Results for Lincoln Orienteering Group, Lincoln South Common, 07/11/2004
Sunday 14:31 results uploaded to web
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Planner's Comments John Bennett
It is a long time since we had anything other than
a low-key summer league or relay event on the Common, and we've certainly
never had a blue or brown on there before. E-punching, and a long
overdue re-mapping, meant that the Common was available when we had to cancel
our event in Bourne for today, but we still had a few concerns. Would we have
control vandalism? Would we get enough length for the longer courses without
tiresome repetition? Would the undergrowth die down in time? Well I think we
got away with it on all counts.
I hope everyone appreciated the start area, the
first time we have gone onto the Common from there, maybe all pre-starts
should have seats, a shelter and kiddies playground? It had the added
advantage of throwing you onto the Common cold, instead of letting you see
half of your controls before you started.
Comments at the finish were all favourable, and as
a planner I really appreciate it when people take the time to seek out event
officials and have a chat. With hindsight I might have made more use of the
tricky south-west corner, but you should have seen the height of the
undergrowth when I started planning! I also could have got a bit more length
out of the brown, but you wouldn't have thanked me for it I suspect. Apart
from a couple of quick winning times most people were within BOF guidelines,
and hopefully everyone went away glad that they made the trip on such a dank
morning.
Thanks to the usual army of helpers, but
especially Martin for his excellent controlling, Karl for organising despite
getting his car smashed the day before, Ian and Leanne for our first string
course in years, and Andy and Steve for keeping at least one PC working
through the chaos.
Finally, apologies for hiding the cathedral from
you today, you'll have to take my word for it that the view from the top of
the Common is stunning on a clear day. Or maybe it was just a cunning ploy to
get you all back again?
Controllers Comments Martin Wheeler
It was a pleasure to control this event, made all
the easier because of John's sensitively planned courses making use of the
varied terrain on South Common. It is never easy planning for the novice (and
there were qiute a few of them) and for those more at home in championship
events. Comments overheard in the carpark suggested that the journey to Lincoln
had been worthwhile and I am sure that this was in no small part due to the
slick organisation of Karl and his merry team of LOGGERS. It was good to see a
string course at the event and special thanks go to Leanne and Grandad. Special
thanks also go to those who were patient in waiting to download following the
failure of one of the laptops.
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