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Click here for Splits PLANNERS' COMMENTS We had joint planners for this event, myself and Charlie Morton. As you may know, Charlie is having treatment for leukaemia so couldn't be involved in the physical planning. While he was recovering from his initial bout of chemo he "armchair planned" the courses, having planned on this area before. We discussed the courses and he gave me some tips about the area, as I had not run here before (always been stuck in the download tent!). My job was to go out and check all the sites and "tweak" the courses to suit. It was lovely to be out in the forest on a clear day with the sun shining (yes, it did shine!) seeing all the deer, foxes, rabbits, buzzards etc. I did have to alter the Brown course a little, as Charlie originally made it nearly 13km! He argued that the area was very fast and the really fit runners would get round it in about 60 minutes. But I felt it needed to be shorter and we settled on 11.3. This proved to be a good length, as the winner, Mark Nixon, completed the course in 58.44. We had an exceptional number of runners on the Green and eventually ran out of maps. Our apologies for this if you were one of the people denied a green run. We were pleased to see that we had two takers for the Red course and hope you both enjoyed your run. Our grateful thanks to all members who helped with putting out boxes and dragging in controls on the day - one club member put out, dragged in and managed a non-competitive run as well! Thank you to all of you who came and we hope you enjoyed your runs and the area. And finally, my personal thanks to Charlie Morton for his help with planning and we all wish him a speedy recovery. Kay Sayer
CONTROLLERS COMMENTS I have to say that it is a pleasure rather than a chore to control events in areas such as Rushmore. I hope you all enjoyed your time in the forest as much as I did. I have to accept that the course lengths were longer than the guidelines. The speeds at the 2004 regional event suggested that the forest would be very fast at this time of year, and in fact the dry conditions preceding the event made it even faster. In addition with so many tracks and paths anything other than the very short legs have a fast track option. BOF don't define 'majority' but I would say that the range of times for competitors on the Brown, Blue, and Green courses were OK at 71%, 78%, 76% inside the guideline majority range. The range of times on the Light Green however do suggest that it should have been shorter. My thanks to Kay Sayer for all her hard work in the forest, to Bill Brown for his work on the maps and SI, and to Alan Hooper and the Wessex team for the smooth running of the event on the day. John Shucksmith
ORGANISERS COMMENTS It has been at least 10 years since I last organised a reasonable sized event but not too much has changed since then, risk assessment forms have appeared, car park charges have almost become normal, electronic punching is now ubiquitous and is definitely labour saving but does have the potential to do something totally unexpected given half a chance. The parking/assembly field is an organiser's dream but did need a few road repairs to make the entry road passable. I hope that you all enjoyed the Scenic Drive through Rushmore Estate.Thanks to Rob Hick for his earth removal and hole filling on Saturday to avoid the removal of essential parts from beneath your cars. One thing that hasn't changed over the years is the willingness of Wessex members to turn out in strength on the day and to provide a professional event team, thanks to everyone who helped. I personally enjoyed escaping from the download computers, which is my usual job, enjoying the Sunshine and watching the event unfold, I even managed to do the string course. The numbers of entries
were rather less than we had hoped for but this is always the curse
of Orienteering. It is a very difficult job to guess the variable parts
of an event such as numbers of Loos and maps in order to form a compromise
between the event's profitability and a good experience for competitors.
Estimates of course entrants based on historic data proved very wrong
when everyone suddenly decided to run a Green course, we had to ask
two potential Green Course competitors to run an alternative. Thanks also to Tracy Crickmore and family for planning and running a String Course. This had no entries until late in the morning but then was overwhelmed as soon as Tracy went off for a run, however daughter Emma and Rebecca Houlder coped admirably in mother's absence. Also thanks to John Shucksmith who hovered quietly around observing but let me off lightly with organisational changes. Finally thanks to the Management of Rushmore Estate for their kind permission to run the event in this beautiful part of Dorset. Alan Hooper
An umbrella and a copy of SINS was left at the START , contact 01202 746374 if it is yours.
