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Results Winter 2022
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Race 1 Results:
- Hutton Village
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1st Race (Bill & Steve - Hutton Village) 1st November 2022 |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
Control Points |
CP Points |
Position Pts |
Penalty Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:57:00 |
18:49:55 |
0:52:55 |
7 |
25 |
30 |
0 |
55 |
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Paul Haydon |
17:58:00 |
19:03:15 |
1:05:15 |
7 |
25 |
28 |
0 |
53 |
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3 |
Graeme Tweddle |
18:04:00 |
19:20:30 |
1:16:30 |
7 |
25 |
26 |
0 |
51 |
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4 |
Mark Edwards |
17:46:00 |
19:03:15 |
1:17:15 |
7 |
25 |
25 |
0 |
50 |
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5 |
Vince Connolly |
17:47:00 |
19:15:00 |
1:28:00 |
7 |
25 |
24 |
0 |
49 |
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6 |
Glyn West |
17:42:00 |
19:25:10 |
1:43:10 |
7 |
25 |
23 |
0 |
48 |
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Bob Howe |
17:42:00 |
19:25:10 |
1:43:10 |
7 |
25 |
23 |
0 |
48 |
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8 |
Dave Thompson |
17:43:00 |
19:19:30 |
1:36:30 |
6 |
21 |
21 |
0 |
42 |
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9 |
Mick Power |
17:50:00 |
19:21:00 |
1:31:00 |
5 |
18 |
20 |
0 |
38 |
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Tommy Power |
17:50:00 |
19:21:00 |
1:31:00 |
5 |
18 |
20 |
0 |
38 |
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The night was clear but cool and fortunately the wind had
dropped from earlier in the day. When I had planned the
course the ground was dry and the bracken was high but when
I put the controls out earlier in the day we'd had
torrential rain the night before so much so that Control 2,
the 'dried' up waterfall, was now a waterfall in full flow,
the bracken had died back a bit so that Control 3, the
boundary stone, was almost visible and Control 6, the Crag
off the mountain bike track, was very slippery, to say the
least. I did forewarn everyone earlier that good studs were
recommended. As predicted, some struggled a little with the
boundary stone and the Crag, just off the mountain bike
track. Poor Dave Thompson struggled with the Crag due to
finding the wrong mountain bike track and was, therefore,
disorientated believing he was in the right place only to
discover he was in a completely different location. The only
'apparent' casualty, on the slipper mountain bike track, was
Bob Howe who came down it a bit quicker that he really
wanted (on his backside). Most managed to locate the
controls without too much difficulty and judging by the
post-NiteNav 'debrief' everyone enjoyed the route. The
course didn't really lend itself to route choice with, I
believe, everyone going round in numerical order. Well done
to Ian Hodgson who flew round in just under 53 minutes, 12
minutes behind runner up Paul Haydon. Graeme Tweddle
finished in third place, 45 second ahead of Mark Edwards.
Thanks to all who came along especially Mick Power and son,
Tommy who were visiting the area, and for the positive
feedback. Hope to see you all at the next NiteNav on 15th
November, organised by Bref O'Rourke at Bank Foot, Bill. |
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Race 2 Results - Bank Foot
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2nd Race (Bref O'Rourke - Bank Foot) 15th November 2022 |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
Control Points |
CP Points |
Pos'n Points |
Penalty Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
David Allison |
18:05:30 |
19:36:50 |
01:31:20 |
7 |
25.0 |
30 |
0 |
55 |
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2 |
Mark Edwards |
18:01:00 |
19:53:00 |
01:52:00 |
7 |
25.0 |
28 |
0 |
53 |
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3 |
Ian Hodgson |
18:03:30 |
19:42:00 |
01:38:30 |
6 |
21.4 |
26 |
0 |
47 |
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4 |
Graeme Tweddle |
18:15:30 |
20:15:29 |
01:59:59 |
6 |
21.4 |
25 |
0 |
46 |
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5 |
Dave Thompson |
17:58:30 |
19:35:30 |
01:37:00 |
4 |
14.3 |
24 |
0 |
38 |
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First of all I would like to mention that I was very pleased
that several Smellys took up my offer of emailing me for the
map so they could go round the course in daylight. I’m a
great believer in inclusion and I’m very aware that there’s
a small group of Smellys who are no longer keen on
navigating in the dark these days. I decided to set a course
with options to suit all abilities with different locations
for the start and finish.
• The full course included route choices, either stay on the
longer tracks or go more direct which involved heather
bashing which would test night navigational skills.
