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We arrived at Writtle Park to find a barrier prevented access to the designated assembly area and the empty barn we had been given permission to use was now half full of chipped bark. Our best laid plans had gone by the wayside as nearly an hour elapsed before access was gained and valuable time had been lost in setting up the equipment. We were grateful for the understanding and patience of the helpers and the runners who arrived early.
Thank you all for coming to our first event in the estate and hope you enjoyed the day despite the cold wind - at least it kept dry. It was nice to see so many younger people taking part although some parents took additional maps to follow their children which caused us to run out of yellow maps.
Our sincere thanks to the Controller, Brian Daniel, Planner, Clive Tant, Mappers Kevin Machin and Tom Edelsten and to Webmaster Andrew Cordle for their excellent work and all of whom were extremely supportive. Many thanks also to the band of willing helpers for their excellent contribution to making the event a success with 230 competitors taking part.
Finally grateful thanks to Lord Petre for the use of his lovely estate and for sparing the time to come and speak to a number of the helpers and runners. The good news is that Lord Petre has confirmed that he would be happy for our Club to hold future events at Writtle Park.
It seems that the SOS excitement about this new area lived up to expectations with many competitors expressing appreciation for the opportunity to visit Writtle Forest.
The longer courses were able to reach the intricate contour detail in the far west and hopefully at another event (if we can secure a relocated assembly area), we might succeed in getting more courses to enjoy this part as well as the very fast and runnable near-western parts.
The separate areas of woodland presented a real challenge to find a start and a finish close enough to assembly but far enough into the forest to get the medium courses into some of the better parts of the forest, achieve the distance for the longer courses and keep the shorter courses away from the road crossings. Compromises had to be made with the white course probably suffering most but I took the view that it was better to have a long white than not to have one at all.
I had great fun visiting the area for planning and enjoyed the variety of wildlife and abundance of control sites. The course limitations led to some restrictive use of control sites and I know that future planners will find plenty more sites to keep us all interested in visiting Writtle.
Throughout the planning process, our principal mapper, Kevin Machin (who put in tremendous effort to get the area mapped in time) was a good guide. Later and right up to the courses closed, Brian Daniel was as helpful, as involved and as accommodating a controller as a planner could wish. I learned from Brian's knowledge and experience and I am truly grateful for his contribution to this event.
Thank you to my control collectors, Jenny, John, Steve and Geoff and to Karen who was so supportive throughout the last hectic weeks and particularly this last weekend. Congratulations Geraldine (and John) for overcoming all the organisational difficulties and thanks to Kevin and Andrew for their OCAD and SI guidance.
Let us hope that we might enjoy this lovely forest again sometime soon on a sunny and warm day.
Previous attempts by my own club HAVOC to obtain land permission from the Petre Estate for orienteering, in the area that you now know as Writtle Forest, were unsuccessful partly because of the access rights of existing shooting tenants. So we should all be very grateful to Geraldine Russell (SOS) and the current Lord Petre for, respectively, negotiating and granting access for this event. Every visit to the area for mapping, planning, controlling and control setting has been coordinated through the estate gamekeeper, Peter Stanford-Hope, to ensure that the shooting and orienteering related activities could co-exist. I'm sure you will all agree that it was worth the effort.
Clive Tant's final positions for Start and Finish were heavily influenced by the location of the available car parking and the shape of the available woodland. As is often the case, it was the shorter courses that required most consideration together with the routeing of all competitors across the Writtle Park access track. The marshalled timed route for junior courses and a suitable track crossing control for the longer courses were the outcome.
Clive's course lengths were based upon a nominal length for the Black course of 14k, assuming an M21 speed of around 5 mins/k in this largely highly runnable area. The shape of the various blocks of woodland resulted in three groups of courses: White to Short Green stayed on the eastern side of Ingatestone Road; Green and Short Blue crossed the road for a circuit of Stoneymore Wood; and the longest courses all visited a complex area of depressions to the west of Blackmore Road. The Black and Brown courses also had a few controls east of the Finish. This all resulted in a few courses (Blue, Green and White) being longer than normally recommended, but the winning times and range of times on each course suggest that the progressive set of course lengths provided were appropriate.
