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PLANNER'S COMMENTS;
What a glorious Spring Day, sunshine, spring flowers, fantastic views, etc.,
It is always an added challenge planning on a brand new area. How will it run? Will it be technical enough for the experienced orienteers? As it turned out it ran very fast, especially the longer courses despite the cruel scarp slope. Quite a few people said that they had been caught out or made a few simple errors – so it wasn’t too straightforward.
The main problem with Clapham (and the planning challenge) is the arrangement of smallish blocks of well managed woods separated by grazing land, all separated by some serious fencing. Also there are some large blocks of pheasant pens that are generally unusable. This didn’t leave too much wood to run through – hence the helical nature of the longer courses.
I only heard favourable comments at the finish, which was very nice. But I also saw a lot of ‘newer’ orienteers particularly youngsters which was even more rewarding. We ran out of Orange maps, which is also a very good sign for the future of the club.
Thanks to ALL my helpers (all the usual suspects) – especially Ed who put out and collected in – and to Peter for his relaxed but efficient controlling which I am sure helped to make the courses that bit better.
See you all at the Parham SOG next month,
Kieran
Controller's Report
 This was a rare event in our part of the country: an event on an area completely new to orienteering. The drive south along the A280 has always been one of my favourite routes through the S Downs, and has some dramatic views – it was a pleasure to be involved with an orienteering event in this area.
Planner Kieran confidently approached his task with enthusiasm and produced eight suitable courses. The terrain of the area was generally very pleasant to be in, although it was extensively enclosed by fences, all of which had teeth (either barbed or electric)! This made planning a little tricky and a few people had difficulties out on their courses (though most I spoke to had no problems). The arrival of livestock in the field just north of the start was quite late and it would’ve been difficult to plan round at that stage. I had one report that this caused difficulty to a competitor. On balance, I feel that Kieran made a good job of the courses and his execution of the task caused me very little trouble. Kieran is one of the clubs more prolific planners, and this experience showed.
All courses were within acceptable limits for the finishing times for the competitors, although the perfect winter running conditions made the area much drier than expected and running speeds were generally higher than expected, thus brown, green and white would’ve benefitted from being a little longer. Blue, light green and yellow were spot on. There were no competitors on red. Conversely: Orange appeared to be slightly on the long side (possibly due to a significant number of people new to the course?).
John, our organiser, was the main driver behind the event (some of which – the string course – was literally in his back yard!) and treated us to a very comprehensively organised orienteering event. John’s attention to detail could not be faulted, and he had all possible eventualities covered. From my perspective, the event ran extremely smoothly and no real hitches were apparent to the participants. Amazingly, for such a competent organiser, this was the first SO event that John has organized, so he had much to find out about how things worked specifically within the club. John was very generous to share his birthday celebration with members of the club who attended – a memorable day for John and us all – Thanks John!
I’d like to make special mention of the string course: planned; mapped; and organised by Les Coles. John had identified his garden and some adjacent properties as a suitable location and Les implemented a fun course that wound it’s way round this delightful area. Great work Les!
John managed to forge important links with landowners, farmers, and others to earn us all the opportunity to run in Clapham Woods on this occasion. The hope is that SO will be able to use the area again in the future – there is scope for lots of enjoyable orienteering on this gem of an area, and significant parts are still to be used for the first time.
Peter Chapman

Organiser’s Remarks
A delightful area (I knew about that), an excellent team (I relied on them) and cloudless blue skies (aren’t they always in February?) combined to give us a very sound base for a successful event. And it certainly helps to have a calm, experienced Controller and a painstaking Planner.
Overall things went as I intended – just about. I apologise for the late-opening gate (a communications glitch); I’ve learned that a taped route (returning across the paddock) is invisible with a strong sun behind it. Another time, I’ll advertise peripheral attractions rather more effectively. And if the cows, and their electric fence, surprised you – they surprised us too, and perhaps serve to remind us all how lucky we are to be given freedom to roam as we will in a busy working estate.
If there are other things you think I could have organised better, please let me know – life without learning is very dull…
We have an annual window of opportunity for this estate, in the slack time between the close of the shooting season and the start of pheasant-rearing. So we look forward to seeing you next Spring, hopefully for a couple of events. And don’t keep it a secret; if you enjoyed Clapham Woods, tell your friends…
In a small community, everything is seen and remembered. So I’m happy to be able to report that the interest and reactions from the village have been uniformly positive – thank you all for being such well-mannered guests.
John Morris