• The other option was a shorter but still challenging
partial course that was based on the Cleveland Way. As for
the evening, unfortunately due to illness to several
regulars, numbers were down and only five Smellys turned up
to tackle my NiteNav. When I put the controls out in the
afternoon the weather was atrocious but by 5 O’clock
thankfully the rain had stopped although visibility was
still an issue on the high ground maintaining my theory that
it never rains on a Tuesday night. On setting out the
controls I was forced to scratch CPs 6 & 7 because of a
mysterious strong light from an unknown activity on the moor
close to CP6. As these were both on the way back to the
finish I felt that it wouldn’t detract too much from the
main course. Now to the race result and congratulations go
to the winner, David, completing the full course in the
fastest time despite struggling to find the Siberia control
(CP1). Mark was second also completing the full course
without incurring a time penalty. Third was Ian who failed
to find the Siberia control but found the rest including the
very technically difficult CP4. Fourth was Grahame who also
missed one control, CP5, mindful of running out of time
slowed down by having earlier taken a bit of a tumble. Dave
was fifth, deciding to go straight up the incline to pick
off the controls on or close to the Cleveland Way coming in
well within the time limit. Well done to all for completing
a challenging course, Bref. |
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Race 3 Results - Gribdale
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3rd Race (Mark Edwards - Gribdale) 6th December 2022 |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
Control Points |
CP Points |
Total Pts |
Penalty Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
Dave Allison |
18:17:00 |
19:17:00 |
1:00:00 |
7 |
25.0 |
30.0 |
0 |
55 |
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2 |
Ian Hodgson |
18:05:00 |
19:13:00 |
1:08:00 |
7 |
25.0 |
28.0 |
0 |
53 |
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2 |
Vince Connolly |
18:15:00 |
19:30:00 |
1:15:00 |
7 |
25.0 |
26.0 |
0 |
51 |
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3 |
Bob Howe |
17:48:00 |
19:48:00 |
2:00:00 |
7 |
25.0 |
25.0 |
0 |
50 |
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4 |
Graeme Tweddle |
18:20:00 |
19:43:00 |
1:23:00 |
5 |
17.9 |
24.0 |
0 |
42 |
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5 |
Steve Hutchinson |
18:07:00 |
19:39:00 |
1:32:00 |
2 |
7.1 |
23.0 |
0 |
30 |
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Not the best of weather to be out on the moors on a Tuesday
night in December so thanks to the lads who did run. I used
a couple of old favourites for controls and they still
caused a fair amount of confusion with some “interesting”
route choices but everybody came back safe and sound, well ,
Bob came back eventually having been so confused he ran back
to the same control twice and tried to claim extra points,
Mark. |
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Race 4 Results - Cod Beck
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4th Race (Ian Hodgson - Cod Beck) 10th January 2023 |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CP's Visited |
C.P. Pts |
Pos pts |
Penalty Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
Dave Allison |
18:08:30 |
19:06:30 |
0:58:00 |
6 |
25 |
30 |
0 |
55 |
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2 |
Vince Connolly |
18:22:45 |
19:32:10 |
1:09:25 |
6 |
25 |
28 |
0 |
53 |
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3 |
Wai Cheung |
18:13:10 |
19:32:45 |
1:19:35 |
6 |
25 |
26 |
0 |
51 |
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4 |
Mark Edwards |
18:03:40 |
19:25:30 |
1:21:50 |
6 |
25 |
25 |
0 |
50 |
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5 |
Steve Hutchinson |
18:04:20 |
19:13:00 |
1:08:40 |
2 |
8 |
24 |
0 |
32 |
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A poor turn out. Only 5 turned up on what was forecast to be
a wet and windy night turned out reasonably dry and quite
mild. I was pleased with the feedback so it made it
worthwhile. I tried to keep the checkpoints reasonably
straight forward and have it more based on route choice,
which seemed to have worked out with a variety of routes and
most keeping to rights of way. As usual Dave A was the
quickest round followed by Vince who had a night where all
navigation went to plan, then Wai closely followed by Mark.
