Club News by Karin Kirk news@octavian-droobers.org
WHITE ROSE WEEKEND, URBAN AND LONG MYND HILL TRIAL EVENTS
A large group of club members enjoyed the sunshine and a variety of different events at the annual White Rose Weekend held near Gilling Castle in North Yorkshire. Events included two main orienteering events on the Saturday and Sunday, a sprint, a team relay, a night score, mountain bike and Trail ‘O’ which took place in the Gilling forest, surrounding parkland and in the castle grounds.
After completing the two main events four club members clocked up top combined scores: Aimee Morse who came 1st overall on the W18 Long course having come 1st on Day 1 and 2nd on Day 2; Roger Hailey overall 1st on his M75 Long Course coming in first place on both days; Sheila Carey 1st on the W65 Long Course with first place on Day 1 and 2nd on Day 2 ; Diana Hailey 1st on the W70 short course with 3rd and 1st places.
Anne Straube was placed 2nd overall on the W35 Long course as was John Middler on the M60 short course and 3rd overall places were awarded to Hilary Simpson on the W70 Long course and to Mike Hampton on the M65 Long course. Congratulations to first timers Alfie Bullus 6th on the M14 courses, Rhiannon Cope 7th on the W16 courses, Alexia Cope 9th on the W45 Short courses and to Aleksandrs Ivanovs M21 12th competing on his first Black course.
At the night event, Anne Straube was placed 2nd scoring 190 points in the senior women’s class as was Sheila Carey who scored 140 points in the Senior Veteran Women’s class and Bob Brandon was placed 4th in the senior veteran men’s event scoring 175 points. Aimee and Bob both came in 4th in their classes in the Sprint Race taking 14.46mins and 15.39mins respectively. Daniel Roth was the highest placed man in the Trail ‘O’ competition and Alfie Bullus was 4th in the Junior Men’s event.
Three Urban events around the country attracted club members: Don Valley in Yorkshire where Harrison McCartney M16 took 1st place on the 5k course in 27.58mins, Sheila Carey W65 1st on the 3.3k course in 36.18mins and Mike Hampton M65 2nd on the 4.8k course in 39.50mins. Lincoln City Race saw Sheila Carey come 2nd on the 3.5k course in 42.56mins, Mike Hampton 4th on the 4.4k course in 36.35mins and Bruce Bryant 6th in 38.28mins. The Harwell Campus, near Abingdon was the venue for the third Urban event and William Gardner M20 came in 3rd overall on the Open Men’s Class only 15 seconds behind the winner, Liz Phillips was placed 5th in the Veteran Women’s class, Richard Gardner 7th in the SuperVet Men’s class and Mike Hampton 3rd in the UltraVet Men’s class.
At the Long Mynd moorland and valley orienteering challenge event, organised by Wrekin Orienteers, Dave Marr came in 11th place in 193.27mins on the 15.7k course, Mike King was 14th in 218.25mins and Tony Feltblower 2nd in 151.43 on the 12k course. On the short 9k course John Ward was 6th in 141.52mins.
3rd September 2013
REPRESENTING GREAT BRITAIN
Congratulation to Will Gardner M20 who has been selected to run for Great Britain in the Junior European Cup to be held in Le Bessat, France from 3 – 7 October. Will was selected as a result of great performances at the Scottish Six Days championships held two weeks ago.
After 5 events the club have now moved to the top of the West Midlands Orienteering League. They have 4588 points with Wrekin scoring 4525 and Harlequins in 3rd position with 4163 points. The top five OD contributors are Sheila Carey W65 who has scored the maximum 500 points from the five events, Stephen Elkington M16 465 points, Peter Carey M65 456 points, Philip May 337 points and Thelma Spalton W65 329 points. The next league match is on Sunday 22 September at Chasewater Country Park, near Cannock, and will be organised by Walton Chasers Orienteering Club.
The sun shone and made for a very pleasant evening for a run around the Burton Dassett Hills. The long grass made running, even downhill, a little harder. Organiser Bob Brandon thanked Sue Hallett and Suzanne Humphries for handling the administration and Daniel Roth, Anne Straube and family who then all collected in the controls.
Winners were: 1st Joanna Bowman W10 18.37mins, 2nd Amy Bowman W12 18.39mins, both visitors from AIRE club and 3rd club member Florence Lunn W10 19.23mins on the Short 1.3k course. Alfie Bullus M14 won the Orange 2.2k course in 24.41mins ahead of John Bowman M70 25.30mins and newcomers Kate & Steve Brown 27.28mins. On the Green 3.3k course Steph Howarth W21 won in 39.38mins ahead of new member Richard Markham M35 41.10mins and Margaret Willdidg W60 42.56mins. Visitor Rob Campbell M45 from WAOC club won the Blue 5.1k course in 33.07mins ahead of Riina Kuuselo W35 35.27mins and Chris McCartney M40 35.59mins.
13th August 2013