There were many favourable comments on the day for Clive's courses, although some felt that harder control sites could have been used in some areas. Nevertheless, Clive and the mapping team of Kevin Machin and Tom Edelsten should be congratulated for the outcome of all their efforts; well supported on the day by Geraldine and her team of helpers.
| White | 51:30 |
| Yellow | 39:09 |
| Orange | 1:00:05 |
| Light Green | 48:19 |
| Short Green | 51:09 |
| Green | 1:07:39 |
| Short Blue | 1:04:19 |
| Blue | 1:21:27 |
| Short Brown | 1:32:14 |
| Brown | 2:00:11 |
| Black | 1:45:45 |
Pl Name Club AgeClass Time
Black (8) 13.7 km 150 m 30 C
1 Anthony Squire INT M21 1:10:30
2 Mark Ford CHIG M35 1:16:52
3 Jonathan Albon SOK M21 1:18:08
4 Pete Jones SN M55 1:28:59
5 Tim Platt HH M21 1:38:02
6 Duncan Harrison SOS M40 1:45:18
7 Neil Carter SUFFOC M21 1:47:16
8 Ben Holland WAOC M21 2:07:29
Brown (14) 12.0 km 135 m 27 C
1 Kevin Fielding HH M40 1:20:07
2 Kostya Lutsenko CHIG M35 1:20:26
3 Stephen McKinley SN M45 1:22:21
4 Alan Hickling SAX M45 1:23:23
5 John Ward NOR M40 1:25:11
6 Jacob Sharpe HH M35 1:28:47
7 Jon Coles SUFFOC M40 1:31:49
8 Mike Capper WAOC M55 1:35:05
9 Sarah Louise Francis SN W40 1:46:34
10 Andrew Elliott SUFFOC M40 1:57:35
11 Stephen Borrill WAOC M40 1:59:14
12 David Schroeder WAOC M35 2:01:52
Kevin Ellis SOS M50 dnf
nc Kevin Machin SOS M50 dnf
Short Brown (26) 9.8 km 100 m 27 C
1 Mark Salmon CUOC M20 1:01:29
2 Ian Hargreaves KERNO M35 1:03:29
3 Richard Hime LOK M45 1:06:21
4 Martin Hime LOK M50 1:08:51
5 David Maliphant CUOC M20 1:10:52
6 Paul Beckett HAVOC M50 1:11:24
7 Paul Rushmer SMOC M45 1:14:31
8 David Cronk WAOC M50 1:15:19
9 Michael Muggeridge HAVOC M50 1:15:48
10 Andrea Rebora SLOW M40 1:16:20
11 Peter Duthie WAOC M50 1:21:33
12 Kevin Parkes HH M50 1:23:36
13 Clive Wilkinson SUFFOC M45 1:24:11
14 Bert Park SOS M45 1:26:06
15 James Park SOS M20 1:26:41
16 Adam Leaf HH M45 1:29:08
17 Perry Mole SOS M45 1:30:18
18 Raffaella Marin SLOW W40 1:42:32
19 Louise Sime WAOC W21 1:42:43
20 Emma Johnson SOS W21 1:48:21
21 Michael Park SOS M18 2:06:18
22 Ken Wickham SO M70 2:40:00
Tim Jones HAVOC M45 dns
Richard Freeman HH M45 dns
David Sanderson SOS M50 dns
Gary Simmons GO M50 dns
Blue (48) 8.1 km 100 m 24 C
1 Alun Jones TVOC M55 54:18
2 Peter Martin SAX M60 59:00
3 Richard Bonnett SOS M55 59:30
4 Martin Sellens SOS M55 1:04:00
5 Michael Bickle WAOC M60 1:04:39
6 Sheralee Bailey DFOK W40 1:05:07
7 Andrew Welsh HAVOC M55 1:05:11
8 Alan Rosen HH M55 1:06:24
9 Martin Hore SUFFOC M60 1:07:36
10 Mark Purkis SAX M16 1:07:44
11 John Duffield CHIG M60 1:08:07
12 Paul Langston HH M55 1:09:07
13 Garry Parmenter HAVOC M65 1:09:23
14 John Chappell MDDXO M60 1:09:54
15 Jerry Purkis SAX M55 1:10:09
16 Sarah Howes SAX W50 1:10:54
17 Colin West SOS M55 1:14:33
18 Chris Shaw HAVOC M60 1:14:47
19 Adam Waller-Toyne SOS M40 1:15:11
20 Andrew Crosby CUOC M21 1:17:08
21 Geoff Pye SOS M55 1:17:16