Thanks to Steve for coming out on what looked like was going
to be a grim night, he spent most of the time looking for a
dropped glove instead of the checkpoints, Ian. |
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Race 5 Results - Clay Bank
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5th Race (Trevor Symonds - Clay Bank) 24th January 2023 |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CP's Visited |
C.P. Pts |
Pos Points |
Penalty Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
David Allison |
17:56:00 |
18:39:12 |
0:43:12 |
10 |
25.0 |
30 |
0 |
55 |
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2 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:57:00 |
18:44:05 |
0:47:05 |
10 |
25.0 |
28 |
0 |
53 |
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3 |
Vince Connolly |
18:10:00 |
19:10:30 |
1:00:30 |
10 |
25.0 |
26 |
0 |
51 |
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4 |
Mark Edwards |
17:45:00 |
18:45:43 |
1:00:43 |
10 |
25.0 |
25 |
0 |
50 |
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5 |
Wai Cheung |
18:02:00 |
19:17:39 |
1:15:39 |
10 |
25.0 |
24 |
0 |
49 |
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6 |
Dave Thompson |
17:38:00 |
19:07:41 |
1:29:41 |
10 |
25.0 |
23 |
0 |
48 |
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7 |
Bref O'Rourke |
17:47:00 |
19:20:41 |
1:33:41 |
10 |
25.0 |
22 |
0 |
47 |
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8 |
Bill Pennell |
17:37:00 |
19:33:59 |
1:56:59 |
10 |
25.0 |
21 |
0 |
46 |
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Steve Hutchinson |
17:37:00 |
19:33:59 |
1:56:59 |
10 |
25.0 |
21 |
0 |
46 |
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10 |
Paul Haydon |
17:36:00 |
18:49:28 |
1:13:28 |
9 |
22.5 |
19 |
0 |
42 |
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It was a perfect evening for a run in the hills. Ten
Smellies turned out to tackle my NiteNav from Clay Bank car
park. There was much anxiety in the car park when I
described that there were ten controls out there but only
eight were detailed on the map. My advice was just stay
alert and keep looking. As it turned out everyone, except
one, found all ten controls without too many issues. There
was a lot of positive feedback at the finish, which is
always well received. The battle at the sharp end was
between Ian and Dave ending with Dave winning by 4 minutes,
Ian putting in an extra loop for some reason. Thanks to
everyone that turned out, cheers, Trevor. |
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Race 6 Results -
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6th Race (Dave Thompson & Bob Howe - Chequers) 15th
February 2022 |
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Pos |
Name |
Start Time |
Finish Time |
Total Time |
CP's Visited |
CP Pts |
Pos pts |
Penalty Points |
Pts Total |
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1 |
Ian Hodgson |
17:54:00 |
18:42:38 |
0:48:38 |
8 |
25.0 |
30 |
0 |
55 |
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2 |
Vince Connolly |
18:04:00 |
19:03:50 |
0:59:50 |
8 |
25.0 |
28 |
0 |
53 |
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3 |
Paul Haydon |
17:36:00 |
18:43:11 |
1:07:11 |
8 |
25.0 |
26 |
0 |
51 |
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4 |
Mark Edwards |
17:48:00 |
19:04:45 |
1:16:45 |
8 |
25.0 |
25 |
0 |
50 |
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5 |
Bill Pennell |
17:35:00 |
19:31:00 |
1:56:00 |
8 |
25.0 |
24 |
0 |
49 |
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Steve Hutchinson |
17:35:00 |
19:31:00 |
1:56:00 |
8 |
25.0 |
24 |
0 |
49 |
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7 |
Dave Allison |
18:04:00 |
19:09:06 |
1:05:06 |
7 |
21.9 |
22 |
0 |
44 |
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8 |
Wai Cheung |
18:06:00 |
19:20:30 |
1:14:30 |
7 |
21.9 |
21 |
0 |
43 |
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The course, as set, was 7.66 Km with 120m of
ascent with 8 controls, of which 5 were clips and 3 were
clues. Bob and I arrived early to put out the clips and
enjoyed a beautiful twilight evening, no wind and no rain. I
don’t have access to all the Strava posts but Paul Haydon
recorded 7.63 km & 114m of ascent so we are happy we got
that right. A couple of faux pas on our part, was I got the
simple maths wrong for the clue at CP 6 (the memorial bench)
and we probably should have put some form of reflective ID
at CP 4 (the Faber Stone) - every day a school day. As I
said earlier the weather was great for a night out on the
moors and Bob and I had great fun trying to identify the
many lights visible from our vantage point inside a nice
warm car. The results however, were quite unexpected, at
first it looked like those who took an anticlockwise route
had the advantage but there were some anomalies as the event
concluded. The big surprise of the evening was ‘Dazzling
Dave A’ missing CP 5, quite a significant feature, he tried
to straight line it from CP3 and ended up in a bog!
