Chicksands Wood Colour-coded event
21 April 2002
Final Results
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Chicksands Wood Colour-coded event
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| Shortcuts to courses: | White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Light Green, Green, Blue, |
| Links to: | Split times, Progressograph |
Everything was on my side for this event. The weather was perfect on the day, and also had been dry enough beforehand to allay any fears of parking becoming difficult on the grass. I apologise to the very last finishers who may have found there was no water left for drinks- Chicksands is a long way from a tap!
I was pleased with the turnout, which included several families and individuals new to the sport. I hope you enjoyed your experience and that we see you again at future events.
Rolf made life easy for me, especially by providing a very compact siting of the Start and Finish.
I had a brand new contact list to help me find all the helpers I needed at quite short notice. As ever, the success of the event depends on all those who agreed to help in advance. Many helpers are involved at registration, where we aim to allocate start times to separate out entrants on each course by a suitable margin. This is intended to avoid queues at the start, space people out so the first legs do not become crowded, and also gives the results team a chance to enter your details into the computer before you finish. I believe this extra effort is justified, but does require us all to observe the allocated start times and so please do note Keith’s comments!
This aside, the day seemed to go very well. I hope it did for you also.
Peter Woods (WAOC)
I'd like to thank controller Keith Downing for his valuable advice and
understanding when I made numerous course changes including the start. I'd like
to thank organiser Peter Woods and the efficient team he assembled. I'd also
like to thank Fred Northrop who sorted the maps, forester Steve Knight, and
Forest Enterprise. And thanks to everyone who turned up, as that's what makes
the planners job worthwhile.
I understand there was some confusion at the start. A few competitors mistook
the first control on the white course for the start kite. I agree that they were
rather close and that was something I hadn't considered when planning. Sorry
about that.
I positioned the start and finish further into the forest than in previous
years. This was to take the white and yellow through the more interesting and
scenic parts of the forest. I like to position the start, finish, and download
nearby whenever possible.
Longer courses visited all parts of this small forest. I tried to keep you off
the paths. Some parts of the forest were a bit thick, and I think that accounts
for the longer course times. Possibilities for long route choice legs were
rather stifled by the extensive path network and the isolated OOB areas. And of
course, I avoided the worst of the thorn bushes! Hope you enjoyed your run.
Rolf Crook (WAOC)
Every controller dreams of an event where all the hard work is done by the planner, every control site can be trusted as being totally reliable and all they have to do is make a profound comment to show they are paying attention and then stay in bed for a leisurely lie-in on the day of the event – oh, and have a bright sunny day with blankets of spring flowers. This was the nearest I’ve come to it. Rolf worked hard to squeeze some intricate courses in to the small area of Chicksands which was made much more difficult due to the dense track network.
I think most of you will agree that his courses got it just about right, although the spread of times from first to last in each course was extremely wide. I was a bit concerned that Orange and Red might have appeared a bit difficult to less experienced competitors, but the courses complied with every aspect of the guidelines. E-punching might have come as a surprise to some of you but allows the maximum benefit to be squeezed out of a small area.
Unfortunately it also presents other opportunities for people to stretch the system and cause problems they probably never thought about.
In particular, some people managed to lose track of time on the shortest of possible walks to the start, probably because they thought that with a punching start it didn’t matter. The rules state that competitors should start with one minute between them and if this had been enforced, some of you would have had to wait at least 20 minutes or even more. Even though the start team did not try to enforce this, it did put unnecessary pressure on the small team who have enough to do in the normal sequence of events without having to cope with the extra problems of late starters who were blissfully unaware of the chaos they were causing. Be warned, you might not always be treated so leniently.
