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The WAOC summer gallopen is a series of low-key summer evening events, taking place on Wednesday evenings. The format of the events varies from event to event: some may be the usual, "follow a course" format (but with only two or three courses), some may be score events ( where you have to locate as many controls as you can in a limited amount of time ), and others may have devious variations (eg. brown-only maps, with only the contour features marked on them.) For more information about future gallopen events, follow this link.
The events comprise a league. Points are awarded for each event, yielding gallopen winners for each category (junior male, junior female, senior male, senior female, veteran male, veteran female). This is an effort league so points are awarded simply for taking part. Someone competing in all the events will accumulate a reasonable score regardless of their ability.
Pos Name Controls Time 1 Ian Jones 20 36:25 2 Jeff Green 20 48:32 3 Rolf Crook 20 50:00 4 Mark Johnston 19 48:43 5 Steven Lawson 16 45:14 6 Malcolm Humphrey 16 47:48 7 Ian Brennan 15 46:58 8 S. Slijeplevic 15 49:36 9 Peter Ryall 15 50:00 10 Ian Lawson 9 50:00 |
A score event with mystery Norwegian controls 60 minutes limit, maximum 355 points. About 8km to get the lot. A wet, thundery wild night and a wild and tulgey wood. Lots of whiffling and burbling was had by all, especially Rolf.
Pos Name Age Club Time Points Pen Total 1 Rolf Crook M21 WAOC 61:10 355 20 335 2 Neil Northrop M18 WAOC 61:05 310 20 290 3 Mark Collis M21 CUOC 61:38 275 20 255 4 Tony Bishop M55 WAOC 58:55 240 0 240 5 Ruth Hollinger W21 CUOC 56:45 215 0 215 6 Bruce Marshall M45 WAOC 58:40 215 0 215 7 Sini Slijepevic M21 CUOC 59:58 210 0 210 8 Maria Marshall W45 WAOC 59:10 200 0 200 9 Steven Lawson M18 WAOC 61:05 195 20 175 10 Malcolm Humphrey M50 HALO 51:40 170 0 170 11 Ian Lawson M45 WAOC 52:34 155 0 155 12 Hazel & Carol W WAOC 60:40 165 10 155 13 Anne Duncumb W65 WAOC 57:22 115 0 115 |
Juniors (60 mins time limit)Pos. Name Club Points Time 1. Steph Gash WAOC 440 34.30 2. Edmund Brown WAOC 360 41.27 Veterans (45 mins time limit)Pos. Name Club Points Time 1. Malcolm Humphrey HALO 500 30.47 2. John Mansfield WAOC 350 30.09 Seniors (30 mins time limit)Pos. Name Club Points Time 1. Rolf Crook WAOC 500 19.50 2. Neil Northrop WAOC 500 21.26 3. Steven Lawson WAOC 500 22.42 4. Jeff Green WAOC 500 22.43 5. William Power SAX 500 24.29 6. Helen Cooper CUOC 500 24.38 7. Bruce Marshall WAOC 500 27.55 8. Lindsey Freeman WAOC 490 26.50 9. Julia Carpenter WAOC 490 28.08 10. Andy Merritt WAOC 490 29.09 11. Ian Lawson WAOC 430 27.11 12. Leonie Brown WAOC 400 27.37 13. Linda Gash WAOC 400 30.00 14. Maria Marshall WAOC 380 29.45 15. Harriet Millward CUPRC 350 30.15 16. Emma Poulter NOKIA 330 28.40 17. Estelle Howard CUPRC 320 28.49 18. Peter Whitworth CUPRC 300 25.35 19. Martine Walsh CUPRC 280 30.05 20. Juliet Merritt WAOC 210 27.50 |
Your score takes into account any penalty for finishing late ( 20 points per minute or part thereof )
Conventional Name Time Controls
Stuart + Simon 41:48 8
Fred Northrop 44:54 16
Bruce Marshall 44:57 15
E Howard 51:10 8
Chris Thorne 53:23 16
Janis Ryall 54:51 16
Carol Ottaway 55:00 16
William + Sam 56:24 8
Noreen Ives 59:40 16
Andy Merritt 64:33 16
Harriet Milward 75:49 16
Alice Crook 77:53 16
Jen + Mo 85:53 16
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Challenge Name Time Controls Points
Neil Northrop 67:04 15
Clive Baker 67:20 15
Lindsey Freeman 75:37 15
Mike Gardner 52:27 13 80
Steve Hinshelwood 57:24 12
Sini 58:56 12
Nicola Gardner 49:05 11 110
Malcolm Humphrey 52:00 11 70
Ian Lawson 46:15 10 100
Peter Ryall 47:22 10 100
Dave Wotton 91:34 10
Steven Lawson 47:16 8 80
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Note that these results don't reflect positions or points for the Gallopen league as competitors went to different numbers of controls. One of the rules was that the challenge was a score event with 50 minutes and -10 points per 30 seconds over, hence the points column. I have no idea how Hally is going to convert these results to Gallopen points.
