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Controllers Comments

Ian’s courses used the area well and using SI punching allowed some controls to be fairly close to the later sites.  He had few controls in the west as vandalism was expected. Only a kite on the Yellow disappeared, but was replaced before the start time. The kite was found in Irchester village!  Some of the vegetation, but not the brambles, had died back making a few controls rather easier than expected.

The difficulty in fully mapping all the earthwalls did not allow Ian to use some sites, which he would like to have used; this would have improved a few legs.

Failure of four batteries on the morning was handled easily from the stock of five spares.

Comments I heard on the day were that adult competitors enjoyed their run, so I hope it applied to you too!

Roger Edwards LEI

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Organisers Comments

Most of all I would like to thank the small team of helpers who pitched in to make the event run smoothly. Special mention must be made of the efforts of Kevin Bradley and Andy Portsmouth who looked after the technical side of the SI business.

The location, the competition from another event and the weather all conspired to keep the number of competitors down below 100. Nevertheless, those who came seemed to have enjoyed it.

We were very fortunate to have been given the use of a building for registration and download – as the weather turned out it was an absolute godsend. The Rangers at Irchester were very helpful and accommodating making my job all the easier.

No accidents reported, no lost property, no missing competitors (almost launched a search party for the last finisher on Brown!) and the sun eventually shone on the later runners. So, despite the low turnout I’ll consider it a success.

 Neil Eaton.

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Planner’s Comments

It was always going to be difficult to get a reasonable attendance for an event so far from Leicester  - what with the CompassSport cup final on the same day. The weather didn’t help, but at least it brightened up later and the trees looked glorious in the vast range of hues and colours.

I hope those who came enjoyed their runs, even if they were not quite as challenging as I would have liked. The courses were limited because of minor anomalies on the map where earthbanks and paths are incorrect with relation with each other and this prevented a whole block of forest being used. This is a considerable constraint when there are large areas of particularly pain inducing hawthorn, allowing few chances to escape the path network.

I was very apprehensive about using e-punching considering I had lost 3 controls at a RAFO event in ’92. Fortunately my fears proved unfounded and we only suffered minor vandalism in the vicinity of Big Foot Pond on Saturday night. A certain wayward orienteer who came the scenic route via Irchester located a kite on the village green. Thanks Ernie!

With only 95 competitors  I thought it important that they should all complete their courses. Faced with an East Midlands Champion about to retire became a mobile master map providing key information on the location of the final 3 controls. In the interests of fairness we refused to accept a “retirement” from a lady who had omitted to dib at the last control and sent her back out again.

Thanks to Neil for collecting and returning equipment and to Roger for letting me play on his computer, chauffeuring and collecting controls.     

 Ian Wells