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After positioning the start and finish in the open, I divided the map into three areas, each encompassing different terrain. All the courses went to the north east with dense vegetation and a good ditch network. Most the courses went to the west where varied vegetation and a few point features called for more careful navigation. I took as many courses as possible to the south to explore the numerous reentrants and holly bushes. Unfortunately, the frequent paths throughout Maulden Woods somewhat spoils the fun.
SI electronic punching again proved successful and popular, and this time with a large rucksack, I found it possible to carry about 15 controls at a time. Control 113 was temporarily, mysteriously repositioned, but within sight of its correct spur. Some of the numbers blew off, which was my mistake. I took advantage of the electronic punching to continue the trend of reducing the control count. This reduces the workload for the planner and potentially leads to more route choice for the competitor. Inevitably there will be more or longer long legs. The brown course was squeezed onto a single map; this seemed to work, and reduced printing costs.
I'd like to thank my controller Norman King for solid advice with his relaxed, helpful attitude. Thanks are also due to Fred and Dave for their patience, as the map printing got postponed to the last print day before the event. This was to accommodate a change of symbol size. The organization was very slick, thanks to Tony Wilson, the Marshall family, and all those who helped on the day. I was particularly impressed by the unmanned electronic finish as the numbers thinned later in the day (help was still available at the download tent). Thanks for running through Maulden Woods.
Rolf Crook (WAOC)
After such a prolonged spell of wet weather it came as a great relief to find the forecast was correct for once and Sunday turned out to be for the most part pleasantly sunny, making, I hope, a pleasant run for all and a rewarding day for all those involved in making it happen. The morning started windy and putting up the tent at 7:30 proved to be a bit of a struggle. I had nightmare visions of the tent taking off during the day, which with all the SI equipment could have led to disaster, but fortunately there were secure fences to tie it down to. Come start time the wind had dropped to more of a breeze, so that concern went away.
A fair size group of very serious looking twitchers arriving fairly early on then gave me worries of possible confrontation but they asked if there were areas where we wouldn't be running and then proceeded into the woods apparently not too concerned. Upon their departure a couple of hours later they seemed happy enough - evidence I hope that Orienteering doesn't cause too much disturbance to the local wildlife.
SI punching certainly brings a number of changes which will take some getting used to - but changes which must be good for the competitor and certainly make the Organiser's job easier, like a much simpler Start set-up without the need for synchronised clocks and a virtually unmanned Finish (which in effect is now just another control). It also relieves the Organiser of the task of checking and entering the results, enabling instant results and instant printout of split times - good for those discussions immediately after finishing with fellow competitors of what went wrong where, etc.
Many thanks to all those helping on the day, who made my day easy by just getting on with their allotted activities without fuss and hopefully then still finding time to get in a run.
Found: set of Pokemon cards. Contact me (Tony) to retrieve.
Tony Wilson (WAOC)
Well, in the last 12 years of Orienteering in East Anglia this was my first visit to Maulden Woods. I was pleasantly surprised at the contours and challenges in the South of the map. I keep forgetting there are hills in East Anglia. I also enjoyed the West part of the map which it was possible to run direct to controls. I visited the controls 4 times and always experienced something new, to see the deer at 8am in the morning brings you back to reality and lets you forget the "rat race" for a few hours. Over the weeks the rain came and each visit saw the streams rising and the dry depressions becoming wetter. By race day depression 141 was overflowing and the control had to be hung North of the ditch, if Rolf had hung it as marked you would all have been in 3 foot of water. Luckily for the younger competitors this did not affect them.
Many thanks for all the positive comments we received. I know Rolf worked hard on his courses and thanks to him for the excellent courses he planned. The only complaint we received was on the Brown Course where control 116 (16 for Brown) could appear like a number 6. One competitor ran from 5 to 16 and realised "his error" when he got there. We thought long and hard about using 1:10,000 circles or 1:15,000 circles and opted for 1:10,000. I saw the maps at 1:10,000 circles so I can only apologise if it spoiled your run.
I am a big fan of SI and could see on the day how much manpower it can save a club. One thing I had not considered is that SI also keeps you quickly up to date on who is out on the courses. As long as everybody has downloaded then it is a bonus for the Organiser and Controller alike. I hope you are all getting used to SI and I look forward to using it again.
