Points East Number 165 - Winter 2004/5
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Contents
- Editorial
- Chairman's Chat
- CompassSport Cup and Trophy
- EAGAL Results 2004
- Who is the best orienteer in East Anglia?
- Junior Points East
- Results Round-Up
- Varsity Match Preview
- Harlow Sprint
- Photo O
Editorial
I know that it's slightly late for a winter edition, at least according to the calendar, but it's definitely still winter as far as the weather is concerned - both of my last two events have seen snow falling. While not the most pleasant conditions to run in, it should at least be good preparation for the Varsity Match in Stockholm in a few weeks' time...
After taking a winter break from orienteering for about six weeks around Christmas, the busiest part of the season has arrived in a hurry, with plenty of big events to look forward to. Anyone who was at JK97 will be looking forward to the British Championships in April, and it's now only a few weeks until the JK - I'm sure that many East Anglians will be making the short journey across to the West Midlands.
I hope you all have good runs there, but remember that possibly the most important event of the weekend will be happening indoors, at the BOF AGM. There is going to be a lively discussion about the latest membership proposals, as the executive try to keep to their ambitious timetable against some vocal opposition - I'm sure that they won't let a film showing cut things short this year!
Whilst a large attendance at the AGM will be a good start on its own, it is important that all members have a good grasp of the issues involved. To start with, the latest BOF proposal (which bears little resemblance to the previous one) can be found at: http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/asp/makepage.asp?PID=MEMBPROP. Essentially they would replace individual membership of BOF with club membership, in a similar fashion to the structure of EAOA as an association of clubs, but with a much more complex way of working out the fees due.
CompassSport subscribers will have seen the detailed article by John Morris about BOF's current position, which is now available online so that everyone can read it: http://www.compasssport.com/John%20Morris%20article.pdf. The same author has also produced a detailed analysis of the shortcomings of BOF's proposal, which can be downloaded from:http://www.nopesport.com/forum/download.php?id=83.
I hope that you will take the time to study these documents and draw your own conclusions, then come to the AGM ready for the debate!
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 Spring 2005 edition is 6th May.
Chairman's Chat
I cannot believe we are at the end of February already. Time does gallop by! It seems to have been a good start to the year. There have been plenty of events, both in the region and further afield. I have enjoyed my runs and hope you have too. But I hope you haven't made as many mistakes - I seem to have tried just about every one in the book (and some new ones) including picking up the wrong map on Day 1 of the Thetford Thrash!
The CompassSport round has seen our clubs heading in different directions. Provisionally SOS has won the Trophy section of SE round quite convincingly. The new scoring system seems to have helped them. I haven't seen the results from the Leicester round.
Out of the forest, the membership debate rumbles on. Although the view was that the majority of the membership supported the original proposal effectively removing club only membership, BOF Management Committee recognized that there was a significant minority strongly opposed to it - we managed a high profile! The upshot is a radical new proposal which, although it does have shortcomings, I think EAOA clubs could work within. The full paper is available on the BOF website.
It is obvious to all that the main driving force to any change is income. The question that I am continually asked - is what do we need the extra money for? To fund the Strategic Plan! This was agreed by BOF Council early last year. The aims are laudable - the development of orienteering with the aim of growing the membership. However a workshop attended by Keith Downing was critical of some of the initiatives. Certainly some of these seemed impractical as far as EAOA clubs were concerned. However I was a fairly lonely critical voice at the BOF Council meeting. We must continue to make our views known. There can be no expectation that the membership is willing to fund any shortfall between income and expenditure. I do urge members to follow the debate and express your views to me, to BOF Councillors and to BOF Management.
The AGM is approaching and with it the election of said BOF Councillors. I have been nominated for one of these four BOF Councillors. I regard myself as an ordinary club orienteer, typical of the majority of our membership and the volunteers essential to our sport. From personal experience I understand the needs of families; the West family started orienteering in 1992 as an activity to share. Through my own children and involvement with junior orienteers from club to elite level, I appreciate their needs.
I was flattered by the level of support from the EAOA committee when I expressed my intention to stand. I hope that support extends to members and would ask you to make the effort to vote, either by attending the AGM at the JK on March 27th or by using your proxy vote. I believe that I can represent the diverse body of orienteers. Please support me.
CompassSport Cup and Trophy
As it was not East Anglia's turn to host a regional round this year, EA clubs were split between two venues in adjacent regions, at Banstead Heath in Surrey and Belvoir in Leicestershire. Congratulations to SOS, who have once again qualified for the Trophy final. The team scores from both were:
Cup - Belvoir 1. NOC 2280 2. DVO 2253 3. TVOC 2179 4. WAOC 2047 5. LEI 1988 6. NOR 1874 Trophy - Belvoir 1. HALO 1255 2. LOG 1127 3. SMOC 1048 4. SUFFOC 767 Trophy - Banstead 1. SOS 1270 2. GO 1196 3. BADO 1179 4. CHIG 1046 5. HAVOC 899 6. CROC 637
EAGAL Results 2004
The final results for the 2004 EAGAL are listed below - congratulations to all the winners! There were six nominated events during the year, at Highlodge Warren, Swaffham, Warden Warren, Hatfield Forest, Ickworth Park and Thorndon Park. Your four best scores count towards the overall total, and you also need to have competed in at least three of the events. An event-by-event breakdown can be found on the web at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/n.humphries/Eagal/2004.htm.
