Points East Number 163 - Summer 2004

[front cover]

Contents

  1. Editorial
  2. Chairman's Chat
  3. Bill Stevens Trophy
  4. East Anglian Champions
  5. Junior Events
  6. Results Round-Up
  7. Ampthill Chasing Sprint
  8. Punt Orienteering
  9. AGM Minutes

Editorial

Summer is here, even if some of the recent weather has not been what we might expect! I'm sure many of you will be travelling to multi-day holiday events in the next few weeks, both in Wales and further afield. If you are going somewhere particularly unusual, I'd encourage you to tell the rest of us about it in the autumn - it's always interesting to contrast the way events are run abroad with our own.

Spring is the peak season for major events across the country, though the rapidly rising undergrowth spoils our local forests. I'm sure many of you enjoyed the physical and technical challenge of the JK, while the Harvester remains one of my annual favourites. Whilst it was run some time ago, this is also the first Points East since our own premier event, the East Anglian Championships, and a list of the local champions for 2004 can be found later - congratulations to all.

Following the AGM at Warren Wood we have a new committee which looks remarkably similar to the old one, though we do have some new representatives on BOF's committees following their restructuring - full details can be found in the minutes reproduced later. Finally, this autumn East Anglia is hosting two major events to look forward to - children from all over the country will converge on Sandringham for the British Schools' Championships, while the best youngsters from around Europe will be competing in the Junior European Cup. Both of these will need your assistance to run smoothly, as well as the opportunity to watch some top juniors in action.

I hope you have a good summer, especially in the forest.

Mark Collis (DRONGO)

Your comments, articles, reports and pictures are always welcome - please email or post them to me at
   mark@drongo.org.uk
   46 The Crossways, Merstham, Surrey RH1 3NA.

The submission deadline for the Autumn 2004 edition is 20th September.

Chairman's Chat

For this edition I am reproducing my annual report to the AGM at Warren Wood on June 27th. My apologies to those who attended and have therefore heard it all before. However, I feel it deserves a wider audience than the handful of stalwarts who turned out to support the committee.

Looking back to review the last 12 months' happenings, I realise what an active region we are and why I seem to be so busy. All clubs in the region have put on a good programme of events from small local events to badge events, each I hope successful in its own way. The geography of our region brings its own problems. It is often easier for some of our members to travel to events in neighbouring regions rather than within East Anglia. Many areas have a low population density and inevitably turnout is low compared to many more densely populated regions. An East Anglian Badge event attracts around the same number of competitors as colour-coded events elsewhere. The financial implications of this have sometimes proved difficult to get across to Head Office.

As a region we have organised the regional round of the CompassSport events. My thanks to all the officials and those who helped on the day. WAOC staged a superb Yvette Baker Final. NOR ran a successful East Anglian Championships. My congratulations to all 2004 Champions. Roger Stenson organised an enjoyable score event to coincide with the AGM. Plans are well under way for the Junior European Cup and British Schools Orienteering Championships, both to be hosted by the region in the autumn. Your help will be needed!

There have been individual successes in the forest. We had a number of Midland Champions. Alas no British Champions but Ed Kelleher should be congratulated on his second place in M18 and Helen Gardner for her 3rd place in W18 at the JK. International representation has been achieved by Helen Gardner for JWOC, Edward Louth & Suzy Robertson for Interland and Leanne Barnes for English Schools at the International Schools Meet. Suzy Robertson also represented England in the Senior Home International. We have also had 3 juniors selected for BOF summer tours - Edward Louth to Lagganlia, Jo West to Halden and Helen Gardner on the pre-JWOC tour. Jo West has also been selected for the Start Squad. Well done to all of them.

As a result of a Grade 2 Controllers Course in April, we now have 4 new Grade 2 Controllers. A great relief to our existing two who were in danger of serious overload! My thanks to Andrew Cordle and Peter Leverington for organising the day.

Development seems to be the key issue at the moment. I believe that the future of our sport depends on the success of these initiatives. The funding of Regional Development Officers by Sport England and the appointment of Jez Middleton to East Anglia is an exciting opportunity for us. Jez is not from a mainstream orienteering background but is a qualified Level 2 BOF Coach with a strong background in teaching orienteering to young people through his work over the past few years with outdoor centres and through D of E work in Norfolk. He has plenty of experience in committee work through canoeing and was the successful driver of an Awards 4 All bid for his canoe club which also led to increased participation and membership. And we need that for orienteering too! In my experience, we are very good at introducing newcomers to the sport. However, it is taking them on to become enthusiasts and more importantly volunteers that is more difficult. All clubs struggle to find enough helpers to run events and to fill committee posts. Our Junior Squad is struggling to find recruits at the younger end. We need to be able to offer more than an occasional run on a Sunday if we are to attract new members.

Ursula Oxburgh organised a Level 1 coaches training day. This proved extremely popular and was actually oversubscribed. But encouragingly, all clubs in the region had at least one delegate. My thanks to Ursula. Now it is up to clubs to use the skills of these people and encourage further progression up the coaching ladder. Currently we have no active club coach in the region, let alone a qualified Regional Coach. Our Junior Squad needs more access to good coaches. We need to be able to teach basic skills to newcomers and develop those of regular orienteers.

Thank you to all the committee for all their hard work and support throughout the year. Amazingly enough almost all are prepared to continue for a further year. However, Clive Tant and Andy Malley are standing down as Junior Squad Co-ordinators so special thanks to them for all their efforts in keeping the squad going during a difficult period. Finally, my thanks to you, the club orienteers who do so much to support the work of the region. I believe that we are unique in the level of co-operation that we achieve. Thank you and well done.

Lyn West (SOS)

Bill Stevens Trophy 2004

[the Bill Stevens Trophy]

The Bill Stevens Trophy is awarded each year for services to the region. It is to provide recognition for the unsung heroes who work in the background to ensure the smooth running of our sport. This year's winner is John Ward who has a long history of planning, controlling and mapping for the region as well as being a long serving EAOA committee member, currently wearing the Treasurer's hat. In the last six months alone, he seems to have controlled an event monthly, remapped Sandringham for the British Schools and taken over as Chairman of NOR. Well done John!

