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New Year's Day Novelty event incorporating the annual Hangover Handicap
Castle Park Colchester, plus Hilly Fields and Colchester town
Tuesday 1st January 2013
Final Results


Proving once again that orienteers are resilient folk, 64 runners took part in a Score event in Castle Park, Colchester on the morning aftre the New Year's Eve before.

Memories of the wonders of 2012 - notably the Olympics - are slowly receding - and the question of 'how could 2013 be as wonderful?' has started to be answered - with sunshine and dry weather to jog around Colchester to earn a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie. The road to the JK in Berkshire and the Scottish-6 has begun!

The event map, produced by John Collyer, knitted together earlier maps of Castle Park and Hilly Fields with much of Colchester town centre and some housing estates with route choice. The Dutch Quarter in the town is always a delight to visit.

The scoring system was designed to ensure that Colcestrians taking the air in Castle Park saw plenty of orienteering activity, with nearly all runners collecting the nine controls in the park. After that, it was a matter of choice, and all controls were visited at least once - so the choice was wide.

While collecting control 10 after the event, I was watched by a couple as I continued along a footpath into couple of inches of water - their bemusement became amazement as I turned onto the grass and into about nine inches of water to reach the control site. The lady said 'My husband said you were an idiot - I told him you must have a definite purpose'. I advised her that they were both correct in their observations.

Thanks for coming - and for your forbearance of the loss of two controls.

Have a great orienteering year in 2013. May you always run in sunlit forests.

Organiser/Planner/Controller - Lyn & Colin West orienteering@grovehillhouse.wanadoo.co.uk.
 
Base
score
Handicap
score
Time
penalty
Net
handicap
score
John CollyerSOSM65680870.4870.4
Martin SellensSOSM60690834.9834.9
Roy ReadIndM45790853.220833.2
Jenny CollyerSOSW65540831.6831.6
Tim PribulChigM60670810.7810.7
Geraldine RussellSOSW65510785.4785.4
Rachael HarrisonSuffocW18670810.760750.7
Hilary SellensSOSW55550748.0748.0
Martin HoareSuffocM60600726.0726.0
Nancy Powell-DaviesSOSW60500720.0720.0
Neil CarterSuffocM35690717.6717.6
Sarah ManselSuffocW45570712.5712.5
Sally Pribul +1ChigW55510693.6693.6
Peter SwanstonMIHHHM70500690.0690.0
John WilliamsSOSM60590713.940673.9
Richard BonnetSOSM55580667.0667.0
Tim HarrisonSuffocM14590666.7666.7
Ian McClymontIndM65520665.6665.6
Dave SkinnerSOSM60550665.5665.5
Bronwen ManselSuffocW16530662.5662.5
Lucy WarlandSOSW10490661.5661.5
Lucy, Craig & Ryan CarterSuffocM10510657.9657.9
Veronica MachinSOSW50540696.640656.6
Melissa&Emma ForsythIndW40/W12500655.0655.0
Helen HagueWAOCW40530646.6646.6
Mark LyneSOSM55560644.0644.0
Angela HendayIndW45510637.5637.5
Peter WarlandSOSM45590637.2637.2
Chris ChildsSOSM65620793.6160633.6
Roger LewisSYOM40670710.280630.2
Deborah LyneSOSW55460625.6625.6
Eddie BanksSOSM60550665.540625.5
Margaret MoodySuffocW45500625.0625.0
Will HarrisonSuffocM50560621.6621.6
Rod ManselSuffocM50560621.6621.6
Alan AlfordSOSM55540621.0621.0
Kevin MachinSOSM50590654.940614.9
Sharon WarlandSOSW45490612.5612.5
Daisy PartridgeSOSW14480609.6609.6
Trudy/Ben PartridgeSOSW35/M10470606.3606.3
John AllenMIHHHM60500605.0605.0
Andrew ChildsSOSM55520598.0598.0
Steve KingSOSM50530588.3588.3
Paul LoweSuffocM50530588.3588.3
Andrew ElliottSuffocM40630667.880587.8
Joanne/Bob Willis+2Ind510637.560577.5
Oliver Hague +1WAOCM14510576.3576.3
Steve PartridgeSOSM40540572.4572.4
Thomas Rowley +1IndM14500565.0565.0
Richard BolamIndM45520561.6561.6
Josh PartridgeSOSM14490553.7553.7
Julie LaverSOSW45530662.5120542.5
Mark SalmonIndM21530530.0530.0
Ben WarlandSOSM16480528.0528.0
Margaret BonnetSOSW50100129.0129.0
Thomas LockRamseyM14150169.58089.5

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