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NiteNav Results Summer 2024 |
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Schedule |
Reports |
Photos |
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What's New |
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NiteNav 1 Results -
St Hilda's Church, Town Green.
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1st Race (Bref O'Rourke) 8th May 2024 - St Hilda's Church,
Town Green |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CPs Visited |
Control Points |
CP's Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
David Allison |
17:52:00 |
19:08:38 |
1:16:38 |
10 |
25 |
30 |
55 |
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2 |
Vince Connolly |
17:42:00 |
19:09:08 |
1:27:08 |
10 |
25 |
28 |
53 |
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3 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:45:00 |
19:12:27 |
1:27:27 |
10 |
25 |
26 |
51 |
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4 |
Mark Edwards |
17:35:00 |
19:09:17 |
1:34:17 |
10 |
25 |
25 |
50 |
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5 |
Wai Cheung |
18:02:00 |
19:47:06 |
1:45:06 |
10 |
25 |
24 |
49 |
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6 |
Dave Thompson |
17:29:00 |
19:38:00 |
2:09:00 |
10 |
25 |
23 |
48 |
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6= |
Bob Howe |
17:29:00 |
19:38:00 |
2:09:00 |
10 |
25 |
23 |
48 |
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8 |
Bill Pennell |
17:14:00 |
19:28:24 |
2:14:24 |
10 |
25 |
21 |
46 |
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9 |
Steve Hutchinson |
17:23:00 |
19:05:00 |
1:42:00 |
5 |
13 |
20 |
33 |
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9= |
Mick Power |
17:23:00 |
19:05:00 |
1:42:00 |
5 |
13 |
20 |
33 |
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9= |
Len Small |
17:23:00 |
19:05:00 |
1:42:00 |
5 |
13 |
20 |
33 |
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After decades of NiteNavs, finding a new location has become
increasingly difficult, as has the availability of free
parking these days. During Covid I came across St Hilda’s
church and originally had it mind to use it as a DayNav
starting point hopefully when the bluebells were in flower.
Though I never got the opportunity to use it as a DayNav,
which would have included local features like the Buckingham
Stone and the Ship Stone. Last night I finally got the
chance to put on a shorter NiteNav which still allowed for
visiting some interesting local features like the Cobbler’s
cottage and the Low Cable Stone and of course the bluebells.
