Priory Hill Park

Summer Galloppen - 10 September 2003

Results

Pos  Name                  Time  Comments
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 1   Mark Collis          45:51
 2   Rolf Crook           53:20
 3   Ian Lawson         1:14:22
 4   Julia Wooton       1:15:40
 5   Mike Bickle        1:16:20
 6   Fred Northrop      1:17:22
 7   Marcus Misson      1:18:40
 8   Blanka Sengerova   1:22:45
 9   Hally Hardie       1:37:40
10   Ursula Oxburgh     1:20:12  14 Controls
11   Bruce Marshall       49:30  12 Controls
12   Hazel Bickle         57:00   9 Controls
13   Roger Horton         44:00   6 Controls

Organisers Comments

Well done to the competitors who came along to the newly mapped area in St Neots. I made the course a Map Memory in order to try to squeeze a reasonable length course into a small area which meant that we had competitors criss-crossing the park and some surrounding streets.

Because of the concern that I had about potential vandalism, I chose not to put out "Orienteering Markers" at the controls, which I believed would draw unwanted attention to their existence. This meant that the competitors were trying to seek out a four inch square laminated section of map which in the reducing light meant that despite finding the correct location, it was a struggle to find the actual control, which is not what orienteering is about. Nevertheless, it was the same for everyone. In spite of the approach taken, we still managed to "lose" one control half way through the evening. Number six "Southern Tree" had its control removed. Those competitors that struggled on regardless, have obviously not been not additionally penalised.

Maurice Hemingway

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