22 Simon Hooton SUFFOC M55 1:17:24
23 Tracey Apperley SOS W40 1:18:12
24 Guy Lidbury HAVOC M40 1:18:53
25 Claire Harrison SOS W35 1:20:45
26 Tom Dobra CUOC M20 1:21:43
27 Philip Halford SUFFOC M55 1:23:05
28 Bruce Marshall WAOC M55 1:26:10
29 Neil Brough IND M40 1:27:47
30 Pat Squire INT M60 1:28:42
31 Dave Crane IND M50 1:29:39
32 Barry Breed HH M65 1:29:49
33 Edwin Banks SOS M55 1:30:00
34 Colin Webster HH M60 1:30:10
35 Richard Barker SOS M55 1:30:24
36 Ian Lawson WAOC M55 1:31:52
37 Murray Allen SOS M35 1:35:57
38 Christopher Childs SOS M60 1:41:24
39 Andrew Mason IND M45 1:42:57
40 Andrew Childs SOS M50 1:43:39
41 Rod Mansel SUFFOC M50 1:51:25
42 Anthony Biggs HAVOC M60 1:57:09
43 Paul Garton NOR M60 2:22:02
Jon Chandler LOK M40 mp
Andrew Cordle SOS M60 dns
George Simmons GO M16 dns
Mark Lyne SOS M50 dns
nc Harriet Burdett + 1 CUOC W20 1:28:32
Short Blue (22) 6.0 km 85 m 20 C
1 Victoria Stevens CUOC W21 36:26
2 Peter Cheetham CHIG M50 54:57
3 Louise Walker SUFFOC W45 55:30
4 John Collyer SOS M65 56:22
5 Louise Jones LOK W45 56:26
6 John Ward NOR M65 56:30
7 Greg Birdseye LOK M65 58:27
8 Peter Waldron NOR M55 1:00:17
9 Graham Batty HAVOC M50 1:00:31
10 John Wickersham WAOC M65 1:03:08
11 Sarah Mansel SUFFOC W45 1:04:18
12 Hilary Sellens SOS W55 1:06:15
13 Colin Jackson HAVOC M50 1:08:58
14 Stephen Cartwright SOS M50 1:11:07
15 Sally Wilkinson SUFFOC W45 1:13:05
16 Wendy Welham SOS W50 1:19:01
17 Graham Ward NOR M65 1:20:19
18 Graham Williams LOK M50 1:24:19
19 Penny Parkes HH W50 1:25:26
20 Lois Matthews SMOC W50 1:38:34
21 Simon Blessing IND M35 1:41:31
Denise Ellis IND W50 dnf
Green (53) 5.3 km 80 m 17 C
1 Tim Pribul CHIG M60 38:53
2 David Dorling DFOK M35 47:04
3 Roderick Mansel SUFFOC M14 48:22
4 Gillian Hanson HH W40 50:10
5 Janet Rosen HH W55 50:40
6 Chris Morley WAOC M70 50:51
7 Bryn Wilkinson SUFFOC M14 51:39
8 David Skinner SOS M60 53:28
9 John Russell SOS M70 53:33
10 Ian Smith WAOC M55 55:25
11 Jonathan Gilbert NOR M50 57:19
12 Pat Martin NOR M65 57:27
13 Sarah Albon IND W21 58:58
14 Beth Albon IND W18 59:03
15 Lyn West SOS W55 59:57
16 Gillian Edgar HAVOC W45 1:00:54
17 Helen Hampton CHIG W45 1:01:20
18 Robert Carver IND M16 1:02:26
19 Michael Hill HAVOC M55 1:04:27
20 Harry Williams IND M18 1:04:30
21 Helen Nisbet SMOC W50 1:05:14
22 James Cook IND M18 1:05:40
23 Callum Banks IND M16 1:05:50
24 Jane Breed HH W55 1:07:38
25 Elspeth Missen SOS W50 1:08:14
26 Chris Davies SUFFOC M60 1:10:21
27 Les Childs SOS M55 1:10:32
28 Tom Prior SOS M21 1:10:42
29 Ray Curtis CHIG M55 1:11:45
30 Rob Coulter SUFFOC M60 1:12:06
31 Mathew Evans IND M35 1:12:27
32 Jon Beaumont SOS M40 1:13:00
33 Edward Johnson SOS M70 1:15:05
34 Barbara Fothergill HAVOC W55 1:15:27
35 Maria Marshall WAOC W55 1:15:57
36 Rodney Freeburn NOR M70 1:16:32
37 Estella Ward NOR W60 1:17:11
38 Rhiannon Ware SOS W16 1:19:32
39 John Harris WAOC M65 1:19:50
40 Susan Waller-Toyne SOS W45 1:20:47
41 Janet Biggs HAVOC W55 1:21:20
