SINS No. 269 November 2011

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1 SINS No. 269 November 2011 South West Orienteering Association Newsletter

2 CONTENTS Ann Hughes heading towards the final control on Day 2 of the Caddihoe Chase Editorial Chairman s Chat SWOA News Colour Coded Awards SW Sprint Championships - Format Selections Obituary Caddihoe Chase French 6 Days SWOA Fixtures Results Galoppen Forest Challenge Correction: My apologies to Dennis Hammett for wrongly putting him as the 2011 British Champion. EDITORIAL The season is well under way now, we have had four out of the nine galoppens by the time you read this, although there will be only two scores. Congratulations to all the SW Long and Sprint Champions. Also to all the success the SW has had in the past two months in National events. The British Schools Score championships in the New Forest saw a large number of SW Juniors taking part. My apologies if I have missed any School or SW Junior out of the list in the results section It is with great sorrow that we record the death of Mike Tween from WIM. Mike was one of the early pioneers of the sport in the SW. Older members of SWOA will be saddened to hear of the death of Mike Wareham from DEVON OC. I would like to send my condolences to both Chris Tween and Ann Wareham.. Congratulations to the SW Clubs who competed in the Compass Sport Cup Final. It was a great achievement to have reached the final. CHAIRMAN S CHAT Yes, SWOA now has a chairman again even though he couldn t attend the AGM I m John Dyson, chairman also of Devon OC, and before retiring to Devon from Yorkshire seven years ago, I was active with South Yorkshire Orienteers and YHOA. So I am familiar with the BOF structure, and known to quite a few key players outside our region. If you want to air your feelings about any aspect of our favourite sport, you know who to approach john@dysonz.com please don t all rush to your keyboards now, but perhaps add me to your contact list. Recently I went back to Yorkshire for the British Orienteering Association and Club Conference held in Sheffield, and also enjoyed a non-competitive run in the CompassSport/Club Championships Final nearby. Congratulations to BOK, fourth out of 9 in the larger clubs section indeed at full strength they could have come second. Well done SARUM and NGOC, too, for making their mark in the smaller clubs section, in third and sixth place respectively out of 11 clubs. Back to the Conference, held at Sheffield Hallam University, conveniently close to the main station: about 50 delegates attended, including also Mike Forrest and Scott Collier from our region. Much of the time we worked in small groups, trying to answer the perennial questions such as How can we retain members? Many of the problem areas attracted a diversity of opinions especially from our Scottish friends who usually make their presence felt. Two key points emerged to me: 1 That some specialist committees will in future become specialist groups, with a mixture of some association representatives and some key players. However the Fixtures Committee will clearly continue to have one representative from each association, though meetings may be less frequent with high travel costs and the convenience of . We await the composition of the new Event and Competitions Committee, a key component of the new structure, which is due to commence early next year. All associations will have a representative on this body.

3 2 That the costs of British Orienteering funded by the membership should be slanted more towards levies and less to membership fees. Pay as you play was a popular theme, and I expect to see some alternative proposals on changes here for next year s AGM at Easter. A low rate of, say, 25p could apply in place of the current nil rate for the first 75 participants in each event coupled with a freeze, or even a reduction, in the BO membership fee. May the winter be a milder one, and I look forward to seeing many of you at Holne Moor on November 13 th for the Galoppen and the Yvette Baker Trophy first round. John Dyson DEVON SWOA NEWS SWOA AGM SUMMARY WE NOW HAVE A CHAIRMAN, John Dyson, the chairman of Devon OC; and a new Fixtures Secretary, Richard Sansbury of QO. The other officials and the committee are unchanged. A total of 13 attended, from only five clubs. The name of the association was formally changed to South West Orienteering Association from South Western OA, to match what BOF uses. The bank balance at the end of the financial year stood at ; grants to individuals for training camps and representative competitions totalled The South West junior Squad was self-financing. An increase in membership fees was agreed for 2013 the Family fee will be 9 and the Senior one 6; Juniors and Clubs will stay the same. The AGM minutes and officials reports are on the SWOA website. NEXT SWOA MEETING The next SWOA committee meeting will be on 7 th December in Ilchester. Arthur Vince, SWOA Secretary COLOUR CODED AWARDS There have been no applications for Colour Coded Awards this month. Now that the new season has started, please remember to claim your Colour Award To qualify you must be within the first 50% of all starters or within 1½ times the winner s time in the results on the same colour course, 3 times in any 2 years. For WHITE courses you only need to complete the course 3 times. STRING COURSE (PURPLE) is for any young person who does not already hold any other colour award, and who has completed 3 string courses. To obtain a colour coded badge award please let me have the 3 dates on which you qualified (anywhere in Britain) and 1 for Juniors (20 & under) or 2 for Seniors (21 & over). These prices are subsidised by S.W.O.A. If applying by post please make cheques payable to S.W.O.A. and enclose a stamped addressed envelope. My address is: 6, York Gardens, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4LL. Sorry no . Anne Donnell BOK SW SPRINT DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS WHAT FORMAT? The rules for SWOA championship events state that: they shall be organised and planned according to BOF Rules and Guidelines. The precise format for the Sprint distance event is not specified. Of the three SWOA Sprint championships so far staged, the first two added the times from two separate races on the same day to get the final result; this year s results depended only on the second race of the day, as the first race decided only the starting order for the final. For the SW championships it is highly unlikely that we will need qualifying races to determine which of several finals competitors run in as for the British Championships. It is attractive to would-be competitors to be able to run in two races. However, not all areas otherwise suitable could support two different courses for each group of age classes. The SW championship needs a standard format. What do you think is the best one? Only one race; two races with both counting; or two races with the first not counting? A decision will be made

