Keyne-O 7 : Woughton on the Green - 9th September 2012

Organiser's Comments

The good weather certainly brought out the crowds with the usual range of experienced orienteers, Keyne-O regulars and some new faces. The sudden arrival of hordes of bicycles was as much of a suprise to us as to you - we'll try and avoid a similiar clash in future. Thanks are due to the OU for letting us use their ample parking facilities. Hopefully be back at the OU in the spring of 2013 when we should actually be using at least some of the campus for orienteering.

Steve Hardy

Planner's Comments

A number of people commented how nice it was to find an area in Milton Keynes that has relatively few roads and a variety of semi-natural vegetation, not just formal planting. The wet summer meant that some of the bushes seem to have spread, and this may have been responsible for one of the Run controls (unlucky 13 - TV) being on the edge of the control circle - I am sorry if this delayed anyone. As a first time planner, I also managed to fail to set out one of the controls near the start of the amble, but luckily only a couple of starters arrived at the control site (number 2 - TE) before this was rectified; again my apologies to anyone who wasted any time looking for it. On a more positive note, the Trotters managed to find the controls in the depressions in Woughton on the Green; careful map reading will have helped here. And the large quantities of fresh cowpats near the penultimate Trot control only proved that Milton Keynes is not a wholly urban jungle. My attempt to confuse people by placing this control on a stile and then seeing if anyone would cross it without checking the map failed; everyone I spoke to realised it was not necessary and that the Trot course stayed North of the crossing, while the Run stayed South.

Thanks to all the helpers on the day, especially Ian and Freya who relieved me of the need to collect the Southern controls at the end of the event, and to Steve for his encouragement when faced with my first time as a planner!

Ian Byrne

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Amble 3.00
1	Don Nisbet	22.14
2	Muncaster Bs and Gs	26.20
3	Izzy Jones	29.13
4	Pears	30.20
5	The Wobbly Tooth Team	33.00
6	Luke Wing	33.02
7	Nick and Arron Wing	33.10
8	The Ducks	33.59
9	Team Macks 2	35.39
10	Conor Finan	36.00
11	Milly Askham	36.48
12	Alex Fielding	39.40
13	Stephanie Wedderburn	42.20
14	Bromley	44.25
15	Richard Askham	45.10
16	Nicole and Chris	47.20
17	Grace Edwards	47.55
18	Timothy McElligott	49.00
19	The Foodies	49.23
20	Team NESB	50.14
21	Paul and Gill Twigg	51.45
22	Fisher Family	59.48
23	Melissa Stott	60.30
24	Freddie Dwight	63.10
25	Joseph Fielding	63.14
26	Emily Lack	64.04
27	Luke Hallett	67.30
28	Hackett Clan	69.38
29	Appleton Family	74.36
30	Cody Stott	Retired
Trot 5.10
1	James Nisbet	36.21
2	Jason Dunning	37.50
3	Drew Vanbeck	38.31
4	Mark Salmon	39.05
5	Gillian Hanson	39.17
6	Mark Thompson	39.35
7	Carys James	39.50
8	Elliott Lack	40.12
9	Francis Swiegers	42.19
10	Matthew Pembrey	43.28
11	Pete Jones	43.30
12	David Easton	43.32
13	Helen Nisbet	43.40
14	Alex Pembery	44.12
15	Mark Glover	45.15
16	Graham Matthews	46.38
17	Ros James	46.47
18	Dave Varty	48.58
19	Alex Matthews	51.31
20	David Sedgley	52.22
21	Rebecca Nisbet	53.51
22	Barbara Page	54.49
23	Steve Brown	56.06
24	Lois Matthews	61.10
24=	Katie and Eloise	61.10
26	Team Ansell	62.36
27	Hoopless Hikers	70.15
28	Walker Family	70.50
29	Robert Easton	80.23
30	Adrian Stainthorp	81.23
31	Dave Matthews and Emma White	83.42
32	Jennifer Johnston	97.30
33	Tanner Stott	Retired
Run 7.60
1	Kevin Fielding	42.15
2	Ed Jones	50.36
3	Ric Brackenbury	50.38
4	Robin Smith	52.39
5	Beth Hanson	53.10
6	Sam Fielding	53.18
7	Toby Fisher	54.15
8	Tim Must	55.58
9	Oliver Tomlinson	56.47
10	Mike Capper	60.30
11	Sacha Fisher	61.58
12	Ian McDonnell	67.25
13	Freya Askham	68.18
14	Pete Riches	75.17
15	Haydn Leaker	76.46
16	Mike Shires	78.41
17	David Lloyd's 3 Musketeers	106.51