East Anglian Champions

The East Anglian Championships for 2004 were held at the new area of Hockham on 28th March, shortly after the last Points East came out. Congratulations to all the winners who successfully negotiated the pingo ponds:

M10Thomas Louth (WAOC)W10Jacqui Doyle (NOR)
M12Adam Chalkley (NOR)W12Sophie Louth (WAOC)
M14Edward Louth (WAOC)W14Leanne Barnes (NOR)
M16Simon Gardner (WAOC)W16Jo West (SOS)
M18Jonathan Pye (SOS)W18Katie Sellens (SOS)
M20Peter Gardner (WAOC)W20Hazel Tant (SOS)
M21Rolf Crook (WAOC)W21Sarah Wright (NOR)
M35Ian Renfrew (WAOC)W35Julia Wotton (WAOC)
M40Paul Beckett (HAVOC)W40Caroline Louth (WAOC)
M45Richard Bonnett (SOS)W45Hilary Sellens (SOS)
M50Martin Sellens (SOS)W50Lindsey Freeman (WAOC)
M55Malcolm Mann (WAOC)W55Jenny Collyer (SOS)
M60John Ward (NOR)W60Gillian Pilgrim (NOR)
M65John Webb (SUFFOC)W65Clarissa Napier (NOR)
M70Colin Curtis (WAOC)W70Barbara George (NOR)
M75John Peel (NOR)W75Sheila Farnbank (NOR)

Also, the East Anglian Schools Championships were held at Ampthill on 9th May - Barnardiston Hall were the overall champions, as well as winning both of the Primary and Year 7/8 Girls team titles; King's College School narrowly beat them to win the Year 7/8 Boys team title.

Junior Events

Junior Inter-Regional Championships

[East Anglia's JIRC team]
The East Anglian Junior Squad at the JIRC

At the end of June, a select group of East Anglian juniors headed north to Scotland to compete against other regions from across the country. The individual event on Saturday was held in poor weather on the sand dunes of Gullane, with our best results coming from the WAOC pair of Ed Louth and Helen Gardner, who were fifth in M14 and W18 respectively. The overnight team standings were close at the top, as there were joint leaders in Scotland and the West Midlands, with the North West just two points behind in third. East Anglia were in ninth place, suffering from not having had a full team in many classes.

[action from the JIRC relays]

The relays the following day were held at Callander Park, on spectator-friendly courses through both park and forest terrain. The highlight of the day from our point of view was Helen's run, which was the fastest girls' final leg by more than two minutes and pulled the EA team from ninth place to fourth following solid performances from Jo West (6th) and Sophie Louth (13th running up an age group). In the overall placings, North West overhauled the overnight leaders thanks to a dominant performance in the boys' relays, where they took both first and third places. Scotland were a close second and West Midlands third, while East Anglia maintained our overnight ninth place.

Individual Results:

M14
1.  George Stevens (YHOA)   35:34
2.  Ralph Street (SEOA)     35:52
3.  Peter Hodkinson (EMOA)  37:20
5.  Ed Louth (EAOA)         43:47

M16
1.  Douglas Tullie (SOA)    49:42
2.  Rhodri Buffett (WOA)    50:44
3.  John Rocke (EMOA)       51:30
22. Mark Chalkley (EAOA)    79:17

M18
1.  Duncan Coombs (SOA)     49:14
2.  Will Spain (NWOA)       51:26
3.  Andrew Llewellyn (EMOA) 51:46
20. James Lyne (EAOA)       71:59

W14
1.  Emily Garside (WMOA)    30:15
2.  Anwen Darlington (WOA)  32:12
3.  Becky Hoare (WOA)       32:35
28. Sophie Louth (EAOA)     60:20

W16
1.  Hollie Orr (SOA)        36:52
2.  Catherine Taylor (NEOA) 39:19
3.  Victoria Stevens (YHOA) 41:00
11. Jo West (EAOA)          50:16
16. Nina Tant (EAOA)        55:37
26. Nicola Barker (EAOA)    91:42

W18
1.  Lizzie Adams (SCOA)     53:16
2.  Ruth Holmes (SWOA)      54:31
3.  Jessica Halliday (WMOA) 54:42
5.  Helen Gardner (EAOA)    56:54
11. Hazel Tant (EAOA)       63:46
16. Katie Sellens (EAOA)    74:32

Relay Results:

Boys'
1.  NWOA 1                         97:11
2.  EMOA 1                         97:27
3.  NWOA 2                         99:08
23. EAOA (Chalkley, Louth, Lyne)  134:22

Girls'
1.  WMOA 1                         97:13
2.  SOA 1                          99:05
3.  SWOA 1                        102:41
4.  EAOA (West, Louth, Gardner)   103:27

Junior World Championships

Not long after the JIRC, Helen Gardner travelled further afield to represent Great Britain at JWOC in Gdansk, Poland. Her best run was in the middle distance, where she finished 33rd with a time less than seven minutes behind the winner, and another good relay run saw her climb four places anchoring our second team.

The British highlight of the week was the performance of Alison O'Neil (NOC) who followed up 4th place in the middle distance with a bronze medal in the classic, our best ever individual performance at the event.

Results:

W middle distance final - 4.1km
1.  Helen Jansson (SWE)     28:59
2.  Radka Brozková (CZE)    30:08
3.  Anni-Maija Fincke (FIN) 30:30
4.  Alison O'Neil (GBR)     30:42
7.  Mhairi Mackenzie (GBR)  31:54
33. Helen Gardner (GBR)     35:41
48. Lizzie Adams (GBR)      39:20

W classic distance - 8.1km
1.  Silja Tarvonen (FIN)    59:51
2.  Veline Stalder (SUI)    61:48
3.  Alison O'Neil (GBR)     62:22
20. Cerys Manning (GBR)     68:46
21. Mhairi Mackenzie (GBR)  69:36
89. Elizabeth Bridge (GBR)  82:29
90. Lizzie Adams (GBR)      83:35
101.Helen Gardner (GBR)     85:22

W relay
1.  Sweden                 111:43
2.  Finland                113:41
3.  Norway                 114:16
18. Great Britain          129:11
27. Great Britain 2        137:02
    (Adams, Bridge, Gardner)

Junior European Cup - Help Wanted

EAOA in conjunction with CHIG are hosting the 2004 Junior European Cup from 8th-10th October. This is an international competition for M/W18's & 20's. The competition was originally started by a group of countries excluding the Scandinavians to provide experience for junior orienteers at this level. Those with longer memories than mine will know it as the Six Nations but these days has been extended to include some of the old eastern bloc.