String Results
Name Club Class/Age Time
Heather High SO W2 16:20
Freya West Ind W6 10:40
Kieran marsh SO M11  06:48
Emma Rose Ind W4 19:12
Liam Marsh SO M9 08:06
Euan Marsh SO M12 06:23
Thomas Forster SOC M3 16:04
Heather High SO W2 13:56
Julia Feltham MV W9 07:51
Lucy Feltham MV W11 07:05
Alex Forster SOC M8 06:22
Nick Jarvis SO M11  05:34
Megan Ewens SO W4 12:24
Elodie Ewens SO W3  14:08
Aaron Taylor SO M6 11:29
Lawrence Churder Ind M11  12:07
Jack Barnet Ind M11  08:04
Jan Ireland SO W50 05:04
Jake Rubens SO M4 16:27
Caymen O'Reilly SO W9 16:27
Cassie O'Reilly SO W7 13:41
Shona Masson MV W13 19:27
Max Rubens SO M7 16:55
Alistair Masson MV M10 05:15
Paul Rubens SO M40 05:58
Paul Rubens SO M40 03:48

BROWN

      Name Club Class Time Mins/K    
  1   Kenny Leitch SO M40 48:24 6.21    
  2   Edward Catmur SLOW M21 48:35 6.23    
  3   Alistair Powell SBOC M21 51:15 6.57    
  4   Neil Crickmore SO M45 52:22 6.71    
  5   Darrell High SO M40 55:01 7.05    
  6   Jon Forster SOC M40 55:30 7.12    
  7   Keith Tonkin GO M50 55:36 7.13    
  8   Lee Kemp SO M21 58:18 7.47    
  9   Mike Derbyshire BAOC M50 60:00 7.69    
  10   Charlie Turner SLOW M55 62:00 7.95    
  11   Mike Hooper SO M35 62:13 7.98    
  12   Andy Bridge SO M50 62:15 7.98    
  13   Mark Cheesman MV M35 63:09 8.10    
  14   Steve Jarvis SO M45 63:16 8.11    
  15   Julia Jarvis SO W40 63:17 8.11    
  16   Andrea Rebora SLOW M35 64:24 8.26    
  17   Simon Thraves SO M45 64:54 8.32    
  18   Vincent Joyce SO M50 65:37 8.41    
  19   David Howarth SO M45 67:06 8.60    
  20   Jeff Powell Davies SOS M21 67:11 8.61    
  21   Graham Sutton MV M60 68:56 8.84    
  22   John Franklin SO M55 69:10 8.87    
  23   Michael Merritt SO M50 70:06 8.99    
  24   Steve Brockbank DFOK M60 70:10 9.00    
  25   Mike Baron SO M65 70:53 9.09    
  26   Anne Straube SLOW W21 71:01 9.10    
  27   Richard Catmur SLOW M50 71:27 9.16    
        par   72:36      
  28   Edward Cox SO M45 72:44 9.32    
  29   Paul Greenough TVOC M60 74:55 9.60    
  30   Leslie Hooper SO M65 76:06 9.76    
  31   Geoffrey Newton MV M60 76:30 9.81    
  32   Alison High SO W21 76:49 9.85    
  33   Ron Hunnisett SO M60 80:15 10.29    
  34   Paul Oates DFOK M55 85:52 11.01    
  35   James Parker SO M60 87:01 11.16    
  36   Raffaella Marin SLOW W40 91:32 11.74    
  37   Andy Elliott DFOK M60 93:34 12.00    
  38   Michael White SO M70 109:19 14.01    
  39   Chris Starnes MV M45 121:41 15.60    
  n/c   Roger Maher SO M70 62:24 8.00    
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BLUE