Keith Downing (SMOC)
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Name Club Age Time -------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----- Alexandra Fox WAOC W3 17:00 Alexandra Fox WAOC W3 13:45 Bethany Hanson HH W5 10:00 Brendan Hanson HH M7 10:00 Catherine Hemingway WAOC W2 13:15 Duncan Taylor WAOC M7 06:00 Edward Louth WAOC M12 03:15 Helen Gardner WAOC W15 03:08 Jamie Taylor WAOC M13 03:50 Jocelyn and Oliver Brett LOK W2 & M1 24:30 Katrina Taylor WAOC W10 03:30 Katrina Taylor WAOC W10 04:45 Katy Woods WAOC W11 04:45 Sarah Horsler SMOC W1 27:15 Simon Gardner WAOC M13 03:15 Sophie Louth WAOC W10 04:15 Sophie Louth WAOC W10 04:45 Thomas Hemingway WAOC M6 08:55 Thomas Louth WAOC M8 05:30 Timothy Byrne SMOC M7 11:30 William Louth WAOC M4 10:00 |
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White course - 1.6 km, 30m, 10 controls |
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Pos. Name Age Club Time
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1 Duncan Taylor M7 WAOC 12:59
2 Thomas Hemingway M10 WAOC 18:05
3 Timothy Byrne M7 SMOC 19:08
4 A., L. and J. Seymour W10/8/40 WAOC 24:03
5 Benjamin Scott M6 WAOC 26:10
6 Beth Hanson w5 HH 27:34
----------------- Par time = All finishers -----------------
nc Helen Gardner W16 WAOC 8:06
nc Simon Gardner M14 WAOC 8:28
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Yellow course - 2.5 km, 40m, 11 controls |
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Pos. Name Age Club Time
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1 Thomas Louth M8 WAOC 20:48
2 Katrin Sengerova W10 WAOC 23:18
3 Bonnie Macnab W8 IND 24:50
4 Tom Glen M10 IND 32:13
5 Sarah & Tamsin Horsler W1/W35 SMOC 33:14
---------------- Par time = 50% of starters ----------------
6 William Louth + 1 M4 WAOC 46:51
7 Duncan Taylor M7 WAOC 50:52
8 Alexandra Fox W3 WAOC 54:39
9 Harry Biggs M80 HAVOC 69:08
nc Rolf Crook M21 WAOC 11:44
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Orange course - 3.4 km, 50m, 13 controls |
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Pos. Name Age Club Time
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1 Laura Parkes W10 HH 63:45
2 Pamela Hemingway W40 WAOC 65:49
3 G. Parkes & D. Slack M14 HH 77:54
4 Philip Humphries M12 WAOC 79:48
5 Helen Taylor W40 WAOC 90:07
6 Adam Smith M14 WAOC 91:06
7 Janet Watts W50 IND 93:35
---------------- Par time = 50% of starters ----------------
8 Lucy Stevens W12 SMOC 103:48
9 Sophie Louth W10 WAOC 105:34
10 ? Glen W9 IND 106:44
11 Stacey Dazley W14 IND 138:56
Norman Brown M50 IND mp
Katy Woods W11 WAOC mp
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Red course - 4.6 km, 50m, 13 controls |
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Pos. Name Age Club Time
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1 Janis Ryall W50 WAOC 55:26
2 Nick McWilliam M35 IND 61:40
3 Frank Haddleton M40 IND 69:30
4 Kevin Seymour WAOC 77:28
5 Steve Johnson M44 WAOC 78:47
---------------- Par time = 50% of starters ----------------
6 Ashleigh & Steve Watson W14/M45 IND 98:23
7 Karen Barber W35 IND 100:43
Karen Tingay W21 IND mp
Sean & Sue Watson M10/W45 IND mp
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Light Green course - 3.3 km, 40m, 12 controls |
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Pos. Name Age Club Time
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1 Helen Gardner W16 WAOC 29:37
2 Nick McWilliam M35 IND 37:46
3 Jamie Taylor M14 WAOC 40:33
4 Simon Gardner M14 WAOC 43:47
5 Ian Byrne M45 SMOC 53:41
6 Jitka Sengerova W45 WAOC 54:37
7 Maurice Hemingway M45 WAOC 56:53
