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NiteNav 1 Results - The Sun Inn, Stockton.
1st Race  (Bref O'Rourke)  31st April 2013
Pos Name Start Time Finish Time Total Time Control Points Penalty Points Total Pts Pts Total
1 Dave Allison 17:59:00 19:07:49 01:08:49 550 0 550 30
2 Ian Hodgson 18:07:00 19:19:13 01:12:13 550 0 550 28
3 Martyn Hudson 18:13:00 19:34:50 01:21:50 550 0 550 26
4 Mark Edwards* 18:03:00 19:26:48 01:23:48 550 0 550 25
5 Trevor Symonds 18:11:00 19:46:02 01:35:02 550 0 550 24
6 Bill Pennell 17:57:00 19:34:30 01:37:30 550 0 550 23
6 Len Small 17:57:00 19:34:30 01:37:30 550 0 550 23
8 Steve Hutchinson 17:55:00 19:41:50 01:46:50 550 0 550 21
9 Ian Sheridan 17:55:00 19:41:50 01:46:50 550 0 550 21
10 Glyn West 17:55:00 19:41:50 01:46:50 550 0 550 21
11 Tom Hodgson 18:05:00 19:07:48 01:02:48 540 0 540 18
12 Emma Hoskins 18:01:00 19:19:57 01:18:57 520 0 520 17
13 Bob Howe 18:01:00 19:19:57 01:18:57 520 0 520 17
14 Roy Bradley 18:09:00 19:19:57 01:10:57 130 0 130 15
                 
  * Incurred 5 minute penalty having encroached on out of bounds at the finish  
                 
To infinity and beyond! A run around the bridges on the Tees and a chance for those who'd never experienced the Sun Inn before to taste the BEST pint of Bass in the world! A definite change to the normal moorland/forest venues we use so I wasn't sure how many would fancy it. However, 14 hardy souls turned up to give it a go, which I was very pleased with. As you all know these events take some organising and it makes it all worth while when a decent number turn up and you get the positive comments I received afterwards. These were much appreciated, especially after I had two of the controls the wrong way round. But you lot are a tenacious bunch and figured it out anyway. Apologies to all for that gaff especially young Tom who otherwise probably would have won it. Thanks to John (Mr Dillon!) Wood for helping me on the night. -  Bref

 

NiteNav 2 Results - Hob Hole
2nd Race (Bob Howe) 21st May 2013
Pos Name Start Time Finish Time Total Time Control Points Penalty Points Total Points Pts Total
1 Tom Hodgson 18:25:00 19:23:00 0:58:00 310 0 310 30
2 Ian Hodgson 18:20:00 19:21:00 1:01:00 310 0 310 28
3 David Allison 18:26:00 19:28:00 1:02:00 310 0 310 26
4 Mark Edwards 17:54:00 19:05:00 1:11:00 310 0 310 25
5 Trevor Symonds 17:45:00 18:57:00 1:12:00 310 0 310 24
6 Wai Cheung 18:15:00 19:27:00 1:12:00 310 0 310 24
6= Vince Connolly 18:15:00 19:27:00 1:12:00 310 0 310 22
8 Paul Haydon 17:37:00 19:00:00 1:23:00 310 0 310 21
9 Mick Garratt 17:55:00 19:19:00 1:24:00 310 0 310 20
10 Bref O'Rourke 17:51:00 19:20:00 1:29:00 310 0 310 19
10= Steve Hutchinson 17:51:00 19:20:00 1:29:00 310 0 310 19
10= Glyn West 17:51:00 19:20:00 1:29:00 310 0 310 19
13 Bill Pennell 17:48:00 19:22:00 1:34:00 310 0 310 16
14 Mark Johnson 17:40:00 19:22:00 1:42:00 310 0 310 16
15 Mick Power 17:42:00 19:25:00 1:43:00 265 0 265 14
15= Len Small 17:42:00 19:25:00 1:43:00 265 0 265 14
                 