      Name Club Class Time Mins/K    
  1   Anna Chapman SO W35 51:12 8.13    
  2   John Van Rooyen SAX M55 51:14 8.13    
  3   Alan Williamson SO M55 54:08 8.59    
  4   Robin Wilson SO M45 54:55 8.72    
  5   Paul Wilson SO M45 59:29 9.44    
  6   Chris Fry SLOW M60 59:57 9.52    
  7   Steven Devereaux   M40 60:23 9.58    
  8   Bryony Crickmore SO W18 60:50 9.66    
  9   Philip Craven DFOK M50 61:30 9.76    
  10   Mike Elliot MV M55 61:46 9.80    
  11   Christine Jepson SO W50 61:47 9.81    
  12   Jeremy Oldershaw SAX M70 61:52 9.82    
  13   Ted McDonald MV M65 62:18 9.89    
  14   David Marsh SO M45 63:02 10.01    
  15   Victor Wills SO M65 63:21 10.06    
  16   Cliff Woolford SO M50 64:57 10.31    
  17   Steve Ewens SO M50 65:47 10.44    
  18   Jonathan Walker SO M50 66:54 10.62    
  19   Alison Weller SO W35 67:58 10.79    
  20   John Pittam SO M55 69:14 10.99    
  21   John Davies MV M70 70:19 11.16    
  22   R Wills SO M55 70:42 11.22    
  23   Leslie Coles SO M65 72:41 11.54    
        par   76:48      
  24   Daniel Roth SLOW M35 75:45 12.02    
  25   Mike & Kim Hatton     85:29 13.57    
  26   Deborah Malins SO W50 113:21 17.99    
      Andy Richards   M35 67:48   Retd  
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GREEN

      Name Club Class Time Mins/K    
  1   Nicholas Jarvis SO M12 34:44 8.47    
  2   Charlotte Turner SLOW W21 35:05 8.56    
  3   Jannion Ireland SO W50 35:35 8.68    
  4   Gareth Hutchinson SO M35 35:57 8.77    
  5   Chris Simpson SO M60 38:26 9.37    
  6   Sean Joyce SO M40 39:09 9.55    
  7   Frank Wright SO M60 40:10 9.80    
  8   Jane Lambert SO W45 40:52 9.97    
  9   Douglas Deeks SAX M70 41:41 10.17    
  10   David Robbins GO M60 42:25 10.35    
  11   Bob Davis SO M65 42:58 10.48    
  12   Susan Crickmore SO W45 43:00 10.49    
  13   Jason Woolford SO M21 43:23 10.58    
  14   Claes Harvenberg SO M45 44:25 10.83    
  15   Penny Marsh SO W45 45:02 10.98    
  16   Teresa Turner SLOW W60 45:31 11.10    
  17   Alan Mackenzie SWOC M60 45:58 11.21    
  18   Bridget Hooper SO W60 46:02 11.23    
  19   Malcolm Campbell SO M55 46:07 11.25    
  20   John Guthrie SO M40 47:05 11.48    
  21   John Faller SO M70 49:12 12.00    
  22   Michael Gammon SO M75 49:25 12.05    
  23   Nicky Masson MV W40 50:53 12.41    
  24   Jonathan Dall SO M50 51:55 12.66    
        par   52:06      
  25   Patrick Maher SO M70 52:29 12.80    
  26   David Warton   M40 52:41 12.85    
  27   James Baker SO M40 52:59 12.92    
  28   Piers Pollard SO M60 55:55 13.64    
  29   Peter Drake SO M70 56:31 13.78    
  30   Chris Baker DFOK M70 57:11 13.95    
  31   Susan Parker SO W65 58:17 14.22    
  32   Clare Devine SO W20 58:39 14.30    
  33   Jaquie Drake SO W70 61:30 15.00    
  34   Dave Peters SO M65 63:55 15.59    
  35   Peter Dudman SO M55 70:54 17.29    
  36   Ben Ota   M18 79:49 19.47    
      Judy Bridge SO W50 55:00   m10  
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LIGHT GREEN