4 by the SWOA committee at its February meeting next year, so your view should be received well in time for that. Arthur Vince SWOA Secretary SELECTIONS Congratulations to the following who have been selected for the B.O. development squads: Elite: Alice Butt SARUM Talent: Jack Benham SARUM Duncan Birtwhistle BOK Lucy Butt SARUM MIKE TWEEN It is with great sadness that we have to record the death of Mike Tween at the age of 84, a pioneer of Orienteering in the South. Mike and Cris first became involved in the sport being members of Dorset Orienteering Association in the late 1960's from which WIM emerged in He made a major contribution to the sport in many different fields, being a meticulous mapper with his name appearing on the map of Canford Heath used for the first Boxing Day Canter. Several of our current maps are based on Mike's original surveys. He put in an immense amount of time and effort in event administration, quietly working behind the scenes in all aspects of event organisation. Mike served as SWOA Secretary and was Editor of SINS. A particular achievement was as organiser of the JK Relays at Bramble Brook in Always a competent and enthusiastic competitor Mike was a skilled and thoughtful planner and supportive Controller, Day 2 of JK 1989 being a notable example of his planning skills. Mike was a naturally gifted engineer with a strong artistic sense and those who have seen the 'Dolphin' trophy which he designed and made will appreciate his practical skills. Mike and Cris' house was always a hive of orienteering activity, where you could be assured of a warm welcome and sound advice on every aspect of Orienteering. His practical and adventurous outlook led to them embarking on a house self build project when they moved from Broadstone to rural Fiddleford. In his later years Mike had the misfortune to contract Lymes Disease, which was quickly followed by the progressive onset of Parkinsons Disease. His increasing physical handicaps never altered his quiet and good humoured personality, continuing to work as a team with Cris. Everyone who knew him admired his fortitude and positive acceptance of his circumstances. Mike will be very much missed and our thoughts are with Cris, Nick, and Malcolm. John Warren with assistance from Trevor Bridle, John Shucksmith and Erik Peckett CADDIHOE CHASE 2011 BURRATOR NORTH/SOUTH For those of you who didn t get to Burrator for the Caddihoe I will do my best to describe it to you. Wet, Wet, very Wet, Muddy, Physical, a map which I thought must be but was , so detailed it was hard to read in places. The rain didn t help or the very wet shoulder high bracken - have I mentioned it was Wet!!!! DAY 1 We were in a camper van so were parked beside the road, the track to the parking field was quite tight near the entrance so all campers had road parking. It suited us, as we were opposite the gate to the start, 2.8k of scenic walk to the start area. I had just 3.8k 180m climb but it took me 80.38mins, I was a while sorting the paths out in my head after I started, then I was looking for my 1 st control opposite the 1 st crossing point instead of the 2 nd. That behind me I managed to get in touch with the map and I was ok, but it took me ages, steamed up glasses and a very detailed map didn t help, I m sure a lot of runners had the same problem!!! The first days run only skimmed the moor, most of the controls were in very detailed wooded areas. We camped (in the van) near Tavistock It rained hard all night, the forecast was some heavy showers, I think they all joined together. DAY 2

5 I think it s now fair to mention the MUD a few more times, the field by now was so Wet and Muddy we all had to park road side It seemed that a lot of the runners decided to skip the 2 nd day, the start area seemed quite thin on runners, usually a chasing start causes lots of problems, crowds of runners, but it was very uncrowned. Day 2 s start was 1.8k walk, you could walk along the road but I decided to go along the Muddy paths, getting used to what I had in store. Longer courses had a river crossing, this was flooded so we had to go south of the crossing by a couple of 100m for a bridge to cross, and this was between my 2-3 controls. The rain did hold off while I was running, I still managed to get very wet with the high bracken and lack of height. Another physical course, I had problems finding no.4 it took me 14mins, but ok otherwise, still not fast it took me seconds faster than day mins. From 4-5 was steep out onto the moor, after that all downhill, when I punched the control I looked across at the most amazing view of Burrator Reservoir and the countryside around. Where it had rained so much the views where so clean and clear. All you fast runners wouldn t have noticed. I did enjoy my weekend, very exhilarating. Devon Club, you deserve medals, it must have been a nightmare after the good weather in the week before the event and then you had all the rain. It was lucky the cars could be parked on the road side. Well done to you all. I hope we get better weather for 2012 Denise Mullins SARUM FRENCH 6 DAYS THE KERNO PERSPECTIVE. Day 1 SUNDAY: Will gets kicked in Les Gouilles! My therapy account This was my first experience of foreign orienteering. I received lots of advice from my fellow travellers, mostly along the lines of, You ll find it hard and Just aim to get round. The course details looked OK, 5.9K with 295 climb, not much more than a typical Brown course, or so I thought, in a cocky frame of mind. It's hard to describe the terrain of Les Gouilles, think of contour detail akin to Penhale or Hayle; pits, knolls, re-entrants but in a fairly low visibility forest! Maybe I could blame the poor performance on an early start 0904! Anyhow after leaving our gite really early we still only just made it in time, and even then with some opportune parking. So I was off and running down a big track, and first confusion of the day was coming across an enormous O kite, maybe a metre high. Eventually I realised this was the start. #1 looked easy, run down the track; hit the second path and then head north to the control, no more than 300m in all. Some 37(!) minutes later I got it. And then you know how it goes. A bad start often leads to a general state of malaise, and that s what happened. I never had such a bad experience after #1 but I just couldn t get into the map and never felt in control. So after #7 (of 20) I called it a day after almost 2 hours! Shocking!! I ve never felt so depressed and despondent after a run, even at Penhale or Braunton! Fortunately, my fellow travellers were there to offer orienteering counselling. Even Phil didn t laugh at me (well, not as much as usual). So what did I learn, especially from the sage advice? Well, I don t know yet, I ll have to see if I can get better tomorrow. What it did show is that my usual orienteering strategy is fundamentally flawed in these technical areas. My approach is generally a traverse of the terrain on a bearing, not considering much of the map detail. Usually this works in a Cornish forest, if not I hit something and realise my error. I can quickly make up lost time by running. Here, well, if I don t hit it I could be anywhere. Relocation was not readily available, so errors were heavily punished. Tomorrow I ll try to count the features off as I go, or take the longer path options round. Will it work? We will see more to follow! Big respect to all my comrades who made it round their courses in good times! Will Hancock, your traumatised, humbled correspondent! Epilogue Day 1 A mega walk to the assembly from parking that must have stretched for 5km+ along the approach roads. One KERNO car had a 45 minute walk while the other drove further up the hill to find a space Day 2 La Grande Teppe After the first day, I think everyone was feeling a little shell-shocked, but at the same time, looking forward to having another crack at it, particularly as it was an adjacent area to Day 1. We got there early as the parking the day before had been terrible. Got a good parking spot and made our way up to assembly and hunkered down in trees as we were hit by a thunder shower. On a good note, the start was only 5 minutes away, so we were ready well in advance.