A good turnout of eleven competitors set off on a fine
spring evening leaving me time to wander around the old
churchyard. David Allison was the fastest over the six mile
course in an impressive 1 hour and 16 minutes, while Vince
Connolly was second, eleven minutes behind. Ian Hodgson was
third nearly seven minutes quicker than fourth placed Mark
Edwards. A bit of a time gap then before Wai and then Bob
and Dave T followed by Bill. Finally at a more leisurely
pace Steve, Len and Mick choosing to visit some of the
nearby controls. Well done everyone. I appreciated the
positive feedback from everyone which makes it all
worthwhile, Bref. |
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NiteNav
2 Results - Gribdale.
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2nd Race (Mark Edwards) 21st May 2024 - Gribdale |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CPs Visited |
CP's Points |
Pos'n Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
David Allison |
17:50:00 |
18:47:43 |
0:57:43 |
8 |
25 |
30 |
55 |
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2 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:52:00 |
18:55:15 |
1:03:15 |
8 |
25 |
28 |
53 |
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3 |
Graeme Tweddle |
18:06:00 |
19:19:40 |
1:13:40 |
8 |
25 |
26 |
51 |
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4 |
Bill Pennell |
17:34:00 |
19:30:50 |
1:56:50 |
8 |
25 |
25 |
50 |
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5 |
Caroline Glover |
17:40:00 |
19:40:07 |
2:00:07 |
8 |
25 |
24 |
49 |
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5= |
Dave Thompson |
17:40:00 |
19:40:07 |
2:00:07 |
8 |
25 |
24 |
49 |
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7 |
Mick Power |
17:44:00 |
19:41:10 |
1:57:10 |
7 |
22 |
22 |
44 |
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7= |
Steve Hutchinson |
17:44:00 |
19:41:10 |
1:57:10 |
7 |
22 |
22 |
44 |
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7= |
Len Small |
17:44:00 |
19:41:10 |
1:57:10 |
7 |
22 |
22 |
44 |
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10 |
Bob Howe |
17:46:00 |
19:38:55 |
1:52:55 |
6 |
19 |
19 |
38 |
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11 |
Alan Burton |
17:32:00 |
19:28:25 |
1:56:25 |
4 |
13 |
18 |
31 |
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I chose Gribdale again for my NiteNav because it’s local and
I can recce the area as often as I like and there’s plenty
of control possibilities. The night was calm and fairly
mild, as 11 athletes set out on a course that I hoped would
be a challenge but not so much that it wouldn’t be
enjoyable. What I hoped to see was runners taking different
routes and talking after and looking at the Strava routes
that certainly happened, thanks everyone for coming along,
Regards, Mark Edwards. |
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NiteNav 3 Results: - Hutton Village
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3rd Race (Bill Pennell) 4th June 2024 - Hutton Village |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CPs Visited |
CP's Points |
Pos'n Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
David Allison |
17:33:00 |
18:40:17 |
1:07:17 |
12 |
25 |
30 |
55 |
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2 |
Graeme Tweddle |
18:08:00 |
19:27:35 |
1:19:35 |
12 |
25 |
28 |
53 |
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3 |
Paul Haydon |
17:15:00 |
18:46:25 |
1:31:25 |
12 |
25 |
26 |
51 |
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4 |
Vince Connolly |
17:45:00 |
19:18:10 |
1:33:10 |
12 |
25 |
25 |
50 |
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5 |
Mark Edwards |
17:30:00 |
19:07:30 |
1:37:30 |
12 |
25 |
24 |
49 |
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6 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:59:00 |
19:49:35 |
1:50:35 |
12 |
25 |
23 |
48 |
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7 |
Wai Cheung |
18:02:00 |
19:54:15 |
1:52:15 |
12 |
25 |
22 |
47 |
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8 |
Dave Thompson |
17:16:00 |
19:38:35 |
2:22:35 |
12 |
25 |
21 |
46 |
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8= |
Keith Wilson |
17:16:00 |
19:38:35 |
2:22:35 |
12 |
25 |
21 |
46 |
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10 |
Terry Coupland |
9:30:00 |
12:30:00 |
3:00:00 |
12 |
25 |
19 |
44 |
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10= |
Ken Wilson |
9:30:00 |
12:30:00 |
3:00:00 |
12 |
25 |
19 |
44 |
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10= |
Alan Robertson |
9:30:00 |
12:30:00 |
3:00:00 |
12 |
25 |
19 |
44 |
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13 |
Bob Howe |
17:47:00 |
20:04:00 |
2:17:00 |
11 |
23 |
16 |
39 |
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14 |
Len Small |
17:17:00 |
19:29:45 |
2:12:45 |
10 |
21 |
15 |
36 |
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14= |
Steve Hutchinson |
17:17:00 |
19:29:45 |
2:12:45 |
10 |
