Sunday 9th September
2007
Planners Report
A couple of evenings armchair planning followed by two
visits to Combley to plan this event. We had decided to do all our planning
before our visit to the Six Day Orienteering event in Scotland at the beginning
of August
Therefore it was in a wet and muddy July that the courses
were planned, quite different to the actual day of the event, which was warm
and dry.
The controls on the Yellow course have to be on the paths.
But with a good path network in the forest we were able to make this course
quite varied
Some route choice was available on the Orange course. So
following the ditches on a couple of the legs was probably the best option.
On planning the Light Green and Green courses we tried to
use different control sites to previous events. The idea was to plan the
courses so that the direct route was probably the best choice To avoid the use
of a second Master Map on the Green Course lots of changes in direction meant
that we had to use a lot of controls. This did also mean that this course
covered most of the forest. Judging by the remarks at the finish most of you
enjoyed the courses.
Congratulations to those who did well. especially Richard
Eastaff who completed the Green Course in less than an hour. Commiserations to
those who didn't do so well, or missed controls, or mis-punched.
Thanks to all who helped out at this event. See you all at
the next one.