SLOWprint 148
June 2004
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Club Officers 2004–2005
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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; VACANT |
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Membership Secretary: Ginny
Catmur, + : |
Beginners’ Rep. and Training
Officer: : |
Equipment Officer: Chris Fry, + : |
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Archivist: Sue Lumas, + |
SLOWprint Editor: Sarah Brown, + :Reddragonp |
Webmaster: Andrew Trimble, + : |
Copy date for Issue 148 will be
September 04. 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, PLEASE
READ about our Hot Picks page 5 - a chance to meet
other members and socialise after events
… 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.
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Come to the Coaching Day
September 5th
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MIDGE'S MUTTERINGS |
South London Orienteers
really are Wonderful. Read on to find
out why:
·Summer evening events programme is well underway and
proving popular. SLOW organised the
first one in Beddington Park on behalf of Mole Valley who were too busy
organising the Harvester to do it themselves.
See page 5 for details.
·
Our final monthly club nights/street Os was organised by Don McKerrow'
at his squash club. Overall series
winners were Rachael Holmes for the women and Alan Leakey for the men.
·
Congratulations to all those who won prizes at British and Harvester
Relays. Well done Peter for organising
the teams.
·
Trail Challenge: first of this year's series was in Richmond Park on 25
May. Word about this series is
spreading: numbers were well up on last year: 68 competitors, 65% of whom were
non-orienteers. Fast and furious running
and great fun.
·
Stragglers Go Orienteering: Andy
R organised orienteering for the Stragglers running club, from the Hawker
Centre on 17 June. Over 80 people took
part, most getting their first experience of orienteering and they all seemed
to enjoy it immensely.
·
Surrey Hills Races on 6 June had its usual great weather and
performances. Thanks to Jeremy Denny for
organising this for the last few years.
A new organiser is needed for next year - main jobs are to arrange
parking etc at the school and a publicity programme. Turnout was slightly better this year, but
this event requires a major publicity push.
·
Coaching day on Puttenham on 9 May, organised in collaboration with
Guildford, had a big turn out. Next
coaching day: 5 September, Wimbledon Common ie just before the Peter Palmer
Relay.
·
Development work - 10 introductory sessions held in Battersea Park for
Salesian College; two sessions held in Richmond Park for Tiffin School 6th
formers; the Southfields College map has been revised and extended.
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We now have permission for orienteering in Bushy Park, following a
meeting with the Head Ranger. We plan to
hold a Trail Challenge race there next year and to organise introductory
sessions for schools. It is also a good
area for summer evening events. Mapping
will begin in September.
·
Club
fleeces have arrived and very smart they look too. A must have for those chilly evenings at the
Welsh 6-Day!!! Contact Simon Evans to
get yours.
·
World
Cup 2005: Alan Leakey and I have been appointed respectively as Event Manager
and Event Development Officer. Expect to
hear a lot about this from us over the next year! Dates are 30 April-8 May 2005. See page
7
·
Webmaster
Andrew T has woven his web magic and now if you type London orienteering
into Google, SLOW appears in 6th position. Typing Orienteering
London finds us in 13th position. Much better, but how do we make it to No.
1? Any suggestions for improvement
welcome. Contact
·
Jim
Reader, the Wimbledon Common ranger who has been our contact and friend for
many years, is retiring. We will be
presenting him with a framed map of Wimbledon Common.
Coming up:
·
Frolic
on Sheen Common 11 July incorporating SLOW Club Sprint Race championships,
followed by socialising in the Victoria.
The
·
SLOW
BBQ end of August Bank Holiday Sunday 29th chez McMillan.
Please phone Caroline and Andrew as they need to know numbers. BBQ from 12
noon, probably a chance for a run in local woods, details on web page nearer
the time.
·
Coaching weekend provisionally planned for 5/6 March 2005 on sand dunes
in preparation for British on Penhale.
·
World Cup 30 April-8 May 2005 - book the week off now. Opportunities to participate and officiate
all week, rubbing shoulders with the world's elite orienteers. It will be fantastic.