Anyway this year it comes to Essex. The main event consists of a classic event on Saturday 9th in Epping East and relays on Sunday 10th in Hatfield Forest. We are also staging a sprint event in Harlow Town Park on Friday 8th. I am co-ordinating the event and have appointed the major officials. However, we do need helpers on the days. CHIG are largely taking care of the individual event but I need volunteers for the Sprint (start times from 4pm) and the relays, both of which should be good spectator sport. It is a good chance to see the cream of the European Juniors in action and no doubt some potential world champions. Undoubtedly the British team, which may well include at least one East Anglian, would appreciate some support.

If you are able to help in anyway over the weekend, I would really appreciate it. Please contact me on lynwest.ghh@tesco.net or 01206 322905. Further details of the event will appear on the website www.jec2004.info in due course.

Lyn West (SOS)

[JEC 2004 venues]
The JEC 2004 venues: Harlow Town Park, Epping Forest and Hatfield Forest

Results Round-Up

SUFFOC Rendlesham Forest 21/3/04

White
1. Sarah Bibby (SUFFOC/Barn)   W10 14:45
2. Monty Beaton (SUFFOC/Barn)  M10 15:58
3. Oliver Jones (SUFFOC/Barn)  M10 16:27

Yellow
1. Michael Park (SOS/Broke)    M12 26:40
2. Bryn Wilkinson (SUFFOC)     M10 27:32
3. Josh Harris (SUFFOC/Barn)   M12 29:35

Orange
1. James Park (SOS/Cople)      M14 32:15
2. Guite family (Ind)              35:13
3. Nicola Barker (SOS/Culf)    W14 38:03

Red
1. Nick Thorpe (Ind)           M21 39:05
2. Andy Levett (NOR)           M35 41:15
3. C.Merry/K.McDonald(SUFFOC)W/M21 58:24

Purple
1. Andrew Childs (BAOC)        M45 60:03
2. Christopher Childs (BAOC)   M55 64:26
3. C.Skrimshire/D.Dolan(Ind)M50/55 67:29

Light Green
1. Nick Thorpe (Ind)           M21 33:10
2. Keith Cameron (BAOC)        M40 34:37
3. W. Owen (Ind)               M40 39:33

Green
1. Mitch Lock (Ind)            M45 56:44
2. John Webb (SUFFOC)          M65 57:19
3. Robert Hammond (SOS)        M35 59:28
4. Simon Gray (Ind)            M35 60:45
5. Alan Bedder (NOR)           M60 63:21

Blue
1. Richard Bonnett (SOS)       M45 53:24
2. Mike Bickle (WAOC)          M55 56:53
3. Oliver Cooper (SUFFOC)      M21 75:04
4. Simon Peck (SUFFOC)         M45 76:22
5. Mike Sherwen (SUFFOC)       M50 77:48

Brown
1. Peter Lake (CHIG)           M40 66:04
2. Bert Park (SOS)             M35 69:20
3. Jon Coles (CROC)            M35 70:39
4. Rob Weed (SUFFOC)           M35 75:52
5. R. Cast (SYO)               M40 77:15

NOR Ken Hill 27/3/04

JM2
1. Thomas Hemingway (WAOC)         24:50
2. Matt Doyle (NOR)                33:00
3. Joshua Jarvis (NOR)             38:48

JM3
1. Thomas Louth (WAOC)             47:49

JM4
1. Jonathan Crickmore (SO)         32:39

JM5M
1. Simon Gardner (WAOC)            45:55
2. Ben Cowley (NOR)                47:29
3. Mark Chalkley (NOR)             50:07

JM5L
1. David Schorah (DEE)             52:27

M21L
1. Rolf Crook (WAOC)               67:06
2. Andrew Powell (NUOC)            69:51
3. Tim Wright (NOR)                76:39
M21S
1. Glen Richardson (NOR)           46:37

M35L
1. Robert Frost (NOR)              60:20
2. Steve Doyle (NOR)               64:23
3. John Ward (NOR)                 65:50
M35S
1. Justin Wickersham (WAOC)        41:57

M40L
1. Neil Crickmore (SO)             61:57
2. Paul Beckett (HAVOC)            66:20
3. Noel Schorah (DEE)              69:01
M40S
1. Richard Freeman (RAFO)          45:11

M45L
1. Richard Bonnett (SOS)           54:55
2. Bob Hill (RAFO)                 65:41
3. Peter Woods (WAOC)              66:40
M45S
1. Maurice Hemingway (WAOC)        42:04

M50L
1. Kevin Smith (NOR)               53:36
2. Douglas Henderson (RR)          58:29
3. Tim Eden (NOR)                  59:39
M50S
1. Rob Kingman (SAX)               45:09

M55L
1. Peter Martin (SAX)              44:32
2. Guy Seaman (SYO)                46:59
3. Mike Pemberton (BKO)            48:40
M55S
1. Barry Pilgrim (NOR)             39:31

M60L
1. John Wickersham (WAOC)          58:27
2. David Brittain (NOR)            60:18
3. Alan Bedder (NOR)               74:29
M60S
1. Hally Hardie (WAOC)             58:29

M65L
1. Robin Campbell (CHIG)           45:10
2. Rodney Freeburn (NOR)           50:17
M65S
1. Robeat Ian Robb (CLOK)          49:21

M70L
1. Colin Curtis (WAOC)             43:43
2. Jack Isbester (SOS)             44:37
3. Donald Moir (LEI)               45:05

