SYO Colour Coded Event - Rivelin

16 January 2000

RESULTS

Controller's Comments

Congratulations to Carl who got the junior courses just about right. It was a shame that someone made a point of removing controls on more than one occasion. We hope it did not spoil your day too much. Rivelin is a difficult area on which to plan longer courses because of access restrictions and the consequent narrowness of the area. John made the best of the terrain and set some very physical and challenging courses but despite our initial fears there were more finishers than retirals! However, the longer courses were rather more of a challenge than some of you may have bargained for. I must take the blame for this as the Controller but I warned as many of you as I could that the courses were all a grade ( some may say several grades ) higher than declared at Registration. It had been my intention that an explanation be displayed at Registration but this was missed in the rush. Despite the physical nature of the terrain, Charlie Adams proved that living next to an area can produce a pretty phenomenal time. Do you young elites believe it? The feedback from the more polite of you who finished was that you enjoyed the challenge. Only one complaint - from someone who helped but did not run!
All in all a successful event.
Guy Seaman

Planners' Comments

Brown, Blue and Green courses.
Oops, sorry - the blue and brown courses were too long. Karl and I stepped in at the eleventh hour because the event didn't have a planner, which meant planning the courses over the Christmas / New Year period, tagging control sites the following weekend and then the event itself was the weekend after that. So there was little chance to check the going on the ground, which was a lot tougher than I had recalled it being. The undergrowth is getting horrendously bad in areas like Rivelin and Ecclesall Woods with these warm winters. Planning at Rivelin was unnecessarily nightmarish because of the crippling restrictions; we can't use any of the open moor, or any of the woodland between the bottom road and the reservoirs. This meant having to take the longer courses both ways along a corridor of woodland 1km long by circa 100m wide. The residential property that cuts off the eastern section of the area from the Wyming Brook valley meant bringing the longer courses on the return leg back up over the top of the edge, meaning a big climb at the end for those runners. In view of the extra climb and the fierce undergrowth, there should have been fewer kms on the long courses. Sorry. Look on the bright side though - you will all be fitter for the experience!!
John Soady

White, Yellow, Orange, Light Green Courses
At first glance of the map, Rivelin looks like a Planner's dream - there's a nice combination of open moor, forest and intricate contours, with a half-decent path network for the junior courses. On closer inspection however, Rivelin is far from idyllic and the planning experience for both John and I was eventful to say the least. The problems of land access and underfoot conditions affected the routing of the junior courses also, so apologies to anyone who found the Orange and Light Green courses slightly more difficult than normal. Apologies too for the mindless vandals who tried to disrupt the event by removing a couple of kites and punches during the morning. Next time they'll be the ones who end up in the river! Having said all of that, it was a beautiful day for orienteering and the turnout was excellent - I hope everyone got their money's worth!
Karl Marshall

Organiser's Comments

I have nothing further to add to the comments already made, except to thank everyone who helped the with the event.
Natasha Davison

