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  • Club Championship Results (2022)

    Recent club championships have been blessed with good weather, but not this year at Felbrigg! Persistent heavy rain, but warm – personally I loved it!

    Before the event, I’d thought that Mick Liston, Barbara George and Marcus Richardson would win the major trophies, so the event through up a couple of surprises (for me at least).

    Barbara George did indeed win the Carol Towler Salver to become Women’s Club Champion for the sixth time. Kim Eden was second and Gillian Pilgrim third.

    Glen Richardson won a close battle with Ian Renfrew for the Barry Chilvers Cup. If Ian had run 24 seconds quicker then he would have been the winner. This was Glen’s second win, the last one being in 2013. Roger Parker was third.

    Matthew Bethell won the Ella Gilbert Trophy for Junior Club Champion, beating Marcus Richardson into second. A much deserved win for the hard work he puts into his orienteering. Herbie Andrews from Norwich School was third.

    It wasn’t really possible to have a fastest run-in competition this year as most courses had different final controls. However, Brown, Blue and Light Green all shared #228, and the fastest men’s run-in was shared by Glen Richardson and David Sparshott. The women’s fastest run-in was by Emma Cross.

    The full list of winners is:

    Men’s Club ChampionGlen Richardson
    Women’s Club ChampionBarbara George
    Junior Club ChampionMatthew Bethell
    Fastest MaleGlen Richardson (7.5 min/km)
    Fastest FemaleEmma Cross (16.2 min/km)
    M12Marcus Richardson
    M14Thomas Lodge
    M16Matthew Bethell
    W16Keziah Bailey
    M45+Ian Renfrew
    M55+Jonathan Gilbert
    M65+Roger Parker
    M65+Kim Eden
    W75+Gillian Pilgrim
    W85+Barbara George

    Previous years club championship results can be found here.

    Due to the weather, it was decided to postpone the prize giving to our next event at Kelling Heath on 11th December at 10:00.

    Our thanks go to the Peter Carlill (planner), Ben Bethell (organiser), Paul Beckett (controller) and all those that volunteered to make it a great event.

  • Spring Maprun League (2021)

    Spring Maprun League (2021)

    Market Cross, North Walsham. Image by Eastern Daily Press.

    The results for round 7 of the Spring Maprun League can be found here.

    Round 7

    This was the final round of the series. Katharine held onto her lead to win the women’s competition. Jonathan managed to pip Ian to win the men’s event.

    Round 6

    Not much to say this round. Katharine and Ian continue to lead the way. Can anyone catch them in the final round at North Walsham? The women’s competition seems to be done and dusted, but by my calculation, Glen and Jonathan could still overtake Ian.

    Round 5

    Maybe, now that restrictions are gradually easing, people are getting busier, as some of the regulars didn’t run this round. The notable result from the women’s competition was from Chris Gay (SUFFOC) who got what I think is the highest handicapped score we have ever had (men or women). Great result, Chris. It’s still extremely close between Katharine Bartram, Carla Sutherland & Emma Cross. With Glen Richardson and Rini Hoogkamer not running this time, Ian Renfrew has re-taken the lead in the men’s competition.

    Round 4

    The women’s competition has really closed up, with Katharine Bartram now only ahead of Emma Cross by 58 points. It was Ian Renfrew’s turn to make a mistake this round, so Glen Richardson has re-taken the lead, but by a very slim 8 points.

    Round 3

    Katharine Bartram seems to be taking a grip of the women’s competition with another win. Some interesting results in the men’s event, with Glen Richardson running on the final Saturday in flats (when it rained heavily) and compounding the lack of grip with a navigation error. This allowed Ian Renfrew to take the win.

    Round 2

    Another close contest in the women’s event, with Katharine Bartram coming out on top this time from Carla Sutherland and Emma Cross. In the men’s event it was a return to form for the winner of the Autumn League, Rini Hoogkame. Glen Richardson & Ian Renfrew were 2nd & 3rd again, but in the reverse order this time.

    Round 1

    The first round of the Spring Fun League is finally completed, having been held over from the beginning of January. It’s more of a Summer League now! Lily Alger won the women’s event gaining 500 points in an amazingly quick 39:28. Jonathan Gilbert won the men’s event.

  • Junior Club Championships 2020

    Junior Club Championships 2020

    The Junior Club Championships held over from 2020 were held on the Norwich School Playing Fields at Redmayne on Sunday, 11th April.

    The club junior champion, winning the Ella Gilbert Trophy, was once again Marcus Richardson. Interestingly his closest competitor, Hal Dannatt ran in the same class. Hal actually beat Marcus in the first race, but Marcus won the second race by a bigger margin and also prevailed in the head-to-head run-off for the M10 class. If they both continue it could be closely fought in the next few years.

    The full results can be found here.