Club News by Karin Kirk news@octavian-droobers.org
LAKES 5 DAY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Nathan Lawson continues his successful summer with some great wins in the summer Lakes 5 day competition, staged around the Lake District at Silver How, Angle Tarn Pikes, Whinlatter, Askham Fell and Dale Park. The popular festival of orienteering event is held every four years and attracts thousands of competitors from all over the UK and Europe.
Nathan was the fastest orienteer overall on the M21 Long courses having accumulated the best 4 scores out of 5 in his age category, including 3 first places - Day 1, 3 and 4. His score of 5510 points was nearly 200 clear of second placed Richard Robinson of Nottingham and Andreas Polden of Norway.
Lesley Ross was overall placed 6th on the W50 Long courses and had two great 1st places on Day 2 and Day 3. Anne Straube W40 had some good runs and was 1st on Day 1 and Day 3 and took 4th place on Day 2 to give her an overall placing of 11th as she did not have a 4th race result. Hilary Simpson was 8th overall on the W75 Long courses. Margaret Willdig was 14th overall on the W65 Long course with a 9th place on Day 2.
Junior Captain, Sam Leadley was 18th overall having completed all 5 M18 Long courses, his first ever multi day event. The experience was really enjoyable even though the courses were tough and the terrain difficult to navigate across, he said.
On the short courses overall places were awarded to: Lewis Oxtoby 7th on the M14 courses, Jacob Oxtoby 3rd M16 courses, Aleksandrs Ivanovs 7th M35 courses, Chris McCartney 4th M45 courses, Carolyn Marr 2nd and Thelma Spelton 6th on the W70 courses
Ulverston Urban Race
Alongside the Lakes competition, on the rest day, an Urban race around the town of Ulverston attracted hundreds of competitors. On the longest course, Black 8.3km, Sam Leadley was 3rd M18 taking 54.39mins. Lesley Ross was 7th in 5.3km on the Blue 5.3km Womens course.
Nathan in the woods
WORLD UNIVERSITY ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Representing their Universities, two Octavian Droobers, Matt Elkington and Nathan Lawson competed for GB in the 21st championships held this year in Kuortane, in Finland. There were 33 countries represented including China, USA, Russia, Australia and many European nations.
Following a week of mixed sprint relays, sprint, middle distance and long distance races, the eagerly awaited final event, the relay, saw the GB second team of Matt, Nathan and fellow Sheffield University student, Joe Woodley, produce a fine result racing in to a 7th nation place. Their time of 1:45.44mins, was 9 minutes behind the winning team from Norway.
In the individual races Nathan took 45.09mins and was 29th out of 103 runners, on the 6km middle distance race. On the 4km sprint race he was 35th in 15.05,7mins and Matt Elkington was 37th in 15.14,6mins from a field of 102 runners. Matt was 43rd /99 in 1:31.24mins in the 12.4km long distance event.
Harrison McCartney M21 was 16th in 13.56min and Kin Kwan Kwok M21 22nd in 15.57mins on the 3.6km course in the triple Sprint Scotland Race 1. On Race 2 Harrison was 18th in 16mins and Kin 22nd in 17.22mins. On Race 3 Kin was 24th in 17.23mins on the 3.7km course. Mike Hampton M70 also competed at the triple event and in Race 1 on the 2.4km course was 15th in 16.59mins, Race 2, 2.7km, 7th place in 18.14mins, Race 3, 2.15km, 8th in 13.34mins.
24th July 2018
Matt Elkington running through the woods at World University 2018 Championships