Club News by Karin Kirk news@octavian-droobers.org
TOP PLACES FOR OD RUNNERS
Congratulations to Will Gardner M20 who came first on the Brown 10k course in the Micheldever Forest event, near Winchester. Running through the beech woods he took 55.53min and Chris McCartney M40 was 7th taking 1.16.36mins. At the same event on the Light Green 3.25k course Alfie Bullus came 3rd in 42.31mins and Ella-Rose McCartney W14 5th in 54.21mins. Proving it is never too young to start orienteering, on the White short 1.5k course eight year old Freddie Walker was 3rd in 16mins and four year old younger brother Daniel Walker came 4th.
Mike Hampton M65 completed the Urban event around the streets of Poundbury in Dorset, in 26.36mins only 1 second behind the winner of the 4.4k course. Mike enjoys the Urban events and is currently in second place in the national Nopesport Urban League for Ultravet Men having earned 473points after 5 races.
Nottingham University was the venue for an orienteering event around the campus and grounds and several competitors found themselves sinking into the mud by the stream near the lake. Top finishers were Chris McCartney who won the M40+ 5.3k Course 2 in 34.31mins and Anne Straube who won the Women’s Open on the same course taking 42.03mins. Pete Carey came 2nd in the M65+ category by only 10 seconds taking 28.37mins on the 3.3k course 4 which was won by Bruce Bryant M55 in 26.56mins.
11th June 2013
SUNNY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
The West Midlands Park Orienteering Championships were held at Hanley Forest Park, Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday. Pete Carey won the 3k Veteran Men’s course in 28.05mins and Sheila Carey won the 2.3k Veteran Women’s event in 18.46mins. Barry Elkington was 2nd on the 4k Senior Men’s event taking 29.21mins.
On Sunday some Octavian Droobers chose to go south to the Coombe Hill event on the Chiltern Hills, near Wendover, while others went north to the Cromford Moor and Black Rock event organised by Derwent Valley Orienteers.
Top ten places at Coombe Hill were achieved by: Harrison McCartney on the Brown 9.1k course with 155 metres of climb who took 1.14.16mins to come in 5th place ahead of his father Chris McCartney who came 6th in 1.16.26mins. Liz Cross was 7th on the Green 5.4k course in 51.47mins and Hilary Simpson 5th in 39.07mins, Karin Kirk 7th in 41.07mins and Roger Hailey 9th in 42mins on the Short Green 3.2k course. Diana Hailey was 2nd on the Light Green 3.6k course taking 42.12mins.
At Cromford Moor Bruce Bryant came second on the Short Green 3.1k course in 37.31mins as did Liz Philips on the Green 4.5k course taking 1.06.25mins and Pete Carey came 5th in 1.07.36mins on the same course. Anne Straube was 3rd on the Blue 6k course taking 1.11.42mins and Jane Feltbower 3rd on the Long Orange 4k course in 1.08.23mins.
Pete Carey, left and Sheila Carey right after winning the West Midland Parks championship.
4th June 2013