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KEY
mp
Mispunched
nc
Non-competitive
Pl
Name Club
Time
M10A
2.2km
35m
1
Alex Moore BKO
25:50
GOLD
32:17
M10B
1.6km
20m
1
Jonathan Crickmore SO
12:23
SILVER
15:29
2
Freddie Nelson GO
16:53
BRONZE
18:34
M12A
2.5km
40m
1
Graham Parkes HH
27:42
GOLD
34:37
2
Michael May SLOW
36:33
SILVER
41:33
M14A
4.1km 70m
1
Gordon Hale GRAMP 51:02
2
Tim Street HH
52:22
3
Thomas Bridge SO
58:40
GOLD
63:48
4
Hugh Lund CHIG
73:39
SILVER
76:33
M14B
2.5km 40m
1
Adam Smith WAOC
84:35
M16A
5.9km 95m
1
Jonathan Street HH
79:47
2
Harold Wyber CHIG
94:45
GOLD
99:44
3
Harry J Goldingay HH 102.09
SILVER
119:41
M16B
4.1km 70m
1
Alan Blanchflower SAX 61:26
SILVER
76:47
M18A
7.2km 100m
1
Neil Hazelton SO
86:56
2
Tony
ind 102:02
3
Ruvan Mendis CUOC 107:09
GOLD
108:40
M18B
5.9km 95m
Anton Evseev OUOC
mp
M20L
9.1km 145m
1
Ashley Bown CUOC
65:06
GOLD
81:22
Simon Thomas CUOC
mp
Luke Bishop ULOC
mp
M21L
10.5km 155m
1
Dickie Jones HALDEN 62:30
2
Peter Nicholls GO
63:11
3
Graham Gristwood MV
63:59
4
Mark Bown CUOC
66:04
5
Graham Watson LEI
68:05
6
Edward Catmur OUOC 69:09
7
Mark Chapman SYO
69:52
8
Chas Bromley-Gardener BAOC 70:01
9
Tony Burton MV
70:24
10
Luke McNeill
OUOC 70:32
11
Martin Potter
LOK 71:00
12
Alan Velecky
SO 71:13
13
Tom Mitchell
OUOC 72:36
14
Rob Palmer
OUOC 72:52
15
Ian Renfrew
WAOC 73:44
16
Michael Muggeridge HAVOC75:33
17
Timo Teinila
SLOW 76:35
18
Mark Seddon
MDOC 76:46
19
Tom Cochrane
OUOC 77:37
20
Darrell High
CROC 78:24
21
Jeremy Wormington BAOC
80:08
GOLD
80:31
22
Simon Evans
ULOC 81:26
23
Clive Giddis
DEE 83:21
24
Laurence Townley MV
83:35
25
Peter Huzan
SLOW 84:44
26
David Currie
SOC 85:14
27
Mark Ford
CHIG 88:27
28
Soren Bragen
CUOC 95:54
SILVER
96:37
29
Mark Collis
CUOC 99:16
30
Antoine Pesenti
FRA 101:17
31
Oliver O'Brien
OUOC101:25
32
Jonathan Ellis
ULOC102:55
33
James Pennington ULOC103:24
34
Simon Ashford
TVOC104:01
35
Mark Cheesman
MV 106:49
36
Colin Howe
SO 108:29
37
Matt Dillingham
OUOC109:39
38
Ben Read
CUOC111:28
BRONZE
128:49
39
Dean Martin
ULOC144:17
Mark O'Brien ind
mp
M21S
6.6km 80m
1
Markus Kainu ind
39:32
2
Ian Cumpstey OUOC 49:39
GOLD
50:37
3
Tom Wright OUOC
57:25
4
Rich Pearson SLOW 58:04
5
Ian Hargreaves KERNO58:28
6
Kevin Willoughby DFOK 60:08
SILVER
60:44
7
Andrew Wood ULOC
60:53
8
Jon Coles MV
61:42
9
Simon Horton LSOC 65:51
10
Andrew Marshall
ind 69:44
11
David Roach
SLOW 70:03
12
Dominic Lawrance SLOW
73:40
13
James Harris
BAOC 75:55
14
Anthony Waller
HAVOC77:11
15
Huw Arthur
OUOC 80:57
BRONZE
80:58
16
Andrew Elliott
SUFFOC85:12
17
Rick Bayne
HAVOC88:58
18