First Gents, thanks for such a good turnout in a location a bit farther to travel (Hob Hole). I usually try to find places you'd not seen, but it would appear most of you had beaten me to most of the spots. We were blessed with fair weather, allbeit unseasonably cold. I'd tried to include a wide mix of terrain and it obviously suited the offroaders. Of the early finishers it looked like Mark had triumphed, beating Trev by a minute in 1 hr 11mins, but his fist pumping celebrations proved to be a bit premature, with Tom's long legs and pace carrying him around in just under the hour, beating his dad and Dave by a few minutes. The inevitable controversy was my use of the CROW acronym which had Bill looking for dead birds and Bref mumbling. Apologies for the confusion, but it gave you all something to think and talk about at the post mortem over the free chips. Everyone seemed to enjoy the course and getting out into an area we don't visit too often, I thoroughly enjoyed planning the event and there's loads more scope to the east of the road - Bob.

 

NiteNav 3 Results: - Newton under Roseberry

3rd Race (Bill & Steve) 11th June 2013
Pos Name Start Time Finish Time Total Time Control Points Penalty Points C.P. Pts Pts Total
1 David Allison 18:07:00 20:01:20 01:54:20 725 0 725.0 30
2 Tom Hodgson 18:19:30 20:15:50 01:56:20 710 0 710.0 28
3 Ian Hodgson 18:17:30 20:07:04 01:49:34 685 0 685.0 26
4 Vince Connolly 18:09:00 20:12:45 02:03:45 680 20 660.0 25
5 Bref O'Rourke 17:57:00 19:52:45 01:55:45 615 0 615.0 24
5= Bob Howe 17:57:00 19:52:45 01:55:45 615 0 615.0 24
5= Glyn West 17:57:00 19:52:45 01:55:45 615 0 615.0 24
8 Martyn Hudson 17:47:00 19:45:34 01:58:34 615 0 615.0 21
9 Mark Edwards 17:56:00 19:55:05 01:59:05 590 0 590.0 20
10 Mick Garratt 17:56:30 19:48:10 01:51:40 565 0 565.0 19
11 Len Small 17:58:00 19:51:38 01:53:38 535 0 535.0 18
11= Mick Power 17:58:00 19:51:38 01:53:38 535 0 535.0 18
11= Ken Wilson 17:58:00 19:51:38 01:53:38 535 0 535.0 18
14 Wai Cheung 18:08:30 20:02:40 01:54:10 510 0 510.0 15
15 Dave Thompson 18:04:00 20:05:00 02:01:00 515 5 510.0 14
15= John Smith 18:04:00 20:05:00 02:01:00 515 5 510.0 14
17 Paul Haydon 17:51:30 19:51:30 02:00:00 500 0 500.0 12
                 
We saw a really good turnout of 17 runners and walkers. The course had been planned with this in mind so that there was a long outer loop and a shorter inner loop, to cater for walkers, although it looks like most managed the outer loop in order to bag the larger control points. The evening started a bit strangely as we had to hurriedly change the start point from the main car park to the lay-by at the north end of Newton due to 24 hour parking charges that now apply! The weather was overcast and cool at first with a bit of mizzle at times but it cleared to leave a lovely sunny and warm evening. There were huge differences in route choice as the course had been set out with plenty of options. Some chose to go out clockwise through the farms and dismantled railway to get the long run out of the way whilst others chose to get the climbing out of the way by 'bagging' Roseberry Topping at the beginning. As I had suspected no one managed to visit all of the controls but a few came close with David Allison only missing one. Given that he had 6 minutes to spare and with a slight alteration to his route choice perhaps he might have succeeded in getting all of them. Ian Hodgson, not having brought a watch, finished with over 10 minutes to spare and only missed two controls so perhaps with a watch who knows...... Tom only missed two controls but they were only low scorers so he managed beat Dad, Ian, and was only 10 points behind the winner David Allison. A real surprise was how well the 'walkers' did i.e. Bref, Bob, Glyn and Mick Garratt. I suspect there was a fair bit of jogging involved here....... Bill & Steve. Next NiteNav - 9th July, venue TBC.

