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Stragglers Relays
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester
Sunday 10th July 2011
Final Results

Officials' Comments

Organiser - dave.skinner@btinternet.com

Having Organised the SOS Relays last year it was with less trepidation that I journeyed to Wivenhoe Park on Sunday than I did when I set off for Hylands Park in 2010. Thankfully the rain largely kept away, though I imagine, given the 'state' of some returning runners it was pretty hot out there in the 'jungle' with Elephants, Baboons, Chimpanzees, Gorillas and others fighting it out. Although there were only 10 teams (at one stage there might have been 14) it was a good competitive event - congratulations to SOS Team Tantalising who are now the proud holders of the much-coveted SOS Relays Trophy. I have put together individual results for all those who ran in the Relays as well as those who ran individually. I believe these results are pretty accurate. If there are major errors in the results which are of significant concern please let me know. I intend to publish a more comprehensive review of the event in the next SOS Newsletter.

Personally I enjoyed the event despite the 'stresses'. Thank you all for coming - I hope you too enjoyed the day. The event would not have been possible without the tremendous contribution and support from many - particular thanks to:

• Julie Laver for Planning, collecting equipment, checking punched control cards
• Paul Lowe for Controlling with a light but assertive touch
• Kath Birkett and Jack Isbester for effectively covering Registration and Start
• Kevin Machin for his timely printing of maps and bibs
• All those who helped with close-down activities,particularly runners who still had the energy to recover controls
• Essex University and Chelmsford Borough Council for permission to use Wivenhoe Park and the marshland area.

As ever I am very happy to receive any comments, positive or negative, on the event. My email address is shown above.

Planner - Julie Laver

The SOS relays are a nice event to plan for. Not too many courses and a nice informal feel on the day. The biggest problem is usually not being able to use control sites for more than one course. Paul Lowe ably controlled with a light touch although he did draw the line at my suggestion of some tight rope walking across a metal beam on the marsh! Thanks for all his input.

However on the day as I was putting controls out first thing I came across some fencing which was not there the previous weekend when the final site visit took place and one of my control sites was fenced off! So with only a few minutes to go before the first start (and some rude words) I set about the relevant map corrections and hopefully it did not detract from the courses too much.

Thanks to Dave Skinner for remaining calm and supportive throughout the event and to all the teams who took part with good spirit.

Controller - Paul Lowe (SUFFOC)

When it comes to the relays, with only 3 courses to plan, controlling is usually very easy. However, having painstakingly checked all Julie's courses and (apart from one bit Julie has already mentioned that I wouldn't let her do). I found everything was in order even her newly mapped out of bounds areas which were due to the extensive building works going on. Well it was until the morning of the event, when we found that they had moved the goal posts and completely blocked off access to control 7 on the orange course and the area that was still out of bounds on the previous Sunday, was now back in bounds. The only option was to remove that control from the course and frantically change the maps by hand and remind the teams about the change as they started.

However, this was not the only trick the building works lot had up their sleeves. Oh no! they completely ruined the 'which way round the lake' route choice Julie had devised, by rather strategically placing a temporary new fence extending all the way to the road from the lake on the SE side. Damn, another map correction to do..

Well done to Julie for her planning and to Dave and his team of helpers for putting on a good event at which fun was had by all.

Team Results

Individual Results

based on the assumption that second and subsequent runs started as soon as the map and runner were available. All times are approximate. Those who did not run in the Relays are shown as 'Individual' under Team Name.

