Essex Stragglers Orienteering Society (SOS)New Year's Novelty Score Event
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| Name | Club | Age Class | Normal Controls | Extra Controls | Handicap | Total |
| Jenny Collyer | SOS | W60 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| Ursula Oxburgh | WAOC | W70 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| Martin Sellens | SOS | M50 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| Steve Robertson | SOS | M50 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| Lyn West | SOS | W50 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Chris Shaw | HAVOC | M55 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| Williams | Ind | M50 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| Geraldine Russell | SOS | W60 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| Gill Ross | AIRE | W55 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| Jessica Vincent | BAOC | W12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| John Collyer | SOS | M60 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| Richard Barker | SOS | M50 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| Geoff Pye | SOS | M50 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| Colin West | SOS | M50 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| Will & Katie Sunnocks | Ind | M45 W12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| Michael Muggeridge | HAVOC | M40 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
| Wattebot O'Brien | Ind | M21 W60? | 11 | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| Infamous Five | Ind | Family | 13 | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| Julia Robertson | SOS | W50 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| Alan Alford | SOS | M50 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| Nancy Powell Davies | SOS | W55 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| Jo West | SOS | W18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 24 |
| Lydia Tew | Ind | W10 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| Eleanor Tew | Ind | W10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| John Russell | SOS | M60 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| Kevin Machin | SOS | M45 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| Gary Woods | SOS | M40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| Chris Sellens | SOS | M21 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Alex Machin | SOS | M18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| Calum Machin Ivan Smith | SOS | M12 M70 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| Gregory Vincent | BAOC | M10 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| Cameron | BAOC | M45 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| The Dale Family | Ind | Family | 11 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| E Johnson A Green | SOS | W18 M18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| Fred Ross | AIRE | M60 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| Tony Biggs | HAVOC | M55 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| Chris and Heather Brolly | HAVOC | M45 W14 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| Paul Lowe | SUFFOC | M45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| Hugo & Georgie Sunnocks | Ind | M14 W16 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| Ben Munson | Ind | M14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| Veronica Machin + 3 | SOS | Family | 9 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| Simon Chandler | SOS | M40 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Andrew Elliot | SUFFOC | M21 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Matthew and Anne Brolly | HAVOC | M12 W40? | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Katie Sellens | SOS | W20 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| Louise Chandler | SOS | Family | 8 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| Marcus Roche | Ind | M10 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| Alex Pike | Ind | W21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Organiser/Planner | Andrew Cordle 07968 567529. |
Congratulations to Jenny on winning the event. Thank you all for coming, and thanks to John for the map and to Emily for helping on the day. Sorry about the delay in printing split times - I left the splits printer at home and by the time Emily had fetched it we were in the middle of our busiest period for both registration and downloads.
The format of the event seemed to work well. An accademic mathematician interpreted the instruction 'Visit as many of controls 101 to 120 in order' to mean that she could score some extra points by punching 118 and 120 at the end of her course whilst missing out eight other controls. Since the instructions were slightly ambiguous I have given her the extra points, but I'll try to find a way at next year's event to knock two points off her score in retaliation.
Let me know if I have mistakenly given you too few (or too many) points. The handicapping seemed to favour the older competitors this year, but appart from that seemed to be fair - the average solo M and the average solo W both scored 24 points, the average pair 23 and the average family 22, and half the competitors scored within two points of each other.
Your map says that "Possession of a map does give right of access for orienteering". This is, of course, a misprint - it should say "does not".