M10 1. Thomas Hemingway (WAOC) 400 (6) 2. Thomas Louth (WAOC) 253 (3) 3. Rory Coutts (SUFFOC) 119 (3) 4. Marcus Turner (Barn) 114 (3) M12 1. James Firth (WAOC) 300 (3) 2. Michael Park (SOS) 242 (4) 3. Jonathan Cronk (WAOC) 181 (3) 4. Robert Barker (SUFFOC) 149 (3) 5. Christian Gregory (Barn) 112 (3) 6. Tom Bright (SUFFOC) 107 (3) M14 1. James Park (SOS) 318 (4) 2. Edward Louth (WAOC) 278 (3) M16 1. Simon Gardner (WAOC) 345 (5) 2. James Lyne (SOS) 274 (3) M18 - No competitors with three scores M20 - No competitors with three scores M21 1. Rolf Crook (WAOC) 400 (4) 2. Glen Richardson (NOR) 328 (4) 3. Justin Caulkett (WAOC) 265 (3) 4. Mark Collis (DRONGO) 227 (3) 5. Andrew Elliott (SUFFOC) 219 (3) 6. Simon Williams (WAOC) 133 (3) M35 1. Perry Mole (SUFFOC) 234 (4) 2. Robert Hammond (SOS) 105 (3) M40 1. Paul Beckett (HAVOC) 386 (5) 2. Bert Park (SOS) 257 (3) 3. Graham Louth (WAOC) 190 (4) 4. Gary Woods (SOS) 187 (3) M45 1. Richard Bonnett (SOS) 400 (4) 2. Paul Lowe (SUFFOC) 318 (5) 3= Mike Capper (WAOC) 317 (5) 3= Maurice Hemingway (WAOC) 317 (6) 5. Peter Woods (WAOC) 278 (4) 6. Ian Smith (WAOC) 268 (4) 7. Bob Hill (RAFO) 236 (3) 8. Clive Baker (NOR) 231 (3) 9. Peter Duthie (WAOC) 222 (3) 10.Mark Lyne (SOS) 217 (3) 11.Tony Wadeson (WAOC) 212 (3) 12.Colin West (SOS) 196 (3) M50 1. Phil Brown (NOR) 344 (4) 2. Bruce Marshall (WAOC) 330 (5) 3. Peter Howsam (WAOC) 232 (3) 4. Andrew Welsh (SMOC) 225 (3) 5. Laurie Rudling (NOR) 207 (3) 6. Richard Barker (SOS) 204 (5) 7. Ian Lawson (WAOC) 177 (3) M55 1. William Morgan (NOR) 386 (5) 2. Mike Bickle (WAOC) 364 (4) 3= Peter Ryall (WAOC) 315 (6) 3= Roger Horton (WAOC) 315 (4) 5. Anthony Biggs (HAVOC) 265 (5) 6. Brian Williams (WAOC) 245 (4) 7. Fred Northrop (WAOC) 233 (3) 8. Graham Ward (NOR) 224 (5) 9. John Beadle (WAOC) 165 (3) 10.John Collyer (SOS) 137 (4) M60 1. John Ward (NOR) 400 (5) 2. Chris Morley (WAOC) 292 (3) 3. Tony Bishop (WAOC) 281 (3) M65 1. Peter Leverington (NOR) 345 (4) 2. Rodney Freeburn (NOR) 292 (3) M70 1. Jack Isbester (SOS) 400 (6) 2. Colin Curtis (WAOC) 395 (4) M75 1. Maurice Capper (WAOC) 300 (3) W10 1. Sarah Bibby (Barn) 118 (3) 2. Catherine Hemingway (WAOC) 96 (3) W12 1. Katrin Sengerova (WAOC) 238 (3) 2. Helen Vidler (Barn) 145 (3) 3. Abbi Pass (SUFFOC) 136 (3) 4. Leonora Selby (SUFFOC) 133 (3) 5. Sarah Roach (SUFFOC) 128 (3) 6= Robyn Durrant (Barn) 119 (3) 6= Madeleine Seacombe (Barn) 119 (3) 8. Sushruta Chandraker (WAOC) 111 (3) W14 1. Ellen Sanderson (SOS) 224 (3) W16 1. Jo West (SOS) 262 (3) 2. Clare Woods (WAOC) 249 (3) W18 1. Helen Gardner (WAOC) 272 (3) 2. Emma Johnson (SOS) 212 (3) W20 - No competitors with three scores W21 1. Blanka Sengerova (WAOC) 400 (4) 2. Nicola Gill (NOR) 139 (3) 3. Annika Swindell (NOR) 100 (3) W35 1. Julia Wotton (WAOC) 400 (5) W40 1. Pamela Hemingway (WAOC) 400 (6) 2. Caroline Louth (WAOC) 235 (3) 3. Sue Speller (WAOC) 134 (3) W45 1. Barbara Fothergill (HAVOC) 336 (4) 2. Nicola Gardner (WAOC) 309 (5) 3. Sue Woods (WAOC) 288 (4) 4. Wendy Welham (SOS) 232 (3) 5. Jitka Sengerova (WAOC) 100 (3) W50 1. Lindsey Freeman (WAOC) 376 (4) 2. Maria Marshall (WAOC) 355 (5) 3. Janis Ryall (WAOC) 254 (4) 4. Jane Howsam (WAOC) 244 (3) 5. Estella Ward (NOR) 214 (3) 6. Hazel Bickle (WAOC) 194 (4) W55 1. Jenny Collyer (SOS) 400 (4) 2. Ruth Saxl (WAOC) 277 (4) 3. Mary Batten (WAOC) 256 (3) W60 1. Geraldine Russell (SOS) 250 (3) W65 1. Clarissa Napier (NOR) 329 (4) W70 1. Barbara George (NOR) 297 (3) 2. Ursula Oxburgh (WAOC) 274 (3)
The 2005 EAGAL competition got off to an early start, with the first three events being held in January at Bucknell, Woodbridge and Bromehill. The remaining events in 2005 are:
13th March NOR Hockham 20th March WAOC High Ash 27th November SOS Brandon 14th December HAVOC Epping
Who is the best orienteer in East Anglia?
During a recent discussion with a member of my athletics club, I suggested he should give orienteering a go. He said he thought it might be fun, but maybe something he could do when he was injured, and couldn't be doing any 'serious' running. Like many others, he viewed O as a recreational activity, and was only really interested in serious competition. I tried to assure him that orienteering is a real sport, and that he might be surprised at how fast the top guys are. When I suggested that top orienteers could probably do a 10k faster than him (35 mins), he wanted an example. "Who's the best local orienteer?" he asked.
This is what got me thinking. How do you answer this question? My first reaction was to see who won the M21L course at the East Anglian champs. The trouble with this is that only seven people did this course last year (and it is being ageist and sexist). Of course, juniors, vets and ladies can enter the M21L if they wish, but in so doing, they would be forfeiting the chance to win their own class. I think it is one of the problems with orienteering that we are far too keen to divide competition up into as many classes as possible. This might be better at national events, but at badge events in East Anglia it often means you end up competing against only a handful of people.
Having scanned through last year's results, I think the best event to pick the EA champ from last year was the CompassSport Cup qualifier. This event seemed to attract more of the top local competitors than any other event, and interestingly the top 5 places were filled by 5 different age classes. I would say that the traditional EA champs ought to be renamed the 'EA age-group champs' and that the title of overall EA champion should go to the winner of a colour-coded event such as the CSC, where everyone can run the same course.
Junior Points East
James Lyne reports from the Regional Squads' training weekend at Lakeside (Windermere) before Christmas:
I have been able to attend Lakeside three times, and this unfortunately was to be my last time. It is a national training weekend open to all 16s also giving competent second year 14s a chance to train for the weekend.
Early on a Friday afternoon in late November, the East Anglian Junior Squad of 6 (Jo West, Nina Tant, Mark Chalkley, Simon Gardner, Ed Louth and myself) embarked on the seven hour journey up to the heart of the Lake District to Lakeside YMCA that would be the 'base camp' for a weekend's training in some of the world's finest orienteering terrain. After a late arrival, the squad was glad to hear that they had been given inside accommodation, rather than the much colder isolated huts!
Early the next morning, the organisers of the weekend introduced themselves and then the squads were free to split and discuss the day's training program. After copying the maps up, the squad drove several kilometres down the road to High Dam, an area previously used for World Cup races. A long uphill walk to the start awaited us and after a short warm up and stretch, we were ready to start the training.