Jaime Reed
OUOC 96:06
19
Ian Craig
OUOC 97:10
20
Peter Finch
ind 130:50
Dylan Underhill DFOK
mp
Chris Flood LSOC
mp
Luke Woodward OUOC
mp
M35L
9.1km 145m
1
Mick Brett LOK
62:57
2
Andrew Reynolds BAOC
65:58
3
Peter Sacares LOK
68:23
4
Steve Jarvis SO
70:58
5
Mark Adams HH
74:57
5
Alan Hickling SAX
74:57
7
Simon Errington HH
78:59
8
Peter Chapman SO
79:11
9
Neil Gostick HH
80:12
GOLD
80:34
10
Mark Johnson
SOS 85:06
11
Jon Darley
GO 92:35
12
Steven Horsler
SMOC 95:08
SILVER
96:41
13
Chris Hawkins
HAVOC 97:08
14
Gavin Andrews
SLOW 102:51
BRONZE
128:55
M35S
5.9km 95m
1
David Saunders HH
47:34
GOLD
52:14
2
Mark Bristow TVOC
53:49
3
Olli Heikkinen LOK
55:33
4
Bryn Taylor GO
58:21
5
Alan Wilson BKO
60:32
SILVER
62:41
6
Tim Keogh MV
75:51
7
Rory Percival HH
82:36
BRONZE
83:35
8
Tim Marlow LOK
84:21
Graham Perry HH
mp
M40L
8.0km 115m
1
Clive Street HH
64:25
2
Simon Martin HH
71:38
3
Paul Beckett HAVOC 74:15
4
John Newton RAFO
75:22
5
Paul Camham SLOW
76:00
GOLD
80:31
6
Steve Dobson SAX
87:26
7
Mark Lyne SOS
90:57
8
Anthony Wadeson WAOC
95:33
SILVER
96:38
9
Mark Wadeson WAOC 100:26
10
Kevin Parkes
HH 107:20
BRONZE
128:50
M40S
5.1km 100m
GOLD
51:20
1
Eric Heritage LEI
54:41
2
Duncan Minty LOK
58:43
SILVER
61:36
3
John Walton SO
68:08
4
Chris Brolly HAVOC 69:17
5
Don Richards SAX
71:38
6
Glen Jones LOK
72:26
7
Paul Lowe SUFFOC76:16
8
Ian Miller LOK
77:33
BRONZE
82:08
9
Hugh McGill NOR
124:52
Simon Moore BKO
mp
Steve Kemp HAVOC
mp
M45L
7.2km 100m
1
Ian Ditchfield MV
47:52
2
Nigel Bush MV
48:03
3
Vince Joyce SO
48:43
4
Frank Edge SN
49:15
5
Andy Robinson SLOW
53:09
6
Richard Beard WAOC
53:56
7
Alan Rosen HH
55:37
8
Stephen Templeton HH
56:00
GOLD
60:16
9
Geoff Pye SOS
62:27
10
Simon Greenwood SAX
62:38
11
Richard Bonnett SOS
66:03
12
Kieran Devine
SO 67:39
13
Mark Thompson
TVOC 68:21
14
Richard Catmur
SLOW 69:35
15
Paul Langston
HH 70:00
SILVER
72:19
16
Andy Bridge
SO 72:27
17
Ian Smith
WAOC 73:10
18
Martin Powell
MV 73:12
19
Simon Blanchflower SAX
76:01
20
Charlie Turner
SLOW 76:39
21
Steve Czyzewicz SOS
79:42
22
Norman King
NOR 80:46
23
Clive Tant
SOS 83:43
24
Andrew Welsh
SMOC 88:34
BRONZE
96:25
25
Hugh Walker
MV 104:53
John Butler DFOK
mp
M45S
4.7km 95m
GOLD
39:20
SILVER
47:12
1
Michael Hill HAVOC 54:23
2
Charles Taylor-Keane TVOC 56:49
BRONZE
62:57
3
Bruce Marshall WAOC
63:15
4
Ian Lawson WAOC
74:55
Peter Hapgood ind
mp
M50L
6.6km 80m
1
Neil Harwood GO
49:15
2
Mike Elliot MV
55:58
3
John Chappell MDDXO56:53
4
Stefan Stasiuk BKO
57:25
5
Alwyn Challacombe HH
58:55
6
Mick Liston RAFO
60:09
7
Paul Greenough TVOC 61:45
8
Colin Webster HH
61:49
