Ruislip Woods Colour Coded Event Results 09/04/00Comments from the Planners,
Organiser and
Controller.
Information about HH. Planners' Comments - David Saunders / Robin BarrisOur first visits to Ruislip Woods confirmed our worst fears about the condition of the area, muddy paths and thick undergrowth. On each successive visit, the conditions improved until two weeks before the event they were ideal, but then the wet weather returned. The planning strategy was firstly to give as many of you as possible a run in Park Woods (where the far start was located), as only the longest courses get here when we use our 'normal' car park. The second aim was to link together the more interesting and runnable bits of the woods, which is why the brown was a little on the long side. The loop(s) on the longer courses were needed to keep an element of route choice; the brown course crossed itself six times. It is difficult to say if the course lengths were correct, as the field was rather small, but, as Simon explains below, the orange was clearly too long. Working with Simon was a pleasure; his comments were always helpful and constructive, so we were happy to agree to all his requests for changes. Eric and Lesley not only put enormous time and energy into ensuring that the event ran smoothly but, as club equipment officer, Eric supplied all the punches already neatly bundled for the various control sites. Thanks to all the control hangers, marshalls and those who 'manned' controls. Finally, thanks to Alison who put up with David peering at maps of Ruislip for two months and the house disappearing under a sea of controls and punches for a week. Organiser's Comments - Eric BrownMany thanks to those who came on such a lovely day. Although the number of competitors taking part was lower than anticipated it was a real pleasure to see so many (very) juniors enjoying the sunshine and the mud. Thanks to the enthusiastic band of HH helpers whose experience and calm made it easy for a novice Organiser, not least to Lesley who quietly drove it along throughout all stages of the organisation. Thanks also to Hillingdon Council staff who not only allowed us to hold the event but were helpful throughout; to Peter Fussey and his team of St John's Ambulance brigade who were present throughout in case of accidents; and to the Waters Edge for perinission to use the top of the Lido car park. Controller's Comments - Simon LingIn my short career as a controller I have been lucky enough to have worked only with experienced planners. It is good to be able to accept the courses virtually unchanged and to try to offer constructive comments where appropriate. Ruislip has its drawbacks as an orienteering area ( mud and brambles to name but two! ) but in the sunshine it can be very pleasant. The most troublesome course from my point of view was the orange, where the extensive path network made it difficult to offer the option of short cuts without running the risk of sending inexperienced competitors off into the extensive bramble thickets. In the event this seems to be the one that shows times furthest from the guidelines. This may be due to the mud or to the relatively large number of controls. There were also one or two difficulties with particular sites. At 506 (brown and light green) there is at least one more pit in the vicinity than is shown on the map. At 502 (brown and green) I moved the control at the last minute when I realised that the stream (on which the control was supposed to be) had diverted along the path. However I heard no comments about either of these (or any others) at the finish so presumably the action we took overcame the problems. Congratulations to David on making good use of a not very promising area, and to Eric for the smooth organisation. I was impressed by the number of helpers that Happy Herts can muster; but having so many control hangers makes it impossible for the controller to check every control, the time available being so much reduced. Thank you Andrew for acting as my assistant on the day. The Hertfordshire Orienteering ClubIf you are not already a member of an Orienteering Club and live in or around Herfordshire, you may like to join Happy Herts. Membership allows you to enjoy many exclusive extra activities, including technique training and socials and receive the Club journal and monthly newsletter which includes an events programme compiled specially for people living in this area. Yet more club information. For more details contact S. Marsden ( Membership Secretary ), Brown, 10.6km, 255m Climb, 27 Controls.1 P Jones SN M40 77.17 2 Simon Errington LOK M35 78.39 3 H Roberts MDDX M40 92.04 