Bentley Priory Colour Coded Event Results 20/04/97Comments from the Organiser,
Planner and
Simon Errington. Organiser's CommentsMany thanks to all the Happy Herts members who helped on the day, before and afterwards; also thanks to the London Borough of Harrow for use of the land at Bentley Priory and Stanmore Common (string course), to GEC-Marconi for the use of their carpark and toilets, and to St John Ambulance (Harrow Division) for their assistance. Lost property: two orange whistles. Please ring me (01727 862073) to arrange collection. Diana Gorton Planner's CommentsThis was the first event I've planned - and it's been an enjoyable experience. Bentley's smallness makes for problems planning longer courses; the Norwegian was an attempt to address the issue by doing something a little different. Judging by the comments from finishers, I think that this worked out well. Bob and I struggled with setting the length and difficulty on the Norwegian; not least because it's been a long time since there has been one. I'm happy that we got it about right for this event, but I would expect to see both length and difficulty creep up (if such courses are run with any kind of regularity) as competitors become more used to the challenges presented. I owe specific thanks to
My sole disappointment on the day was not having a camera to record the largest animal in the field of cattle stood behind control OX... Tim Hall Simon Errington's CommentsCompetitors on the Norwegian might be interested in the following comments sent to Tim by Simon Errington, winner of the course, on what he was thinking as he went round. Leg 1 : Follow main track for just over 300 metres. Turn left off path after leaving the woods and through bushes into a re-entrant. Leg 2 : Compass bearing 150 metres to fenced enclosure in large open area. Leg 3 : Compass bearing 200 metres to large open area. Enter woods slightly right of straight line and look for fence. Leg 4 : Compass bearing, using path to left to cross stream. Through a number of thickets, and then behind a large wooded area. Leg 5 : Compass bearing , keeping left at all times to hit main track along fence. Follow fence left from field corner, and control is just left of
fence before the open area. Leg 6 : Compass bearing and pace to far side of open area. (I missed this by about 30 seconds, since I wasn't reading control descriptions
and expected the control to be on the near side of the thicket rather than the far side.) Leg 7 : Through gate at far side of open area and keep right to path/ride junction. (I didn't register how big the stream was, and this worried me for a while.) Follow ride right to fence, diagonally right across open area and follow stream just inside wood. Leg 8 : Compass bearing along vegetation boundary passing thickets and a single tree. Depression is on left in next block of trees. Leg 9 : Follow open area to right passing seat at the end of thicket. North to path through thickets, and left at path junction. Leg 10 : Swing right to hit path and as for control 1. Pass 1 and then on towards control 2. Swing below this heading for fence corner to the
left and follow narrow strip of open. Leg 11 : Compass bearing and find best running through multiple thickets, heading for major path. Follow path left to gate on corner of open
area. (The path worried me since it went on longer than I expected, and I wondered whether I should be in the field to the right. There were
