TWO WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE EVENTS RESULTS
The club staged a West Midlands Urban event around the campus at Warwick University including the Science Park. Organiser Sue Bicknell thanked all the helpers who looked after over 130 competitors. This event proved popular as orienteers were able to practice urban tactics prior to next weekend’s annual 4 day JK2015 in the Lake District, where over 3000 competitors from around Europe will be testing their skills starting at Lancaster University campus on Good Friday, followed by two days on the fells and forests finishing with relays on Easter Monday.
Course 1 winner was Nathan Lawson M18 who ran the 6.7km course finding 26 controls in a great time of 36.35mins, Chris McCartney M45 came 6th taking 41.14mins and David Leadley M50 42.35mins. Top OD runners on 5km Course 2 were Anne Straube W40 37.39mins 7th and Mike Snell M55 37.48mins 8th. Julie Emmerson was first on the 4.3km Course 3 taking 26.06mins and Mike Hampton M65 4th 32.30mins. Club juniors ran the shorter courses and Felix Lunn M14 came 3rd in 22.22mins and brother Oliver Lunn M14 4th in 28.36mins on the 3.4km Course 4. Pippa Smart was 1st on the 2.6km Course 5 taking 19.07mins closely followed by Florence Lunn W12 20.59 and 3rd placed Luke Cherry M12 21.01mins.
With the club now well ahead with 5027, over 1000 points ahead of nearest rivals Wrekin Orienteers’ 3832 points in the league club members came away with some more good results at the Walton Chasers event on Sunday on Satnall Hills in the grounds of the Shugborough Estate on Cannock Chase. The heavy rain and strong winds did not faze Matthew Elkington M20 who came first on the Blue 4.93km course with 200metres of climb in 30.57mins. Harrison McCartney M18 took 45.40mins on the Brown 7.63km course with 290 metres of climb to come 2nd and club captain Alistair Powell M35 was 4th in 54.24mins.
Bruce Bryant M55 was 2nd on the Green 3.65km course in 31.31mins and third places were won by club juniors: Nathan Chapple M12 on the Yellow 2.06km course in 29.26mins and Pippa Smart W12 on the Orange 2.34km course in 29.56mins.
The summer series of local events around Coventry and Warwickshire Country Parks and woods starts on Wednesday evening 22 April at the Memorial Park, Coventry and then throughout the summer on every Wednesday evening at different locations for details of these events and how to participate see www.octavian-droobers.org
31st March 2015
TWO WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE EVENTS RESULTS
The club staged a West Midlands Urban event around the campus at Warwick University including the Science Park. Organiser Sue Bicknell thanked all the helpers who looked after over 130 competitors. This event proved popular as orienteers were able to practice urban tactics prior to next weekend’s annual 4 day JK2015 in the Lake District, where over 3000 competitors from around Europe will be testing their skills starting at Lancaster University campus on Good Friday, followed by two days on the fells and forests finishing with relays on Easter Monday.
Course 1 winner was Nathan Lawson M18 who ran the 6.7km course finding 26 controls in a great time of 36.35mins, Chris McCartney M45 came 6th taking 41.14mins and David Leadley M50 42.35mins. Top OD runners on 5km Course 2 were Anne Straube W40 37.39mins 7th and Mike Snell M55 37.48mins 8th. Julie Emmerson was first on the 4.3km Course 3 taking 26.06mins and Mike Hampton M65 4th 32.30mins. Club juniors ran the shorter courses and Felix Lunn M14 came 3rd in 22.22mins and brother Oliver Lunn M14 4th in 28.36mins on the 3.4km Course 4. Pippa Smart was 1st on the 2.6km Course 5 taking 19.07mins closely followed by Florence Lunn W12 20.59 and 3rd placed Luke Cherry M12 21.01mins.
With the club now well ahead with 5027, over 1000 points ahead of nearest rivals Wrekin Orienteers’ 3832 points in the league club members came away with some more good results at the Walton Chasers event on Sunday on Satnall Hills in the grounds of the Shugborough Estate on Cannock Chase. The heavy rain and strong winds did not faze Matthew Elkington M20 who came first on the Blue 4.93km course with 200metres of climb in 30.57mins. Harrison McCartney M18 took 45.40mins on the Brown 7.63km course with 290 metres of climb to come 2nd and club captain Alistair Powell M35 was 4th in 54.24mins.
Bruce Bryant M55 was 2nd on the Green 3.65km course in 31.31mins and third places were won by club juniors: Nathan Chapple M12 on the Yellow 2.06km course in 29.26mins and Pippa Smart W12 on the Orange 2.34km course in 29.56mins.
The summer series of local events around Coventry and Warwickshire Country Parks and woods starts on Wednesday evening 22 April at the Memorial Park, Coventry and then throughout the summer on every Wednesday evening at different locations for details of these events and how to participate see www.octavian-droobers.org