Norman King (NOR)
White course - 1.3 km, 5 m, 7 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 William Eaton M6 LEI 19:26 14:56
2 Katherine Eaton W4 LEI 20:02 15:24
3 Peter Towers M12 WAOC 21:55 16:51
4 Emma Oliver W5 HH 22:58 17:40
5 Katy Woods W9 WAOC 24:56 19:10
6 Bethany Hanson W14 HH 25:04 19:16
7 Pancutt Family W3 Ind 37:29 28:50
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Yellow course - 2.4 km, 20 m, 10 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Philip Humphries M10 WAOC 26:32 11:03
2 Pierre Beecroft M12 Ind 29:07 12:07
3 Christopher Davey M8 Ind 32:02 13:20
4 Mark Barrett M21 DMU 32:48 13:40
5 James Rowland M21 DMU 33:45 14:03
6 Matt Mundie M20 DMU 34:52 14:31
6 Jade Birdsall & Jessica W12 Ind 34:52 14:31
8 Hayley Birdsall & Sara W12 Ind 35:45 14:53
9 Scott Rosborough & Adam M12 Ind 41:13 17:10
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10 Laura Parkes W10 HH 43:25 18:05
11 Philip Wright M6 WAOC 54:19 22:37
12 Adam Smith M12 WAOC 61:46 25:44
13 H E Biggs M80 HAVOC 72:19 30:07
14 Amy Wareing W5 HH 74:08 30:53
15 Watkins Family W3 Ind 77:05 32:07
16 Taylor Family M2 WAOC 78:35 32:44
17 Emily & Louise W2 HH 80:59 33:44
Orange course - 3.0 km, 25 m, 10 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Nathaniel Leaker M14 SMOC 35:51 11:57
2 John Hadler M45 Ind 36:08 12:02
3 Lewis Hadler M12 Ind 38:12 12:44
4 David Nicholson M7 WAOC 49:23 16:27
5 Adam Taylor M8 WAOC 49:31 16:30
6 Jordan Taylor M6 WAOC 49:38 16:32
7 Sarah Edwards W12 SUFFOC 61:08 20:22
8 Orla Brennan W21 DMU 64:35 21:31
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9 Shona Murray W20 Ind 65:40 21:53
10 Niamh Fallow W21 Ind 66:39 22:13
11 Katrin Sengerova W8 WAOC 70:42 23:34
12 Toby Leaker M12 SMOC 73:25 24:28
13 Pawley Family W2 Ind 101:33 33:51
14 Jean Seymour + 3 Ind 138:08 46:02
Jamie Lawson M14 WAOC wrong 1-2
Red course - 5.1 km, 85 m, 12 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Jonathan Love M35 WAOC 56:18 11:02
2 David Connell M21 Ind 56:57 11:10
3 Dee Brockway W40 SMOC 69:15 13:34
4 Jean Sinclair W35 WAOC 69:50 13:41
5 Ian Waite M40 RAFO 70:30 13:49
6 Maurice Crook M60 Ind 76:28 14:59
7 Heidi Williams W21 Ind 84:06 16:29
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8 Charles Von Schmider M21 Ind 86:39 16:59
9 Kevin Seymour M40 WAOC 87:57 17:14
10 Nick Holman M21 Ind 97:56 19:12
11 Aliciccio G Higuervelo W21 Ind 162:08 31:47
Robert Holt M50 WAOC wrong 8-11
David Carter M45 WAOC retd
Light Green course - 3.1 km, 70 m, 9 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Martin Humphries M14 WAOC 45:19 14:37
2 Clare Judd W21 WAOC 46:21 14:57
3 Shirley Oliver W21 HH 49:26 15:56
4 ? Kay M55 HH 53:58 17:24
5 Tamsin Horsler W21 SMOC 55:24 17:52
6 Barbara Bailey W40 WAOC 59:46 19:16
7 Chris Bell M50 WAOC 60:03 19:22
8 Ryan Fenton M16 WAOC 60:52 19:38
9 Joan Miley W60 HH 61:29 19:50
10 Clare Woods W12 WAOC 62:51 20:16
11 Graham Parkes M12 HH 62:57 20:18
12 Mike Gardner M40 WAOC 63:55 20:37
13 Paul Firman M45 WAOC 65:53 21:15
14 Emily Cordle W16 SOS 66:03 21:18
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15 Philippa Fenton W40 WAOC 71:05 22:55
16 Anne Duncumb W65 WAOC 74:36 24:03
17 Colin Fenton M55 WAOC 75:18 24:17
18 Jennie Fenton W16 WAOC 76:17 24:36
19 Sylvia Davidson W50 HH 96:45 31:12
Jennifer Crook W55 Ind wrong 2
Green course - 4.5 km, 75 m, 12 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Graham Louth M35 WAOC 43:33 9:40
2 Alan Wakefield M65 SMOC 47:00 10:26
3 Mark Donovan M35 SMOC 47:36 10:34