The undulating, lightly wooded yet marshy terrain proved to be quite runnable, making the first control picking exercise fast and enjoyable. Soon after, we paired up and completed a visualisation exercise, where one person memorised their way to the first control, and then on the way, their partner memorised the next control's route. Close shadowing from the coaches proved helpful, as we were given handy tips throughout. After a well earned lunch break and short relocation exercise as well as another control pick, we made our way back to Lakeside where a surprise was waiting for us.
Each member of the squad then competed in a sprint race around the small grounds of Lakeside. This 2km sprint encouraged a combination of speed, concentration and the integration of skills practised earlier at High Dam. The competitive nature of the EAJS meant that the stakes were high and Simon Gardner finished in 14:48 beating me, with a time of 15:50 followed by Mark Chalkley in 16:20 who took third place. This sprint race was a great ending for the day, enabling the orienteer to reflect on the techniques learnt as well as getting good views of Lake Windermere while zigzagging across the area to controls feet from the water!
After a presentation from the GB Squad member, Helen Palmer, detailing the interesting and very different intensity of orienteering in Scandinavia, we were free to relax throughout the evening and after copious amounts of free coffee, biscuits and sugar (Mark) tiredness got the better of everyone and we went to sleep.
The next morning after a brief preparation meeting, the squad packed up and left to begin training at Simpson Ground, an area previously used for the training day at the Graythwaite JK 2004. We left with a view to not returning to Lakeside, so after packing we arrived reasonably late and began training at about 11am, practicing our 'map to ground' analysis with a simple 'follow the line' course where the aim was to count the number of controls placed on the line. This left time to complete one more exercise, so a pairs route choice exercise over 3km distance was selected and the deep marshes provided frequent amusement! After a long walk back to the minibus, we left to return home at 9pm that evening.
On behalf of the EAJS, I would like to thank Eleanor West, Richard Barker and Heather Sears as well as all of the weekend's organisers for helping to organise the coaching and courses. Also, a special thanks to Geoff Pye for his kindness in driving the squad to and fro. I strongly recommend that any younger members of the EAJS attend Lakeside when they are old enough as I have definitely found it beneficial to my orienteering!
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Results Round-Up
SOS Chalkney Wood 7/11/04
White 1. Isabelle Clifton-Brown (Barn) 7:50 2. James Symes-Thompson (Barn) 9:07 3. Ivo Hayes (Barn) 9:50 Yellow 1. Camilla Duthie (Barn) 16:25 2. Robert Barker (Barn) 16:32 3. William Benford (Ind) 20:23 Orange 1. Clive Wilkinson (SUFFOC) 29:19 2. Robert Powell Davies (Colch R) 51:06 3. Rachael Malley (St Pete) 51:36 Light Green 1. Chris Cann (HAVOC) 29:43 2. Emma Johnson (SOS/Chelmer V) 48:53 3. Patrick Gilmour (SOS) 50:59 Green 1. Peter Duthie (WAOC) 43:52 2. Kenneth Fox (SAX) 49:23 3. Anne Elvidge (SUFFOC) 51:48 4. Clare Woods (WAOC) 61:23 5. John Starkey (SOS) 61:54 Blue 1. Ian Maynard (HAVOC) 50:23 2. Kevin Robison (SOS) 57:17 3. Martin Hore (SUFFOC) 60:48 4. Paul Lowe (SUFFOC) 65:17 5. Ian Smith (WAOC) 67:12 Score 1. Jenny Collyer (SOS) W55 28pts 2. Phil Stuart (SOS) M45 27pts 3. Steve Robertson (SOS) M50 27pts 4. Kevin Machin (SOS) M40 25pts 5. David West (SOS) M20 25pts
NOR Pretty Corner 14/11/04
White 1. Madeleine Vogler (NOR) W10 14:03 2. Sarah/Matthew Wardle (NOR)W/M10 20:21 3. Zoe Fulcher (NOR) W18 27:45 Yellow 1. Emma Keall (CoWA) W21 19:02 2. Charlotte Gowing (WyCol) W12 19:31 3. C.Traill/C.Urquhart (WyCol) M12 25:42 Orange 1. I. Burrell (Ind) M40 38:56 2. James Taylor (WyCol) M12 43:47 3. Nils Van Minden (NOR) M21 50:40 Red 1. Rod Sibson (NOR) M50 57:01 2. Bassett & Twonk (Ind) M50/W40 74:54 3. Chris Lambert (NOR) M55 79:41 Light Green 1. Leanne Barnes (WyCol) W14 60:51 2. Louise Sime (NOR) W21 66:47 3. T.Reeve & S.Cove (NOR) M10/M50 70:50 Green 1. Mark Chalkley (WyCol) M16 42:36 2. Green (NOR) M40 48:37 3. Graham Wardle (NOR) M50 48:54 4. Barry Pilgrim (NOR) M55 53:14 5. Diane Williamson (HH) W35 61:55 Blue 1. Tim Eden (NOR) M50 55:53 2. Sarah Wright (NOR) W21 58:06 3. Paul Price (NOR) M40 62:37 4. Peter Walling (NOR) M40 63:28 5. Nigel Berry (NOR) M40 66:16 Brown 1. Tim Lenton (INT) M21 50:09 2. Glen Richardson (NOR) M21 56:30 3. Tim Wright (NOR) M21 63:26 4. John J. Ward (NOR) M35 63:38 5. Michael Belshaw (NOR) M40 68:04