6 The terrain started just as yesterday in that it was forested karst with very intricate detail. I had a reasonably long leg to No. 1, so took it very safe, although even this choice lost me several minutes when I got close to the control. Still, one down, 12 to go The terrain started just as yesterday in that it was forested karst with very intricate detail. I had a reasonably long leg to No. 1, so took it very safe, although even this choice lost me several minutes when I got close to the control. Still, one down, 12 to go. Quick to 2, then 3 also OK. I decided that for the long run to 4 I would reverse back to the main track and cut in later. This, although longer, proved to be a good choice. 4 to 5 started rough, and then I picked up a track and found the crag after a little messing around. Quick decision to 6 meant that I headed back to the track for a longer run to an easy attack point. 7 and 8 were straightforward across alpine pasture, but messed up the route to 9 by going a little low. 10 was easy as was 11, but lots of uphill on muddy ground. Got to 11 and knew that I now had to be careful as I was right back into the thick of the forest. Took it very carefully, and after a bit of hesitation, found it before racing down to 13 and a sprint to the finish. Looking at the results, given the competition, terrain and how I felt about the run, I d say this was probably my best ever performance. Phil Newall Day 3 Le Pleurachat I, reports Elsie, failed to finish on Day 2 and we had just had the rest day so I was ready and prepared, I thought, for whatever awaited us on Day 3 at Le Pleurachat. In the toilet queue I got chatting with a fellow Brit (well actually she was Scottish) about Day 2 and we discussed our highs and lows on the course, as it turned out we were doing the same one albeit in different age classes. I described how I had started off very well but had taken so long to find #4 that I had lost heart and contemplated retirement but had thought-- No-- carry on. However, my route between 5 and 6 had taken me over a very steep and rough cliff face and I had scared myself at the risks involved. Oh!, she said, I know the one you mean my pants are in the bin!!! So on the start line concentrate pick up map and make way to start kite (which by the way was very large). Look at the map and plan route to 1 shouldn't be too difficult just go on a compass bearing through 150m of forest to a track pick an attack point and then in the control is only about 20m in simples! As I set off, I see on the map a small patch of red hatching between my #1 and#2. It is obviously drawn on by hand as it quickly becomes smudged by my very sweaty fingers (the temperature was in the 30's). No-one had explained its significance at the start so I was a little baffled---was it out of bounds? I set off on my bearing going OK as this part of the terrain is not too thickly wooded and I can make good forward progress. Then I come to a path looking at the map I see no path but no panic as I know I have not gone far enough yet. However, as I hesitated I was asked by several people to show them where they were on the map the path had obviously confused them too. By the time I had got away my concentration was disturbed so that when I emerged onto the right track I plunged into the forest again towards #1 as quickly as possible to make up lost time. Big mistake! I did not find it and I realised I was not sure where I was. However, once again no panic as I quickly re-emerged onto the track and this time took the time to locate myself exactly before going in again. The forest was very thick and green with poor visibility, and the floor was covered with moss-covered rocks and fallen trees. It was like an assault course and very difficult to make any progress. I found a control in a depression by a large open area not mine but I was able to find it on the map I had come in too far my control is on a clearing back towards the track. So I turn round and follow a compass bearing towards it. I take on the assault course again and find a clearing but no control. So back out to the track to double check where I am yes I am definitely sure of my exact position on the track. Into the forest again slowly this time checking off features as best as I could given that I was climbing over trees, under trees, around rocks, into holes, over ant hills until I could see a clearing thank goodness oh no, it's not mine how can this be? Another orienteer is also here but she doesn't know where she is either. A competitor suddenly appears and punches the control. My companion asks him where it is and I ask her to show me. So once again I know exactly where I am on the map not too far away from my target. Another compass bearing, another assault course but no control in sight. I am now in a very physically challenging area of the forest windblown trees on the ground and it is very difficult to move. This must be the hatched area on my map mystery solved. So once again I know exactly where I am but no control. By now I am very tired, very hot and very frustrated. I have been in and out of this bit of forest 4 times to relocate and each time I have been certain of my position but have not found the control. I have been concentrating hard and have been physically drained by the nature of the terrain as I contemplated yet another foray into the forest I looked at my watch to see how much time I have taken and I am amazed to see that it is 59 min since I started the course and I have not found #1. I looked at the rest of the course and realised I could take another 2 hours at this rate for a 2km course!!!!! I decided to retire it took me another 45mins to walk back to the finish! This was not the first time I had failed to finish a course but it was the first time I had failed to find a single control.

