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Wessex
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Brownsea Island - Monday 3rd March
2014 Results
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Orienteering Club Galoppen 2014
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News:
05/03/2014: The Long Disance
walkers association ran a marathon on Sunday 2nd
March in which three Wessex club members and some
SOC orienteers
took
part.
The venue was our own
lovely back garden
of the New Forest. Click here for
Jason's account of the event.
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News:
11/02/2014
Another
lovely day Sunday saw a few of us at TVOC’s
Chiltern Challenge, near Nettlebed. Red Kite country
and plenty of these magnificent
birds around. It was a beautiful, runnable, Beech
Forest area. Terrain of this type contains large
areas of
open forest with tall mature trees, which means
sites used
for controls are often earth features, pits, valleys,
banks and lend a technical navigation challenge for
competitors, as it should be for a regional (South
Central) championship
event. The outstanding result of the day was that
of Jason Falconer who came first on the Blue course
with
a storming run. He was on a 'high' all the way home
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News:
03/02/2014
A
good turnout on Thursday 30th January at Marchwood
for the 9th instalment of this winter’s
Night League. Jason 6th, Gavin 10th, Ian 15th, Rob
16th, Julie 23rd and Kay 30th. For all the
results and current
league standings click on the Night League tab. No
one from Wessex made it to the Quantock Galoppen
possibly
put off by the floods (photo shows Burrow Bridge
on the Somerset Levels at high tide yesterday).
Four hardy souls
went to Blackheath and Farley: On the Blue Ian was
42nd out of 95. On the Green, Julie 17th and
Joff 27th out
of 70 and on the Short Green Kay 31st. |
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News:
28/01/2014
A
somewhat soggy event at Star Posts near Bracknell on
Sunday for the Southern
Championships. Good courses and a runnable forest,
lots of rhododendron bushes, some of which were
not particularly
well mapped which didn’t help. Podium places
for Richard Arman 1st and Southern Champion in M85,
2nd for
Gavin Clegg and Chris Brown in M55 and W70s and 3rd
for Julie Astin in W60. If the rain doesn’t stop
soon we will have to consider, Canoe O or Swim O! Photo
show
Bill Brown and Gavin Avey-Hebditch both looking rather
damp.
Also
*Stop Press* the date for this years Coast Path Relay
is Saturday 28 June. Please ensure you are available
for what is a great day out. Rumour has it Daniel Whapples
will be co-ordinating the team this year. Six teams have
already expressed an interest in competing: SW Junior
Squad, Sarum, Axe Valley Runners, BOK, SOC and Wessex.
Details can be found on the DCPR website. |
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20/01/2014 - Plenty
to keep you amused over the weekend with WIM putting on
their 3 in 1 at Hurn
on Saturday and a South West League race near Marlborough
on Sunday. Some hardy bikers turned up the MTBO Saturday
morning and a good turnout for the afternoons Informal
saw 14 Wessex runners brave the elements, with Sheila Gold
2nd on the Orange. 6 of us competed in the Night League
and although rain threatened it never materialised. It
was wet underfoot though. Check the night league tab for
the results. 10 of us attended the South West Galoppen
at West Woods near Marlborough on a lovely day in a superb
chalk / beech forest. |
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13/01/2014 - Excellent
club turnout at Ocknells with 16 out of the 200+ runners.
Best result
of the day being Tim Houlder in 3rd place on Green. Gavin
and Jason had a real tussle on the Blue with Gavin 3 seconds
behind at the last control. But with the absolute fastest
split of the day on the run in ended up beating Jason by
2 seconds. Yet another example of 'seconds count'! They
ended up 4th and 5th respectively out of the 77 on that
course, click picture for blue course. |
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News:
07/01/2014 - An
excellent turnout at the Poole Town Urban. Somewhat
breezy but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
Thanks to all
those that made the effort on what could have been
a very nasty night and I hope your journeys home
were
safe. Thanks
also to the fantastic band of Guys and Girls from
Wessex OC who helped out on the night. Without
these ‘volunteers’ our
events wouldn’t take place.