9
David Edwards TVOC 62:19
10
Ralph Phipps
TVOC 62:53
11
Glen Wass
BKO 64:53
12
Peter Riches
TVOC 65:02
13
Ricky Wise
SO 66:17
14
Peter Martin
SAX 66:20
GOLD
67:32
15
Chris Shaw
HAVOC68:23
16
Philip Gristwood MV
69:19
17
Alan Williamson
SO 69:29
18
Iain Robertson
TVOC 71:16
19
Dave Bedford
NOR 71:28
20
Richard Blake
LOK 71:42
21
Brian Daniel
HAVOC73:44
22
Harry Goldingay
HH 75:15
23
Peter Ryall
WAOC 76:36
24
Michael Cullen
SN 76:50
25
James McAlpin
SAX 79:49
SILVER
81:03
26
Paul Oates
CROC 84:03
27
Robert Wills
SO 85:18
28
Andy Elliott
CROC 87:19
29
Les Jarrald
NOR 87:59
30
Richard Clark
SLOW 90:51
31
Peter Howsam
WAOC 94:13
BRONZE
108:04
David Kingdon SAX
mp
Eric Brown HH
mp
M50S
4.2km 65m
GOLD
42:59
1
Jon Snepp SAX
48:29
2
Hedley Calderbank HH
48:42
SILVER
51:35
3
Anthony Biggs HAVOC56:25
4
Jim Graham BOFREG57:03
5
Robert Berry GO
57:52
6
Graham Longley SO
59:50
BRONZE
68:46
7
Bob Walker MDDXO76:06
8
Peter Wood CROC
98:28
Dave Stuttard DFOK
mp
Jan Saxl
WAOC mp
Ake Andreasson Gustavsbgs IF mp
M55L
5.9km 95m
1
Jim Prowting TVOC 45:25
2
David May SLOW
53:39
3
John Collyer SOS
55:17
4
Roger Moulding HH
59:10
5
Simon Ling MV
60:09
6
Brian Palmer TVOC 60:13
7
George Normand HH
63:30
GOLD
64:19
8
Mike Perry TVOC
67:54
9
Greg Birdseye LOK
68:03
10
James Morris
GO 68:54
11
Stephen Harris
BAOC 70:42
12
Bob Balding
TVOC 73:33
13
John Ward
NOR 73:34
14
Frank Lyness
SLOW 73:59
15
Brian Straight
HAVOC74:25
16
Les Hooper
SO 74:31
17
Peter Heywood
MV 75:04
SILVER
77:10
18
Victor Wills
SO 86:07
19
Tony Bishop
WAOC 86:32
20
Chris McDonald
MV 87:19
21
James Parker
SO 92:32
BRONZE
102:54
M55S
4.2km 65m
GOLD
45:47
1
Don Monro BOK
46:44
2
Tony Miley HH
52:57
SILVER 54:56
3
Geoff Lee LOK
56:35
4
Tony Grainger HH
56:41
5
John Pennington SOC
57:35
6
Brian Farhall SO
62:31
7
Norman Sanderson TVOC 62:34
BRONZE
73:15
8
John Capeling SAX
96:51
M60L
5.1km
100m
1
John Lewis SMOC
50:59
2
Phil Basford DFOK 52:25
3
Robin Campbell CHIG 56:10
4
David Peregrine WAOC 60:02
5
Peter Bennett BKO
60:08
6
Jeremy Oldershaw SAX
60:31
7
Chris Morley WAOC 62:06
GOLD
64:38
8
John Faller SAX
69:30
9
Andrew Chalmers TVOC
71:53
SILVER
77:33
10
Roy Wood
SN 78:12
11
John Hardy
LOK 91:36
12
David Rose
SMOC 92:42
BRONZE
103:24
M60S
3.5km 65m
GOLD
44:21
SILVER
53:13
1
Geoff Bristow TVOC 55:15
2
Peter Drake SO
69:31
BRONZE 70:58
3
Brian Johnson MDDXO105:27
M65L
4.7km 95m
1
Peter Pratt HH
59:53
2
Peter Leverington NOR 64:00
3
Colin Curtis WAOC 67:28
4
Chris Baker DFOK
68:04
5
John Webb SUFFOC69:20
6
Hugh Braithwaite SO
74:41
GOLD
74:51
SILVER
89:50
7
Anthony Extance SAX
97:33