White course - 1.1km - 25m

Evans/Bloxham     W9/11     SYO       16.35

J   L Addison     M5/W7     DVO       17.01

B Birkinshaw + 1  W12       O/B SCH   20.09

M   J Oades       W21/M10   HALO      21.42

J   A Smith       W2/M5     SYO       21.54

A Barrow                    O/B SCH   25.28

James             M10       O/B SCH   26.28

E Davies                    SYO       26.34

D Evans           M7        SYO       33.41

Yellow course - 1.5km - 55m

D Lamb/A Bird               SCOUTS    21.17

S Thomson         M8        FVO       23.55

R Tett            M8        SYO       33.37

K Elliott/

R Winterbourne    W12       EPOC      33.40

A Gannt           M12       SYO       35.23

C Thomson         M5        FVO       35.39

K Sheehan         M?        SYO       36.01

C Douglas         W12       SYO       36.28

H Gunnee          W12       SYO       37.52

M & L Cookson               SCOUTS    38.15

K Vak/D Eades               SCOUTS    43.19

E Rushforth       W5        SYO       45.20

M Rushforth       W?        SYO       46.04

R Wilson          M7        SYO       47.14

J Glack + 2                 SCOUTS    47.18

M Portalurei                SCOUTS    48.53

B & A Kirk                  SCOUTS    50.27

A Elliott                   O/B SCH   52.41

J Boothman        M14       AIRE      56.29

S Barratt                   IND       59.45

E Holmes                    SYO       62.37

L Holmes                    SYO       63.33

Orange course - 2.4km - 80m

R Kirk            M15       SYO       39.51

N Scott                               40.41

C Chew/T Dunbar   M12       AIRE      49.27

J Lewis           W21       IND       56.45

D Hakes           M13       SYO       57.18

C Booth           W14       SYO       59.00

Stephanie                             62.55

M & R Barker                IND       64.24

J Arundale/D Lowry          IND       64.52

M Nicholson       M12       AIRE      65.57

C Williams        W45       SYO       66.04

A & V Woods       W21       IND       66.42

Y Sahni                     SYO       68.58

R Shackleton      M12       AIRE      69.57

C Cope            W50       HALO      71.25

M Reynolds        M14       IND       72.41

A Taylor          M10       SCOUTS    98.02

Kayleigh & Joel             IND      125.06

Light Green course - 3km - 80m

T Morton        M60     SYO     48.28

M Picker        M21     IND     49.25

M Kirk          M40     SYO     51.23

S Basire        W21     SYO     51.33

S Barnett       M21     IND     64.48

J Hurl                  IND     65.46

J Gaunt         M40     SYO     68.52

E Wells                 IND     73.34

D Robinson              IND     75.51

Tett/Riley      M14     SYO     76.03

P Reynolds      M50     SYO     82.24

K Williams      W45     DVO     84.25

D Jones         W20     DVO     87.29

P Hutchins      M14     SYO     92.55

J Holmes        M50     EPOC   116.30

S Brookman      W40     PPOC   116.51

L Whitehead     W45     EBOR   117.37

M Geogia        W21     IND     RET

W Robson        IND     RET

T Holmes        M12     SYO     RET

J Faraday       M21     IND     RET

W Kerry         M65     DVO     RET

Green course - 4.6km - 200m

A Sykes          M35     NOC      52.33

D Charles        W21     CLARO    56.21

J Doe            M40     SYO      55.30

R Davison        M21     SYO      58.59

D Dudley         M35     DVO      60.32

H Bloor          W45     SYO      62.36

P Haywood        M50     SYO      63.16

R McPherson      M35     SYO      63.40

J Padget         W21     SYO      66.10

J Padget         M55     DEE      70.35

N Peters         M40     DEE      72.20

N Davison        W21     SYO      72.34

A Say            M45     IND      73.00

A Sahni          M45     SYO      73.50

J Adams          W35     SYO      74.25

K Hodgson        M21     SHUOC    74.45

M Rose           M55     AIRE     75.01

A Crank          W21     SYO      76.40

K Strebb         M45     NOC      77.08

J Butler         M55     HALO     77.15

C Douglas        W21     LUOC     77.23

P Wells          M60     EBOR     78.30

N Taylor         M40     SYO      78.49

D Heath          M40     SYO      79.51

C Hillam         M50     AIRE     80.00

R Kendall        W21     EBOR     80.25

J Malley         W40     DVO      83.20

R Jones          M35     DVO      83.30

J Soper          M65     SYO      83.30

A Crawshaw       W21     EPOC     84.12

M Lord           M35     NOC      84.26

R Malley         M20     NN       84.49

