SLOWprint 152
September 2005
Heather Monro
winning Bronze in Japan http://www.sloweb.org.uk/
ClubOfficers2004–2005
Chair: Don McKerrow
Secretary:, Kate Thomas
Ladies’ Captain: Rachael Holmes
Treasurer: Jackie Chapman
Mapping
Officer, SEOA Rep. and Fixtures Secretary: Andy Robinson,
Men’s Captain: Peter Huzan,
Publicity Officer: Mark Vyvyan-Robinson
Social
Secretary Simon
Evans
Membership Secretary: Ginny Catmur,
Beginners’ Rep. and Training
Officer: Heather Walton,
Equipment
Officer: Chris Fry,
Archivist: Sue Lumas,
SLOWprint Editor: Sarah Brown,
Webmaster: Andrew Trimble,
Copy
date for Issue 153 will be late
November 05. 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:
… 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.
DON’S
DISCOURSE
Many congratulations to Heather Munro
(one of SLOW’s more successful members!) on her
bronze medal in the 2005 World Championship Sprint race in Japan. She is only
the third ever Briton to win a World Championship medal. A
fantastic performance from Heather and one that shows that
For others the summer saw SLOW’s first ever club trip to Latvia, a select group competed in the World Masters in Canada, and a large contingent travelled “abroad” to the Scottish 6 day. Much enjoyment was had by all.
Now September is upon us and its time to think
of attracting new members to our sport in general and SLOW in particular. For
example, do you know anyone moving to
Finally, we need every possible member at the CompassSport Cup Final on 16th October. We worked hard to qualify and need the best possible turnout to take advantage of the opportunity we now have. We will be arranging transport; if you need it do let us know.
Don McKerrow Chairman
Chairman and other SLOWies in Latvia - see page 14
COACHINGCORNER
COACHING DAY SUNDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER
You are invited to a coaching day on Sunday 25th September 2005 probably on Wimbledon Common (subject to land permission). Time 10am to 2pm. Details of car park to follow when land permission confirmed. Technical exercises from white for young juniors, through yellow/orange for beginners and juniors to light green and beyond to stretch developing orienteers will be available. For those of you who have not been before, you can go round with somebody or talk to the coaching team afterwards. We generally do 2 or 3 exercises in the morning followed by a break for lunch (please bring your own) and socialising. We generally finish with a fun competition so you can practice your skills.
Please let me know if you will be coming by Friday 16th September so that I can organise some more experienced orienteers to guide you. Let me know if there are any techniques you particularly want to practice. Any offers from volunteers to help also gratefully received.
Heather Walton
PAST COACHING
There was a big
buzz with 28 participants at the coaching day on Wisley
Common in June. This included a group
from Tiffin school in Kingston and two new Italian members. Thank you to all the coaches who helped and
to Chris Fry for planning.
Congratulations to
THE REST
It was also good to see the group
from Tiffin (and Ellis Farmery) attacking the light
green course at the Frolics on Ham Common.
Congratulations to Day Moran from Tiffin who scored for the club on his
first go at orienteering. Michael May also
scored. Emma, Hannah and James Farmery got a yellow badge standard. Ellis was 4th
on the yellow at the Nower and his sisters were 10th . There
are some new faces on the block too with Rachel and William Andrews out on the
mini Trail Challenge on 21st
June and Nicola Robinson at the mini Trail Challenge on 5th July.
At the other end of the scale, well done to
I hope to see many of you at the Coaching Day and Good Luck for the New Season (particularly the Yvette Baker trophy (see Captain’s report).
Heather Walton, SLOW Training Officer
CLUB TEAM EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Calling all juniors/parents! The Yvette Baker Trophy junior competition is at Lesnes Abbey Woods (near Woolwich, SE London) on 2nd October. This is for *ALL* juniors (from the very youngest up to M/W20) of *ALL* standards from Yellow through to Green. You run a course appropriate to your ability (based on whether you have gold standard) rather than your age, so it is suitable for everyone.
Boys & girls are scored separately on each of the courses (yellow, orange, light green, green) - our top 9 scorers will make up the team score. So everyone has a chance to make an important contribution to the team!
We have managed to qualify for the national final the last two years. To get there again, we need a full turnout of our juniors in October.
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 4th December at Mansfield.) The club will pay for all the junior entry fees for this event. There are courses up to Brown for all adults as well.
