MDOC NEWS. Newsletter of Manchester and District Orienteering Club APRIL Nick Taylor at Bramhall Park (Photo: Steve Lang)

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1 MDOC NEWS Newsletter of Manchester and District Orienteering Club APRIL 2013 Nick Taylor at Bramhall Park (Photo: Steve Lang) CompassSport Cup Yvette Baker Trophy Winter events JK - Chilterns

2 NEWS We have successfully renewed our Clubmark accreditation for another four years. Ed Nicholas, BOF Development Manager, writes: The club have built up an very impressive submission and have detailed with accuracy the high amount of development work they do in the Manchester area. The club should be very pleased with their folder and congratulations on their work done to date. This is a testimony to the hard work of many members of the club, but especially to Rae Lomas who had to put the file together with extra care as we were picked to have our application file subject to extra monitoring. Renewal of Clubmark is very important for the club, as it shows we have consistent good practice and standards in working with children and young people. Clubmark is a cross-sport scheme and is awarded to clubs that comply with minimum operating standards in four areas: the playing program, duty of care and safeguarding and protecting children and young people, knowing your club and the community, and in club management. Congratulations to our juniors who produced a brilliant performance to get through to the final of the Yvette Baker Trophy. The heat was at Holker Woodlands near Cartmel on 10 th March. Lakeland (891) were ahead of Manchester (886) who narrowly beat West Cumberland (885) into third and then South Ribble (840) fourth. As Lakeland were in the top 5 in the Final of the YBT last year both Lakeland and Manchester progress to the final in July. Vicky Thornton co-ordinated the team and clearly managed to infect them with her enthusiasm. However we will probably not send a team to the final as several of our best juniors have already entered the Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon on that weekend. Congratulations to John Kewley for winning the 2-day Elite Trail-O event at the JK. Others in the prizes were Dave Mawdsley (2 nd ), Andrew Gregory (2 nd ) and Sue Birkinshaw (3 rd ) in the Sprint, and Ben Dempsey (1 st ) and Andrew Gregory (2 nd ) in the 2-day Individual competition. Derek Allison has been appointed as Co-ordinator for the Lakes-5 multi-day event next year, and the detailed planning and organization are now proceeding. As a club we shall be making a major contribution to the event, probably doing the computing, but we may well have other responsibilities. JK 2015 is being held in the Lake District. NWOA are looking for a Local Co-ordinator to work with the Major Events Manager who will shortly be appointed by BOF. Anyone interested should contact the NWOA Chairman Bob Roach. The first event of the Summer evening series will be at Teggs Nose, Macclesfield on Thursday 25 th April, organized by Rae Lomas. Tony Wagg is co-ordinating the MDOC events in the series, which is put on jointly by MDOC and DEE. The next Newsletter will be in June. Please send news, photos etc. to Andrew Gregory. 2