8
Frank Howarth MV
112:39
BRONZE
119:46
Roy Whitehead MV
mp
M65S
3.1km
45m
GOLD
49:22
1
Keith Ryder HAVOC 53:01
SILVER
59:15
2
Anthony Palmer WAOC 67:28
BRONZE
79:00
M70L
4.2km
65m
1
Ken Hale
SAX 66:41
GOLD
83:21
2
Bernard Potter TVOC 94:41
SILVER
100:01
3
Pat Nelson MV
125:51
BRONZE
133:22
M75S
2.1km
25m
1
John Lear MV
48:10
GOLD
51:53
W10A
2.2km
35m
1
Laura Parkes HH
28:31
GOLD
35:39
2
Louisa Bridge SO
37:11
SILVER
42:46
W12A
2.5km
40m
1
Bryony Crickmore SO
30:22
GOLD
37:57
W14A
3.1km
45m
1
Catriona Richards SAX 52:48
GOLD
66:00
W16A
4.2km
65m
1
Elizabeth Bridge SO
50:05
GOLD
62:36
2
Rachel Lund CHIG
68:09
SILVER
75:07
W16B
3.1km
45m
1
Mhairi Richards SAX
55:01
SILVER
68:46
W18A
4.7km
95m
1
Becky Kingdon SAX
39:01
GOLD
48:46
2
Amy Pennington SOC
51:01
3
Stina Andreasson SLOW 51:12
4
Rosemary Dyer CUOC 51:20
SILVER
58:31
W20L
5.9km
95m
1
Blanka Sengarova CUOC 89:50
GOLD
112:17
W21L
7.2km 100m
1
Heather Monro HALDEN 43:22
2
Julia Jarvis SO
57:36
3
Christine Currie SOC
61:36
4
Pippa Whitehouse OUOC 62:12
5
Rachel Elder CUOC
63:53
6
Lynne Gillespie TVOC
66:01
7
Claire Warner CUOC
66:39
8
Claire Daniel HAVOC
69:54
9
Maire Convery HH
71:14
10
Angela Tyrrell CUOC
72:11
GOLD
74:30
11
Jennifer Thomas SLOW
83:43
12
Chris Robinson SLOW
84:02
13
Alison Bird
CROC 84:29
SILVER
89:24
14
Sarah Francis
SN 91:14
15
Susie O'Connor CUOC
94:53
BRONZE
119:12
16
Oksana Ruzak
CUOC 134:21
W21S
4.7km
95m
GOLD
48:38
1
Caroline Catmur OUOC
50:08
SILVER
58:22
2
Gillian Hanson HH
58:32
3
Sarah Grainger HH
60:55
4
Jennifer Barclay WAOC 63:44
5
Anna Hooper SO
67:49
6
Paula Redpath MDDXO 77:37
BRONZE
77:49
7
Rachel Turner MV
80:54
8
Katherine Gillespie LOK
86:08
9
Selena McGuiness OUOC 89:53
10
Kate Ravilious
ULOC 94:42
11
Alison Smith
LOK 113:35
12
Julie Whittaker LEI
143:31
nc
Nicola King
SLOW 76:35
W35L
5.9km
95m
1
Susan Skinner SN
57:47
2
Joanne Hickling SAX
71:17
3
Kim Giddis DEE
71:29
GOLD
72:14
4
Sandra Vogel MV
86:29
SILVER
86:41
5
Martine Buckle MV
95:06
BRONZE
115:34
Catherine Galvin LOK
mp
Lynne Moore BKO
mp
W35S
4.2km
65m
GOLD
51:25
1
Susan Crickmore SO
55:57
2
Sarah Patton SO
57:37
SILVER
61:42
3
Heather Walton SLOW 68:04
BRONZE
82:16
4
Julie Nelson GO
92:33
Juliette Wiles ind
mp
W40L
5.1km
100m
1
Helen Errington HH
49:55
GOLD
62:24
2
Jackie Chapman SAX
62:44
3
Jenny Nicholls GO
67:13
4
Carol Edwards TVOC 67:37
SILVER
74:52
5
Beverley Black CROC 78:20
6
Anne Jago SAX
85:49
BRONZE
99:50
7
Penny Parkes HH
124:40
Ros Holt
SAX mp
W40S
3.5km 65m
GOLD
42:49
SILVER
51:23
1
Alison Saunders HH
58:43
2
Frances Street HH
62:08
BRONZE
68:31
3
Judy Bridge SO