M75L
1. Roy Malley (NATO)               57:49
2. John Peel (NOR)                 71:03
M75S
1. Bob Farnbank (NOR)              85:32

JW1
1. Leanne Durrant (NOR)            19:26

JW2
1. Jacqui Doyle (NOR)              19:30
2. Sophie Liddament (NOR)          33:32
3. Sonia Last (NOR)                69:42

JW3
1. Katie Doyle (NOR)               36:57
2. Katy Woods (WAOC)               38:43
3. Jessica Longstaff (NOR)         72:06

JW4
1. Leanne Barnes (NOR)             42:37
2. Ruth Taylor (NOR)               44:58
3. Sophie Louth (WAOC)             51:33

JW5S
1. Bryony Crickmore (SO)           37:48
2. Clare Woods (WAOC)              50:55

W21L
1. Sarah Wright (NOR)              64:29
2. Laia Santamaria (HAVOC)         70:19
3. Blanka Sengerová (WAOC)         71:04
W21S
1. Rachel Ellis (RAFO)             43:47

W35L
1. Julia Wotton (WAOC)             59:45
2. Kim Giddis (DEE)                60:11
W35S
1. Erica Pilkinton (WAOC)          56:08

W40L
1. Susan Crickmore (SO)            64:31
2. Louise Jones (LOK)              67:59
3. Caroline Louth (WAOC)           71:05
W40S
1. Sue Speller (WAOC)              68:39

W45L
1. Nicola Gardner (WAOC)           46:42
2. Sue Woods (WAOC)                51:15
3. Barbara Fothergill (HAVOC)      67:56
W45S
1. Kim Eden (NOR)                  34:02

W50L
1. Lindsey Freeman (WAOC)          45:14
2. Janis Ryall (WAOC)              52:15
3. Cathi Kelleher (NOR)            52:16
W50S
1. Hazel Bickle (WAOC)             43:20

W55L
1. Jenny Collyer (SOS)             43:38
W55S
1. Juliette Butcher (NOR)          43:32

W60L
1. Geraldine Russell (SOS)         44:55
2. Gillian Pilgrim (NOR)           46:53
3. Judith Robb (CLOK)              57:53
W60S
1. Vivienne Brittain (NOR)         67:59

W65L
1. Alison Sloman (HOC)             47:40
2. Ruby Campbell (CHIG)            58:30
3. Shirley Moir (LEI)              71:12

W70L
1. Barbara George (NOR)            49:57
2. Anne Duncumb (WAOC)             82:11
3. Jean Peel (NOR)                102:56

W75L
1. Sheila Farnbank (NOR)           68:55

NOR Hockham 28/3/04 (EA Champs)

JM2
1. Thomas Louth (WAOC)             14:03
2. Thomas Hemingway (WAOC)         16:52
3. Matt Doyle (NOR)                17:32

JM3
1. Adam Chalkley (NOR)             26:16
2. James Taylor (NOR)              30:21
3. Ollie Ridout (WyCol)            33:30

JM4
1. Edward Louth (WAOC)             23:46
2. Jonathan Crickmore (SO)         26:27
3. Khalid Hussin (NOR)             35:53

JM5M
1. Tim Street (HH)                 55:45
2. Simon Gardner (WAOC)            57:12
3. Mark Chalkley (NOR)             57:18

JM5L
1. Peter Gardner (WAOC)            60:59
2. David Schorah (DEE)             64:35
3. Jonathan Street (HH)            71:17

M21L
1. Mark Ford (CHIG)                75:48
2. Rolf Crook (WAOC)               76:58
3. Andrew Powell (NUOC)            79:02
M21S
1. Glen Richardson (NOR)           61:43

M35L
1. Ian Renfrew (WAOC)              67:50
2. Rob Frost (NOR)                 71:36
3. John Ward (NOR)                 76:06
M35S
1. Justin Wickersham (WAOC)        53:53

M40L
1. Neil Crickmore (SO)             70:08
2. Simon Errington (HH)            72:49
3. Clive Street (HH)               77:23
M40S
1. Richard Freeman (RAFO)          53:47

M45L
1. Richard Bonnett (SOS)           63:00
2. Mike Capper (WAOC)              69:17
3. Clive Tant (SOS)                72:07
M45S
1. Maurice Hemingway (WAOC)        47:33

M50L
1. Martin Sellens (SOS)            60:49
2. Douglas Henderson (RR)          64:43
3. Richard Gardner (OD)            66:01
M50S
1. Rob Kingman (SAX)               48:31

M55L
1. Alan Williamson (SO)            51:03
2. Guy Seaman (SYO)                54:21
3. Malcolm Mann (WAOC)             55:50
M55S
1. Bill Butcher (NOR)              52:26

M60L
1. John Ward (NOR)                 56:50
2. Chris Morley (WAOC)             60:53
3. David Ball (NOR)                64:47
M60S
1. Bob Alderson (NOC)              38:47

M65L
1. Robin Campbell (CHIG)           44:33
2. Robin Barris (HH)               52:22
3. John Webb (SUFFOC)              56:54
M65S
1. Robeat Ian Robb (CLOK)          47:25

M70L
1. Colin Curtis (WAOC)             56:10
2. Jack Isbester (SOS)             61:35
3. Norman Howarth (NOR)            66:35

M75L
1. Roy Malley (NATO)               49:01
2. John Peel (NOR)                 78:02
3. Maurice Capper (WAOC)           87:34
M75S
1. Bob Farnbank (NOR)             135:48

JW1
1. Leanne Durrant (LOG)            20:33

JW2
1. Jacqui Doyle (NOR)              16:09
2. Sonia Last (NOR)                22:45
3. Stephanie Palmer (NOR)          24:48

JW3
1. Sophie Louth (WAOC)             20:51
2. Katie Doyle (NOR)               22:43
3. Jessica Longstaff (NOR)         31:01

JW4
1. Leanne Barnes (NOR)             37:26
2. Ruth Taylor (NOR)               39:09
3. Laura Parkes (HH)               43:01

