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Millwards Park District Event, 20/02/05.We apologise to to early competitors whose starts were affected by the problems we encountered with the programming of the start and finish controls. Although the problem was resolved reasonably quickly the re-programmed boxes were running about a minute ahead of race time. On the white and yellow courses, where this resulted in some negative first leg splits, this has been manually corrected, but on all other courses the first split is a minute too short and the run-in time to the finish a minute too long. A very small number of competitors (marked below by asterisks), mostly club helpers who started very early, have estimated start times based on their known clear time and average first leg times. Comments from the Organiser, Planner and Controller. If you have any queries about the results please contact Kevin Parkes. Organiser's Comments.I volunteered to take on organising and Rory to do the planning for the event on a dark day in November – we had just done a joint effort on a Saturday Series Event in Millward’s so knew many of the ins and outs of the area. Couldn’t be that hard - a few extra people, ... I was regretting it by the time I got home! In the end it all went smoothly enough (other than the problems with programming the SI units) thanks mainly to all the wonderful HH members who when asked for help said yes and got on with it efficiently and well. When I put the list together of people to thank, I was amazed at the sheer numbers of people involved in putting on the event, nearly 40 people in all for an event where almost 200 runs were recorded. My special thanks to the SI team, Mike for doing the setting up despite one leg in plaster, Kevin for stepping in at short notice to run the effort on the day and the other club experts who helped dig us out of the mis-programming hole – sorry we didn’t give you an easier ride! Also to Lesley and Colin for taking most of the strain of the post event wrap-up away – no journeys to drop off equipment, to banks or sorting out lots of bills. Formal Thanks to the Cecil Gascoyne Estate for use of the wood – and not putting the pigs in until after the event and S&B Commercials for allowing us to use their car park on Travellers Lane. And finally to the competitors, thank you for coming. I hope you enjoyed your runs! Máire Convery Planner’s Comments.Apart from a small Saturday Series event (also in Millward’s Park) last Autumn, this was my first attempt at planning. Initially I was a little concerned about planning an event in the wood as so much had changed on the ground since the map was last drawn. Indeed, some areas had been changed so drastically that they had to be remapped in any case (thanks to those involved with this project). The Cecil Gascoyne Estate (owners of Millward’s) were planning to fence off an area in the middle of the wood for pigs. This was due in February and would have caused us a considerable headache as right on the line of several courses. Fortunately this did not materialise. The main problem was that rhododendrons have a habit of growing! Hence many of the fight sections had changed, including gaps through the rhodies on the map being closed in practice. These smaller - but important changes from a route planning point of view - could not be included in the re-mapping as they were too numerous. Hence it was necessary to plan courses that did not use these routes (assuming you