Update 12/2: Lost property: SI unit 400012 belonging to Ryan Machon, PlanetFear-lablled thermos flask. If you know whose items these are or if they are yours, please let us know. Rankings updated with missing (and corrected) BOF numbers.

Update 11/2: Ranking points and final results now available. If you think you should have received a ranking point and haven't, please let us know your name and BOF number.

Update 10/2: Provisional results, RouteGadget and WinSplits available above. SplitsBrowser is available under 'Other'. String course results and comments available below.

 Organiser's Comments

Thank you for coming, despite the cold and wet weather. I have already thanked the SYO helpers but will repeat that here - they did a great job in trying conditions. Phil (BNC organiser), Lucy ( Weekend Coordinator) and I worked as a team, splitting the work for the 2 days between us and that functioned well. It was a lot of work (which showed in both my tired runs) but worth it when competitors enjoy their courses. My only worry ( I was fine on the weather and the SYO website notices worked well for this as I didn't get a single phone call) was that we might need to use the reserve parking, but thanks to the Scout Camp warden we were allowed to park along the road - so nobody went to the reserve parking. Use of the assembly building was a bonus given the weather. Hope to see you again at SYO events,
Ian Cooper
PS now back to the more relaxing task of remapping Rivelin before event on 10 March

Planner's Comments

I read the guidelines on Middle Distance races & tried to particularly follow the one suggesting "not necessarily route choice but legs where small errors add up to a critical time loss". Some feedback suggests I achieved that at least in part. I look forward to analysing splits & your routes on Routegadget to see which legs were most effective. The switch on some courses from bell pit complexity to fast running through the easier parts of the wood through the buildings area & back into bell pits was an attempt to keep everybody thinking.

It's a nice complex area highly suited to Middle Distance but with a number of practical restrictions & a lot of line features. I added some restrictions of my own such as no long walk to start, only one start to reduce helper numbers & not crossing any more roads into the thinner, linear sections of Tankersley. This meant a lot of criss-crossing & the two way timed out road crossing for Green to black; I hope I made the right call.

Charles was a constructive & suitably careful controller, picking up on my unforced errors with charming diligence; I enjoyed working with him.

Also I'm very grateful to those who helped put out & collect controls in the rain & those who sorted the soggy pile of 90 mixed DVO & SYO controls afterwards, allowing me to be home before 4pm.

Colin Drury

 String Course Results