SLOWprint
141
OCTOBER
2002
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SIMON TURNER
http://www.sloweb.org.uk/
Club Officers 2002–2003
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Chair:
Chris Robinson, : |
Secretary:
Don McKerrow |
Ladies’ Captain: Karen Jones, |
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Treasurer:
Liz Armitage, : |
Mapping Officer, SEOA Rep. and Fixtures Secretary: Andy Robinson, |
Club Kit:
Teresa Turner, |
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Men’s Captain:
Peter Huzan, |
Publicity Officer: Paul Canham, |
Social Secretary: Vicky Robb, |
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Membership
Secretary: Ginny Catmur, : |
Beginners’ Rep. and Training Officer: Heather Walton, |
Equipment Officer: Chris Fry, |
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Archivist:
Sue Lumas,
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SLOWprint Editor: Sarah Brown, |
Webmaster:
Andrew Trimble, |
Copy date for
Issue 142 will be early December 2002.
Letters, event reports, articles, cartoons, gossip, scandal, notices, small
ads, court circulars, births, deaths and marriages should be posted to Sarah
Brown (address above); electronic copies via e-mail are particularly welcome.
New Members:
If you are new to SLOW, you might not know about ... Training:
Tues. eve. (7.15 pm) training open to all, of all standards: every Tuesday at
the clubhouse (Thames Hare and Hounds, Richard Evans Memorial Playing Fields,
Kingston Vale); After Tuesday
evening training, following the closure of the Robin Hood Pub, the club has
decided to try the Albert Arms until further notice. The Albert Arms is at the
junction of Kingston Hill and
Like the Robin Hood, it is on the 85 bus route, but it's also close to Norbiton
Railway Station. Food is served until 9pm, about the time people usually arrive
after training.
… and Transport:
we can organise lifts to events: ring any of the club’s officers, as listed
above, and one of us will sort this out for you.
AGM 26th November 8pm
THAMES HARE AND HOUNDS CLUB HOUSE
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HOT PICKS See you at - SLOW's top 4 hot picks - your guide to
the best fixtures coming up At each of these fixtures, SLOW will organise: ·
transport from south west · suggested block of start times so we can all meet up (11am-12 noon) · club tent for changing, free coaching - or whatever! ·
apres-O pub or café There will be
courses suitable for both novice and experienced orienteers at all these
events. HOT PICK 1: 3 Nov - November
Classic, Denny Lodge, New Forest Event Grid Ref: SU/334068 age class
event* enter by 19.10.02 HOT
PICK 2: 24 Nov - SN event Frith Hill, near Camberley Event Grid Ref: SU/887411 age class event * enter
by 11.11.02
colour coded courses enter on the day HOT
PICK 4: 15 Dec - OK Nuts Trophy, Hankley Common, Guildford Event Grid Ref: SU/909588 age class
event * enter by 25.11.02 *At the age class
events, if you do not enter in advance, you should be able to enter on the
day, though you will pay more and may have less choice which course you can run. Call Sarah Brown for more details |
AGM 26th November 8pm
THAMES HARE AND HOUNDS CLUB HOUSE
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TRAINING DIARY |
Many thanks to Pete Huzan and Alan Leakey for the last 2 events of the summer series – a loop the loop race on Wimbledon Common and a Last of the Summer Wine O in Richmond Park both well attended. We’ve now left summer evenings behind but its street event season again kicking off with an event at the Street household on 22nd October which reputedly has something to do with Ralph’s homework?! Then, subject to completion of their conservatory there will be a Christmas street event at the Finches. And, if you have forgotten what night orienteering is all about, I hope there will be a chance to remind yourself on Wimbledon Common on the Tuesday before the Southern nights. (Volunteers to plan please let me know).
