Dry Drayton

Summer Galoppen - 29 June 2005

Results

Long Course 5.6km

Pos  Name                                Club  Time
 1   Rolf Crook                          WAOC  31:39
 2   Simon Gardner                       WAOC  39:39
 3   Marcus Misson                       IND   42:09
 4   Blanka Sengerova                    WAOC  42:52
 5   Julia Crook                         WAOC  45:30
 6   Frances Cooper                      WAOC  49:21
 7   Roger Horton                        WAOC  49:29
 8   Lindsey Freeman                     WAOC  52:35
 9   Ian Lawson                          WAOC  55:26
10   Nicola Gardner                      WAOC  60:45
11   Helen Bickle                        WAOC  67:42

     John Sutcliffe                      WAOC  34:47 (w1, m6-18)

Medium Course 3km

Pos  Name                                Club  Time
 1   Hazel Bickle                        WAOC  36:33
 2   Paul Hill                           WAOC  41:20
 3   Neil & Theodore Harris              IND   58:36
 4   Liz & Daisy Manson & Anne Mitchell  IND   66:30

Very Short Course 260m

Pos  Name                                Club  Time
 1   Claire Cole, Daniel & John run 2    IND    2:31
 2   Claire Cole, Daniel & John run 1    IND    3:03

Organisers Comments

This event was run by West Anglian Orienteering Club in collaboration with Dry Drayton Feast Week and was well supported by WAOC members, although there was a disappointing response from Dry Drayton villagers. I hope that those who did come along to try the orienteering enjoyed the event in spite of the unsettled weather. There were a few short sharp showers and several rumbles of thunder which may well have put some people off. However it brightened up and we were later rewarded with the sight of a magnificent rainbow.

In the Very Short Course Claire Cole, Daniel & John did amazingly well and even took a whole half minute off their time in their second run. Neil and Theodore Harris and Liz & Daisy Manson & Anne Mitchell tackled the longer Medium Course and put in some good times in comparison with the more experienced WAOC runners. Well done all of you!

There was some serious competition in the long course but Rolf Crook finished well clear at the top with an excellent run. John Sutcliffe's time was also very respectable but it was not to be a successful evening for him. He mispunched at the very first control (101 path junction instead of 102 stile) then lost his pen so he could not write down the numbers of the thirteen lamp posts which were being used as controls over in Bar Hill. Sorry John, but I really did have to disqualify you!

Many thanks to all those WAOC members who helped out on the night with all the various tasks, and especial thanks to everyone who came along and took part to make it all worthwhile. I hope that everyone including John enjoyed themselves.

Fred Northrop

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