results 21:33
1 John Starkey SOS 56:57
2 Bob Cathmoir SOS 71:25
M65S (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Keith Ryder HAVOC 62:48
W60L (2/2) Preliminary results 21:33
Jennifer Taylor CHIG dns
Sue Vine NOR dns
W65L (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Clarissa Napier NOR 80:29
W70L (2/2) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Barbara George NOR 65:14
Anne Duncumb WAOC dns
W40S (2/2) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Sue Speller WAOC 64:08
2 Pamela Hemingway WAOC 87:19
W45S (5/5) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Catherine Springett BKO 47:39
2 Carol Iddles HH 64:14
3 Wendy Welham SOS 65:37
4 Jitka Sengerova WAOC 79:53
5 Gina Ross SAX 107:37
W50S (4/4) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Rina Hill HAVOC 83:52
2 Julia Robertson SOS 86:28
3 Hazel Bickle WAOC 94:15
Susan Kingman SAX mp
W55S (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Maureen Webster HH 85:27
W65S (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Mary Ryder HAVOC 85:28
JM4 (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
Robert Powell Davies SOS mp
JW4 (3/3) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Rachael Malley SOS 152:12
Anna Machin SOS mp
Sarah Lyne SOS dns
Light Green ( Preliminary results 21:33
1 Garry Parmenter HAVOC 73:03
2 Peter Hardisty SOS 88:54
3 Mark Jeffcock SOS 108:34
4 Benn Eldridge Ind 117:13
5 Denise BAOC 130:26
6 John Adams Ind 131:37
7 Peter Swanston Ind 131:54
8 June Webb SUFFOC 140:26
9 Ronan (Group) Ind 146:37
Philip Hardingham Ind mp
Shorter family Ind mp
JM3 (6/6) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Adam Chalkley NOR 62:14
2 Calum Machin SOS 63:55
3 James Park SOS 64:19
4 Alex PD/ Sam Taylor SOS 145:21
James Taylor NOR mp
Oliver Ridout NOR dns
JW3 (9/9) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Katie Doyle NOR 40:38
2 Sarah Park SOS 59:33
3 Katrin Sengerova WAOC 63:36
4 Megan Malley SOS 71:56
5 Amy Ost Ind 87:34
Ellen Sanderson SOS mp
Claudia Ost Ind mp
Katy Woods WAOC dns
Ruth Taylor NOR dns
Orange (8/8) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Penny Whittaker Ind 41:38
2 Pippa Colchester Ind 44:47
3 Corin &Antigone Jeffcock Ind 51:42
4 Nicholas Hardingham Ind 59:59
5 Jo Wooley Ind 69:42
6 Rebecca Hardingham Ind 78:52
7 Birkett Family SOS 82:09
Piran Jeffcock Ind mp
JM2 (8/8) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Thomas Hemingway WAOC 19:19
2 Alexander Ware SOS 23:11
3 Tom Richardson NOR 32:35
4 Martin Richmond DFOK 33:13
5 Matthew Doyle NOR 33:22
6 Philip Huard HAVOC 33:45
7 Josh Jarvis NOR 36:40
Thomas Robertson SOS dns
JW2 (6/6) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Jacqui Doyle NOR 19:30
2 Lauren Tinker NOR 19:46
3 Sonia Last NOR 22:57
4 Stephanie Palmer NOR 23:32
5 Holly Tudor NOR 43:11
Cherry Terzza NOR mp
JM1 (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Daniel Figg HH 33:30
JW1 (1/1) Preliminary results 21:33
1 Catherine Hemingway WAOC 26:14