The full schedule is shown below. As usual, unless otherwise specified, training starts at 7.15 pm for 7.30 pm at the Thames Hare and Hounds hut, Richard Evans Memorial playing fields by the Robin Hood Roundabout (see website for map). Not as usual, we now go to the Albert Arms afterwards which is down Kingston Hill towards Kingston at the junction with Queen’s Road. It is on the no.85 bus route (as is Thames Hare and Hounds hut) and within walking distance of Norbiton station. Food is served until 9pm but orders can be phoned ahead.
15 October Straight run
22 October Street’s street event, 7pm 35, Halford Road, Richmond
29 October Hill intervals, Broomfield Hill
5 November Straight run
12 November Night run/orienteering pre Southern Nights. Bring headlamps.
19 November Hill intervals, Ballet School hill
26 November 7pm Short run pre AGM
3 December Straight run
10 December Hill intervals, Broomfield Hill
17 December Xmas street event at the Finches 7pm 24, Park Farm Road, Kingston
That’s Tuesdays but there are still more training activities on offer: a beginners coaching day on Sunday 17th November (joint with Guildford Orienteers, venue to be confirmed, please let me know by 8th November if you are interested) and a coaching weekend for everybody on the weekend of 30th November/1st December. Details in a separate article.
Keep the fitness up so you can run to keep warm in the months ahead!
Heather.
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JUNIORS’ CORNER |
SLOW Team News
*** Juniors - Yvette Baker Trophy ***
Well done to the juniors at the Yvette Baker Trophy regional round in September. We came second to Southdowns. And because Southdowns did well at the final last year, we too have qualified for the final this year on Sunday 8th December at Sutton Park, Birmingham. Juniors up to M/W20 (& parents!) - please make a note of this date in your diary and let me know if you can or cannot come along. Remember that ALL standards are welcome; you run a course appropriate to your ability (between Yellow & Green). It would be great to get all or most of our juniors to this showcase event! Please let me know if you would like to travel in shared transport to the event on the Sunday morning - that could be more fun!
Our regional team was: Green - Ed Catmur; Light Green -
Also if any juniors want to try night orienteering in preparation for the Peter Palmer Junior Relay next year then please get in touch. There are low-key colour-coded night events in the South-East over the winter on 9th November, 7th December, 8th February (probably), & 1st March, and maybe one more. We can arrange for an adult to go round with each junior.
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My
Welsh National and Yvette Baker Runs Hello
to all you Slowprint readers. My dad told me today that I (supposedly)
have had two good runs, at the Yvette Baker and Welsh National, and asked if
I would like to write about them. "Er.....probably....." ROB
JONES |
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FUTURE EVENTS |
HELP IS NEEDED
OK NUTS TROPHY - SLOW BADGE EVENT 15 DECEMBER 2002
This is the club's premier event of the season and is being held at Hankley Common, 8 miles south-west of Guildford. The area has over the years been used for SLOW badge events, the Harvester night relay and a Junior International competition.
Hankley Common is used for military training (the large open area in the centre of Hankley is used for parachute exercises) and is a mix of open heathland with scattered trees and mixed forest, all being mainly runnable, although the heather is high on some of the hillsides. The area has some steep slopes and fine contour features.
We will be using the large area of hard-standing, by the army DZ (Drop Zone) huts as the event car park, registration and the general assembly area. The start is about 100metres from the car park and the finish is in the car park. The String Course is adjacent to part of the car park.
The area has been recently remapped by the Mapworks and Chris Fry is planning the Badge courses and a limited range of colour coded courses for novices. The event Flyer is on the SLOW web site and has been circulated at both local and regional events. The competition should attract a good entry and for it to be a success, sufficient manpower is required for a whole range of tasks. On the administrative side, to reduce the load on organisation and to speed up processing we have asked that entrants only request printed copies of the final details and results if they actually need them, as full information will be on the SLOW web site.
Most of the manpower will be needed on the day but some tasks such as map bagging/sending out final details will be done the weekend before the event and other tasks such as putting out controls and limited setting up of the assembly area will be done the day beforehand.
I hope that there will be sufficient volunteers for all aspects of the event to enable everyone who wants to run to be able to have an entry. As a guide to the tasks needed to put on the event, I am looking for volunteers to be part of the following teams.