So please confirm your availability NOW. I would like to hear from EVERY junior/parents where the junior is happy to go round at least a yellow standard course. (It is also possible to go around a yellow course as a junior pair.)
Best wishes,
Pete Huzan
Street O
Our first monthly
street event of 2005-06 will be on Tuesday 13th September at 109 Hamilton
Avenue, Surbiton, KT6 7PT, right next door to St George's church, opposite the
end of Oakleigh Avenue. Although this is a street
orienteering event, which for once will probably be in day light, it is also a
social event and a chance to meet up with club mates at the start of the new
season. Beginners, new club members and aspiring club members are particularly
welcome. Members from other local clubs are welcome as well.
Starts for
a short (45 minute) or long (60 minute) score event are between 7pm and about
8.30pm. You don't have to run, you can just come and
socialise, have some of my wife's delicious leek and potato soup and eat a
crusty ham roll. Hot food and soft drinks are provided, you just put £3 in the
pot at the end, if you want some beer etc bring your own. Please drop me an
email if you do intend to come, although be warned if you do turn up (and you
enjoy the evening) you might find your arm twisted to host one of these club
nights / street events later in the season. Don't worry if you have never done
this before: you will get lots of help with the map, and most of our events use
a local pub afterwards. We have some locations already lined up but will need
some other volunteers. Do let me know if you are coming as I need to have an
idea of numbers for food.
Regards, Andrew Trimble SLOW street
events coordinator
SLOW MEMBERS’ NEWS,
May – September 2005
Welcome to the following new members
Ian Christie (M35), Wimbledon,
Andrea Rebora
(M35) and Raffaella Marin (W35), London EC3N
Thibault Lacourtablaise (M21), Colliers
Wood, London SW19
Tom (M35) and Jillian (W21) Seddon,
,
Welcome back to the following returning members
Diana Smith
(W21),
3rd Molesey Scout Troop, c/o Tyrone
Weller, Walton on Thames,
Anita Ray (W21),
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1
From
Ginny Catmur, Membership Secretary:
HOTPICKS
For Sunday
events and specifically those in the following list, we aim to meet as a club
and will have the SLOW banner or tent to help meet-up. SLOW can also offer transport from southwest
London. We suggest a middle start time block to help with arriving and
finishing at a similar time and co-ordinating lifts. We intend to meet
afterwards for a drink at a nearby pub and will list below
if known.
Otherwise, see us at the event to find out where we’re going.
2nd
OctoberDFOKDistrictEvent,LesnesAbbeyWood(inc.YvetteBakerTrophy)Come and support the juniors in the regional round of the
Yvette Baker Trophy. Colour Coded
Courses white to brown (excluding red). Ideal for beginners. All EOD. http://www.dfok.co.uk/ Afterwards: The Rose Inn,
9th
OctoberSLOWTrailChallengeRichmondPark1/2 Marathon, 12km, 6km and 2km junior course. Mass starts from 10.30am from the Hawker
Leisure Centre, Kingston. Pre enter or
EOD. Technically easier courses and mass
starts make this a good event for beginners.
http://www.sloweb.org.uk Afterwards: The Hawker Leisure Centre.
16th OctoberCompassSportCupFinal,Clowbridge
Back in February, SLOW qualified for the Compass Sport
Final which takes place at Clowbridge near
Burnley. The captains will be sending
out further information about this event.
This is a date for the diary! 25
people from each club score points over 6 different courses depending on their
position. Even if you don’t score you
could still lower the points available to other clubs so every team member
counts. Further Details: http://www.seloc.org.uk/
13th NovemberSNRegionalEvent,AshRanges.
All Regional events have courses available by age class or
easier selection of colour coded courses. CD: Not yet known. Likely limited EOD for age class
courses and unlimited EOD for CC courses. http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/2227/ Afterwards: The Swan, 2 Hutton Road, Ash Vale.
The following events will be updated on the web with further details as they become available. 27th NovemberSLOW Regional Event, Esher
Afterwards: The
Prince of Wales,
11th DecemberGO District Event, Blackheath and Farley Heath
http://www.go-pages.fsnet.co.uk/
22nd JanuarySLOW Loop Race, The
Nower http://www.sloweb.org.uk
29th JanuaryBKO Southern Championships, Hermitage Bucklebury
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~tbooth/bko/
To assist
with getting transport to events, contact Ginny Catmur
CD = Closing date. It can be possible to get a late entry. EOD = entry on the
day. CC = Colour
coded.