3 CompassSport Cup Vicky Thornton, club captain writes: We had such a good club turnout and some great performances. Congratulations especially to our two course winners: Tom Fellbaum and John Britton. LOC were 2nd in the CSC last year and had already automatically qualified for the next round. That left us battling for second place as the results unfolded on the day against WCOC in order to qualify.... HOWEVER... DRAT!!!... WE JUST MISSED OUT GETTING THROUGH BY JUST... 7 POINTS!!... Despite this it was in fact a great day out in the Lakes and a really fun event on a better than expected area with plenty of mental and physical challenges to be had on all courses. The team results were: LOC 2367 WCOC 2231 MDOC 2224 SROC 2069 DEE 2045 The individual MDOC results are shown below with the 25 scores contributing towards the total score, shown in bold type. Brown 8.6k (39) 1 Thomas Fellbaum M21 66: Liam Corner M40 89: Nick Taylor M21 90: Stephen Fellbaum M50 117: Andrew Stimson M21 149: Blue Women 5.9k (25) 9 Rebecca Humphreys W18 79: Heather Fellbaum W50 88: Sally Gilliver W50 100: Jane McCann W45 106: Blue Men 6.0k (69) 3 Alex McCann M18 52: Alistair Thornton M18 58: Timothy Martland M50 64: Steve Dempsey M50 69: Andy Thornton M50 77: David McCann M50 78: Trevor Hindle M45 81: Ray Humphreys M50 86: Alan Ogden M50 90: Alan Poxon M55 95: Eddie Speak M55 106: Steve Nicholls M55 189: Michael Owen M55 248: Green Women 4.1k (49) 8 Vicky Thornton W50 50: Kath Speak W50 73: Marie Roberts W55 82: Green Men 4.2k (65) 1 John Britton M60 44: Peter Ross M65 52: Chris Rostron M65 55: David Mawdsley M70 67: Ian Watson M65 67: Chris Kirkham M65 70: Trevor Roberts M65 70: Ian Gilliver M60 76: Grahame Crawshaw M65 79: Tony Wagg M65 81:21 18 Short Green 3.2k (31) 5= Jillyan Dobby W60 49: = Andrew Gregory M75 49: Kate Bryant W60 52: Jan Ellis W65 59: Irene Crawshaw W65 63: Julie Brook W65 64: Janet Taylor W60 66: Sue Birkinshaw W75 76: Alison Doyle W60 79:22 64 Light Green 3.1k (37) 5 John Dempsey M18 28: Matthew Fellbaum M16 28: Laura Hindle W16 35: Carolyn Hindle W18 37: Tom McCann M16 39:22 60 Orange 2.9k (40) 7 James McCann M14 32: Benjamin Martland M14 42:04 68

4 YVETTE BAKER TROPHY Matthew Fellbaum MDOC sent a team of 11 juniors to Holker Woodlands last month to attempt to progress to the final of the Yvette Baker Trophy. The team consisted of myself, the McCann's, Laura Hindle, Ben Martland, the Dempsey's, Alistair Thornton, Rebecca Humpreys and Lauren McNeil. Everyone did well and we had some great top 3 results with Alistair Thornton (1st) and Alex McCann (2nd) on the green, me (1st) on the light green, James McCann (3rd) and Lauren McNeil (3rd out of the girls) on the orange, and Ben Dempsey (3rd out of the boys) on the yellow. In the end it was enough to finish in a close 2nd place out of only 4 teams as DEE didn't have enough competitors, with LOC just ahead of us by 5 points and MDOC narrowly beating WCOC into 2nd by 1 point! As LOC finished in the top 5 of the final last year MDOC progress to the final! Well done to all the juniors who competed. (Its ironic because MDOC probably won't even send a team to the final as most of the juniors are competing in the Saunders Mountain Marathon which is held over the same weekend!) Results LOC Holker Woodlands (+ Yvette Baker Trophy) 10 March 2013 Blue 7.3k (62) 14 David McCann M50 70:32 39 Stephen Fellbaum M50 80:56 43 Ian Farrell M21 84:31 58 Jane McCann W45 102:53 Green 5.0k (109) 1 Alistair Thornton M18 32:57 2 Alex McCann M18 33:37 5 John Dempsey M18 38:24 16= Laura Hindle W16 47:22 33 Rebecca Humphreys W18 54:38 58 David Mawdsley M70 63:01 62 Chris Kirkham M65 64:34 86 Marie Roberts W55 74:33 94 Trevor Roberts M65 81:36 99 Jan Ellis W65 85:38 (Juniors in bold type) Short Green 3.0k (34) 20 Sue Birkinshaw W75 59:25 27 Richard Gibbs M60 65:27 Light Green 3.4k (32) 1 Matthew Fellbaum M16 27:49 5 Tom McCann M16 35:31 Orange 2.9k (32) 3 James McCann M14 29:50 5 Ben Martland M14 32:42 11 Lauren McNeil W14 36:49 17 Paul Watson M35 41:39 25 Helen Dempsey W50 54:50 Yellow 2.3k (29) 5 Ben Dempsey M12 20:07 25 Jennifer Gibbs W60 38:51 4

