Burnham Beeches & Egypt Woods National Event, 22/02/09.

incorporating Interland, Southern Area Championships and FCC Qualifier.

We hope you enjoyed your run at this event celebrating the 40th birthday of the Hertfordshire Orienteering Club. Results to the 2009 JOK Chasing Sprint are available on the JOK website.

Next HH Event ( .pdf ) - Cassiobury Park Saturday Series & Schools' League Event, Watford, 07/03/09.
Future 'Nearby' Events - Events organised by local clubs including HH.

If you have any queries about the results please contact Kevin Parkes,
Lost Property : Details are contained within the Organiser's Comments.
Prize-giving Photos - Rob Lines.

Results

There are still some trophies and prizes to be collected. Please contact Helen Errington (01727 842883 or helenerrington@britishorienteering.org.uk) to make arrangments to collect these.

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Interland 2009 Results

Nation                      Runners   Scorers  Score
ENG                            42       28      168
VVO                            39       28      111
FRSO                           37       26       91
NOLB                           21       17       37

Junior Interland 2009 Results

Nation                      Runners   Scorers  Score
ENG                            18       12       64
VVO                            16       12       51
FRSO                           14       10       20
NOLB                            4        4        7


M14

  1 Evert Leeuws               VVO      31:54     6
  2 Aidan Smith                ENG      35:22     5
  3 Zachary Field              ENG      39:37     4
  4 Arno Keuppens              VVO      44:14     3
  5 Chris Nash                 ENG      45:28
  6 Ian Geldof                 VVO      45:46
  7 Pierre Lecocq              FRSO     53:54     2
  8 Roger Mertens              FRSO    102:47     1
  9 Tom Drygalski              FRSO       mp

W14

  1 Elke Verdeyen              VVO      35:28     6
  2 Harriet Lawson             ENG      37:51     5
  3 Katherine Bett             ENG      38:56     4
  4 Charlotte Theys            VVO      41:19     3
  5 Katrina Hemingway          ENG      45:33
  6 Coline Ceulemans           FRSO     47:22     2
  7 Larissa Genten             FRSO     72:32     1
  8 Chaira Ducomble            FRSO     83:29

M16

  1 Jonathan Crickmore         ENG      43:06     6
  2 Toon Melis                 VVO      45:50     5
  3 Jack Benham                ENG      49:18     4
  4 Chris Young                ENG      51:59
  5 Michael Van Baelen         VVO      54:14     3
  6 Thibaut Derenne            FRSO     61:10     2
  7 Kristof Van Bouwel         VVO      75:26
  8 Julien Dache               FRSO     83:00     1
  9 Thomas Bredo               FRSO     88:47

W16

  1 Katrin Harding             ENG      42:23     8
  2 Alice Fellbaum             ENG      47:48     7
  3 Zoe Harding                ENG      49:34
  4 Nele Put                   VVO      50:58     6
  5 Evelien Peeters            VVO      57:33     5
  6 Fanny Jamsin               FRSO     67:13     4
  7 Kirsten Verstraete         VVO      71:31
  8 Vera van Zweeden           NOLB     73:02     3
  9 Laure Jamsin               FRSO     80:08     2
 10 Dorien van Zweeden         NOLB    110:07     1

M20E

  1 Ralph Street               ENG      68:15     7
  2 Peter Hodkinson            ENG      70:47     6
  3 Yannick Michiels           VVO      75:43     5
  4 Wouter Leeuws              VVO      77:00     4
  5 Gilles de Neyer            FRSO     77:50     3
  6 Adriaan Pelckmans          VVO      83:13
  7 Dimitri Terytse            FRSO     85:54     2
  8 Koen de Jong               NOLB     91:26     1
  9 Alex Roberts               ENG     103:22
 10 Arnaud Drouguet            FRSO    127:03

W20E

  1 Anne Edwards               ENG      57:40     5
  2 Elisabeth Henkes           VVO      61:21     4
  3 Emily Benham               ENG      71:17     3
  4 Anne van Zweeden           NOLB     72:10     2
  5 Laura Parkes               ENG      75:37
  6 Sien Verdeyen              VVO      86:48     1

M21E

  1 Graham Gristwood           ENG      73:53     8
  2 Fabien Pasquasy            FRSO     75:12     7
  3 Matt Crane                 ENG      77:44     6
  4 Nick Barrable              ENG      78:43
  5 Frank Buytaert             VVO      82:25     5
  6 Nicolas Sillien            FRSO     83:02     4
  7 Wouter Foppen              NOLB     92:43     3
  8 Ken Peeters                VVO      97:37     2
  9 Olivier Chattlain          FRSO    111:17
 10 Herman Mooij               NOLB    120:15     1
 11 Thomas Van der Kleij       VVO        mp