Chris Robinson
Chair
Ralph Street has been
selected for the summer tour to Lagganlia for 2nd year M14’s. He was given £50
by the SEOA to help with Lagganlia expenses
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Reminder - all SLOW members are welcome
to attend club committee meetings. Next meetings: Wednesday 28 July 2004 at
Heather Walton's; Thursday 23 September at Ginny Catmur's |
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HOT PICKS (and
more!) |
SLOW can offer transport from south west London. For this we suggest start times from
11.00-12.00 for Sunday events. If
possible, we will have the Club tent for changing, coaching – or whatever. We aim to meet afterwards for a drink at a
nearby pub. See us at the event (in the
club tent if it’s there) to find out where we’re going.
Summer Tuesday Evening Orienteering in South
and West London
A series of informal events is taking place on Tuesday
evenings at different areas in south and west London. These are organised by SLOW, Mole Valley and
Croyden O Clubs with different types of course at each including Score, Trail
Challenge, Sprint and Medium race etc.
For details of all these events see www.sloweb.org.uk/summer04/Summer04.htm
11th July SLOW Club Sprint Champs and Frolic,
Richmond Park/ Sheen Common
Light Green and Sprint Courses. All EOD. www.sloweb.org.uk See page 4
for pub
18th – 19th
Sep Caddihoe Chase @ Longleat,
Warminster
Day 1: Regional Event. Day 2: Chasing Start. www.sarumO.co.uk CD: 06/09/04
3rd October SLOW Trail Challenge at Ham Riverside and
Richmond Park www.sloweb.org.uk
17th
October Yvette Baker Trophy
and Colour-Coded Event, Bagshot
7th
November Venice International Street-Orienteering
Event
Contact Pete Huzan for more details. www.orivenezia.it
2004 Frolics
The summer season of Frolics is starting soon. At these, everyone runs the same course
(light green) and then times are adjusted based on age, sex and badge standard
to give a handicap result. The best six
runners from the club count towards a club score. The best four club scores over the five
frolics events in 2004 count toward the FROLICS London Bus Trophy! Here are the 2004 Frolic Series Events:
1. 27th
June Epping SW/ Pole Hill www.orienteering-havoc.co.uk
2. 4th
July Trent Park www.londonorienteering.co.uk
3. 11th
July Richmond Park/ Sheen Common www.sloweb.org.uk
4. 18th
July Keston Ponds www.dfok.co.uk
5. 25th
July Norbury Park www.mvoc.org.uk
To arrange transport, contact Ginny Catmur
CD = closing date, often possible to get late
entry. EOD = entry on the day available.
We have had
another coaching day since the last SLOWPRINT, this time on Puttenhan
Common. Many thanks to Pete Nicholls
from Guildford Orienteers for planning the exercises. Thanks also to all the more experienced
orienteers who came along to coach. We
had a very good turn out of both juniors and adult beginners such as Richard
Harpin (a reappearance from a previous coaching weekend in the
Our next
coaching day will be on Sunday 5th September on the southern
end of Wimbledon Common. This is the
weekend before the Peter Palmer junior relay for which we hope to have a team
(see Captain’s report).
Although the
orienteering fixtures are a bit quieter over the summer, the Frolics series (a
series of events around London in July) is good for beginners. Simple courses are available in reasonably
close locations particularly Sheen Common on 11th July. It’s also the club’s sprint course
championships so there will be experienced club members around to talk to
you. If you are a runner or beginner,
Trail Challenges are good events (see page 5).
There was a
good group of juniors at the JK in the Lake District. This was very challenging and you should all
be proud of yourselves. Running in this
type of terrain when you are young is good experience for the future. Robert Jones, Thomas Jones (his first relay!)
and James Haynes were third in the mini relay and James McMillan, Matthew
Haynes (also his first relay) and Ralph Street were 6th on M/W40-
only a minute off third.
Congratulations
to Ralph Street who has been selected for Lagganlia – a week in Scotland being
coached with other top M/W14s as attended by James McMillan last year. Ralph was 7th on M14A at the JK
and 3rd at the National Event in the Forest of Dean achieving a
Championship badge time. James McMillan
also achieved a Championship time at the Forest of Dean and just beat Ralph on
the Blue course at Frith Hill beating several SLOW adults in the process. Ralph beat all the SLOW adults on the orange
course at the SE Relays including his mother!