Pl Name Age Class Club Time
white (5) 2.0 km 35 m
1 Imogen Giles W10 SARUM 25:06
2 calum sanderson m8 BAOC 35:19
3 Sarah Horsler W6 WIM 48:46
4 Ben Fale M6 WIM 1:10:29
White colour coded award
Sarah Gibson W11 SARUM mp
yellow (9) 2.8 km 50 m
1 Nicholas Moran M12 SOC 19:53
2 Jamie Hicks M12 SOC 20:37
3 George Butler M12 COLFOX 25:41
4 Katie Reynolds W12 COLFOX 25:54
5 Michael Hallett BOK 29:50
6 lilly Newman w12 SARUM 29:59
Yellow colour coded award
7 Kathleen Furlong W50 WIM 37:22
8 Oliver Evans M10 IND 50:58
Katie Gibson W9 SARUM mp
orange (28) 3.7 km 90 m
1 Conner Kearton M14 SARUM 25:11
2 Trevor Kearton M45 SARUM 33:13
3 Jessie Benjamin W14 BOK 33:36
4 Elizabeth Reynolds W16 COLFOX 35:10
5 Norman Harvey M60 QO 36:01
6 Jennifer Spring W14 SARUM 36:12
7 Peter Burnard M55 IND 37:08
8 Rosie Dixon W10 IND 42:13
9 Harry Butt M12 SARUM 45:36
10 Susan Hillman W40 SARUM 47:45
11 Emma Crickmore W12 WSX 48:25
12 Emma Spring W18 SARUM 49:05
13 Tim Spenlove-Brown M60 QO 50:10
14 Katherine Hodge W12 WIM 55:05
Orange colour coded award
15 Emily Savage W16 BOK 55:34
16 Wendy Hooper W60 WSX 56:49
17 Mike Heath M70 WIM 1:00:14
18 Rebecca Houlder W14 WSX 1:00:23
19 Laura Hillman W16 1:00:53
20 Cris Tween W65 WIM 1:01:14
21 Marian Bartlett W40 QO 1:04:00
22 Peter Robertson M65 WSX 1:04:37
23 Colin+Kay Henderson M65 IND 1:16:43
24 Oliver Cobgill M10 IND 1:36:12
25 Francesca & Susa Martin W12 IND 2:16:59
Susan Thomas W55 WSX mp
Brian Fletcher m35 QO mp
Alexandra Howlett w12 SARUM mp
red (2) 6.4 km 135 m
1 Richard Nuell M55 BOK 59:38
Red colour coded award
2 Wendy White W65 QO 1:51:30
light green 4.3 km 85 m
1 Ben Maliphant m14 BOK 35:27
2 Jack Benham M14 SARUM 40:41
3 Sophie Davie W16 SARUM 41:41
4 Lucy Butt W14 SARUM 45:41
5 Tamsin Moran W14 SOC 46:39
6 Ron Ley M80 SARUM 50:47
7 Celia Robertson W55 WSX 53:05
8 Tracy Crickmore w40 WSX 58:35
9 Heather Haskins W45 SARUM 59:50
10 Janice Holmes W55 QO 59:57
11 John Coleman M70 NGOC 1:01:48
12 Christine King W55 BOK 1:01:53
13 Anne Donnell W75 BOK 1:04:57
14 Pat Grenfell W75 BOK 1:06:12
Light green colour coded award
15 Caroline Morris W50 WIM 1:06:22
16 Liz Snell W21 IND 1:07:40
17 Mike Evans IND 1:08:02
18 Richard Keighley M60 WIM 1:14:43
19 Claire Hodge W14 WIM 1:15:17
20 Eric Whapples w60 WSX 1:15:57
21 Barbara Warren W70 WIM 1:16:01
22 Jean Velecky W80 SOC 1:16:27
23 Sophie Lawrence W70 WIM 1:17:15
24 Joan Hambleton W65 SARUM 1:17:45
25 Roger Harris M70 WSX 1:19:07
26 Judith Bland W65 WIM 1:21:09
27 Kate Maliphant w45 BOK 1:24:13
28 Peter Brown M65 IND 1:38:54
Nigel Dixon M65 IND mp
green (81) 5.3 km 115 m
1 Declan Gray M18 QO 34:44
2 Tom Butt M16 SARUM 35:39
3 Emily Benham W18 SARUM 36:07
4 GARETH Haskins m16 SARUM 36:35
5 Kevin Pickering M50 WIM 40:46
6 Richard Savage M40 BOK 40:52
7 Mike Christopher M50 WIM 42:12
8 Julian Lyne M60 SOC 43:39
8 Gwyn Davies M50 SARUM 43:39