JW5S
1. Bryony Crickmore (SO)           45:56
2. Jo West (SOS)                   49:45
3. Nina Tant (SOS)                 55:11

JW5L
1. Hazel Tant (SOS)                55:49
2. Katie Sellens (SOS)             73:03

W21L
1. Katerina Houdkova (Ind)         71:52
2. Sarah Wright (NOR)              72:05
3. Kay Fowler (NOR)                90:22
W21S
1. Emily Parkin (NUOC)             53:20

W35L
1. Julia Wotton (WAOC)             66:32
2. Catherine Galvin (LOK)          72:13
3. Kim Giddis (DEE)                75:10
W35S
1. Lynn Emmett (Ind)               56:19

W40L
1. Helen Errington (HH)            57:57
2. Louise Jones (LOK)              73:43
3. Susan Crickmore (SO)            74:09
W40S
1. Pam Hemingway (WAOC)            72:31

W45L
1. Hilary Sellens (SOS)            44:12
2. Sue Woods (WAOC)                47:02
3. Nicola Gardner (WAOC)           55:13
W45S
1. Kim Eden (NOR)                  37:47

W50L
1. Lindsey Freeman (WAOC)          59:25
2. Lesley Brown (HH)               61:43
3. Janis Ryall (WAOC)              63:44
W50S
1. Hazel Rice (NOC)                37:22

W55L
1. Jenny Collyer (SOS)             55:36
W55S
1. Maureen Webster (HH)            55:36

W60L
1. Gillian Pilgrim (NOR)           74:52
2. Pat Bedder (NOR)                77:32
3. Judith Robb (CLOK)              96:01

W65L
1. Ruby Campbell (CHIG)            47:05
2. Clarissa Napier (NOR)           48:14
3. Alison Sloman (HOC)             51:00

W70L
1. Barbara George (NOR)            56:59
2. June Webb (SUFFOC)              79:54
3. Jean Peel (NOR)                 88:47

W75L
1. Sheila Farnbank (NOR)          125:05

WAOC Chicksands 4/4/04

White
1. Thomas Jones (SLOW)         M10 12:05
2. Matthew Jones (SLOW)        M10 12:44
3. Todd Cooper (Ind)           M10 14:40

Yellow
1. Martin Thetford (TVOC)      M10 18:14
2. Daniel Parsons (LEI)        M10 20:48
3. Tom Pownall + 1 (SMOC)      M10 23:52

Orange
1. Thomas Louth (WAOC)         M10 31:43
2. Holly Guest (SMOC)          W18 41:33
3. Alice Gresham (WAOC)        W16 43:34

Red
1. Martin Humphries (WAOC)     M18 61:03
2. Anita Thomas (Ind)          W35 61:36
3. Rushner family (SMOC)           89:32

Light Green
1. Andy Jones (SLOW)           M45 37:16
2. Kathy Haynes (WAOC)         W45 42:28
3. Michael Parsons (LEI)       M45 47:25

Green
1. John Wickersham (WAOC)      M60 50:09
2. Helen Errington (HH)        W40 51:18
3. Peter Duthie (WAOC)         M45 54:45
4. Maureen Weldon (WAOC)       W50 56:20
5. Robin Barris (HH)           M65 57:44

Blue
1= Andy Jackson (DVO)          M40 44:26
1= Chris Dibben (TVOC)         M35 44:26
3. Rolf Crook (WAOC)           M21 45:01
4. Roger Thetford (TVOC)       M40 45:38
5. Simon Errington (HH)        M40 45:40

NOR Lynford 25/4/04

White
1. C./T. Hemingway (WAOC)  W10/M10 15:46
2. E. Wain / O. Dixon (NHS)    W10 16:10
3. Tom H. (Ind)                M10 17:57

Yellow
1. James Mayley (LOG)          M12 14:34
2. Thomas Hemingway (WAOC)     M10 14:59
3. Liz Howe (Ind)              W40 18:26

Orange
1. Joe/Simon Hooton(SUFFOC) M10/45 45:44
2. K. / A. Parker (Ind)            46:20
3. Mike Baldwin (NOR)          M55 53:47

Red
1. Alan Spidy (NOR)            M40 54:22
2. Chris Lambert (NOR)         M55 63:15
3. I. Burrell (Ind)            W40 82:14

Light Green
1. Wendy Cowley (NOR)          W40 71:13
2. Pam Jermy (NOR)             W45 74:24
3. Geoff Eagles (NOR)          W50 76:07

Green
1. Graham Wardle (NOR)         M50 45:44
2. Laurie Rudling (NOR)        M50 48:03
3. Stephen Cone (NOR)          M50 48:07
4. Les Jarrald (NOR)           M55 48:12
5. Barry Pilgrim (NOR)         M55 48:16

Blue
1. Danny Goldsworthy (NOR)     M21 55:55
2. Ben Cowley (NOR)            M20 56:29
3. Kevin Smith (NOR)           M50 58:58
4. John Rathjen (Ind)          M35 66:39
5. Peter Walling (NOR)         M40 69:35

Brown
1. John Ward (NOR)             M35 61:57
2. Russ Ladkin (WAOC)          M35 71:28
3. Paul Goldsworthy (NOR)      M40 79:25
4. Andrew Elliott (SUFFOC)     M21 81:49
5. Barry Parker (NOR)          M55 84:20

SOS Hylands Park 25/4/04

White
1. India Hayes (Barn)          W10 13:21
2. Oliver Jones (Barn)         M10 14:17
3. Sarah Bibby (Barn)          W10 16:59

Yellow
1. Nicolas Axford (Moulsham)   M12 17:29
2. Tom Bright (Barn)           M12 23:53
3. Esther Privett (HenryB)     W12 24:18

Orange
1. James Park (SOS)            M12 31:46
2. Nicola Barker (SOS)         W16 36:06
3. Sarah Park (SOS)            W14 46:02

Light Green
1. David Brew (HAVOC)          M50 32:39
2. Richard Barker (SOS)        M50 35:19
3. Alan Alford (SOS)           M45 39:59