Chris Wroe
has been to his first JK and competed in the main M18 course in the short race
at the Forest of Dean. Michael May
sprained his ankle at the JK but came back at the British relays with a legtime
close to Ralph and James and held his own in the adult teams at the SE relays. Charles McMillan and Greg Street both did
well, along with Ralph to win the junior class at the SE relays. Robert Jones came back in 3rd
place in the first leg of the mini relay at the British and James Haynes came
back in 3rd place at the JK mini relay.
Good to see
Matthew Haynes and Matthew Jones out on M10B and doing relays for the first
time. Matthew Jones was 4th
on M10B at the National Event in the Forest of Dean. Thomas Jones has also been out on M10B, had a
good run at the JK relays bringing the team up to 3rd and won the
White course at Frith Hill. We also had
good SLOW representation on the Yellow course - Holly Clemens won, Matthew
Jones was 4th
and Nicola Hanson was 14th.
Looking
further ahead, I am hatching a plan for a technical sand dune training weekend
in South Wales (hopefully Pembrey and/or Broughton Burrows) on the weekend of 5th/6th
March. The British Championships are on
a sand dune area (Penhale Sands) next year so we will all need the practice!
Happy summer
orienteering,
Heather.
WORLD CUP 2005
The World
Cup is coming to a forest near you!
The South
East is hosting the 1st round of the 2005 Orienteering World
Cup from 30 April-8 May 2005. This means 9 days of opportunity
to see and participate against the very best
orienteers in the world.
GB has
hosted World Cup and World Championship races before - but in Scotland or the
Lake District. The IOF has awarded the
World Cup to the South East of England specifically to bring orienteering
closer to a larger population and also to the media. For this reason Battersea Park has
purposefully been chosen as the venue for the Sprint Final.
There will
be 7 World Cup races, accompanied each day by races on the World Cup areas for
the public. The draft programme looks
like this:
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Date |
World Cup Races |
Venue |
Public Races |
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Sat 30 Apr |
Sprint Qualifier + Opening
Ceremony |
University of Surrey,
Guildford |
Sprint Race + Future Champions Cup Medium Final |
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Sun 1 May |
Long Qualifier |
Mytchett, Frith, Old
Windmill Hill |
Regional Event + Future Champions Cup Long Final |
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Mon 2 May |
Sprint Final |
Battersea Park |
Young O Festival + Sprint Race |
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Tue 3 May |
Rest |
- |
Mountain bike O, venue tbc |
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Wed 4 May |
Medium Qualifier |
Leith Hill |
Medium Race |
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Thu 5 May |
Medium Final |
Leith Hill |
Medium Race |
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Fri 6 May |
Rest |
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OUOC Sprint, Oxford |
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Sat 7 May |
Long Final |
Winterfold |
National Event + Trail Challenge |
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Sun 8 May |
Relays |
Long Valley |
Sprint Race |
A Scottish
6-Day type scoring system will be used for the Public Races, with age class
winners presented with their prizes at the along with the World Cup Relay Medal
Ceremony.
The World
Cup offers fantastic opportunities to raise orienteering awareness and increase
participation in our sport. I have been
appointed as Development Officer, working 1.5 days per week from now until May
2005, to make sure this happens. This
will involve me and others working with young people to develop their
orienteering skills leading up to the World Cup; they will take part in local
town festivals and the best from each town will be selected to compete in a
Young Orienteers Festival, to be held at the World Cup Sprint Final.
SLOW is
making a big commitment to this event: in addition to my job as Development
Officer, Alan Leakey has been appointed as Event Manager and Andy Jones, Diane Leakey, Andy Robinson and
David May are all playing leading roles.
So book the
week off now; offer your help as an official and prepare to see how well you
can do against the best in the world.
Christine
Robinson World Cup 2005 Development
Officer and Chair of SLOW
www.wcup2005.org.uk
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TEAM EVENT
Reports
Peter Huzan |
April - JK Relays, Lake District
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Seventy South London orienteers made the long trip to the contoured lands of
the Lake District for the annual JK International Festival of Orienteering. The
format is a training day, two individual days (with times added together),
& finishing with a relay day.