Wandering Wai, as usual, got more than his money’s worth,
although he forgot to start his Strava so neither he nor
anyone else knows where he went, apart from when he almost
gave up and was informed by Bob and I, he still had time to
get CP 1 so off he trotted for a second time out. The winner
was ‘Hodgy Long Legs’ with a time of 48mins 38s. followed by
‘Cool Connolly’ a tad over 11 minutes later. ‘Hassled
Haydon’ (got to get home for my tea) came third and probably
had the most efficient route around the course. Wai had the
biggest smile and Bill and Steve excelled all expectations
by beating both Wai and Dave A. Mark came in the middle
ground and looking at his Strava, I’m not sure if he was
taking it easy after his injuries or just having a Mooch,
certainly some strange activity around CP 3, the Grouse
Butt. I hope you all enjoyed the event as much as Bob and I
did. Certainly the beer and banter afterwards in The Golden
Lion was excellent, Dave T and Bob H. |
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Final Positions for
Winter 2022-23 Series
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Smelly Helly Winter NiteNav Series 2022-23 |
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Pos |
Name |
Race 1 |
Race 2 |
Race 3 |
Race 4 |
Race 5 |
Race 6 |
Pts. Total |
Current Average |
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1 |
David Allison |
0 |
55 |
55 |
55 |
55 |
44 |
220.00 |
52.80 |
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2 |
Ian Hodgson |
55 |
47 |
53 |
53 |
53 |
55 |
216.00 |
52.58 |
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3 |
Vince Connolly |
49 |
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51 |
53 |
51 |
53 |
208.00 |
51.40 |
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4 |
Mark Edwards |
50 |
53 |
51 |
51 |
50 |
50 |
204.80 |
50.80 |
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5 |
Dave Thompson |
42 |
38 |
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48 |
43 |
170.67 |
42.67 |
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6 |
Steve Hutchinson |
39 |
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30 |
32 |
46 |
49 |
166.25 |
39.25 |
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7 |
Bob Howe |
48 |
0 |
50 |
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49 |
147.00 |
49.00 |
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8 |
Paul Haydon |
53 |
0 |
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42 |
51 |
146.00 |
48.67 |
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9 |
Bill Pennell |
48 |
0 |
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46 |
49 |
142.50 |
47.50 |
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10 |
Wai Cheung |
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0 |
50 |
49 |
43 |
142.00 |
47.33 |
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11 |
Graham Tweddle |
51 |
46 |
42 |
0 |
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139.00 |
46.33 |
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12 |
Bref O'Rourke |
0 |
47 |
0 |
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47 |
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94.00 |
47.00 |
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13 |
Trevor Symonds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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50 |
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50.00 |
50.00 |
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14 |
Glyn West |
48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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48.00 |
48.00 |
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Mick Power |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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38.00 |
38.00 |
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Tommy Power |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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38.00 |
38.00 |
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Twilight Special -
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Twilight Special (Steve & Bill - Gribdale) 21st March 2023 |
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Pos |
Name |
Start |
Finish |
Total |
Controls |
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1 |
Wai Cheung |
18:14:00 |
19:13:05 |
00:59:05 |
6 |
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2 |
Paul Haydon |
18:11:00 |
19:12:46 |
01:01:46 |
6 |
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3 |
Vince Connolly |
18:08:00 |
19:12:35 |
01:04:35 |
6 |
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4 |
Mark Edwards |
18:09:00 |
19:14:00 |
01:05:00 |
6 |
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5 |
Ian Hodgson |
18:02:00 |
19:07:10 |
01:05:10 |
6 |
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Bob Howe |
18:00:00 |
19:29:30 |
01:29:30 |
6 |
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Bref O'Rourke |
18:00:00 |
19:29:30 |
01:29:30 |
6 |
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Dave Thompson |
18:04:00 |
19:35:40 |
01:31:40 |
6 |
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This Twilight NiteNav had been postponed for two weeks due
to heavy snow as Steve and I were concerned regarding road
conditions up to Gribdale so we decided to postpone it.
Since we were fast approaching the start of BST we took the
decision to hold back the start until 18:00hrs so that
runners had a mixture of daylight and darkness as we didn't
want any of the 'fast lads' completing the course solely in
daylight - sorry to keep you all hanging about. As Steve and
I watched each of the runners (and one walker) set off only
two seemed to know the most direct line to the first control
which was Mark and Paul. Going up onto the top track made it
much more difficult to spot the spring from above. One or
two did struggle a little but eventually all found it OK.
There were one or two different route choices to some of the
controls, some taking more direct lines by 'heather bashing'
whilst some took the tracks. This could be seen later on
STRAVA with the slight differences in both distance and
height gain. Everyone managed to find all the controls and
make it back safely. Only one person manage to come in under
the hour. Well done to winner Wai! Second place went to Paul
Haydon who came in just over two minutes behind Wai with
Vince Connolly, almost three minutes later, in third. Hats
off to Ian Hodgson who was our lone 'walker' who was only
ten seconds slower than fourth place Mark Edwards, and was,
in fact, first man back.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy the event so thanks to all
who came and took part, Bill & Steve. |
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