Officials: Organiser: George Hare / Patrick Smyth Planner: Andy Clarke Controller: Adrian Barnes
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Planner's Comments
Now that was an event worth waiting for (I hope). I seem to be unlucky, as I'm the club official who has had to postpone most events recently due to weather. Well this time the delay (due to snow meaning we had no parking) has made the area even better with the marshes becoming firmer and travel much quicker (I still haven't managed not to get wet feet when visiting controls across the marsh). A larger than normal turn out (with a number of faces I didn't recognise and some I haven't seen for a while) justified the effort from Adrian (he thinks I'm stubborn), Patrick and George (who wasn't able to be there to see the results of his first efforts as an organiser). We also seem to have a fair take up on the string (definitely more adventurous than people might expect) and the White course -the "adventure element" of which seemed to be well enjoyed and was probably much more pleasant than a few weeks ago. I would apologise for the heather (which came in multiple grades including; fast run, runnable, I should run this, I'll try and run, no way am I running and do I have to go through THAT?) but we did try to either avoid it in planning or give you an option to avoid it (probably by taking on a marsh however).
Ray Demesne is a gem of an area and I'm glad to have had the chance to plan there. Hopefully Ray Estate and the farmer will be happy to let us come back in a couple of years for another event and I suggest that if you missed it this time you do everything you can to make it next time!
Apart from thanking all those above, I'll also, (as usual), thank my wife and Fred and Jeremy for help in control management.
Andy Clarke
Controller's Comments
OK, the weather turned at the end of the event but that was nothing compared to the conditions when we had originally had to cancel this event in March. During that week, it was cold with blustery snow showers down here in Morpeth but up there it was positively arctic, the parking field had become impassable and the backup parking was under about 5 inches of snow, quite apart for the danger of venturing out onto the moorland in an easterly gale. It was really quite benign today.
I thought Andy planned some interesting and challenging courses. The Finish had to be as remote as it was because the large out of bounds had been used for lambing. Happily, the walk was level along the old railway line and the wind was on your backs. The White course was probably the most difficult to plan and it stretched the planning guidelines almost to breaking point in it’s technical difficulty. I was happy with it because I think the element of adventure was there for our younger competitors rather than the usual sterile run round tracks and paths. Judging by the times you took, perhaps the guidelines don’t give you enough credit for the skills you have? Out on the moor on the longer courses it was more difficult navigationally today as the heather is such a uniform colour and disguises the contours – it was actually easier with a coating of snow, strangely, but physically more demanding.
Congratulations to George Hare on his first effort as an Organiser. Unfortunately, he was not able to be there on the rearranged date to see the results of his meticulous attention to detail – Patrick ably picked up those reins. A few small issues only came up as far as I could see. Perhaps a few more streamers from Finish to Download (which could have been more prominently signed) – although you did all still have your maps at that point ! We ran out of maps on some courses. We are a club with small finances and cannot afford to waste money on printing wasted maps so try to anticipate how many will turn up. Today we got caught out. It will be added impetus to pursue printing on demand at the race site – although that means investing in a portable generator.
I’m always pleased at the way the NATO event machine cranks into action – hardly any instructions necessary, everyone just turns up as asked and does their job like clockwork.
Finally, thanks to Alasdair Wilson for helping me with the final morning check of all controls – it saved me a very, very early start !!
Adrian Barnes
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Pl SI card Name Club Age Class Time In Cup or Trophy
White (10/10)