On the individual days, there were very good performances from: Rachael Holmes
(W21L 2nd), Diane Leakey (W45 1st on day 1), Monika Bonafini (W50 2nd), Sarah
Brown (W50 3rd), Jackie Chapman (W45S 3rd), Ralph Street (M14 7th, 3rd GB),
John Dowty (M45 4th on day 2), David May (M55 2nd), Mike Murray (M60 3rd).
The relays were well organised & SLOW had a front row view of the action.
The forest seemed a lot faster than the other days as we cheered on our 17
teams. This included some running a relay for the first time, & some
running a relay for SLOW for the first time. Particular highlights include: 3rd
in the Mini Relay (Robert J, Thomas J, James H) 6th in MW40- (James McM,
Matthew H, Ralph S) 7th in Women's Premier (Anja Stratford, Caroline Catmur,
Rachael Holmes) 3rd in W120+ (Monika Bonafini, Sarah Brown, Diane Leakey) 5th
in M120+ (Peter Haynes, Andy Jones, John Dowty) 1st in M165+ (Alan
Leakey, David May, Mike Murray). Also Ed Catmur came 11th on 1st leg of Men's
Premier (2.5 minutes off the lead); the team finished 28th.
This was one of the best events this year, and was an inspiration for the rest
of the season.
May - British Relays, Forest of Dean
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We had 14 teams competing at the British Relay Championships in the Forest of
Dean last bank holiday Monday. And came away with two 1sts, two 2nds, one 3rd,
& four other top ten positions.
Firstly, we had teams in both the Men's &
Women's Premier Class. Both teams gained UK cup points, & the women are
doing particularly well at the moment. The men (Charlie W, Mal L, Simon E) came
18th - Charlie was up with the lead pack for about 20 minutes on his first ever
first leg. Simon had a good run on last leg. The women (Rachael
H, Nicky K, Anja S) came 9th - Rachael was 2nd on the first leg!
Our veterans always have a good chance of podium positions at the British
Championships partly because there are so many classes. The number of classes
may get reduced in the future.
The W40 team (Karen J, Jackie C, Christine R)
got a silver medal. The W45 team (Kathy H, Sarah B, Diane L) won yet again -
with extremely fast runs from Sarah & Diane; Kathy has been running well
all year & now has a relay trophy to put on the mantelpiece.
The M45 team (Peter Ha, Andy J, John D) came 3rd. John had a great run on last
leg to get in the places but we ended up 5 minutes behind Guildford followed by
Hertfordshire.
The M50
team (Paul S, Charlie T, Andy R) put in a very solid performance to come 2nd,
just 3 minutes behind Thames Valley who had the youthful Neville Baker on last
leg. Our 2nd M50 team (Don M, Alan L, Jim M) came a good 6th & were in 3rd
place after 2 legs before other clubs' 1st teams hauled them in.
The last veteran's performance was in MW55
(David M, Teresa T, Mike M) where we came 1st by 15 seconds. This was an
excellent team performance in a very competitive class. Mike was amazing on
last leg & looked as though he was trying very hard on the run-in!
Especially well done to Teresa running with two of our most in-form men.
The junior classes were harder than at the JK, especially the yellow which was
gaffled (ie had variations) as well. Everyone successfully finished their
course & our younger juniors have gained a lot more relay experience that
will be good to build on next year.
Our Junior Ad Hoc teams came 4th & 7th,
with especially good runs from Ralph S, James M & Michael M. Our Mini Relay
team came 11th, with a great run from Robert J on 1st leg coming back in 3rd
place. The Short & Ad Hoc classes had the most teams! Our Ad Hoc team came
13th including a good run from Chris W.
In the seniors, the Women's Short team was 7th. Heather M was in the team &
brought the team back 1st after 2 legs. Sarah C
wasn't overawed by this & brought the team back in a very
respectable position. The Men's Short team came a solid 22nd.
