Enclosed with the results and published separately are the final QOFL scores after the six events (best four scores to count). Hopefully all the scores are accurately worked out for both the Elite and Handicap Leagues, but please let me know if you think there are any mistakes. Well done to all the winners – a reminder that the prizegiving will take place at the QO Club Championships on Sunday 11 th June at Stock Hill. Mike Crockett can be contacted for more details on 01458-445540.
Tony Milroy 01278-427875
Planner's Comments
First of all thank you to all those who said they enjoyed the course, it makes all the work worthwhile. It was also good to see new faces enjoying the sport in the sunshine. Priors Park is a small area made even smaller by the lack of permission for the area to the North of the map. As my first planning for a few years this provided a challenge, luckily the use of electronic punching helped.
Since my initial visit the vegetation sprung into life (along with the tadpoles 150m before the finish) and in several areas the boundaries changed slightly making some controls tricky but acceptable if taken with care. From comments, it seems the trickiest was the wall end (9 on Green, 12 on Blue) with a number of people commenting on the best route in. I reckon the optimum route was to come down the hill to the small fenced area next to the out of bounds then follow the veg boundary to the fork in the stream (with small hill) then either follow the south eastern stream to the next fork and bearing into the wall or go diagonally through the vegetation onto the wall.
Finally thanks to Richard for keeping me straight, though I still don’t agree with moving the control out of the gully and making it more visible, and Brian for the organisation on the day.
Nick Fernandes
Controller’s Comments
What a superb spring day to be outside. The area was a lot drier than it often is and the sunshine made the whole experience very pleasant. I hope you all appreciated the added colour of the bluebells and the smell of the wild garlic.
Priors Park is a technically intricate area, hence all the courses were quite short in distance. I hope you all found the difficulty at the right level. The times suggest we got it about right. Apologies for those who wanted a long run but the area has limited opportunity for full speed running off the paths. We tried to keep you away from the worst of the brambles but as it is I ended up dealing with three first aid cases and I expect most of you will have some scratches to show for your efforts.
With part of the woods out of bounds to us on this occasion I think Nick did a superb job fitting all the courses in a smaller than usual area so many thanks to him. Thanks also to Brian and his efficient team of helpers. Thanks also to Bill for mapping and e-punching - glad to see you got a run in yourself this time. Thanks of course to all who came, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves.
Richard Sansbury
1. Simon Beck M45 SN 41.26
2. William Kromhout M21 Kerno 52.34
3. Brian Pearson M45 QO 54.47
4. Ian Bartlett M40 QO 57.35
5. Richard Kromhout M21 Kerno 64.18
6. Mark Larcombe M45 QO 64.21
7. Andy Bowman M40 QO 69.09
8. Andy Rimes M40 QO 72.43
9. Martin Longhurst M50 QO 73.37
10. Geoff Richardson M40 QO 73.42 11. Jim Mallinson M55 QO 75.56
***** Colour Standard *****
12. John Chesters M55 QO 78.29
13= John Searle M55 BOK 87.23
13= Matt Leathwood M21 Ind 87.23
15. Sue Gard W55 QO 96.54
16. Matthew Knipe M40 QO 97.17
17. Hugh Crawford M50 QO 98.49
18. Kevin Cullen M21 QO 104.24
19. Jim Nickolls M35 QO 106.15
20. Keith Bolling M45 QO 107.55
21. Chris Miller M45 Devon 113.56
Rachel Bowen W21 Ind Ret
GREEN COURSE 3.3km 165m
1. John Trayler M60 QO 62.42
2. Paul Millard M60 Devon 63.50
3. Neil Clegg M45 QO 63.51
4. Ron Foord M45 QO 63.55
5. Tony Milroy M55 QO 67.13
6. John Round M45 QO 67.54
7. Roger Hateley M60 Devon 68.27
8. Graham Hartley M40 QO 69.06
9. Dave Livsey M65 Devon 70.19
10. Mike Kite M55 Wim 74.43
11. Nick Ajderian M45 BOK 77.22
12. Sue Hateley W60 Devon 77.57
13. Stephen Williams M50 QO 79.56
14. Rosie Wych W50 QO 80.44
15. Val Livsey W65 Devon 81.22
16. Don Gray M55 QO 82.48
17. Peter Butcher M55 Ind 84.03
18. Tom Butcher M21 Ind 85.34
19. John Higgins M70 BOK 91.55
20. Kev Hazell M40 Devon 93.00
***** Colour Standard *****
21. Steve Elliston M55 QO 94.19
22. Deb Hazell W40 Devon 96.04
23. Roger Craddock M65 QO 98.34
24. Ben Davis M8 BOK 113.58
25. Helen Thorn W45 Ind 121.27
LIGHT GREEN COURSE 2.6km 170m
1. Declan Gray M16 QO 37.19
2. Chris Cudmore M50 QO 61.49
3. John Baybutt M60 QO 64.07
4. Bob Lloyd M65 QO 69.30
5. Alice Round W14 QO 70.26
6. Penny Richardson W40 QO 81.30
***** Colour Standard *****
7. Chris Denton M21 Ind 84.05
8. Iain Pye M35 QO 85.42
9. Marie Edmonds W50 QO 94.19
10. Ruth Chesters W55 QO 105.44
N/C Bill Vigar M70 QO 34.19
Margaret Millard W55 Devon Ret
Jenny Tennant W75 QO Ret
ORANGE COURSE 2.5km 120m
1. Joel Llewellyn M14 QO 40.52
2. Norman Harvey M60 QO 50.58
3. Nikki Pearson W40 QO 59.49
4. Georgia Hazell W9 QO 65.33
5. Marian Bartlett W40 Ind 66.10
***** Colour Standard *****
6. Arne Scott M14 Ind 68.03
7. Jan Daniels W45 QO 74.36
8. Angie Nichols W21 QO 92.14
9. Kay Elliston W45 QO 126.11
YELLOW COURSE 1.9km 85m
1. Jessica Hazell W9 Devon 29.08
2. Lottie Hazell W9 Devon 29.09
3. Jeremy Mantingh M9 Ind 40.04
***** Colour Standard *****
4. Joe Scott M8 Ind 56.34
5. Eleanor RichardsonW8 QO 58.13
6. Garry Wakeling M40 QO 69.25
WHITE COURSE 1.1km 40m
1. Eleanor Pearson W9 QO 11.12
2. Matthew Pearson M6 QO 12.42
3. Tasmin Stockwell W21 Ind 16.33
4. Alissa Goefron M5 Ind 20.41
***** Colour Standard *****