NOTICES and SLOW SUCCESSES
Please Post the
enclosed Posters!
Together
with this Slowprint you should have found a few
marketing posters. All members have been sent these posters and the idea is to
spread these posters far and wide across the South of London. (The orienteer in
the picture happens to be Paul Nixon's brother!) I would therefore be grateful
if you could take these posters and post them in the most likely place where
potential orienteers may see them, so please resist
the temptation to pin them up in your bedroom and head for your local sport
centre or running shop!
Coaching courses
From: Keith
Marsden
The following Level
1 and 2 courses will be taking place in East Anglia and Herts
in the autumn.
Level 1 - September 24th
at Ely Level 2 - November 26th at thetford Level 1 -
November 30th at Simon Balle school, Hertford
If anyone in SLOW is
interested I can supply contact names
Keith [more on coaching courses in ‘The
Fixtures Bit see page ]
Orienteering Film
Look out
for the film that was made during the World Cup. It will be broadcast as
follows:
Start time
/ duration SportNation 3 10/09/05 01:00 01:00 Sky Sports 3 Digital SportNation
3 10/09/05 05:00 01:00 Sky Sports 2 Digital SportNation
3 10/09/05 13:00 01:00 Sky Sports 3 Digital SportNation
3 11/09/05 06:00 01:00 Sky Sports Xtra
Radio Society of Great Britain
Highgate
Common 10 Jul 2005
Gavin Andrews catapulted himself into the top rank of UK competitors
when he posted a simply stunning 37.20 for the three transmitters on 144MHz. By
his own admission, all the TXs fired up just when he
needed them but he still got round 10 minutes ahead of anyone else.
Ask Gavin
for more details and for his winner’s commentary see:
http://www.ardf.btinternet.co.uk/trial.html
Heather wins Bronze
at the World Championships
Today Heather Monro became the
3rd ever World Champs individual medallist for Great Britain. Heather has
worked for many years to achieve this goal, forsaken and sacrificed much and is
now delighted at finally getting a World Championships medal. She already has
European, World Cup and World Games medals to her credit but until now a medal
at a World Championships has eluded her.
Having qualified in a middling position Heather led the
race when she finished and then faced an agonising 15 minutes whilst the
runners starting after her came towards the finish. First it was a definite top
10, then top 8 then she was into 'best ever' performance and still it got
better. A definite podium became a definite 5th then 4th and then it was
confirmed Heather Monro was going to get her first
World Champs medal. Tears of joy and elation - what a moment - all those years
training, preparing, recovering from injuries, living in Halden,
Norway, competing in World Champs and the roller-coaster life of an elite
athlete all became worthwhile for Heather.
So how did
Heather feel about her run, her day, her result - "delighted!"
Dave Peel,
GB Head Coach - "Heather's medal was a result of great team preparation
and strategy in the gruelling 37 degree heat. Her performance is a testament to
her commitment and dedication."
This is a fantastic result for Heather and Team GB! This is
our first WOC medal since 2003 and Heather's second bronze of the year!
Women's
Sprint - Final Results:
1 Simone Niggli - SUI - her third successive sprint gold 2 Anne Margrethe Hausken - NOR 3 Heather
Monro - GBR 15 Sarah Rollins - GBR DNQ Helen Bridle -
GBR
Men's
Sprint- Final Results:
1 Emil Wingstedt - SWE 2 Daniel Hubmann
- SUI 3 Jani Lakanen - FIN
14 Jamie Stevenson - GBR 16 Ewan McCarthy - GBR -
debut WOC 41 Matt Speake - GBR
Full results can be found at www.woc2005.jp Messages can be sent
Heather will be in the SLOW team at the CompassSport Cup match in October!!
NorthDownsWayRelay,25th June
Our annual
sortie along this National Trail duly took place. One difference was that Andy
Robinson missed the run for the first time in many years so we had to survive
without his encyclopaedic knowledge of the route, the runners and everything
else! However Rachael lent valuable assistance throughout the race after leg 4
which managed to keep matters in general order.
Originally we were hoping to field 2 complete teams, and
when that didn’t seem possible a half team starting from Vigo.
As it was we did have some extra runners on some legs and that all added to
interest to the SLOW
effort.