Overall the weekend was very enjoyable. The new
SLOW red fleeces made their first appearance (thanks Simon), & many of us
stayed in 'luxury' group accommodation very conveniently located for all the
weekend's events. We had carbo-loading feasts in the evenings, & were able
to use up any excess energy playing table tennis, and table football. That was
one part I was able to take a more active part in & allowed myself &
Don to show Charlie & Simon how to play the beautiful game - roll on the
re-match.
May - Harvester Relays, Pippingford Park,
Sussex
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The Harvester relays were near Ashdown Forest this year & it was good to
see that SLOW had quite a few teams. These relays are more team-focused than
the other orienteering relays during the year - there is no individual race,
& you are in a team of seven or five, with half the people running in the
dark. Fortunately no-one mispunched! The event was very well organised by Mole
Valley including having several radio controls, a spectator control &
great weather.
Our age-handicapped teams were looking to get into the prizes this year and
they all came away with tall shot glasses to savour the event. Our first team
back was the B Handicap. In fact they won the B course overall with Charlie T
just managing to hold off the other teams on last leg.
Our Women's Handicap team were second women's team overall, but given a team
could win only one prize, our team picked up the Women's Handicap Trophy &
more valuable UK relay league points. SLOW's women have done really well in the
league this year.
Our final team on the B course was a team out to enjoy themselves & totally
succeeded. Well done to Sarah C & Dick for getting round in the dark, &
Tony C & Gordon brought the team home in the daylight
Our A Handicap team had some serious competition in the handicap class from
Bristol, the Army & Southdowns. Eventually Bristol pulled away & we
ended up 3rd, 25 minutes behind (8th overall).
Our youthful A Open team (Mike G, Gavin, Simon E, Mark V-R, Phil, Paul N,
Charlie W) all performed very respectably & ended up 13th.
Thank you to the Catmurs & Chris Fry for lending spare headtorches - I'm
sure they were well appreciated by those using them. I only once had to get up
in the middle of the night during the week to swap batteries while recharging!
Thanks to all of you for making things reasonably straightforward on the
weekend by camping early or letting me know when you
were going to arrive. Next year the relays are near York on 4th June - I hope
this year has generated a lot of enthusiasm so that we will have some teams going
up (by coach?) next year.
May - South-East Relays, Wimbledon Common
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These were very ably staged by CROC on our very own Wimbledon Common. The
memorial on the playing fields was a good setting for the handover &
spectator control & the weather was good for the whole day. The relay
prizegiving was preceded by the individual south-east galoppen presentation,
where several SLOW members got certificates for their performances at local age
group events last year.
There were only two teams in the junior relay. Charles, Greg & Ralph
managed to get round well to win, especially given that the orange course was
quite tough.
The rest of the SLOW teams battled it out on the Handicap course, which had the
most teams. A Handicap team has three members, running blue, green &
orange; each age class has a points value & the combined points value must
be below a certain maximum. This gave the team captain lots of fun trying to
work out the best combination, especially when he realised someone would not be
there with 20 minutes to go before the start. Southdowns won, with
SLOW teams taking 2nd (Andy J, Sarah B, Mark V), 3rd (Simon E, Karen J,
Captain’s Corner Peter Huzan |
It has been a great year for team competitions.
The events have all been well organised, there have been lots of SLOW
successes, & we have managed to get out lots of teams of all standards who
have thoroughly enjoyed themselves. There were several people who made their
SLOW debuts, including several juniors. It has been especially pleasing to have
representation in the UK Relay League, including some great performances by the
women's squad. Let's build on all this next season.
One disappointment was that we came second again to Southdowns in the Compass Sport
Cup. We were very close this year. It will be good if all the very potential
scorers try as hard as possible to get to this competition next year. The main
consolation was that we did not have to travel to the final in the middle of a
very busy May.
Other things I have enjoyed have been the new club fleeces (!), the training
weekend in the Lake District, the junior/beginner training days, & the club
accommodation we arranged for the British Relays weekend. Things like this help
turn a set of individuals into a real team. We shall try to continue with these
things in the future, so please help out with club activities
wherever possible to spread the admin load. Also look out for more Tuesday
evening training events & the future Hot Picks events.
Two Junior Competitions in the Autumn (Pete Huzan)
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(The club will pay for all the junior entry fees for these events.)