7 Elsie Hargreaves Day 4 - Feckless in Le Feclaz. Please, someone give me some counting lessons how easy is it to get confused? Very easy!! We had all been chewed up and spat out by the previous forest so today we were on a new area would it be any better? We had a later start so that was a good and the arena area gave us some confidence there was some flat ground although the run in looked tough. A 2km walk to the start gave the muscles a chance to loosen up still suffering after the rest day don t ask!! The courses were all much longer and as we were walking to the start we heard an announcement to say the courses were 10% longer than advertised is this a good thing or a bad thing? Set off - we all had late start times so it might get lonely in the forest. First three controls not too bad but then was I at 3 going to 4 or was it 4 going to 5 chose the wrong control and ended up going in completely the wrong direction had the feeling that something was not quite right and fortunately there were enough features for me to be able to relocate - but it was too late and I lost time and the chance for me to have my best run! Made one more mistake and then went as fast as I could on the later controls even had some splits faster than Phil!! Tough uphill finish for everyone and were given a 1½ litre bottle of water to tip over the head and drink! It was very hot! Everyone got round safely and although distances were greater we all thought it was a much better day than those previous. Adele Newall Day 5 Creux de la Cavale An early start for most of us for me which meant getting up at 0530 to have breakfast and drive the 20 miles to the event centre and assembly. A 2km walk to the start was pleasant enough although at 1400m altitude it felt cool. From the start a 400m leg down a path should have been easy - it wasn't - distracted by a similar feature 75m before I reckon I lost 3 minutes straight away. Time to concentrate - using the faint paths again I made my way to #2 with no great problem. Now it got difficult - it is hard to try and describe the terrain, fallen trees, rocky karst limestone, holes to fall in or rock faces to climb - a straight line was impossible. The 125m to #3 took 5:51 and I didn't stop trying to move forward! The next one should have been easier - out to the path, turn right and go down the first path on the left - didn't see it!. Relocate at the road and retrace counting off the features - got it. Then met Elsie as she was tracking into her control on a boulder - good attack point for me though - and again the control in an overgrown hole/depression/rock face. Off to the next one - a fairly coarse bearing but passed a control, the number I glimpsed - saw Elsie again - that one was hers - to a path and into the control. The next leg was a mainly track and path running the end of which finished in an open swath into a depression. The penultimate control was fairly easy to get into - but harder to get out of. The run in across open meadow and down the finish chute was a relief. But under an hour for 2.6km - 45:47 - was OK [still lost about 4 minutes on errors] and put me ahead of some very competent Brits on the same course. Phew! It's now 1100hrs - what to do for the rest of the day? Be a tourist of course. Roger Hargreaves Day 6 - Montagne de Lachat The week of orienteering was nearly over - one more day to go. Up at 0530 again, house all cleaned, tidied, dusted and mopped the night before; quick breakfast, load the car and off to the event at 0620! I was apprehensive about this one - 1.8km 155m climb! What 5% rule? Arrive in adequate time and after chatting to one or two other early starters we made our way to the arena and Will recovered one of Pauline's absent but expensive socks! Got changed and off to the start - walked down with Elsie to the gathering crowd. Met up with KERNO's controller for the 2013 event at Penhale. Need to concentrate now - get close to the starting area - David May comes up behind me and tells me I have a 2 minute start on him - great! Pick up the map and off on the 100m run to the massive start kite - getting used to this. However, old habits die hard and I miss the first control - not by much but... see lots of controls - relocate - hang-on look for the paths on the map. Here's one, try that - wait that looks like my re-entrant - yes!!. Now to get to #2 - that path looks helpful. So let's use the path - it doesn't go straight but...- see the bold line on the map - it does take me very near my control - #2 sorted. A direct route to three was fine. I didn't fancy the direct line to #4 but I saw the path to the SW and used that and then the distinct re-entrant to the SSE of the control. Found Elsie here and we had a chat. On to #4 - don't know what it was on - boulder, knoll, or boulder field. Met Elsie again - where are we? your #3 I reply - Oh heck! - says she. Now #5, N re-entrant it says on the control descriptions. I used the paths to get close but wandered about in the circle - and eventually there was the control in a rocky pit! At the finish those who had 111 were agreed it was in a most unlikely position.

8 It got a bit easier now the contours got less dense and it was almost straight routes to the other controls. Phew! Under the hour with 44min 17 seconds. Even so post race analysis suggested I had lost about 5 minutes. The winner? 25 minutes!! Roger Hargreaves. See map over page Map to illustrate path from control 1 to 2 on Day 6 SWOA FIXTURES December rd Level D NGOC League 3, Flaxley Woods, Cinderford, SO Dogs: To be kept under control at all times. Organiser: Tom Mills, t.mills01@btinternet.com, rd Level D WSX Urban Race, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, SZ Entry times: 11:30 to 14:00. No dogs allowed. Organiser: Sarah Houlder 4 th Level D Devon League, Princetown, SX Organiser: Hana Skuckova, hskuckova@hotmail.com, th Level D QOAD2 Night Event, St Audries, Taunton, ST Registration: Starts: Dogs allowed. Organiser: Graham Hartley, grahamhartley@btinternet.com, th Level D Devon & Cornwall Night League, Five Tors, Tavistock, SX Organiser: Paul Glanville, katebiff@hotmail.co.uk, th Level D WIM 3 in 1 event, Hurn Forest, St Ives, SU Entry times: Informal pm. Dogs: On short lead at all times. Organiser: Noel Smith 10 th Level D BOK Forest League 3, Ashton Hill Woods, Bristol Entry times: No dogs allowed. Organiser: Dave Urch,