Six teams were present. Canterbury Harriers, CROC/SLH, GO +
assorted extras, Loose Valley/Tadworth, SAX/SN, and
SLOW. Robbo’s absence at the last moment meant
persuading a runner to be at Folkestone at 05:55 and I have to thank Andy Jones
for doing this when he thought he was originally due to be running at 18:00 a
few miles from his home! Sadly AJ’s calf broke down
after 1km and he had to retire resulting in a penalty time for SLOW.
All this
meant that despite some good runs by our early runners (Andy Hodgson 1st,
Rachael Holmes 2nd, Mike Garvin 2nd, Mike Farmery 2nd, Caroline
Catmur 1st) we were still lagging
behind SAX and GO who were trading places for first spot. However we were
always in touch. The pattern continued with sound runs from Mark V-R and Jeff Armitage. Paul Nixon who was miles ahead in his run got mixed
up with some cows and went off course, but even with that diversion we didn’t
lose too much time. Then we had a splash of first placings
with Gordon Parker, Paul Brooks – who set a new record on his leg, Ed Catmur who was again very swift and the ever impressive
Charlie Whetham. This passage of running left all the
opposition a long way back as we cemented a winning lead. Jon O’Donnell
consolidated on his leg and we finished with another win when Karen Jones
stormed in at Farnham. Karen said she was trying to make up for AJ’s penalty!
(dnf)
Final placings were:
1 SLOW 16:40:10
2 SAX/SN 17:11:20
3 GO 17:46:34
4 CH 18:03:55
5 CROC 18:06:19
6 Loose/TAC 19:07:24
2005 is my
last year for organising the SLOW team. It has been an honour to lead the team
over the past few years. As I am now almost certainly the slowest runner in the
team, and rising at 03:20 becomes less appealing as each year passes, it seems
the most appropriate course of action.
I would
like to thank all the many SLOW runners who have supported the event over the
years, and long may it continue in the future.
Dick
Clark
Frolics:
SLOW wins This is the summer parks competition which has been running now
for over ten years. The title invented by
TEAM
EVENTS: South-East Relays, 19th June, Epping South-West
SLOW members took the trophies in both the Open and Handicap
classes at this year's South East Relays, held in Epping Forest. The event was
a real test of heat endurance, as temperatures were up in the thirties and
there was limited shade on the courses.
In the open
class Charlie Whetham brought us in 3rd on the first
leg, less than 3 minutes down on the local leaders CHIG. In the womens' race, Sarah Brown was also less than 3 minutes down
on the leaders SO. On second leg Paul Street pulled the mens'
team up to second place, now less than a minute down on CHIG. Jackie Chapman
recorded the fastest female time on the leg to keep the women in strong
contention. Ed Catmur anchored the mens' team home in style to take the title by a whopping
eleven minutes, while CHIG mispunched under the
pressure. Rachael Holmes was unable to catch the SO women on last leg, so the
ladies finished second overall.
Our two
handicap relay teams also had a great day - SLOW handclap (
THE FIXTURES BIT
Major
Officials – who are they and what do they do – and – how to be one.
Regular readers of this column will have worked out I spend
much of my time recruiting officials for SLOW’s
events. Frequently it’s the “usual suspects” who perform these tasks, but any
experienced orienteer is capable of them. Many of our events are small and as
such suitable for someone who has never taken on one of these roles before.
I.The Planner sets
the courses. This often seen as the plum job because it gets you in the forest
thinking about o’ing; as such it can improve your own
orienteering. It covers the creative bit deciding where the courses go and the
more routine bit of preparing maps and control site equipment, and then placing
them in the forest. Competent orienteering is a pre-requisite, and a first step
would be to help a planner place the controls.
I.The Organiser does the admin. Since the arrival of SportIdent (see 4 below) this job has got a lot smaller and
easier, and usually comes down to publicity, manpower and equipment. Land use
and car parking negotiations can be involved too, but for most SLOW events
these are sorted out by the local expert. Less orienteering experience is
needed for this job, but a more organised person is needed.
I.The Controller checks up the organiser and planner have been
doing their jobs properly. It is the only post that requires a qualification,
but many of SLOW’s events are sufficiently small not
to need one. Controllers usually have to come from another club to be
independent. The Controller spends most of their time with the Planner and in
the forest. Sometimes they don’t speak to Organisers at all, and the Organisers
are quite relieved about that!
