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Are we close to the perfect method of organising a colour coded orienteering event?
The competitor can enter on the day, their start time is flexible and can be taken almost as soon as they arrive at the start, the map is pre-printed and they do not have to worry about carrying a flimsy control card so that they can concentrate on the orienteering, they get almost instant results and can compare their errors with those of all the other runners.
The organisers also gain benefit from the use of the electronic punching system. The planner has a similar amount of work. The registration team has to deal with e-card hire, but this will reduce with time. The results team have to enter names as people register, but there are immense benefits with instant result generation and checking. The need for manpower at the start and finish is much reduced.
The main problem that became apparent at this event was the difficulty of predicting exactly how many people want to do each course. My apologies got to those who were asked to return their maps for the use of later runners. These have been replaced for those concerned, but is there an even better way? Can we print maps on demand, or at least some of them? Hire a colour laser printer, and the map can be at the start before the competitor arrives. No waste and no one disappointed.
My thanks go to all those who helped make the event run smoothly. It was a pleasure being organiser.
Ian Jones (WAOC)
I consider myself very lucky in having been able to plan WAOC's first colour coded event at Rowney to use electronic punching. I aimed to use the freedom of not having too worry too much about courses crossing themselves to offer challenging route choices wherever possible on the more technical courses. I hope you found your course interesting. My concerns early on were the dense bracken and profusion of extra tracks made by cyclists. By the day of the event the bracken had subsided to give generally good runnability; the unmarked paths were probably at best a mixed blessing to many of you.
I believe pre-printed maps are a boon to planner and runner alike. The downside is having to gauge numbers for each course. I hope those Red and Blue runners of you who switched courses or had to wait, due to shortages of maps on these courses, still enjoyed the event.
On the weekend of the event I visited every control site at least twice- to place the control and also to either attach the control box or check it was working. I am not sure how this compares with the workload of placing conventional controls and punches, probably a bit more work but not massively more. Programming the control boxes must also be done (not necessarily by the planner) but this proved to be a very quick and easy task.
As this was my first experience of using these new technologies as well as of planning a colour coded event, I appreciated having such a supportive team: Fred Northrop who helped prepare the maps and get them printed; Ian, Bruce and Mark Collis who got me up to speed on SportIdent and who provided excellent event organisation, and most particularly to Steve Hardy for a great deal of useful advice on planning in general and the courses in particular, and in tolerating some possibly quirky choices of control sites.
Peter Woods (WAOC)
This event was a first for many of us. It's certainly the first event I've controlled using electronic punching. It certainly helps with course planning, especially on a relatively small area like Rowney. On the day it certainly made checking before the start simpler and there are no cards to check afterwards. So long as the preparation is done carefully then the event should run more smoothly with fewer helpers.
With overprinting of maps for an entry on the day event you need to either be generous in the number of maps you print or be good at guessing. The guessing was actually pretty good, slightly more competitors than maps on Blue and Red, thanks to those competitors who let us recycle their maps.
Peter produced a good set of courses that used the area well, took advantage of the benefits of electronic punching, and with winning times about right.
Steve Hardy (SMOC/WAOC)
Name Age Club Time
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Elizabeth Pawley W2 Ind 22 min
Brendon Hanson M6 HH 10 min
Bethany Hanson W4 HH 10 min
Angus Robertson M4 WAOC 17 min
Cameron Robertson M2 WAOC 18 min
Amy Wareing W5 HH 7 min
Emily Wareing W3 HH 15 min
Katrina Taylor W9 Ind 4 min
Duncan Taylor M6 Ind 6 min
Jamie Taylor M11 Ind 3 min
Daniel Gear M6 HH 9 min
Katrina Taylor W9 Ind 5 min 2nd run
Duncan Taylor M6 Ind 6 min 2nd run
Jamie Taylor M11 Ind 5 min 2nd run
Alex Middlebrook M1 SMOC 28 min
Kiri Henday W8 7 min
Lavina Henday W5 12 min
Angelique Henday W2 14 min
Christopher Davey M8 Ind 7 min
Helen Davey W5 Ind 12 min
Timothy Byrne M5 SMOC No time recorded. Sorry!