 

NiteNav 4 Results: - Fangdale Beck

4th Race (Ian Hodgson) 9th July 2013
Pos Name Start Time Finish Time Total Time Control Points Penalty Points C.P. Pts Pts Total
1 David Allison 18:18:00 20:09:10 1:51:10 335 0 335.0 30
2 Vince Connolly 18:14:00 20:20:00 2:06:00 335 30 305.0 28
2= John 18:14:00 20:20:00 2:06:00 335 30 305.0 28
4 Wai Cheung 18:12:30 20:10:35 1:58:05 295 0 295.0 25
5 Bref O'Rourke 17:47:15 19:56:55 2:09:40 335 50 285.0 24
5= Bob Howe 17:47:15 19:56:55 2:09:40 335 50 285.0 24
7 Paul Haydon 17:44:45 19:35:10 1:50:25 270 0 270.0 22
8 Bill Pennell 17:58:15 19:58:15 2:00:00 260 0 260.0 21
9 Steve Hutchinson 17:48:35 19:54:15 2:05:40 245 30 215.0 20
9= Glyn West 17:48:35 19:54:15 2:05:40 245 30 215.0 20
11 John Smith 18:01:15 19:56:45 1:55:30 200 0 200.0 18
11= Dave Thompson 18:01:15 19:56:45 1:55:30 200 0 200.0 18
13 Mark Edwards 18:19:15 19:41:20 1:22:05 170 0 170.0 16
                 
Thanks everyone for turning up and for the positive feedback. I was concerned that I hadn’t spent much time looking round the area and the course was going to be a bit short. I hadn’t produced the map or controls until Tuesday lunchtime and added a few controls after looking at google maps and putting my little man on the road to see what extra I could put in, it also made it very hard to get a decent circuit.
There are some lovely paths round this area and pretty well marked even though they are a bit overgrown in places and not very well used. The parking worked out alright in the end but it’s a good job we got there early as there were a group of mountain bikers meeting up at the same point. The course was planned to get everyone to an area they weren’t familiar with and to see a part of Bilsdale they probably haven’t seen from a different perspective.
Everyone had a good run and I was quite surprised to hear Bob and Bref had completed the lot as well as Dave Allison, Vince and his mate John. Steve and Glynn both had a good run together and I’ve never seen Glynn with a sweat on before. Vince and John even had time to call in on a work colleague for a drink.
Bob and Bref were out more than the two hours, as were Vince and John so will have penalties for that, which means Dave Allison won again, Ian.

 

NiteNav 5 Results: - Pinchinthorpe

5th Race (Mark Edwards) 30th July 2013 - Pinchinthorpe Visitor Centre
Pos Name Start Time Finish Time Total Time Control Points Penalty Points C.P. Pts Pts Total
1 Tom Hodgson 18:09:00 19:56:07 1:47:07 890 0 890.0 30
2 David Allison 18:18:00 20:05:53 1:47:53 890 0 890.0 28
3 Ian Hodgson 18:12:00 20:17:00 2:05:00 890 5 885.0 26
4 Vince Connolly 18:23:00 20:20:53 1:57:53 860 0 860.0 25
5 Bob Howe 18:06:00 20:06:00 2:00:00 860 0 860.0 24
6 Trevor Symonds 17:48:00 19:41:40 1:53:40 840 0 840.0 23
7 Martyn Hudson 18:02:00 20:03:49 2:01:49 800 10 790.0 22
8 Paul Haydon 18:05:00 19:56:35 1:51:35 780 0 780.0 21
9 Caroline Pollard 18:05:00 19:43:40 1:38:40 510 0 510.0 20
10 Steve Hutchinson 18:00:00 20:03:20 2:03:20 510 15 495.0 19
10= Glyn West 18:00:00 20:03:20 2:03:20 510 15 495.0 19
12 Bill Pennell 17:49:00 19:44:52 1:55:52 490 0 490.0 17
13 Dave Thompson 18:15:00 19:54:05 1:39:05 300 0 300.0 16
                 