5 JK 2013 CHILTERNS Red Kites in the air and red-and-white kites on the ground! An excellent JK, revisiting the attractive and runnable woods of the Hambleden estate near Henley for both one of the Individual days and for the Relays. The Sprint event was on the campus of the University of Reading, and the other Individual day at the slightly less runnable woodland of Cold Ash near Newbury. The weekend was possibly more memorable for the fine weather but very cold winds. Good conditions for running, but very cold for standing around before and afterwards. We had a good turnout of club members and some excellent runs. In the Sprint, on the Whiteknights campus of the University of Reading, Dave Mawdsley had an excellent run to come 2 nd out of 33 in M70, Andrew Gregory was also 2 nd on M75, and on W75 Sue Birkinshaw was 3 rd and Margaret Gregory 4 th. On W50 Heather Fellbaum was 5 th and Vicky Thornton 6 th. Rae Lomas was 6 th on W70, John Britton 6 th on M60, Laura Hindle 8 th on W16 and Liam Corner 9 th on M40. The first day of the Individual event was on the Hambleden estate with the rolling hills and dry valleys characteristic of the Chilterns. The area was very fast with little undergrowth, but many small features so care was needed. The second day near Newbury was a more typical woodland with some brashings and undergrowth and many vegetation boundaries and dry ditches. Over the two days of the Individual events, Ben Dempsey won M12B, Andrew Gregory 2 nd in M75L, Vicky Thornton 4 th in W50L and John Britton 6 th on M60L. On the very tough M18E course Alex McCann just beat Alistair Thornton by 3 seconds on the first day, but had a really excellent run on the second day to finish 7 th overall to Alistair s still very good 13 th place. Other top 10 placings were Sue Birkinshaw 5 th on W75, Kate Bryant 8 th on W60L, Alice Fellbaum 9 th in W20E and Alan Poxon 9 th in M55S. For the Relays we were back to Hambleden. Injuries unfortunately caused several changes to Vicky Thornton s carefully chosen teams, but we still had some very good results. In the Veteran Women s W165+ class Vicky Thornton came in first on the first leg, followed by Julie Brook and Heather Fellbaum, finishing in fourth position overall. In the same class Jane McCann, Jan Ellis and Kate Bryant also ran well to come seventh. In the Women s Short class Carolyn and Laura Hindle and Alice Fellbaum all ran good legs to bring the team in fifth. We had entered three teams in the new Ultravets class, where the combined ages of team members must exceed 210 years (with female competitors counting for an extra 10 years). Dave Mawdsley, Andrew Gregory and Chris Rostron came 5 th, and the other two teams 13 th (Trevor Roberts, Rae and Pete Lomas) & 14 th (Ian Watson, Sue Birkinshaw and Grahame Crawshaw). The summary table of results shows the positions on the first three days, and the overall position summing days 2 & 3. 5

6 JK Results summary Sprint (n) Pos. Individual (n) Overall day 2 day 3 Ben Dempsey M12 (36) 19 M12B (7) James McCann M14 (71) - M14A (60) Matthew Fellbaum M16 (72) 19 M16A (67) Tom McCann Alex McCann M18E (59) 14 M18E (40) Alistair Thornton John Dempsey Thomas Fellbaum M21E (100) 36 M21E (95) Nick Taylor Andrew Stimson - M21S (35) Liam Corner M40 (61) 9 M40L (61) Trevor Hindle M45 (138) 28 M45L (123) Steve Dempsey M50 (140) 24 M50L (125) David McCann Andy Thornton Stephen Fellbaum Ray Humphreys John Kewley 84 M50S (65) Alan Ogden Alan Poxon - M55S (41) John Britton M60 (82) 8 M60L (104) Ian Gilliver Richard Gibbs 75 M60S (41) Chris Rostron M65 (86) 12 M65L (112) Ian Watson Chris Kirkham Peter Ross Dave Bryant Trevor Roberts Grahame Crawshaw 55 M65S (27) Dave Mawdsley M70 (33) 2 M70L (47) Peter Lomas Andrew Gregory M75 (20) 2 M75L (35) Laura Hindle W16 (44) 8 W16A (43) Carolyn Hindle W18E (43) 29 W18E (37) Rebecca Humphreys Alice Fellbaum - W20E (19) Jane McCann W45 (97) 24 W45L (77) Vicky Thornton W50 (91) 6 W50L (62) Hazel Hindle Heather Fellbaum Marie Roberts W55 (67) 27 W55L (58) Kate Bryant W60 (48) 35 W60L (52) Jillyan Dobby Alison Doyle Julie Brook W65 (44) 24 W65L (45) Irene Crawshaw Jan Ellis Rae Lomas W70 (15) 6 W70L (20) Sue Birkinshaw W75 (10) 3 W75 (16) Margaret Gregory

