Splits

8.9km 110m

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1st	Jason Howell	HOC	M40	76:44
2nd	Jonathon Creak	BAOC	M35	80:48
3rd	Daniel Mann	BOK	M20	83:16
4th	Andis Celinskis	NOC	M21	85:27
5th	Richard Parkin	DVO	M40	86:41
6th	Howard Alcock	LEI	M40	89:15
7th	Clive Richardson	WRE	M45	100:22
8th	Jamie Sutherland	LEI	M40	104:50
9th	Mark Webster	NOC	M45	127:27
10th	Mark Hardy	LEI	M45	131:36
11th	Paul Caban	INT	M45	136:42
12th	Peter Langmaid	HOC	M40	144:16
m17-21	Steve Edgar	LEI	M45	124:54

Splits

7.1km 85m

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1st	David Williams	HOC	M50	68:25
2nd	Andrew White	HOC	M55	81:26
3rd	Michael Baggott	HOC	M60	83:24
4th	Roger Mann	BOK	M50	84:43
5th	Paul Hill	WRE	M45	87:18
6th	Anne Straube	OD	W35	92:17
7th	David Bray	LEI	M55	92:26
8th	Jonathan Howell	WCH	M60	93:58
9th	Peter Hornsby	LEI	M55	108:18
10th	Jeffrey Baker	LOG	M60	112:11
11th	Tanya Taylor	LOG	W40	112:22
12th	Alison Hardy	LEI	W45	114:33
13th	John Marriott	LEI	M60	117:19
14th	Robert Haskins	LEI	M60	119:50
15th	Kerstin Mitchell	HOC	W45	139:55

Splits

5km 60m

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1st	Paul Graetz	POTOC	M65	70:42
2nd	Marian White	HOC	W50	92:56
3rd	Derek Turner	WRE	M70	94:08
4th	Judith Holt	DVO	W60	95:14
5th	Brian Morris	WRE	M70	98:24
w1	Derek Herd	LEI	M40	73:15

Splits

4km 50m

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1st	Tracey Brookes	LEI	W45	82:13
2nd	David Parkin	DVO	M75	96:10

Splits

2.8km 40m

Pos	Name	Club	Age Class	Time
1st	Euan Tebbutt	LEI	M14	34:07
2nd	Ethan Tebbutt	LEI	M12	44:28
3rd	James Howell	HOC	M12	100:05

Although Simon was not able to be at the Midland Night Championships or the East Midlands League Event in person he had to have been there in spirit having undertaken the duties of Controller until just before the weekend when I took over on his behalf. The amount of work that both Simon and Graham had put in was evident not only when I checked all of the competition maps for both events, but also when I checked the control sites on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday morning. For those who were not aware, the 35 'Night Controls' were, in the main, unique from the 51 'Day Controls', thus making the work of planning and controlling so much more substantial. On both Saturday and Sunday Graham was literally a tower of strength and worked tirelessly to ensure that all was set up for challenging courses both at night-time and in the daylight.

The 'Night Championships' courses received many compliments though some competitors thought that the longer courses were a little too long for the variety of terrain, and that the visibility of some of the controls was not helped by a combination of the height of the surrounding undergrowth and the stakes perhaps going a little further into the waterlogged ground than would have happened if the ground had been firmer and drier. Under foot conditions were also mentioned by some as being 'pretty hard going'. The organisation of the event by Iain and his team was also complimented, including the lighting in the Assembly Area, as was the efficiency of the presentation of the 'Buffs' to the Champions in the respective age classes. One unexpected highlight of the evening for many of those attending was the opportunity to see the Conkers Firework Display in all its glory during the evening south of the Assembly Area though those still in the woods could well have been distracted by the noises in the night sky!

The East Midlands League Event attracted fewer competitors than expected but the courses were complimented upon by many as being a fair test of orienteering ability and navigation, especially with the changes in the terrain and the need for good compass work and pace counting, in particular in the area described in words such as the 'the runnable wooded bit with the green blobs' and 'the part with the mapped thickets, trees and undergrowth'. As at the Night Event the very wet underfoot conditions were commented upon, to such an extent that one appropriate comment from a competitor at both Events was that it should have been labelled the 'Swamp-O Weekend'!

The availability of parking and the indoor facilities of Conkers was much appreciated as was the organisation of Chris and his team, though one competitor, tongue-in-cheek, said that it was a shame that the miniature railway hadn't been available to be used to transport the competitors between Conkers and the Start!

Overall this was an excellent weekend of orienteering for both the competitors and the organising Club. Well Done!

Ernie Williams