No
change at the very top of the order, but the ladies
are making
a move with
Lyn Branford, Jane Morgan and Julie Astin all moving
up. Jason Falconer and Andy Snell have moved up
into the top
10. Tim Morgan had a fantastic run on the night
to take the win, taking a unique route – was
this the optimum route? Apologies for control 21
(61)
which was on the
edge of the circle. If you feel you lost time on
this control
and it has affected your points then let me know
and I will make an adjustment.
Gavin. (Photos of the Twin Sails Bridge by courtesy
Chris Branford, WIM.) |
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30/12/2013 - The
OK Nuts Trophy and Blood Races, Hankley Common and Elstead
Heath. On a bright
and frosty Sunday morning Jason Falconer and Gavin Clegg
ventured forth for the OK Nuts Blood races near Liphook.
Both opting for the 11.4k ‘Half Blood’ race (as
opposed to the 15k ‘Full Blood’ or 6.9k ‘Almost
an Armful’). Jason was 11th overall in 69.40 and 1st
M40, Gavin 19th in 73.41 and 2nd M55. The event attracted
over 350 runners. Video |
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News:
17/12/2013 -
Saturday
14th December saw the annual WSX/WIM/Sarum minibus trip to
Brighton for the City Race. A chance for sightseeing
or
retail
in the afternoon with the mass start race at 6.30pm. There
were some great results amongst the minibus passengers:
1st
Sue Hands (WIM) Womens Ultra Vets, Gavin
Clegg Mens Super
Vets, 2nd Chris Branford (WIM) Mens
Ultra Vet, 3rd Charlotte
Thornton (Sarum) Womens Ultra Vets, Julie
Astin Womens
Super Vets, Dale Paget Mens Vets, 4th Carolyn
Dent (Sarum)
Womens Vets, Ian Sayer Mens Super vets,
5th Becca
Ellis (WIM) Womens Open, Kay
Sayer Womens Ultra Vets.
   
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Full results and Photos available
on the Southdowns
Orienteers web site.
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09/12/2013 - Julie Astin became W60 Southern Night Champion with a great run at Gore
Heath over the weekend. Guillaume Paget won the Lt Green
at Busketts Lawn on Sunday and rumour has it Gavin has a
broken toe and will be out of action for a few weeks. |
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New Permanent Course at Slades
Farm Launched
Saturday
30th November saw the launch of the new Permanent Course
at Slades Farm, near Bournemouth University.
All
those
who
attended had a great time, the weather was good as well!
(Results) The
Permanent Course is open to everyone so do have a go.
Click the link for further details.
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L-R Jason Falconer, who produced
the permanent course, Nicola & Arthur Brooke starting their
course and Roger Crickmore & Rob Hick having just completed
their runs.
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Rempstone Roast Duathlon
With no
local orienteering this weekend, Tina Stratford, Helen
Dyke and
Gavin Clegg
took
part in the Rempstone Roast duathlon. Based at Burnbake
the assembly, start and transition were very familiar.
The race
consisted of a 2 mile run, 10 mile bike and the 2 mile
run again to finish, all off road. Tina came 56th overall
in
1.25.20, being 10th lady and 4th FV40. Helen came 11th
overall and first female, in 1.01.22, in the process breaking
the
female record. Gavin was 13th overall and 1st MV55 in
1.02.33, breaking the MV55 record. |
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National Rankings
As
expected following the successful Dorset Delight at Agglestone
& Newton Heath 17th November, big movements on the National
Ranking list for some:
Tim Houlder up 124 places, Roy Morgan +224, Sarah Houlder
+256, Peter Keene +347, Laura Wilcox +354, Fran Biggin
+578 & Roger Crickmore +730. Best movement though was
Frida Forshallen up 1212 places, overtaking Tim Houlder.
She now has Rob Hick in her sights!
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Agglestone
photographs supplied by Jon Brooke (Click pic for full
version)
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WSX
Club Championship at the November Classic - November
3rd
- New Copse & Perrywood
Another
bright day saw many of us at the SOC November Classic
in the New Forest
(and what a contrast with last year's event!) Most missed
the rain, I think. The most outstanding result was for
Bill Brown who won the M75 class. Well done Bill. Gavin
was 2nd in his (M55) and John Cook also had a cracking
run, finishing only 2 minutes behind Gavin. Arthur Brooke
also had a very good run, coming 4th in the M10 class.
