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Two things were new for me at this event: Laser printed maps, and electronic communication with the Planners.
Having been to all the recent National events where the quality of the laser printed and colour photo-copied maps was dubious to say the least, I was a bit cautious about WAOCs proposal to laser print the maps for this event. However, the difference at WAOC events is that all the maps are laser prints, there is no photocopying involved. The quality achievable is almost as good as conventionally printed maps, and after running on one at a Rowney I was no longer concerned.
I was concerned, however, when the WAOC mapping officer lost access to the printer used for all previous events, and had to get the colours set up in OCAD for a different printer quite close to the time of the event. I felt the quality he achieved for Maulden was acceptable in terms of clarity, although some of the colours, Particularly the greens, were a bit different to what we expect on an orienteering map. I understand this will be worked on before the next event.
Laser printing the maps close to the event has put an end to map corrections, and allows badly mapped control sites to be used by correcting the map. The benefit to competitors is immense of course: up to date, overprinted maps for the price of a colour coded event. The cost of laser printing is significant at a little under 50p per map and WAOC are to be applauded for not increasing the entry fee. This did lead to some difficult decisions when deciding how many maps to print because too many unused would have meant a loss-making event.
Dave Wotton helps run the WAOC web site, so we were able to use the web in a way which most Planners would not consider. Dave drew courses on OCAD, converted to gif format, and up-loaded them onto an un-linked page on the web site, where I could down-load to an image editor. The images were initially reduced in size (file size 110kb), but the quality was poor and I needed a printed map to see detail. For later course revisions a larger size was used (220kb) which allowed me to see all the detail without a printed map. It was a little large at 1074 x 1576 pixels, but a black and white print to fit A4 was very clear. In the forest I used a colour print of the master control map, with black and white prints of courses. The control descriptions were also on the web page, and Dave wrote a routine which generated course descriptions from the master control list. We used e-mail for a lot of communication about the courses and I thought the planning process ran very smoothly.
There were no problems on the day. I received a couple of comments about the White course: apparently some younger competitors were a little afraid of going past the house, especially when there were people around it. I have to admit I never thought of this, but will bear it in mind for the future. There was a Yellow course control which they had to pass without punching, and this was a little confusing for some. We had a problem with the Yellow course in that area, and the control was a late fix. We would rather it hadn't been there, but it wasn't on a path junction so I thought it would be ok. Sorry for any confusion caused.
Some competitors made comments about the mapping of vegetation. I think that planners using the WAOC system of OCAD updates for each event should not need to take on a major re-survey at the same time as planning, and this should be carried out as a separate exercise. Most would agree that this re-survey is now required at Maulden, and hopefully it will happen before the next colour coded event.
Steve Long (SMOC)
This was the first time that either of us had planned a full set of colour coded courses although we have both planned summer gallopen style and training events before, and had been on a BOF planners course.
As we are both in the computing field and our controller Steve has Internet access we did much of our planning electronically, being able to email the developing courses to Steve on an almost daily basis for his guidance. This reduced turn around time significantly over traditional means of communication.
With our OCAD knowledge we were also able to change the map. This proved very useful for planning due to the fact that we were able to correct the map and therefore "rescue" control sites in areas where the map was inaccurate. Unfortunately a break-in to Julia's car during one of our surveying visits to the forest prevented us doing a full survey of the area and as a result we are aware that there is some inconsistency in how runnability is mapped across the area. We apologise if this caused anyone any problems on their course.
We positioned the start to enable White and Yellow competitors to visit a different part of the forest to the northern block to which they are normally restricted, but apologise that this resulted in a walk to the start for everyone that was longer than usual at Maulden.
We hope we gave the rest of you some interesting route choices, that you enjoyed our courses and didn't get too muddy. We certainly enjoyed planning them.
