NiteNav Results Winter 2013 - 14

Race 1 Results: - Gribdale

Race 2 Results - Arncliffe Church

2nd Race (Bref O'Rourke) 19th November 2013
Pos	Name	Start Time	Finish Time	Total Time	Control Points	CP Points	Total Points	Pts Total
1	David Allison	18:04:33	19:08:20	01:03:47	10	25.0	30	55
2	Ian Hodgson	17:57:00	19:03:30	01:06:30	10	25.0	28	53
3	Charles Mayes	17:56:00	19:06:30	01:10:30	10	25.0	26	51
4	Mark Edwards	17:43:00	18:58:00	01:15:00	10	25.0	25	50
5	Rob Bailey	17:52:00	19:08:15	01:16:15	10	25.0	24	49
6	Paul Haydon	17:27:00	18:49:15	01:22:15	10	25.0	23	48
7	Bob Howe	17:37:30	19:10:30	01:33:00	10	25.0	22	47
8	Wai Cheung	17:47:00	19:25:38	01:38:38	10	25.0	21	46
9	Bill Pennell	17:42:00	19:25:00	01:43:00	10	25.0	20	45
10	Vince Connolly	18:08:00	20:04:00	01:56:00	10	25.0	19	44
11	Mick Garratt	17:41:00	19:57:30	02:16:30	9	22.5	18	41
11=	Kevin Wheatley	17:41:00	19:57:30	02:16:30	9	22.5	18	41
13	Dave Thompson	17:48:00	19:37:00	01:49:00	8	20.0	16	36
14	Steve Hutchinson	17:53:00	20:07:00	02:14:00	7	17.5	15	33
14=	Ken Wilson	17:53:00	20:07:00	02:14:00	7	17.5	15	33
14=	John Wood	17:53:00	20:07:00	02:14:00	7	17.5	15	33
Bramble Bashing in the Dark! A total of 16 brave souls turned up including a couple of new faces on what turned out to be a perfect autumnal full moon evening, all be it very cold, for our latest NitNav based on Arncliffe Wood and Scarth Wood Moor. Dave Allison once again skipped round without breaking sweat to win comfortably from Ian Hodgson in second place. At this rate we’ll have to start handicapping Dave! I make no apologies for using an A3 size map for the event as the normal 1:25000 at A4 size wasn’t detailed enough for some of my controls. On a personal note I at last achieved a long standing ambition of using the quarry ruin for a control which evidently proved quite popular judging by the positive feedback I received afterwards in the pub.  I don’t suppose anyone believed me when I told them the course could be navigated “bramble free” by sticking to tracks instead of short cutting. Anyway, well done to all who took part. Bref.

