West Midlands Orienteering Association
POTOC Local Event
Thursday 18th May 2006
1.2km 9 controls
name club class time
1 Ben and Oliver 77th AUDLEY 7:37
2 Chris and Dave 40th STOCKTON 9:44
3 Harley and Sam 40th STOCKTON 10:48
4 Josh and Jordan 40th STOCKTON 11:52
5 Rosie Corbett POTOC W10 18:11
6 Jack and Brendan ST GREGORYS 18:22
7 Alan and Daniel ST GREGORYS 19:06
8 Katie, Beccy, Sophie ST GREGORYS 21:11
9 Keiran and Dan ST GREGORYS 21:41
10 Rachel and Natalie ST GREGORYS 23:37
11 Lauren, Georgia, Powell ST GREGORYS 23:50
Tom and Emma 40th STOCKTON 11:30 No.1 missing
Richard and Michael 77th AUDLEY 12:51 No.4 missing
2.3km 14 controls
name club class time
1 Keiron,Lauren,Georgia,Dan ST GREGORYS 35:14
2 Mae Dalgarno and Sue POTOC W14 36:11
3 Lesley and Kellie ST GREGORYS 38:57
4 Charlie, Cameron, Liam ST GREGORYS 43:04
5 Josh and Ben ST GREGORYS 49:40
6 Wolf Patrol 21st HARTSHILL 50:02
7 Ben and Oliver 77th AUDLEY 53:45
8 Panther Patrol 21st HARTSHILL 56:25
9 Alan ST GREGORYS 59:55
10 Tom and Jack 40th STOCKTON 70:41
Rebecca + 4 ST GREGORYS 34:20 Nos.6-10 missing
Chris and Dave 40th STOCKTON 39:11 Found nos.1-7
Jordan and Josh 40th STOCKTON 40:37 Found nos.1-7
Michael and Richard 77th AUDLEY 42:53 Nos.8,9,13,14 missing
Chris, Liz, Mark CARIBOU 43:03 Nos.18.19 missing
Lion Patrol 21st HARTSHILL 54:35 Found nos.1,2,5,6,7
Daniel and Alan ST GREGORYS 55:08 Found nos.1-6
Tiger Patrol 21st HARTSHILL 61:36 Found nos.1,2,3,5,14
Sam and Harley 40th STOCKTON 63:35 No.10 missing
2.8km 15 controls
name club class time
1 Julie Phelan WCH W40 52:16
Mavis Bailey POTOC W60 29:37 Found nos.1-3
Dan, Tom, Alex YOUNG LEADERS 101:38 Found nos.2,3,8,9,15
3.9km 21 controls
name club class time
1 Jon Millward POTOC M35 40:34
2 Geoffrey Hollins POTOC M50 47:13
3 John Sherwood DEE M60 57:48
4 Mark Dalgarno POTOC M35 61:36
5 Marian Denham POTOC W60 72:50
6 Jess, Kate, Phil JUNIOR LEADERS 120:17
Jean Rostron POTOC W60 49:30 Nos.4-7 missing
Barry and Luke CARIBOU 81:44 Found nos.1-4,8,9
There was an excellent turn-out for this event -- 76 participants in total, 65 of whom were from the Scouts. Thanks to Brian and Geoff for the work they did on publicising it. There seems to be a healthy market for a summer evening event for Scout groups. Kibblestone provides an ideal environment for it because it is contained, safe and very difficult to get really lost in.
Thanks to all the POTOC members who turned out to help run the event and to coach the children who were new to orienteering. Thanks to Mark Stodgell for the demonstration of the SI equipment, which went very smoothly. Thanks, too, to the staff at Kibblestone for their co-operation and help in staging the event.
Fortune was on our side. Although it was very windy, the rain stayed away during the event itself. Geoff or I may also have had a very lucky escape. Some time between Geoff visiting control 6 on the difficult course as the last runner and my collecting the control at the end, a fairly large tree had blown down and crashed right on top of the control site. It took a few minutes of delicate manoeuvring to rescue the control. But for the SI unit, I might well have abandoned the banner.