Julia Carpenter and Dave Wotton (WAOC)
Thanks very much to all the helpers for being there and for dealing with everything so well. It made our job very easy and ensured that you orienteers could turn up on the day and have a good run on Julia and Dave's interesting courses. Many thanks to the Wood's family for organising the string course. And finally thanks to our controller Steve Long for ensuring the quality of the whole event. Well done to all those with the courage to turn out on a not very encouraging day - hope you thought it was worth it.
Reminder - take care to ensure distinct punch marks in the correct boxes on your control card.
Found: one compass (to claim - email Dave Wotton)
Colour standard is set for each course (except White where all finishers achieve the standard). It is achieved by all those who finish with a time better than (or equal to) the winner's time + 50% OR by the top 50% of all those who started - which ever gives the largest number of qualifiers (this is shown as the "Par time" in the results below).
Colour standard badges (awarded once the same par time has been achieved at three events) can be obtained from from your club's colour-coded scheme co-ordinator.
Peter and Jane Howsam (WAOC)
Name Age Club Time
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Bethany Hanson W3 HH 16:30
Brendan Hanson M5 HH 14:00
Lucie Hewett W5 Ind 13:30
Lara Parkes W7 HH 09:11
Mark Brockway M11 SMOC 04:28
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Byron Williams M10 SMOC 17:25 13:23
2 Dryden Williams M8 SMOC 18:18 14:04
3 Bethany Hanson W3 HH 28:19 21:46
4 Lucie Hewett W5 Ind 33:45 25:57
5 A.Frost W9 TVOC 37:50 29:06
------------------ Par time -----------------
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Jennifer Howell W10 TVOC 19:48 10:25
2 Adam Grindrod M12 SMOC 29:20 15:26
3 Mark Brockway M11 SMOC 32:12 16:56
4 Peter Towers M12 SMOC 32:13 16:57
5 Laura Parkes W7 HH 33:59 17:53
6 Jamie Lawson M12 WAOC 35:25 18:38
------------------ Par time -----------------
7 Claire Hill + 1 W16 WAOC 44:36 23:28
8 D.Gear M5 Ind 47:14 24:51
9 Taylor family M7&M5 Ind 50:39 26:39
10 Sophie Bickle W16 WAOC 54:26 28:38
T.Leaker M11 SMOC wrong No.7
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 N.Leaker M13 SMOC 35:30 10:45
2 Graham Parkes M10 HH 37:07 11:14
3 Toby Eager M21 Ind 40:29 12:16
4 Adam Wright M14 WAOC 40:30 12:16
5 James Douglas M21 Ind 41:23 12:32
6 James Barrington M10 Ind 43:22 13:08
7 Claire Woods W12 WAOC 46:22 14:03
8 Natalie Nichols W21 Ind 56:45 17:11
9 Andrew Harries M50 WAOC 59:46 18:06
10 Mark Donovan + 1 M35 SMOC 61:29 18:37
11 Anna Craddock W21 Ind 66:10 20:03
12 V.Frost W14 TVOC 66:23 20:06
------------------ Par time -----------------
