Firestone Copse NightO Results – 19th March 2016

Results for the night orienteering event held in March 2016 at Firestone Copse.

Long Course                                                    Time        Points
1.          Daniel Williams                M40               51.10        270
2.          Chris Pritchett                  M55               73.50        270
3.          Glyn Williams                   M60              74.15        270
4.          Micheal Luckman             M40              72.40       132
             Sally Luckman                  W40
             Johannes Luckman          M15
5.          Kevin Downer                   M35               70.00        112
             Alison Downer                  W35
             Liam Downer                    M10
6.         Christine Summerfield      W35              73.30        106
             Mark Tolfrey                      M50
Short Course
1.        Richard Evans                    M40                57.50        92
           Millie Evans                        W11
           Jasper Evans                      M8
2.        Sue McSwiggan                 W60                59.30        76
           Lisa Muncaster                  W35
3.        Daniel Cox                          M21                59.50        69
           William Cox                        M4

 

Planner’s Report – Pete Bartlett

17 brave souls entered Firestone Copse between 6.00-6.30. The small field of competitors meant that registration was relaxed and straight forward even with the restricted light. Although it wasn’t completely dark until 6.45 I decided to allow some competitors to start in twilight.

Dan Williams predictively smashed the course in under an hour, but this time without the use of a ‘million candle watt’ headlamp, leaving Chris Pritchett and Glyn Williams to battle it out for second place. Chris just nudged it by 25 seconds but had taken a dramatic dive somewhere on route handing in a card splattered with mud.

There were impressive performances by the Luckman and Downer families, along with Christine and Mark; venturing off the main tracks to find the more challenging control sites. Mark said “If I hadn’t fallen over and re-adjusted my headlamp 20 times I would have found a lot more!”.

On the short course the Evans family were victorious, Millie & Jasper warmed up around the car park while dad Richard planned their route. Sue and Lisa, who’d never done orienteering before, set off early with no plan at all! Whilst Dan Cox with 4 year old William went for a ‘whoosh in wellies’. The three diverse groups on the short course found the majority of the controls and returned within the allotted time. Although the field was small, those that took part appeared to have enjoyed themselves.

WIGHTO’s committee & course planners would welcome feedback from anyone taking part in any WIGHTO event. Whether good, bad or indifferent we’d like to here from you!

Dan has set up the new website which will allow you to post your comments and share your experiences, run reports, photos etc.. Please use the WIGHTO Contact page here or speak one of the regulars at any event.

Pete Bartlett, the Planner.

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