10 Mike Crockett M70 QO 44:00
11 Peter Hambleton M60 SARUM 44:57
12 Richard Brightman M65 WIM 45:19
13 Tim Houlder M50 WSX 45:39
14 Nick Ajderian M45 BOK 46:19
15 Neil Connelly M60 BOK 46:53
16 Ray Massey M65 SOC 47:18
17 Joanne Pickering W20 WIM 47:29
18 Kirsty Staunton W50 WIM 47:42
19 Richard Raynsford M60 BOK 47:54
20 Nellie Clothier W35 KERNO 48:05
21 John Trayler M60 QO 48:18
22 Lucy Benham W16 SARUM 48:24
23 Roger Moore M50 WIM 48:39
24 Rachel Dennis W40 BOK 49:52
25 Jamie Hayward M16 BOK 50:10
26 Gill Thomlinson W60 SOC 50:42
27 Alan Mackenzie M55 SWOC 50:53
28 Adrian Mitchell M35 WIM 50:54
29 Tony Milroy M55 QO 50:58
30 Sue Hands W55 WIM 51:08
31 David Parkin M70 BOK 51:27
32 Don Gray M55 QO 51:42
33 Gavin Avey-Hebditch M45 WSX 52:12
34 Robin Walker M65 BOK 52:26
35 Tony Noott M70 BOK 52:38
36 Elsie Hargreaves W60 KERNO 52:59
37 Peter Fale M70 WIM 53:02
38 John Parker M70 BOK 53:14
39 Paul Scoble M70 SARUM 53:34
40 Neil Haskins M50 SARUM 54:48
Green colour coded award
41 Angus Grandfield M45 WSX 55:09
42 Mike Kite M60 WIM 55:11
43 Barbara Ralph W55 SOC 55:46
44 Michael Yeo M55 SOC 56:02
45 Pauline Olds W50 KERNO 56:34
46 Neil Clegg M45 QO 57:04
47 Steve Taverner M50 WIGHTO 57:28
48 Sally Thomas W60 BOK 57:59
49 John Higgins M70 BOK 58:33
50 Mary Nixon W55 SOC 59:34
51 David Bland M65 WIM 59:51
52 Denise Mullins W55 SARUM 1:00:49
53 Hilary Pickering W50 WIM 1:00:51
54 Allan Rixon M21 WSX 1:01:02
55 Anne Palmer W55 BOK 1:01:36
56 Richard Arman m75 WSX 1:02:34
57 Kerrie Benham W40 SARUM 1:03:06
58 Sarah Houlder W45 WSX 1:03:30
59 Karen French W40 LOK 1:04:07
60 Jose Stanley W60 WIM 1:04:50
61 Lynn Branford W55 WIM 1:05:25
62 Charlotte Duncan W60 SARUM 1:05:26
63 Ruth Rhodes W65 SO 1:05:58
64 Frances Alexander W65 NGOC 1:08:29
65 Richard Thornton M60 SARUM 1:09:01
66 John Grenfell M75 BOK 1:09:57
67 John Warren M70 WIM 1:10:01
68 Roger Holehouse M55 WIM 1:10:28
69 Howard Thomas M60 BOK 1:12:32
70 Stephen Williams M50 QO 1:12:57
71 Jan Daniels W50 SO 1:13:09
72 Sue Spillar W55 WIM 1:13:24
73 Clare Fletcher W65 BOK 1:14:21
74 Ruth Chesters W55 QO 1:16:03
75 Roy Morgan M70 WSX 1:19:28
76 Gordon Raggett M70 WSX 1:22:48
77 Andrew Beldowski M75 WSX 1:28:20
78 Neil Underwood M50 SARUM 1:28:23
79 Penelope Harwood W80 WIM 2:25:56
Patricia Walker W65 BOK mp
Nicola Brooke W40 WSX mp
blue (56) 8.0 km 205 m
1 Pete Maliphant m50 BOK 56:27
2 Robin Smith M55 SOC 58:08
3 Jack Hutchison M60 SOC 59:57
4 Nick Dennis M45 BOK 1:01:09
5 Trevor Griffiths M55 BOK 1:02:42
6 David Palmer M60 BOK 1:04:30
7 David Maliphant m16 BOK 1:05:15
8 James Crichhton M50 BAOC 1:05:30
9 Terence Furlong M18 WIM 1:05:31
10 Colin Hicks M55 SOC 1:07:00
11 John Cook WSX 1:07:13
12 Ian Rutherford M35 IND 1:08:51
13 Liam Howlett m18 SARUM 1:08:55
14 Keith Jones M65 BOK 1:09:58
15 Rob Hick M45 WSX 1:10:28
16 Barry Olds M50 KERNO 1:11:09
17 Ian Prosser m50 BAOC 1:11:19