13 Kate Lane + 1 W21 Ind 79:19 24:02
14 Sue Wright + 1 W40 WAOC 79:26 24:04
15 Sarah Bowyer + 1 W21 Ind 81:09 24:35
16 James/Richard Cootes + 1 M8/M8 WAOC 82:26 24:58
17 Philip Pavey M12 Ind 84:07 25:29
18 Sam Green + 1 W20 Ind 101:55 30:53
Kirsten Hastie W20 Ind missing No.4
Claire McMaster W21 Ind retired
Jo Simms W21 Ind retired
Yvonne Richards W50 Ind retired
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Tony Miley M50 HH 41:48 8:53
2 Thomas Beskeen M16 SAS 42:43 9:05
3 D.Cannon M55 HH 46:43 9:56
4 Joe Henderson M14 SAS 49:41 10:34
5 Ken Everitt M45 SAS 56:51 12:05
------------------ Par time -----------------
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Felicity Lee W14 TVOC 34:20 11:04
2 Mark Collins M21 WAOC 40:39 13:06
3 Wayne Howell M40 TVOC 40:48 13:09
4 Elliott Stephenson M12 SMOC 45:08 14:33
5 Graham Parkes M10 HH 48:51 15:45
6 Chris Bell M50 WAOC 49:31 15:58
7 Susie Hall W60 HH 51:54 16:44
8 Michael Raffles M14 SAS 53:08 17:08
9 Susan Sharp W45 HH 55:57 18:02
10 M.Webster W50 HH 57:05 18:24
11 Cath & Jennifer Pennington W45/W14 WAOC 57:09 18:26
------------------ Par time -----------------
12 I.Denniss M50 WCOC 59:13 19:06
13 Joan Miley W60 HH 66:09 21:20
14 Dick Denton M65 SMOC 69:14 22:20
15 Sue Owen W21 Ind 75:16 24:16
16 E.Power M70 LOK 77:59 25:09
17 Jill Chapman W50 Ind 82:31 26:37
18 Stephen Duxfield M14 SAS 87:06 28:05
19 Alex Grant M14 SAS 89:57 29:00
20 Andrew Pilsworth M14 SAS 92:52 29:57
Bob Holt M50 WAOC wrong No.1
James Cobb M14 SAS retired
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Chris Morley M55 WAOC 35:21 8:50
2 S.Horsler M21 SMOC 38:31 9:37
3 T.Horsler W21 SMOC 39:06 9:46
4 R.Barris M60 HH 40:27 10:06
5 M.Presland M45 SMOC 40:52 10:13
6 Stan Holroyd M50 SMOC 41:40 10:25
7 C.Sanderson M14 TVOC 41:53 10:28
8 T.Hewett M40 Ind 42:16 10:34
9 S.Underwood W21 SAXONS 42:46 10:41
10 Keith Payne M40 TVOC 43:02 10:45
11 C.Lee W40 TVOC 43:23 10:50
12 Tony Robinson M35 Ind 43:35 10:53
13 Colin Curtis M65 WAOC 44:41 11:10
14 Susan Woods W40 WAOC 44:50 11:12
15 Stephanie Gash W16 WAOC 46:56 11:44
16 Bob Newton M45 WAOC 47:07 11:46
17 Ron Oxburgh M65 WAOC 48:40 12:10
18 T.Hamersley M55 NOR 49:28 12:22
19 A.Owen M55 Ind 49:46 12:26
20 P.Lee M45 TVOC 49:47 12:26
21 John Shaw M50 SMOC 50:19 12:34
22 A.Harris W45 SMOC 51:03 12:45
23 H.Goldingay M14 HH 51:06 12:46
24 C.Fitzpatrick W35 SMOC 51:13 12:48
25 Remy Grout M40 Ind 52:02 13:00
------------------ Par time -----------------
26 C.Fleming M21 Ind 54:06 13:31
27 D.Rose M60 SMOC 54:27 13:36
28 P.Parkes W40 HH 54:53 13:43
29 Linda Gash W40 WAOC 56:12 14:03
30 F.Goldingay W50 HH 56:27 14:06
31 Jane Breed W45 HH 56:41 14:10
32 Margaret Bradley W55 WAOC 56:55 14:13
33 Peter Pennington M50 WAOC 60:48 15:12
