Results for LEI C3 March 2006, Belvoir West, 26/03/2006

21.40pm Monday Revised provisional results uploaded after software fault corrected

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Planner’s comments

Putting out the controls on Saturday, we see a Brimstone flutter by (butterfly), it is warm and such a contrast with planning in the snow or rain.

On the day, one hears that the route choices available were being used and one sees competitors taking routes one has not dreamt of. We have debates over rides and tracks and about coniferous and broad leafed trees - must check the symbols when I get back!

I started planning early but the estate is only open after the shooting season in February. However after visiting the game keeper I was able to find the occasional free days when I would be able to avoid the guns. Unfortunately last year’s event had caused some difficulties which the club was not aware of. So I needed to visit the elderberry fruit farmer too. By the way did you try the elderflower cordial – if not, perhaps next time? Anyway I agreed any routes I could use – stick to the paths! I would create extra OOBs to avoid the problem areas this time.

I had a few ideas before drafting out some courses: I wanted to get them to the terrace - west of Wood Lane, also to use the Fruit farm. So I would use the Church Thorns sites and I would have the long legs to give a choice of staying on the Jubilee Way or descending and going round. I would avoid the far west for course 1&2 in order that this could be used my more competitors in 2007.

The short courses would be straight forward as it is a long way back to the car park anyway! An array of controls was selected in Church Thorns, but the name gives it away - there are usually thorns going in and coming out of the area, with some runnable wood in between. So let’s move the planned start to a more sheltered spot, but the JM/W1 still needed to come out of the start the wrong way, so why not a few more!

Shortly before the event we decided to change one of the three map sizes from A4 to A3. Let’s redo some of the middle courses again, get rid of course 3a and 3b, also avoid some of the contortions necessary with a smaller map. The week before the event some forestry work is taking place so more map changes are needed. Final details are published. The controller and I meet and we change all the short courses slightly. On Sunday we agree all the courses for the following weekend. Phew!

By the way, a change of controller a month before the event also leads to more interest and intensity! Thanks Mick for all the advice and course improvements; also to my control collectors Ian Wells, Laurie Fluck and John Marriott.

Roger Edwards

LEI

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