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Essex Stragglers Orienteering Society (SOS) |
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We had 15 takers for this 5th event in the SOS winter series including 3 young children accompanied by adults. The darkness added a significant degree of difficulty to the already slightly confusing windy streets, paths and green spaces of Great Notley and White Court. The 6km long course had 15 controls which were numbered in a good sequence, but competitors were allowed complete the course in any order. This posed some strategic choices to the competitors, not least whether to even spend time thinking about it! The numbered route took the bolder participants through an unlit wooded area, which is easy enough in the daytime! Most chose to avoid this by changing the control sequence, as well as the choice of path linking the two estates.
The most significant challenge on the 2.5km short course was reported as spotting the hydrant signs even after the hydrant itself was located!
We had a very pleasant post-event hydration at the nearby William IV free house including real ale and cheese board.
Thank you to Chris Childs for his help in registration and calculating the results.
Most importantly, thank you to all the participants for making the event worthwhile.
| Long Course | ||||||
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| Name | Age | Club | Course | Time | ||
| 1 | Roger Gooding | M40 | Sprigfield Striders | 0:33:32 | ||
| 2 | Colin West | M60 | SOS | 0:42:43 | ||
| 3 | Kevin Machin | M55 | SOS | 0:48:30 | ||
| 4 | Gary Abbott, Lyn Higgs & John Carter | M50+W55+M60 | Colchester Harriers | 0:54:05 | ||
| 5 | Richard & Andrea | M50+W35 | IND | 0:59:03 | ||
| 6 | Guiding Blackwater West | W11+W18+W40 | SOS | 1:28:25 | ||
| 7 | John Adams | M60 | MIHHH | 1:37:25 | ( =72m25s plus 5 controls missed x 5mins) | |
| Short Course | ||||||
| Name | Age | Club | Course | Time | ||
| 1 | Nancy Powell-Davies | W65 | SOS | 0:35:52 | ||
| 2 | Miles Coulson +1 | M45 + W9 | IND | 1:02:10 |
| League Positions - Long Course after 5 rounds | |||||||||
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| Position | Name | Club | Che | Shr | Wiv | Col | Bra | Top 4 | Runs |
| 1 | Colin West ** | SOS | 100 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 392 | 4 | |
| 2 | Lyn West ** | SOS | 100 | 100 | 100 | 300 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Kevin Machin | SOS | 68 | 75 | 72 | 80 | 295 | 4 | |
| 4 | David Lumby ** | SOS | 87 | 85 | 87 | 259 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Chris Sellens | Ind | 100 | 100 | 200 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Chris Childs | SOS | 100 | 92 | 192 | 2 | |||
| 7 | Duncan Harrison | SOS | 87 | 84 | 171 | 2 | |||
| 8 | Tim Hull | Ind | 80 | 65 | 145 | 2 | |||
| 9 | John Carter | CHAC | 72 | 56 | 128 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Roger Gooding | Springfield Striders | 100 | 100 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Peter Warland | SOS | 91 | 91 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | Neil Carter | Suffoc | 87 | 87 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | Guy Cooper | NGOC | 83 | 83 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Martin Sellens | SOS | 79 | 79 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Kevin Frost | Ind | 68 | 68 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | G Abbott/L Higgs/J Carter | CHAC | 67 | 67 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Richard & Andrea | Ind | 62 | 62 | 1 | ||||
| 18 | M&T Moore | Ind | 60 | 60 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | Dean Pepper | Ind | 56 | 56 | 1 | ||||
| 20 | Guiding Blackwater West | SOS | 48 | 48 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | John Adams | MIHHH | 44 | 44 | 1 | ||||
| League Positions - Short Course after 5 rounds | |||||||||
| Position | Name | Club | Che | Shr | Wiv | Col | Bra | Top 4 | Runs |
| 1 | John Adams | MIHHH | 72 | 55 | 100 | 227 | 3 | ||
| 2 | John Allen ** | MIHHH | 67 | 67 | 134 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Dean Pepper | MIHHH | 100 | 100 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Catd Kent | SOS | 100 | 100 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Ceri Renoue | SOS | 100 | 100 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Nancy Powell-Davies | SOS | 100 | 100 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Morum Family | SOS | 54 | 54 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | LTC Tran | Ind | 51 | 51 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Miles Coulson + 1 | Ind | 45 | 45 | 1 | ||||
| ** Organiser/Planner has best score replicated | |||||||||
| Multiple runners score based on lowest value handicap | |||||||||
| League positions determined by best 4 runs in tde series | |||||||||