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Rankings 2 Summer Series 3 Davidstow 4 Max 5 Web Work 5 Poundbury 6 Shop 8 SiNs Ludlow 9 NXM 10 SS Davidstow 12 Stithians 13 Classic Quarter 12 Devon Relays 13 Fixtures 17 Odds & Ends 19

CHAIRMAN’S CHAT

The Summer series is in full swing with some very interesting and challenging approaches to innovative planning. Doing things in a slightly different way can certainly make you think more about your approach to the basics of orienteering. Score events, for example, force you to look far more carefully at the course and location of controls before you start running. Leaving out detail on the map, as Will tried at Davidstow, force you to be much more precise about compass work and distance pacing. As the series progresses I am sure more challenges will be presented. Let us see what is laid on for us on the Pencarrow Head. In May Roger Hargreaves and Graham Pring put on a training Day on Dartmoor for Controllers combining Level C and Level B courses. It is very important for the future of the club that people continue to come forward as Controllers and progress on to handle the larger events. Although it is easy to think that planning and controlling events is simple, it is not. The basics of planning are simple but it soon becomes complicated as different levels of competitor competence and physical ability are taken it to account. Then there is expectation of what a course should be like, there has to be comparability between clubs. On top of all of this is the event organisation and the safety of competitors and other area users. So please come forward to plan events with the guidance of experienced controllers, but also get proper training, which we are always happy to arrange. There are lots of interesting things going on, so be prepared to try new things and enjoy your orienteering. Richard

SINGLE LIST ORIENTEERING RANKINGS at 27th June 2013 The competitor's total is the sum of the best six scores from the events held over the previous 12 months.

