Club News by Karin Kirk news@octavian-droobers.org
MATT HALLIDAY AT JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At the Junior World Orienteering Championships Octavian Droober Matt Halliday M20 represented Great Britain in Poland. Over the week he competed in sprint, relay, middle and long distance races.
Matt was the best placed British runner in the middle distance race taking 29.56mins behind the Austrian winner’s 25.43mins and was part of the 3 man British relay team coming in 9th place out of 40 teams from around the world in 1.57.09mins only 4 minutes behind the first placed Polish team.
Pooley Fields Event
Lin Page and Steph Ellis-Gray successfully organised their first event at Pooley Fields Country Park. They planned three courses, prepared specially printed maps for each and put out controls during the day ready for the evening arrival of competitors. On the short 2.3k course with 15 controls Lucas Howarth M21 came 1st in 23.05mins. Liz Phillips W45 won the medium 3.6k course in 31.55mins, John Bowman M65 2nd 36.05mins and Sue Hallett W65 was 3rd in 38.50mins. Harrison McCartney M14 won the 5.1k course in 33.02mins ahead of Alan Segar M35 33.20mins and 3rd place was awarded to John Embrey M50 from HOC in 34.43mins.
12th July 2011
JUNIORS REPRESENT WEST MIDLANDS AT INTER REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Many OD junior club members were selected to represent the West Midlands at the annual Junior Inter Regional Championships held this weekend in the Lake District. Harrison McCartney had a fantastic debut winning the M14 individual 5.6k with 150m of climb race in 44.28mins on the complex Haverigg sand dunes area.
His performance plus other individual good results from Julie Emmerson W16 3rd, Matt Elkington 4th and Hamish Rogers 5th in the M16 race, Aimee Morse 4th and Zoe Nicolson 6th in W14 event and Will Gardner M18 5th put the West Midlands Squad in 3rd place going in to the relays on Sunday. In the Cumbrian forest of Simpson Ground the detailed contour areas tested the runners navigation skills and stamina to the full and the best placed W. Mids team of Matt Elkington, Harrison McCartney and Will Gardner were 3rd putting the team 4th overall behind North West, Scotland and Yorkshire with Humberside squads.
A busy week of orienteering in Warwickshire was achieved by much help from volunteers and 100 competitors from around the midlands and southern counties enjoyed the fast hilly terrain on the 5 courses planned by Richard Gardner at Burton Dassett Country Park.
On the Yellow 1.7k course Jacob Marwick M12 from Berkshire was 1st in 16.11mins, Alex Fielding M10 Happy Herts was 2nd in 16.57mins and Alfie Bullus M12 OD 3rd in 18.39mins.
Catherine Bailey W10 from Harlequins was 1st on the Orange 2.3k course in 16.15mins, Martin Neal M60 OD 2nd in 27.60mins and Ella-Rose McCartney W12 OD 3rd in 28.33mins.
On the Light Green 3.3k course Nick Bullus M45 OD was 1st in 30.40mins, Ali Kempson W45 Thames Valley 2nd 35.53mins and Bryce Gibson M70 Berkshire 3rd 38.42mins. OD’s came 1st. 2nd and 3rd on the Green 4k course: Peter Carey M65 34.29mins, Stephanie Ellis-Gray W21 34.35mins and Stephen Bates M60 34.57mins. The long Blue 6.8k course was easily won by Romualdas Stupelis M21 from Harlequins with a very fast run of 35.31mins; Kevin Fielding M40 Happy Herts was 2nd in 43.19mins and Stephen Lang M40 Manchester 3rd in 44.50mins.
Club Chairman, Bob Brandon, staged the 45th annual Sutton Park Gates Run and the 8 mile circuit attracted some fast runners. Overall individual winner in 50.48mins was Stephen Larcombe M50 from Royal Sutton Athletics Club. John Embrey from Harlequins Orienteering Club was 2nd in 51.09mins and Alan Segar M20 OD 3rd 51.22mins. Mike Langrish from Bourton Road Runners broke the M70+ record with his run of 69.01mins. Bob expects the 50 minute time will be broken next year.
5th July 2011