Results for OD District & YBT round, Pooley Fields, 01/10/2006

Sunday 17:24 provisional results uploaded

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Organiser Comments

It was sunny when I arrived at Pooley Fields and the sun was out again when I left at about 3pm.  In the meantime there was some appalling weather for the duration of the event.  Credit to helpers and competitors alike that the proceedings continued throughout in such good humour.

We thank Alan and his staff at Pooley Fields for making us so welcome.

I am pleased that a controller from outside the region was so keen to take on this important event in the WMOA calendar.  I was hardly aware that Peter Leverington was actually on site, however Peter was always about at those potentially fraught moments, just in case.....

We owe a big thanks to Team Furness, who master-minded and delivered the set of courses and also the infrastructure for a speedy results service.  Nevertheless, even the download cocoon was letting in water early in the afternoon.

A final thanks go to those who assisted our injured competitor back to assembly - Mel Elkington, Andy White and Ruth Lockley amongst others.  Sian & Richard Gardner and boys then transported injured party plus his car to Stafford.  News is that the broken ankle is to be pinned on Tuesday.

Bob Brandon

Planner’s comments

Living only 15 minutes away from the area helped considerably as several visits were necessary to achieve the courses. As with the other Warwickshire Country Parks, Pooley Fields is actively managed and some significant changes (the new gravel pathways for example) made it easier to plan the White and Yellow but needed Mike Hampton to come and update the map so thanks to him for a swift response to my call.

I think I found a few new control sites to keep the ‘grown-ups’ busy on the Green and Blue and there were several favourable comments – mainly about not having to go up and down the hill. The spread of abilities on the junior courses meant that in order not to put off those relatively inexperienced juniors there were likely to be some fast winning times and so it proved. Still, Iain’s winning time on the YBT Green was impressive – and whilst not being ideal warm-up for the Junior European Champs later this week in Switzerland nevertheless showed why he has been selected. Good luck to him, Tess Hill and Jess Halliday – all ex-West Midlands Junior Squaddies  representing GB.

Thanks to Peter for long distance controlling – we didn’t actually meet until the event but thanks to the wonders of OCAD and CONDES managed to do everything electronically with only one visit to the area by Peter.

Elizabeth Furness

Controller Comments
 
Many thanks to all the OD club members who came out to help, in what for most of the day was very extreme weather conditions. I must mention in particular Bob Brandon who led the club team and was on site by 7.00am getting everything all set up on the organisation side.
 
Thanks also to Elizabeth who planned first class junior courses in a postage stamp sized area, ably assisted by Paul who kept the electronic side ticking away and had results out by 5.00pm Sunday evening.
 
Thanks also to those who competed and in particular all the youngsters who braved very difficult weather running conditions and kept going to produce an exciting and close YBT finish. Keep going and stay with orienteering, the future of our sport needs you all.
 
Finally best of luck in the Yvette Baker Finals. I will watch out for the results with interest.
 
Peter Leverington.

 

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