34 Helen Bickle W18 WAOC 61:22 15:20
35 Maria Marshall W45 WAOC 61:42 15:25
36 A.Power W65 LOK 62:27 15:36
37 Ruth Saxl W50 WAOC 63:03 15:45
38 Geoff Cole M50 WAOC 69:48 17:27
39 Hazel Bickle W45 WAOC 72:19 18:04
40 Anne Duncumb W65 WAOC 77:11 19:17
41 Steve Price M40 Ind 80:35 20:08
42 S.Davidson W50 HH 93:46 23:26
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Peter Lake M35 CHIG 47:39 7:19
2 R.Sanderson M14 TVOC 49:28 7:36
3 M.Vyner M45 TVOC 53:53 8:17
4 C.Webster M45 HH 54:13 8:20
5 Mike Bickle M50 WAOC 55:06 8:28
6 R.Moulding M50 HH 55:44 8:34
7 A.Challacombe M50 HH 56:00 8:36
8 T.Irvine M45 Ind 56:03 8:37
9 D.Tookey M45 HH 57:17 8:48
10 Ian Smith M40 WAOC 58:34 9:00
11 G.Davies M21 HH 58:40 9:01
12 Bob Hill M40 WAOC 58:56 9:04
13 M.Cole W21 VOK 59:12 9:06
14 W.Power M21 SAXONS 61:23 9:26
15 K.Parkes M40 HH 61:43 9:29
16 C.Taylor-Keane M40 TVOC 64:57 9:59
17 Paul Lowe M40 SUFFOC 66:33 10:14
18 Tony Wilson M50 WAOC 66:38 10:15
19 K.Vines W21 SMOC 67:14 10:20
20 Bruce Marshall M45 WAOC 67:32 10:23
21 S.Nobbs M40 NOR 68:31 10:32
n/c Julia Carpenter W21 WAOC 69:06 10:37 (planner!)
22 V.Challacombe W50 HH 69:40 10:43
23 Jan Saxl M50 WAOC 69:55 10:45
24 Paul Frost M40 TVOC 70:46 10:53
25 Peter Ryall M50 WAOC 71:01 10:55
------------------ Par time -----------------
26 C.Nicholson M55 SMOC 71:32 11:00
27 Andrew Elliott M21 SUFFOC 72:00 11:04
28 J.Lewis M60 SMOC 72:55 11:13
29 H.Goldingay M50 HH 73:13 11:15
30 Noreen Ives W45 WAOC 76:19 11:44
30 Les Jarrald M50 NOR 76:19 11:44
32 E.Brown M50 HH 83:31 12:50
33 J.Garner M21 Ind 84:09 12:56
34 Dee Brockway W40 SMOC 84:59 13:04
35 L.Brown W45 HH 87:40 13:29
36 Les Thurston M50 Ind 88:19 13:35
37 G.Parry M65 HH 88:52 13:40
38 B.Williams M50 WASH 89:16 13:44
39 Ian Lawson M45 WAOC 89:22 13:44
40 Rosie Shaw W45 SMOC 89:50 13:49
Carolyn King W45 Ind missing No.1 & 6
Pos. Name Age Club Time min/km
---- ------------------------------ ------- ------- ----- ------
1 Robert Campbell M21 CHIG 56:51 6:50
2 Nigel Cole M35 VOK 58:19 7:01
n/c Dave Wotton M35 WAOC 63:26 7:38 (planner!)
3 Rolf Crook M21 WAOC 64:30 7:46
4 Roger Williams M35 SMOC 65:15 7:51
5 Steve Hinshelwood M35 WAOC 66:50 8:03
6 Mike Capper M40 WAOC 66:55 8:03
7 Justin Caulkett M21 SUFFOC 68:07 8:12
8 Ian Wells M45 LEI 71:04 8:33
9 Tim Hall M21 HH 73:42 8:52
10 Karen Jackson W35 DVO 75:18 9:04
11 M.Misson M21 WAOC 76:11 9:10
12 Simon Ashford M21 TVOC 78:55 9:30
13 Chris Snellock M35 Ind 81:07 9:46
14 Clare Warner W21 CUOC 84:42 10:12
------------------ Par time -----------------
15 Janis Ryall W45 WAOC 96:44 11:39
16 Ken Wickham M55 CHIG 104:36 12:36
17 Chris Kealey + 2 Ind 166:08 20:00
Andy Jackson M35 DVO missing No.10
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