SUFFOC Sutton Common 28/11/04
White 1. Bryn Wilkinson (SUFFOC) M10 13:52 2. Henry Mole (SUFFOC) M10 18:06 3. Philip & Ruby Williams 28:09 Yellow 1. Rimee ? (NOR) W12 30:20 2. Cameron Traill (NOR) M10 30:40 3. Calum Urquhart (NOR) M12 31:51 Orange 1. Stephen Cartwright (SOS) M45 23:26 2. Oliver Calver (Ind) M21 32:56 3. James Taylor (NOR) M12 33:45 Light Green 1. Mark Lowther (SUFFOC) M35 55:20 2. Sandra Stincic (Ind) W21 56:52 3. Yvonne McLean (SUFFOC) W65 60:32 Green 1. Stephen Cone (NOR) M50 55:16 2. Michael Presland (LOC) M50 58:25 3. Louise Sime (NOR) W21 65:17 4. Leanne B & Ruth T (NOR) W14 65:49 5. Alan Bedder (NOR) M60 67:15 Blue 1. Mike Bickle (WAOC) M55 58:57 2. John Ward (NOR) M60 60:58 3. Oliver Cooper (SUFFOC) M21 61:48 4. Martin Hore (SUFFOC) M50 63:28 5. Paul Price (NOR) M40 63:33 Brown 1. Tim Lenton (NOR) M21 50:09 2. Rolf Crook (WAOC) M21 57:59 3. Jon Coles (CROC) M35 63:55 4. Danny Goldsworthy (NOR) M21 66:27 5. Steve Robertson (SOS) M50 69:15
WAOC Maulden Woods 5/12/04
White 1. Todd Cooper (WAOC) M10 9:18 2. Daniel Rawsthorne (Ind) M10 11:05 3. Lewis Cooper (WAOC) M10 13:39 Yellow 1. Lucie Hewitt (DMU) W10 31:26 2. Emma Golding (Ind) W10 31:59 3. Joe Roberts (RAFO) M12 53:34 Orange 1. Carla Mann (Ind) W21 53:51 2. Maurice Capper (WAOC) M75 61:03 3. Miri Rubin (WAOC) W21 62:24 Light Green 1. Danny Golding (Ind) M40 41:49 2. David Cooper (WAOC) M40 49:41 3. Caroline Fitzpatrick (SMOC) W40 57:25 Green 1. Bruce Bryant (OD) M45 45:33 2. Liz Phillips (OD) W40 51:19 3. Ali Lea (Ind) W21 54:33 4. Roger Dear (HH) M50 55:08 5. Martin Rigby (BAOC) M45 56:37 Blue 1. Rolf Crook (WAOC) M21 54:11 2. Michael Wright (TVOC) M45 65:17 3. Mike Capper (WAOC) M45 65:44 4. Mike Bickle (WAOC) M55 68:10 5. Lewis Davis (Ind) M21 70:09
HAVOC Weald Park 12/12/04
White 1. Bryan Wilkinson (SUFFOC) 15:44 2. Ceris Burgues (1st Ilford) 18:30 3. Todd Cooper (WAOC) 20:02 Yellow 1. Ashley Clarke (SACF) 25:34 2. Omar Abbas/Alfred Vassell (HFPS)41:01 3. Alex Pike (SOS) W21 52:30 Orange 1. Christina Chopping +1 (Ind) W21 46:13 2. Hassan Cokgezici (HFPS) 51:56 3. Conor Weed (SUFFOC) M14 56:28 Light Green 1. George Pribul (CHIG) M20 23:53 2. Sam Jenner (CHIG) M21 26:47 3. Clive Wilkinson (SUFFOC) M40 28:12 Blue 1. Ian Maynard (HAVOC) M40 40:25 2. Mike Muggeridge (HAVOC) M40 48:19 3. Sean Fenwick (Ind) M21 48:38 4. Kostya Lutsenko (CHIG) M21 52:02 5. Harold Wyber (CHIG) M20 52:35
NOR Roydon Common 19/12/04
White 1. H. & S. Deith (NOR) W40/W10 33:56 Yellow 1. Ben Howe (Ind) M14 16:59 2. Laura Goldsworthy (NOR) W12 19:12 3. Hannah Vogler (NOR) W14 19:55 Orange 1. Matthew Morgan (CoWA) M18 36:46 2. Grant Foster (CoWA) M16 38:48 3. Ian Prevett (CoWA) M18 40:51 Light Green 1. Sarah Wright (NOR) W21 31:01 2. Rob Shephard (NOR) M35 49:54 3. J. Watts (NOR) W40 50:44 Green 1. Glen Richardson (NOR) M21 25:57 2. Robert Frost (NOR) M35 26:01 3. Michael Belshaw (NOR) M40 29:05 4. Tim Wright (NOR) M21 29:50 5. Laurence Ball (NOR) M18 31:11 Blue 1. Kevin Smith (NOR) M50 65:07 2. M. Cumberland (Ind) M40 68:14 3. Jenny Collyer (SOS) W55 69:09 4. Mike Bickle (WAOC) M55 69:16 5. Bruce Marshall (WAOC) M50 72:00 Brown 1. Danny Goldsworthy (NOR) M21 70:06 2. John Sutcliffe (WAOC) M21 72:15 3. Bert Park (SOS) M35 78:22
SMOC Bucknell Woods 9/1/05
JM1 1. Thomas Hemingway (WAOC) 8:53 2. Alastair Gardner (OD) 10:22 3. Samuel Francis (SN) 16:58 JM2 1. William Louth (WAOC) 41:33 JM3 1. Thomas Louth (WAOC) 28:41 2. Daniel Parsons (LEI) 48:21 JM4 1. Alastair Mogford (TVOC) 43:38 2. William Gardner (OD) 57:18 3. Toby Leaker (SMOC) 69:19 JM5S 1. James Williamson (TVOC) 57:03 2. Ian Hiddleston (SLOW) 78:36 JM5M 1. Edward Louth (WAOC) 56:40 2. Graham Parkes (HH) 58:10 3. Guy Hiddleston (SLOW) 69:13 JM5L 1. Tim Street (HH) 71:36 2. Jonathan Street (ShUOC) 72:43 M21L 1. Matt Crane (WCH) 63:08 2. Richard Barrett (BAOC) 72:15 3. Andrew Powell (NUOC) 74:02 M21S 1. Lloyd Biddell (WCH) 76:20 M35L 1. Phil Marsland (SLOW) 66:42 2. Ian Jones (NGOC) 81:15 3. Ian Hopkins (HOC) 83:11 M35S 1. Joseph Lowe (LOK) 82:20 M40L 1. Simon Errington (HH) 72:07 2. Clive Street (HH) 74:33 3. Neil Brookes (LOK) 79:01 M40S 1. Graham Louth (WAOC) 54:44 M45L 1. David Kingham (TVOC) 63:22 2. Neil Humphries (WAOC) 66:52 3. Stephen Kimberley (DVO) 69:04 M45S 1. Charles Taylor-Keane (TVOC) 55:40 M50L 1. Robin Smith (SO) 65:16 2. Richard Bonnett (SOS) 68:48 3. Richard Gardner (OD) 71:18 M50S 1. Mike Spencer (KERNO) 63:25 M55L 1. Richard Payne (EPOC) 52:28 2. Martin Ricketts (TVOC) 52:46 3. Jim Prowting (TVOC) 56:29 M55S 1. Russ Fauset (HOC) 45:29 M60L 1. John Ward (OD) 60:10 2. George Normand (HH) 66:44 3. Simon Ford (LEI) 