W21E

  1 Sarah Rollins              ENG      62:24     8
  2 Pippa Whitehouse           ENG      63:11     7
  3 Kim Geypen                 VVO      68:39     6
  4 Veerle Tulleneers          VVO      73:11     5
  5 Jenny Johnson              ENG      75:00
  6 Sofie Herremans            VVO      79:19
  7 Vinciane Mulpas            FRSO     80:37     4
  8 Véronique Bastin           FRSO     85:33     3
  9 Catherine Hoofd            FRSO     90:28
 10 Lieke van Opstal           NOLB     92:55     2
 11 Willeke Mooij              NOLB    141:25     1
 12 Anita Foppen               NOLB       mp

M40

  1 Quentin Harding            ENG      70:17     8
  2 Clive Hallett              ENG      72:04     7
  3 Frans Laenen               VVO      72:25     6
  4 Tim Tett                   ENG      73:34
  5 Guy Tirez                  VVO      81:52     5
  6 Wim Vervoort               VVO      84:59
  7 Patrick Mossoux            FRSO     87:41     4
  8 Frank Vanspauwen           FRSO     95:03     3
  9 Cas van Zweeden            NOLB    108:14     2
 10 Bert Molenaar              NOLB    137:53     1
 11 Anne Heikoop               NOLB       mp

W40

  1 Lesley Ross                ENG      62:33     8
  2 Dunja van de Riet          NOLB     64:23     7
  3 Jane Morgan                ENG      65:04     6
  4 Leen Wouters               VVO      66:04     5
  5 Vicky Thornton             ENG      67:01
  6 Françoise Renard           FRSO     67:54     4
  7 Catherine Dickburt         FRSO     68:59     3
  8 Marijs Vandeweyer          VVO      84:04     2
  9 An Verberne                VVO      91:04
 10 Joke Molenaar              NOLB     94:39     1
 11 Isabelle Sillien           FRSO    117:45
 12 Jacqueline van Zweeden     NOLB       mp

M50

  1 Pierre Marchal             FRSO     60:29     8
  2 Paul Addison               ENG      63:40     7
  3 Adri van Opstal            NOLB     64:16     6
  4 Roger Hendrickx            VVO      64:46     5
  5 Mike Napier                ENG      65:47     4
  6 Kevin Lomas                ENG      74:58
  7 Jean Bredo                 FRSO     75:05     3
  8 Peter Foppen               NOLB     75:56     2
  9 Roger Vanaken              VVO      80:13     1
 10 Karst Mooij                NOLB     80:57
 11 Patrick Wallaert           VVO      87:10
 12 Klaus Held                 FRSO       mp

W50

  1 Beryl Offley               ENG      54:10     8
  2 Ann Cranke                 ENG      56:22     7
  3 Lisette Eyckmans           VVO      56:26     6
  4 Jackie Hallett             ENG      59:58
  5 Elisabeth Vliegen          FRSO     66:26     5
  6 Hildegard Bastin           FRSO     68:20     4
  7 Marina Driesen             VVO      70:23     3
  8 Simonne Silvi              VVO      71:56
  9 Frédérique Delhasse        FRSO     72:10
 10 Monica Roeling             NOLB     79:20     2
 11 Dicky Mooij                NOLB     91:21     1

M60

  1 Freddy Sillien             FRSO     52:27     7
  2 Hubert Bastin              FRSO     55:53     6
  3 Jim Prowting               ENG      58:31     5
  4 Peter Gorvett              ENG      58:37     4
  5 Jos Thijs                  VVO      69:23     3
  6 Georges Vonck              VVO      70:25     2
  7 Frank Mensink              NOLB     85:15     1
  8 Jean-Pierre Van der Cruys  FRSO     95:26
  9 Mike Murray                ENG        mp
 10 Georges Deferme            VVO        mp

W60

  1 Liz Godfree                ENG      61:08     6
  2 Sheila Carey               ENG      64:51     5
  3 Monique Deffense           FRSO     67:18     4
  4 Jill Gorvett               ENG      69:11
  5 Lia De Kerf                VVO      81:26     3
  6 Françoise Nanoux           FRSO     81:53     2
  7 Anne-Marie Depaye          FRSO     92:46
  8 Maria Delarbre             VVO     120:13     1
 