7 JK Relay results (Team position after each leg in brackets) Women s Short (37 teams) 3.8k/2.8k/3.8k 5 Carolyn Hindle 30:29 (15), Laura Hindle 21:44 (7), Alice Fellbaum 29:29 (5) Senior Men 120+ (57 teams) 6.6k/5.1k/6.6k 15 Liam Corner 41:39 (14), John Britton 35:43 (16), Steve Dempsey 44:22 (15) 34 Dave McCann 53:19 (40), Andy Thornton 42:41 (36), Trevor Hindle 56:45 (34) - Stephen Fellbaum 56:42 mp, Alan Ogden 42:15 -, John Kewley 61:46 mp Veteran Women W165+ (17 teams) 3.8k/2.8k/3.8k 4 Vicky Thornton 28:21 (1), Julie Brook 36:33 (4), Heather Fellbaum 34:49 (4) 7 Jane McCann 36:52 (9), Jan Ellis 32:34 (7), Kate Bryant 39:49 (7) Intermediate Men M48- (24 teams) 4.5k/2.1k/4.5k 5 Alistair Thornton 23:34 (1), Ben Dempsey 17:17 (8), Alex McCann 25:55 (5) 10 Matthew Fellbaum 28:30 (10), James McCann 15:46 (12), John Dempsey 26:03 (10) Ultra Vets M/W210+ (26 teams) 3.8k/2.8k/3.8k 5 Dave Mawdsley 41:24 (15), Andrew Gregory26:45 (6), Chris Rostron 35:28 (5) 13 Trevor Roberts 36:29 (9), Rae Lomas 41:43 (12), Pete Lomas 49:48 (13) 14 Ian Watson 37:07(10), Sue Birkinshaw 47:03 (15), Graham Crawshaw 48:14 (14) Mixed Ad Hoc (98 teams) 2.1k/3.9k/4.9k 71 Hazel Hindle 21:50 (24), Marie Roberts 39:38 (43), Tim Sowood 49:50 (71) JK Trail-O John Kewley won the 2-day Elite Trail-O competition, which was held on the first two days of the weekend at Whiteknights and Hambledon. This discipline requires very careful thinking about correct control placement, and the ability to make these difficult decisions as quickly as possible. Twenty competitors took part in the Elite event on both days, so the competition was quite intense. John Kewley (centre) with Anne Straube (2 nd ) and Pete Owens (3 rd ) 7

