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Thanks to all the SOS helpers who turned up on the day and helped the event organisation run smoothly.
Some concern was expressed about the siting of control 122 and the Controller having gone back and revisited the area feels that; "the control was in the right place, there was a path nearby, the problem was due to the way the vegetation was represented around the area". As such he feels that to interfere with the actual results would not be satisfactory and suggests the results should stand. I have agrreed with him.
This event was a long time coming as it was originally scheduled for last January. Steve's courses had to wait several months for fruition and although the undergrowth was never going to be at it's best in September, at least the ground was dry, in stark contrast to the memories of several orienteers I have spoken to recently.
Thanks to all those who turned out on a somewhat colder day than the one before. It was nice to hear very positive comments at the finish as I stood there for quite a while following the start of the event and as people finished various courses. One of the Barnardiston teachers was particularly pleased that the white course was a winding and interesting one. Obviously it was somewhat of a surprise to me yesterday when I went to check stinging nettles on the yellow that new paths had been cut through the forest badly affecting that course. Additional taping seemed the only option but even so comments still seemed positive.
Unfortunately things started to turn sour at about 12 noon today when it was noticed one competitor had a negative split time to the finish. Although I had checked the boxes for their numbers and battery life, I understood it was not necessary to check the clocks with the new kit. Apparently that is not t rue and times had drifted quite considerably over the last couple of months. Fortunately it is a problem than can be sorted to some extent by those that are clever. Then came the dreaded 122 problem. The map is out of date in places and time didn?t permit any serious map update. Apologies where it spoiled the course for some. Somehow it seemed relatively straightforward as a control to me and I honestly didn?t hide it.
Thanks must of course go to the Army for their permission to use the area, and Martin Sellens for his on the day controlling due to a hopitalisation in Bert Parks family.
First of all, thank you all for coming and I hope you enjoyed orienteering through an unusually mud-free and well-groomed Roman Valley. I don?t recall the area ever being in better shape, though the mowing activities of the army did mean that some areas were considerably more runnable that the green screen suggested. Better that than the other way round, I think.
Thanks also to John Collyer and the Straggler?s organising team and to Steve Cartwright, who resuscitated his courses from the cancelled event last summer.
Apologies to those of you on the Green and Brown courses who spent a long time looking for control 122 (pit imprecisely mapped). In retrospect, this control site should not have been used or the mapping within the circle should have been refined. As on-the-day controller, in retrospect, I should probably have moved the control flag to make it more visible from the open area, even though that would have involved placing it where there was no pit. As with most planning/controlling ?errors? this one was a result of a combination of unusual circumstances and debatable decisions, the details of which I won?t chew over here. Assuming that those of you on the courses in question would still like some EAGAL points (and therefore would prefer the courses not to be voided) I will consider the options of allowing the results to stand or adjusting times by deleting the offending leg in the next couple of days (after scrutinising the event statistics).
A second minor problem was the use of two finish boxes that were not accurately synchronised. Some of you will be disappointed to learn that you did not, actually, complete the run in to the finish in a negative time, perhaps by inadvertently sprinting through a discontinuity in the space-time continuum. Reality is more prosaic. Times will be adjusted for those who selected the ?earlier? finish box before it was removed.
So, not my best day as a controller, but I trust that most of you were blissfully unaware of the gremlins and had a satisfying run.