71:26
4
Amanda Heikkinen LOK
76:39
W45L
4.7km
95m
1
Janet Rosen HH
48:55
2
Kate Thomas SLOW
53:57
3
Janis Ryall WAOC
59:38
4
Anita Kingdon SAX
61:37
5
Noreen Ives WAOC
63:14
GOLD
64:18
6
Virginia Catmur SLOW 71:22
7
Helen Wise SO
71:31
8
Sue Robertson TVOC 76:33
SILVER
77:09
9
Cyd Bush
MV 80:39
10
Jackie Olive
MV 84:39
11
Janet Biggs
HAVOC 84:58
BRONZE
102:52
W45S
3.1km 45m
GOLD
42:24
SILVER
50:53
BRONZE
67:51
1
Maria Marshall WAOC 74:42
W50L
4.2km
65m
1
Val Challacombe HH
51:27
2
Julianna Grant MV
56:03
GOLD
64:19
3
Lesley Brown HH
66:03
4
Frances Goldingay HH
68:10
SILVER
77:10
5
Susan Harris BAOC 82:34
6
Jane Howsam WAOC
96:53
BRONZE
102:54
W50S
3.1km
45m
GOLD
47:28
1
Christine King BOK
48:16
SILVER
56:58
2
Carol Downie DFOK 69:07
BRONZE
75:57
3
Sally Collins BKO
78:11
4
Maureen Webster HH
85:24
W55L
4.2km
65m
1
Jenny Collyer SOS
54:07
GOLD
67:39
2
Ruth Rhodes SO
68:50
3
Bridget Hooper SO
77:21
SILVER
81:11
4
Jaquie Drake SO
81:34
5
Sue Wood
SN 83:34
BRONZE
108:14
6
Geraldine Russell SOS 114:51
W55S
3.1km
45m
GOLD
49:56
SILVER
59:55
1
Cynthia Ling MV
65:35
2
Gillian Grainger HH
69:07
3
Ann Monro BOK
76:52
BRONZE
79:53
4
Wendy Bedford NOR
98:57
W60L
3.5km
65m
1
Clarissa Napier NOR
62:46
GOLD
78:28
2
Sue Vine
NOR 78:34
3
Mary Palmer WAOC
90:09
SILVER
94:09
Joan Miley HH
mp
Ruby Campbell CHIG
mp
W60S
2.1km
25m
GOLD
47:05
1
Sue Parker SO
51:24
2
Sally Ward NOR
52:16
SILVER
56:29
W65L
3.5km
65m
1
Anne Power LOK
61:41
2
Barbara George NOR
65:32
GOLD
77:06
Elizabeth Chalmers TVOC
mp
W65S
2.1km
25m
1
Mary Ryder HAVOC
45:16
GOLD
46:16
W70L
3.1km
45m
1
Dorothy Hale SAX
73:34
GOLD
91:57
COLOUR
CODED
Light Green
1
Tom Baylis SO
36:36
2
Martin O'Connor ind
39:10
3
Aaron Spells SO
39:50
4
Steven Cartwright HAVOC 45:42
5
Lee Elliot ind
46:24
6
Steve Chilton ind
47:03
7
Sally Eccles HAVOC 47:32
8
Dave Norman ind
55:20
9
Steve/Alex Bulman ind 65:39
PAR ===================
10
Sandra Nichol
ind 69:13
11
Joseph/Chris Burgues HAVOC 71:49
12
Karen Tingay
ind 82:47
13
James Keen
ind 104:13
Joe
ind mp
Robert Alexander ind
mp
K Livermore HH
mp
Ashley CarrAshley Ferre ind mp
Orange
1
Grant McQueen SO
25:23
2
Richard Lucas SO
35:30
3
Steven/Alex Bulman ind
40:16
4
Debbie/Alex Ritchings ind 44:32
5
Andrew/Thomas Ritchings ind46:00
6
Matt Bartlett SO
46:55
7
Sarah Horsler SMOC 47:21
PAR ===================
8
James Challis/David Web ind48:05
9 Edwin Power LOK 53:54
10
Kevin/Nicole Ellis SOS
67:23
11
Angela/Chris Bulman ind
77:47
12
Harriet Ellis/EmilyBrow SOS94:57
13
Rina Campbell
ind 100:24
Sarah Spriggs ind
mp
Yellow
1
Erasmus Family ind
38:09
