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  • Stragglers Relays

    Stragglers Relays

    Two teams from Norfolk ventured South to take part in the Stragglers Relays held at Essex University on Sunday 12th July. NORty Nicholls (the Nicholls family) and eNORmouse (Phil Brown, Mick Liston, Ella Gilbert and Jonathan Gilbert) were attempting to win the trophy last won by NOR in 2012. Given that 2 members of eNORmouse were part of the winning team in 2012, hopes were high of a repeat.

    The Stragglers Relays are an interesting format. Teams comprise 4 runners, and between them they have to run 2 x Light Green, 3 x Orange and 4 x Yellow courses. Each team only has one map of each course, so only 3 runners can be out at any one time. Strategy is key to make sure that each map is being used as much as possible.

    There was great excitement at the finish, as Ella and Harold Wyber (CHIG) were neck and neck coming to the final controls. Harold overtook Ella with 2 to go, but after a mistake from Harold, Ella regained the lead coming in to the penultimate control. However, CHIG were not to be beaten and eventually won by 4 seconds. No disgrace to Ella, as we later found out that Harold ran the fastest time on every course, winning the Light Green by almost 4 minutes.

    So close, but yet so far (and soon to be further), as both our teams were disqualified. NORty Nicholls suffered an injury, so did not run the last Orange leg; and eNORmouse mis-punch’d.

    Full results can be found here.

    Some photos of the day.

    Thanks to SOS for organising a really fun event. It would be good to get even more NOR teams next year.

  • EAOA Planners Course

    EAOA Planners Course

    Thetford Warren – 19 September

    Do you want to find out what a planner does and how planning an event happens? Well here is your chance, we are running a beginners course on course planning, how you do it, what you need to do before during and after the event. You will find out how to use OCAD to plan events and set up and sort out the equipment needed for a modern O event. The course will run from approximately 9:30 to 17:00, you will need access to a laptop and a copy of OCAD (your club should be able to help you with that) and there will be a small amount of pre course work to prepare. Let Michael Chopping know via NOR website. At the moment the course is free.

    Course organiser Michael Chopping  – NOR OC Club Coach

  • Results: Ling Common: 28/06/2015

    Results: Ling Common: 28/06/2015

    Results



    Organiser’s Comments – Julia Paul

    It was disappointing that we didn’t get more entries, as there is always a certain amount of work involved in putting on any event. But it also means that nearly everyone helped! Thanks to John, Leanne and Phil for help setting up and packing up, Leanne for handling both Registration and Download with aplomb, Sam, Steve N, Phil and Michael Chopping for collecting controls, and Karen and Paul for packing up and taking everything away so I’ve now got an empty car!

    Planner’s Comments – Julia Paul

    All who came enjoyed this lovely area – bar one who found the man-eating bog! I think whistles may be mandatory in future, especially with a Score event where you can’t predict what route someone has taken. Legs were planned to avoid the bog, and also a very dodgy bridge with rotten planks and protruding nails.
    I am very impressed that Sam found 23 out of 24 controls in the time allowed, and says it totalled 6.7km.
    Not sure when this area was last used – but Sue had managed to find a map from 1986, and noticed a lot more of the bumpy bits are now mapped. Thanks to Peter Leverington (mapper) for bringing this area back into use.

  • Results: Poringland Wood: 21/06/2015

    Results: Poringland Wood: 21/06/2015

    Results (pdf)



    Organiser’s Comments

    Thanks to all the helpers (including a new helper) who certainly made things run smoothly for me as a novice organiser. Special mention of the Bedders in particular including Karen. It was good also when participants called at Registration after their run to pay compliments, especially re the green course.
    Chris Harvey

    Planner’s Comments

    Sorry about the vegetation. The brambles are now well established all year in the area with paths, open to the public. The area to the north east, not open to the public, seemed excellent in April and May, with no paths, quite a few features for controls, and bluebells growing, but by the second half of June the bracken had come up high. The vegetation growth does seem to have been prolific this year, including nettles and grass in the meadow.
    The numbers on the green courses were very pleasing, but I was disappointed by the smaller numbers on the easier courses. Despite fairly extensive promotion of the event, particularly around Poringland, we didn`t seem to attract a lot of newcomers.
    Hope you weren`t too put-out going back to second master maps and controls with punches, but it seemed appropriate for the size of the area and the extent it is used by the public.
    My thanks to Sue Vine for extensive help with the mapping, particularly putting it onto OCAD, and for checking everything as controller.
    John Harvey

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Norfolk Orienteering Club (NOR) has around 200 members and seeks to promote the sport of orienteering in and around the county of Norfolk.
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