9 11 th Level D KERNO Forest League 12, Idless Woods, Truro, SW Dogs allowed. Organiser: Elsie Hargreaves, emhargreaves@hotmail.co.uk, th Level D Western Night League, Sheepscombe, Cheltenham, SO Dogs: To be kept under control at all times. Organiser: Greg Best, greg@abbeyhotel-cheltenham.com, th Level D QO Forest League 2, Lydead Hill, Taunton, ST Starts 11am to 1pm Dogs allowed. Organiser: Mark Maynard, mayn8599@btinternet.com 26 th Level D Boxing Day Canter, Moors Valley Country Park, Ringwood Entry times: 11am mass start. Dogs must be on short lead at all times. Organiser: Karen French, karen.e.french@virgin.net 30 th Level D Christmas Novelty, Sheldon, Sheldon, ST Organiser: Mark Maynard January st Level D SARUM New Year's Day Score, Bulford Ridges, Tidworth, SU Dogs: On leads, please. Organiser: Charlotte Thornton, c.thornton53@googl .com, st Level D NGOC New Years Day Score, Bixslade, Coleford, SO Dogs: Dogs to be kept under control at all times. Organiser: Neil Cameron, nmcameron@tesco.net, nd Level D DEVON New Year Novelty, Parke, Bovey Tracey, SX Organiser: Anthony Dew, Mass Start th Level D BOK Forest League 4, Purdown, Bristol, ST Entry times: Dogs allowed. Organiser: Caroline Potter, th Level D NGOC Western Night League, Symonds Yat, Coleford, SO Organiser: Dave Hartley, th Level D QOAD3 Night Event, Holway, Taunton, ST Registration: Starts: Dogs allowed. Organiser: William Kromhout, willdebeast72@hotmail.com 15th Level C KERNO SW Galoppen & Club Forest League 1, Lanhydrock, Bodmin 15 th Level D BOK Local (inc.aso), Rocks East, Bath, ST Entry times: No dogs allowed th Level D WIM 3 in 1 event, Inside Park, Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum 21 st Level D NGOC League 4, Brierley North, Cinderford, SO Entry times: Registratiobn Starts Dogs to be kept under control at all times. Organiser: Peter Ward, peteandchelle@btinternet.com

10 21st Level D BOK Western Night League Score, Brierley, Parkend, SO Entry times: Dusk. No dogs allowed. Organiser: Peter Ward 21 st Level D KERNO Craddock Moor Night Event, Craddock Moor, Liskeard Entry times: No dogs allowed. Organiser: Richard Smith, dbmh2004-kerno@yahoo.co.uk, nd Level C NWO Galoppen,West Woods, Marlborough, SU th Level D DEVON Devon & Cornwall Night League, Smallhangar Waste, Plympton, SX Organiser: Steve Edmonds, pedmonds@plymouth.ac.uk, th Level D QO Forest League 3, Dead Woman's Ditch, Taunton, ST Starts 11am to 1pm Dogs allowed. Organiser: Mark Maynard, mayn8599@btinternet.com February th Level D SARUM Dorset Schools League, limited Colour coded & Night event, Stonedown Woods, Sixpenny Handley Dogs: Under control, please. Organiser: Sarah Buck 4th Level D NGOC Informal, Crickley Hill, Cheltenham, SO Organiser: Caroline Craig, secretary@ngoc.org.uk, th Level C WIM Regional Event, Wool Heath, Wareham, SY Entry times: 10.00am pm. No dogs allowed. 11th Level D BOK Forest League 5, Bathampton, Bath, ST Entry times: No dogs allowed. Organiser: Philip Fawkner-Corbett, th Level D NWO Informal (Day) + Western Night League, Copse Wood, Marlborough Registration 10:30 to 11:30. Starts 11:00 to 12:00. Courses close 14:00 northwilts.org.uk 11th Level D KERNO Devon and Cornwall Night league Coldrenick, Liskeard No dogs allowed. Organiser: Robert Sneyd, robert.sneyd@pms.ac.uk, th Level D QO Forest League 4, Cothelstone Hill, Taunton, ST Starts 11am to 1pm Dogs allowed. Organiser: Mark Maynard, mayn8599@btinternet.com 12th Level B WSX Dorset Delight, Bisterne Close, Burley, SU Organiser: Julie Astin, julie@astin.free-online.co.uk 18 th Level D NGOC League 5, Cranham, Cheltenham, SO Dogs: Dogs to be kept under control at all times. Organiser: John Shea, j.shea1@btinternet.com, th Level D QOAD4 Night Event, Triscombe Stone, Taunton, ST Registration: Starts: Dogs allowed. Organiser: Jim Mallinson