were on the best line, of course). I hope, therefore, that competitors did not get unduly confounded by the expanding rhodies. With helpful assistance from Andrew Chalmers (Controller) I was happy with the final courses and was pleased to hear mainly complimentary comments competitors at the finish. My inexperience in planning had to rear its head somewhere and this proved to be with the electronics. Programming the controls for the first time late the night before, with the assistance of a manual only, proved to be my downfall as a mistake was made with the start etc controls. My apologies for competitors, especially those starting early on, who had to stand around in the cold for far too long; and to several of the helpers that had to deal with the situation. From a personal point of view I have become very ‘attached’ to the wood and enjoyed the various days I spent in it on my own looking for control sites etc. As a private wood it was very nice to have the wood to myself on several occasions and I think I even started to recognise one of the muntjacs! I would finally like to thank the following who assisted me with my first foray into planning :
Rory Percival Controller’s Comments.Rory and I had inauspicious starts to the day when he found 4 SI boxes did not respond and then, after checking 6 of the 55 controls, my SI dibber also ceased to get any response. Initially we put it down to a cold weather problem. However, after a telephone call Rory went to the first errant controls that I had attempted to check and he dibbed OK. The four SI box placers (less than an hour ahead of me) had all dibbed successfully and we therefore assumed my dibber had inopportunely passed its shelf life. In the available time left I continued to check that all the controls were correct and in position and returned to the start to find a crowd of about 40 awaiting starts and a new problem of apparently lifeless start controls. To alleviate impending mass hypothermia in otherwise eager competitors, I initiated a manual start at 30-second intervals to clear the backlog, taking names etc for safety reasons and in case of mass electronic failure. Meanwhile, the start, clear and check boxes were changed in succession by dint of some despatch riding back and forth to Registration and eventually the problem was located in a check box. From then on, with a new check box, things ran smoothly. We can only apologise for these early delays at the start. In view of the weather, it was not an option at a District event to suspend the start until the problem was resolved. Millward’s Park is a pleasant and interesting orienteering area with lots of options for junior courses and off path runnable for senior courses with the bracken is at its lowest. The only downside is the rampant rhododendron bushes, which quickly outpace the map. Looking at it positively, this rapid seasonal growth gives the planner an opportunity for planning more route choices on the senior courses as well as some useful control locations. Rory used the area very well and planned eight excellent courses in his first role as planner of a District Event. Judging from the favourable comments at the Finish, most competitors had satisfying and demanding runs, despite the early hitches. The finishing times for most competitors are all within the BOF guidelines. Maire’s team of helpers coped efficiently and majestically in the bitter weather. The results team have incorporated the manual start times, where appropriate, to give course times. However, split times could not be provided for all without a lengthy download of 55 control boxes. Andrew Chalmers (TVOC) String Course. Jenny Quinton HH W9 07:52