Green
1. Andreas Schroeder (SOS)     M21 41:20
2. Chris Baker (DFOK)          M70 43:14
3. Rob Hammond (SOS)           M35 43:43
4. Patrick Gilmoun (SOS)       M35 45:24
5. Richard (Ind)                   45:42

Blue
1. Richard Bonnett (SOS)       M45 52:57
2. Bert Park (SOS)             M35 53:16
3. Martin Sellens (SOS)        M50 57:07
4. Rob Weed (SUFFOC)           M35 59:06
5. Kevin Wright (SOS)          M50 60:22

WAOC Ampthill Park 9/5/04

M Junior chasing sprint
1. Tim Street (HH)             M16 45:25
2. Simon Gardner (WAOC)        M16 49:27

M Open chasing sprint
1. Rolf Crook (WAOC)           M21 43:46
2. Alan Elder (CUOC)           M21 47:41
3. Ashley Bown (CUOC)          M21 48:28

M Veteran chasing sprint
1. Simon Errington (HH)        M40 44:20
2. Clive Street (HH)           M40 44:27
3. Neil Humphries (WAOC)       M40 44:50

W Junior chasing sprint
1. Clare Woods (WAOC)          W16 70:34

W Open chasing sprint
1. Helen Gardner (WAOC)        W18 45:34
2. Rosemary Dyer (CUOC)        W21 52:50
3. Sian Challacombe (HH)       W21 53:36

W Veteran chasing sprint
1. Nicola Gardner (WAOC)       W45 50:29
2. Sue Woods (WAOC)            W45 58:07
3. Janis Ryall (WAOC)          W50 60:34

White
1. I. Hayes/L. Cashin (Barn)   W10  8:30
2. Thomas Hemingway (Offd)     M10  9:35
3. Bradley Kershaw (Barn)      M10 10:35

Yellow
1. James Firth (KCS)           M12 10:22
2. Jonathan Cronk (KCS)        M12 12:40
3. Josh Harris (Barn)          M12 13:08

Orange
1. Tom Adams (CVC)             M16 44:25
2. Nicola Barker (Culf)        W16 57:59

Light Green
1. Simon Gardner (CVC)         M16 27:32
2. Michael Parsons (LEI)       M45 38:00
3. James Norris (WAOC)         M40 49:42

NOR Houghen 23/5/04

White
1. Sam Nicholls (NOR)          M10 35:34

Yellow
1. Madeleine Vogler (NOR)      W10 20:44
2. Laura Goldsworthy (NOR)     W12 28:02
3. Jacqui Doyle (NOR)          W10 31:00

Orange
1. Katie Doyle (NOR)           W12 37:10
2. Tina/Ben Rathjen (Ind)          57:20
3. Batchelor family (Ind)          70:34

Red
1. Rod Sibson (NOR)            M50 58:04
2. I. Burrell (Ind)            M40 62:45
3. Sarah Freeburn (Ind)        W21 86:09

Light Green
1. Geoff Eagles (NOR)          M50 51:09
2. John Eagles (NOR)           M55 51:37
3. E. Farrow (NOR)             W21 55:04

Green
1. Graham Wardle (NOR)         M50 42:42
2. Ian Shephard (NOR)          M50 45:34
3. Stephen Cone (NOR)          M50 48:46
4. Karen Goldsworthy (NOR)     W35 49:58
5. Glyn Mayley (LOG)           M45 50:04

Blue
1. Sarah Wright (NOR)          W21 50:25
2. John Rathjen (Ind)          M35 59:32
3. Mark Chalkley (NOR/WyCol)   M16 59:45
4. Kim Eden (NOR)              W45 62:18
5. Steve Nobbs (NOR)           M45 66:45

Brown
1. Rolf Crook (WAOC)           M21 55:20
2. John Ward (NOR)             M35 56:40
3. Danny Goldsworthy (NOR)     M21 59:07
4. Tim Eden (NOR)              M50 64:20
5. Tim Wright (NOR)            M21 64:46

SOS High Woods 6/6/04

White
1. Annabel Duthie (Barn)       W10  9:20
2. Helen L./Isabelle C. (Barn) W10  9:41
3. I. Hayes/L. Cashin (Barn)   W10  9:51

Yellow
1. Alex Bibby (Barn)           M12 15:20
2. Stephen Dickens (Barn)      M12 18:02
3. Wilkinson family (SUFFOC)       20:06

Orange
1. Clive Wilkinson (SUFFOC)    M40 25:23
2. Nicola Barker (Culf)        W16 27:18
3. James Park (Cople)          M14 34:32

Light Green
1. Louise Walker (SUFFOC)      W35 52:18
2. John Collyer (SOS)          M55 66:33
3. Nancy Powell Davies (SOS)   W50 69:22

Green
1. David Float (HAVOC)         M35 46:39
2. Tom Edelsten (CHIG)             46:41
3. Jo West (SOS)               W16 49:18
4. Alison Gourd (CROC)         W35 51:18
5. Gary Woods (SOS)                52:07

Blue
1. Phil Stuart (BAOC)          M45 59:31
2. Steve Robertson (SOS)       M50 60:04
3. Richard Bonnett (SOS)       M45 62:04
4. Bert Park (SOS)             M35 63:18
5. Colin West (SOS)            M45 77:00

Ampthill Chasing Sprint

WAOC's second attempt to bring the thrilling head-to-head competition of a chasing sprint to East Anglia's masses was held at Ampthill Park on 9th May, and looks set to become an annual event. While the park is quite small, it has a good mixture of open and wooded areas as well as a steep slope, so some challenging and spectator-friendly short courses could be planned.

In the Men's Open class, Rolf Crook (WAOC) built up a two minute lead in the prologue, ahead of the CUOC pair of Alan Elder and Ash Bown. Meanwhile in the Women's Open Helen Gardner (WAOC) headed Rosemary Dyer (CUOC) by a similar margin. The Veteran Men's class was a much closer competition, with Simon Errington (HH) leading Neil Humphries (WAOC) by seven seconds, with Clive Street (HH) just two seconds further behind.