66:49 M60S 1. Doug Dickinson (DVO) 33:19 M65L 1. Chris Morley (WAOC) 49:06 2. Peter Leake (LEI) 56:04 3. Andy MacGregor (BADO) 56:15 M65S 1. John Wright (OD) 45:52 M70L 1. Derek Wise (SN) 48:34 2. John Thompson (TVOC) 49:29 3. Robin Barris (HH) 53:25 M70S 1. Michael Savage (OD) 70:30 M75L 1. Bernard Potter (TVOC) 51:17 2. Doug Baker (TVOC) 59:12 3. Frank Smith (OD) 59:35 JW1 1. Amy Kimberley (DVO) 13:18 JW4 1. Laura Parkes (HH) 49:47 2. Jessica Whitehead (DVO) 61:23 3. Sophie Louth (WAOC) 95:47 JW5S 1. Isabel Urquhart (OD) 71:47 JW5L 1. Joanne West (SOS) 60:19 W21L 1. Becky Carlyle (AIRE) 67:46 2. Hazel Tant (ShUOC) 73:33 3. Amy Sarkies (SLOW) 75:48 W21S 1. Helen Bickle (WAOC) 74:03 W35L 1. Catherine Galvin (LOK) 77:50 W35S 1. Gillian Hanson (HH) 48:03 W40L 1. Helen Errington (HH) 65:48 2. Louise Jones (LOK) 84:09 3. Caroline Louth (WAOC) 98:11 W40S 1. Pamela Hemingway (WAOC) 64:53 W45L 1. Jackie Chapman (SLOW) 55:06 2. Carol Edwards (TVOC) 61:09 3. Gail Parker (SLOW) 68:31 W45S 1. Carol Iddles (HH) 47:53 W50L 1. Elizabeth Rocke (LEI) 59:25 2. Margaret Willdig (OD) 60:48 3. Judith Evans (HOC) 60:50 W50S 1. Cath Pennington (WAOC) 70:22 W55L 1. Val Challacombe (HH) 46:22 2. Sue Hands (WIM) 48:38 3. Maureen Weldon (WAOC) 54:28 W55S 1. Maureen Webster (HH) 60:58 W60L 1. Jenny Collyer (SOS) 52:40 2. Monika Cooper (SYO) 53:54 3. Shirley Moss (SOC) 58:16 W60S 1. Kath Wright (OD) 66:12 W65L 1. Alison Sloman (HOC) 51:32 2. Susie Hall (HH) 66:40 W70L 1. Anne Power (LOK) 55:37 2. Ursula Oxburgh (WAOC) 59:03 3. Beryl Pay (WRE) 70:00
HAVOC Langdon Hills 16/1/05
White 1. Charlie Whitehead (Ind) 18:40 2. Jo, Tom & Ben Whitehead (Ind) 21:44 3. Heidi Ross (HH) W10 28:37 Yellow 1. Andrea Grib (Ind) W21 19:13 2. Sushruta Chandraker (WAOC) W12 27:50 3. Jake Chattey +3 (Ind) M21 41:43 Orange 1. P. Burgess (HAVOC/HFPS) M21 29:33 2. Hassan Cokgezici (HAVOC/HFPS) 35:19 3. Ade Lawal (HAVOC/HFPS) 36:56 Red 1. David Carter (WAOC) M45 40:02 2. Steven McGregor (Ind) M16 52:13 3. Cathy Heritage (HH) W50 68:01 Light Green 1. A. Mullis (HAVOC/HFPS) M45 45:00 2. Dean Miller (HAVOC/Lat) M16 45:13 3. Alastair Muncey (Ind) M21 45:56 Green 1. David Float (HAVOC) M35 50:47 2. Anthony Waller (HAVOC) M35 54:39 3. Andy Blandchard (Ind) M21 58:13 4. Martin Rigby (BAOC) M45 59:15 5. John Collyer (SOS) M60 60:28 Blue 1. Chris Shaw (HAVOC) M55 53:29 2. Sean Fenwick (LOK) M21 53:40 3. Garry Parmenter (HAVOC) M55 56:06 4. K. Robison (SOS) M40 56:29 5. David Best (Ind) M21 60:33 Brown 1. Phil Stuart (SOS) M45 71:04 2. Chris Cann (HAVOC) M21 73:50 3. Paul Beckett (HAVOC) M40 75:00 4. Rob Weed (SUFFOC) M35 75:49 5. Bert Park (SOS) M40 75:53
NOR Kelling Heath 16/1/05
White 1. Jack Goldsworthy (Falcon) M10 12:25 2. S. & T. Briggs (Ind) M35/? 18:26 3. Zoe Fulcher (NOR) W10 22:20 Yellow 1. Rebeckah Giddings (WyCol) W12 13:53 2. Laura Goldsworthy (NOR) W12 14:41 3. Tom Howe (Ind) M10 16:53 Orange 1. Matthew Morgan (CoWA) M18 15:09 2. Susan & Stephen Dixon (Ind) 18:15 3. Howe family (Ind) 22:20 Red 1. Rod Sibson (NOR) M50 41:39 2. Pauline Smith (NOR) W45 43:55 3. Jacky Scarlett (Ind) W45 55:42 Light Green 1. Joris Volmer (CoWA) M18 45:54 2. Kirk Foster (CoWA) M18 48:12 3. Steve Cowley (NOR) M45 49:03 Green 1. Glen Richardson (NOR) M21 36:53 2. Graham Wardle (NOR) M55 50:38 3. Barry Pilgrim (NOR) M60 56:12 4. Christopher Mace (NOR) M21 61:01 5. Dickinson (NOR) M35 62:44 Blue 1. Matthew Wallace (NOC) M16 63:45 2. Kevin Smith (NOR) M50 65:33 3. John Ward (NOR) M60 67:41 4= Peter Walling (NOR) M40 68:28 4= Paul Price (NOR) M40 68:28 Brown 1. Tim Lenton (NOR) M21 59:33 2. Ian Renfrew (NOR) M35 65:21 3. Robert Frost (NOR) M35 68:07 4. Rolf Crook (WAOC) M21 73:08 5. Tim Wright (NOR) M21 75:21
SUFFOC Tunstall North 23/1/05
White 1. N. Lawson (DVO) M10 10:45 2. Bryn Wilkinson (SUFFOC) M10 13:11 3. Catherine Hemingway (WAOC) W10 15:19 Yellow 1. Thomas Hemingway (WAOC) M10 18:28 2. H. Lawson (DVO) W10 20:26 3. Sushruta Chandraker (WAOC) W12 26:16 Orange 1. Rowen Elliott (SUFFOC) M12 39:09 2. Clive Bentley (Ind) M40 40:46 3. Aaron Caley (St Alban) M12 44:13 Light Green 1. Graham Elliott (SUFFOC) M40 46:13 2. Clarissa Napier (NOR) W65 48:17 3. Barbara George (NOR) W70 59:12 Green 1. Martin Rigby (BAOC) M50 51:28 2. Katie Sellens (SOS) W20 52:51 3. Barry Pilgrim (NOR) M60 56:03 4. John Collyer (SOS) M60 59:35 5. Jenny Collyer (SOS) W60 62:02 Blue 1. Rob Hickling (GRAMP) M50 58:29 2. Sarah Wright (NOR) W21 65:07 3. Martin Hore (SUFFOC) M55 69:21 4. K. Robison (SOS) M40 72:32 5. Mike Bickle (WAOC) M55 72:54 Brown 1. Rolf Crook (WAOC) M21 59:51 2. Robert Frost (NOR) M35 61:28 3. Glen Richardson (NOR) M21 66:13 4. Danny Goldsworthy (NOR) M35 67:17 5. D. Lawson (DVO) M40 68:13
