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Poole Park Saturday 2 January 2010

My Mother has an endearing habit, every time we take her somewhere she says "it's the best day she has ever had". I am sure she would
have thought the Wessex events on Saturday one of those days.

The weather, as usual, paid a part and both the Day and Evening races were held under wonderful conditions. Bright and crisp for the
day bought out the numbers to Poole Park and there were a number who, although not taking part, took away details of the club.

The Evening race was hotly contested with competitors from as far a field as Moray and New Zealand - word is obviously spreading
about this race! Instructions were, as usual, fairly complicated to ensure everyone got their monies worth for an hours score around such
a limited area. We are fortunate to have such talented Orienteers in the club and the benchmark I use for this event is to ensure that Dale
can get all the controls - just. In the event Dale got all bar one with 4 minutes to spare so I think the right level was achieved. The way the
'rules' are designed means that by some judicious control picking you can do very well even though you might not be quite up to Dales
National standard. Certainly there was some 'needle' amongst some competitors with Eamon coming out on top in the Staunton household
courtesy of Kirsty being 5 seconds late! Eddie Harwood set out to collect all the controls come what may, but got back and realised he
had missed one! My apologies to Rob Jessop from New Zealand, I only had the instructions in English rather than his native language and
judging from the results there was obviously something lost in translation. As a consolation I am offering him free entry to next years event!

Finally my sincere thanks to Ian Sayer and Eric Whapples for their help during the day event (and Ian for putting out some of the night controls).
Great thanks also to Rob Hick and Tim Houlder for their help in collecting the night controls in - the control boxes were getting seriously
frosted by the time we had the last one in.

Gavin Clegg
Poole Park 2 January 2010 - Day Results
White
1
Yvette Paget
9.30
2
Alex Middlebook
10.05
3
Zoe Middlebrook
12.08
Yellow
1
Zoe Middlebrook
18.01
2
Alex Middlebrook
26.11
3
Gale
32.46
4
Anne Morgan
40.16
5
Casa Whapples
46.56
Orange
1
Lauren King
45.34
2
Sian & Allan Rixon
52.41
Score
129
Finish
Points
Penalty
Total
1
Paul Pickering
12.18
25.00
270
270
2
Ian Mddlebrook
16.25
32.29
270
270
3
Keith Henderson
?
32.46
270
270
4
Rob Hick
18.28
37.10
270
270
5
Kevin Pickering
19.55
38.39
270
270
6
Pat King
19.29
42.13
270
270
7
Roger Crickmore
15.02
30.51
260
260
8
Mark Scott
24.08
46.44
270
20
250
9
Hillary Pickering
25.09
42.41
240
240
10
Andrew Chisholm
16.39
48.57
260
40
220
11
Alan Hooper
25.00
42.02
150
150
12
Roy Morgan
38.10
38.49
120
120
             
             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wessex Night Event 2 January 2010.
107
112
120
114
106
109
111
113
115
116
118
119
110
117
108
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
10
10
10
20
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
40
40
50
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Name
Total
Points
Time
Score
Time
Bonus
Penalty
Total
Control order
Dale Paget
490
55.54
107
10
120
10
112
10
114
20
115
30
116
30
113
30
111
30
109
30
106
30
119
30
118
30
117
40
110
40
108
50
122
10
121
10
123
10
125
10
127
10
126
10
128
10
490
55.54
490
Tim Houlder
440
58.54
107
10
120
10
112
10
114
20
115
30
113
30
116
30
111
30
109
30
106
30
118
30
119
30
117
40
110
40
108
50
122
10
121
10
440
58.54
440
Stephen Mallison
430
58.33
120
10
112
10
114
20
115
30
113
30
111
30
109
30
106
30
119
30
118
30
116
30
117
40
110
40
108
50
122
10
121
10
430
58.33
430
Andrew Snell
430
63.15
107
10
112
10
120
10
114
20
115
30
113
30
116
30
111
30
109
30
106
30
118
30
119
30
117
40
110
40
108
50
128
10
126
10
127
10
123
10
121
10
470
63.15
40
430
John Cameron
400
54.24
107
10
120
10
112
10
111
30
109
30
113
30
116
30
118
30
119
30
117
40
110
40
108
50
122
10
121
10
128
10
127
10
126
10
123
10
400
54.24
400
Roger Crickmore
370
61.00
107
10
120
10
112
10
114
20
115
30
113
30
111
30
109
30
106
30
119
30
118
30
116
30
110
40
108
50
380
61.00
10
370
Rob Hick
350
58.16
107
10
120
10
112
10
114
20
115
30
113
30
111
30
109
30
118
30
119
30
117
40
108
50
122
10
121
10
128
10
350
58.16
350
Eamon Staunton
330
56.51
107
10
106
30
116
30
113
30
112
0
111
30
109
30
110
40
117
40
108
50
121
10
123
10
127
10
128
10
330
56.51
330
Nicola Brooke
320
59.04
120
10
112
10
111
30
109
30
113
30
116
30
119
30
118
30
117
40
108
50
122
10
121
10
128
10
320
59.04
320
Kirsty Staunton
320
60.05
107
10
112
10
114
20
115
30
113
30
116
30
118
30
119
30
117
40
110
40
108
50
121
10
330
60.05
10
320
James Crickmore
300
63.54
120
10
112
10
114
20
115
30
113
30
116
30
111
30
109
30
106
30
118
30
117
40
108
50
340
63.54
40
300
Eddie Harwood
270
81.07
107
10
120
10
112
10
114
20
115
30
113
30
116
30
118
30
119
30
106
30
109
30
111
30
110
40
117
40
108
50
121
10
123
10
124
10
125
10
127
10
126
10
128
10
490
81.07
220
270
Liz Snell
220
48.40
107
10
106
30
118
30
119
30
116
30
110
40
108
50
220
48.40
220
The Burdens
220
61.17
107
10
106
30
119
30
118
30
117
40
110
40
108
50
121
10
240
61.17
20
220
Claire & Helen Hodge
180
62.16
120
10
116
30
113
30
111
30
109
30
110
40
126
10
127
10
125
10
123
10
210
62.16
30
180
Tracy Crickmore
180
66.57
114
20
106
30
109
30
111
30
113
30
115
30
116
30
108
50
250
66.57
70
180
Yvette Paget*
170
50.28
128
10
109
30
111
30
112
10
126
10
116
30
123
10
106
30
121
10
170
50.28
170
Dick Keithley
140
57.41
109
30
111
30
110
40
117
40
140
57.41
140
Rob Jessop
130
52.32
109
30
110
40
111
0
112
0
126
10
127
10
113
0
125
10
115
0
114
0
116
0
123
10
106
0
121
10
107
0
122
10
108
0
130
52.32
130
                                                                                     
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