Badge Times

Class     Champ      Gold    Silver    Bronze

M10A      21:44     21:44     26:05     34:46
M10B         -         -      21:24     25:41
M12A      33:51     36:32     43:51     58:28
M12B         -         -      24:40     29:36
M14A      44:12     44:55     53:54     71:52
M14B         -         -      59:09     70:59
M16A      53:53     55:12     66:14     88:19
M16B         -         -      56:00     67:12
M18E      84:16     86:46    104:07    138:50
M18L      63:47     71:01     85:14    113:38
M18S         -      44:51     53:50     71:46
M20E      85:19     85:19    102:22    136:30
M20S         -      41:37     49:56     66:35
M21E      92:21     95:42    114:50    153:07
M21L      74:13     78:28     94:10    125:33
M21S         -      60:36     72:44     96:58
M35L      91:57     91:57    110:21    147:08
M35S         -      61:18     73:34     98:05
M40L      87:51     89:29    107:23    143:11
M40S         -      59:39     71:35     95:27
M45L      70:13     72:04     86:29    115:19
M45S         -      47:02     56:27     75:15
M50L      69:33     71:35     85:54    114:31
M50S         -      46:43     56:03     74:44
M55L      58:58     62:00     74:24     99:11
M55S         -      47:19     56:46     75:42
M60L      61:00     66:57     80:21    107:08
M60S         -      51:06     61:19     81:46
M65L      57:54     61:46     74:07     98:50
M65S         -      40:51     49:01     65:21
M70L      62:44     65:39     78:47    105:03
M70S         -      39:37     47:32     63:23
M75L      53:04     53:35     64:18     85:44
M75S         -      45:45     54:53     73:11
M80       72:30     72:30     87:00    116:00

W10A      23:46     23:46     28:31     38:02
W12A      54:06     54:06     64:55     86:34
W12B         -         -      28:30     34:12
W14A      47:19     47:20     56:48     75:44
W16A      52:59     53:43     64:28     85:57
W16B         -         -      87:28    104:57
W18E      70:06     71:17     85:32    114:03
W18L      50:16     52:09     62:35     83:27
W18S         -      30:39     36:47     49:03
W20E      72:05     72:05     86:30    115:20
W20L      51:41     52:45     63:18     84:23
W21E      78:00     78:25     94:06    125:28
W21L      71:54     73:45     88:31    118:01
W21S         -      46:35     55:54     74:32
W21V         -      31:50     38:12     50:56
W35L      93:17     93:17    111:57    149:16
W35S         -      65:59     79:11    105:35
W40L      78:11     79:46     95:43    127:37
W40S         -      56:25     67:42     90:16
W45L      56:38     59:07     70:57     94:35
W45S         -      39:06     46:55     62:33
W50L      62:44     65:13     78:15    104:20
W50S         -      43:07     51:45     69:00
W55L      62:41     64:24     77:17    103:03
W55S         -      38:52     46:38     62:11
W60L      70:44     72:21     86:49    115:45
W60S         -      43:39     52:23     69:51
W65L      60:07     61:49     74:11     98:54
W65S         -      52:46     63:19     84:26
W70L      69:30     69:30     83:24    111:12
W70S         -      59:20     71:12     94:56
W75       54:35     54:35     65:30     87:20
W80       63:44     63:44     76:29    101:58
 

Organiser's Comments

We were incredibly lucky with the weather both on the day and when my small band of determined helpers built the arena the day before. My heart goes out to all those other event organisers who, through no fault of their own, have lost there events to the weather in the last few weeks.

Burnham Beeches is a splendid area for orienteering and Alan and Kevin invested huge amounts of time into planning the courses for you - I heard nothing but praise for their output. The most eloquent came from a Belgian M60 Interland Runner who said "tell the planner his course was beautiful". To all of you who took the time to say thank you to the volunteer helpers at the end of your run, your comments were much appreciated.

There were, unfortunately a few organisational hiccups, which may have detracted from the enjoyment of a few individuals and to those affected in any way I offer my sincere apologies.

To our neighbouring Clubs, CHIG and LOK, I offer my thanks for providing large numbers of volunteers - we will repay this debt in full. Moreover, other individuals who helped me came from clubs as diverse as RAFO, MORAVIAN, BOK, TVOC, BAOC and SO - thank you all! The usual suspects from HH were out helping in force and were simply brilliant. I won't embarrass anyone by singling them out for their especial efforts but you know who you were - thank you.

Our aim was to put on the first Level 1 Event of the new event structure and we aimed to try and create something that was like a BOC minus a little bit rather than a regional event plus a bit - I hope we succeeded and would be interested to hear your views.

To put on the event was very expensive and the main cost drivers were land access charges(the primary reason for the high entry fee), BOF/SEOA Levy, map litho-printing, toilets, prize fund, trak-mats to strengthen the field entrance and electronic equipment hire. In the budget estimate I was expecting about 800 people and we ended up with over 1200 entries albeit 400 of these entered in the last 36 hours before closing date and the final 100 on the day. Full accounts are still to be produced.

