Esher Commons - Micr-O results

Tuesday 8 August 2006

Sorry for the delay in getting these up – had a few problems with the website in the last week as you might have noticed. Should be all back up and running now! See the organiser’s comments below (underneath results) …

Name Time Missed at no’s Result

COURSE X (W21L at OK Nuts)

1 Simon E 6.39 NONE!! 6.39

2 Peter (run 2) 6.58 NONE!! 6.58

3 Neil (run 2) 7.28 NONE!! 7.28

4 Charlie (run 3) 7.31 3 8.31

5 Jon C (run 3) 8.22 4 9.22

6 Jo-Anne (run 2) 9.36 3 5 11.36

7 Vince 9.41 1 3 11.41

8 Carl (run 2) 9.48 4 5 11.48

9 Craig 11.52 1 12.52

10 George (run 2) 12.48 1 13.48

11 Nigel (run 2) 9.44 1 2 3 4 5 14.44

12 Sergei 10.35 1 2 3 4 5 15.35

13 Jenny (run 2) 14.33 2 3 16.33

14 Chris (male) 17.40 1 4 5 20.40

15 Marketa (run 2) 21.25 1 4 5 24.25

16 Sarah 24.08 2 25.08

17 Simon D 25.42 4 5 27.42

COURSE Y

1 Simon E (run 2) 5.55 NONE!! 5.55

2 Neil (run 3) 7.16 NONE!! 7.16

3 Sergei (run 3) 6.56 1 7.56

4 Peter 8.03 NONE!! 8.03

5 Carl (run 3) 8.26 NONE!! 8.26

6 Craig (run 2) 8.39 5 9.39

7 Jon (run 2) 9.01 3 10.01

8 Jo-Anne 10.57 NONE!! 10.57

9 Charlie 9.20 3 5 11.20

10 Simon D (run 2) 11.00 3 12.00

11 John W 14.58 NONE!! 14.58

12 Sarah (run 2) 15.26 3 16.26

13 Mike 16.51 NONE!! 16.51

14 Carl 18.28 1 4 5 21.28

15 Marketa 16.31 1 2 3 4 5 21.31

16 Alison (run 2) 20.38 1 4 22.38

17 George 21.25 1 3 5 24.25

COURSE Z (M21L at OK Nuts)

1 Craig (run 3) 7.51 1 8.51

2 Charlie (run 2) 7.52 3 8.52

3 Neil 8.57 NONE!! 8.57

4 Vince 8.09 1 3 10.09

5 Sergei (run 2) 10.28 NONE!! 10.28

6 Jo-Anne (run 3) 8.34 1 2 10.34

7 Mike (run 2) 12.08 NONE!! 12.08

8 Chris (female) 14.34 NONE!! 14.34

9 Chris (male)(run 2) 10.49 1 2 3 5 14.49

10 Jon 13.27 1 4 15.27

11 Nigel 13.34 1 3 4 5 17.34

12 Anita 17.30 3 18.30

13 Jenny 16.23 1 2 3 5 20.23

14 John B 22.21 1 2 3 25.21

15 Alison 24.59 3 5 26.59

Counting first runs only the champions are Simon E, Peter and Neil with Simon being the overall fastest. These three had 100% records all evening as did Mike, Chris R and John W. Neil was the only one of these to do all 3 courses, but I’m sure all the others would have achieved that but for late arrivals and helping on the start.

As for the majority (75%) of you – well, three more clean runs were achieved between you, but then things tailed off rather. I overheard a few remarks about compass bearings, but I think those people were missing the point; in my opinion it’s all in the map reading.

And what about the map? I thought it was absolutely brilliant and that’s what made it all possible. That’s the conclusion I came to when I went out taping sites last week. For further proof check out Graham Gristwood’s website where he details the training he did on this map in preparation for last week’s World Champs sprint race where he finished an excellent 9^th.

So look for further uses of this map – perhaps a Southern Express in early springtime (yes you can get a 4.5km course on it), and maybe another micro next August (say the Tuesday after the Scottish 6 day) with different courses and perhaps a few different control sites.

Andy Robinson

PS a few more stats:

Cluster 1 20 errors (I thought this would be the hardest)

Cluster 2 9 errors (and this the easiest)

Cluster 3 20 errors

Cluster 4 12 errors

Cluster 5 16 errors

Course X – 63.5% successful punches

Course Y – 76.5% successful punches

Course Z – 65.3% successful punches

So it looks like my planning wasn’t as testing as David May’s

Posted 15 August 2006