The real fun at these events comes with the chase, of course. Nearly all of the competitors started within a ten minute period, and with the first 500m of the course visible from the start many had a target in sight in front of them. Both Rolf and Helen proved to be the class acts of the field and were able not only to maintain, but to extend, their leads in the Open classes. There were some closer finishes further back in the field, but few changes of position - catching up is one thing, getting past is another!

As expected after the prologue results, the Veteran Men's race proved the best spectacle, with Simon being pushed hard but hanging on to finish seven seconds ahead of Clive. The fastest time on the chase was recorded by Peter Haynes (SLOW), who closed the gap to the top three by a couple of minutes but for whom the finish came too soon. The Veteran Women's class was won comfortably by Nicola Gardner (WAOC), fastest in both rounds, while the Junior classes were won by Tim Street (HH) and Clare Woods (WAOC) in disappointingly small fields - I'm sure there must be more juniors out there who would enjoy the competitive element of this type of event.

Mark Collis (DRONGO)

Punt Orienteering

In June, WAOC members once again had the chance to take part in a punt orienteering competition on the river Cam. Originating from CUOC's traditional post exam event, the PuntO involves a race of parallel running and punting legs. This time, 5 or 6 people per punt had 6 legs, both running and punting, to split between themselves. This year I took over from Mark as organiser cum planner - he seems to have been stuck for many years with organising many CUOC and WAOC PuntOs, and there was some kind of grumble that he'd quite like to run it sometime, so what could I do?! Previous PuntOs have been planned on Coe Fen, a Cambridge parkland area frequently used for summer evening events, CUOC introductory events and other such events. This year we added Grantchester Meadows, a stretch of land alongside the river further south of Coe Fen; a riverside path was built here several years ago, which makes the area especially useful for something like a PuntO, where the river is such an integral part of it!

The controls in a PuntO are usually pieces of string collected by the competitors: it saves the organiser having to collect them but has the disadvantage of being slightly harder to find. Having put out the pieces of string the week before the event, the morning's preparation only required transporting four punts from Scudamore's, the hiring place, to the car park, where everyone else was meeting us.

Whilst waiting to meet them, clouds were ominously collecting in the distance (and Scudamore's staff were taking the cushions out of the touring punts) and we set off punting just as the rain started. Nevertheless, it was only a short shower and the sky cleared by the time we got to the car park, where the competitors arrived shortly. Next I handed out the maps to all teams so they could split the punting and running legs, taking into account the punting and running speeds of each team member.

1-2-3-go!!! After my very unimaginative countdown, everyone set off and there were some collisions straight away. Whilst first leg runners set off for a run around Coe Fen, the punts started just inside a shallow side shoulder of the Cam. Two managed to get away safely whilst the other two remained stuck in a collision and spent a while getting themselves out of the bushes.

[How not to punt!]

In the meantime, I headed off towards the first handover and to take pictures of the punters on the first leg, being quite amused by my mum Jitka losing her pole and paddling backwards with her hands whilst lying face-down on the punting platform. At the first handover, the punts all arrived before any of the runners. Rolf was back first, giving his boat a slight advantage over the others. However, it was only a very short time before Helen and Rosemary arrived, sending their punts in close pursuit - then the fourth punt set off once Hally came back from the first leg around Coe Fen.

The next punting leg was probably the hardest one, including the manoeuvring through Dead Man's Corner, and all teams put on one of their better punters. To avoid having to run round the streets to the Meadows myself, I managed to convince one of the leading punts to take me as ballast to the next handover point. Which is how I became a witness to a real pirate fight. As Mark was gaining distance on Julia ahead, the crew at the front tried their hardest to keep him at bay, with some sneaky tactics like blocking the river and holding on to the gaining punt. At one point, moving into the bank and some trees, Mark suddenly decided that the other punt was a little more attractive and transferred there - he says it was a choice between stepping into the water or into the other punt, the latter of which was the nicer option, but I personally reckon that at the time he was still trying to decide which punt had better chances in the race!

The leg finished where Grantchester Meadows began, with the handover at a point where a guy happened to be fishing that day - fortunately he didn't seem to mind four punts mooring in close proximity! Once again, Rolf's punt set off from here with a slight advantage after Edmund finished his leg (handing over to Jitka) ahead of Caroline (handing over to Peter). I left them to their competition for a bit, waiting to see where the other two punts had got to. They arrived at the handover point, both waiting for the pairs of junior competitors to arrive. Having not expected such a great demand for junior legs, I only planned one of them specifically to yellow standard, so teams with two juniors had them running that leg and another one in pairs. Sophie and David finished just ahead of Katy and Edward B, adding to the competition between this pair of punts too. Loading up their incoming runners, and offloading the next ones to go out, the two punts headed off in pursuit of the other two (with a punt-pole from one of those visible over the meadow).

For a while I was running backwards and forwards along the river to see where each of the punts had got to. I managed to point out the location of the pieces of strings to a few competitors (despite my "quite descriptive" control descriptions, it is quite difficult to find a single piece of white string when you are the last one to arrive there!), found out that one of the controls on the junior leg was surrounded by a herd of cows (I really couldn't have known that when putting out the controls the week before!), and even got a brief lift with another punt for one of the punting legs. In the meantime the leading punt managed to gain quite a lot of ground and turned to the downstream legs well ahead of the others. Here I have to mention Thomas and his speedy run round the yellow leg - despite the cows! - which was followed not too much later by the junior members of the other teams.

[a close finish]

Whilst the leading punt was close to starting the final punting leg, I was watching the others set off on the last long running leg. The final competition became quite fierce, as Rolf and Edward L set off running at the same time, with Sue setting off several minutes after them. Downriver, waiting for the runners to finish, all three of the final punts met up, waiting to see how their runners would do. I'm told that one of the controls in a wooded area right on the south end of the Meadows caused some grief, with Ed eventually finding it sneakily and trying to disappear before Rolf noticed! Nevertheless, in the end they both finished almost at the same time, with Rolf putting in a final speedy sprint to jump into his punt first.