Pre
event Bag up maps Download Set up tent and systems
Send out details Input on the day entries
Controls Put out Download SI dibbers
Collect in Trouble shoot problems
Road Signs Put out Hired SI dibber return
Collect In Finish Set up the Finish
Car
Park Entry
gate Monitor Finish
Parking cars Drinks Set up Finish Drinks
Registration Set up room in DZ huts Operate drinks
SI dibber hire Results Set up Results Display
Course allocation Display results
Payment Monitor the Finish
Start Time allocation String Course Prepare String map/plan
Enquiries Set up tent
Start Set up Start lanes Operate Start/Finish
Operate the Start Safety Plan/administer search
party
Please contact me if you can spare some time to help with this event.
Charlie Turner
If
you want to enter the OK Nuts Trophy
If you want to enter a Trophy/Badge course you must enter the event using either the Event Flyer form or the standard BOF form and send this to the published address. Peter Huzan is handling entries. Peter and I will try to accommodate your preference for an early or middle or late run, dependent upon helpers who have volunteered or have been press-ganged!
If you want to enter a Trophy/Badge course on the day there will be some be some limited entries but it would help our general organisation if you could pre enter. Entry to the Colour Coded, courses (White, Yellow, Light Green and Red) will be available on the day.
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Rodings Rally Rodings Rally is a
night time orienteering competition held in Epping |
IT'S FIXING TIME
and that means
we're looking for volunteers.
Below are listed all SLOW's races for 2003. They all need planners and organisers, and we're looking for you to put your head above the parapet and say "I can do that". Most of them are really small and so are suitable for your first attempt, and plenty of guidance is at hand. Remember these days the organiser's job is a lot more simple because of SportIdent - all that computer stuff is taken out of the organiser's hands.
The larger races that would need previous experience are those at Holmwood and Hankley. All of them will need controllers too, and with the exception of those larger two will be suitable for someone inside SLOW (we have to appoint controllers from other clubs for larger races); so volunteers are needed for the controlling job too.
So here's the list. Please put your name down for something.
February 8. Senile (that's the regional night league) Wimbledon Common. Start/finish near a pub (Fox and Grapes?). Three colour-coded courses.
March 1. Box Hill Fell Race. Actually I'm organising that one and will be nobbling the usual suspects for help nearer the time.
March 2. Holmwood Common, south of Dorking. New map. Usual range of colour-coded courses, except no Brown but a Purple and Red in Trail Challenge format (i.e. massed start).
April 12 (or maybe 26th). Southern Express. The Nower, near Dorking. 2 or 3 sprint courses.
May 31. Also The Nower (while Moles doing the Surrey Hills Race). 3 or 4 colour-coded courses.
July 20. Frolic (3 or 4 colour-coded courses) - probably Wimbledon Common (but could be Richmond Park or Ham Riverside).
13 December. Southern Night Champs. Hankley Common.
14 December. Hankley again. Full range of colour-coded courses. These would be simpler if the same organiser and the same planner did both. Our biggest event of the year on the nicest piece of terrain.
I'm waiting your call
Andy Robinson
PS Brief job descriptions.
Organiser - deals with all admin (except SportIdent); recruits helpers.
Planner - the forest job. Designs the courses, prepares maps, sets out controls.
Controller. Independent overseer. Usually spends most of his/her time checking planner's work is fair, reasonable and error-free
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NEWS FROM CAPTAIN PETE |
*** Recent Events ***
We've also won some trophies recently! On the August bank holiday, we won the South-East Score Champs on our own Wimbledon Common. Congratulations to all who turned up, especially the 12 scorers: Charles Bromley-Gardner, Alan Leakey, Peter Huzan, Simon Evans, Sarah Brown, Caroline Catmur, Diane Leakey, Chris Robinson, Alison Kinnon, Michael May, Terry Marsh, & Dick Clark. If anyone would like to hold the lucky horseshoe trophy for a few weeks then let me know!