18 Roger Pleasant M60 SOC 1:11:29
19 David Holmes M60 QO 1:11:43
20 Mike Furlong M50 WIM 1:11:47
21 Alan Simpson M60 DEVON 1:12:05
22 Alison Simmons W50 BOK 1:13:32
23 Kevin Bracher M50 SOC 1:14:20
24 Elisabeth Dickson W45 BAOC 1:14:33
25 Simon Bevan M40 SOC 1:15:03
26 Roy Heselden M60 BADO 1:15:35
27 Bill Vigar M70 QO 1:15:36
28 David Nixon M60 SOC 1:15:50
29 Mark Blackstone M60 BOK 1:15:57
30 David Battison M60 SARUM 1:16:32
31 Tamsin Horsler w40 WIM 1:16:48
32 Helen Kelsey w50 BOK 1:17:22
33 Rosie Wych W50 QO 1:18:11
34 Caroline Moran SOC 1:18:36
35 Carol Prosser W45 BAOC 1:20:26
36 Roger Hargreaves M60 KERNO 1:20:46
37 John Tilsley M60 WIM 1:21:24
38 Stuart Kraus M45 IND 1:23:10
Blue colour coded award
39 John Chesters M55 QO 1:27:25
40 Tim Wood M55 QO 1:27:52
41 Chris Moon M55 BOK 1:27:56
42 jeffrey Pakes m35 QO 1:28:07
43 Victoria Harvey W40 NWO 1:28:08
44 Roger Hateley M60 DEVON 1:28:21
45 Martin Yeo M18 SOC 1:31:07
46 Louise Benjamin W40 BOK 1:31:38
47 Bin Moon M18 BOK 1:36:51
48 Hugh Crawford M50 QO 1:37:40
49 Steve Halligan M50 BAOC 1:38:21
50 Carol Taverner WIGHTO 1:40:04
51 Brian Hodge M45 WIM 1:43:42
52 Susan Hateley W60 DEVON 1:45:14
53 Matthew Knipe M40 QO 1:48:19
54 Andrew Houlder M16 WSX 1:49:13
55 Phil Warry M50 BOK 1:50:02
Christopher Branford M60 WIM mp
brown (35) 11.3 km 250 m
1 Mark Nixon M21 EUOC 58:44
2 Ben Chesters M21 SARUM 1:01:11
3 Clive Hallett BOK 1:02:16
4 John Hartley M21 WSX 1:04:51
5 Mark Saunders M45 BOK 1:05:20
6 Colin Dickson M50 BAOC 1:06:01
7 Dale Paget M40 WSX 1:06:42
8 Chris Sanderson m45 BAOC 1:08:24
9 Gavin Clegg m50 WSX 1:10:42
10 Kevin Hagley M45 DEVON 1:12:08
11 Jon Brooke M40 TVOC 1:15:11
12 Steven Horsler m40 WIM 1:15:27
13 Charles Daniel M50 BOK 1:16:27
14 Ian Middlebrook M40 WSX 1:16:55
15 David Harper M50 GO 1:18:14
16 David Hunt M45 BOK 1:19:16
17 Eddie Walsh m40 BAOC 1:19:52
18 Christopher Kelsey m50 BOK 1:26:03
19 Christopher Harrison M45 NWO 1:26:17
20 Roger Crickmore WSX 1:26:27
21 David Christmas M50 BOK 1:27:36
Brown colour coded award
22 Phil Newall M45 KERNO 1:28:53
23 Ian Bartlett M40 QO 1:30:45
24 Andy Rimes M40 QO 1:30:50
25 chris Moncaster m50 KERNO 1:36:19
26 James Ian Hayward M40 BOK 1:36:56
27 Alice Bedwell W45 BOK 1:37:17
28 David Mullins M55 SARUM 1:39:40
29 Colin Welch BOK 1:44:32
30 Richard Rae m60 BKO 1:45:57
31 Mark Larcombe M45 QO 1:49:18
32 John Abbott M35 IND 2:03:38
33 Christophe Mutricy M21 BOK 2:04:01
34 Chris Penny M35 WIM 2:25:04
35 Bryan Penny M65 WIM 2:43:07
Pooh’s String Course results
The string course had a Winnie the Pooh theme. It was quite
adventurous in places and was scented with garlic
throughout. After a slow start it was well attended, Eeyore,
Tigger, Rabbit and Pooh visited and could be spotted
if you looked carefully.
Tracy Crickmore String course Planner
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