O/A ± class Name Points Contributing scores

243 -36 75 Scott Collier 7544 1268, 1261, 1246, 1250, 1264, 1255

339 +3 29 Ian Hargreaves 7423 1228, 1227, 1245, 1252, 1244, 1227

392 +3 93 William Hancock 7354 1233, 1210, 1217, 1197, 1299, 1198

447 +2 48 Phil Newall 7278 1216, 1243, 1212, 1197, 1207, 1203

510 +1 46 Chris Moncaster 7199 1216, 1194, 1192, 1194, 1204, 1199

742 +1 63 Mark Lockett 6990 1185, 1155, 1159, 1170, 1135, 1186

812 +2 101 Graham Pring 6932 1181, 1129, 1134, 1176, 1166, 1146

955 +3 125 Stephen Eastley 6801 1118, 1139, 1106, 1186, 1130, 1122

1079 +3 63 Barry Olds 6705 1117, 1100, 1146, 1122, 1106, 1114

1173 +2 48 Peter Morton 6629 1068, 1054, 1074, 1300, 1065, 1068

1366 +1 32 Adele Newall 6463 1071, 1067, 1075, 1053, 1116, 1081

1389 -3 74 Ken George 6448 1053, 1046, 1068, 1168, 1076, 1037

1615 -1 112 Roger Hargreaves 6246 1060, 1041, 1022, 1021, 1057, 1045

2151 -1 175 Rod Allday 5726 955, 939, 979, 948, 972, 933

2250 184 Peter Heywood 5614 931, 892, 1082, 918, 913, 878

2376 -2 58 Arthur Boyt 5436 931, 940, 888, 898, 907, 872

2487 -5 102 Helen Donovan 5272 827, 791, 920, 891, 1021, 822

2527 2 53 Elsie Hargreaves 5206 858, 846, 875, 851, 853, 923

2532 -1 235 Steve Beech 5190 1094, 1051, 1066, 998, 981

2542 -2 114 Simon Freer 5181 1038, 969, 1058, 1019, 1097

2558 +460 109 Hannah Jenkins 5153 1010, 963, 908, 781, 623, 868

2601 -2 95 Hilary Eastley 5080 877, 945, 792, 835, 811, 820

2603 -3 96 Pauline Olds 5079 850, 837, 858, 859, 834, 841

2613 -5 88 Shane Ohly 5067 1209, 1268, 1297, 1293

2626 -5 97 Annabel Pring 5045 801, 807, 907, 858, 857, 815

2631 -5 69 Arthur Vince 5039 879, 778, 782, 781, 924, 895

2749 -12 78 Jeannie Bown 4844 769, 796, 720, 883, 851, 825

2806 -14 215 Richard Bown 4747 924, 901, 1034, 959, 929

2865 -14 78 Sandy Cowan 4627 741, 822, 777, 784, 768, 735

3084 -8 131 David Lockett 4159 972, 1111, 1104, 972

3144 -3 96 Bernard Pullen 4003 603, 761, 912, 950, 777

3181 +2 101 Christine Vince 3894 702, 585, 597, 649, 673, 688

3250 +6 206 Ian Ashton 3673 1219, 1227, 1227

3396 +2 140 Malou George 3287 740, 500, 717, 522, 347, 461

3436 +4 219 Dan Alsop 3212 1137, 970, 1105

3442 +5 215 Richard Smith 3182 605, 797, 888, 892

3492 +6 111 Roger Venn 3059 541, 840, 854, 824

3551 +3 76 Tracy Freer 2934 938, 619, 678, 699

3615 +4 330 Michael Beadel 2772 965, 989, 818

3655 +4 339 Robert Sneyd 2644 776, 1034, 834

3671 +6 266 Alan Middleton 2592 975, 888, 729

3726 +5 156 Sarah Middleton 2426 591, 531, 347, 957

3730 +6 121 Gavin Henderson 2417 1215, 1202

3827 +4 176 Lee Bradley 2212 1138, 1074

3916 +7 365 John Moody 2057 1060, 997

3929 +7 180 Ian Raggett 2028 1018, 1010

3939 +7 158 Sue Boyt 2017 678, 664, 675

4013 +7 319 Alan Peters 1892 909, 983

4020 +6 371 Tim Andrews 1873 872, 1001

4068 +4 378 Derek Smith 1778 916, 862

4130 +6 383 Andy Brumby 1663 746, 917

4199 +7 82 Sara Dowler 1478 594, 884

4477 +11 365 Ivor Marshall 1061 1061

4545 +11 90 Heather Ohly 1014 1014

4635 +9 352 John Dennis 963 963

4637 +9 219 Chris Pawley 961 961

4748 +10 431 Andy Barclay 867 867

4853 +9 191 Liz Whitley 778 778

4854 +9 241 Tandy Brumby 777 777

4983 +8 167 John Burrows 606 606

5011 +6 199 Elizabeth Brunyee 556 556

5038 +4 174 Keith Goldsworthy 490 490

5060 +5 240 Diane Talling 408 408

5066 +5 24 Ruth Pullen 396 396

5084 +5 122 Patricia Shuttlewood 347 347

Just to note that there only one real mover in this report – that’s Hannah Jenkins who obviously went back home for a Welsh event! And to note the very competitive group in W55 where Hilary Eastley, Pauline Olds and Annabel Pring are shoulder to shoulder in the table.

SUMMER SERIES 2013 While the series is very much aimed at total newcomers, it will offer some totally new formats and challenges to the existing Orienteer. Want to brush up your skills? Then book a slot with Club Coach Graham Pring and his band of “Map Doctors” who might be able to offer some pointers! To book a slot at any event then email Graham Pring on graham at pringfamily.co.uk All events will feature a post race social too, so come along and try a different sort of Orienteering in the summer sun! All events will run on Sunday afternoons, with registration from 1500 and starts until 1700. Entries are just £5 for Adult Club Members and £3 for Juniors. So another great reason to get along this summer. See you there!

Exact course formats will vary from event to event, so keep checking the website and Facebook for details nearer the time. Expect mind blowing Score events, some frenetic sprint type races as well as more traditional Orienteering. This year the series is sponsored by Personal Best Running of St Austell and there will be small prizes for the overall series winners. And with some brand new venues on offer this really will see us having fun in the Sun (well maybe not if recent summers are anything to go by!)

Will Hancock

Maps created for the Davidstow Summer Series event - spot the differences?

RAF Davidstow Moor was an airbase at Davidstow near Camelford from late 1942 until 1945. Despite a few periods of intense activity it was one of Coastal Command's less-used airfields. The land was acquired in 1941 and a three-runway airfield with extensive dispersal area was constructed in the first half of 1942. Despite the moorland conditions construction was reasonably straightforward, although it did involve the removal of various field boundaries, the closure of minor roads and some drainage work. The airfield was closed in December 1945 to become a motor racing circuit, known as Davidstow Circuit. In the early 1950s three Formula One races were held there (the Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Races) including the first success for the Lotus marque. Royal Air Force Squadrons Stationed at Davidstow Moor

53 Sqn Lockheed Hudson

144 Sqn Bristol Beaufighter Covered the west flank of the Normandy landings. Helped to destroy the German naval forces in Western France

206 Sqn B-24 Liberator, B-17 Flying Fortress

269 Sqn Lockheed Hudson, Supermarine Walrus

Air-sea rescue duties

281 Sqn det Vickers Warwick Air sea rescue duties

282 Sqn Vickers Warwick Air sea rescue duties

304 Sqn Vickers Wellington Anti-submarine patrols over the Bay of Biscay

524 Sqn Vickers Wellington Patrols against E-Boats off the French coast

547 Sqn Vickers Wellington Anti-submarine patrols over the Bay of Biscay

612 Sqn Vickers Wellington Anti-submarine patrols over the Channel and the Bay of Biscay

1603 Flt Hawker Henley Target towing

MEET YOUR MAX - 19TH JUNE 2013 Now your Editor and roving reporter - failed - to turn up to the annual event in Truro - Meet your Max...... So no photos but here are the results - KERNO members highlighted - well done to them. Apologies if I missed anyone. Fewer members entered this year than in the past - why was that?