      Name Club Class Time Mins/K    
  1   Shona Masson MV W14 36:19 9.56    
  2   Lucy Thraves SO W14 46:52 12.33    
  3   Julia Lindfield SO W21 47:28 12.49    
  4   Janet Harvey SAX W55 51:49 13.64    
  5   Judy Fry SLOW W60 61:27 16.17    
        par          
  6   Rachel Welsh SO W35 62:28 16.44    
  7   Jillian Devine SO W40 65:12 17.16    
  8   Sally Morris SO W60 77:32 20.40    
  9   Julia Baker DFOK W70 106:57 28.14    
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ORANGE

      Name Club Class Time Mins/K    
  1   Alistair Masson MV M12 29:32 9.53    
  2   Kieran Marsh SO M12 39:47 12.83    
  3   Euan Marsh SO M14 40:49 13.17    
  4   David Wilson   M20 44:17 14.28    
  5   Alex Beaven SO M12 45:42 14.74    
  6   Christine Hagg SO W55 48:01 15.49    
  7   Keith Beaven   M45 48:46 15.73    
  8   Mark Hiles   M45 50:41 16.35    
  9   Gillian & Max Lamb     61:23 19.80    
  10   Paul Beaven SO M16 69:11 22.32    
  11   Molly Barnett   W10 79:05 25.51    
  12   Jane White MV W65 80:01 25.81    
        par          
  13   Stephen Christian   M60 81:08 26.17    
  14   Jessica Dikken   W12 81:26 26.27    
  15   Jade Dikken   W10 81:45 26.37    
  16   Rosie Taylor SO W10 81:49 26.39    
  17   Hannaford Family     86:44 27.98    
  18   Katie Taylor SO W10 99:07 31.97    
  19   Philippa Churcher   W40 105:05 33.90    
  20   Tom Dikken   M6 105:11 33.93    
  21   Dall Family SO   122:18 39.45    
  22   Bernie & Catherine     134:20 43.33    
  n/c   Richard Loffler   M21 67:28 21.76    
      Jude Ota   M8 99:14   m1,m7-8  
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YELLOW

      Name Club Class Time Mins/K    
  1   Liam Marsh SO M10 23:17 10.58    
  2   Julia Feltham MV W10 28:17 12.86    
  3   Lucy Feltham MV W12 28:24 12.91    
  4   Richard Loffler   M21 30:32 13.88    
  5   Emma Jackson   W12 33:14 15.11    
  6   Jonathan Vallom   M50 35:59 16.36    
        par          
  7   Stephen Faber   M50 39:56 18.15    
  8   John Bishop   M21 39:58 18.17    
  9   Benjamin Warton   M10 45:31 20.69    
  10   Aaron Taylor SO M10 63:26 28.83    
  11   Hannah Taylor SO W10 63:53 29.04    
  n/c   Thomas Jarvis SO M10 18:06 8.23    
      Elizabeth Brown SO W90 0:00   No finish  
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WHITE

      Name Club Class Time Mins/K    
  1   Thomas Jarvis SO M10 8:06 7.36    
  2   R & A Forster SOC   9:38 8.76    
  3   Matthew Forster SOC M5 10:12 9.27    
  4   Sean Joyce SO M40 11:36 10.55    
  5   Caymen O'Reilly SO W10 17:11 15.62    
  6   Cassie O'Reilly SO W10 21:06 19.18    
  7   Bridget Smethurst   W10 21:54 19.91    
  8   Jake Rubens   M7 23:18 21.18    
  9   Max Rubens   M7 23:20 21.21    
  10   Megan Ewens SO W10 23:38 21.48    
      Elodie Ewens SO W10 25:42   Retd  
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