James Errington HH M7 09:00
Brendan Hansen HH M10 09:10
Laura Parkes HH W12 10:10
Bethanie Hansen HH W8 12:25
Peter Errington HH M5 12:30
Heidi Ross HH W5 17:30
Jemma Gostick HH W4 18:00
Jenny Ross HH W3 19:30
Nicholas Candy IND M4 22:00
Danny Figg HH M6 23:30
White, 1.5km, 15m Climb, 7 Controls. 1 Mihir Chandraker WAOC 22:25
2 Anita Chandraker WAOC 22:37
3 Heidi Ross HH 29:08
4 Daniel Figg HH M10 30:04
5 Sarah Hodson IND 39:18
6 Jonathon Heybrock WAOC 46:26
7 Lee Rees IND 53:21
8 Gething Diana IND 65:49
- White Colour Standard ----------------------------
Bethany Hanson HH W35 mp
Nicholas Candy IND mp
Yellow, 2.1km, 30m Climb, 8 Controls. 1 Daniel Hodson IND 17:08
2 Becky Young HH 17:51
3 Robert Young HH 18:54
4 Helen and Anne HH 25:12
5 Louise Balcombe * IND 31:51
6 Isabelle Williams IND 35:11
7 Rhys Williams IND 35:21
8 Helen Hitchison IND 36:10
9 Jane Hitchison IND 36:38
10 Beth Kirby IND 36:49
-- Yellow Colour Standard ---------------------------
Sarah Hitchison IND mp
Orange, 3.1km, 35m Climb, 10 Controls. 1 Christopher Young HH 35:42
2 Jacqueline Heybrock WAOC 42:12
3 Rod Hewson IND 48:54
4 Miranda Leaf HH W10 49:57
5 Martin Richmond DFOK M14 56:40
6 Jamie Ogram IND 59:36
- Orange Colour Standard --------------------- 59:36
7 Laura Balcombe IND 61:55
8 Jacqueline Traxon IND 62:25
9 Susha Chandraker WAOC 67:27
Conor Weed SUFFOC mp
Michael Young HH mp
Red, 4.1km, 40m Climb, 14 Controls.1 Chris Jomaron IND 47:02 2 Jenny Sanderson IND 49:06 3 Geogia Galati IND 54:22 4 Ian Rees IND 60:23 5 Emma Webster IND 60:34 6 Simon Dunk IND 67:39 - Red Colour Standard ------------------------ 70:33 Light Green, 3.4km, 35m Climb, 9 Controls. 1 Paul Hearn IND 36:19
2 Paul Webster IND 44:20
3 Bridget Hanley SYO W40 46:21
4 Alison Curtis CHIG 46:39
5 Domonic Figon ULOC 46:48
6 Sarah Park SOS 47:46
7 Michelle Gardner IND 50:36
- Light Green Colour Standard ---------------- 54:29
8 Anne Duncumb WAOC W70 65:20
9 Roy Whitehead MV M75 70:44
Satu Peregrine WAOC W60 mp
Terrible Tourists IND dnf
Green, 4.4km, 40m Climb, 13 Controls. 1 Hedley Calderbank HH M50 38:12
2 Peter Heybrock WAOC 41:49
3 Rob Shephard LOG M35 42:11
4 Louise Jones LOK W40 42:30
5 Graham Williams LOK M45 43:31
6 Robin Barris HH M70 43:47
7 Eric Brown HH M55 44:20
8 Harry Goldingay HH 44:28
9 Dave Tookey HH M50 44:41
10 Ian Wilson SAX 46:28
11 Peter Pratt HH M70 47:10
12 Lesley Brown HH W55 47:37
13 Graham Bridgland SAX M50 47:41
14 Toby Leaker SMOC M18 47:52
15 Derek Jenner CHIG M50 48:14
16 Alison Saunders * HH W45 48:33
17 David Robbins GO M60 49:47
18 Helen Bickle WAOC W21 49:48
19 Edward Peltor IND M35 51:19
20 Richard Baldwin TVOC M55 51:45
21 Andy Sneddon HH M40 52:13
22 Rob Sibley CROC M50 52:16
23 Glyn Parry HH 52:25
24 Jennifer Taylor CHIG 52:45
25 Jennifer Gebka SPLOT W40 53:58
26 Catherine Springett BKO W45 54:04
27 John Gillespie CHIG M55 55:48
28 Graham Perry * HH M40 56:43
-- Green Colour Standard ---------------------- 57:18
29 Rina Hill HAVOC W50 57:34
30 Bobbie Baldwin TVOC W50 57:43
31 John Beadle WAOC 61:02
32 Colin Curtis WAOC M70 63:11
33 Frances Goldingay HH W55 64:01
34 Helen Hampton CHIG 64:02
35 Jane Breed HH W50 64:43
36 Rakesh Chandraker WAOC M35 65:02
37 Laura Parkes HH W14 65:05
38 Janet Biggs HAVOC W50 65:29
39 Maria Marshall WAOC W50 65:41
40 Ursula Oxburgh WAOC W70 69:43