PLACE TIME NAME TEAM CATEGORY PACE 1

0:44:04 BREWER, Tony Mile High Male Under 35 07:05.4

2

0:44:25 SNOOK, Colin Cornwall AC Male Vet 35-39 07:08.8

3

0:45:28 ALSOP, Daniel St Austell RC Male Under 35 07:18.9

48

0:55:18 HANCOCK, Will St Austell RC Male Under 35 08:53.8

79

0:59:28 HENDERSON, Gavin Cornwall Orienteering Club Male Vet 35-39 09:34.0

243

1:48:29 TALLING, Diane Newquay Road Runners Female Vet 45-49 17:27.3

COACHING FROM THE WEB Now the Editor doesn't want to steal any thunder from the Club Coach, Graham Pring - but let's assume you are a bit shy and don't want to ask about things like collecting features or attack points - you are? Well, that good old fallback - YouTube - has a few Tips for Orienteering- if you are inclined - have a look at.....

Aiming Off

To deliberately aim to the side of a control or feature so that you know which way to turn when you get there. See - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ng2nXrWmA

Attack

point A feature near to your control which is easier to find. You may wish to run fast to your attack point, and then take more care on your approach to the control. See - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hmevZkI24o

Collecting

Feature

A large feature before a control that, when reached, informs competitors how far they have progressed towards the control. Normally a linear feature. Not to be confused with a catching feature! See - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrtQlWGuMFE&hd=1

Handrail Linear feature which closely parallels your route. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1teTcMsXFnQ&hd=1

Catching

feature

A large feature beyond a control that, when reached, informs competitors that the control has been missed. Normally a linear feature. Not to be confused with a collecting feature! See - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNFoSS9krrU&hd=1

POUNDBURY 8TH JUNE 2013

Just to note I have increased the contrast in this image to improve [?] its legibility

in PUNCH. The map itself, as printed, was perfectly OK. Elsie and I decided that we would like to go and have a look at Poundbury. The WIM event in June seemed the ideal opportunity. The appeal of Urban events is increasing for us - little mud, certainly no brambles, coffee shops, garden centres and another new town to run through. We entered a little late and WIM had re-opened their Fabian entry portal for late-comers like ourselves. The entry wasn't huge even though the event was part of the Nopesport and SEOUL leagues. The Duchy constructions on the western side of Poundbury are clearly different to the older estates to the east - and that's where we were headed. My course is shown above [4.4km, no climb quoted - maybe because there are no contours on the map]; I hesitated on the way to one - not quite expecting the huge difference in building styles across the "join". You'll see as, with me , we go round the course that the route choice comprises two elements - the longer easy route to get you close and then very fine navigating, intensely reading the map, to find the little alleyway to the control. Trees were very well mapped. So to #1 - down the road, TR, TL and TL into alley.. To #2 - back out TR, then TL and straight across the roundabout [literally] and around the corner to the control. To #3; head due west TL, TR and round, L, to the building corner. Some viable route choices to #4, but it seems that looking at Routegadget I took the same route as the others - what would you have done? The rest was similar - long routes down the roads and finish in the alleys. My time? Not bad, I thought, in 36 minutes - but a staggering 10 minutes down on the course [and class] winner. Did I enjoy it - yes, indeed. One has to conclude, though, that the Duchy estate is a little strange. It was mostly deserted on a Saturday afternoon - what shops were open were very, very quiet. The pub was busy with a wedding party and the tea shops did OK with competitors who had finished. What does Poundbury look like? Try these photos.

Picturesque, cottage look

The gravel was very slippery on tight turns!

As you can see, crowded Yes, I would have put a control there too!

SiNs Snippets The first event was at Croft Castle - and despite the OOB issues and nesting birds the courses [that we old folk] saw were contained in a narrow strip if woodland before heading out into a bit of open land before finishing back in the woods. The Planner reported "7 courses needed major re-planning and 6 needed minor changes. It also meant that we had to squeeze most courses into a circular tour of Bircher Common leading to higher concentrations of competitors in some areas than originally planned. Even so when I went for a look around, nowhere was it particularly busy".

ORIENTEERING GEAR

AT THE CLUB SHOP COMPASSES Quality baseplate compasses. £10 each

CONTROL DESCRIPTION HOLDERS Keep your control description sheet

clean, dry and instantly visible. Wear on the wrist of your map-holding hand. £5.50 each

CLUB ORIENTEERING TOPS Our top quality orienteering shirts, specially made

for us by Trimtex in Sweden, attract envious glances from members of other clubs at big

events, in fact several have approached us to ask where we got them from! Made from the

latest fabrics with a zipped neck, nothing can beat these for comfort when orienteering. Many

members wear them for other runs and races too.