1 361516 Georgia Priest Ind W14 15:48
2 442489 Henry Major NN M10 19:29
3 361522 Rebecca Green NATO W07 20:40
4 361521 Hannah Eke NATO W10 22:22
5 361510 Ben Sanderson NATO M07 22:42
6 361503 Isabel and Maria Gaines BL W06 W04 24:39
7 33920 Rosannah Metcalfe NATO W07 27:41
8 361509 Oscar Sanderson NATO M05 27:42
9 361524 James Hartman INT M10 27:53
10 222388 Yolanda Wright NN W10 38:57
Yellow (5/5)
1 361504 Charlotte Gaines BL W35 19:35
2 808000 Robbie Wright NATO M10 22:03
3 361517 Joe and Andy Green NATO 25:59
4 361512 Lewis Eke NATO M12 30:11
361514 Hannah Brown NATO W10 mp
Orange (9/9)
1 442492 Dale Athey NATO M50 29:15
2 434752 Maya Wright NN W10 29:20
3 361518 Kim Sanderson NATO W35 38:20
4 361508 Alex Phillip NATO W14 46:50
5 442496 Lesley Athey NATO W45 64:14
6 442476 Martin and Jowell MBPS W14 W16 84:16
442491 Michael Athey NATO M12 mp
33929 Joseph Metcalfe NATO M12 mp
442481 Zoe Jenkins + 1 Ind mp
Light Green (12/12)
1 361513 Steve Priest Ind M40 27:45
2 442472 Brett and Baxter MBPS W16 36:26
3 442497 Ben Patchett MBPS M14 36:30
4 423526 Anne Lakey NATO W50 36:39
5 363548 Gillian Milne NATO W55 41:37
6 434751 Jeneba Wright NN W12 42:25
7 423527 Aoife Lakey NATO W14 44:09
8 361511 Matthew Eke NATO M16 50:30
9 361501 Bob Wright Ind M70 52:32
10 442499 Andy Green Ind M45 62:30
11 442474 Backe and Allan MBPS W14 W16 82:28
361523 Malcolm Hedley RR M45 mp
Short Green (21/21)
1 361507 Zoe Eke NATO W40 32:09
2 39902 Nicola Crosby NATO W35 32:26
3 261706 Ernie Williams LEI M70 33:22
4 32999 Shirley Moss BL W70 37:44
5 436260 Mike Bowden NN M75 38:08
6 33041 Barry Harrison CLOK M70 40:52
7 235745 Joan Selby CLOK W70 41:04
8 33124 Clarissa Napier CLOK W75 41:45
9 32971 Helen Rafferty NATO W70 41:54
10 33249 Gill Hardy CLOK W75 43:21
11 50115 Carole Firth NATO W65 44:46
12 33264 Eileen Bedwell CLOK W80 44:55
13 33961 Dave Allison CLOK M75 45:41
14 224116 Annette Egan NATO W60 45:52
15 561911 Elaine Clarke NATO W55 47:28
16 442475 Irvine-Hogg and Clark MBPS W14 W16 47:37
17 224764 Ruth Wilson NATO W35 48:54
18 442493 Emily Todd MBPS W14 49:16
19 436388 Roy Malley NATO M80 53:16
20 442471 Nicola Hill ESOC W60 65:22
400947 Alastair Macgregor NATO M70 mp
Green (29/29)
1 220327 Patrick Smyth NATO M55 38:30
2 442487 James Ackland INT M14 39:06
3 33965 Jane Ackland INT W45 42:35
4 338001 Alasdair Wilson Craw NATO M55 43:04
5 442479 Andrew McHarg INT 44:18
6 434478 Janice Nisbet ESOC W60 44:26
6 12537 Chris Lates BL M70 44:26
8 361506 Sheila Sprot NATO W60 45:06
9 442495 Peter Rowbottom MBPS M55 45:09
10 32505 Frank Major NN M65 47:21
11 442480 Alan Mitcham NATO M70 47:54
12 442490 Andrew Major NN M40 49:17
13 442478 Robin Hill ESOC M65 50:29
14 235730 Joanne Field NATO W35 51:46
15 50156 Wendy Taylor CLOK W55 53:56
16 33199 Caroline Mackenzie CLOK W50 54:30
17 223319 Saskia Warren NN W14 54:37
18 41305 Simon Firth ESOC M35 55:49
19 363971 Roy Bradley CLOK M65 56:07
20 11784 Dick Whitworth BL M70 58:13
21 361505 Neil Sprot NATO M60 59:48
22 442473 Ninette Gray WBPS W40 60:05
23 217790 Fred Miller NATO M60 61:24
24 217840 Katherine Crosby NATO W40 66:02
25 345568 Richard Moss BL M70 67:24
26 361502 David Floyd NATO M55 67:42
27 33247 Mike Hardy CLOK M75 68:17
28 363546 Thomas Tinsley NATO M55 68:18
29 11785 Angela Whitworth BL W70 94:55
Blue (17/17)
1 607881 Paul Gaines BL M40 47:08
2 416872 Jack Kosky UDOC M20 52:32
3 442494 Andrew Armstrong RR M55 58:10
4 12504 Julian Warren NN M50 58:37
5 50181 Paul Taylor CLOK M65 59:42
6 897309 Douglas Henderson RR M60 61:06
7 542255 Willard Wright NATO M45 61:17
8 223398 Kate Hampshire NN W40 63:51
9 223322 Chris Bradford NATO M60 64:04
10 335278 Barry Young NN M50 67:14
11 423525 Jeremy Lakey NATO M55 69:33
12 361515 Adrian Ledger NATO M45 69:51
13 361520 Debbie Warren NN W50 71:37
14 50430 Pauline McAdam STAG W55 72:32
15 260196 Stephen Restorick CLOK M55 73:47
16 416796 Paul Jameson NATO M60 75:17
17 400050 Martin Adamson CLOK M70 92:23
Brown (13/13)
1 24810 John Tullie RR M55 59:07
2 424325 Nicholas Barber CLOK M21 60:13
3 442485 Graeme Ackland INT M50 61:28
4 886723 Alastair Mackenzie CLOK M55 62:10
5 434753 Nigel Wright NN M40 63:03
6 41377 Ben Hartman INT M40 65:11
7 444854 Barry Veitch RR M40 65:36
8 774488 Francis Shillitoe NATO M35 69:26
9 361519 John Phizacklea NATO M40 71:23
10 886408 Adam Poole RAFO M21 72:56
11 41315 Heather Hartman INT W40 73:08
12 442482 Steven McHarg INT M21 79:50
13 33903 John Stuart Dixon NATO M65 124:09