2
Rebecca Harwood ind
39:39
3
Scott Brooks ind
43:19
4
Sheila Lowe SUFFOC 51:24
5
Marina Denysenko ind
52:45
PAR ====================
M Livermore HH
mp
White
1
Rosanna Maycraft CHIG 17:02
2
Luke Brooks LOK
32:54
3
Bethany Hanson HH
35:00
STRING
COURSE
1
Emma/Hayden Erasmus ind
17:00
2
Claire Erasmus ind
20:00
3
Samuel Frances-Eckett SN 23:00
4
Scott Brooks LOK
23:00
5
Luke Brooks LOK
24:00
6
James Corney CHIG 31:00
7
Deborah Moore BKO
34:00
8
Chloe/James Michel ind
34:00
9
James Errington ind
36:00
10
Joseph Moore
BKO 39:00
11
Hannah/Kate Skinner SN 43:00
12
Andrew Geddes
ind 47:00
13 Jocelyn Brett LOK 73:00
ORGANISER'S
COMMENTS
Surprisingly, the the early morning
rain that turned the car park into a quagmire had not been forecast.
But this did not seem to deter the eagerness of competitors keen to get
back into the forest after the long break due to Foot & Mouth. Many
thanks indeed to all those who helped pull/push cars out of the mud before and
after the event.
We had two Start locations this time
and it was unfortunate that they had to be so far from the car park.
Great care was taken to find the shortest and safest routes to the Starts
and no incidents were reported from crossing the busy "A" road.
The great joy after reaching the Starts was to behold Epping Forest in
all its autumnal glory. I hope that
this added to your enjoyment of the event.
On the administrative side, we had a
large EOD for the Badge courses and were lucky to accommodate most competitors.
So please, please pre-book whenever you can as it makes our preparation
so much easier. Also, do not expect
Reception/Registration to be open half an hour before the published time.
I know that you may want the best choice of EOD Badge courses, but staff
still need the chance to set up and be ready for you.
Finally, a big thank you goes to all
those stalwart CHIG's who gave so freely of their time to help before and on the
day. All our plans are futile if you are not there to make it
work.
Paul Corney
PLANNER'S
COMMENTS (SOUTH START, COURSES 1-11)
Epping NW is not a particularly large
area and the decision was taken not to use much of the western escarpment slope
because of fallen trees & undergrowth, thus the reason for the start &
finish position. Also the Epping Forest conservators imposed some restrictions
in the very northern section because of deer. For all these reasons it was a
struggle to get the distance for M21L without introducing complicated loop backs
over previous terrain. In the end all the courses were a little shorter than my
original targets.