21 |
15 |
36 |
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14= |
Mick Power |
17:17:00 |
19:29:45 |
2:12:45 |
10 |
21 |
15 |
36 |
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When trying to decide on a course/route I had a bit of a 'lightbulb'
moment. Looking at the map and walking round the woods I
realised that I would be able to plan a course purely using
air shafts, fire sumps and dangerous drop fences. It was
just a matter of finding the right ones in order to give the
runners a decent run out and walkers to either get all or
most of the controls. I was a bit worried given the earlier
rain but come 5pm the sun came out and we had perfect
weather. I decided to give walkers the opportunity to walk
the course earlier in the day or begin at 5pm, as well as
drop the 2 hour time limit, so they could bag all the
controls. When I put the controls out I covered just over
10km. What I hadn't banked on was getting between control No
10 & 11 directly. Also, I thought that pretty much everyone
would go round in numerical order - WRONG! After discussions
afterwards ot seemed clear that goung round in reverse order
was great for a direct route from 10 to 11 i.e. up the
bankside. Well done to winner David Allison who shot round
in just over the hour and 12 minutes ahead of 2nd place
Graeme Tweddle who, at the start didn't think he would fair
very well - WRONG! Great run Graeme. Third place was Paul
Haydon, again 12 minutes later. I felt sorry for Bob Howe
who failed to bag the last (No.11) control saying he
couldn't find it. From Strava it would appear that he was
only about 30m short from it...... From all the discussions
afterwards everyone seemed to enjoy the course and I was
amazed to see all the various route choices that I had
thought about. Thanks for everyone who went round - a great
turnout. |
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NiteNav 4 Results: - Chequers
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4th Race (Dave Thompson & Caroline Glover) 9th July 2024 -
Chequers |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CPs Visited |
Control Points |
Pos'n Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
Graeme Tweddle |
18:06:00 |
19:03:00 |
0:57:00 |
9 |
25 |
30 |
55 |
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2 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:59:00 |
18:58:00 |
0:59:00 |
9 |
25 |
28 |
53 |
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3 |
Vince Connolly |
18:14:00 |
19:16:00 |
1:02:00 |
9 |
25 |
26 |
51 |
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4 |
Mark Edwards |
17:38:00 |
18:42:00 |
1:04:00 |
9 |
25 |
25 |
50 |
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5 |
Paul Haydon |
17:39:00 |
18:55:00 |
1:16:00 |
9 |
25 |
24 |
49 |
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6 |
Bref O'Rourke |
17:36:00 |
18:57:00 |
1:21:00 |
9 |
25 |
23 |
48 |
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7 |
Len Small |
17:38:00 |
19:01:00 |
1:23:00 |
9 |
25 |
22 |
47 |
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8 |
Mick Power |
17:33:00 |
19:55:00 |
2:22:00 |
9 |
25 |
21 |
46 |
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Steve Hutchinson |
17:33:00 |
19:55:00 |
2:22:00 |
9 |
25 |
21 |
46 |
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10 |
Bill Pennell |
17:38:00 |
19:01:00 |
1:23:00 |
8 |
22 |
19 |
41 |
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It was a very wet Tuesday when I prepared to go over to Cod
Beck to set up the NiteNav course. The forecast promised a
weather window between 5 and 7 O’clock, so I was optimistic.
Anyway, Bref reckons it never rains on a Tuesday nights.
Just as I was setting off I got word the road to Chequers
was closed, this proved to be untrue and thankfully no
diversions or changes to plan were required. The clip was
put in place for CP5 and I met Caroline at the Chequers
junction. Steve and Mick were first away at 17:30 and Vince
last at 18:14. I offered those over 70 a free control, which
was taken up by Len, Steve, and Mick. Bill missed out as he
was running with Len. First back was Mark in 1:04:00,
followed by Paul, Ian and then Bref, all in by 7 O’clock.
The night was still young and the weather was still warm and
dry. A minute later when Len and Bill finished the rain had
started and very quickly developed into biblical
proportions, by the time Graeme and Vince finished the road
was beginning to look like a river. The minutes ticked by
and two hours after Steve and Mick set off, the time I
expected them to finish by, there was no sign. Graeme and
Vince hung around, just in case something had gone wrong. a
further 20 minutes passed and thunder and lightning added a
sombre tone to the situation. Vince set off to see if they
had dropped out and returned from Codbeck end. Whilst
Caroline and I drove down the drove road to see if there was
any sign. Eventually two drowned rats appeared and refused
to get in the car “You're not going to give us a DNF” so
