Robert Dove wins the Chichester Trophy
The British Orienteering AGM was this year held at the JK. A few SMOC people attended (well John, Rosie, Karen and Steve, let's not overdo it) and the undoubted highlight was Robert Dove receiving the Chichester Trophy.
The Trophy is awarded annually for the best amateur cartography. Robert received the award for the map of Campbell Park which we used when SMOC hosted the 2006 British Sprint Championships. The map itself is a model of clarity but it was also the first time that the new international Sprint symbols were used in Great Britain and Robert put a lot of work into their implementation.
Unfortunately there is no award for legwork but we shouldn't overlook the work also put into revising the map by John Lewis.
The trophy itself is both interesting and appropriate. It is the compass from Gipsy Moth, the yacht in which Sir Francis Chichester made the first single handed circumference of the globe.
Congratulations Robert!