If I was to do only one thing differently next time it would be to have significantly discounted entry fees for early entry (perhaps a help to large families?), a standard entry fee for the middle period followed by a punitive entry fee for those of us who leave entry to the last minute or even beyond - and I say us because I am just as bad as the rest of you. To future event organisers my covenant is to be much better organised with regard to entries in the future!

The following lost property was collected after the event:

3 x thumb compasses
1 x SI dibber
1 x camera
1x blue waterproof top
1 x black waterproof bottoms
1 x car key

I will take all the lost property to BOC and leave it with enquiries until after my run. I am pretty sure I already know who owns the car key, one thumb compass and the camera. If you are not going to BOC then please give me a ring on 07808 932139 to make alternative arrangements to be reunited with your property or you can e-mail me at .

Thank you for coming to our event and I hope you enjoyed it.

Mike Edwards

 

Planners' Comments

Planners' comments will be posted here.

Alan Rosen and Kevin Harding

 

Controller's Comments

Apart from the usual checking of control sites and a few suggestions for map changes, I had very little to do in controlling the courses. Alan and Kevin worked through several iterations of the courses, in particular trying to get the maximum length for M21E without compromising the quality. The final solution using the butterfly loops was the best option, but even then the course was "only" 15 km. The heavy snow in the run up to the event then flattened the bracken and improved running speeds, reducing winning times.

I heard nothing but praise for the courses. A number of competitors commented that there had been no path options for the whole of their course.

Mike and his team did a tremendous job in arranging the logistics of the event, including building a couple of bridges, one of which took 6 people to get into the forest.

It was a pleasure working with such a competent and enthusiastic team.

Colin Duckworth (TVOC)

 

String Course Results & Comments

Well we hope everyone enjoyed the Barnaby Bear themed string course. We tried to do something different as it was a National Event and somehow in discussions with Jenny, Gemma and Ben it was decided that we would have a Barnaby Bear theme. Barnaby is a geogrpahic bear who goes exploring on CBeebies and is used in schools to provide a theme to lessons. He even made himself a map of Dublin in the episode I watched, so he seemed appropriate. His photos of orienteering, may even make it onto the Barnaby Bear website.

We had to make the course a short walk from the car park, because, as you will have spotted the main courses went directly through the wood nearer the car park. Hopefully that wont have put people off though I suspect it might. The attraction of Wilfs may have offset walking through the wood to the course. I would be interested to know, as next time we could negotiate earlier for a string bit of wood next to the car park. jngostick@ntlworld.com

I thought it was a nice course, up and down through holes and paths through the bracken and not head high undergrowth (when you are 2), again any feedback is welcome.

The winner of 'Barnaby Bear' was Freddy Walker from OD.

Best Wishes to our entrants

Yours

Neil and Jenny Gostick


Name                               Age       Club       Time

Thomas Rollins                      1        BAOC      43.59
James Errington                    11        HH         5.43
Joseph Morris                   6 months     SLOW      13.52
Aimee Darley                        5        GO         9.19
Sarah Darley                        3        GO        26.05
Catriona Minty                      7        LOK       11.53
Isabel Minty                        2        LOK       22.55
Emma Currie                         1        SOC       21.53
Carys Sharp                         3        TVOC      14.34
Michael Reeve                       6        -          8.04
Michael Reeve - 2nd Run             6        -          9.48
Alice Reeve                         4        -         17.48
Sophie Thorne                       4        -         17.50
Feibi Allan                         4        -         10.27
Elizabeth Horsler                   5        WIM        7.54
Sarah Horsler                       7        WIM        6.33
Emelia Tala                         5        TVOC       6.08
Juulia Tala                         5        TVOC       6.54
Miika Tala                          8        TVOC       5.08
David Bunn                          7        TVOC       5.22
Fiona Bunn                          9        TVOC       5.03
Mats Lindstrom                      5        SN         8.29
Lily Purchase                       1        SLOW      18.39
Jonathan Cunnane                    4        TVOC      18.14
Rebecca Lovegrove                   2        -         33.22
Daniel Figg                        10        HH         5.44
Lisa Birkinshaw                     3        -         35.59
Bethany Kippin                      8        TVOC       7.29
Ellie Kippin                        6        TVOC       8.41
Nicolas Barratt                     5        BAOC       7.17
Laura Barratt                       3        BAOC      18.47
Jonathan Ashenden                   5        SPLOT      7.37
Amber Keogh                         9        SPLOT      4.42
Freddy Walker                       3        OD        28.08
Gemma Gostick                       8        HH         6.04
Mats Lindstrom                      5        SN         8.10
Ben Gostick                         3        HH        22.12
William Chandler                    5        LOK       17.07
Hannah Clark                        8        HH         8.09
Grace Frence                    15 months    LOK       14.24
Sarah Horsler                       7        WIM       13.54
Elizabeth Horsler                   5        WIM       13.57