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Phasels Wood Local Event Results 13/10/01Saturday Series - Special Programme for New Orienteers. Organiser/Planner/Controller's comments.I had expected a relatively large entry for this event, since there are normally a lot of scouts camping on site. Unfortunately, it was not a busy camping weekend and the only scouts that came arrived from elsewhere in a minibus. It was a shame since the weather was so good. Phasels Wood offers a good range of orienteering terrain from fast, but tricky, woodland to easy open land ideal for beginners. In planning the event I tried to give everyone a challenge, whilst still allowing beginners the chance to gain satisfaction, rather than frustration. Hence the score event had lots of controls to ensure that everyone found something easily. The fixed route Green course used some of the more difficult legs to test the old hands. Congratulations to Paul Langston for breaking the 30 minute barrier on the Score course. It took me 2 hours to tag all the controls, so I thought it would be possible. Congratulations also to M14s, Nick Metivier and Matt Gardner for a very creditable 42:20 on the green course. Being Planner, Controller and Organiser combined, makes you understand why Orienteering events normally have at least one person for each job! I hope the blunders that crept out past my controller role didn't spoil your enjoyment of this excellent venue. My blunder risk rating was made worse by the time available for getting the event together. Unfortunately, just when I should have been getting into top gear, my work took me abroad unexpectedly. This was compounded by being told when I got there, to stay another week because the deadline had been put back. This resulted in two lost weekends and a mad last minute rush to get back on track. Somehow, the preparations got done without staying up all Friday night and the event went ahead, roughly as intended. I hope you enjoyed it. Many thanks to Kevin, camp warden for permission to use the site and helpers on the day, Gerry Elliott, Colin Webster, George and Pru Normand, Pauline Goddard and once again, Eric and Lesley Brown. Thanks also to Clive Street for the documents I cribbed to save me having to write them from scratch. Roger Moulding ResultsIf you have any queries about the results below please contact Roger Moulding. Score CoursePsn Name Club Class Score Bonus Pnlty Total Time
1 Paul Langston HH M45 600 50 0 650 27:40
2 Alwyn Challacombe HH M50 600 50 0 650 30:41
3 Kevin Parkes HH M40 600 50 0 650 31:44
4 Rory Percival HH M35 600 50 0 650 31.54
5 Maire Convery HH W21 600 50 0 650 32:41
6 Tony Miley HH M55 600 50 0 650 42:52
7 Val Challacombe HH W50 600 50 0 650 44:40
8 John Wickersham M55 590 0 0 590 44:17
9 Alex & Chris Brunning M10/M45 580 0 0 580 43:20
10 Graham Parkes HH M12 540 0 0 540 42:48
11 Mark & Raymond Cameron M45/M16 410 0 0 410 41:00
12 Lorraine Houghton W45 370 0 0 370 42:10
13 Anna Rackett W21 330 0 0 330 42:18
14 Shirley & Peter Hughes M/W65 330 0 30 300 47:44
15 Peter Webster & Duncan Bonnick M12 260 0 0 260 42:00
Green CoursePsn Name Club Class Time
1 Kevin Parkes HH M40 28:43
2 George Normand HH M55 33:45
3 Ian Lewington HH M45 37:50
4 Anne Power HH W65 39:36
5 Nick Metivier & Matt Gardner M14 42:20
6 Steve Rackett M35 43:23
7 Joan Miley HH W60 50:16
8 Allan Nash & Mitchell Andrew M14/M12 64:16
9 Edwin Power LOK M70 70:54
10 Jill Chapman HH W50 75:24
11 Berny Profit W35 93:47
Well done to all "first timers" ............ hope to see you again at the next HH event - see www.happyherts.org.uk for all Hertfordshire Orienteering Club fixtures .... If you enjoyed your orienteering at Phasels Wood, why not join HH, your local club? Many benefits including newsletter and magazine, club training programme and social activities, and full details of all recommended events nearby, including those run by other clubs. |