4 D Cook BAOC M40 97.10 5 M Cook LOK M35 100.49 6 R Phipps TVOC M50 101.25 7 Roger Moulding HH M50 103.55 8 Simon Hime LOK M35 110.33 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 9 R Johnstone BKO M45 141.59 10 Eric Burton HH M40 144.34 11 Ken Wickham CHIG M60 158.12 DSQ S Bingham SMOC M40 105.35 m3 RTD Jacob Sharpe HH M21 Blue, 6.9km, 145m Climb, 17 Controls.1 Neil Gostick HH M35 54.13 2 R Sanderson TVOC M16 61.18 3 Dave Hodgskin HH M50 63.35 N/C Andrew Cummings HH M45 64.19 4 J Chappell MIDDX M50 65.57 5 P Wilson MIDDX M40 73.16 6 Hedley Calderbank HH M45 74.50 7 George Normand HH M55 75.00 8 K Ellis BKO W35 75.47 9 Paul Langston HH M45 77.42 10 Ian Smith WAOC M40 79.00 11 Roger Dear HH M45 80.08 12 N King BOK W21 81.14 13 J Morris IND M45 88.26 14 Val Challacombe HH W50 91.00 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 15 S Clough HH W35 91.27 16 J Shaw SMOC M50 95.45 17 R Shaw SMOC W50 97.42 18 Alan Yeadon BKO M60 98.51 19 Liz Turbin BKO W50 99.03 20 P Frost TVOC M40 99.47 21 Kevin Parkes HH M40 100.06 22 R Jackson MVOC M45 100.59 23 K Kingston LOK W21 112.53 24 S Stone TVOC M45 127.42 25 T Marsh SLOW M55 139.34 DSQ J Duffield CHIG M50 95.41 m17 DSQ R Allison TVOC M45 56.38 w12 RTD C Jenkins IND M35 Green, 4.9km, 105m Climb, 14 Controls.1 Carol Whitworth HH W21 48.09 2 J Jenner CHIG M14 48.50 3 Barry Breed HH M50 52.58 4 D Jenner CHIG M45 53.52 5 C Sanderson TVOC M14 54.40 6 R Harvey IND M40 56.21 7 Pauline Goddard HH W21 57.02 8 C Kilpatrick IND M40 58.52 9 P Inness BKO M21 58.53 10 J Yates IND M40 60.04 11 Katie Breed HH W16 62.23 12 F Ashford TVOC M60 64.03 13 D Float HAVOC M21 64.32 14 M Butler IND M45 68.37 15 Jonathan Wharton HH M21 71.05 16 Clive Dinsey HH M40 73.53 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 17 Glyn Parry HH M65 75.05 18 S Glass IND M21 76.00 19 John Warburton HH M55 76.02 20 R West CHIG W50 77.28 21 Peter Marsden HH M50 77.57 22 A Owen WAOC M35 84.03 23 E Walsh SLOW W35 88.11 24 Y Hodson 89.32 25 J Morris IND W45 89.38 26 Cliff Short HH M50 90.48 27 K Malik IND M21 93.18 28 Penny Parkes HH W40 99.07 29 D Carratt IND M45 99.30 30 Frances Goldingay HH W50 102.37 31 Susie Hall HH W60 106.48 32 K Phipps TVOC W50 109.14 Light Green, 4.3km, 80m Climb, 12 Controls.1 N Harris SN M60 50.55 2 J Sanderson TVOC W45 56.02 3 A Saunders HH W40 60.31 4 S Layzell HH 70.58 5 D Egan IND M35 71.11 6 Dethoe IND W21 71.24 7 Maureen Webster HH W50 75.47 8 Bob Kay HH M55 86.04 9 G Engwell IND M21 87.26 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 10 M Carratt SLOW M14 101.53 11 Anne Short HH W50 101.59 12 A Morris 106.02 13 Sylvia Davidson HH W50 107.51 14 S Carratt IND W40 118.01 15 David Pepper HH M21 126.42 RTD S Human IND W21 RTD C Morris IND W18 Red, 5.1km, 120m Climb, 12 Controls.1 John Tuck IND M21 51.53 2 S Williams IND M40 55.34 3 D Masterson IND M21 56.33 4 C Galvin LOK W35 69.52 5 J Last TVOC M60 76.32 6 Michael Oliver HH M40 77.15 7 P Patel IND M15 77.39 --- Par Time --------------------------------- DSQ T Luhar IND M14 102.13 m8-11 DSQ C Butler IND M14 142.04 m2 Orange, 3.6km, 95m Climb, 14 Controls.1 Graham Parkes HH M11 58.41 2 J Float HAVOC M65 64.18 3 R Rudd IND M11 84.44 4 S S Butterall IND W21 90.42 5 A Engwell IND W21 92.53 6 C Morris IND W13 110.22 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 7 T & F Gladstone HH W7 111.43 8 Sue Mitchell + 1 RAF W35 117.56 9 V Luhar + 2 IND M11 156.36 DSQ C Allinson TVOC W18 75.11 m10 DSQ A Burton IND M13 65.46 w4 DSQ V Frost TVOC W14 95.29 w12 Yellow, 2.5km, 55m Climb, 10 Controls.1 Gemma Pearson TVOC W11 22.10 2 Jamie Pearson TVOC M10 26.11 3 Denton + 2 HH M7 28.45 4 Laurie Jenner CHIG M12 30.37 --- Par Time --------------------------------- 5 Tom Egan IND M12 50.49 6 Rachel Colinson + 1 IND W21 55.43 7 Kenway + 3 IND M5 70.19 RTD Emma Oliver HH W4 White, 1.8km, 40m Climb, 10 Controls.1 Alice Brown IND W7 20.58 2 Laura Parkes HH W10 28.42 3 Adam Smith WAOC M11 30.21 4 A Frost TVOC W9 38.42 5 Family O'Brien IND W6 45.34 6 Emily Batty + 1 HAVOC W5 53.54 String, 0.4km, 0m Climb, 10 Controls.Brendan Hanson HH M5 6 mins Bethany Hanson HH W3 10 mins James Errington LOK M2 15 mins Sandy O'Brien IND M5 7 mins Rachel O'Brien IND W3 8 mins Cara Wharton HH W3 11 mins Jak Harvey IND M4 16 mins Freya Harvey IND W22mths 16 mins Alice Brown IND W7 3 mins Mitchell Masterson IND M6 12 mins Sara Williams IND W6 12 mins Jamie Williams IND M3 14 mins Callum Masterson IND M4 13 mins Joshua Kenway IND M5 6 mins Daniel Kenway IND M2 11 mins James Clough HH M6 6 mins Becky Clough HH W3 11 mins Laura Parkes HH W7 2 mins Emily Batty HAVOC W5 6 mins Alex Batty HAVOC M2 18 mins James Clough (2) HH M6 4 mins |