Results and Routegadget now posted - see links above.

Photos courtesy of Steve Rush are on flickr, thanks Steve.

Lost Property

• One EUOC running vest, small (Louise Adams?)
• One pair of Saucony Run Anywhere trainers, grey and red, size 9.

Contact the Organiser at martinandlesley [at] blueyonder.co.uk.

Organiser's Comments

We'd originally planned to have the first Race The Castles event at Mam Tor, and Ian Cooper had made good progress with a new map. I'd had several visits to the Peaks to work out the logistics of parking (in Castle-ton), the routes to starts, etc. It was pretty disappointing to find out that National Trust wouldn't grant us permission to use the area. At this time of year we had little alternative to instead move the venue to Sheffield, and make it urban.

Pete did a great job with the courses and John was a very diligent controller, making lots of helpful suggestions and spotting omissions that helped ensure the event ran smoothly. Thanks to them both.

I was pleased we got use of the Hilton Hotel room right adjacent to the quay - it made for a very good assembly area, with very close parking. Sorry that the nearest public toilets were some way away from there.

Unfortunately control 41 became very difficult to see when it got blown (or thrown?) onto the wrong side of the wall adjacent to the multi-story car park. Some competitors were affected, but it was rectified reasonably quickly.

The "out of bounds" steps also caused some difficulties. We made them out of bounds because (a) they would have been very slippery in wet weather, and (b) they are narrow and runners would have been trying to go both up and down them. We put additional tapes on them part way through the event, in order to make it clearer that they should not be used. Two runners who did use them before then have had their split times extended for that leg so that they gained no advantage and received a slight penalty.

Thanks to the team of SYO helpers that did a great job, and Lesley my assistant Organiser who took over later on (which meant I was able to get a run myself).

Martin Ward.

Planner's Comments

I'm a big believer in planners, organisers and controllers comments and remember the time when I first started orienteering where an essay from each would accompany the results when they dropped through the letter box a week later.