Race 3 Results - Pinchinthorpe

3rd Race (Mark Edwards) 10th December 2013
Pos	Name	Start Time	Finish Time	Total Time	CP's Visited	C.P. Pts	Pos pts	Pts Total
1	David Allison	18:11:00	19:16:38	01:05:38	6	25.0	30	55
2	Ian Hodgson	18:22:00	19:29:53	01:07:53	6	25.0	28	53
3	Tom Hogson	18:24:00	19:34:16	01:10:16	6	25.0	26	51
4	Charles Mayes	18:00:00	19:10:20	01:10:20	6	25.0	25	50
5	Vince Connolly	18:04:00	19:24:22	01:20:22	6	25.0	24	49
6	Mick Garratt	18:05:00	19:25:45	01:20:45	6	25.0	23	48
7	Glyn West	17:58:00	19:30:50	01:32:50	6	25.0	22	47
7=	Steve Hutchinson	17:58:00	19:30:50	01:32:50	6	25.0	22	47
9	Bob Howe	17:56:00	19:31:50	01:35:50	6	25.0	20	45
10	Bref O'Rourke	17:56:00	19:31:50	01:35:50	6	25.0	19	44
11	Bill Pennell	18:01:00	19:38:10	01:37:10	6	25.0	18	43
12	Wai Cheung	18:02:00	19:45:11	01:43:11	6	25.0	17	42
13	Dave Thompson	17:47:00	19:35:05	01:48:05	6	25.0	16	41
14	Kevin Wheatley	17:40:00	20:20:00	02:40:00	5	20.8	15	36
15	Ian Robinson	18:08:00	19:45:11	01:37:11	2	8.3	14	22
16	Mick Power	18:07:00	20:23:30	02:16:30	2	8.3	13	21
16=	John Wood	18:07:00	20:23:30	02:16:30	2	8.3	13	21
Well, who can stop the juggernaut that is Dave Allison. Again he comes in ahead of every body else. On a mild moonlit night 17 'athletes' left the pinchinthorpe carpark at various times to comb Guisborough Woods and Moors and locate the controls that we're put out earlier in the day. I wanted to make this as interesting, diverse and stimulating to the senses as possible.........but I couldn't be bothered, so I just stuck a pin in various places on the map and hoped for the best, I counted everyone out and counted everyone in. No complaints from anybody so I think the check point fairy put all the controls in the right places or as close as dammit so nobody noticed. Thanks for turning out chaps, with Dave organising the next one at least somebody else has fighting chance of winning. Well done and thanks again, Mark. The next NiteNav will be on Tuesday 14th January from Square Corner, 2 miles SE of Osmotherley, (GR479959). See you there.

Race 4 Results - Square Corner

4th Race (David Allison) 14th January 2014
Pos	Name	Start Time	Finish Time	Total Time	CP's Visited	C.P. Pts	Pos pts	Pts Total
1	Vince Connolly	18:08:00	19:28:44	1:20:44	7	25	30	55
2	Mark Edwards	18:06:00	19:28:44	1:22:44	7	25	28	53
3	John Smith	17:46:00	19:29:20	1:43:20	7	25	26	51
3=	Mick Murphy	17:46:00	19:29:20	1:43:20	7	25	26	51
5	Bob Howe	17:55:00	19:40:27	1:45:27	7	25	24	49
5=	Bref O'Rourke	17:55:00	19:40:27	1:45:27	7	25	24	49
7	Steve Hutchinson	17:56:00	19:51:00	1:55:00	7	25	22	47
7=	Glyn West	17:56:00	19:51:00	1:55:00	7	25	22	47
9	Richie Clarke	17:54:00	19:51:37	1:57:37	7	25	20	45
10	Ian Hodgson	18:16:00	20:07:40	1:51:40	6	21	19	40
11	Bill Pennell	17:53:00	19:48:32	1:55:32	6	21	18	39
11=	Ged Webster	17:53:00	19:48:32	1:55:32	6	21	18	39
Thanks to everyone for turning up and coming back within 2 hours - and for the positive feedback. Wai & I tried to make a course that had plenty of route choices, with options of taking a direct route or safer/longer route. So it was good to hear all the discussion in the pub later of the various directions taken and that a few people had to dig their compass out on a few occasions. Never ceased to be surprised on the different routes taken that I had not even considered. For the runners I think anti clockwise was best, but there were less handrails and more risks that way. Congratulations to Vince on the victory, by 2 minutes from Mark. Ian can confirm that the course was harder without any battery life left!  Thanks to Richie Clarke for kindly recovering the controls. David & Wai. The next NiteNav will be on Tuesday 4th February from Birk Brow Top, courtesy of Martyn Hudson. See you there.