WAOC Mildenhall Woods 29/1/05
JM2 1. William Louth (WAOC) 19:11 2. Callum Urquhard (NOR) 42:38 3. Cameron Traill (NOR) 44:31 JM3 1. Michael Park (SOS) 24:50 2. Thomas Robertson (SOS) 52:35 JM4 1. Oliver Ridout (NOR) 43:40 2. James Park (SOS) 43:45 3. Thomas Louth (WAOC) 52:28 JM5L 1. Cristian Larsson (K-KO/SWE) 50:20 2. James Lyne (SOS) 54:40 3. Simon Gardner (WAOC) 55:30 M21L 1. Tim Lenton (NOR) 56:18 2. Robert Campbell (CLOK) 61:04 3. Tim Wright (NOR) 70:25 M21S 1. Simon Horton (BKO) 55:12 M35L 1. Alan Hickling (SAX) 69:14 2. Robin Weed (SUFFOC) 73:18 3. Jon Coles (CROC) 77:19 M35S 1. Justin Caulkett (WAOC) 44:11 M40L 1. Paul Fox (SN) 63:52 2. Michael Belshaw (BAOC) 70:08 3. Bert Park (SOS) 71:28 M40S 1. Graham Louth (WAOC) 44:04 M45L 1. Philip Stuart (SOS) 47:11 2. Neil Humphries (WAOC) 48:03 3. Peter Haynes (WAOC) 48:48 M45S 1. Bob Hill (RAFO) 43:41 M50L 1. David Harper (GO) 47:27 2. Robin Smith (SO) 51:06 3. Tony Feltbower (OD) 51:42 M50S 1. Philip Brown (NOR) 41:39 M55L 1. William Morgan (NOR) 45:40 2. Mick Liston (RAFO) 45:47 3. Mike Bickle (WAOC) 47:18 M55S 1. Michael Presland (NOR) 46:29 M60L 1. John Ward (OD) 51:13 2. Roger Panter (OD) 52:40 3. John Wickersham (WAOC) 52:43 M60S 1. Bob Alderson (NOC) 33:30 M65L 1. Rod Shaw (EPOC) 44:19 2. Chris Morley (WAOC) 45:05 3. Hally Hardie (WAOC) 48:39 M65S 1. Calvin Manning (SN) 58:19 M70L 1. Robin Barris (HH) 46:54 2. David Hale (CLOK) 49:46 3. Peter Pratt (HH) 52:19 JW1 1. Hannah Skinner (SN) 22:22 2. Kate Skinner (SN) 25:18 JW2 1. Caitlin Campbell (CLOK) 23:50 2. Aimee Brown (NOR) 29:36 3. Dotty Gowing (NOR) 36:50 JW3 1. Alice Campbell (CLOK) 27:46 2. Charlie Miller (NOR) 31:22 3. Jacqueline Heybrock (WAOC) 34:49 JW4 1. Sophie Louth (WAOC) 51:39 2. Ellen Sanderson (SOS) 68:53 3. Anna Machin (SOS) 91:18 JW5S 1. Anne Edwards (TVOC) 39:02 2. Leanne Barnes (NOR) 50:20 3. Ruth Taylor (NOR) 60:34 JW5L 1. Joanne West (SOS) 51:18 2. Clare Woods (WAOC) 57:44 3. Emma Johnson (SOS) 65:19 W21L 1. Sarah Wright (NOR) 61:53 2. Rosemary Dyer (CUOC) 62:18 3. Helen Gardner (WAOC) 64:33 W21S 1. Sian Challacombe (HH) 45:25 W35L 1. Kim Giddis (DEE) 64:11 2. Robina Austin (RAFO) 79:56 W35S 1. Diane Williamson (WAOC) 49:49 W40L 1. Susan Skinner (SN) 52:30 2. Caroline Louth (WAOC) 69:10 3. Louise Jones (LOK) 77:33 W40S 1. Helen Pedley (EPOC) 37:09 W45L 1. Kim Eden (NOR) 44:53 2. Jane Archer (SN) 50:18 3. Carol Edwards (TVOC) 52:37 W45S 1. Catherine Springett (BKO) 44:39 W50L 1. Lindsey Freeman (WAOC) 48:08 2. Janis Ryall (WAOC) 56:03 3. Catherine Harrison (EBOR) 56:14 W50S 1. Hazel Rice (NOC) 43:09 W55L 1. Val Challacombe (HH) 45:57 2. Maureen Weldon (WAOC) 46:05 3. Satu Peregrine (WAOC) 73:01 W55S 1. Mary Boothroyd (LEI) 61:37 W60L 1. Jenny Collyer (SOS) 44:03 2. Geraldine Russell (SOS) 45:22 3. Gillian Pilgrim (NOR) 59:20 W60S 1. Carole Firth (NATO) 48:12 W65L 1. Elizabeth Hale (CLOK) 44:46 2. Clarissa Napier (NOR) 46:01 3. Seonaid Dudley (WCH) 48:05 W65S 1. Shirley Moir (LEI) 62:03 W70L 1. Barbara George (NOR) 50:38 2. Ursula Oxburgh (WAOC) 62:16
CUOC Bromehill 20/1/05
JM2 1. Thomas Hemingway (WAOC) 15:33 2. Ashley McLean (NOR) 20:03 3. Callum Urquhart (NOR) 20:53 JM3 1. Jonathan Cronk (WAOC) 39:53 2. Michael Park (SOS) 55:27 3. Peter Richer (Ind) 82:22 JM4 1. James Park (SOS) 39:48 2. James Taylor (NOR) 43:13 3. Muhammad Hussin (NOR) 49:54 JM5S 1. Khalid Hussin (NOR) 50:59 JM5M 1. James Wager (Ind) 76:16 2. Jason Falconer (SMOC) 80:03 JM5L 1. Simon Gardner (WAOC) 58:06 2. Cristian Larsson (K-KO/SWE) 62:07 3. James Lyne (SOS) 70:43 M21L 1. Tim Lenton (NOR) 72:58 2. Robert Campbell (CLOK) 74:11 3. Rolf Crook (WAOC) 80:16 M21S 1. Chris Flood (WAOC) 57:22 M35L 1. Robert Frost (NOR) 63:37 2. Daniel Goldsworthy (NOR) 71:06 3. John J. Ward (NOR) 77:32 M35S 1. Justin Caulkett (WAOC) 54:09 M40L 1. Dil Wetherill (WAOC) 71:34 2. Paul Fox (SN) 75:07 3. Bert Park (SOS) 78:30 M40S 1. Richard Freeman (RAFO) 49:50 M45L 1. Peter Haynes (WAOC) 52:10 2. Philip Stuart (SOS) 61:06 3. Kevin Smith (NOR) 61:39 M45S 1. Mike Pedley (EPOC) 36:42 M50L 1. Martin Sellens (SOS) 55:04 2. Richard Bonnett (SOS) 57:10 3. David Harper (GO) 59:22 M50S 1. Stephen Hardy (SMOC) 35:21 M55L 1. Tim Pribul (CHIG) 54:13 2. Colin Webster (HH) 54:35 3. Alwyn Challacombe (HH) 55:32 M55S 1. John Rushmer (NOR) 48:06 M60L 1. John Ward (NOR) 60:48 2. John Wickersham (WAOC) 65:18 3. Roger Panter (OD) 66:09 M60S 1. Barry Pilgrim (NOR) 41:41 M65L 1. Robin Campbell (CHIG) 39:37 2. Rod Shaw (EPOC) 41:31 3. Rodney Freeburn (NOR) 47:43 M65S 1. Calvin Manning (SN) 52:18 M70L 1. David Hale (CLOK) 46:45 2. Donald Moir (LEI) 57:06 3. Jack Isbester (SOS) 57:45 M70S 1. Ken Livermore (HH) 58:17 M75L 1. Norman Howarth (NOR) 