On a warm sultry summers night, 14 intrepid explorers set off from Pinchinthorpe for the latest summer night nav, unfortunately Wai came back early suffering from hay fever leaving 13 brave souls to contend with heat, humidity, flies and the posh people doing a professionally organised event called “run challenge” whereas our's is the equivalent of a Blue peter sticky back plastic affair. Anyway the way I set up the course, with 28 controls, I didn’t  think anybody would get them all, DOH! Dave, Tom, and Ian did, Dave and Tom well within the time of 2 hours and Ian just outside of which he blamed poor Joss, his faithful pooch. Probably not the first time either. What's that smell...........Joss........
Thanks to everyone who turned up and well done to all, regards, Mark Edwards.
See you all on 20th August at Potto for Dave Allison's NiteNav.

 

NiteNav 6 Results: - Potto

6th Race (David Allison) 20th August 2013 - Potto
Pos Name Start Time Finish Time Total Time Control Points Penalty Points C.P. Pts Pts Total
1 Ian Hodgson 17:20:00 18:41:22 1:21:22 450 0 450.0 30
2 Vince Connolly 17:15:00 18:51:09 1:36:09 450 0 450.0 28
3 Tom Hodgson 17:21:04 19:02:34 1:41:30 450 0 450.0 26
4 Bob Howe 16:50:00 18:54:50 2:04:50 450 25 425.0 25
4= Bref O'Rourke 17:50:00 19:54:50 2:04:50 450 25 425.0 25
6 Len Small 17:52:00 19:54:06 2:02:06 430 15 415.0 23
7 Bill Pennell 17:52:00 19:59:20 2:07:20 450 40 410.0 22
8 Paul Haydon 18:01:38 19:46:41 1:45:03 400 0 400.0 21
9 Glyn West 18:01:24 19:58:04 1:56:40 390 0 390.0 20
9= Steve Hutchison 18:01:24 19:58:04 1:56:40 390 0 390.0 20
11 Dave Thomson 17:57:00 19:56:30 1:59:30 360 0 360.0 18
12 John Wood 18:11:30 19:20:49 1:09:19 180 0 180.0 17
                 
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves in an area that has a lot more footpaths and route choices that most people realised. In the last month some nettles had grown around a few stiles (contrary to my notes) and some of the wheat had been harvested, which made the footpaths between no.7 and 8 less clear on the ground.
Many got to all the controls although a few were over time and had penalties applied. There were a few "alternate" route choices taken that were not strictly rights of way, but I guess I shouldn't be suprised.
Well done Hodgson Senior for getting around in an impressive 1 hr 21 mins, and a special mention for John who was out and about and bagged all the Potto circle controls upon his return to competitive action after replacement knee surgery, David.
Congratulations go to the series winner David Allison, for the third year in a row, with Ian and Tom H tying for second place . Thanks to everyone who made the effort to compete, especially in some new, uncharted areas and special thanks to Bref, Bob, Steve, Ian, Mark and David for committing their valuable time and effort to organising some great events - thanks guys, Bill P.