I.SportIdent. This job involves running the electronics for the day –
entries, downloads and results. SLOW is fortunate in having a few people who can
fill this role. Most clubs depend on the same person every time.
I.Entries Secretary. Large events with pre-entry need one of these
to spread the workload. However SLOW only do one or two a year of this scale.
It suits any organised person with a PC at home and requires little experience.
Now – how to become one.
There is a one day course coming up
– at Redhill on October 8th .
There are separate courses in that day for organisers planners and controllers. See the following web page for more details:
http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/Neil_Crickmore/controllers/courses.html
So if
anybody out there had been thinking of responding to my requests in the past
but felt a bit nervous and under-qualified, this could be the day for you. Have
a look at the web page and contact Neil Crickmore
directly.
Now you are
qualified and competent, what is coming up. In the
immediate future these posts are filled but once into 2006 there will be plenty
of opportunities. This is what is happening in the next few months.
9 October (Note the change of date from earlier info).
Trail Challenge half marathon – Hawker Centre and Richmond Park. Mike G is
planning and Mark and I will cover the organising side. Andrew T and Chris F
are on the SportIdent
27 November.
OK Nuts Trophy. Esher Commons. Nicky is planning; Mike
G is organiser. Gavin is the SI king. Andrew T is taking entries.
21 January 2006. Box Hill Fell race.
The Silver Anniversary – that means 25th running thereof. We’re
looking for ideas for something special. Not an orienteering event – so does
require the officials in the same way.
22 January. Loop races on The Nower. Matthias is planning; Gordon is doing the SI and
taking entries. An organiser is needed.
11 February. Hankley Common.
Southern Express and Senile – we are trying to fit 2 events in on the same day
to spread the cost and effort of making the booking. Organisers and planners
are needed for both, and it may be easier for one official to cover both races.
These certainly count as small events and suitable for new officials.
I look
forward to hearing from you
(and so does Neil Crickmore)
Andy
Robinson
SLOW
BBQ- SUMMER 05!
REPORTS
LATVIAN 3-DAY EVENT, 1-3 JULY
2005
In early July this year a group of 8 SLOWies
headed out to Latvia to compete in the annual "Kapa"
3-day international Latvian orienteering event, which this year was held in
forested sand dunes on the Baltic coast, just south of the city of Liepaja.
The first navigational challenge of the holiday involved
driving from the airport to the hostel we had pre-booked in Riga for the first
nights. It really shouldn't have been too hard - we had 3 or 4 different maps
of Riga in each of the two cars, and knew exactly where the hostel was on the
maps. However having crossed the bridge over the river into the main part of
Riga, to within touching distance of the hostel, it then took 8 of SLOW's finest navigators somewhere in the region of 45
minutes to complete the final 300m of the leg! At least we'd got to see half of
Riga by the time we arrived at the hostel, although that included much of the
less desirable part of the city - best viewed "from the safety of a moving
vehicle" according to a tourist magazine!
Having finally
found the hostel we were all presented with a free beer on arrival - the
Latvians certainly know how to make us feel at home! We spent the rest of the
afternoon and evening exploring Riga - a beautiful city with a large pedestrianised Old Town boasting magnificent architecture
throughout. We enjoyed our first taste of Latvian cuisine with a superb
traditional meal in one of the local restaurants, and the evening finished in
the Skyline Bar, a fairly modern venue located on the top floor of the highest
building in town, offering fantastic views of the whole city.
The
following morning started with a wander around the renowned Riga food market -
situated in rebuilt Zeppelin sheds, these offered a window onto another way of
life and food (salt fish, pickled vegetables, and plenty of cakes at
ridiculously low prices). We then set out on the 120 mile drive to the coast,
which took 3 1/2 hours - the road surface wasn't the best, and it was single
carriageway all the way - and we had to get to grips with the crazy Latvian
drivers who were intent on overtaking as soon as they caught you up, regardless
of whether anything was coming the other way.
Still, we
arrived at the event just in time, and made our way to the assembly area which
was situated right next to the beach of the Baltic Sea. The first day's terrain
was a superb forested sand dune area - imagine Penhale
Sands covered in trees. The map was incredibly detailed, but very easy to read
and interpret the contours. The forest was beautifully runnable,
which led to some quite fast times for those who could stay in contact with the
map.
