| Amble 2.2k |
|---|
| 1 | Izzy Jones | 20.30 | |
| 2 | Ian Byrne | 21.19 | |
| 3 | Ryan | 22.12 | |
| 4 | Grace Edwards | 25.20 | |
| 5 | Arnold Juniors | 30.50 | |
| 6 | Milly Askham | 35.40 | |
| 7 | Conor Finan | 37.15 | |
| 8 | Arnold Seniors | 38.10 | |
| 9 | Sue Marshall and Megan Jarman | 41.32 | |
| 10 | Lollipops | 52.00 | |
| 11 | Richard Askham | 52.23 | |
| 12 | Barnes | 52.52 | |
| Trot 4.9k |
|---|
| 1 | Kevin Hopkins | 43.53 | |
| 2 | Mark Salmon | 46.40 | |
| 3 | Mike Shires | 46.55 | |
| 4 | Matthew Pembery | 51.28 | |
| 5 | Bromley | 55.52 | |
| 6 | Emily Pineda | 56.03 | |
| 7 | Alex Pembery | 56.09 | |
| 8 | Gary Marshall and ? Jarman | 56.26 | |
| 9 | Yvonne Hodson | 57.04 | |
| 10 | Brent Bunch | 58.40 | |
| 11 | BDO Solo | 63.52 | |
| 12 | Carol MacDonald | 64.34 | |
| 13 | Stephen and Sarah Marsh | 71.10 | |
| 14 | Alex Matthews | 74.31 | |
| 15 | Black Dragon | 76.33 | |
| 16 | Lois Matthews | 78.30 | |
| 17 | Adrian Stainthorp | 79.06 | |
| 18 | Bernard Potter | 89.30 | |
| 19 | Dave Matthews and Emma White | 104.30 | |
| - | Jean Sampson and John Berry | Retired | |
| Run 7.3k |
|---|
| 1 | Antonio Franco | 49.28 | |
| 2 | Dorien James | 54.50 | |
| 3 | Ed Jones | 56.10 | |
| 4 | Mike Jones | 61.00 | |
| 5 | Mike Hampton | 61.40 | |
| 6 | Ric Brackenbury | 64.30 | |
| 7 | Freya Askham | 65.30 | |
| 8 | Glyn Dimmock | 70.04 | |
| 9 | Peter Riches | 80.08 | |
Next event
If you enjoyed this event then why not come along to our next event on April 14th at the Open University and Ouzel Valley. Details will be on our events page soon.
Organisers Comments
Thanks to everyone who turned up to make the efforts of the SMOC team worthwhile. Despite the conditions most people seemed to enjoy their soggy outing. I heard lots of positive comments on Roberts courses and looking at the results the times look spot on. Particulary impressive is no one on Amble taking more than an hour.
Unlikely as it may seem we had some of the best of the weather during the event both before and after we had heavy sleet to make the tasks of putting out and collecting controls even more 'fun'.
Finally, I've done my best to interpret times and names from, in some cases still soggy, registration forms and control cards. Please do get in touch if any details are wrong and I'll put them right.
Steve Hardy
Planners Comments
What weather and conditions!
It has been wet underfoot when I have been out planning but nothing like as wet as on the day. And then the rain and snow came to top it off.
I am beginning to wonder if the bad weather goes with me when I plan. The other event I planned was Holcot and Reynold Wood last year which has gone down in Club annals as the worst weather Level C and now I have the worst weather Keyne-O.
For all that I was glad to see a number of hardy competitors and that we did not have to disappoint them because Emerson Valley had flooded.
This was the first time I had planned with pin punches and it really made me appreciate the benefits to the planner of electronic punching. The fact that the dibber records the sequence of visiting the controls as well as just that they have been visited removes the possibility of shortening the distance run by taking the controls out of sequence.
On this area I saw my challenge as setting sufficient route choice and keeping the routes and variety interesting, in part having a good mix of woodland, urban and parkland on Trot and Run. This led to star shaped courses with a number of potential 'shortcuts' which would be unacceptable with pin punches on higher level courses. I hope we were justified in relying on your honesty and integrity.
I also hope that you found the courses sufficiently challenging and enjoyable in spite of the weather.
Thanks to those who gave me kind comments and to Karen, Freya and Dorien for helping collect the controls, saving me a second long cold wet tour.
Robert Dove
Joining SMOC
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Club Nights
SMOC is now running weekly club nights, these are an ideal opportunity to learn new orienteering skills, improve your current skills, have fun and meet club members. See Club Nights for details.