As
this was also our Club Championship event, there was
a lot at stake! I was sure I had blown my chances of
retaining
the Ladies Championship, having made a real mess of one
control - but was gobsmacked to hear later that evening
that I HAD in fact won it again, my near rivals having
also made an error or two. Kay Sayer came a close second,
with Zoe Paget third.
Gavin also retained the Men's Championship, with John
Cook coming a close 2nd and Bill Brown third. The full
results
will be going in the next newsletter. Well done everyone.
Julie
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The
Summer League results table has
now been updated following the Sturminster Newton event on
1st July and is available
here.
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Clean
sweep for Wessex
With
success at the Devon Relay 21st July, Wessex O. C. completed
a clean sweep of all relay trophies in the SWOA
Chairman's summer relay series. Winning team below, (L-R)
Dale Paget, John Cook and Gavin Clegg.
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NWO Relay Success
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The winning
Wessex Raiders Team at the NWO relays held on 29th June at
Coate Park Swindon.
L to R Dale Paget, Ken Stimson (Chairman of NWO), Gavin Clegg,
John Cook.
Wessex also had the second team home of Ian Sayer and Roger
& James Crickmore.
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The Wessex juggernaut keeps rolling
along...
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Raiders won the Furrow Hoppers Relay, the second race in
the summer series. They were ably assisted by Wessex Marauders
who pushed other teams down the order. So all six relay
trophies remain in Wessex hands. For full results see the
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Pictured left, Andy French, Wimborne Chairman presented the
Furrow Hoppers Trophy to the Wessex Raiders; Kay Sayer,
Gavin Clegg, Ian Sayer and Dale Paget. John Cook (not pictured)
was unable to attend the prize giving. Pictured right, Wessex
Marauders; Rob Hick, Tina Stratford, Tim Houlder, Julie Astin
and Eric Whapples.
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More Wessex success at Adams Avery
Relays
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The
winning Wessex Raiders team at the Adams Avery Relays,
the first in the summer relay series, on Sunday 16 June.
(l-r)
Frida Forshallen, Gavin Clegg and Dale Paget. Having won
the last 5 relays
last year, it means Wessex are in the unique position
of having all six trophies in their possession.
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Wessex
success at Southern Championships
Julie
Astin took first place and the W60 Trophy at the Southern
Championships
held on a damp and windy Penhale yesterday
(Sunday 14th April). For those of you who haven’t experienced
Penhale, it is one of the jewels in the South Wests crown,
being amazingly
technical and pretty fast. Check out the maps at the next
Club night. Julie has been coming along to the Tuesday sessions
at Bournmouth Uni, they are obviously paying dividends! So
very well done Julie.
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Wessex
at JK 2013 - The Chilterns, March 29th - April 1st
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Well, we had a great weekend at the JKs
in spite of the cold. Our most notable results were:
Gavin Clegg 1st M55 Sprint
Gavin Clegg 9th M55L
Ian Sayer 18th M60L
Richard Arman 4th M80
Bill Brown actually came 4th on Day 3, but hadn't entered
Day 2, so it didn't count overall.
Regarding the relays, our top men's team (Dale Paget, Gavin
and Jon Brooke) came a creditable 14th, out of 57 teams.
Note must also be made of our Mini Relay Team - Agnes and
Arthur Brooke and Yvette Paget - who ran well and came
13th. A top team of the future?!
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Click
On images to see full version.
All images by courtesy of
Mark Lockett
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Also
at JK 2013, Julie Astin grabs the opportunity to catch
up with Charlotte Thornton (SARUM) and present her with
the Wessex Night League Ladies Trophy.
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Kings
Garn Gutter
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Well
done to all those who turned out on Sunday (17th March)
in the horrible weather to compete at Kings Garn Gutter
for our 2012 Club Championships.
Ian Sayer has already circulated the results to
most people. However, congratulations go to Gavin Clegg for
winning the Men's Captain's Trophy and to Julie Astin for winning
the Lady's Sheila Beldowska Trophy!
Presentations
for these trophies will be made after the Poole Town
Race on June 1st when we are having a Club Social in
the Blue Boar. More details to follow in due course.
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Gavin Clegg receives the Men's Wessex Night League Trophy,
presented by Andy French (WIM Chairman) at the recent annual
WSX/WIM Dinner.
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