41 Susie Hall HH W65 72:40
42 Jeremy Oakenfull ULOC 79:40
43 Ruth Saxl WAOC W60 81:16
44 Cathryn Mantovani IND W35 83:00
James Park SOS M14 mp
Martin Rigby BAOC M50 mp
Blue, 6.1km, 65m Climb, 17 Controls. 1 Bill Hanley SYO M50 43:20
2 Colin Webster * HH M55 45:15
3 Simon Baston SYO M40 45:30
4 Rosemary Dyer BOK W21 45:51
5 Anya Crocker CUOC W20 48:11
6 Blanka Sengerova CUOC W21 48:31
7 David Saunders * HH M45 48:44
8 John Pearce CHIG M60 49:18
9 Haydn Leaker SMOC M50 49:26
10 Laia Santamaria HAVOC 49:30
11 Peter Martin SAX M55 49:45
12 Magnus Davidson TVOC M35 50:21
13 Elspeth Ingleby DEE W20 50:45
14 Nicola Robertson CUOC W21 51:32
15 John Chappell * MDDXO M55 52:00
16 Helen Errington HH 52:50
17 Zbig Gebka SPLOT M45 52:59
18 Chris Morley WAOC 53:04
19 Chris Shaw HAVOC M55 53:23
20 Vince Roper IND 53:34
21 Garry Parmenter HAVOC M55 54:06
22 Paul Langston HH M50 54:46
23 Julia Wotton WAOC W35 55:23
24 Christopher Drew * MDOC M55 55:27
25 Jackie Chapman SLOW W45 55:42
26 Andrew Melbourne ULOC 55:44
27 Martin Wilson BKO M55 56:23
28 David Peregrine WAOC M65 57:23
29 Andy Blanchard IND 58:00
30 Michael Bickle WAOC M55 58:31
31 Bruce Marshall WAOC M50 58:39
32 Tony Wiskich IND 58:41
33 Alan Springett BKO M55 59:52
34 Roberto Zanchi ULOC 61:00
35 John Duffield CHIG M55 61:04
36 Jack Richmond DFOK M60 61:44
37 George Engelhardt MV 61:52
38 Elizabeth Drew MDOC W55 62:11
39 Lindsey Freeman * WAOC W50 63:38
-- Blue Colour Standard ----------------------- 65:00
40 Philip Craven DFOK M50 65:24
41 Francois Ricard IND 66:04
42 Ray Curtis CHIG M50 66:29
43 Hally Hardie * WAOC M65 66:56
44 Jan Saxl WAOC M55 68:20
45 Barry Breed HH M55 68:21
46 Val Challacombe HH W55 69:00
47 Barbara Drew CUOC W20 69:31
48 Jean Fitzgerald SAX W50 69:34
49 Anthony Biggs HAVOC M55 70:00
50 Jack Isbester SOS M70 74:20
51 Jose Mendez HAVOC 75:51
52 Ruth Rhodes SO W60 76:39
53 Ian Lawson WAOC M50 80:13
54 Gideon Felton HH 98:12
Chris Taxis IND mp
Brown, 8.7km, 125m Climb, 22 Controls. 1 Tony Burton MV M40 50:45
2 Charlie Whetham SLOW M21 51:51
3 Rolf Crook WAOC M21 57:23
4 Clive Street HH M45 57:42
5 Charlie Turner SLOW M50 58:21
6 Simon Errington HH 58:28
7 Tim Bagguley NOC M20 61:22
8 Harvey Fisher ULOC 61:45
9 Bert Park SOS M40 61:50
10 Neil Gostick HH 62:07
11 Rob Weed SUFFOC 62:29
12 Alex Copley CUOC 62:34
13 Steven Davidson LEI M45 63:37
14 Mark Adams HH M40 64:52
15 Kostya Lutsenko CHIG M21 65:09
16 Richard Gibson ULOC 66:00
17 Oliver O'Brien SLOW M21 66:23
18 Martin Hime LOK M40 66:56
19 Mike Elliot MV M50 67:25
20 Edmund Ward CUOC M21 67:26
21 Simon Maytum WCOC M40 68:12
22 Niall Inverarity INT M21 68:15
23 Roger Moulding HH M55 68:28
24 John Van Rooyen SAX M55 69:42
25 Kevin Howard HAVOC 69:57
26 Mike Capper WAOC M50 70:00
27 Andrew Welsh SMOC M50 70:30
28 Giles Smith ULOC 71:18
29 Graham Sutton MV M55 71:29
30 Mark Morris CUOC 72:56
31 Mark Collis DRONGO M21 75:00
-- Brown Colour Standard ---------------------- 76:08
32 Fred Northrop WAOC M55 77:01
33 Andreas Schroeder SOS 77:46
34 Anthony Wadeson WAOC M45 80:41
35 Philip Gristwood MV M55 81:03
36 Peter Woods WAOC 82:33
37 Peter McMunn HH M50 85:02
38 Ben Greenhalgh CUOC M20 89:09
39 Zaeem Cader CUOC 89:34
40 Andy Elliot CROC 94:51
41 Michael Hill HAVOC M50 101:00
42 Sue Woods WAOC W45 115:14
Michael Muggeridge HAVOC mp
Paul Oates CROC M55 mp
Brian Pilling SN M55 mp
* Competitors marked by an asterisk have estimated start times based on their known clear time and average first leg times. See explanation at top of page. |