8 RESULTS OF RECENT EVENTS AIRE Valley of Desolation 24 Feb 2013 Short Brown 8.5k (24) 3 Alistair Thornton M18 78:26 4 Steve Dempsey M50 79:02 7 Matthew Fellbaum M16 94:38 8 Vicky Thornton W50 97:53 10 Heather Fellbaum W50 101:30 15 Trevor Hindle M45 110:02 20 Stephen Fellbaum M50 125:52 Blue 6.3k (40) 8 John Britton M60 63:59 40 Ian Gilliver M60 111:14 Short Blue 5.2k (29) 21 Carolyn Hindle W18 83:08 22 Chris Kirkham M65 91:18 Green 4.2k (39) 4 Laura Hindle W16 52:04 18 David Mawdsley M70 70:57 25 Grahame Crawshaw M65 79:05 26 Stephen Beresford M65 79:31 33 Steve Nicholls M55 95:14 35 Alison Doyle W60 108:03 Short Green 3.2k (19) 3 Irene Crawshaw W65 60:02 13 Jan Ellis W65 78:47 LOC Northern Night Championships Great Tower - 2 March 2013 Blue 3.8k (24) 9 Eddie Speak M55 39:28 7 Matthew Fellbaum M16 46:07 20 Chris Rostron M65 52:09 Green 2.3k (38) Short Green 2.1k (6) 6 John Britton M60 38:42 5 Julie Brook W65 62:40 SROC Tim Watkins Trophy Hutton Roof 3 March 2013 C 11.4k (34) 23 Andy Thornton M50 165:09 4 Alistair Thornton M18 117:03 D 7.8k (23) 15 John Britton M60 140:11 3 Vicky Thornton W50 86:55 16 David McCann M50 140:58 17 Jane McCann W45 123:58 WCH Haywood Warren 3 March 2013 Brown 9.5k (25) 8 Liam Corner M40 82:22 Blue 6.2k (86) 8 Matthew Fellbaum M16 51:25 40 Ray Humphreys M50 66:47 43 Rebecca Humphreys W18 68:14 60 Paul Watson M35 80:19 65 Ian Gilliver M60 83:06 Green 3.7k (98) 9 Eddie Speak M55 42:39 14 Martin Green M55 44:00 19 Chris Kirkham M65 45:32 26 David Mawdsley M70 47:16 27 Kath Speak W50 47:27 40 Andrew Gregory M75 51:27 42 Jillyan Dobby W60 53:16 48 Jan Ellis W65 54:47 54 Grahame Crawshaw M65 56:36 55 Geoffrey Millan M65 56:59 63 Julie Brook W65 61:18 88 Alison Doyle W60 79:54 Short Green 2.8k (40) 12 Irene Crawshaw W65 45:59 22 Sue Birkinshaw W75 57:28 34 Margaret Gregory W75 90:29 Light Green 3.3k (15) 11 Pip Humphreys W50 78:37 SYO Rivelin 10 March 2013 Brown 6.2k (21) 16 Liam Corner Blue 4.7k (31) 5 Steve Dempsey M50 64:21 8 John Britton M60 72:08 28 Elizabeth Britton W21 115:06 Green 3.6k (36) 4 Martin Green M55 59:45 12 Ian Watson M65 68:10 25 Michael Owen M55 84:32 8

9 BL Burnbanks - 7 March 2013 Black 10.7k (12) 6 Alex McCann M18 89:19 10 Steve Lang M40 108:04 Brown 9.2k (14) 1 Jim Trueman M45 80:40 Short Brown 7.4k (30) 3 Steve Dempsey M50 67:24 5 John Dempsey M18 67:47 10 Trevor Hindle M45 76:38 11 David McCann M50 77:29 Blue 6.0k (45) 37 Jane McCann W45 84:22 42 Paul Watson M35 91:04 43 Ian Watson M65 91:28 Short Blue 4.7k (46) 9 Peter Ross M65 54:23 13 Chris Rostron M65 57:45 19 Carolyn Hindle W18 61:45 37 Chris Kirkham M65 76:02 41 Hazel Hindle W50 79:47 Green 4.4k (50) 7 Laura Hindle W16 52:06 17 Dave Mawdsley M70 57:56 18 Andrew Gregory M75 58:26 19 Jillyan Dobby W60 60:43 36= Tony Wagg M65 75:08 Short Green 3.6k (22) 7 Jan Ellis W65 66:55 Very Short Green 3.0k (6) 4 Sue Birkinshaw W75 67:08 Light Green 3.2k (14) 2 James McCann M14 43:49 Orange 2.6k (18) 2 Ben Dempsey M12 31:09 NORTH WEST NIGHT LEAGUE Positions are given by the top 5 points total from the 6 events in the North West Night League, which is co-ordinated by Chris Rostron. Pts. events M18-1 Matthew Fellbaum Alex McCann Alistair Thornton John Dempsey 73 2 M Rhys Benyon 20 1 M40+ 4 Chris Rostron John Britton 87 4 FOOTPATH RELAY 8 Steve Fellbaum David McCann 68 2 W18-2 Laura Hindle Carolyn Hindle 25 2 W40+ 3 Julie Brook Jane McCann Sue Birkinshaw 32 2 This year it is our turn as a club to organise the annual Peak District Footpath Relay. This is a very informal low-key event involving running and orienteering clubs in and around the Peak District. Teams of usually 10 runners cover a course of about 100 km in total. The event will be on Saturday 9 th June, centred on Bakewell. Steve Lang is planning the course, and it looks as if I shall be organizing and co-ordinating our team(s), although I should be very happy for someone else to volunteer! If you are interested in running please let me know, and we shall also require help with marshalling changeover points and the logistics of transporting runners to the start or from the finish of their leg. It usually provides a very pleasant and sociable day out in the Peak District. Andrew Gregory 9