Both punts headed off towards the finish, whilst the others waited a few more minutes for Sue to arrive and went off in pursuit. Heading round the streets back to the finish, I could only guess what was happening on the river, but in the end Graham's punt arrived a few moments before Rolf's at the finish, with Bruce punting in the remaining soaked punters to a round of applause some minutes later.

So, in the end:

  1. Mark Collis, Helen Gardner, Caroline, Thomas & William Louth, Peter Woods - 125min
  2. David Bailey, Simon Gardner, Hally Hardie, Graham, Edward & Sophie Louth - 135min
  3. Rolf Crook, Jitka & Katrin Sengerová, Ed Ward, Julia Wotton - 140min
  4. Martin & Edward Bailey, Rosemary Dyer, Bruce Marshall, Sue & Katy Woods - 150min

It was great to see so many people at the event: with a couple of CUOCers and many WAOCers, we were able to race with four punts, which makes the race extra exciting. Maybe next year we should aim to make the event an East Anglian PuntO Champs and invite other EA clubs along?

Blanka Sengerová (WAOC/CUOC)

AGM Minutes

EAST ANGLIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held 27th June 2004 at Warren Wood

Present: Lyn West (Chairman/SOS), Paul Lowe (Vice Chairman/SUFFOC), Keith Downing (Secretary/SMOC), John T. Ward (Treasurer/NOR), Mark Collis (Points East/DRONGO), Ursula Oxburgh (Coaching/WAOC), Bruce Marshall (Equipment/WAOC), Roger Stenson (Fixtures/NOR), Pat & Alan Bedder (NOR), John J. Ward (NOR), Clarissa Napier (NOR), Peter Walling (NOR), Robert Dove (SMOC), Eleanor West (SOS), Nicola Robertson (SOS), Colin West (SOS), Maria Marshall (WAOC), Pam & Maurice Hemingway (WAOC).

Lyn West took the chair and thanked Roger for the enjoyable score event which had preceded the AGM.

  1. Apologies for Absence: John Shaw, Helen Nisbet, Rachel Thomas, Colin Nicholson (SMOC), Pauline Stevens, Clive Tant (SOS), Paul Beckett, Barbara Fothergill, Brian Daniel (HAVOC), Clive Coles (SUFFOC), Blanka Sengerová (CUOC).

  2. Minutes of the last AGM (22nd June 03)

    Accepted as a correct record - Prop. John T. Ward, Sec. Colin West

  3. Matters Arising

    The previous AGM had agreed regional levies would be reviewed, dealt with in the Treasurer's report

  4. Chairman's Report

    [Reproduced as this edition's Chairman's Chat]

  5. Treasurer's Report for the Year ending 31 December 2003

    [read in conjunction with the 2003 Accounts]

    The Association's income through capitation and event levies differed little from the previous twelve months, but increased slightly through the hire of SI equipment and SI cards. Whereas the expenditure on SI equipment rose, that on SI cards fell considerably. Income from the Region's hosting of the final of the Compass Sport Cup and Trophy was nearly £600 less than that derived from a heat of the event in the previous year, whilst costs fell by less than £30.

    Disappointingly, there were few requests for Junior tour grants, leading to a saving of over £750, and costs incurred by the Junior squad fell by almost £1180. Consequently the Association made a surplus of £1762 for the year.

    The Balance Sheet reflects the Association's current healthy financial state. Further expenditure was made on SI equipment during the year, partly necessitated by the need to replace a computer, partly by the replacement of stolen equipment not fully covered by insurance, but partly to improve downloading by the purchase of a thermal printer.

    No reduction in charges made by the Association are suggested this year as income is already affected by the decision taken at last year's AGM to reduce the costs of hiring out equipment and cards. This was implemented on 1st January 2004 and its full effect cannot yet be assessed. It is hoped that expenditure on the Junior squad will increase again, and that individual Juniors will ask for assistance if they are selected for tours. The Association also expects to spend heavily on two major events to be staged in the Region later this year, and furthermore needs to maintain its capital reserves for possible future funding of a Regional Development Officer.

    The proposal that levies should remain unchanged was accepted unanimously by the meeting

  6. Election of Officers

    Paul Lowe took the chair and thanked Lyn West for her work as Chairman.

    Lyn was then proposed as Chairman
    - Prop. Ursula Oxburgh, Sec. John T. Ward - Agreed

    Lyn then took the chair for the remainder of the meeting

    Paul Lowe proposed as Vice Chairman
    - Prop. John T. Ward, Sec. Clarissa Napier - Agreed

    Keith Downing proposed as Secretary
    - Prop. Paul Lowe, Sec. Ursula Oxburgh - Agreed

    John Ward proposed as Treasurer
    - Prop. Bruce Marshall, Sec. Alan Bedder - Agreed

    Other regional officials and BOF committee members/delegates are by appointment

    • Coaching - Ursula Oxburgh
    • Fixtures - Roger Stenson; but he will not be available for re-appointment in 2005. He proposed that a replacement be identified to shadow him in 2004 to be able to take over later. No replacement was nominated, but suitable individuals will be approached.
    • Rules Group- Andrew Cordle
    • Map Group - John T. Ward
    • Junior Competitions - Blanka Sengerová
    • Senior Competitions - Ursula Oxburgh
    • Elite Competitions - Lyn West
    • International Competitions - Lyn West
    • Equipment - Bruce Marshall
    • Points East - Mark Collis
    • Junior Squad Co-ordinator - Lyn West

    In addition, Lyn West proposed that a Development Committee be established under Hilary Palmer to work with Jez Middleton to maximise developments in the Region. Its composition and terms of reference would be established later.

  7. British Schools Orienteering Championships

    Alan Bedder updated the meeting of developments and the large scale of the event. Major officials were in place, but other regional members would be called upon for the multitude of jobs necessary and as many volunteers as possible were required on the day.

  8. Any Other Business

    Ursula Oxburgh said that following a successful Level 1 Coaching course, all clubs now had a Level 1 coach. A Level 2 course would be held in October, clubs were asked to give their full support to delegates. Her aim was to provide coaching for seniors as well as juniors.

The meeting closed at 13.25

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