And we had a raiding party go up to the Harvester Night&Day Relay in September at Dipton, Northumberland - they came back with the A Handicap Trophy. Unfortunately given the distance to the event, we only got one team there, unlike for past years. And we were the only southern club present. Next year the event is much closer in Derbyshire and I hope a lot more people will be able to go. Congratulations to: Mike Murray, Richard Catmur, Chris Robinson, Ed Catmur, Andy Robinson, Caroline Catmur, & John Dowty.
You may notice that Caroline Catmur & Chris Robinson were in the winning team at both of these last events - well done!
*** Next Year ***
Current information about next year's team events follow. Remember that ALL abilities are welcome to these events - we will always try to make up teams containing people of the same standard. If you know of other events then please let me know. In addition we will have the usual North Downs Way Relay in June, and the South-East Relays.
January 19 - South-East Team Score Champs, Long Valley, Aldershot. We will need a good turnout to retain our trophy & beat the home team, Southern Navigators.
March 16 - Compass Sport Cup Regional Round
April 21 - JK Relays, Maidenhead
May 18 - British Relays, Sheffield
June 1 - Compass Sport Cup Final, Thetford, East Anglia - only if we win the regional round!
June 14 - Harvester Night & Day Relay, Matlock, Derbyshire
September 7 - Peter Palmer Junior Relay, West Midlands
Watch out for any 'Hot Pick' events that SLOW decide to
focus on as a good club day out. For these events it would be good for as many
people as possible to run the same course as others so we can compare routes
and split times - excellent material for coaching feedback.
Peter Huzan
AGM 26th November 8pm
THAMES HARE AND HOUNDS CLUB HOUSE
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EVENT REPORTS |
Lakeland
One Day
It was Day 4 actually, if you
are at all interested.
Day 1. Abandoned M6 to W12
with their loving M&W65 who DON’T GET TO SEE THEM ENOUGH – my how much
they’ve grown! Purchased 2 pairs of walking boots and cumfimatresses locally
in
Day 2. Hauled half a ton of
gear down from Camp One to the valley in glorious sunshine. Purchased cooked
brekka and hung M40 sweaty shirt to dry like a sun-ripened peach. Selected Bowfell,
Crinkle Crags and Pike o’ Blisco from The Southern Fells and
completed all three, although W40 ran out of gas on the way down P o’ B and
conversation flagged. Secured quarters at the New Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, despite
M40 shirt not tasting like a sun-ripened peach.
Day 3. Hauled half a ton of
gear up to Camp Two at Levers Water under hazy skies. Pitched tent and hung
sweaty M40 shirt out to dry hoping that it would work. Selected Great Carrs from
Scrambles in the Lake District and chickened out of the steepest pitch,
thus still holding onto few remaining unused nine lives. Ambled back over Swirl
How, Brim Fell and Coniston Old Man. Watched dusk gather over
Coniston from our patio, M40 shirt had not dehumidified as hoped.
Day 4. Hauled half a ton of
gear down from Camp Two in mist above 1000 feet. Sealed M40 sweaty shirt in a
plastic bag. Purchased cooked brekka. Refer to title of article. Secured
quarters at the Bridge House Hotel in Grasmere, wahey!
Day
5. W40 suggested a 2-hour fell run. M40 selected Nab Scar, Heron Pike ,Great
Rigg,
Andy Jones
The Harvester Night Relays:
SLOW triumphant but a little
disappointed.
Peter Huzan only managed to put together a single Handicap team for this year’s Harvester (although one or two other “volunteers” had to be left behind).
He described the team, of 3 Catmurs, 2 Robinsons, Mike Murray and John Dowty, as “having a good chance” and we didn’t disappoint him, returning south with one of the famous Combine Harvester trophies.
However other circumstances of the event were rather more disappointing.
The location, just south of Hadrian’s Wall near Newcastle was probably the main reason for there being only 17 teams in the “A” race, of which only three were in the Handicap section. Indeed SLOW were the only team from south of Birmingham.