57:55 2. John Peel (NOR) 74:49 3. Maurice Capper (WAOC) 85:11 JW1 1. Hannah Skinner (SN) 18:12 2. Kate Skinner (SN) 20:34 JW2 1. Dotty Gowing (NOR) 16:09 2. Laura Goldsworthy (NOR) 18:54 3. Caitlin Campbell (CLOK) 21:56 JW3 1. Alice Campbell (CLOK) 33:43 2. Sophie Cahill (NOR) 52:05 3. Jessica Longstaff (NOR) 55:32 JW4 1. Rachael Malley (SOS) 42:59 2. Sophie Louth (WAOC) 52:01 3. Ellen Sanderson (SOS) 68:08 JW5S 1. Anne Edwards (TVOC) 36:01 2. Ruth Taylor (NOR) 64:09 3. Sarah Park (SOS) 68:19 JW5L 1. Joanne West (SOS) 61:14 2. Katie Sellens (SOS) 67:02 3. Clare Woods (WAOC) 75:00 W21L 1. Hazel Tant (SOS) 65:20 2. Helen Gardner (WAOC) 69:33 3. Sarah Wright (NOR) 69:59 W21S 1. Sian Challacombe (HH) 41:39 W35L 1. Robina Austin (RAFO) 109:00 W35S 1. Karen Vines (SMOC) 36:14 W40L 1. Susan Skinner (SN) 67:09 2. Louise Jones (LOK) 67:47 3. Karen Goldsworthy (NOR) 76:15 W40S 1. Helen Pedley (EPOC) 42:32 W45L 1. Carol Edwards (TVOC) 39:11 2. Kim Eden (NOR) 40:05 3. Jane Archer (SN) 44:32 W45S 1. Wendy Welham (SOS) 45:56 W50L 1. Lindsey Freeman (WAOC) 43:08 2. Jane Feltbower (OD) 44:50 3. Elizabeth Furness (OD) 45:57 W50S 1. Hazel Rice (NOC) 38:29 W55L 1. Val Challacombe (HH) 42:51 2. Maureen Weldon (WAOC) 56:48 W55S 1. Rosalind West (CHIG) 64:16 W60L 1. Jenny Collyer (SOS) 43:49 2. Geraldine Russell (SOS) 47:52 3. Gillian Pilgrim (NOR) 51:24 W60S 1. Carole Firth (NATO) 56:10 W65L 1. Elizabeth Hale (CLOK) 52:14 2. Seonaid Dudley (WCH) 54:33 3. Anne Parker (BKO) 66:21 W65S 1. Shirley Moir (LEI) 62:41 W70L 1. Barbara George (NOR) 60:53 2. Ursula Oxburgh (WAOC) 65:54 3. Jean Peel (NOR) 88:04 W75L 1. Sheila Farnbank (NOR) 134:50
The Icenian Trophy, this year celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, is awarded annually to the best-placed club at CUOC's annual public event. This year's scoring scheme is unchanged from last year (full details on the CUOC website), the winner having the lowest overall sum of times behind the winner for a portfolio of 10 classes, including juniors and seniors of both sexes. Third place goes to WAOC (22:14) just behind last year's winners SOS (18:53), but the undisputed champions this year are NOR (2:56). The trophy was presented to NOR at their CompassSport Cup round at Belvoir.
![[Icenian Trophy presentation]](icenian_trophy.jpg)
NOR Sheringham Park 6/2/05
White 1. Jack Goldsworthy (NOR) M10 18:52 Yellow 1. David Foster M45 14:03 2. Laura Goldsworthy (FMS) W12 16:55 3. Jack Fountain (WyCol) M12 22:56 Orange 1. Joe/Simon Hooton (SUFFOC)M10/45 24:55 2. Shaun Briggs (Ind) M40 27:07 3. Sue Hooton (SUFFOC) W40 30:03 Red 1. Kevin White (AIRE) M35 39:58 2. Emily Fitt (Ind) W21 40:48 3. I. Burrell (Ind) M40 49:25 Light Green 1. Steve Cowley (NOR) M45 41:39 2. Kirk Foster (CoWA) M18 44:01 3. Grant Foster (CoWA) M16 44:23 Green 1. Graham Wardle (NOR) M55 42:34 2. P. Warland (SUFFOC) M40 45:52 3. T. Briggs (NOR) M35 48:32 4. Annika Swindell (NOR) W21 51:11 5. Joris Volmer (CoWA) M18 53:08 Blue 1. Derry Kelleher (NOR) M55 53:59 2. Mick Liston (NOR) M55 56:40 3. Mike Bickle (WAOC) M55 58:33 4. Paul Price (NOR) M40 60:53 5. Kevin Smith (NOR) M50 60:58 Brown 1. Rolf Crook (WAOC) M21 59:07 2. Tim Wright (NOR) M21 59:31 3. Glen Richardson (NOR) M21 61:24 4. Paul Goldsworthy (NOR) M40 67:12 5. Danny Goldsworthy (NOR) M35 72:10
SOS Hylands Park 13/2/05
White 1. Hugh Cashin (Barn) 7:15 2. L. Cashin & H. Laurie (Barn) 8:33 3. Sarah Bibby (Barn) 9:04 Yellow 1. Alex Bibby (Barn) 11:57 2. Sarah Roach (Barn) 19:24 3. Vicky Squire (Ind) 29:17 Orange 1. Rachel Malley (SOS) 22:05 2. Alice Rigby (BAOC) 31:14 3. L. Davies & H. Curtis (Ind) 34:47 Light Green 1. Alan Alford (SOS) 29:50 2. Helen Davies +1 (Ind) 31:19 3. Alastair Muncey (Ind) 31:41 Green 1. Martin Rigby (BAOC) 30:37 2. Emma Johnson (SOS) 34:30 3. Barry Pilgrim (NOR) 35:16 4. Louise Walker (SUFFOC) 35:20 5. Nina Tant (SOS) 35:40 Blue 1. Andrew Malley (SOS) 38:44 2. Mike Bickle (WAOC) 41:11 3. Mark Swan (Ind) 41:42 4. Andrew Murphy (SOS) 46:00 5. Andreas Schroeder (SOS) 46:05 Brown 1. Anthony Squire (INT) 42:24 2. Phil Stuart (SOS) 43:41 3. Martin Sellens (SOS) 43:51 4. Matthias Mahr (SLOW) 44:44 5. Rob Weed (SUFFOC) 46:12
Varsity Match Preview
Just like every spring, an important race is coming up for CUOC members: the annual Varsity Match against our Oxford University counterpart, OUOC. You could see it as the orienteering equivalent of the Boat Race, I suppose (we all know that the Orienteering Varsity Match is, of course, much more important than the Boat Race, it's just that the rest of the country haven't quite realised it yet!). With the event coming up soon, here's a preview of what the student orienteers in EA will be up to.