Brendon Hanson M6 HH 7 min 2nd run
Bethany Hanson W4 HH 7 min 2nd run
William Louth M2 WAOC 15 min
Sophie Louth W8 WAOC 6 min
Matthew Allinson M11 TVOC 8 min
Thomas Louth M6 WAOC 5 min
Emma Oliver W5 HH 15 min
Toby Leaker M12 SMOC 5 min
Katy Woods W9 WAOC 5 min
White course - 1.2 km, 35 m, 10 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Michael Johnson M10 TVOC 8:44 7:16
2 Timothy Byrne M5 SMOC 12:46 10:38
3 Jessica Hudson W7 TVOC 13:20 11:06
4 Katy Woods W9 WAOC 13:21 11:07
5 Thomas Louth M6 WAOC 14:45 12:17
6 Angus Robertson M10 WAOC 17:29 14:34
7 Chris Newman M20 Ind 18:03 15:02
8 Duncan Taylor M6 Ind 18:53 15:44
9 Gemma Brackenbury W20 Ind 19:08 15:56
10 James Masters M20 Ind 21:10 17:38
11 Emily Tye W21 Ind 22:04 18:23
12 Sophie Louth W8 WAOC 23:34 19:38
13 William Louth M2 WAOC 26:23 21:59
14 John Davey & Family Ind 27:59 23:19
15 Emma Oliver W5 HH 33:09 27:37
16 Rebecca Fox W5 Ind 38:42 32:15
------------------ Par time -----------------
Hayley Canhan W21 Ind mp
Yellow course - 1.9 km, 32 m, 11 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Andrew Owen M45 WAOC 14:38 7:42
2 Philip Humphries M10 WAOC 17:43 9:19
3 Daniel Allinson M10 TVOC 18:15 9:36
4 Marcus Goode M9 TVOC 18:36 9:47
5 Nathan Stephenson M5 Ind 22:18 11:44
6 Jamie Taylor M11 Ind 24:25 12:51
7 Sarah Middlebrook W21 SMOC 24:46 13:02
8 Thomas Hudson M10 TVOC 25:43 13:32
9 Lucy Stevens W10 SMOC 31:03 16:20
10 Daniel Gear M6 HH 33:48 17:47
------------------ Par time -----------------
11 Claire Medland/Erica W20 Ind 43:28 22:52
12 Nicola Monks/Sarah Hunt W20 Ind 44:07 23:13
13 Claire Madden W10 SMOC 61:03 32:07
14 Amy Wareing W5 HH 72:12 38:00
15 Emily Wareing W3 HH 73:36 38:44
16 Toby Leaker M12 SMOC 86:03 45:17
17 Rosie Ribard W21 Ind 100:30 52:53
Adam Smith M12 WAOC mp
Chris Probert M8 Ind mp
Michael Johnson M10 TVOC mp
Orange course - 3.1 km, 85 m, 13 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Benjamin Read M20 CUOC 31:37 10:11
2 Matthew Johnson M12 TVOC 33:52 10:55
3 David & Jonathan Alland M17+15 Ind 39:46 12:49
4 Jan Howie & Lesley Denn W40+35 WAOC 50:58 16:26
5 Nick Dunham M12 TVOC 52:17 16:51
6 Clare Woods W12 WAOC 54:48 17:40
7 Marilyn Edmunds W50 EOOC 55:48 18:00
8 Edward Louth M10 WAOC 60:06 19:23
9 John Float M65 HAVOC 66:48 21:32
10 Susan Campbell W21 CHIG 67:29 21:46
11 Stewart Rice M4 SMOC 70:11 22:38
------------------ Par time -----------------
12 Matthew Allinson M12 TVOC 72:40 23:26
13 Edwin Power M70 LOK 76:46 24:45
14 Irene Lim W21 Ind 83:26 26:54
15 Nathan Czyzewicz M12 SOS 92:21 29:47
16 Jonathan Pawley Ind 97:01 31:17
17 Sue Owen W21 WAOC 102:21 33:00
18 Rachel Stevens W40 SMOC 106:56 34:29
19 Jean Seymour/Alex/Lucy Ind Family 107:37 34:42
Philip Humphries M10 WAOC mp
Jennifer Hodges W45 SMOC mp