Team Name	Name	Club	Class	Time (Mins)
Yellow	2.5 km	15m climb
Flying Chimpanzees	Bryn Wilkinson	SUFFOC	M14	13
WeWe	John Williams	SOS	M55	13
Flying Chimpanzees	Will Hooton	SUFFOC	M18	13
WeWe	Kevin Ellis	SOS	M50	13
Team Tantalising	Martin Sellens	SOS	M55	15
Naughty Elephants	Richard Bonnett	SOS	M55	15
Flying Chimpanzees	Goff Hill	SUFFOC	M65	15
Singing Baboons	Phil Halford	SUFFOC	M55	16
Dancing Gorillas	Rod Mansel	SUFFOC	M50	16
W3H	Duncan Harrison	SOS	M40	16
No Hopes	Lawrence Parish	IND	M35	16
W3H	Peter Warland	SOS	M45	16
Struggling Stragglers	Dani Brohm	SOS	W21	16
Team Tantalising	Hilary Sellens	SOS	W50	17
Dancing Gorillas	Colin Butler	SUFFOC	M60	17
WeWe	Gary Wright	SOS	M45	17
Team Tantalising	Clive Tant	SOS	M55	17
Naughty Elephants	Sue Hartley	SOS	W55	18
Flying Chimpanzees	Roderick Mansel	SUFFOC	M14	18
Singing Baboons	Clive Wilkinson	SUFFOC	M45	18
Singing Baboons	Sarah Mansel	SUFFOC	W45	18
Dancing Gorillas	Sally Wilkinson	SUFFOC	W45	18
All Four One	Chris Childs	SOS	M60	18
Individual	Steven King	SOS	M50	18
Struggling Stragglers	Andrew Cordle	SOS	M60	19
W3H	Ben Warland	SOS	M14	19
Team Tantalising	Karen Ezard	SOS	W55	19
Struggling Stragglers	Rhiannon Ware	SOS	W16	19
Dancing Gorillas	Simon Hooton	SUFFOC	M55	19
Naughty Elephants	Steve Partridge	SOS	M40	19
No Hopes	John Mills	SOS	M35	19
W3H	Sharon Warland	SOS	W45	19
All Four One	Emma Johnson	SOS	W21	20
Naughty Elephants	Daisy & Chloe Partridge	SOS	W10	21
Struggling Stragglers	Alex Ware	SOS	M18	21
Singing Baboons	Bronwen Mansel	SUFFOC	W14	23
No Hopes	Ann Mills	SOS	W35	25
No Hopes	Louise Parish	IND	W35	26
All Four One	Tom Birkett	SOS	M14	29
All Four One	Alex Birkett	SOS	M12	30
WeWe	Denise Ellis	IND	W50	30
Individual	Lucy Warland	SOS	W7	40
Orange	3.3 km	30m climb
W3H	Duncan Harrison	SOS	M40	20
Flying Chimpanzees	Roderick Mansel	SUFFOC	M14	21
All Four One	Chris Childs	SOS	M60	22
Naughty Elephants	Richard Bonnett	SOS	M55	22
WeWe	John Williams	SOS	M55	23
Team Tantalising	Martin Sellens	SOS	M55	23
Flying Chimpanzees	Bryn Wilkinson	SUFFOC	M14	24
WeWe	Kevin Ellis	SOS	M50	24
Flying Chimpanzees	Goff Hill	SUFFOC	M65	25
Singing Baboons	Clive Wilkinson	SUFFOC	M45	25
Struggling Stragglers	Dani Brohm	SOS	W21	26
Singing Baboons	Sarah Mansel	SUFFOC	W45	27
Dancing Gorillas	Sally Wilkinson	SUFFOC	W45	27
WeWe	Gary Wright	SOS	M45	27
Team Tantalising	Hilary Sellens	SOS	W50	28
Team Tantalising	Clive Tant	SOS	M55	30
Individual	Steven King	SOS	M50	30
Naughty Elephants	Steve Partridge	SOS	M40	32
Struggling Stragglers	Alex Ware	SOS	M18	32
Dancing Gorillas	Simon Hooton	SUFFOC	M55	32
No Hopes	Louise Parish	IND	W35	32
Struggling Stragglers	Andrew Cordle	SOS	M60	33
Dancing Gorillas	Colin Butler	SUFFOC	M60	35
No Hopes	John Mills	SOS	M35	37
Individual	Nina Wilden & Jason Turner	IND	?	38
Singing Baboons	Bronwen Mansel	SUFFOC	W14	42
W3H	Sharon Warland	SOS	W45	42
No Hopes	Lawrence Parish	IND	M35	44
All Four One	Tom Birkett	SOS	M14	46
Naughty Elephants	Daisy & Chloe Partridge	SOS	W10	57
All Four One	Alex Birkett	SOS	M12	60
Light Green	4.2 km	30m climb
WeWe	Kevin Ellis	SOS	M50	27
Flying Chimpanzees	Goff Hill	SUFFOC	M65	28
Naughty Elephants	Richard Bonnett	SOS	M55	28
Singing Baboons	Clive Wilkinson	SUFFOC	M45	29
W3H	Peter Warland	SOS	M45	30
Team Tantalising	Martin Sellens	SOS	M55	31
W3H	Duncan Harrison	SOS	M40	32
Dancing Gorillas	Simon Hooton	SUFFOC	M55	35
Team Tantalising	Clive Tant	SOS	M55	35
All Four One	Emma Johnson	SOS	W21	37
No Hopes	John Mills	SOS	M35	38
Struggling Stragglers	Dani Brohm	SOS	W21	39
Individual	Andrew Mason	IND	M45	39
Dancing Gorillas	Rod Mansel	SUFFOC	M50	40
Singing Baboons	Phil Halford	SUFFOC	M55	41
All Four One	Chris Childs	SOS	M60	42
Flying Chimpanzees	Will Hooton	SUFFOC	M18	43
WeWe	Gary Wright	SOS	M45	43
Individual	Simon Peck	SUFFOC	M55	44
Struggling Stragglers	Rhiannon Ware	SOS	W16	46
Individual	Steven King	SOS	M50	46
Naughty Elephants	Sue Hartley	SOS	W55	53
No Hopes	Ann Mills	SOS	W35	53

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