 

Final Positions for Summer 2012 Series:

Smelly Helly Summer NiteNav Series 2013
Pos Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Pts. Total
1 David Allison 30 26 30 30 28 29 119
2 Tom Hodgson 18 30 28 0 30 26 114
3 Ian Hodgson 28 28 26 28 26 30 114
4 Vince Connolly 0 23 25 28 25 28 106
5 Bob Howe 17 21 24 25 24 25 98
6 Bref O'Rourke 22 19 24 25 0 25 96
7 Mark Edwards 25 25 20 16 22 0 92
8 Bill Pennell 23 16 20 21 17 22 86
9 Glyn West 21 19 24 20 19 20 85
9= Paul Haydon 0 21 12 22 21 21 85
11 Steve Hutchinson 21 19 20 20 19 20 81
12 Len Small 23 14 18 0 0 23 78
13 Trevor Symonds 24 24 0 0 23 0 71
14 Martyn Hudson 26 0 21 0 22 0 69
15 Dave Thompson 0 0 14 18 16 18 66
16 Wai Cheung 0 23 15 23 0 0 61
17 Mick Garratt 0 20 19 0 0 0 39
18 John Smith 0 0 14 18 0 0 32
18= Mick Power 0 14 18 0 0 0 32
20 John (Vince's Mate) 0 0 0 28 0 0 28
21 Ian Sheridan 21 0 0 0 0 0 21
22 Caroline Pollard 0 0 0 0 20 0 20
23 Ken Wilson 0 0 18 0 0 0 18
24 John Wood 0 0 0 0 0 17 17
24= Emma Hoskins 17 0 0 0 0 0 17
26 Roy Bradley 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
26= Mark Johnson 0 15 0 0 0 0 15

Best 4 results of 6 Races to count.

 

Twilight Special - 24th October - Clay Bank

Twilight Special (Steve & Bill) 24th September 2013
Pos Name Start Time Finish Time Total Time Controls
1 Tom Hodgson 18:09:00 18:58:40 0:49:40 9
2 Trevor Symonds 17:43:00 18:43:30 1:00:30 9
3 Mark Edwards 17:48:00 18:50:20 1:02:20 9
4 Tommy Power 17:47:00 18:50:20 1:03:20 9
5 Paul Haydon 17:52:00 18:55:47 1:03:47 9
6 Rob Bailey 17:42:00 18:47:55 1:05:55 9
7 Bref O'Rourke 17:49:00 18:58:05 1:09:05 9
7= Ken Wilson 17:49:00 18:58:05 1:09:05 9
9 Len Small 17:47:00 19:00:45 1:13:45 9
10 Mark Johnson 17:46:00 19:00:10 1:14:10 9
11 Mick Power 17:47:00 19:06:25 1:19:25 9
12 Wai Cheung 18:00:00 19:26:45 1:26:45 9
12= Martyn Hudson 18:00:00 19:26:45 1:26:45 9
14 John Smith 18:05:00 19:42:00 1:37:00 9
15 Ian Hodgson 18:08:00 19:34:00 1:26:00 6
15= John Wood 18:08:00 19:34:00 1:26:00 6
           
The last NiteNav of this summer was the twilight event and was ran as a 'Norwegian Style' event with only the first control grid reference supplied. The NiteNav was from Clay Bank car park and covered the moorland area and woods on the east side, around the Cleveland Way. It was a warm(ish) night but the mist had been down most of the day and so visibility wasn't perfect and the midges were out in force, especially at the car park! Trevor and Rob, being the first runners off, returned with battle scarred legs, due to brambles, from accessing CP6 down the stream as this was the most direct route. Mark E and Tommy didn't have this trouble as the approach had been beaten down. Bref and Ken found CP6 using the main track and said that it was actually quicker. Martyn has finally got his head round the concept of Norwegian Style (See last year's autumn Twilight NiteNav). There were 16 runners and walkers and all but Ian and John W found all controls as Ian was walking due to an ankle injury accompanied by John who is recovering from a recent knee replacement. When Trevor returned he was disappointed not quite making it under the hour and thought he'd possibly set a winning time until young Tom H sprinted home in a blistering 49 minutes, over 10 minutes quicker, puting Trevor in runner-up spot. Thanks to all who turned up and especially for all the positive comments. The winter series starts in October, the first one being on Tuesday 29th, from Gribdale courtesy of Steve and Bill. See you there. (P.S. Organisers required for the winter series)