Red course - 5.3 km, 125 m, 17 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 John Last M60 TVOC 51:39 9:44
2 Christophe Restif M21 CUOC 59:36 11:14
3 Geraldene Last W21 TVOC 60:26 11:24
4 Jean Sinclair W35 WAOC 61:17 11:33
5 Sarah Compton W21 Ind 65:26 12:20
6 Helen Taylor W40 Ind 68:33 12:56
7 Heidi Williams W21 Ind 72:43 13:43
8 James Regan M21 Ind 73:22 13:50
9 Alison Marvel W35 Ind 73:25 13:51
10 Chloe Russell W18 SOS 75:12 14:11
11 Kevin Seymour M40 Ind 76:49 14:29
------------------ Par time -----------------
12 David Connell M21 Ind 87:56 16:35
13 Dee Brockway W40 SMOC 89:37 16:54
14 Raul Garrod M50 Ind 104:45 19:45
15 Jennifer Garrod W45 Ind 105:44 19:56
Light Green course - 3.1 km, 110 m, 11 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Stuart Holroyd M21 SMOC 25:33 8:14
2 Martin Humphries M14 WAOC 31:59 10:19
3 Alex Dunham M14 TVOC 34:52 11:14
4 Tim Capron M14 TVOC 34:55 11:15
5 Andy Owen M45 WAOC 37:12 12:00
6 Ian Byrne M40 SMOC 42:54 13:50
7 Tamsin Horsler W21 SMOC 43:09 13:55
8 Keith Ryder M65 HAVOC 46:47 15:05
9 Gina Capron W50 TVOC 51:49 16:42
10 Russ Edwards M40 SUFFOC 51:50 16:43
11 Jenny Gostick W35 HH 52:50 17:02
12 Sarah Edwards W13 SUFFOC 53:13 17:10
13 Janice Allen W35 DVO 54:45 17:39
14 Jenny Pennington W16 WAOC 55:04 17:45
15 Philippa Fenton W40 WAOC 61:39 19:53
------------------ Par time -----------------
16 Philip Brown M21 Ind 62:29 20:09
17 Clare Judd W21 WAOC 64:33 20:49
18 Sally Powell + 2 Ind 67:05 21:38
19 Mary Ryder W65 HAVOC 71:21 23:00
20 Elaine Dunham W40 TVOC 75:46 24:26
21 Barbara Bailey W40 WAOC 77:38 25:02
22 Richard Gibbens + 1 M35+W35 WAOC 82:08 26:29
23 C. Jones W40 Ind 87:34 28:14
24 Jennie Fenton W16 WAOC 89:06 28:44
25 Lynda Robertson W35 WAOC 91:20 29:27
26 Sheila Farnbank W70 NOR 94:39 30:31
n/c Benjamin Read M20 CUOC 44:33 14:22
Emily Cordle W16 SOS mp
Maurice Capper M75 WAOC mp
Bob Farnbank M75 NOR mp
Ryan Fenton M16 WAOC mp
Green course - 4.1 km, 140 m, 16 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Stephen Bingham M40 SMOC 39:36 9:39
2 Chris Morley M60 WAOC 39:38 9:40
3 Adrian Taylor M45 Ind 42:02 10:15
4 David Jones M50 WAOC 43:59 10:43
5 Mark Donovan M35 SMOC 44:34 10:52
6 Robert Titterington M55 LEI 47:23 11:33
7 Jim Wharton M21 HH 49:36 12:05
8 Alan Wakefield M65 SMOC 51:19 12:30
9 Alison Jones W45 WAOC 52:21 12:46
10 Karen Jackson W35 DVO 52:30 12:48
11 Stan Holroyd M55 SMOC 52:49 12:52
12 Vincent Bowdren M21 Ind 54:10 13:12
13 Alexa Troedson W21 Ind 54:51 13:22
14 James Catton M20 CUOC 55:18 13:29
15 David Float M21 HAVOC 57:27 14:00
16 Terry Hodges M50 SMOC 58:00 14:08
17 Nigel Woodcock M50 WAOC 58:03 14:09
18 Peter Leverington M60 NOR 58:15 14:12
19 Andrew Cordle M50 SOS 59:06 14:24
20 Carol Pearce W55 CHIG 59:38 14:32
