Planner's Notes
Many thanks to those of you who took the time to say they enjoyed their courses — despite the mud !
Apologies for any confusion over the direction of North on the 1:7,500 scale map — the only way to fit the area into an A4 sheet was to rotate it by about 30 degrees. If (when) I have to do that again, I‘ll make sure that we put up notices to that effect at Registration and the Start. We did have a blank map for inspection but, somehow, it didn‘t get displayed.
I train over this area quite regularly (living just off the left had side of the map) and think that High House Woods is a delightful little area. I explained to a couple of people willing to listen to my ramblings that most times when we orienteer we are within a narrow corridor unaware of the area to left and right, so if we can find a way to link these ”corridors• of woodland together it makes quite enjoyable orienteering.
Having the estate between the Common and the woods allows some interesting route choice — as the Light Green to Brown courses discovered. The depth of the valleys in the woods allows other choices to be set on how to cross them.
I hope not too many people were inconvenienced by control EH being removed by person or persons unknown — thanks to Neil and Sheila for reporting it missing so promptly and enabling me to put out a replacement.
I was able to keep the Yellow and Orange courses on the Common itself, although we hadn‘t expected quite so many football matches to present themselves as hazards. The stone posts and manhole covers make interesting changes from the normal succession of path junctions and fences usually used as control sites for these courses.
Adrian Barnes, NATO
Controller's Notes
Thank you everybody for coming along to Morpeth — the event raised over £250 for the Great North Air Ambulance. It‘s a service we hope we never have to use at one of our more remote events.
It was a cold day for the helpers but we were able to pack up just after 1 o‘clock when the last runner on the Brown finally staggered in. A few early runners were disadvantaged when one of the controls near the finish was vandalised (removed).
Adrian Barnes set some demanding courses as usual — everyone from Light Green to Brown was probably amazed when they saw a leg stretching from one end of the area to the other! The woods are wet and muddy but fast running over the common should have levelled out the times. A few competitors were careless in their punching — make sure you read the code and the control description first. If you think your time is wrong please contact the Controller freefall.matheson@btopenworld.com
Colin Matheson, NATO
Yellow 2.0 km + 10m climb km.
1. C Wright +1 M07 NATO 21.22 2. A Clarke M45 NATO 22.46 3. O‘Neill Fam Ind 24.39 4. A Lakey W06 NATO 29.00 5. B Warren M10 NN 29.26 6. Wright Fam NATO 30.21 7. J Boyles +1 M06 NATO 31.38 8. H Brown + 1 W03 NATO 32.41 ********************* colour line
Orange 3.0 km. + 15m climb
1. C Lakey M14 NATO 26.05
2. C Iredale M16 Ind 28.51
3. C Rich M12 Scouts 34.58
4. E Clarke W50 NATO 35.17
5. I Smith M75 NATO 38.12
6. L&G Scrafton - Ind 38.53
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7. I Pyle &
R Simpson W12 NATO 53.12
8. D Palmer M16 Ind 78.42
9. A Orgill M16 Ind 78.45
10. R White M16 Ind 81.43
F Rowbottom W10 Scouts Ret'd
Light Green 4.3 km. + 80m climb
1. H Ratcliffe W45 NATO 40.42
2. K Durose M40 Ind 41.40
3. P Freeman M45 Ind 47.13
4. M Ratcliffe M14 NATO 47.28
5. P Davies W50 NATO 48.01
6. E Ratcliffe W14 NATO 48.07
7. K Cooper M50 NATO 49.11
8. T Freeman M14 Ind 49.41
9. K Ratcliffe W16 NATO 50.05
10. N Crosby W21 NATO 50.34
11. S Williams W45 CLOK 51.06
12. D Floyd M45 NATO 52.20
13. K Ratcliffe M50 NATO 55.03
14. G Hardy W65 CLOK 56.07
15. K Degnen W21 EPOC 59.43
16. S Martin M45 Ind 60.05
17. A Egan W50 NATO 60.56
18. D Blacklock M16 Ind 61.03
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19. K Douthwaite+1 Ind 62.59
20. C Boyd M16 Ind 64.08
21. S Martin+1 M07 Ind 66.51
22. R Cooper M16 NATO 67.03
23. M Deakin M14 Ind 67.44
24. E Rowbottom W12 Scouts 68.47
25. H Rafferty W60 NATO 70.43
26. M Addison W55 NN 74.16
27. G Aust W21 Ind 76.49
28. V Miller W21 NATO 104.46
J Adamson W55 CLOK mp no. 3
C Martin M10 Ind Ret'd
Green 5.4 km + 100m climb km.
1. E Bridge W21 UDOC 48.04 2. S Hutton W21 UDOC 48.53 3. P Boyles M21 NATO 51.03 4. M MacNiven W21 UDOC 53.18 5. W Wright M40 Ind 55.02 6. M Pyle M45 NATO 57.17 7. M Addison M21 Ind 59.17 8. S Sprot W55 NATO 62.35 9. P Rowbottom M45 Scouts 65.09 10. D Addison M50 NN 68.26 11. M Gibson M60 CLOK 68.55 12. G Scott M60 NATO 68.58 13. D Warren W40 NN 69.13 14. M Hardy M65 CLOK 71.19 ********************* colour line 15. J Selby W60 CLOK 79.03
Blue 6.7 km. + 110m climb
1. T Billam M21 UDOC 51.16
2. N Sprot M50 NATO 61.17
3. L Knox W45 RR 64.07
4. D Fairbairn M50 NATO 64.41
5. F Major M60 NN 69.44
6. S Whitfield M35 Ind 71.37
7. D Bell M21 Ind 71.45
8. F Miller M55 NATO 71.50
9. M Gill M21 Ind 73.29
10. I Robson M55 EBOR 74.13
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11. D Lee M45 NATO 77.50
12. S Martin M45 Ind 81.06
13. R Towers M40 Ind 87.45
R Gray M20 UDOC mp no. 11
B Smith M20 UDOC mp no. 11
Brown 7.5 km. + 160m climb
1. T Bray M20 UDOC 55.01 2. H Potter M35 EPOC 55.35 3. R Bean M21 UDOC 60.33 4. N Robson M35 NATO 64.56 5. D Riches M40 CLOK 65.55 6. D Thompson M35 Ind 70.54 7. J Warren M40 NN 72.41 8. M Adamson M60 CLOK 75.40 ********************* colour line 9. W Wright M65 NATO 84.18 10. A Fortune M60 NATO 125.10