Organiser – Stuart Swalwell, Planner – Doug Dickinson, Controller – Mike Godfree
Organiser’s Comments,
We had 250 entrants. The fine weather and the use of
the Pavilion made the orienteering experience enjoyable for everyone. Thanks go
to the volunteer helpers. We were clearly stretched at this time of Year but
all seemed to go well - the two car parking marshals were visiting Derbyshire
from Croatia and were roped in to help!
As ever, the work of the Planner and Controller was
immense.
The raffle organised by Val Johnson was well received.
Thanks again to those who were able to donate a prize.
Enjoy your orienteering during the rest of the Year!
Stuart Swalwell
Planner’s Comments
Thanks for coming to this UK Urban League and East Midlands Urban
League event. I hope that you enjoyed your race up and down and around the town
of Ashbourne … we even got the weather right after the incredibly bad
forecasts in the lead up to the day.
I am interested to know how close you got to the distance I
calculated for each course. This was done on the basis of the shortest feasible
and legal route. The courses were planned to be ‘Urban’ in the
sense of ‘not Sprint’ … fast, but with some challenging long
legs to test concentration over time and distance. Each of the adult courses
also got a look at the Town centre.
I was determined to give Courses 1 and 2 the ‘up and
over’ or ‘very much under’ leg, giving the opportunity to run
through the railway tunnel to avoid climb. I hope your Route Gadget will show
how many of you took this rather unique route. I could not offer the chance to
other courses because of climb/distance restrictions – sorry.
Congratulations to all who raced Course 6 for successfully facing
and overcoming the ‘mud fest’ of the riverside legs.
Doug Dickinson
NEXT EVENTS:
Sunday 21st
January – National Event(Level B) on Eyam Moor, Grindleford. Entries open
now on Fabian
Sunday 3rd March –
Regional Event (Level C) Shipley Country Park, Heanor.
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