no trees in this field, so it couldn't be right.) Right at gate into open area, and then same direction as main path, passing multiple thickets to
the far end of a larger clump. Leg 12 : Left through small gap, and through gate from leg 7. Follow ride to large cow-filled open area (crossed on way to 6), and head for
top right corner of field. Leg 13 : Across open area, past 5 and back to main track. Straight across following fence, and into open area. Follow vegetation boundary
right round bulge. (I changed my mind half way, and picked up the small path in the white to cut off the bulge.) Leg 14 : North and keep right to hit main path. Follow this left to a building in the open. String CourseArchie Hime LOK 11 mths 21 mins Rebecca Hime LOK 2 yrs 16 mins Elizabeth Hime LOK 4 yrs 13 mins Amy Copping IND 4 yrs 13 mins Kathryn Burton TVOC 3 yrs 18 mins Brendan Hanson SMOC 2 yrs 18 mins Amelia Canpbell IND 2 yrs 18 mins Scott Bowen HH 4 yrs 7 mins Harry Goldingay HH 12 yrs 5 mins James Morris TVOC 6 yrs 7 mins Hannah Skinner SN 3 yrs 14 mins Kate Bowden HH 2 yrs 17 mins Hannah Tookey HH 12 yrs 5 mins Jeremy Frentz HH 3 yrs 21 mins Rachel Morris TVOC 4 yrs 10 mins Yellow Course, 2.4km, 50m Climb1 L Skipper IND W21 37.19 2 M Walter SLOW M10 43.54 3 A Shah IND M12 54.00 4 C Platt SLOW M10 55.06 5 T Luhar + 2 IND M12 57.41 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 6 S Versani IND M14 62.52 7 A Wareing + 4 HH W3 70.45 8 M Southam MORAV M4 71.15 9 Cade + 2 IND W10 72.15 Orange Course, 2.9km, 55m Climb1 J Breed HH M10 35.47 2 I Robertson IND M21 37.13 3 S Dowden IND W35 38.23 4 M Caton IND M40 45.11 5 G Sheldrick HH W40 48.00 6 H Gristwood MV W45 49.41 7 H Walter SLOW W14 51.37 8 F Lewis IND W40 52.09 9 M Webster IND W45 52.22 10 D Bhuchar + 1 IND M35 53.44 11 A Stobbs + 1 IND M21 54.15 12 B Platt SLOW M14 58.32 13 V Ambrose IND W21 58.44 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 14 E Clapp + 2 TVOC W50 60.10 15 J Wallace TVOC M14 61.46 16 J Pitfield IND W50 63.02 17 A Welsh SMOC M16 65.11 18 Turton Family WAOC W6 66.29 19 S Gold + 3 IND M45 72.41 20 G Morris IND M21 73.17 21 Cade + 1 IND M45 73.47 22 Copping-Hime X 4 IND 83.21 23 D Clapp + 2 TVOC M55 88.58 24 C Peffers + 2 IND W45 91.24 25 E Oliver + 2 IND W2 106.11 DSQ O Hemans IND M35 W7 Light Green, 3.6km, 65m Climb1 C Douglas KNOB W21 36.40 2 S Human LOK W21 40.04 3 C Davidson HH M14 41.55 4 A L Welsh SMOC M45 44.30 5 P Lee TVOC M45 45.59 6 L B Bleasdale IND W45 46.00 7 C Ling MV W50 47.33 8 D Davis IND M40 47.42 9 P Redpath + 1 MDDXO W21 49.16 10 I Byrne SMOC M40 50.24 11 D Nisbet SMOC M35 50.27 12 D Armstrong HH M50 51.32 13 S Hellier MV W50 52.25 =14 T Davidson HH W40 53.04 =14 R Thompson LOK W21 53.04 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 16 P Xerri HH M40 54.00 17 C Webster IND M45 54.07 18 J Smith IND M21 58.09 19 F Goldingay HH W45 58.41 20 G Morris IND M21 63.23 21 H Nisbet SMOC W35 64.57 22 I Forbes TVOC M45 77.04 23 D Catmur SLOW M10 85.09 24 W Brown + 1 IND W21 89.47 25 H Goldingay HH M12 91.16 26 J Torous + 2 MDDXO M12 97.44 27 C Kay IND W45 104.24 28 C Evans SLOW W45 115.31 29 Hudson Family BAOC 122.55 30 D Bolton SLOW M14 139.55 Green, 4.9km, 110m Climb1 A Cummings HH M45 30.49 2 P Sacares LOK M21 32.02 3 W Power ULOC M21 34.32 4 A Mattingly LOK M45 37.03 5 A Boyt TVOC M55 37.31 6 A Howard WAOC M21 38.34 7 C Spencer MORAV M35 39.02 8 A Blanchard HH M21 39.30 