After a couple of Varsity Matches in Britain, the event will return to Sweden this year, organised by DrongO's Eric and Ann Roller, with the help of their Swedish home club, Järfälla OK. After a search for a free weekend in the busy spring O calendar, the Varsity Match will be held over the weekend of 19th/20th March, with most of us going out to Sweden for a couple of days either side to do some training. The early spring date raised some concerns along the lines of "won't there still be snow on the ground at the time?". So perhaps Cambridge's selection race, the Colour Coded event at Millward's Park, wasn't such bad practice for the weather at all! [For those of you who weren't there, there was an early issue with control boxes not working, meaning that many people waited in the cold - with some snow falling - at the start for quite a bit. Having been tempted by the brief sunny spell and not taken my thermal top, I only really "defrosted" by the time I got to control 4 or 5!]
![[snowy Swedish forest]](sweden_snow.jpg)
The actual Varsity Match is contested by six men and five women, selected by the Cambridge and Oxford captains. The total time of the fastest four runners in the men's race and the fastest three runners in the women's race are added together, and whichever club has the lower total time wins. Whilst the Cambridge teams are still to be announced, here's a bit of a preview as to who they might be...
Over the last few years, Oxford seem to have been managing to attract some top orienteers for some reason; with Pippa Whitehouse having just left, this year Cambridge's women are faced with Cerys Manning, a British Junior Squad member, who made her first university orienteering impression by winning CUOC's SprintO back in November (beating DrongO and previous year's winner Rachael Elder to the trophy). Meanwhile, Becky Carlyle, who seems to be getting faster, is still in Oxford this year and ready to give her best in her third (and last) Varsity Match. Nevertheless, with a number of experienced female orienteers and a very close selection race, it is looking like we may well give Oxford a tighter finish than they might expect. In fact, with several competent orienteers hoping to be in the selected five, Club Captain Rosemary Dyer is having a difficult time choosing the team. In no particular order, there is:
- Rosemary herself (home club BOK), winner of the selection race, who has been in the A team in four previous VMs and was the third scorer in the 2002 Swedish VM;
- Ali Ingleby (home club DEE), a third year who has been on the scoring team in the VM for the past two years;
- Blanka Sengerová (home club WAOC), last year's captain and first Cambridge runner home at the VM, who also has previous Swedish VM experience from 2002;
- Anya Crocker (home club DEE), JK 2004 class winner (W20L) who is a first year scientist and had a storming run at the selection race, as well as a well-earned second place in the inter-college orienteering competition;
- Nicola Robertson (home club SOS), in her second year at Cambridge, she was selected for the A team at last year's VM on Wimbledon Common and took part in some of the WOC spectator races in the summer for experience of Swedish terrain;
- Elspeth Ingleby (home club DEE), also in her first year at Cambridge, who has been said to be the better navigator of her and her older sister Ali; and
- Barbara Drew (home club MDOC), also following her older sister (Cath) to Cambridge.
I'm bound to be a bit biased, because I have a slight personal interest in the selection of the women's team (!), but of course there is also the men's team to consider. Oxford once again have a star runner in Ed Catmur. In Sweden in 2002, however, Ed managed to get so distracted by Cambridge runner Wayne Patrick catching up with him that he didn't quite get the result he'd hoped for. Since then Oxford have always set him off as their first runner to avoid any distraction! As for the rest of Oxford's team, there are some more and some less experienced orienteers Cambridge's men will have to face. With the men's team having looked slightly bleak earlier in the year when we were even struggling to fill the six places, it's not looking too bad at the moment. The men who might be facing Oxford include:
- Ian Elder (home club CLOK), this year's men's captain, who earned his first Half-Blue last year for being the second Cambridge runner home just ahead of last year's men's captain Ashley Bown;
- Alan Elder (home club CLOK), who has decided to remain in Cambridge for a PhD and has just come back from spending a term in the USA - he has run in the A team in four previous VMs including the 2002 event at Hellasgården;
- Edmund Ward, previously a cross-country runner, who only really got involved in orienteering last year in his fourth year as an undergraduate - his results have improved much with experience, including a very good result at the selection race;
- Niall Inverarity (home club INT), who ran in Cambridge's A team two years ago, and who ought to have an advantage in Swedish terrain by having learned to navigate in Scotland rather than somewhere like East Anglia;
- Alex Copley, a first year postgraduate who has joined Cambridge from "the Other Place", where he didn't orienteer but did do plenty of cross-country running - he's now decided that orienteering is a bit more interesting, and the cross-country background has certainly helped him secure some good placings in recent events;
- Tim Bagguley (home club NOC), a first year who appeared out of nowhere (perhaps he was too busy studying?) to take second place in the men's race at the inter-college competition - he has much experience competing as a junior for NOC and Nottingham High School, having represented BSOA as part of Nottingham High at the WSOC 2002 in Portugal;
- Mark Morris (formerly BUOC), who has come to Cambridge for a one year course this year; and
- Ben Greenhalgh, a second year who only really took up orienteering after coming to University and has been getting faster and more accurate recently, but has suffered from an ankle injury this term, which has hampered his training.
Finally, if you'd like to follow the progress of the Varsity Match, you can do so through http://www.jarfallaok.se/varsity.php.
Harlow Sprint
Those of you who were there to watch the Junior European Cup sprint race at Harlow Town Park last October, or just heard the subsequent reports, may be interested to know that CHIG are going to re-run the same courses as an open event on Saturday 9th April. Come along and see how close you can get to the 11:24 (men) and 12:28 (women) winning times!
Photo O
In case there's anyone else that's struggling with this year's CompassSport Photo O, you may like to try this slightly easier one in a more East Anglian setting. It's a separate pdf file [600kB] so that the map will be the right size if you print it out:
http://www.drongo.org.uk/eaoa/pe/pe165/CoeFenPhotoO.pdf
P.S. Much as I'd like to offer free entry to the Fenland Five Days as a prize, there isn't one, so you'll just have to make do with enjoying the challenge...
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