8 Ian Scott M35 WAOC 58:35
---------------- Par time = 50% of starters ----------------
9 Sue Mullis W45 SOS 71:03
10 Allison Stewart W40 IND 86:25
11 ? Kay W50 IND 91:35
12 Anne Duncumb W70 WAOC 92:42
13 Edwin Power M70 LOK 99:23
14 Lorraine Houghton W45 WAOC 101:02
Williamson Family W6 HH mp
John Wickersham M60 WAOC mp
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Green course - 4.4 km, 40m, 12 controls |
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Pos. Name Age Club Time
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1 Chris Brown M50 WAOC 47:08
2 Robin Barris M65 HH 48:31
3 Gillian Hanson W35 HH 52:36
4 Martin Humphries M16 WAOC 53:29
5 Patrick McNeill M55 IND 53:48
6 Dave Tookey M45 HH 56:11
7 Alison Fox W35 WAOC 56:18
8 Bob Blows M45 WAOC 59:04
9 Colin Curtis M65 WAOC 59:34
10 Keith Ryder M65 HAVOC 61:48
11 Phil Brown M21 IND 62:24
12 Seonaid Dudley W60 WCH 64:58
13 Guy MacKenzie M37 WAOC 66:54
14 Martin Senger M50 WAOC 67:14
15 Clare Woods W14 WAOC 67:34
16 Edward Louth M12 WAOC 69:22
17 John Thickett M60 IND 69:57
--------------------- Par time = 70:42 ---------------------
18 Sue Speller W40 WAOC 71:26
19 Andrew Inkersole M45 WAOC 73:00
20 Berny Profit W40 IND 74:08
21 Jane Howsam W50 WAOC 75:18
22 Trevor Wilkinson M50 WAOC 75:37
23 Anne Power W70 LOK 77:29
24 C. Ottaway & P. McCarthy W21 IND 79:56
25 Jane Breed W50 HH 83:30
26 Andy Mitham M21 IND 85:55
27 Bob Kay M55 HH 87:43
Alan Wakefield M70 SMOC mp
Chris Page M50 WAOC mp
Peter Woods M45 WAOC mp
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Blue course - 6.6 km, 75m, 18 controls |
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Pos. Name Age Club Time
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1 Luke McNeill M21 OUOC 47:18
2 Neil Humphries M40 WAOC 54:39
3 Mike Murray M55 SLOW 57:20
4 Adrian Taylor M45 WAOC 58:12
5 Roger Williams M40 SMOC 58:48
6 Charlie Turner M45 SLOW 59:47
7 Stephen Bingham M40 SMOC 59:57
8 Ali Robertson M21 WAOC 61:18
9 Tim Mulcahy M50 WAOC 62:51
10 Steven Horsler M35 SMOC 62:53
11 Mike Hampton M55 OD 63:21
12 Graham Louth M40 WAOC 64:10
13 Kate Brett W35 LOK 65:06
14 John Ward M55 OD 65:53
15 Ian MacNab M45 IND 65:54
16 Gordon Parker M35 SLOW 66:39
17 Ian Smith M45 WAOC 66:54
18 Hally Hardie M60 WAOC 70:23
19 Anthony Wadeson M45 WAOC 70:25
20 Blanka Sengerova W20 WAOC 70:28
21 Roger Horton M55 WAOC 70:46
22 Steve Nobbs M45 NOR 70:51
23 James Hudson M21 WAOC 71:41
24 Mark Collis M21 DRONGO 72:31
25 Derick Wheelhouse M47 IND 72:39
26 Julia Wotton W35 WAOC 72:49
27 Anthony Wiskich M21 IND 73:44
28 Kevin Parkes M40 HH 74:08
29 Lindsey Freeman W50 WAOC 75:12
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30 Helen Christopher W21 WAOC 77:03
31 Bob Hill M45 WAOC 77:16
32 Barry Breed M55 HH 77:27
33 Mark Collins M35 WAOC 78:39
34 Hedley Calderbank M50 HH 80:01
35 Jan Saxl M50 WAOC 80:34
36 Tony Wilson M50 WAOC 81:35
37 Jonathan Stevens M45 SMOC 81:39
38 Paul Lowe M40 SUFFOC 81:48
39 Geoff Bysouth M35 IND 85:48
40 Peter Howsam M50 WAOC 86:00
41 Nicola Gardner W45 WAOC 88:02
42 Andrew Cordle M50 SOS 89:10
43 Peter Ryall M50 WAOC 90:12
44 Clive Wrench M60 TVOC 90:14
45 Noreen Ives W45 WAOC 91:24
46 Ian Lawson M45 WAOC 91:29
47 Vincent Bowdren M21 WAOC 95:39
48 Caroline Louth W40 WAOC 95:52
49 Anthony Biggs M50 HAVOC 99:26
50 Clive Coles M55 SUFFOC 102:06
51 Gail Parker W40 SLOW 105:55
52 Ian Clayton M35 WAOC 108:26
53 Penny Parkes W40 HH 108:35
54 Maria Marshall W50 WAOC 112:31
55 Chris Bell M50 WAOC 112:47
Bruce Marshall M50 WAOC mp
Darrell Smith M35 CHIG mp
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