Sutherland's Grove , 10th Nov 07
I hope you all enjoyed the different format to usual. It seemed well-suited to Sutherland's Grove which has a varied network of tracks. I certainly enjoyed exploring there, and admit to choosing more than one control site for its view! That might not have been obvious on the rather grey day, but the rain held off and we even got a bit of sun at the end.
Getting all the controls within the hour and a half narrowly eluded the fastest riders, with Tim Brand getting all but one with a little time to spare and Ben Cathro getting them all but with penalties for being several minutes overtime. It was great to see the D of E folks running around enthusiastically before the bike event, then biking around equally enthusiastically. And special congratulations to Lewis Bigham and Lucy Heycock who both completed the double-bill with the North Argyll Cycle Club cross-country race the following day enjoying a beautiful sunny day.
The map was experimental, using a bike orienteering symbol set. All the tracks were rated by their rideability while the vegetation detail of a standard orienteering map was toned down. All feedback welcomed!
Andy Dale
The aim was to find your way to as many controls (checkpoints) as you can within a set time. You choose between a 60-minute and a 90-minute class. Riding was mostly on gravel tracks with options to use a few trickier singletracks. The event map is specially drawn for bike orienteering at a scale of 1:20,000 and printed on waterproof paper.
The total points shown are after 10 points being deducted for every 1 min late back.
Results
Sutherland's Grove MTB-O - 10-Nov-2007
Score 60 mins
| Pos | Name | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynne Walker | 59:39 | 120 |
| 2 | Seori | 43:36 | 110 |
Score 90 mins
| Pos | Name | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Brand | 85:15 | 230 |
| 2 | Paul Frost | 88:35 | 190 |
| 3 | Niall Urquhart | 89:02 | 170 |
| 4 | Ben Cathro | 96:58 | 170 |
| 5 | Lucy Heycock | 82:58 | 160 |
| 6 | Carol Burnapp* | 81:06 | 130 |
| 7 | Ellie Bell | 86:12 | 130 |
| 8 | Marieke Steuben | 86:14 | 130 |
| 9 | Angus and Finn | 78:54 | 120 |
| 10 | Jan Kersel | 79:33 | 120 |
| 11 | Louisa and Amy | 80:41 | 120 |
| 12 | Emma and Kirsty | 80:16 | 110 |
| 13 | Ellis Bingham | 72:43 | 80 |
* Carol was on foot.
Yellow course
1st Christine Beveridge, 21:01
2nd Jamie Sinclair, 31:28
3rd Alastair & Jonathan, 37:52
4th Morgaine & Caroline, 49;02
5th Roanne & Alasdair Lilley,
