Southdowns Orienteers Forums

SE Mid Distance Champs

2011-10-29T13:02:30+00:00

I know it was a while ago now, but Mole Valley have only recently listed the medal winners on their website here.

Apparently, someone from SO collected the SO winners medals on the day - was that you ? Do you have a stack of medals at home ? If so, can you please get in touch with me, as there are a number of us still waiting to receive them.

Many thanks,
Ali

Sussex Park Series 2011

2011-07-04T13:04:33+00:00

The 2011 Sussex Park Series of orienteering events has now started.

The first event was at Withdean Park on Saturday 2nd July.

The venues for the other events in the series are: Preston Park; Warden Park School; The Hawth; Hove Park; Horsham Park; Tilgate Park; and East Court (dates and details for these available from the Events pages of the SO website).

It’s interesting to compare experiences and participants and the organising/planning team alike can all learn valuable lessons from constructive feedback.

Let everyone know how you got on at the events in this forum thread.

Broadstone Warren Score Event

2011-07-13T19:37:27+00:00

Many thanks to Bryony Crickmore for planning the Broadstone Warren Score event last night ! It was a really good event and the twist with the controls meant we had to think all the way round (and through the bracken).

Thanks also to Jim for arranging the apres O refreshments.

Devils Dyke Trail Race

2011-06-23T19:57:47+00:00

Many thanks to Rob Lines for planning and organising the trail race last night - Mike and I both really enjoyed it !

The route was really good, despite the climb straight out of control 1 - it was good to have the option of route choice on this leg in particular. It would be interesting to know who went which way.

JK2011 Photos

2011-05-01T17:20:50+00:00

I’ve just uploaded some photos taken at this year’s JK in Northern Ireland last weekend, on picasa, link below:

https://picasaweb.google.com/alisonhooper9/

Angmering Event Photos

2011-03-20T15:48:44+00:00

Some photos I took today at the Angmering event are available on the following link.

https://picasaweb.google.com/alisonhooper9/AngmeringEventMar11#

Holmbush

2011-03-15T20:30:58+00:00

Just wanted to say a quick thanks to everyone who helped when I bust my ankle on Saturday. Thanks to all the offers of help in the forest and especially for the use of an ice pack back at base and the kind offers of tea. It was much appreciated.

X-rays showed no break and I’ll hopefully be back running soon.

Ian

Brighton City Race 2010

2010-12-16T12:24:13+00:00

The race was last night (15 Dec 2010).
Details of the event HERE.
Official Results HERE.
For those that took part (over 70 people listed in the results):
How did you get on?

Let us know your experiences of the event.

Editted 22:30 - Link to official results added.

Sprint Championships

2010-09-11T12:09:20+00:00

Can I just give a massive ‘thank you’ to Rob & Claire & all the planners & organisers of this year’s Sprints. As usual, I did my standard impression of an arthritic snail, but this year my girls got involved & they absolutely loved it - especially when the event had been planned with an adventure playground near by! I was at the prizegiving at Tilgate & it was lovely to see so many juniors take part. Thanks to all who put so much effort in - it really is appreciated!

Withdean Park-O

2010-07-04T06:01:30+00:00

What a little gem of an area and of a course. I’d run through the area in the past whist the children were training at the athletics stadium but hadn’t appreciated the complexity of the detail within. Probably because I always ran it west to east where the dominating feature is a big hill. One of the great aspects of the Sprint Course was that I never really noticed this hill until very close to the end - very clever Tim. Based on my previous,oxygen-deprived, memory of the area I was concerned that it wouldn’t be good enough for an event but as we all saw it most certainly was.

Changing tack it is often rumoured that proper elite orienteers don’t actually race that often but use many of the events that they participate in to practice specific skills. Those that know me will know that I’m not one to take a competitive event lightly - however because of certain circumstances at this event I thought that I’d try something different. That was navigating around the course without once looking at my control descriptions. Straightforward in principle, you run to the centre of the circle and punch the control that is there. In reality of course it depends a lot of the quality of the map, the correct positioning of the control and the state of the competitors mind. Well I have to report that the first two aspects seemed spot on - but the third let me down. On finishing I was concerned about controls 7 and 9 - I was never completely in control in the flower beds and could have been 20-30m out had there been other controls nearby. As it was it was number 11 that let me down. My excuse is as follows: I entered the wood quite early (by the seat) and the wood was quite thick and so my speed dropped - consequently when I reached a (not the) flag it seemed that I had gone an appropriate distance. In fact I had punched 101 some 30m too soon. I then failed to realise that I was punching the same control again for control 20.

I would certainly recommend trying something like this - it made the course just that little bit harder and hopefully honed a few skills. OK I ended up at the bottom of the results list but was pleased with my sub 20 minute run and have been trying to convince myself that personal satisfaction should be more important than winning. I’m a hard one to convince though.