First up is the Peter Palmer Relay on Sunday 12th September at Sutton Park,
near Birmingham. Teams of 6 juniors compete in a relay that starts before dawn.
Only the first leg is run in darkness, then dawn breaks. The 6 legs are: Red,
Red, Yellow,
Second is the Yvette Baker Trophy. This is for *ALL* juniors (very youngest to
M/W20) of *ALL* standards from Yellow through to Green.You run a course
appropriate to your ability (based on gold standard) rather than your age. Last
year we did amazingly well to come 5th in the National Final. To get there
again, we need a full turnout of our juniors on Sunday 17th October at Bagshot
Heath. So please I'd like EVERY SINGLE ONE of our juniors to be there - the
rest of your team will be so glad! (The final is on 5th December at Cannock
Chase.)
Peter Huzan
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THE FIXTURES BIT
Andy Robinson |
We’ll start this time with what’s happening over the next few months and the appeal for officials to make them happen.
11 July. “Frolic” and sprint race. Sheen Common. As its only a
week or so away this one is all sorted. Nigel Saker is the organiser; Andy
Jones planning, Gavin Andrews - SportIdent.
3 October. Long distance Trail Challenge (also a couple of colour-coded
courses). Starting from the Hawker Centre and also using Richmond Park. A
planner is needed (and an SI supremo). I’ll do the organising.
12 December. Loop races. Hankley Common. Nicky King is planning, but an
organiser is needed. Gordon Parker is doing the SI again - having finally got
the ranking points sussed for last December’s loop races!!
22 January. Box Hill Fell Race.
29 January. South-East Night League at a venue yet to be thought of. All
officials needed.
13 February.
Score event Holmwood
Common. . All officials needed.
Next bit – what’s been going on recently.
3 April saw our contribution to the Southern
Express series. Di Leakey organised and Mike Garvin planned. Gavin tried out a
new low maintenance way of running the SportIdent and it seemed to work fine.
In fact everything else went pretty well too.
On 6 June we staged the annual Surrey Hill
Races. Jeremy Denny was once again the organiser, while Gordon looked after the
SportIdent. Yet again the main disappointment was a shortage of entrants. The
long course seems to maintain a regular number of devotees, but in recent years
it’s been the middle course where numbers have really dropped. So we think the
race format is right, and just have to keep plugging away at getting it the
best publicity.
After several years Jeremy is now standing down
as the regular organiser, and a replacement is needed. Ideally we would like
someone who would do this for a number of years. Each year it involves booking
a school for parking, liasing with landowners and registering the races. In
even number years when we provide the manpower it also involves recruiting
helpers. And finding some nice prizes is another job. So not too onerous
then - said he wistfully.
….and
finally a World Cup update.
Remember this it all happens from 30 April to 8 May
next year. We’ve just had the carve-up is doing what when, and as expected
SLOW’0s main day is the sprint race
final at Battersea Park on the bank holiday Monday May 2nd, when
yours truly is race director. So book that date in your diaries - we’ll be aiming to make it a spectacular
and fun day.
But what’s also needed is people who can help all week. So consider taking the week off work and getting really involved; it should be a really rewarding experience as you’d be put on one of the specialist teams. All offers in this respect should go to Alan Leakey. So far both Ann-Marie Kjos and Stephan Rudolf (remember them?) are planning on flying in for the week. It should be fun. Andy Robinson
North
Downs Way 2004
Saturday 19th June,
05:00 at Dover saw Andy Robinson set off to lead the SLOW team in this annual
event. This year we engaged the interest of some our younger and faster runners
and so it came to pass after the first two legs, newcomers Simon Evans and Andy
Hodgson both won their legs and put SLOW into first place, a position we only
then relinquished once thereafter.
There were some fine performances
throughout the day. Charlie Whetham had a blistering run to beat the previous
record by nearly a minute, and Mike Farmery also put in a fast run on leg
14. Good runs by Angelika and Rachael
consolidated our lead through the day; in fact the ladies were well represented
with four in our team whereas the minimum required is two.
A good number of us met afterwards
in The Good Intent. The food and beer was well appreciated.