The Matrix was supposed to look like
W A O C
E U R O
A R E A
L A S T
which spells words both vertically and horizontally. A weal is the raised mark left on the skin after a blow from an angry orienteer.
Thanks to everyone for running, as a good turnout always makes the planner happy. I'll bring some blank maps to the next event for those on the challenge course who want reminding.
The controls were designed to be unappealing to vandals, but that turned out not to be case at controls 8 and 16. I hope that didn't spoil anyones run and I've tried to adjust the scores where necessary. Much thanks to Fred and Neil who rapidly replaced the markers.
Keep O'ing, Rolf
Short coursePos. Name Club Class Time 1. Simon Gardner WAOC M12 19.49 2. Mark Gardiner CUPRC 21.22 3. Nigel Ablett CUPRC 23.22 4. Jennie Grimwood CUPRC 25.37 5. Samuel Gregson WAOC M12 26.05 6. Stuart John M10 26.48 7. Emily Braverman 34.30 8. David Gresham M12 61.00 Long coursePos. Name Club Class Time
1. Steve Hinshelwood WAOC M35 27.32
2. Mike Gardner WAOC M40 30.58
3. Marcus Misson WAOC M21 32.23
4. P. Whitworth CUPRC 36.02
5. Malcolm Humphrey HALO M50 37.58
6. Chris Thorne DRONGO M60 38.09
7. Mike Bickle WAOC M50 38.25
8. Lindsey Freeman WAOC W45 39.45
9. Ian Lawson WAOC M45 41.59
10. Helen Bickle WAOC W18 46.30
11. Nicola Gardner WAOC W40 46.49
12. Carol Ottoway W21 49.00
13. Hazel Bickle WAOC W45 49.29
14. Penny Bickle WAOC W20 49.30
15. Noreen Ives WAOC W45 49.31
16. Alison Gray 53.08
17. H Millward CUPRC 64.14
18. Janis Ryall WAOC 29.18 (no compass legs)
Rolf Crook WAOC M21 28.30 wrong 4
Steven Lawson WAOC M18 31.15 wrong 4
Dave Wotton WAOC M35 RETD
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There are some interesting results on the long course. 3 finishers in as many seconds. 7 of the legs were followed by an extra leg along a short compass bearing. Janis's performance shows that you found this quite a challenge, especially so when the local youths were quite inventive in placing controls on parallel features!
Bruce
Pos Name Club Time Points 1. Ian Jones WAOC 32.45 300.30 2. Gary Byrne PAA 59.25 209.71 3. Tony Bishop WAOC 64.03 252.28 4. Mike Bickle WAOC 65.45 248.59 5. Malcolm Humphrey HALO 71.07 237.17 6. Lindsey Freeman WAOC 80.45 221.21 7. Peter Ryall WAOC 82.10 218.76 8. Peter Pennington WAOC 87.20 214.37 9. Carol Ottaway IND 90.45 171.86 10. Jennifer Pennington WAOC 110.15 218.05 11. Cath Pennington WAOC 110.20 188.47 12. Alison Gray IND 114.51 156.77 13. Helen Bickle WAOC 115.51 212.55 14. Hazel Bickle WAOC 125.51 177.68 Jeff Green WAOC did not find no. 4 [47.10]
A really evil one by Steve requiring far more brain power than I have left after a day at work! Well done Steve and thanks.
Lindsey.
(Maximum points: 320 + Bonus. Approximate course length: 5.3 km)
Points
Pos Name Club + Bonus/Penalty Total
1. Peter Gardner WAOC 290 + 8 298
2. Jeff Green WAOC 275 + 7 282
3. Lindsey Freeman WAOC 270 + 7 277
4. Ian Jones WAOC 290 - 20 270
5. Malcolm Humphreys HALO 245 + 1 246
6. Linda Gash WAOC 240 + 3 243
7. John Beadle WAOC 230 + 12 242
8. Bruce Marshall WAOC 230 + 3 233
9. Mike Bickle WAOC 220 + 7 227
10. Nicola Gardner WAOC 190 + 4 194
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(Maximum points: 220. Approximate course length: 2.2 km)
Pos Name Club Time Points 1. Helen Gardner WAOC 22.02 220 2. Helen Bickle WAOC 28.03 220 3. Noreen Ives WAOC 29.09 190 4. Simon Gardner WAOC 26.05 170 5. Maria Marshall WAOC 29.21 150 6. William Day ??? 25.26 110
With the wet weather preceding the event and knowing the difficulties with the steep slopes at Harlton in the wet, I must thank the hardy individuals for turning up to compete.
Congratulations to Peter Gardner for his impressive performance on the Score Maze. Perhaps you only get confused as you get older!!
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