11 19th Level B DEVON SWOA CompassSport Cup & Trophy Heat, Haytor, Devon, SX Organiser: Wilfrid Taylor, l.taylor@madasafish.com, th Level A SARUM British Night Championships, Hamptworth, Salisbury, SU Entry times: Pre- entry only via Fabian4. Dogs: Only allowed in car park & Registration areas. Not allowed on courses. Organiser: Mary Nixon, mary_david_nixon@yahoo.co.uk, th Level B SARUM Saunter Regional Event, Hamptworth, Salisbury, SU Dogs: In car park & registration area only - not on courses. Organiser: Pat Hart, pat.hart81@yahoo.co.uk, RESULTS Congratulations to all those people listed in the following sets of results. SWOA CHAMPIONS 2011 Classic Distance Champions crowned at the Caddihoe Chase held at Burrator on Dartmoor. M10 Ben Narbett BOK M12 Eddie Narbett BOK M14 Mike Hallett BOK M16 Adam Potter BOK M18 Jack Benham SARUM M20 Jamie Parkinson DEVON M21 Mark Bown BOK M35 Gavin Henderson KERNO M40 Peter Ward NGOC M45 Phil Newall KERNO M50 Mark Saunders BOK M55 Rob Parkinson DEVON M60 Steve Beech KERNO M65 David Palmer BOK M70 Tony Noott BOK M75 David Parkin BOK M80 Richard Aman WSX M85 Denis Hamment BOK W10 Rachel Potter BOK W12 Lucy Tonge BOK W14 Chloe Potter BOK W16 Lisa White SARUM W18 Lucy Butt SARUM W20 Elizabeth Reynolds WIM W21 Grace Crane BOK W35 no competitors W40 Jane Stagg BOK W45 Jackie Butt SARUM W50 Ella Bowles DEVON W55 Di Tilsley WIM W60 Sue Hands WIM W65 Jill Green DEVON W70 Vikki Crawford WIM W75 Barbara Warren WIM W80 Anne Donnell BOK W85 no competitors CADDIHOE CHASE WINNERS M10 Wilf Thompson BOK M12 Zac Hudd BOK M14 Michael Hallett BOK M16 Matthew Elkington BOK M20 Jamie Parkinson DEVON M21 Mark Brown BOK M50 Mark Saunders BOK M70 Tony Noott BOK M80 Richard Arman WSX W10 Rachel Potter BOK W12 Lucy Tonge BOK W14 Chloe Potter BOK W16 Lisa White SARUM W18 Lucy Butt SARUM W20 Elizabeth Reynolds WIM W21 Grace Crane BOK W50 Ella Bowles DEVON W65 Jill Green DEVON W70 Vikki Crawford WIM W80 Anne Donnell BOK TRAIL O AT THE CADDIHOE 2 nd Christine Vince KERNO 3 rd Erik Peckett DEVON SWOA SPRINT CHAMPIONS The Sprint Championships were held at Poundbury on 2 nd October. M10 Joseph Hudd BOK W10 Rachel Potter BOK M12 Eddie Narbett BOK W12 Pippa Savage BOK M14 Michael Hallett BOK W14 Chloe Potter BOK W16 Lisa White SARUM M18 Stuart Hanstock BOK W18 Shona Simmons BOK W20 Elizabeth Reynolds WIM M Open Adam Potter BOK W Open Laura Britton BOK M35 Mark Lockett KERNO

12 M40 Paul Gebbett BOK W40 Karen French WIM M45 Dale Pagett WSX W45 Katherine Pike WIM M50 David Hunt BOK W50 Jackie Hallett BOK M55 Sandy Burgon BOK W55 Alison Simmons BOK M60 Tony Hext QO W60 Sue Hands WIM M65 Ian Peirce SARUM W65 Liz Yeadon SARUM M70 John Warren WIM M75 Erik Peckett DEVON UK CUP FINAL The UK Cup final and the Futures Champions Cup Final were held in Pickering Forest North Yorkshire. No SWOA members were able to make it up to the finals of the FCC, Mark Brown, Matthew Franklin and Hanne Kinnunen from BOK were able to go to the UK Cup final. Matthew was 3 rd in his final and Mark 4 th Hanne was 2 nd in her final. Although Grace and Matt Crane were unable to be present as they were in Australia, Grace was third in the overall standings and Matt won the overall cup. BRITISH SCHOOLS ORIENTEERING SCORE CHAMPIONSHIPS The British Schools orienteering championships were held at Beaulieu Estate, Hampshire on the 9 th October. A large number of SW schools took part with some excellent results. Primary Girls: 5 th Kingswood Prep (KWP) Primary Boys 2 nd Kingswood Prep (KWP) 9 th Kingswood Primary (KP) Lower Secondary Girls 3 rd Kingswood School (KS) 5 th Sturminster Newton( SN) 7 th The Burgate School (BS) Lower Secondary Boys 1 st Torquay Boys Grammar (TBG) 5 th Kingswood School (KS) 10 th The Trafalgar School (TRA) Upper Secondary Girls 4 th Claysmore School (CS) 5 th Parkstone Grammar (PK) 6 th South Wilts College (SWC) 8 th The Trafalgar School (TRA) 9 th Sidmouth College (SC) Upper Secondary Boys 1 st Torquay Boys Grammar (TBG) 5 th Claysmore School (CS) 12 th The Burgate School (BS) Individual results in the top ten. Yr 5 1 st Ben Sharlow KWP 5 th Cecilia Mayne KWP Yr 6 9 th James Button (KWP) Yr 8 2 nd Rebbeca Whittingham (SN) 5 th Eddie Narbett (KS) 8 th Toby Bate (TBG) 10 th Lewis Papworth (TBG) Yr 9 3 rd Emma Narbett (KS) 4 th Sean Rowe (TBG) 7 th Jake Belsten (TBG) Yrs 10/11