White - all finishers Yellow 30:00 Orange 55:00 Light Green 1:05:00 Green 1:05:00 Blue 1:10:00 Brown 1:35:00
| Name | Age | Club | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Birkett | 11 | SOS | 06:15 |
| Nick Harrison | 13 | SOS | 07:16 |
| Ben Wetherill | 10 | WAOC | 07:50 |
| Thomas Burgess | 11 | SOS | 07:51 |
| Alex Birkett | 9 | SOS | 08:00 |
| Alex Wetherill | 6 | WAOC | 12:12 |
| Emily Fowler | 9 | BAOC | 12:54 |
| Stephanie Ware | 10 | SOS | 14:30 |
| Lucy Warland | 6 | SOS | 15:25 |
| Cath and Adam | 9 + 11 | SOS | 16:31 |
| Alesha Lowe | 5 | SUFFOC | 18:28 |
| Jacob Schroeder | 6 | IND | 19:30 |
| Alex Schroeder | 4 | IND | 21:55 |
| Tom Rowe and Dan | 4 + 2 | WAOC | 23:49 |
| Mila Schroeder | 3 | IND | 24:05 |
| Craig and Ben Carter | 1 + 4 | SUFFOC | 25:50 |
Pl Name Club AgeClass Time School SchYr
White (15) 1.2 km 15 m 11 C
1 Jimoh, David SOS M9 6:20 Barnardiston 5
2 Harrison, Ellie SOS W10 6:32 Barnardiston 6
3 Jones, Olivia SOS W10 6:39 Barnardiston 6
4 Harrison, Timmy SOS M10 6:57 Barnardiston 6
5 Robinson, Lizzie SOS W9 7:26 Barnardiston 5
6 Clarke, Emma SOS W10 7:58 Barnardiston 6
7 Woodgate, Jessica SOS W10 8:00 Barnardiston 6
8 Lloyd, Eve + 1 SOS W4 10:39
9 Baldrey, Saskia SOS W9 11:42 Barnardiston 5
10 Mugliston, Adam IND W45 11:50 Thomas Mills 7
11 Addison, Thomas SOS M9 12:54 Barnardiston 5
12 Waller-Toyne, Jasper+Maisie+1 SOS M8 W6 14:59
13 Wetherill+1, Alex WAOC M6 17:06 Pirton 2
14 Carter, Craig & Ryan SUFFOC M10 18:09
15 Warland, Lucy+Peter SOS W6 18:11 Ixworth Junior 1
Yellow (22) 2.0 km 20 m 13 C
1 Phillips, Kit SOS M11 12:51 Barnardiston 7
2 Jones, Edward SOS M11 14:50 Barnardiston 7
3 Wetherill, Ben WAOC M10 18:07 Pirton School 6
4 Robinson, Gregory SOS M11 18:38 Barnardiston 7
5 Shipp, Elian IND M9 21:00 Highfields 5
6 Griggs, Abbie + 1 IND W10 24:33 St John's C&E 5
7 Grigg+1, Sam IND M8 24:44 ST John's C of E 2
8 Gilbey, Jack SOS M11 25:58 Barnardiston 7
9 Lloyd, Eve +1 SOS W4 28:25 Mersea Island R
10 Statham & Seacomb, Freddie Hugo SOS M11 28:54 Barnardiston 7
11 Becher & Howe, Kitty Phobe SOS W11 33:47 Barnardiston 7
12 Beaumont, Jon IND M35 34:42
13 Shipp, Melanie + 1 IND W5 35:59 Highfields 1
14 Jones, Beckie HAVOC W12 37:12 Brentwood 8
15 Birkett, Alex SOS M10 37:52 Meadgate 5
16 Jones Selby, Gaby Matilda SOS W11 40:13 Barnardiston 7
17 Mugliston+1, Adam IND M12 43:54 Thomas Mills 7
18 Farrell, Howard IND M40 44:11
Lowe, Alesha & Sheila SUFFOC W5 mp
Ware, Steffi SOS W10 mp Arlesford 6
Farrell, Helen SOS W40 mp
Holder, Lucy SOS W11 dns Barnardiston 7
Orange (12) 3.1 km 35 m 10 C
1 Birkett, Thomas SOS M12 19:46 Boswells 7
2 Hooton, Sue SUFFOC W45 38:56
3 Mole, Henry SOS M12 39:56 Debenham High 8
4 Mansel, Roderick SUFFOC M12 41:56 Beyton Middle 8
5 Harrison, Rachael SOS W12 48:52 Barnardiston 8
6 Mole, Catherine SOS W10 50:16 Stonham Aspal 5
7 Carter, Lucy SUFFOC W21 52:28
8 Weed, Andrea SUFFOC M40 1:00:54
9 Weed, Arran SUFFOC M12 1:01:35 Kesgrave High 8
