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RESULTS FROM CORNWALL’S CADDIHOE CHASE
Enjoying a late summer weekend break in Cornwall at the two-day orienteering running event on the sand dunes at Hayle were several club members. At the middle distance race young Max Straube-Roth M10 was 2nd on his age class 1.5km course in 20.50mins. Alistair Landels M45 won his class 5.1km course with 110 metres of climb in 35.49mins.
Andy Emmerson and Barry Elkington were within 3 seconds of each other on the M60 course of 4.5km taking 41.33mins and 41.36mins respectively to come in 10th and 11th place. Anne Straube and Juliette Soulard took 2nd and 3rd places on the 4.5km W40 course taking 44.23mins and 46.08mins. Jill Emmerson was 4th W50 on the 3.5km course in 41.22mins and Liz Phillips 10th in 48.24mins.
The long-distance race saw juniors Adam Landels winning the M10B course and Max Straube-Roth coming 2nd on the M10A course. Alistair Landels was 1st on the 8.8km M40 course with 240 metres of climb taking 71.24mins. Anne Straube was 1st in 58.70mins and Juliette Soulard 2nd in 77.08mins on the W40 5.9km course with 210 metres of climb. Barry Elkington was 3rd in 58.32mins and Bruce Bryant 7th in 63.52mins on the M60 5.9km course with 210 metres of climb. On the W50 4.4km course 5th place went to Liz Phillips 63.39mins and Jill Emmerson was 8th in 69.03mins. Mel Elkington was 9th on the W55 4.4km course in 92.50mins. Daniel Roth was 2nd on the M40 Short 5.9km course in 67 mins.
Sheffield Urban race this weekend saw Sheila Carey top W70 on the 3.5km course finding 21 control points in 60.50mins. Keith Willdig was 5th on the Green 4.4km course taking 47.33mins to find the 25 controls. An Urban race around Abingdon saw Nathan Lawson 5th on the Mens Open 7.2km course in 45.34mins, Andy Emmerson finishing 9th in 37.34mins on the M55 course, Keith Willdig 10th in 35.10mins on the M65 course, Margaret Willdig 8th in 43.16mins on the W55 course, Sheila Carey 5th in 36.33mins on the W65 course.
5th Sept 2017
RUGBY URBAN RESULTS
Following on from the very successful national UK League Rugby Urban event earlier in the year, the club scheduled another urban event in Rugby’s Lower Hillmorton area, using a new map by Mike Hampton. Organisers Sheila and Peter Carey, based the event at Whinfield Park, and designed three courses to suit all abilities. They were pleased with the number of orienteers who competed, especially the newcomers from Rugby.
Three courses were planned to suit all abilities. Finn Flippance M12 was 1st on the Short 1.7km course finding all 8 controls in 12.33mins. William Newton M10 was 2nd in 13.53mins and Mia Rayner W14 3rd in 19.44mins. Annabel Rayner W18 was 1st on the Medium 4.3km course finding 11 controls in 58.36mins, \Margaret Willdig W60 was 2nd in 62.56mins and new club member Matt Bambrook M14 (shadowed by his dad) was 3rd Octavian Droober taking 79.35mins.
Nathan Lawson M20 was top runner on the Long 5.9km course with 12 controls in 31.52mins, Dai Bedwell M50 from Derwent Valley was 2nd in 37.52mins and Mike Wheeler M45 was 3rd in 38.39mins. Top women on this course were Nadine Wright W21 45.56mins and Harriet Lawson W21 46.24mins. Paul Albon M21 of Lower Hillmorton, Rugby, was top newcomer taking 46.41mins.
15th Aug 2017