4 Bruce Marshall M45 WAOC 51:39 11:28
5 Alison Fox W21 WAOC 54:41 12:09
6 Felicity Lee W16 TVOC 54:50 12:11
7 Steve Hardy M45 WAOC 56:30 12:33
8 Helen Christopher W21 WAOC 56:51 12:38
9 Andrew Cordle M50 SOS 57:17 12:43
10 John Shaw M50 SMOC 57:18 12:44
11 Catherine Lee W40 TVOC 57:53 12:51
12 Haydn Leaker M45 SMOC 58:59 13:06
13 Vince Bowdren M21 Ind 59:11 13:09
14 Simon Gardner M12 WAOC 59:45 13:16
15 Bernard Potter M70 TVOC 61:34 13:40
16 Neil Eaton M35 LEI 62:23 13:51
17 Ann Harris W45 SMOC 63:01 14:00
18 Rosie Shaw W50 SMOC 64:24 14:18
19 Peter Lee M50 TVOC 64:34 14:20
20 Simon Thomas M20 CUOC 65:05 14:27
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21 Russ Edwards M40 SUFFOC 65:40 14:35
22 Maureen Webster W50 HH 65:51 14:38
23 Jane Breed W45 HH 65:53 14:38
24 Adam Wright M15 WAOC 65:54 14:38
25 Richard Gibbens M35 WAOC 67:06 14:54
26 Elliott Stephenson M14 SMOC 70:55 15:45
27 Andrew Harries M50 WAOC 71:00 15:46
28 Mary Batten W50 WAOC 75:41 16:49
29 Maria Marshall W45 WAOC 76:17 16:57
30 Glyn Parry M65 HH 77:38 17:15
31 Ursula Oxburgh W65 WAOC 86:24 19:12
Jenny Gostick W35 HH retd
Cath Pennington W45 WAOC wrong 11
Blue course - 6.3 km, 110 m, 16 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Richard Harris M45 SMOC 55:50 8:51
2 Neil Gostick M35 HH 58:29 9:16
3 Philip Brown M45 NOR 61:11 9:42
4 Ian Middlebrook M35 SMOC 62:40 9:56
5 Steven Horsler M21 SMOC 64:55 10:18
6 Ian Smith M40 WAOC 66:25 10:32
7 John Lewis M60 SMOC 68:53 10:56
8 Mike Bickle M50 WAOC 71:04 11:16
9 Charles Taylor-Keane M45 TVOC 71:05 11:16
10 Julia Carpenter W21 WAOC 72:15 11:28
11 Roger Horton M50 WAOC 74:12 11:46
12 Tony Miley M55 HH 74:57 11:53
13 Val Challacombe W50 HH 75:21 11:57
14 Robert Price M40 SMOC 76:21 12:07
15 Graham Perry M35 HH 76:45 12:10
16 Andrew Welsh M45 SMOC 77:34 12:18
17 Tony Wilson M50 WAOC 77:42 12:20
18 Brian Williams M50 WAOC 78:17 12:25
19 Paul Lowe M40 SUFFOC 81:45 12:58
20 Blanka Sengerova W18 WAOC 82:28 13:05
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21 Sue Woods W40 WAOC 84:46 13:27
22 Nicola Gardner W45 WAOC 85:04 13:30
23 Colin Curtis M65 WAOC 85:14 13:31
24 Lesley Brown W50 HH 89:12 14:09
25 Jon Batten M50 WAOC 90:29 14:21
26 Janis Ryall W45 WAOC 92:16 14:38
27 Anthony Biggs M50 HAVOC 97:21 15:27
28 Ian Lawson M45 WAOC 100:14 15:54
29 Jon Garner M35 WAOC 100:51 16:00
30 Penny Parkes W40 HH 107:54 17:07
31 Frances Goldingay W50 HH 119:27 18:57
Andrew Merritt M21 WAOC wrong 4
n/c Rolf Crook M21 WAOC 57:36 9:08
Brown course - 8.3 km, 145 m, 19 controls
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
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1 Ian Jones M21 WAOC 58:25 7:02
2 Peter Lake M35 CHIG 65:17 7:51
3 Neil Humphries M40 WAOC 65:54 7:56
4 Dave Wotton M35 WAOC 72:58 8:47
5 Pete Collins M35 WAOC 76:42 9:14
6 Stephen Searle M45 NOR 78:01 9:23
7 Marcus Misson M21 WAOC 78:36 9:28
8 Mark Collis M21 WAOC 79:57 9:37
9 Stephen Ware M21 SMOC 80:14 9:40
10 Colin Webster M50 HH 81:09 9:46
11 Alwyn Challacombe M50 HH 81:22 9:48
12 Helen Lloyd W40 NOR 86:22 10:24
13 Tweedledee M35 WAOC 87:08 10:29
------------------ Par time -----------------
14 Giles Henday M21 Ind 88:24 10:39
15 Peter Woods M40 WAOC 90:43 10:55
16 Kevin Parkes M40 HH 95:23 11:29
17 Tweedledum M40 WAOC 99:26 11:58
18 Ken Wickham M60 HH 120:29 14:30
19 Eric Brown M50 HH 123:40 14:53
20 Ian Clayton M35 WAOC 128:10 15:26
21 William Robinson M21 Ind 174:09 20:58
Harry Goldingay M50 HH wrong 5
Geraldine Russell W55 SOS retd
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