WALTON CHASERS
Beaudesert
7th January 2006

Night Event


Results.

SHORT COURSE Name Age Club Total Penalty Overall Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 A White M50 HOC 100 10 90 45.32 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
2= D Linus M12 Notts HS 80 0 80 40.35 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
2= C Holton M12 Notts HS 80 0 80 40.35 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
4 P Pay M65 WRE 80 0 80 41.59 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
5 C Thomson M12 FVO 80 0 80 45.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
6 J Middler M50 BAOC 80 20 60 46.15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
7 D Alcock M35 IND 80 20 60 47.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
8 M Green M14 Notts HS 80 70 10 51.55 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
9 D Thomas M50 WCH 50 210 0 65.30 10 10 10 10 10
10 M Wetton M14 Notts HS 10 300 0 74.10 10
Visits 8 7 7 9 6 3 4 2 2 5 1 1 0 7 10

LONG COURSE Name Age Club Total Penalty Overall Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1 A Llewellyn M20 NOC 180 0 180 54.15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
2 R Gardner M50 OD 140 0 140 53.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
3 I Tebbutt M35 LEI 120 0 120 59.40 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
4 R Little M21 WCH 110 0 110 53.30 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
5 J Preston M35 WCH 110 0 110 54.35 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
6 J Taylor M16 NOC 110 0 110 56.50 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
7 M Thomson M40 FVO 100 0 100 51.33 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
8 D Mews M55 HOC 100 0 100 58.35 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
9 J Monk M18 WCH 100 0 100 20.45?? 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
10 T Palmer M40 WCH 90 0 90 59.24?? 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
11 R Collins M50 WCH 80 0 80 57.18 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
12 M White W45 HOC 110 30 80 62.35 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
13 R Llewellyn M50 NOC 70 0 70 57.20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
14 R Coxon / S White M17 WCH 70 0 70 60.00 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
15 M Dugmore M65 HOC 80 10 70 60.25 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
16 M Baggott M55 HOC 90 20 70 61.20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
17 S Thomson M16 FVO 50 0 50 28.18 10 10 10 10 10
18 E Nicholson M45 NOC 50 0 50 54.00 10 10 10 10 10
19 P Linus M16 NOC 50 0 50 59.30 10 10 10 10 10
20 B Houghton M55 HOC 70 20 50 61.20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
21 D Brown M21 WCH 70 20 50 61.45 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
22 D Smith / A Howe M16 WCH 40 0 40 55.30 10 10 10 10
23 B McGowan M55 HOC 80 80 0 67.27 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
24 K Owen / S Burnett W15 WCH 40 90 0 69.00 10 10 10 10
Visits 20 16 20 18 8 8 18 3 9 1 12 7 22 13 10 20 3 1 1 1 0

Controllers Comments.
Awaiting comments.

Planners Comments.

Thank you to everyone who attended the event. As the weather was getting progressively worse during the day I was beginning to wonder if anyone would turn up (especially when it began to snow). To have 37 people arrive far exceeded my expectations for a night event. It proves that there is a demand for night orienteering in the Midlands. At one stage as more and more people turned up I was even beginning to worry whether there would be enough maps to go round. In the end we had 3 maps spare on the long and 12 on the short (perfectly judged!).

I planned both courses to offer plenty of options on route choice. Judging by the control cards there seems to have been a wide variety of routes taken. The feedback received seems to be positive with a number of people suggesting my courses were challenging but enjoyable. I suspect part of the challenge was having a night event on such complex terrain. Many other night events in comparison tend to be on fairly simple terrain (such as local parks). I tried to ensure that it would not be possible to gain maximum points and expected the leader to achieve around 140-150 points on the Long and 100 points on the Short. My guesses seem to have been about right.

The results are provisional until next weekend, pending corrections. If you feel that anything is wrong with your score please get in touch with me Lloyd.Biddell@highways.gsi.gov.uk. Unfortunately our hands were becoming increasingly numb during the night so I apologise if any of your times are incorrect.

I would also like to thank Keith Ellery (Organiser) and Neil Lawford (Controller) for their help in the weeks leading to the event and on the night.

Lloyd Biddell

Organisers Comments.
When Lloyd suggested happily that he would be only too pleased to plan a night event for January 2006, little did I suspect that I would be suffering from Sciatica at the time of the event or that he would conveniently arrange for it to have a real seasonal feel with a snow line developing at about the level of Wandon Cross roads! With Neil’s support Lloyd made an excellent job of his first night event, planning both fair and challenging options for the two courses offered for the evening. An amazingly good turnout seemed most unlikely to materialise 10 minutes before the official start of registration with the three of us in the car park being circled by a steady stream of ‘visiting’ cars – most disconcerting! To then see 2 minibuses and a host of cars roll up was very encouraging and I join Lloyd in suggesting that we must repeat this event next year in an area of nicer forest though! I’m sure many more Chasers would attend and take part if it were that bit nearer to Stafford…. perhaps anyway. My thanks to Garry Langston and Jane Christopher for their support, working with Lloyd to allow the same area to be used within an 18 hour window. Finally thanks to Dave Thomas for his background work on the admin and putting up some parking signs.

Final thoughts as an organiser – always double-check all published material for accuracy! Though even the correct grid reference didn’t stop someone ringing Evelyn to ask how to get to the event with 10 minutes of starts left and them at the south end of Beaudesert.

Keith Ellery