Race 5 Results - Birk Brow

5th Race (Martyn Hudson) 4th February 2014
Pos	Name	Start Time	Finish Time	Total Time	CP's Visited	C.P. Pts	Pos pts	Pts Total
1	Dave Allison	18:01:00	18:58:00	0:57:00	8	25.0	30	55
2	Charles Mayes	17:51:00	19:00:00	1:09:00	8	25.0	28	53
3	Vince Connolly	17:57:00	19:08:00	1:11:00	8	25.0	26	51
4	Mick Garratt	18:02:00	19:15:00	1:13:00	8	25.0	25	50
5	Bob Howe	17:56:00	19:22:00	1:26:00	8	25.0	24	49
5=	Bref O'Rourke	17:56:00	19:22:00	1:26:00	8	25.0	24	49
7	Glyn West	17:56:00	19:22:00	1:26:00	8	25.0	22	47
7=	Steve Hutchinson	17:52:00	19:24:00	1:32:00	8	25.0	22	47
9	Dave Thompson	17:50:00	19:40:00	1:50:00	8	25.0	20	45
9=	John Smith	17:50:00	19:40:00	1:50:00	8	25.0	20	45
11	Richie Clarke	17:49:00	19:33:00	1:44:00	6	18.8	18	37
12	Ged Webster	17:45:00	19:25:00	1:40:00	5	15.6	17	33
It was a cold windy night and, after all the rain, very wet underfoot. The route was short enough for the winner to get in under the hour. A fantastic piece of thoughtful orienteering by Dave Allison with Charles and Vince not far behind. There was a different route for each runner - I hadn't thought that runners might use the road but of course that was acceptable. The control that seemed to cause most problems was the grouse butt on the stream. Even Dave missed this first time but bagged it on the way back by cutting across from the track corner. The route back across the track seemed to be quicker than cutting direct across Stanghow moor. Most of us only know the moor when we use the Quaker causeway but the area between there and Lockwood beck reservoir is surprisingly full of features including burial mounds, standing stones (The Elgee triangle stone was a control) and the lovely structure on the beck referred to as the Sluice House - although we are not exactly sure what purpose it served. I did also warn all runners about the perilous sides of the waterfall. This did not stop Bob Howe falling/jumping off the top like an Olympic diver. Neither did the fact that the whole course was set on open moorland stop Dave T and John S from going to visit all of the good people at the gamekeepers house, setting off the alarms and lights which caused them to flee in terror, jumping over a wall. Thanks everyone and thanks also to Mike Woolley for his help in planning the course, Martyn. The next (and final) NiteNav of this series is at Codbeck and is also part of a CLOK event. See the CLOK (and ours) website for full details.