The strangely late start time for the seven-leg relay of 2am meant that, for the handicap teams, all the legs after the third were in daylight. And in order to keep to a reasonable finish time all the legs after the second were sent off in mini-mass-starts, which destroyed all sense of a head-to-head relay. Even so the Handicap “prize giving” was performed in an almost empty finish area, witnessed only by some bemused people who had arrived for the daytime colour-coded event!
The Handicap race itself was not uneventful however, with the lead alternating for the first four legs between SLOW and SROC, despite Mike taking an unexpected ducking in an unmarked pond on the first leg!
After Ed’s run on the
fourth leg we were just 25 seconds down (although this could only be
ascertained by looking at the posted results). But then SLOW’s
strength-in-depth revealed itself, and after Caroline and Andy had run the next
two legs we were 32 minutes clear. This lead could have been crucial for what
followed, as nobody had remembered to brief John, who had arrived around dawn
to run our final leg, that he had a map exchange after three quarters of his
course. As a result he stormed round his first map and then “finished”,
downloaded and collected his splits. He then discovered a number of mysterious
“miss-punches” and was informed that he still had the second map to go! As it
was e-punching nobody could think of a good reason why he couldn’t just
continue with the second map, and we finally finished with a very convincing
lead of just over one hour!
Richard Catmur
EVENT INFORMATION
You are strongly
urged to confirm these events using the following answerphone services. The
SEOA website has links to SE clubs and other regions.
SEOA (020-8948-6056): http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.errington/seoa/seoa.htm
(SCOA (0118-946-4354) (Army (01256-883265) (SO (01903-239186)
(SAX (01303-813344) (MV (01372-279295)
DATE
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13.10.02 |
TVOC |
CC |
HIGH WYCOMBE |
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Richard Cummings 012357 68692 |
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27.10.02 |
HH |
CC |
WELWYN GARDEN CTY |
TL235133 |
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27.10.02 |
WAOC |
CC |
ROWNEY WARREN, SHEFFORD |
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Mike Capper 01733 235202 |
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27.10.02 |
BKO |
CC |
BUCKLEBURY FARM PARK |
SU552702 |
Liz Turbin 0118 9345412 |
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02.11.02 |
HH |
SAT. Series |
RUISLIP WOODS |
TQ080896 |
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03.11.02 enter by 19.10.02 |
SOC |
BADGE Nov. Classic |
DENNY WOOD NEW FOREST |
SU334068 |
01264 358931 |
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9-11-02 |
SN |
SENiLe |
Mychett |
SU 894549 |
01483 474728 |
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9-11-02 |
SN |
SN Jun League |
Mychett |
SU 894549 |
01483 474728 |
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10-Nov-02 |
GO |
CC |
Hascombe |
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01428 713935 |
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10-Nov-02 |
CHIG |
CC |
Epping NW |
TQ 412981 |
01279 506003 |
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17-Nov-02 |
SO |
CC |
The Hyde, Crawley |
TQ 245302 |
01293 511288 |
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24-Nov-02 enter by 11.11.02 |
SN |
Badge |
Frith & Old Windmill Hill |
SU 905580 |
01276 24079 |
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01-Dec-02 |
DFOK |
CC |
Westerham |
TQ 455515 |
0208 8580489 |
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07-Dec-02 |
HH |
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Hatfield, Millwards Pk |
TL 239059 |
020 8723 0134 |
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07-Dec-02 |
SN |
SN Jun League |
Ash South |
SU 914516 |
01483 474728 |
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07-Dec-02 |
MV |
SENiLe |
S Ashdown |
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08-Dec-02 |
MV |
CC / SE Vets |
S Ashdown |
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15-12-02 enter by 25.11.02 |
SLOW |
Badge OK Nuts |
Hankley |
SU 887411 |
01306 711201 |
AGM 26th November 8pm
THAMES HARE AND HOUNDS CLUB HOUSE