13 2 nd Lisa White (TRA) 4 th Oliver Reynolds (TBG) 5 th Harry Butt (BS) 6 th Michael Hallett (Wellsway) 7 th Ellie Stone (SC) 9 th Olivia Ottenden (CS) 10 th Rebeka Carter (CS) Yrs 12/13 1 st Jack Benham (BS) 1 st Lucy Butt (SWC) 4 th William Fordyce (TBG) 9 th Sam Head (TBG) 10 th Josh Owen (TBG) HOME INTERNATIONAL Lucy Butt of SARUM represented England in the Home International held at Merthy Moor in the W20 Class. She had an excellent run and won the class by over 3 minutes from Julia Blomquist. GALOPPEN 2011/2012 Reults after two events Club Class WSX WIM Total No. Events BROWN 1 Jon Brooke WSX M Steven Horsler WIM M Stephen Mallison WIM M John Whittingham WIM M Graham Whiffen WSX M Chris Turner WIM M James Buck SARUM M David Mullins SARUM M Colin Welch BOK M Adam Potter BOK M Ben Chesters SARUM M Jack Benham SARUM M Clive Hallett BOK M Dale Paget WSX M Christopher Rhodes NWO M Rob Parkinson DEVON M Mark Bentley WIM M Andrew McNally WIM M Emily Benham SARUM W Andrew McNally WIM M John Cook WSX M Christopher Kelsey BOK M Jeremy Tonge BOK M Matthew Atkins DEVON M Phil Newall KERNO M Richard Cottle BOK M BLUE 1 Chris Moncaster KERNO M Jason Falconer WSX M Melanie Rayner WIM W Nick Nourse NWO M Philip Harvey WIM M David Battison SARUM M Bruno Smith WSX M Tony Hext QO M John Chesters DEVON M Andrew French WIM M Karen French WIM W Wendy Bullen WIM W Neal Burton WIM M

14 14 Alan Simpson DEVON M Mike Furlong WIM M Jeff Butt SARUM M Christopher Norwood SARUM M Michael Hallett BOK M Nigel Benham SARUM M Alison Simmons BOK W Ian Pierce SARUM M Gavin Clegg WSX M Jessie Benjamin BOK W Nick Dennis BOK M Adam Bettiss SARUM M Robert Hick WSX M Joanne Pickering WIM W Ian Sayer WSX M John Simmons BOK M Mike King WIM M Richard Cronin BOK M Tim Houlder WSX M Ian Peirce SARUM M Rob Hick WSX M Pat Benjamin BOK M Roger Moore WIM M Barry Olds KERNO M Jackie Hallett BOK W Joanna Foster BOK W Michael Reynolds NWO M Melanie Hawker WIM W John Shucksmith WIM M Roger Crickmore WSX M Shona Simmons BOK W John Walmsley WIM M GREEN 1 Christopher Branford WIM M Sue Hands WIM W Martin Cross WIM M Richard Dunford WSX M Nicola Brooke WSX W Christine King BOK W Tamsin Horsler WIM W Tony Milroy QO M Di Tilsley WIM W Bill Vigar QO M Arthur Vince KERNO M Alan Brown WSX M John Tilsley WIM M John Trayler QO M Mike Kite WIM M Katherine Pike WIM W Robin Walker BOK M Laura Wilcox WSX W Ruth Chesters DEVON W Mike Christopher WIM M Eamon Staunton WIM M Christine Vince KERNO W David Potter BOK M Frances Alexander NGOC W Martin Goddard SARUM M Martin Goddard SARUM M Louise Benjamin BOK W Kelvin Dean SARUM M Keith Henderson WIM M Helen Kelsey BOK W Ken Stimson NWO M Kelvin Dean SARUM M Stephen Hawker WIM M Richard Raynsford BOK M Julie Astin WSX W Rachel Dennis BOK W SHORT GREEN 1 Vikki Crawford WIM W

15 2 Elizabeth Reynolds WIM W Helen Bolton WIM W Joan Hambleton SARUM W John Higgins BOK M Richard Thornton SARUM M John Coleman NGOC M Gillian Cross WIM W Charlotte Thornton SARUM W Keith Mitchell WIM M Patricia Walker BOK W Richard Keighley WIM M Peter Hambleton SARUM M Ellie Stone DEVON W Jill Green DEVON W Hilary Pickering WIM W Tracy Crickmore WSX W Stephen Williams QO M Lynn Branford WIM W Roger Green DEVON M Celia Robertson WSX W Katie Reynolds WIM W LIGHT GREEN 1 Zac Hudd BOK M Rebecca Whittingham WIM W Deborah Mays WIM W Adrian Dawson SARUM M Chloe Potter BOK W Noel Smith WIM M Alexander Buck SARUM M David Lee NGOC M ORANGE 1 Georgia Puckett WIM W Holly Puckett WIM W Lorrain Puckett WIM W Alexander Buck SARUM M Sarah Madgwick WIM W Sarah Buck SARUM W David Brown WSX M Caroline Nash SARUM W Lucy Tonge BOK W Liz Yeadon SARUM W YELLOW 1 Joseph Hudd BOK M Sarah Horsler WIM W Rachel Potter BOK W Katharine Buck SARUM W Oliver Tonge BOK M Wilf Thompson BOK M Daniel Benjamin BOK M KERNO 15 th January 2012 Landhydrock NWO 22 nd January 2012 Westwoods NGOC 18 th March 2012 Parkend QO 15 th April 2012 TBC SARUM 22 nd April 2012 Grovely East, TBC Remaining Galoppen Dates