There has been some comment that
this event is organised in a rather closet way, but this is not intentional. In
the past we have fielded not one, but three teams and next year I’ll strive for
more publicity to involve all of members. Likely date is June 18th,
possibly 25th.
My thanks to all the team, especially those who stood in at
the last moment. Congratulations to all for a convincing win. Finally thanks
once again to Andy Robinson for his invaluable help throughout the day, and for
the production of the definitive results.
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North Downs
Way Relay - 19th June 2004 |
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Start place |
Start Time |
Runner |
km |
Time |
Leg Pos |
Cum Pos |
Record |
Leg |
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Dover |
05:00 |
Andy
Robinson |
12.0 |
0:58:49 |
4 |
4 |
49.23 |
1 |
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Castle
Hill path & road jn. |
05:55 |
Dick
Clark |
13.0 |
1:16:04 |
5 |
3 |
53.49 |
2 |
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Stowting
(The Tiger) |
06:55 |
Simon
Evans |
11.0 |
0:51:54 |
1 |
1 |
46.51 |
3 |
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Wye
(Level Crossing) |
07:45 |
Andy
Hodgson |
11.0 |
0:48:44 |
1 |
1 |
40.49 |
4 |
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Charing
(A252 Jn) |
08:30 |
Mike
Garvin |
12.0 |
1:01:09 |
3 |
1 |
50.56 |
5 |
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Hollingbourne
(X-roads) |
09:25 |
Matt
Lynas |
17.0 |
1:26:46 |
1 |
1 |
76.30 |
6 |
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Bluebell
Hill (Picnic site) |
10:50 |
Angelika
Gerlach |
8.0 |
0:37:30 |
1 |
1 |
28.26 |
7 |
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Medway
Bridge W (Car Park) |
11:25 |
Owen
Lindsell |
13.0 |
1:44:00 |
6 |
2 |
57.55 |
8 |
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Vigo
Inn (X-roads by pub) |
12:25 |
Charlie Whetham* |
14.7 |
1:03:48 |
1 |
1 |
64.35 |
9 |
|
Dunton
Green (Rose & Crown) |
13:30 |
Ginny
Catmur |
9.8 |
1:07:37 |
5 |
1 |
44.14 |
10 |
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Betsom
Hill Farm (road X-ing) |
14:20 |
Gordon
Parker |
11.0 |
1:06:38 |
3 |
1 |
49.47 |
11 |
|
A22
(footbridge East Side) |
15:10 |
Rachael
Holmes |
11.5 |
0:53:08 |
3 |
1 |
46.33 |
12 |
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Reigate
Hill (Car Park) |
16:00 |
Ed
Catmur |
11.8 |
0:56:16 |
1 |
1 |
46.41 |
13 |
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Stepping
Stones (West side) |
16:50 |
Mike
Farmery |
15.0 |
1:07:36 |
1 |
1 |
61.22 |
14 |
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Newlands
Corner (road X-ing) |
17:55 |
Karen
Jones |
12.4 |
0:59:40 |
3 |
1 |
47.54 |
15 |
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Puttenham
( by Car Park) |
18:45 |
Jeff
Armitage |
10.6 |
0:50:00 |
1 |
1 |
44.25 |
16 |
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Farnham
(A31) |
19:30 |
|
193.8 |
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Club
positions |
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* New Record |
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1 |
SLOW |
16:49:39 |
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2 |
GO/MV |
17:26:10 |
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3 |
LV/TAC |
17:51:32 |
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4 |
CROC/LOK |
18:10:57 |
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5 |
SAX/SN |
18:33:25 |
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6 |
Canterbury |
18:42:09 |
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You will get the best and latest details of all events primarily
from websites. These can be accessed
individually or centrally by going through the BOF website and then looking at
individual clubs. Events listed here are merely a skeleton sample and you are strongly
urged to confirm these events using the following websites and 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)
WEB sites:
Army www.baoc.org.uk SO
www.southdowns-orienteering.org.uk
SAX www.saxons-oc.org MV www.mv.org
DFOK www.dfok.co.uk CROC www.croydon-orienteering.co.uk
CHIG www.chig.org.uk GO www.go-pages.fsnet.co.uk
SN www.geocities.com/southern nav