L Ward           W21     SYO      85.54

B Seaman         W50     SYO      86.28

L Watson         W21     AIRE     87.59

T Haughey        M16     PPOC     88.02

P Carter         M40     NOC      89.50

J Croskell       W45     SYO      89.54

J Smith          M50     HALO     91.24

D Walker         M35     BAOC     92.03

M Eccles         M60     PFO      92.28

J Fiander        W45     SYO      92.52

K Grayson                IND      92.56

S Smith          M16     HALO     95.10

S Willis         M45     EBOR     95.49

E Drew           W50     MDOC     95.51

D Mack           M45     MDOC     97.15

G Meeson                 BAOC     97.36

E Dent           W21     IND     101.48

P Jones          W40     NOC     101.54

G Mellor                 MDOC    102.24

P O'Grady        M65     SYO     103.36

J Coates         W45     AIRE    103.48

D Needham        M40     DVO     103.58

J Barnes         W50     CLARO   104.36

S Bones          M20     LOG     107.08

A Morgan         M45     PPOC    107.56

K Pickworth      M14     LOG     108.08

G Ross           W50     AIRE    112.10

M Padget         W55     DEE     112.44

B Evans          M40     SYO     115.30

H Whittaker              IND     121.50

G Boxall                 SYO     128.51

D Smith          W50     HALO    130.48

Z Fiander        W16     SYO      RET

C March          M60     AIRE     RET

P Winterbourne   M35     IND      RET

M Archer         W50     EBOR     RET

P King           W16     PPOC     RET

D Ellison        M65     AIRE     RET

Blue course - 6.1km - 365m

M Smith        M21     HALO       79.24

C Best         M50     SYO        82.34

T Patterson    M20     AIRE       88.47

M Broadest     M21     AIRE       95.04

C Smith        M35     SYO        95.14

M Gill         M45     AIRE       95.36

K Patterson    M50     AIRE       98.12

K Walters      M21     SYO        98.32

M Hampton      M50     OD         99.01

M Saul         M40     EPOC      100.09

B Hanley       M45     SYO       100.16

H Van-Rossum   M?      AIRE      100.21

P Mackey       M40     SYO       101.21

P Wheaty       M45     AIRE      101.23

A Barnes       M55     CLARO     102.28

J Stropp       W20     EBOR      103.00

J Lodge        M35     IND       104.20

N Jones        M18     AIRE      105.03

S McManus      M35     MDOC      105.04

T Oades        M35     HALO      105.55

J Elliott      M35     EPOC      108.05

D Pelly        W40     SYO       108.46

R Page         M50     EPOC      110.54

C Burley       M60     EPOC      116.10

J Archer       M50     EBOR      118.04

G Slater       M21     LUOC      120.19

J Burntsson    W?      DKLOFTAN  122.51

D McGaiviern   M60     DVO       122.59

D Owen         M60     EPOC      123.44

G Drew         M50     MDOC      124.59

M Wilson       M40     SYO       128.10

E Ross         M55     AIRE      137.41

H O'Neil       W45     NOC       138.15

D Edward       M21     LUOC       M12

J Lodge        M35     EPOC       M19

M Cope         M50     HALO       M13&14

C Hall         M?                 RET

R Freeman                         RET

B Hyslop       M55     EBOR       RET

G Fiander      M45     SYO        RET

R Charles      W40     SYO        RET

I Hodgson      M21     DVO        RET

M Smith        M55     HALO       RET

M Cooper       M16     EPOC       RET

Brown course - 7.6km 490m

C Adams         M35     SYO      72.44

B Edwards       M21     SYO      80.10

S Gould         M21     CLARO    80.21

A Buckley       M21     DVO      81.17

M Chapman       M21     SYO      85.08

M Ward          M21     SYO      88.34

P Addison       M40     DVO      96.59

S Whitehead     M45     EBOR     99.26

D Chapman       M45     AIRE    106.56

R Lewis         M21     SHUOC   106.57

M O'Neil        M40     NOC     112.47

J Smith         W21     SHUOC   116.13

D Holmes        M40     SYO     116.31

S Wood          M45     EPOC    122.26

C Wilson        M45     SYO     122.54

C Barber        M45     SYO     124.24

D Bennett       M21     DVO     125.01

C Pearson       M?      SYO     129.59

J Ward          M55     OD      132.50

N Harvatt       M40     HALO    137.19

S Wood          M45     EBOR     M25

G Williams      M35     DPFR     Blue Part 2

B Denness       M45     DVO      RET

M Smith         M40     SYO      RET

K Dalton        W21     SYO      RET

J Stevenson     W21     SYO      RET

I French        M40     SYO      RET

R Caves         M?      DPFR     RET