Planner's Comments
What a day. This is the
second Devon event in succession where an event
has been drastically affected by the heavens
opening. When we were putting out the final
controls at just before 10am, the level of the
Plym was more than a foot below the riverside
footpath between controls 38 and 39. As soon as
we became aware of the problem about 90 minutes
later Dave Livsey volunteered to stand near 38
and direct runners up onto the cycle path, whilst
Andy and I checked out the rest of the riverbank.
We hope it didn't detract too much from your day.
Several competitors thought
that control 39 would no longer be accessible,
and didn't go down to it from the cycle track.
They therefore showed up as mp on their splits
printout. We have decided to reinstate them, but
add on 5 minutes to their time.
Despite the weather, I hope
that you all enjoyed the challenge of the West
bank of the Plym. I thought that it was worth
visiting the area to get away from the frequently
used Cann Woods side. I trust you also noticed
the rich industrial archaeologyof the area as you
slid about in the mud!
My thanks to Ella and Ian
Bowles, Alison and Andy Reynolds, and Alan
Simpson for helping me get the 32 controls in by
dusk; to Dave Livesey for directing runners; and
to you all for braving the weather and supporting
the event.
Lew Bean
Organiser's
Comments
It
was good to revisit the dramatic rock and quarry
features of the west bank of the river. Our
thanks go to Bombardier Transportation for their
very willing help in lending us the use of their
car park. A donation of £35 is going to
“Children in Need”.
My thanks to
the very efficient team of helpers. Controls were
collected and everything wrapped up by 16.00.
Dave Livsey and Ann Hughes gave help to newcomers.
This was intended to be a special “Come and
Try it” event, but, to be honest, we were
not overwhelmed by new faces.
The weather
certainly dominated proceedings, and the wet
slippery ground led to fairly long running times.
But you returned exhilarated, particularly those
wet from the waist down! We were more fortunate
than KERNO who had to cancel the Mt Edgecumbe
event the following day, on account of predicted
gale force winds.
Alan Simpson
Controller’s
Comments
Well done everyone for
turning out on such a day. Just competing
in such conditions shows that you are made of
sterner stuff than most people, or were you just
so desperate to avoid Christmas shopping?
Competitors seemed to enjoy themselves, which
makes it all worthwhile for the organising team.
Lew’s courses
were testing, but within the guidelines. It
was the conditions and the enforced extra climb
up from the riverbank that obviously added to the
times.
We were taken by
surprise by the rapid rise in the river level.
I suspected that the path would become wetter, so
had already decided to inspect it. However,
I hadn’t expected the river level to rise so
much, so fast. The fact that it was so
obviously impassable, and from a point where a
detour could be made, was perhaps lucky for us as
no one was tempted to try to pass once it got too
bad. The river was certainly impressive to
look at, and there were new rivers spouting from
all directions!
From a controller’s
point of view it was a lesson for the future to
expect the unexpected!
Thanks to Lew for
planning, Alan for organising, and as well as the
others, a thanks to Mike Steward for the coldest
job of the day (car parking), and for helping me
to re-direct competitors down at the river.
Andy Reynolds
Brown 8.2 km 345 m 18 C
1 BEN CHESTERS SARUM 1:09:59
2 EDMONDS STEVE DEVON 1:28:09
3 EMMIT ANDREWS DEVON 1:29:51
4 MICHELLE SPILLAR W21 WIM 1:34:50
5 WILLIAM HANCOCK KERNO 1:36:16
6 PAUL AMES DEVON 1:38:08
7 WILLIAM AMES DEVON 1:41:38
8 JON HURRELL DEVON 1:44:27
9 WILFRID TAYLOR M55 DEVON 1:47:31
10 ANDY RIMES QO 1:51:19
11 NIGEL LANE IND 2:05:11
Blue 6.1 km 225 m 15 C
1 ELLA BOWLES W45 DEVON 1:16:17
2 ROB KOHLER M50 DEVON 1:18:46
3 BRYAN SMITH DEVON 1:23:09
4 MICHAEL SMITH DEVON 1:26:59
5 SUE PORTER DEVON 1:37:44
6 GARY RATCLIFFE DEVON 1:39:35
7 JOHN CHESTERS M55 QO 1:42:21
8 ALLI NORTHCOTT 1:43:29
9 KATE BICKERSTAFF DEVON 1:45:22
10 IAN BOWLES M50 DEVON 1:47:39
11 MICHAEL CULLEN M55 DEVON 1:51:08
12 WYCH ROSIE QO 1:54:39
13 STEVE MONK IND 2:01:01
14 MARTIN NORTHCOTT 2:11:24
ANTHONY DEW M21 DEVON mp
STEPHEN COVELL M40 IND mp
Green 4.7 km 180 m 15 C
1 MATT RYDER Torbay 20th Scou 57:20
2 OLIVIER BOUCHER M35 DEVON 1:03:41
3 STUART ROBERTSON M40 DEVON 1:04:18
4 CHRIS JAMES M65 NGOC 1:21:04
5 RICHARD WORRIN M35 BOK 1:21:07
6 DEREK PARKIN IND 1:26:34
7 ANN HUGHES W60 DEVON 1:33:50
8 ARTHUR VINCE M65 KERNO 1:36:02
9 MARK WALKER M40 DEVON 1:36:16
10 HAMISH WILSON 1:42:01
11 LESLEY RATCLIFFE DEVON 1:44:53
12 JILL GREEN W60 DEVON 1:46:51
13 HANNAH PASCOE 1:49:46
14 ROGER GREEN M60 DEVON 1:50:47
15 CHRISTINE VINCE W50 KERNO 2:11:46
16 HARRY LEE Torbay 20th Scou 2:21:57
17 SANDY COWAN M65 KERNO 2:30:50
PAUL GOFF DEVON mp
Lt-green 3.7 km 90 m 11 C
1 DUNCAN TAYLOR M14 DEVON 45:54
2 LUKE HAYWARD Torbay 20th Scou 1:07:07
3 PAUL MOROZ Torbay 20th Scou 1:12:34
4 GEORGE KOHLER M14 DEVON 1:25:55
5 ROB SMITH DEVON 1:28:02
6 RUTH CHESTERS W55 DEVON 1:35:02
7 JACOB SHAH Torbay 20th Scou 1:40:12
8 HELEN TAYLOR DEVON 1:44:49
9 DERYCK BALL IND 1:45:56
10 ELEANOR TAYLOR W45 DEVON 2:06:14
GILLIAN JAMES W60 NGOC mp
Orange 3.5 km 90 m 10 C
1 JASON POWER DEVON 1:05:22
2 JOSH OWEN Torbay 20th Scou 1:10:27
3 LIVSEY VAL DEVON 1:16:36
4 M TRAVIS / J CARTER IND 1:25:19
5 KIT MANNERS Torbay 20th Scou 1:59:07
6 JOE PILNEY 2:06:38
7 DAVID COLONVAL Torbay 20th Scou 2:18:33
Yellow 2.8 km 30 m 9 C
HARRY MORSE Torbay 20th Scou mp
O REYNOLDS/ W LEE Torbay 20th Scou mp
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