Our
accommodation during the orienteering was a hotel in Liepaja
- no need to slum on the campsite when there are really good hotels down the
road for £10 a night! During the 3 days we had several excellent meals in town
- usually with 3 large courses and a couple of beers, all for the princely sum
of around £5 each.
Day 2 offered more of the same excellent forest, just
slightly further down the coast (the two maps overlapped), with some slightly
improved results from our party as we got used to the terrain.
Post-orienteering tourism involved exploration of the local area, which had
plenty of natural sites, although all fairly secluded and remote. We visited a
bird-viewing platform across a lake, the 'third most spiritual rock in Latvia'
(an unplanned detour!), a lighthouse and a lovely quiet beach, where some of
the group braved a dip in the icy cold Baltic sea! The highlight was a visit to
a wild horse sanctuary, where we witnessed close-up the proud stallions chase
off a group of cheeky 'teenagers' to protect their harems, and a 1-week old
foal.
The 3rd
day's area did not quite live up to the standard of the first two, being
slightly inland from the coast. This included some rather grotty patches of
thick forest, within which I managed to set the record of longest split for the
holiday when I took a whopping 32 minutes to find a rootstock located in the
middle of a block of green forest about 500m from the nearest attack point
(though it didn't help that I'd spent about 10 of these minutes not even on the
map...)
The highest
overall result of the group went to Don, who finished 15th in the M50 class. Everyonewas fairly happy with most of their runs, and
enjoyed orienteering on the generally excellent terrainwhich
was very different to anything to be found in south-east England.
After the
final day's orienteering we drove the 30 miles down to the coast into Lithuania
- anothernew country to tick off the list! Here we
drove a long way inland to the middle of a remote forest tovisit
an old Soviet nuclear missile silo, which has now been converted into a tourist
attraction. Builtin the 1960s, this gave us a
fascinating but eerie insight into Soviet military operations. Althoughnever used, the potential power of the weapon
(claimed to be 10 times more powerful than thebomb
used on Hiroshima), and the distance it could travel (designed to reach as far
as southernEurope), was quite shocking - especially
when we were informed that one of the missiles wasdirected
towards London for a number of years.
On the
final day we headed back to Riga, and still found time to visit the really fascinatingOccupation Museum, which sheds light on the
tragic, complicated history of Latvia in the 20thcentury and the occupation by
firstly Germans and then the Soviets. It brought home how much thiscountry has changed in the short time since gaining
independence in 1991, and how it is now areally
interesting and beautiful country to visit. Latvia provided a great cheap
alternative to otherEuropean summer orienteering
events, with good complex terrain and some interesting sightseeing.
Whispers
abound that next year a trip to the Swiss 6-Day event in
Club
BBQ -Horton Country Park – 13th August 05
This year’s BBQ took place at Horton Country Park near Epsom. With
an Orienteering map of the area andbrick built BBQ
sites, it looked like a good area for hosting the event.Paul
Nixon planned a Harris Relaycourse and we arranged
teams on the day with the aim of them being evenly matched.
In the end, just 6 minutes separated the
first and last teams. All members of the team had to get the ‘spine’controls (1-6) and then split the remaining controls
(7-20) between them.
Results are shown below, slightly tweaked
from what was announced on the day (small technical hitch,pointed out by the eagle-eyed Robbo).
Although the overall finish order was correct, the prize for the teamwith the "best planned route" (i.e. shortest
time difference between all 3 finishers) went to the 2nd placedteam
of Mike, Mark & Richard -hope everyone got a fair share of the chocolates
though!
Special mentions to:Sarah
-fastest time of the day by a whopping 3 minutes. Surely not given enough
controls to do.Jenny -fastest split of the day (0:27
from number 1-7).James -fastest run-in split (0:53 from number
7).Liz/James/Andy -the team who collected the most controls in total, 37
(required number was 32).Mike/Mark/Richard -all 3 of whom collected the 'team'
control number 12
Rain arrived with unfortunate timing
before the start of the relay. The club tent became a valuable shelterand the BBQ was well protected by a team of people
holding umbrellas.
Thanks to Paul for
planning the course, Gordon Parker & family for running the Sport Ident and helping putcontrols
out, plus all those who helped to collect controls afterwards.
EVENT INFORMATION
You are strongly urged to confirm
these events using the following website/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) BOF: