Virtuous Lady League Event 4 Feb 07 - Results & Comments
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Planner’s Comments
Planning at Virtuous Lady proved more difficult than I first thought. On my first outing to check control sites I couldn’t find some and others I felt couldn’t be used, all due to waist high brambles and head high bracken! Then two months later when I went back out to tag the control sites everything had died back and I started to worry that the longer courses were too easy. I know some people on the longer courses felt the last descent to the river and back up a bit unnecessary but this was deliberate in order to keep runners away from an area of crags, adits and mine shafts. The alternative was a couple of extra trips through the brambles that mark the transition from trees to open ground, and as these were all but impenetrable when I first checked the routes I chose to descend to the river.
I’d like to thank David for his help and useful advice whilst planning and for helping put out controls. I’d also like to thank everyone who helped collect in controls, and last but not least, I have to thank husband Gary for doing all the “IT stuff”, helping with tagging, putting out and collecting controls and therefore forfeiting a league score.
Lesley Ratcliffe
Controller’s Comments
Firstly, thank you all for coming along to the event - without you, the competitors, our efforts are useless! The two seemingly pointless controls on the Blue and Brown courses, as experienced competitors will realise, were put in for the good reason of safety. We lose a number of younger competitors when they move out of the area but we have not yet lost one because he (or she) fell over a nasty crag!
At this event I was lucky for several reasons: the weather could not have been better, and it was a very pleasant experience working with an attractive and capable young lady. The very few suggestions I made about the courses were considered and after a brief and well informed discussion were mostly acted upon; the comments from competitors were useful feedback and were almost all positive. The couple of points about the mapping have been noted and will be acted on when the map is revised.
A thank you also to Gary Ratcliffe for all the hard work he put in behind the scenes.
The "dreaded" wild boar, fortunately did not put in an appearance although, according to a local lady dog-walker, there are thought to be at least three in the area, one of which has piglets. Gary thought he heard them on Saturday whilst putting out flags and boxes. He was unable to see anything of them though as they were in a scrub filled ravine.
Long may you run in sunlit forests.
Dave Livsey
Organiser’s Comments
As usual I derived much pleasure from organising this local event, and I am most grateful for the support I received from all those whom I asked to help. Paul Sturtridge and Paul Adams directed the cars in such a manner as to make a most pleasing assembly area. Peter Boon, Stuart Robertson and Anthony Dew were on hand in case anyone needed first aid. Alan Simpson and Lew Bean controlled the SI registration and results system. Ann Hughes, Nicole Evans and Vivienne & Nicholas Maxwell dealt with all the clerical duties of registration. Mike Hughes and Ella Bowles controlled the start. Pete Whitfield and family set up the string course and were relieved by Lynda Robertson and her family. Peter Flick was there as usual looking after car keys and providing friendly advice. And, at the end, Ella Bowles, Anthony Dew and Graham Dugdale helped Lesley and Gary bring in all the controls. Almost all of the above, I am glad to record, also had competitive runs.
Finally my thanks to Lesley for planning and to Dave for controlling a very successful day.
I have two proposals for future events:
- registration forms should be completed fully before data are entered in the computer. Age class and club do appear in the results on the club website, but they are not readily available to the organiser when preparing the accounts.
- the registration form should contain a box in which to record the entry fee paid. This will aid identification of non-BOF runners, and simplify preparation of the accounts.