10 SATURDAY MORNINGS! A new initiative for our winter Saturday morning events this year involved the idea of a mass start and head-to-head racing on a course with butterfly loops. Courses planned were the usual White, Yellow, Orange and Light Green. Those who wished could opt for a 2-part race, doing the Orange course first and then a mass start of 6 runners at a time on the Light Green course. The time taken for the Orange course determined which group of 6 you started in on the Light Green. The Light Green had three butterfly loops from a common point, and the 6 runners did the loops in different orders. The example shown is one of the 6 Light Green courses from Prestwich Forest Park, planned by Andrew Gregory The other areas used were Chorlton Water Park planned by David McCann and Bramhall Park planned by Steve Lang. The idea was quite successful and enjoyed by those who took part. It also created considerable interest for the spectators, trying to work out who was leading. Not many competitors took part in all three events, but of those who did Rik Griffin was clearly the overall winner. However individual event winners were Steve Lang at Chorlton, Nick Taylor at Bramhall and Liam Corner at Prestwich. A significant number of competitors just ran the Light Green on its own, showing that there is a good demand for a course at this level in our more informal events. Alison Doyle co-ordinated the series of events and Sue Birkinshaw, who suggested the idea, sorted out the mass starts. Prestwich Forest Park Rik Griffin, with Clare Griffin close behind 10 Into the gully (No. 4 on map above)

11 MDOC EVENTS Lyme Park Introductory events Tues 7 May Lyme Park Introductory event 1 Tues 14 May Lyme Park Introductory event 2 Thurs 23 May Lyme Park Introductory event 3 These events are specially designed for junior and novice orienteers, with White, Yellow and Orange courses. Co-ordinator: Peter Lomas. Countryside Score events Wed 12 June Wed 26 June Wed 10 July Wed 24 July Co-ordinator: Andy Thornton. Based on a pub and using paths and bridleways. Please contact Andy if you are interested in planning one of this season s events. Wed 17 Apr Wed 24 Apr Wed 1 May Wed 8 May Wed 15 May Wed 22 May Wed 29 May Wed 5 June Wednesday Runs Tony Wagg, West Didsbury Andy & Vicky Thornton, Macclesfield Chris Rostron, High Lane John & Jen Britton, Marple Steve & Heather Fellbaum, Macclesfield Trevor & Marie Roberts, Bramhall Sue Birkinshaw, Hale Julie Brook, New Mills Committee Meetings 7:30 Poynton Sports Club Mon 13 May, Mon 10 June, Mon 8 July GMOA The AGM of Greater Manchester Orienteering Activities will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday 18 th April at the South Manchester Friends Meeting House, 82 Wythenshawe Road, Northenden, M23 0DJ (near junction with A5103 Princess Parkway). All members of MDOC are invited. Welcome Welcome to new members: Andrew Littlewood (M35) and Jonathan England (M40). Both have been to the Street League and other local events. Do you shop at Sainsbury's? Active Kids Vouchers If you do please make sure you ask for the Active Kids Vouchers and collect them for MDOC. The final date for collecting vouchers is 22 May. The collecting box will be at Teggs Nose (25 April) and Lyme Park (30 May) so please bring them along. Or you can post them to 8 Windsor Avenue, Wilmslow SK9 5HE. Richard/Jenny Gibbs are co-ordinating so any queries to them. Tel: rjgibbs@btinternet.com 11

12 JK PHOTOS Heather Fellbaum John Dempsey Stephen Fellbaum Trevor Roberts Trevor Hindle Ray Humphreys Kate Bryant Laura Hindle Alan Ogden Alice Fellbaum (All photos: Wendy Carlyle) 12