Club News by Karin Kirk news@octavian-droobers.org
OCTAVIAN DROOBERS RETAIN NEW YEAR’S DAY TROPHY
The New Year sporting calendar got off to a great start for Octavian Droobers Orienteering club. Walton Chasers staged the annual New Year’s Day West Midlands Inter-club Laurie Bradley Trophy on Cannock Chase, near Hednesford Camp. The course had 30 controls strategically placed, around mainly mixed woodland and parkland with some steep wooded slopes to test the orienteers to find as many as possible within 60 minutes.
To defend the title club captain, Alistair Powell, led a good team with 25 across all ages counting toward the winning total of 5400 points ahead of the host side Walton Chasers 5020 and 3rd placed Wrekin Orienteers 4700. Top scorers with 300 points each, finding all 30 controls within the 1 hour time limit, were Oliver Lunn M16, Barry Elkington M60, Alistair Powell M40 and Felix Lunn M16.
Alistair Powell, club captain, was presented with the trophy, on behalf of the club, and Felix Lunn and Oliver Lunn jointly received the best male junior trophy.
Competing away in the sunshine in the Gran Canaria 2017 international event, Sophie Kirk W21 was 7th and 4th respectively in the Long and Middle distance events in her age class. The courses took place high up on the mountains and down on the coast alongside a volcano and across sand dunes.
ELMDON PARK, SOLIHULL, RESULTS
With most of the snow and ice gone, Dave Chandler planned 4 excellent courses to suit all abilities. The short 1.5km Yellow course saw many new participants from the Solihull Nelson Sea Scouts running and locating the 12 controls placed around the park. The winner was Max Straube-Roth M10 who took 16.06mins, 2nd were Ross Stewart and Jacob Smith from the Scouts taking 22.34mins and 3rd was William Newton M10 in 25.41mins.
Rob Bambrook M40 was 1st in 17.31mins, Matt Bambrook 2nd in 21.55mins and Walton Chasers Mel and Jonah Hearn were 3rd in 43.26mins on the Orange 2.7km course. Cameron Williams-Stein M14 was by far the fastest on the 4.6km medium course running round in only 28.31mins, Margaret Willdig W60 was 2nd in 40.42mins and Phil May M65 3rd in 45.30mins. On the long 5.1km course with 20 controls, David Leadley M50 was 1st in 36.15mins, Anne Straube W40 2nd in 40.03mins and Jacob Oxtoby M14 3rd in 40.52mins.
Outwoods, Loughborough, Results
Nathan Lawson M20 was 2nd and Harrison McCartney M20 4th on the longest course at the Leicestershire Orienteering Club event. They finished in 55.02mins and 57.45mins respectively on the 8.5km course with 245 metres of climb. On the Green 4.6km course Bruce Bryant M60 was 3rd in 40.17mins.
19th Dec 2017