Milton CP

Summer Galloppen - 4 August 2004

Results

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Double Score Event

60 mins Juniors, 45 mins Seniors

Pos  Name                P1  P2  Pen  Tot   Time
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 1   Rolf Crook          360 360   0  720  27:26
 2   Roger Horton        360 360   0  720  29:01
 3   Ian Jones           360 360   0  720  33:11
 4   Martin Bailey       360 360   0  720  36:38
 5   Lindsay Freeman     360 360   0  720  38:42
 6   Julia Wotton        360 360   0  720  40:09
 7   Ian Lawson          360 360   0  720  42:00
 8   Bruce Marshall      360 360   0  720  44:47
 9   Russell Ladkin      330 360   0  690  35:00
10   Penny Bickle        330 360   0  690  38:28
11   Chris Thorne        340 360  10  690  45:04
12   Mike Bickle         330 320   0  650  40:59
13   Jean Sinclair       290 300   0  590  44:09
14   Frances Cooper      330 310  50  590  49:37
15   Anita Buxton        360 230  10  580  45:18
16   Helen Bickle        330 280 140  470  58:25
17   Maria Marshall      360  50  20  390  46:26
18   Hally Hardie        N/A 360   0  360  28:05
19   Hazel Bickle        360 250 250  360  69:43
20   Ed Bailey (Junior)  290 100  40  350  63:05

Organisers Comments

With the good weather and large turnout the event was very satisfying for me and I believe from the comments I received that the competitors enjoyed it too.

As Milton Country Park is quite small I thought a "double score" event would give you all a good run and stretch at least most of you to keep within the 45 minute time limit. The format seems to have worked as many of you returned in quite a sweat!

The Park is mainly a network of footpaths circumnavigating the two main lakes. The undergrowth fluctuates considerably during the seasons and in the summer the nettles are man-eating in places. Going straight through the thickets is not usually a good ploy at the Park. Control 4 (ZQ Large Embankment - S Side) on Part 1 caught out a few runners who failed to locate the control under the canopy a few metres from the nearby track junction. I apologise for the map error of the absent Fishing Platform near control 14 that misled a few of you counting platforms from the north - those approaching from the south had no such problem. When I received the printed maps I was forced to make some last minute changes since all the fishing platforms had mysteriously vanished, leaving only the lead-in footpaths - apart from the one mentioned.

May I please thank all of those who took part and especially Rolf who invited me to organise the event in the first place. Thanks also to Ursula Oxburgh who kindly printed the maps at very short notice.

Tim Mulcahy

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