they trotted off down the road to the finish with lightning
lighting them up as if they had been x ray'd ! ! ! As they
say all is well that ends well. Congratulations to Graeme
who came first followed by Ian, Vince and then Mark, all
within 7 minutes. I think the handicap system is worth
exploring a bit more, it certainly didn’t affect the
expected results and would have normally have had runners
back in a closer time, Dave. |
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NiteNav 5 Results: - Hob Hole
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4th Race (Terry Coupland & Alan Robertson) 30th July 2024 |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CPs Visited |
CP's Points |
Pos'n Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
Vince Connolly |
17:49:00 |
18:50:40 |
1:01:40 |
8 |
25 |
30.0 |
55 |
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2 |
David Allison |
17:48:00 |
18:49:50 |
1:01:50 |
8 |
25 |
28.0 |
53 |
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3 |
Graeme Tweddle |
18:06:00 |
19:14:38 |
1:08:38 |
8 |
25 |
26.0 |
51 |
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4 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:59:00 |
19:08:50 |
1:09:50 |
8 |
25 |
25.0 |
50 |
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5 |
Wai Cheung |
17:51:00 |
19:01:45 |
1:10:45 |
8 |
25 |
24.0 |
49 |
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6 |
Mark Edwards |
17:41:00 |
19:05:22 |
1:24:22 |
8 |
25 |
23.0 |
48 |
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7 |
Dave Thompson |
17:36:00 |
19:07:22 |
1:31:22 |
8 |
25 |
22.0 |
47 |
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8 |
Paul Haydon |
17:35:00 |
19:08:20 |
1:33:20 |
8 |
25 |
21.0 |
46 |
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9 |
Bill Pennell |
17:32:00 |
19:10:50 |
1:38:50 |
8 |
25 |
20.0 |
45 |
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Len Small |
17:32:00 |
19:10:50 |
1:38:50 |
8 |
25 |
20.0 |
45 |
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11 |
Bref O'Rourke |
17:38:00 |
19:28:15 |
1:50:15 |
8 |
25 |
18.0 |
43 |
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Bob Howe |
17:38:00 |
19:28:15 |
1:50:15 |
8 |
25 |
18.0 |
43 |
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13 |
Steve Hutchinson |
18:04:00 |
19:46:45 |
1:42:45 |
5 |
16 |
16.0 |
32 |
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John Wood |
18:04:00 |
19:46:45 |
1:42:45 |
5 |
16 |
16.0 |
32 |
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We had brilliant weather and a good turnout. Vince was first
home just 10 seconds quicker than David A. We hoped we had
picked an area that hadn’t been visited recently but
apparently ‘the runners’ had been in the vicinity some weeks
before.
The route was fairly straight forward and it was just a
decision of clock (Down the hill to Hob Hole at start) or
anti clock (up hill at the end). Odd thing, originally
control 3 was to have been about the lock on the gate but
when I checked the route the week before it was unlocked.
Looking for something else I spotted the butt - tight up
against the wall corner – unusual I thought. I had passed it
numerous times recently and had never noticed it – possibly
because I am vertically challenged? Terry. |
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NiteNav 6 Results: - Commondale
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6th Race (David Allison) 27th August 2024 - Commondale |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CPs Visited |
Control Points |
CP's Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
Vince Connolly |
17:43:00 |
19:03:12 |
1:20:12 |
9 |
25 |
30.0 |
55 |
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2 |
Graeme Tweddle |
18:35:00 |
19:55:30 |
1:20:30 |
9 |
25 |
28.0 |
53 |
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3 |
Mark Edwards |
17:42:00 |
19:24:32 |
1:42:32 |
9 |
25 |
26.0 |
51 |
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4 |
Trevor Symonds |
17:43:00 |
19:25:55 |
1:42:55 |
9 |
25 |
25.0 |
50 |
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5 |
Bref O'Rourke |
17:30:00 |
19:25:45 |
1:55:45 |
6 |
17 |
24.0 |
41 |
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6 |
Len Small |
17:38:00 |
19:32:15 |
1:54:15 |
5 |
14 |
23.0 |
37 |
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Mick Power |
17:38:00 |
19:32:15 |
1:54:15 |
5 |
14 |
23.0 |
37 |
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Steve Hutchinson |
17:38:00 |
19:32:15 |
1:54:15 |
5 |
14 |
23.0 |
37 |
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9 |
John Wood |
17:39:00 |
18:40:22 |
1:01:22 |
3 |
8 |
20.0 |
28 |
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On a beautiful sunny evening 9 runners & walkers went out to
enjoy the moors and footpaths around Commondale.
I wanted to set a course that was runnable and challenging
and not too overgrown by the summer vegetation. There was
plenty of climb for those that got all 9 controls.