Mike Hosford (M80)
FoundLeft black and grey Thinsulate glove is lonely without its right partner. Right partner should contact Mike Hosford on mike.hosford@btinternet.com with name and address.String CourseLuke M4 22 min Heather W5 7 min Adam M7 4 min Heather W5 8 minBrown (13 7.8 km 355 m 22 C 1 Ian Hargreaves M21 KERNO 1:03:48 2 Kevin Hagley M45 DEVON 1:07:03 3 Steve Rose M45 DEVON 1:13:28 4 Andy Rimes M40 QO 1:22:51 4 Adrian Taylor M50 DEVON 1:22:51 6 Michelle Spillar W21 WIM 1:25:30 7 Paul Ames M45 DEVON 1:25:32 8 William Hancock M21 KERNO 1:28:35 9 Pete Whitfield M45 DEVON 1:34:41 10 Andrew Ranson M18 KERNO 1:35:46 11 Mark Lockett M35 KERNO 1:39:39 12 Stephen Eastley M50 IND 1:39:51 13 Will Ames M16 DEVON 1:40:44 Blue (23) 6.3 km 285 m 17 C 1 Mike Steward M50 DEVON 1:00:17 2 Nigel Bateman M50 DEVON 1:00:37 3 Paul Glanville M50 DEVON 1:02:35 4 Keith Bolling M45 QO 1:10:27 5 Ella Bowles W45 DEVON 1:14:00 6 Rosie Wych W50 QO 1:15:37 7 Bryan Smith M55 DEVON 1:16:45 8 Ali Northcott W21 IND 1:17:26 9 Alan Simpson M60 DEVON 1:19:16 10 Andy Elliot M45 DEVON 1:20:56 11 Lew Bean M60 DEVON 1:21:36 12 Michael Cullen M55 DEVON 1:22:19 13 Nigel Pinkstone/Davis M40 IND 1:25:05 14 Paul Sturdridge M50 DEVON 1:25:12 15 Nicholas Maxwell M50 DEVON 1:29:22 16 Roger Hateley M60 DEVON 1:29:38 17 Mark Walker M40 DEVON 1:33:24 18 Martin Northcott M50 IND 1:43:44 19 Rory Hutson M21 IND 1:46:23 20 Graham Dugdale M55 DEVON 1:47:11 21 John Dyson M65 DEVON 1:49:34 22 Susan Hateley W60 DEVON 2:07:21 Anthony Dew M21 DEVON mp Green (32 4.0 km 170 m 12 C 1 Michael Smith M19 DEVON 43:04 2 Paul Goff M21 IND 53:04 3 Ann Hughes W60 DEVON 55:21 4 Daniel Taylor M18 IND 55:58 5 Matthew Eaves M18 IND 58:09 6 Stephen Dunford M65 DEVON 58:54 7 Alan Doe M55 WIGHTO 1:00:23 8 Brian Parker M70 DEVON 1:01:15 9 Lynne Whitfield W35 DEVON 1:03:41 10 Jack Baker M14 Torbay 20th 1:05:29 11 Chris Ranson M55 KERNO 1:10:06 12 Jill Green W60 DEVON 1:11:09 13 Stuart Robertson M40 DEVON 1:12:30 14 Graham Brodie M50 DEVON 1:13:45 15 Hana Skuckova W40 IND 1:15:06 16 James Bourne Torbay 20th 1:18:02 17 Patrick Fishwick M45 BKO 1:18:34 18 Jackie Brodie W40 DEVON 1:22:00 19 Chris Miller M45 DEVON 1:23:04 20 Roger Green M60 DEVON 1:23:38 21 Valerie Livsey W65 DEVON 1:24:11 22 Malou George W50 KERNO 1:24:13 23 Luke Hayward M1 Torbay 20th 1:24:53 24 Paul Moroz M14 Torbay 20th 1:30:57 25 Hilary Eastley W50 IND 1:31:19 26 Kelly Davis W18 IND 1:33:32 27 Sandy Cowan M65 KERNO 1:36:19 28 John and Joyce Burgess M60 DEVON 2:09:07 29 Graham Colman M75 DEVON 2:19:20 Mike Hughes M60 DEVON mp Ian Crowder M18 IND mp Rachel Wieck W21 IND mp Lt-green 3.1 km 85 m 10 C 1 Duncan Taylor M14 DEVON 25:23 2 Jack Baker M14 Torbay 20th 37:13 3 Luke Hayward Torbay 20th 37:55 4 Brian Johnson M65 MDDXO 40:49 5 Rosie Sneyd W14 KERNO 44:31 6 Erik Peckett M70 DEVON 45:04 7 Vivienne Maxwell W55 DEVON 48:28 8 Elena-Marie Gordon W12 IND 49:45 9 Carol Doe W55 WIGHTO 52:35 10 Sarah Morgan W18 IND 58:18 11 Sam Tudor M13 Torbay 20th 59:40 12 Kate Glanville W40 DEVON 1:01:53 13 Rosemary Roach W75 DEVON 1:06:53 14 Mervyn Walker M75 DEVON 1:10:39 15 James Tudor M14 Torbay 20th 1:15:06 16 Laura/Laura Davis/Cher W15 IND 1:18:40 17 Carly Taylor W18 IND 1:46:49 18 Zoe Boullier W18 IND 1:47:32 James Bourne M15 Torbay 20th mp Helen Taylor W45 DEVON mp Orange (1 2.7 km 50 m 11 C 1 Jo Smith W14 DEVON 35:57 2 Aidan Porter-Holborn M6 DEVON 44:06 3 Ann Caple W50 IND 46:29 4 Sam Tudor M13 Torbay 20th 49:39 5 Luke Stitson M12 DEVON 55:28 6 Angus Robertson M12 DEVON 55:49 7 Aoife Webb W12 IND 58:33 8 Oran Perrett M12 Torbay 20th 1:24:29 9 Oliver Syrett M13 Torbay 20th 1:25:02 10 Ian Bowles M50 DEVON 8:15:19 James Tudor M14 Torbay 20th mp Yellow (1 1.9 km 35 m 9 C 1 lydia Medawar W11 DEVON 19:55 2 John Whitfield M11 DEVON 20:11 3 Alice Glanville W7 22:13 4 Carole Smith W50 DEVON 24:42 5 Cameron Robertson M10 DEVON 28:54 6 Silas Boon M7 DEVON 29:01 7 Gemma Stitson W9 DEVON 29:43 8 Molly Sharples W6 IND 34:51 9 Alfie Gilling M5 IND 42:02 10 Fred Williams M4 IND 42:09 11 Christian Rusbrooke M8 IND 49:25 12 Megan Rushbrooke W5 IND 50:37 13 Eleanor Dew W3 IND 1:04:42
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