Officials: 
     Organiser: R. Field
     Planner:   C.Matheson
     Controller:P.Firth 

Yellow 1.6km

 1   Aiofe Lakey         W08     NATO     23:27
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Orange 2.5km

 1   Annette Egan        W55     NATO     30:52
 2   Rosie Mason         W55     NATO     33:30
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 3   Judith Skedge       W60     NATO     84:15

Light Green 3.5km

 1   Martin Adamson      M65     CLOK     30:39
 2   Bob Johnson         M60     NN       30:52
 3   Bob Richardson      M55     NATO     31:15
 4   Chris Iredale       M16     NATO     32:01
 5   Jude Smith          W21     NATO     32:35
 6   Trish Davies        W50     NATO     32:46
 7   Jeff Mason          M70     NATO     41:24
 8   Andy Clarke         M50     NATO     42:38
 9   Helen Rafferty      W65     NATO     43:35
10   Viv Matthew         W35     CLOK     44:59
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11   Elaine Clarke       W50     NATO     47:54
12   Chris Lakey         M16     NATO     52:00
13   Jonathan Lakey      M12     NATO     52:05
14   Charles Laidlaw     M15     NATO     53:45 

Long 6.2km

 1   Patrick Smyth       M50     NATO     34:42
 2   David Smyth         M18     NATO     37:30
 3   Adrian Barnes       M55     NATO     43:16
 4   Neil Sprot          M55     NATO     45:57
 5   Chris Bradford      M55     NATO     48:47
 6   Frank Major         M60     NN       49:12
 7   David Murphy        M45     CLOK     52:55
 8   Sheila Sprot        W55     NATO     63:53
 9   Alan Craft          M60     NATO     65:17
10   Alan Fortune        M65     NATO     75:19
11   Mike Hudson         M70     IND      82:44
12   Philip Marshall     M50     IND      91:00

Planner's report

The 1200 miners who used to work at Doctor Pit would probably have been surprised to rise to the surface to find 30 hardy souls in running tights navigating around the area. On the face of it a disused pit area covering an area less than a square kilometre, criss-crossed with electricity lines and adorned with a few scrubby plantations isn't every planner's (or competitor's) dream. Hopefully I did manage to make the best of what we had including a 1.6 km Yellow course around the closest bit of wood to a 6.2 km Long that took in two complete tours of the area. The path network caught a few competitors out, including the mapper himself who allowed himself to become too complacent. Thanks to the wonders of GPS Adrian had run up and down every path he could find before transferring the detail into OCAD. Anyone who didn't think the mapping was correct blame the satellites. It's such a pity that what could be a decent area is covered in litter and dog droppings but I hope you all enjoyed yourselves, especially those who stayed out for over 60 minutes to savour the experience more.

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