Organiser
Firstly I would like to
thank Simon Craig for the use of the field for car
parking and assembly which provided a lovely setting
for the event. Thanks to Pete Morton for finding the
field and for a very efficient job of planning and to
Mark Dyer for Controlling. As always these events
would not happen without the willing volunteers.
Everyone made my job easy by offering to help and I
am very grateful to all those who assisted on the day.
Barry Olds and Graham Dugdale provided a smooth
running SI system and Lew Bean was very helpful as
the overall Co-ordinator.
Thanks also to
Wilf’s and Ultrasport who provided much needed
food and retail therapy. St John Ambulance I am
pleased to say had a quiet time.
Annabel Pring
Planner
I have planned and
controlled in Inny Foot on numerous occasions and did
much of the original mapping in the early 90’s.
This meant I was able to do much of the planning from
my armchair, making only two visits to tag and check
the sites.
My main headache was finding
a suitable car park. This superb field was secured
through one of Sue’s W. I. contacts.
The best terrain is in the
northern sector of the map, but is remote from the
car park, so only the longer courses visited this
area. The alternative would have involved a long walk
to the start, which for a medium event I felt would
not be appreciated.
Most of you seem to have
enjoyed your courses, although some of you found the
climb back to the finish in the warm weather rather
tiring. Winning times were as predicted.
My thanks go to Mark Dyer
for his care in checking my courses, Annabel and her
team of helpers for the smooth running of the event
and to the control collectors – Mark x 2, Katy,
Richard, James, Ian and Graham.
Peter
Morton
Controller
I enjoyed the experience of
controlling at Inny Foot probably more than I would
have enjoyed competing! With a Planner as
experienced as Peter Morton my role was limited to
minor suggestions and backstop checking. I
particularly admired the way Peter created 12
excellent courses from relatively few SI boxes, by
switching courses between controls so that few if any
courses had more than 2 consecutive controls in
common. Only the longer courses were able to
enjoy the best part of the forest, namely the old
open oak forest to the north, but even the newer
parts offered some interesting and challenging legs.
The map was adequate
for purpose, with the significant features mapped
well, but it could probably benefit from a review of
the green areas and clearings before the next major
event there since the vegetation is changing quite a
bit, often becoming more rather than less runnable.
The KERNO organisation
was first class. Not the least of my pleasures
was sitting in the warm sunshine watching sweaty
runners pass by, and listening to the rich pattern of
euphoria, disappointment and occasional disaster.
Whatever the outcome, it seems that just about
everyone enjoyed the afternoon, and the planning,
organising and helper teams did a great job. It
was almost with reluctance that I returned to the
prospect of competing on Days 2 and 3.
Mark Dyer (BOK)