21 Gillian Hanson W21 HH 59:47 14:34
22 Nicola Gardner W45 WAOC 61:34 15:00
23 Jenny Gebka W35 HAVOC 62:34 15:15
24 Helen Christopher W21 WAOC 63:29 15:29
25 Helen Johnson W21 LOK 63:58 15:36
26 Bernard Potter M70 TVOC 65:21 15:56
27 Peter Lee M50 TVOC 66:04 16:06
28 Julie Whittaker W21 SROC 66:11 16:08
29 John Currie M70 HH 66:18 16:10
30 Catherine Lee W40 TVOC 66:51 16:18
31 Barbara Fothergill W40 HAVOC 66:59 16:20
32 Haydn Leaker M45 SMOC 67:16 16:24
33 Pete Shew M55 Ind 69:14 16:53
------------------ Par time -----------------
34 Chris Bell M50 WAOC 69:23 16:55
35 Ann Sanderson W55 HH 69:41 16:59
36 Anne Whitelock W21 Ind 70:23 17:10
37 Derek Ladkin M65 SOS 71:06 17:20
38 Bianca Sullivan W21 Ind 71:51 17:31
39 Simon Thomas M20 CUOC 72:06 17:35
40 Anne Power W65 LOK 72:36 17:42
41 Parry Glyn M65 HH 73:26 17:54
42 Janet Biggs W45 HAVOC 74:05 18:04
43 Sue Woods W40 WAOC 76:04 18:33
44 Sue Speller W35 WAOC 79:19 19:20
45 Dave Lingham M45 Ind 81:32 19:53
46 Roger Stenson M60 NOR 81:49 19:57
47 Maria Marshall W45 WAOC 82:50 20:12
48 Michael Oliver M40 Ind 82:56 20:13
49 Jennifer Woodward W21 WAOC 84:34 20:37
50 Cath Pennington W45 WAOC 85:32 20:51
51 Wendy Bedford W50 NOR 88:43 21:38
52 Geraldine Russell W55 SOS 90:38 22:06
53 Susie Hall W60 HH 92:22 22:31
54 William Byrne M21 Ind 93:04 22:41
55 John Hawken M45 BKO 94:23 23:01
56 Jacqueline Wastell W35 LOK 95:54 23:23
57 Greg Lee M17 TVOC 97:36 23:48
58 Simon Williams M21 Ind 102:37 25:01
59 Jane Howsam W45 WAOC 105:05 25:37
60 Guy Farnbank M21 NOR 106:44 26:01
61 Hazel Bickle W45 WAOC 112:09 27:21
62 Anne Duncumb W65 WAOC 114:40 27:58
63 Karen Rogers M35 Ind 148:17 36:10
n/c Christophe Restif M21 CUOC 103:02 25:07
Fran Humphrey W50 HALO mp
Craig Sanderson M55 HH mp
Blue course - 6.6 km, 260 m, 20 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Jim Emmines M21 LOK 50:28 7:38
2 Rob Allinson M45 TVOC 54:40 8:16
3 Tim Mulcahy M45 WAOC 60:23 9:08
4 Ian Middlebrook M35 SMOC 61:04 9:15
5 Mike Bickle M50 WAOC 62:24 9:27
6 John Chappell M50 MDDXO 65:22 9:54
7 Brian Daniel M50 HAVOC 66:24 10:03
8 Zbig Gebka M40 HAVOC 67:29 10:13
9 Ian Smith M40 WAOC 67:40 10:15
10 Alistair Lovegrove M21 HH 67:52 10:16
11 Peter Normand M21 Ind 69:04 10:27
12 Geoff Pye M45 SOS 69:46 10:34
13 Gregory M35 Ind 70:09 10:37
14 Carol Whitworth W21 HH 70:49 10:43
15 Geraint Edmunds M50 EOOC 70:52 10:44
16 Peter Ryall M50 WAOC 70:56 10:44
17 Peter Howsam M50 WAOC 71:28 10:49
18 Gerald Munro M35 DVO 71:30 10:50
18 Roger Horton M50 WAOC 71:30 10:50
20 George Normand M55 HH 72:43 11:01
21 Charles Taylor-Keane M45 TVOC 73:02 11:03
22 Claire Daniel W21 HAVOC 73:29 11:08
23 Philip Brown M45 NOR 73:59 11:12
24 John Lewis M60 SMOC 75:29 11:26
25 John Duffield M50 CHIG 76:01 11:31