Vince just piped Graeme for the win by 18 seconds. The
battle for third place was also very tight with Mark being
23 seconds ahead of Trevor (who was having a run out before
the Ben Nevis race at the weekend, David. |
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Final Positions for Summer 2024
Series:
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Smelly Helly Summer NiteNav Series 2024 |
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Pos |
Name |
Race 1 |
Race 2 |
Race 3 |
Race 4 |
Race 5 |
Race 6 |
Pts. Total |
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1 |
David Allison |
55 |
55 |
55 |
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53 |
55 |
220 |
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2 |
Graeme Tweddle |
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51 |
53 |
55 |
51 |
53 |
212 |
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3 |
Vince Connolly |
50 |
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50 |
51 |
55 |
55 |
211 |
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4 |
Ian Hodgson |
51 |
53 |
48 |
53 |
50 |
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207 |
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5 |
Mark Edwards |
51 |
50 |
49 |
50 |
48 |
51 |
202 |
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6 |
Dave Thompson |
48 |
49 |
46 |
48 |
47 |
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192 |
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7 |
Bill Pennell |
46 |
50 |
46 |
41 |
45 |
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187 |
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8 |
Bref O'Rourke |
44 |
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48 |
43 |
41 |
176 |
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9 |
Len Small |
33 |
44 |
36 |
47 |
45 |
37 |
173 |
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10 |
Bob Howe |
48 |
38 |
39 |
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43 |
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168 |
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11 |
Steve Hutchinson |
33 |
44 |
36 |
45 |
32 |
37 |
162 |
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Mick Power |
33 |
44 |
36 |
45 |
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37 |
162 |
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13 |
Paul Haydon |
0 |
0 |
51 |
49 |
46 |
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146 |
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14 |
Wai Cheung |
49 |
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47 |
0 |
49 |
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145 |
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15 |
Caroline Glover |
0 |
49 |
0 |
49 |
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98 |
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16 |
Terry Coupland |
0 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
44 |
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88 |
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16= |
Alan Robertson |
0 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
44 |
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88 |
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18 |
John Wood |
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0 |
0 |
32 |
28 |
60 |
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19 |
Trevor Symonds |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
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50 |
50 |
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20 |
Keith Wilson |
0 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
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46 |
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21 |
Ken Wilson |
0 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
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44 |
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22 |
Alan Burton |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
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31 |
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23 |
Richie Clarke |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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21 |
Best 4 results of 6 Races to count.
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Twilight
Special - Bank Foot
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Twilight Special (Steve & Bill) 17th September 2024 - Bank
Foot |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
Controls |
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1 |
Vince Connolly |
17:54:00 |
18:53:20 |
0:59:20 |
6 |
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2 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:56:00 |
19:02:10 |
1:06:10 |
6 |
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3 |
Mark Edwards |
17:33:00 |
18:49:10 |
1:16:10 |
6 |
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4 |
Bob Howe |
17:14:30 |
18:44:50 |
1:30:20 |
6 |
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5 |
Paul Haydon |
17:05:00 |
18:47:00 |
1:42:00 |
6 |
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6 |
Ken Wilson |
17:07:30 |
19:11:20 |
2:03:50 |
6 |
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Len Small |
17:07:30 |
19:11:20 |
2:03:50 |
6 |
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6= |
Mick Power |
17:07:30 |
19:11:20 |
2:03:50 |
6 |
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6= |
Glyn West |
17:07:30 |
19:11:20 |
2:03:50 |
6 |
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10 |
John Wood |
17:28:00 |
19:03:50 |
1:35:50 |
3 |
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Steve came up with the route and was 'fine tuned' by me. The
idea was to incorporate Glyn West's house in Battersby and
use Coleson Bank area, which doesn't appear to have been
used for quite some time. The route ended up 5 miles long
which would give both runners and walkers a chance to
complete course, so I decided to begin at 5:00pm to allow
walkers to finish in relative daylight. Fortunately, since
the weather was absolutely beautiful there was no need for
head torches. I was surprised that there were a few
different routes taken between CP 3, the fence corner, just
off Coleson Bank and the first of the grouse butts. I think
the quickest, and best, route was the main track, i.e. up
Coleson Bank and the Cleveland Way.
Congratulations to Vince Connolly who managed to get back
under the hour followed by Ian Hodgson 5 minutes later and
Mark Edwards in 3rd place. I wonder if Ian could have
matched Vince with a different route from CP3 to CP4? Thanks
to all who took part.
Hopefully we'll see you all for the winter NiteNav series,
Bill & Steve. |
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