Race 6 Results - Cod Beck

6th Race (Rob Bailey - Part of CLOK Event at Cod Beck)  18th February 2014
Pos	Name	Start Time	Finish Time	Total Time	Score Points Including Penalties	C.P. Pts	Pos pts	Pts Total
1	Tom Hodgson	N/A	N/A	00:57:14	425	25.0	30	55
2	Dave Allison	N/A	N/A	01:12:54	425	25.0	28	53
3	Ian Hodgson	N/A	N/A	01:20:48	425	25.0	26	51
4	Bref O'Rourke	N/A	N/A	01:33:21	425	25.0	25	50
5	Glyn West	N/A	N/A	01:33:26	425	25.0	24	49
6	Mark Edwards	N/A	N/A	01:52:07	395	25.0	23	48
7	Trevor Symonds	N/A	N/A	01:21:54	385	25.0	22	47
8	Bob Howe	N/A	N/A	01:19:07	375	25.0	21	46
9	Mick Murphy	N/A	N/A	01:55:33	375	25.0	20	45
9=	John Smith	N/A	N/A	01:55:33	375	25.0	19	45
11	Ged Webster	N/A	N/A	01:59:41	340	25.0	18	43
12	Bill Pennell	N/A	N/A	02:02:51	310	25.0	17	42
Twelve Smelly Hellys turned out to try the race. In an attempt to introduce some variety, a double sided map allowed runners to use either the conventional OS map on one side, or the CLOK Orienteering map on the other. The map was produced at A4 1:10,000 scale on each side and the orienteering map was updated for the event. This may well have been the first (and possibly the last) event in the history of NiteNav for which landowner permission was granted. Yorkshire Water (who own the Cod Beck plantation and reservoir), the National Trust (who own Scarth Wood Moor and Arncliffe Woods, and Snilesworth Estate (who manage the shooting rights for Scarth Wood Moor and own Near Moor and Clain/Coalmire Wood) were all approached: their only caveat was that the deep heather moor was not to be used, so we had to stay on - or near the major paths. This restricted planning courses a little, and hopefully made for mostly path running and a limited number of technical controls. Also, the event was registered with British Orienteering and open to the orienteering public. A blue and light green line course was on offer as well as the NiteNav 2 hour score event. The NiteNav runners were faced with some new challenges: a choice of map, electronic punching and download, full sized orienteering kites with Scotchlite reflectors, some controls in use that were not on their course and other runners to distract them. Given the novelty and added distractions there were some good performances - especially from the regulars who are perhaps more used to orienteering events, and made use of the extra details on the map. Tom Hodgson absolutely flew round the course in 57:14 despite a slight mistake going to his first control. Tom has been training on this area over recent months so perhaps he had a bit more local knowledge, but still a very impressive run. Seasoned veterans were at least 10 minutes off the pace; Dave Allison, the man to beat this season coming in second, Ian Hodgson was third with a solid run and Bref O'Rourke and Glyn West coming in together in the fourth slot. Unfortunately, a boundary stone - marked on the OS map, proved to be troublesome for some to find. This may have been because of nearby controls proving a distraction, or because of another boundary stone which is 200m SSE of the control. Comparing the OS and Orienteeting maps, the controversial boundary stone control was perhaps a feature shown 25 to 50m differently on each map. However, the control was in plain view, not hidden and visible from at least 100m from the N, E and S because of the prominent Scotchlite tape. It was only from the W side that it was not so well visible. Electronic punching allows us to analyse other runners times who visited this control, suggesting that they had little or no problem finding it. So, with apologies to those who perhaps had their runs spoiled, it would seem to have been a fair control. Well done to Dave for another top performance (clinching the Winter Series?), honours to the Hodgson too. Tom showing his potential. Thanks to everyone who attended. Mick Garratt and Paul Haydon elected to run the Blue course rather than the NiteNav. I wonder if they bargained for running against some international standard orienteers! Best wishes, Rob. Don't forget the Twilight NiteNav which will be on Tuesday 18th March from the Hutton Village Road, Guisborough. See you there.

Final Positions for Winter 2013-14 Series

Smelly Helly Winter NiteNav Series 2013-14
Pos	Name	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Pts. Total	Current Average
1	David Allison	55	55	55	55	55	53	220	54.60
2	Ian Hodgson	51	53	51	40		51	206	49.20
3	Mark Edwards	50	50	50	53		48	203	50.25
4	Vince Connolly		44	49	55	51		199	49.75
5	Bref O'Rourke	43	47	44	49	49	50	195	47.00
6	Bob Howe	43	47	45	49	49	46	191	46.50
7	Glyn West	43		47	47	47	49	190	47.00
8	Mick Garratt	46	41	48		50		185	46.25
9	Steve Hutchinson	43	33	47	47	47		184	43.25
10	John Smith	40			51	45	45	181	45.25
11	Bill Pennell	42	45	43	39		42	172	42.25
12	Dave Thompson	40	36	41		45		162	40.50
13	Tom Hodgson	49		53			55	157	52.33
14	Charles Mayes		51	50		53		154	51.33
15	Rob Bailey	47	49				48	144	48.00
16	Mick Murphy	40			51		45	136	45.33
17	Ged Webster				39	33	43	115	38.33
18	Paul Haydon	48	48					96	48.00
19	Trevor Symonds	45					47	92	46.00
20	Wai Cheung		46	42				88	44.00
21	Richie Clarke				45	37		82	41.00
22	Kevin Wheatley		41	36				77	38.50
23	John Wood		33	21				54	27.00
24	Sam Garratt	53						53	53.00
25	Cheryl Symonds	45						45	45.00
26	Ken Wilson		33					33	33.00
27	Ian Robinson			22				22	22.00
28	Mick Power			21				21	21.00

Twilight Special - Hutton Village