Daniel

Results and Split Times

Organiser/Planner’s Comments

None (as yet)

Next Events:

17th October, Bryant’s Heath, North Walsham
NOR Junior & Senior Club Champs.
NOR Members-only event.

31st October, Norwich City Urban
Pre-enter here before 24/10. 

Results and Split Times

Control 249 was having a bit of an identity crisis which is why it appeared on your splits printout as ‘already visited’ – we have corrected this in these results, using the actual data from your dibbers. 

I have also corrected the error in the time penalties that weren’t applying correctly for the early finishers, so these are now accurately calculated as well.  

Thank you to those that spotted these issues and pointed them out, apologies for any confusion caused. 

Organiser’s Comments

Ling Common is one of my favourite areas.  Because it is close to my home I normally get asked to organise, I have never actually ran (walked) a course there, but really enjoy organising events.

The event being a level D could not go ahead without the Planner, Julia Paul, who once again organised well received challenging courses, or those who volunteered to help with setting up, starts, control collecting and packing up.

Most of my work was done before the day, replying to pre-entry emails, allocating start times, checking courses & payment methods, emailing numbers to Alan for map printing, and SI details to Daniel.  This however was started later than usual due to a problem with uploading the final details to the website.

However on the day, the weather was mostly good, and was wonderful to see so many people after so long, and meet people who I have only seen in Zoom calls.

I hope you all enjoyed your courses, and I hope to see you all soon at another event.

Leanne.

Planner’s Comments

Peter Leverington’s map of this complex, tiny area shows his great skill at interpreting the ground detail into a readable map.  In an area that is both pimply and dimply, it is hard to be sure that you’ve found the right pit or knoll, so I’m glad all courses gave about the right range of results.

Thank you helpers, especially to the main stalwarts, Leanne, Alan and Daniel.  Confusion in the Final Details was entirely my doing, and thank you to those who fed back info on the faulty control.

It was great to see all of you, especially those who travelled some distance to take part.

Next time: hmm, might go back to Score plus Norwegian, the format I used in 2015.  But I do like giving you maps with no paths on!

Julia

Apologies for the delay, here are the Results & Split Times.

Next Event: 11th July, Ling Common, Kings Lynn.

Results and Split Times
WinSplits
Routegadget & Splitsbrowser

Organiser’s Comments

None (as yet)

Planner’s Comments

It was a shame more people did not brave the weather to have a run today, however quite understandable given the weather forecasts. After the storms caused the cancellation of events across the country on the last two weekends, many people needed their “orienteering fix” and Pretty Corner proved an ideal venue. Although it was windy on the top of the ridge, once you dropped down into the forest the wind died down and with the rain keeping away, conditions were pretty much ideal. Many people commented how runnable it was, and it is obviously the best time of year to run here.

I’ve always wanted to plan at Pretty Corner, as it is rare to have so much “brown” on the map in Norfolk. When I was tagging, I had a crisis of confidence, as most of the controls seemed to be of “orange” standard – you are always pretty close to a path. However, what makes Pretty Corner such a challenging venue is that whilst the control sites maybe “easy” the difficulty is navigating the whole leg. It is so easy to get drawn off line, miscount re-entrants etc. I look forward to seeing what route choices people made, especially on the “long legs” diagonally across the whole map on the Short Brown and Blue courses.

Thanks, as ever, to Stephen for his input and advice.

Jonathan

Controller’s Comments

Shame about the weather leading up to the event, I am sure it put a lot of people off travelling up to north Norfolk.

While it was quite windy in the car park on the day, in the wood itself it was fine.

An early Sunday morning was required to finish putting out the controls and checking the control units. But by 7 o’clock the wind had blown the rain away, we even had blue sky and sunshine by lunch time.

Jonathan’s courses were excellent, it’s a shame we did not get the numbers the terrain and courses deserved. Pretty Corner is always a challenge and is one of the clubs top areas, if not East Anglia’s.

Thanks to Kim and her helpers, also thanks to Jonathan.

Stephen