16 FOREST CHALLENGE! - A COTTAGE INDUSTRY Designing and producing a board game. I had always wanted to invent a role-paling board game since first playing Monopoly nearly fifty years ago. A few half-baked ideas sent to Waddingtons around that time produced very polite and friendly refusals ( We are always pleased to hear from our inventor friends ) and it was a few years ago that it occurred to me that orienteering would be an ideal subject for such a game. Having just one map seemed limiting enough without having to run the same course every time! So the idea just remained in the back of my mind until there was a light bulb moment when I was using Post-It stickers. The other main ideas for the game followed quickly partly inspired by the large number of Waddingtons games stashed in a cupboard: Playing board? an orienteering map. How do you move around? throw the dice! Cover the map with hexagons rather than squares, like military campaign games. How do you speed up along tracks and slow down through dark green? a bit more tricky, this one. Originally moving through green was at half speed, i.e. every two of the dice throw counted as one square and the reverse along tracks. What do you do when you reach a control? take a chance card, of course. How do you create the orienteering atmosphere? have a little story with each Control or Advantage card: The really good, clear mapping makes it all seem so easy punch your card and take an extra throw of the dice. Find unmapped track through green areas treat any green spaces as white for one turn only. Controls? Choosing a name for the game - although Lost in the Forest was the obvious choice some testers thought this was too negative so it was changed to Forest Challenge. Manufacturing the game All printing done on home computer equipment. Control cards: 5 x 3 blank record cards bought locally Advantage cards: small blank playing cards bought on Amazon. About 10 for 1000 but another 5 for postage! Because the cards are slightly shiny the ink does not soak in straight away and the cards have to be removed individually as soon as they are printed to avoid the next one smudging the ink. Dice: Amazon packs of 100, 7p each. Counters: packs of 100 or 500 but only in 5 colours so, for a sixth counter, I had to put a piece of sticky paper on. All profits from the sale of The Forest Game will be donated to the Woodland Trust. Control Flags at the Trail O event at the Caddihoe Chase, the Arboretum, Burrator Reservoir.

17 BOF BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Neil Cameron, Mike Forrest Scott Collier SWOA REPRESENTATIVES ON BOF COMMITTEES: COACHING: Christine Vince TRAIL O Dick Keighley DEVELOPMENT: Scott Collier MAJOR EVENTS Mike Forrest FIXTURES: Richard Sansbury MAP GROUP Bill Brown INTERNATIONAL: Jeff Butt RULES GROUP: Arthur Vince SENIOR COMPETITIONS.: Scott Collier CLUB SECRETARIES: BOK David Palmer: 58 Wolfridge Ride, Alveston, Bristol, BS35 3PR david.palmer @bristolorienteering.org.uk DEVON: Nick Hockey:4 Pynes Close, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Crediton, EX17 4HT hockey.house@btinternet.com KERNO: Jeannie Bown: Tregondean, Gorran, St. Austell, Cornwall. PL26 6NE jeanniebown@yahoo.co.uk NGOC: Caroline Craig. 22, Rothleigh, Up Hatherley, Cheltenham, Glos. GL51 3PS Andyandcaroline.craig@gmail.com NWO: Richard Jackson: 20 Idstone Road, Ashbury, Wiltshire, SN6 8LP secretary@northwilts.org.uk / QO: Jeff Pakes 25 Lyngford Road Taunton Somerset. TA2 7EE enquiries@quantockorienteers.co.uk SARUM: Charlotte Thornton: 53, Ashley Rd., Salisbury, Wilts. SP2 7DD c.thornton53@googl .com WSX: Sian Rixon: 20,Birch Road Hedge End, Southampton SO30 4FZ sianrixon@live.co.uk WIM: John Warren: 26,Post Office Lane, St. Ives, Ringwood, Hants. BH24 2PG johnandbarbarawarren@yahoo.co.uk UBOC: Chris Beasant : University of Bristol Orienteering Club University of Bristol Students Union, Queens Rd. Clifton, Bristol BS8 1LN cb8866@bristol.ac.uk SCHOOLS ASSOCIATIONS ASO Jo Foster SWOA OFFICIALS CHAIRMAN John Dyson (DEVON) secretary@avonschoolsorienteers.org.uk john.dyson@btinternet.com Green Bank, Manor Road, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8RR SECRETARY Arthur Vince (KERNO) arthur.vince@btinternet.com 3, Back Lane, East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9JN TREASURER AND MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY. Trevor Bridle. (WIM) trevorbridle@btinternet.com , Davis Gardens, Salisbury Rd. Blandford Forum, Dorset. DT11 7UX FIXTURES SECRETARY Richard Sansbury (QO) fixtures@sworienteeringassociation.co.uk Rose Cottage, Netherclay, Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5ED COMMITTEE. Peter Brett (DEVON),Jeff Butt (SARUM), Katy Dyer (BOK) Erik Peckett (DEVON), Christine Vince (KERNO), COLOUR-CODED BADGE SCHEME

18 Anne Donnell (BOK) , York Gardens, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4LL COACHING Christine Vince (KERNO) 3, Back Lane, East Coker, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9JN S.W. JUNIOR SQUAD Jeff Butt (SARUM) Broadacres, The Ridge, Woodfalls, Salisbury, SP5 2LQ GALOPPEN Jan and Dave Holmes (QO) Grindelwald, Nailsbourne, Taunton. TA2 8AG RECORDER OF CONTROLLERS Arthur Vince As SWOA Secretary SINS Susan Hateley (DEVON) 35, Daneshay, Northam, Bideford, Devon EX39 1DG SWOA WEBSITE Editor Arthur Vince see SWOA secretary Technical Manager Nathan Fernandes veudesign.co.uk The views expressed in SINS are not necessarily those of the Editor or the South West Orienteering Association Printed by North Devon Print. Bideford, Devon