42 Alex Ware SOS M18 1:24:05
43 Veronica Machin SOS W50 1:29:43
44 Hazel Bickle WAOC W60 1:30:53
Derek Jenner CHIG M55 mp
Toby Hardaker IND M16 mp
Ian Wilson SAX M60 dnf
Joanne Hickling SAX W45 dns
Julie Laver SOS W45 dns
John Starkey SOS M70 dns
Michael Foreman IND M16 dns
Matthew Peckham IND M16 dns
nc Tom Edelsten CHIG M65 43:42
Short Green (19) 3.5 km 55 m 16 C
1 Chris Sparkman SAX M60 33:21
2 Jenny Collyer SOS W65 38:08
3 Robin Barris HH M75 41:30
4 Julie Warwick-Munday CHIG W50 44:22
5 Michael Dudley WAOC M75 46:43
6 Alison Curtis CHIG W55 47:11
7 Paul Lowe SUFFOC M50 47:20
8 Geraldine Russell SOS W65 50:06
9 Barbara Sparkman SAX W55 51:08
10 Ros West CHIG W60 51:30
11 Jennifer Taylor CHIG W65 51:59
12 Jack Isbester SOS M75 53:02
13 Colin Curtis WAOC M75 55:48
14 Charlotte Cheetham CHIG W50 56:17
15 Sharon Warland SOS W45 57:43
16 Norman Howarth NOR M80 1:02:44
17 Rachel Barford SOS W45 1:07:42
Anne Power LOK W75 mp
Sue Hartley SOS W55 dns
Time Crossing Adjusted Time
Light Green (10) 3.5 km 60 m 17 C
1 Samuel Fielding HH M14 28:40 2:15 26:25
2 Thomas Birkett SOS M14 31:32 2:34 28:58
3 Beth Hanson HH W16 32:43 1:39 31:04
4 Richard Bolam IND M45 43:08 1:21 41:47
5 Rose Macmillan CUOC W21 50:38 2:20 48:18
6 Dawn Figg HH W40 51:27 1:35 49:52
7 Lucy Carter SUFFOC W21 55:29 2:25 53:04
8 Daniel Figg HH M14 57:22 1:45 55:37
9 Bronwen Mansel SUFFOC W14 1:08:30 2:07 1:06:23
10 Mara Wilden Ollie Akin-George IND 1:13:43 1:20 1:12:23
Orange (9) 3.0 km 50 m 12 C
1 Ben Warland SOS M14 42:43 2:40 40:03
2 Alex Birkett SOS M12 46:09 1:41 44:28
3 Samuel Bolam IND M15 47:15 1:20 45:55
4 Shane Muggeridge HAVOC M14 48:20 1:27 46:53
5 Caroline Edwards HAVOC W35 53:17 2:55 50:22
6 Martin Luk IND M18 1:00:11 1:27 58:44
Stephanie Ware Anna Bolam SOS W12 mp
Clive Coles SUFFOC M65 dnf
nc Ella Gilbert NOR W14 34:57 1:47 33:10
Yellow (12) 2.7 km 45 m 14 C
1 Chloe Cracknell SOS W10 27:55 1:49 26:06
2 Ella Gilbert NOR W14 30:37 1:55 28:42
3 Amber Greaves Ben Harrrington SOS W/M10 30:38 1:20 29:18
4 Daisy Partridge SOS W10 37:18 1:23 35:55
5 Callum Turner SOS M10 39:11 1:36 37:35
6 Thomas Howlett SOS M10 39:04 1:10 37:54
7 Dominic Emerson SOS M10 39:16 1:08 38:08
8 Georgia Gower SOS W10 43:10 1:37 41:33
9 Lucy Edwards SOS W10 43:55 2:00 41:55
10 Lucy Peter Warland SOS M/W10 52:38 2:51 49:47
11 Lauren Tai IND W18 1:02:18 1:47 1:00:31
12 Hanna Higgins IND W16 1:02:18 1:43 1:00:35
White (9) 2.4 km 40 m 14 C
1 Jasper Waller-Toyne SOS M10 22:26 2:35 19:51
2 Jodie Smith Jack Edwards SOS W/M10 27:14 1:46 25:28
3 Joshua Buist SOS M10 27:53 1:07 26:46
4 Elena Gower Lily Amos SOS W10 35:42 1:37 34:05
5 Georgia Burr Hayden Challis SOS W/M10 37:21 1:21 36:00
6 William Chandler LOK M10 38:26 1:27 36:59
7 Craig+Ryan Carter SUFFOC M10 53:54 2:44 51:10
8 Amelia Juniper Lucy Swainsbury SOS W10 53:04 1:35 51:29
nc Thomas Turner Georgia Gower SOS M/W10 28:56 1:54 27:02
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