10 Eaton+1, Beth IND W9 1:10:32
Burgess, Thomas SOS M11 mp Phillip Morant 7
nc Beaumont, Jon IND M35 mp
Lt Green (11) 3.8 km 55 m 9 C
1 Wilkinson, Bryn SOS 38:20 Copleston High 8
2 Harrison, Nicholas SOS M14 50:00 Denham High 8
3 Burgess, John SOS M45 59:33
4 Barford, Rachel SOS W45 1:02:15
5 Curtis, Colin WAOC M75 1:03:10
6 Roach, Sarah SOS W16 1:03:42 Barnardiston 12
7 Warland, Sharon SOS W40 1:10:25
8 McLean, Yvonne SUFFOC W70 1:12:19
9 Lumby, David + Harriet IND Mixed 1:16:09
10 Isbester, Jack SOS M75 1:28:51
11 Robertson, Julia SOS W55 1:31:45
Green (29) 4.4 km 55 m 9 C
1 Ward, John NOR M65 47:42
2 Wilkinson, Sally SUFFOC W45 51:46
3 Russell, John SOS M65 54:22
4 Starkey, John SOS M65 54:24
5 Mole, Perry SOS M40 55:09
6 Collyer, Jenny SOS W60 55:48
7 Hooton, Will SUFFOC M16 57:17 Hartesmere High 11
8 Sinclair, Jean IND W40 58:02
9 Marshall, Bruce WAOC M55 59:57
10 West, Lyn SOS W55 1:00:58
11 Harris, John WAOC M60 1:01:37
12 Coulter, Rob SUFFOC M60 1:01:53
13 Russell, Geraldine SOS W65 1:04:29
14 Alford, Alan SOS M55 1:05:11
15 Marshall, Maria WAOC M55 1:07:12
16 Jussup, John IND M21 1:08:23
17 Ward, Estella NOR W55 1:08:32
18 Musall, Wesley IND M60 1:08:53
19 Wetherill, Judith WAOC W45 1:09:27
20 Waller-Toyne, Susan SOS W40 1:12:47
21 Smith, Bryan + Sean IND M21 1:18:41
22 Bickle, Hazel WAOC W55 1:19:13
23 Skinner, Dave SOS M60 1:22:12
24 King, Bridget IND W45 1:24:10
25 Fothergill, Barbara HAVOC W50 1:24:40
26 Robertson, Thomas SOS M18 2:04:52
McLean, Bill SUFFOC M70 mp
Oxburgh, Ursula WAOC W75 mp
nc Cordle+Mullis, Andrew+Sue SOS M/W55 1:12:00
Blue (23) 6.5 km 75 m 16 C
1 Bonnett, Richard SOS M50 44:37
2 Wilkinson, Clive SUFFOC M45 54:01
3 Robertson, Steve SOS M55 54:06
4 Beckett, Paul HAVOC M45 54:38
5 Newton, Richard SOS M45 56:11
6 Bickle, Michael WAOC M60 56:22
7 Liston, Mick NOR M60 56:58
8 Woods, Clare WAOC W21 1:00:58
9 Harrison, Claire SOS W35 1:05:22
10 Smith, Ian WAOC M50 1:06:24
11 Sellens, Hilary SOS W50 1:06:27
12 Mansel, Sarah SUFFOC W40 1:08:24
13 Weed, Rob SUFFOC M40 1:08:39
14 Jones, Tim HAVOC M45 1:09:38
15 Waller-Toyne, Adam SOS M40 1:12:22
16 Halford, Philip SUFFOC M55 1:12:23
17 Mansel, Rod SUFFOC M50 1:13:15
18 Johnson, Emma SOS W21 1:14:30
19 Lowe, Paul SUFFOC M50 1:15:52
20 Peck, Simon SUFFOC M50 1:20:20
21 Ward, Graham NOR M60 1:23:52
22 Waldron, Peter NOR M50 1:28:45
23 Biggs, Anthony HAVOC M60 1:30:41
Brown (14) 8.5 km 95 m 20 C
1 Hargreaves, Ian KERNO M21 1:05:33
2 Lyne, Mark SOS M50 1:10:04
3 Harrison, Duncan SOS M35 1:12:33
4 Tant, Clive SOS M50 1:16:20
5 Wetherill, Dil WAOC M45 1:21:38
6 Carter, Neil SUFFOC M21 1:22:42
6 Machin, kevin SOS M45 1:22:42
8 Stimson, Andrew WAOC M21 1:22:55
9 Schroeder, Andreas IND M35 1:24:39
10 King, Daniel+Dominic IND M21 1:29:59
11 King, Steven IND M45 1:42:18
12 Elliott, Andrew SUFFOC M35 2:03:23
13 Wickham, Ken SUFFOC M65 2:32:12
Clarke, John IND M40 mp
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