9 R Johnson HH M21 41.05 10 P Gristwood MV M45 42.41 11 N Harris SN M55 42.57 12 J Chappell MDDXO M45 43.09 13 M Rowe M21 44.06 14 C Eiles DFOK M50 44.11 15 I Smith WAOC M40 44.14 16 A Whitmarsh IND M21 45.44 17 C Dibbem IND M21 46.03 18 A Malcolm LOK W21 46.32 19 S Underwood ULOC W21 47.52 20 S Skinner SN W21 48.06 21 P Ridlington BAOC M40 48.30 22 M Thompson TVOC M40 49.05 23 D Brown HH M50 49.59 24 K Livermore HH M65 50.09 25 M Dunnett MV M50 50.19 26 R Whitehead MV M65 50.30 27 V Challacombe HH W45 51.18 28 G Tiffany LOK M21 51.49 29 G Newton MV M50 52.21 30 G Gristwood MV M14 52.28 31 W Griffiths SAX M45 52.36 32 K Veralls IND M40 53.16 33 S Hime IND M21 53.19 34 J Kelly DFOK M55 53.27 35 J Gostick HH W21 53.37 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 36 D Whitworth BL M55 55.54 37 J Doulton IND M40 56.06 38 C Dinsey HH M40 56.21 39 C Pocklington SLOW M40 57.02 40 S Glass IND M21 57.57 41 L Brown HH W45 58.50 42 B Mahaffey TVOC M50 59.12 43 J Faller SAX M60 59.35 44 B Kingdon SAX W14 60.11 45 A Saunders HH W35 61.14 46 L Kelly DFOK W55 62.34 47 C Roberts HH M35 63.06 48 E Brown HH M45 63.14 49 J Carpenden WAOC W21 63.29 50 J Breed HH W45 64.41 51 I Lewington HH M40 65.32 52 K Evans SLOW W18 66.17 53 B Potter TVOC M65 66.18 54 J Smith IND M21 67.10 55 G Hanson SMOC W21 67.34 56 M Turner MV M65 69.48 57 J Blake MV M70 70.24 58 D Rose IND M21 70.53 59 R Doughty MV M50 72.51 60 H Forbes TVOC W40 75.20 61 C Fitzpatrick LOK W35 76.30 62 S Hall HH W60 78.09 63 J Van Den Berg BAOC M65 80.01 64 K Hailey TVOC M50 87.52 65 C Short HH M45 91.05 66 B Kay HH M50 99.47 67 S Elks SLOW M14 122.17 RTD J Tookey HH W40 RTD H Jago Norwegian Blue ( Map Memory ), 5.0km, 130m Climb1 S Errington LOK M35 29.44 2 N Gostick HH M35 32.45 3 J Marsden JOK M21 34.55 4 D Saunders HH M35 35.45 5 J Rosen HH W40 37.02 6 G Normand HH M50 37.39 7 G Sutton MV M50 38.23 8 I Cairns GO M55 38.42 9 R Catmur SLOW M40 39.24 10 E Catmur SLOW M16 39.47 11 S Greenwood SAX M40 40.17 12 M Smith HH M45 41.13 13 B Straight HAVOC M50 42.15 14 B Ward MV M60 42.50 15 P Langston HH M40 42.52 16 D Hodgskin HH M45 43.01 17 M Hill HAVOC M40 43.17 18 P Marsden HH M50 43.24 19 J Pratt LOK M50 44.00 20 R Moulding HH M50 44.07 21 A Challacombe HH M45 45.14 22 G Newell SN M40 45.30 23 P Szarvas SLOW M21 45.35 24 D Kingdon SAX M45 45.52 25 A Redington LOK M21 46.00 26 G Batty HAVOC M35 46.08 27 Z Gebka HAVOC M35 46.11 28 A Rigby LOK M21 46.16 29 J Hill TVOC M40 46.34 30 C Lunch LOK M21 46.43 31 K Kingston LOK W21 47.03 32 P Ward MV W50 48.16 33 D Thomas SN M65 48.40 33 H Errington LOK W35 48.40 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 35 M Down SN M40 48.50 36 C Perry HH W18 48.54 37 C Catmur SLOW W18 50.57 38 K Davidson HH W16 51.25 39 D Tookey HH M40 52.22 40 S Evans SLOW M18 52.56 41 K Marsden HH M50 53.02 42 I Davidson HH M40 54.52 43 M Walter SLOW M40 55.10 44 M Perry HH M50 56.01 45 S Ling MV M50 56.14 46 H Goldingay HH M45 57.06 47 S Marsden HH W50 58.02 48 S Kingdon SAX W16 58.37 49 N Vass LOK M40 58.56 50 A McCubbine LOK M35 60.41 51 C Ling MV M21 61.35 52 P Langmaid MV M21 61.51 53 R Hopkins LOK W21 62.05 54 C Rose BADO W40 63.22 55 A Jago SAX W50 64.41 56 R Hime LOK M21 66.24 57 P Riches MDDXO M45 67.22 58 T Bate ULOC M21 67.24 59 L Rose BADO M40 67.56 60 C Frentz HH W35 68.53 61 G Parry HH M60 69.20 62 D Eglin SLOW M60 72.21 63 L Mellor HAVOC W40 78.46 64 A Kingdon SAX W40 120.32 RTD J Gebka HAVOC W21 |