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ORIENTEERING IN BATTERSEA PARK - SALESIAN
COLLEGE - MAY-JUNE 2004
Well
done to the students of Salesian College who took part in the recent
orienteering competitions in Battersea Park.
SLOW
put on orienteering for Year 10 students in Battersea Park on five Thursdays
throughout May and June, following two sessions with Year 11s in March.
Most of
the students took part in two sessions: the first week was a Score event, with
competitors taking the controls in any order and getting as many points as
possible within a 30 minute time limit.
The
second week, we put on three different courses: A - 3.5k, B - 3.5k (similar to
A but very slightly easier), C - 2.4k (shorter and a bit easier than B).
Congratulations
in particular to Andrew V who was the only Year 10 student to get all the
controls, and score the maximum of 180, on the Score course within the 30
minutes time limit. Several others also
managed to visit all the controls, but lost points for being over the time
limit: Joey P, Cristiano, Ricardo, Zak, Vinicio, Daniel L and Matthew. The penalty was -10 points for every minute
late. Four people missed only one
control and scored 170 within the time limit: Mauricio G, Alex G, Rafael M and
Emiliano.
On the
A and B courses a time under 40 minutes was very good; under 30 minutes was
exceptional; so Robert S, Jun G, Jack M, Femi, Francisco V, Gary B, Dino C and
Jason R all deserve a mention too.
The
students on the whole were keen well-behaved and we enjoyed working with
them. It would be good if we could do
more orienteering for these students, as some of them have great potential as
orienteers.
Many
thanks to Don McKerrow,
Christine
Robinson
Chair -
South London Orienteers and Wayfarers