26 Barry Chilvers M55 WASH 77:08 11:41
27 Malcolm Spencer M40 DVO 77:24 11:43
28 Julia Carpenter W21 WAOC 80:25 12:11
29 Brian Straight M55 HAVOC 80:44 12:13
30 Steven Horsler M21 SMOC 81:18 12:19
------------------ Par time -----------------
31 Michael Hill M45 HAVOC 81:34 12:21
32 Graham Perry M35 HH 84:01 12:43
33 Tony Wilson M50 WAOC 84:32 12:48
34 Mike Pinnock M45 WAOC 84:41 12:49
35 Andrew Elliott M21 SUFFOC 84:43 12:50
36 Les Jarrald M50 NOR 85:28 12:56
37 Bob Hill M40 WAOC 85:36 12:58
38 Paul Lowe M40 SUFFOC 86:24 13:05
39 Anthony Biggs M50 HAVOC 87:09 13:12
40 Steve Clough M35 HH 87:16 13:13
41 Colin Nicholson M55 SMOC 87:23 13:14
42 Jonathan Stevens M45 SMOC 88:05 13:20
43 Robert Mann M55 SOS 88:06 13:20
44 Norman King M40 NOR 90:08 13:39
45 Colin Watts M35 Ind 91:01 13:47
46 Robert Price M40 SMOC 91:27 13:51
47 Malcolm Humphrey M50 HALO 92:12 13:58
48 Ian Lawson M45 WAOC 96:34 14:37
49 Brian Williams M50 WAOC 96:46 14:39
50 John Hardy M55 LOK 109:01 16:31
51 Ken Prior M50 Ind 111:24 16:52
52 Jon Garner M35 WAOC 112:31 17:02
53 Lorna Benson W40 HAVOC 117:19 17:46
54 David Sedgley M60 SMOC 127:17 19:17
55 Gary Waller M40 Ind 144:27 21:53
56 Tony Dewes M40 Ind 145:26 22:02
57 David Scott M40 Ind 146:21 22:10
James Allan M21 DVO mp
Trev Howie M35 WAOC mp
Brown course - 8.2 km, 290 m, 25 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Martin Potter M21 LOK 52:22 6:23
2 Ian Renfrew M21 WAOC 53:59 6:35
3 Robert Campbell M21 CHIG 54:36 6:39
4 Ian Jones M21 WAOC 54:50 6:41
5 Rupert Gladstone M21 NOR 55:32 6:46
6 Graham Watson M21 WAOC 56:21 6:52
7 Neil Humphries M40 WAOC 57:18 6:59
8 Russ Ladkin M21 SOS 58:50 7:10
9 Andy Jackson M35 DVO 59:29 7:15
10 Petr Vanas M21 LOK 62:57 7:40
11 David Bray M45 LEI 63:43 7:46
12 Peter Lake M35 CHIG 64:18 7:50
13 Stephen Williams M35 WAOC 65:22 7:58
14 Jeff Green M21 WAOC 66:51 8:09
15 Neil Northrop M20 WAOC 67:55 8:16
16 Rolf Crook M21 WAOC 68:39 8:22
17 Mark Ford M21 CHIG 68:47 8:23
18 Tim Hall M21 HH 69:23 8:27
19 Glen Richardson M21 LVO 70:14 8:33
20 Neil Gostick M35 HH 71:28 8:42
21 Peter Entwistle M50 BKO 71:56 8:46
22 Paul Beckett M35 HAVOC 71:59 8:46
23 Pete Collins M35 WAOC 76:24 9:19
24 Tweedledee M35 WAOC 77:02 9:23
------------------ Par time -----------------
25 Tweedledum M40 WAOC 83:19 10:09
26 Richard Harrison M50 WAOC 83:33 10:11
27 Paul Langston M45 HH 84:35 10:18
28 Garry Parmenter M50 HAVOC 86:02 10:29
29 Dave Bedford M50 NOR 91:59 11:13
30 Keith Verralls M45 Ind 93:31 11:24
31 Fred Northrop M50 WAOC 94:04 11:28
32 Jenni Barclay W21 NOR 94:19 11:30
33 Steve Czyzewicz M40 SOS 94:52 11:34
34 Chris Markham M40 WAOC 104:36 12:45
35 Ian Clayton M35 Ind 134:10 16:21
Dave Wotton M35 WAOC mp
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