I tried to avoid the nastier areas and
keep the running flowing through the nicer parts in the south and also, for
those who crossed the road, in the north section. This I think contributed to
the mins per km; some winning times were certainly faster than previous events
on this area. Most courses were within recommended times, although some were at
the bottom of the range. Overall I tried to get some technical complexity out of
the legs and avoid path runs, and judging by the favourable comments this was
achieved.
My thanks go to Ronan, and Julie, for
their ceaseless enthusiasm and their commitment to ensure that everything went
off ok on the day. Also thanks to all the Chig helpers, particularly Kenth, Tony
& Mark for help in putting out & collecting controls.
Ray Weekes
PLANNER'S
COMMENTS (NORTH START, COURSES 12-17)
We agreed early that a separate
Start/Finish was needed for the junior courses.
This was due to the busy A121 to cross (bet the adults noticed this!) and
the ill defined path system on the southern part of the map.
Anyway, the northern half of the map is regarded as one on the best bits
of Epping Forest - gently undulating and fast run.
It also meant that we could expand this part of the map to 1:10,000 for
the badge entrants. Thanks to John
Pearce and his OCAD skills.
The shortest course, 17, was easy to
plot following the path system. Courses
15 and 16 were more difficult so a taped route between controls 140, 114 &
113 was devised. I hope this did
not result in these courses being less enjoyable.
We also had to incorporate a short
courses 12 for the old 'uns. Although
the times were long, there were no retirals.
The colour coded courses utilised the
1:15,000 maps and were not pre-marked or bagged.
We were able to use the most northern
part of the map for the first time in six years.
It was more runable than previous. We
were also able to keep the herd of deer away from the competitors by moving them
to the eastern corner.
I also hope those long courses
competitors enjoyed this part of the map, although it was a bit disconcerting to
see a number running through the start/finish area.
Fortunately, there were not many people in these areas - a definite
advantage of electronic punching. I
was informed that this was not the optimum route - I'll leave you to decide.
No panics on the day.
The electronic punches worked and all controls remained in position and
all kit was recovered before the rain set in at the end of the day.
Finally, thanks to Ronan and Julie
Cleary for their guidance.
Ray Curtis
Judging by the comments of competitors
immediately after finishing (and since the event), you enjoyed the testing
courses set by the planners. A
number of the senior competitors particularly remarked on the pleasant lack of
optimal path-running routes on their courses.
The senior competitors also enjoyed the rare opportunity of running in
the pleasant northern section terrain.
It is clear from listening to your route descriptions and scanning the
split times that Epping continues to catch out even the most experienced
competitors – small lapses of concentration can cause significant time lost in
relocating. It is a pity that there was not a larger turnout to
appreciate the planners' considerable efforts.
Ray Weekes deserves special praise for coping calmly with replanning the
M21L course when (with 10 days to go and the courses at the printers) the
landowners ruled out the use of a key control site.
The remote parking, starts, finishes
and road-crossings were dictated by the logistics of running a Badge event on
this area and complying with the requests of the landowners who wished to avoid
large concentrations of competitors in the northern section of the area. This put the limited resources of CHIG under severe
pressure. However, the cracks
apparent to us on the day were not for the most part visible to the competitors
and the team coped. The SI
punching worked very well (giving the planners greater freedom without needing
to worry about manned controls or map exchanges), but a hardware failure caused
temporary difficulties with split times and, regrettably, prevented the
production and display of on-the-day results.
Thanks to the two Rays and Paul for
the positive approach they maintained at all times despite any setbacks sent to
test us. Thanks also to Tim
Pribul and John Pearce for all their work in the background (the latter
providing some essential assistance to me when Julie was taken ill in the
immediate run-up to the event). Finally,
thanks to Julie as assistant controller for her considerable input in advance of
the event (illness permitting) and, particularly, on the day of the event where
she left her sick-bed to put in a very full day controlling in the northern
section. It would have been
impossible for me to fulfil my role properly without her given the logistics of
the event.
Ronan Cleary (LOK)
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