Range of sizes available. £36 each

CLUB TEE SHIRTS Technical fabric tee shirts suitable for running, orienteering or

normal wear. Specially produced for us in club colours by Personal Best Running of St Austell §.

Range of sizes available. £14 each

CLUB RUNNING VESTS Technical fabric running vests suitable for training runs,

races, even orienteering in non-forest locations, (BOF rules do not permit vests to be worn

except in open terrain). Specially produced for us in club colours by Personal Best Running of

St Austell §.

Range of sizes available in both male and female styles. £13 each

CLUB NYLON ORIENTEERING TOPS Lightweight nylon orienteering shirts in

club colours, made by Silva in Sweden. Limited selection of sizes available. £18 (small sizes)

/ £24 (large sizes) each

ORIENTEERING TROUSERS (BLACK) Top quality orienteering trousers made

by Silva and Trimtex of Sweden. Light weight, snag resistant and hard-wearing, these are

really comfortable for orienteering through all types of terrain. Full range of sizes available.

£18 (Juniors) / £24 (seniors) each

* Bargains * Items of older style Kerno kit are available at bargain prices.

§ Personal Best Running, in St Austell, offers discounts to KERNO members for normal

running gear

STOP PRESS!! A new addition to the clubs portfolio of clothing is a lightweight jacket by Ron Hill.

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"Let me take you by the hand And lead you through the streets of Ludlow,

Let me show you something To help to ease your mind."

♫

So rang an introduction to the event; apologies to Ralph McTell

For the Ludlow Urban event the Final Details explained:

Ludlow Castle dates from around 1086 and was built to keep out the Welsh. It was built on a hill

summit and the town subsequently grew from the top downwards. Like many other mediaeval towns

Ludlow started on a grid pattern. Many other old towns, Shrewsbury for example, then developed in a

random and disordered pattern but Ludlow still has an element of regularity in its layout. This,

combined with the town being very small makes course planning a challenging and very frustrating

exercise. It also makes our courses run up and down - possibly frequently! From top to bottom is a

climb of 30 metres. All courses get inside the castle. With over five hundred listed buildings in Ludlow

you also get close to history.

Elsie emerging from the control in the "cave" Me and my shadow

Both photos by Dave Gittus, a founder of SinS

There was a bit of an organisational problem that was promptly solved - the race started about 30 min late but the Organisers took the view that despite assigned start times - runners could start at 30 second intervals which meant we were able to get to the pub much earlier than anticipated! As you can see there were several controls in the Castle - most people had 4 or 5 of them! Thanks to Graham Hardy, the Planner, for the map extract.

THE “NORDISK EXTREM MARATON”

PROLOGUE - EXTRACT FROM THE EVENT WEBSITE British Elite runners challenge Danes British Elite runners challenge Danes in Danish National Event, Nordisk Extrem Maraton (Danish OMM) UK Elite runners Shane Ohly and Duncan Archer (Team GB) will be competing in The Danish OMM (Nordisk Extrem Maraton) in the forests of Silkeborg in Denmark, on the 25-26 May 2013. This will give Danish competitors the opportunity to test themselves against these international elite runners. Shane’s achievements include (from www.shaneohly.com)

• Winter Ramsay Round Record 2008

• 1st Elite Mixed in the High Peak Marathon, Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon and Original Mountain Marathon all in 2007

• 2nd Elite Dartmoor Mountain Marathon 2010

• 5th Elite Original Mountain Marathon 2010

• 2nd Klets Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon 2011

• 1st Elite Original Mountain Marathon 2011 Duncan Archer:

• 5th Elite OMM 2010

• 1st Elite OMM 2011

• 2nd Elite OMM 2012

• 1st Elite Lowe Alpine MM 2011 and 2012

• Previously member of British Orienteering team.

The “Nordisk eXtrem Maraton” is a mountain marathon style competition held in May each year. Now in its 11th year, it has recently been incorporated under the “OMM” banner, and branded in the UK as the “Danish OMM”. This is mainly a marketing attempt to increase foreign participation through familiarity, but in Denmark it is clearly the “NXM”, and rightly so for what is quite a unique event. After our recent results in the OMM, Duncan Archer and I were offered a free entry, and I think both our immediate reactions was that Denmark doesn’t have any “mountains” so to speak so how hard can it be? We said yes. Maybe we should have focussed more on the Danish name for the event, because it was certainly “extreme” in a few ways… It was only a few minutes before the start the X70 (35 km straight line distance each day) that the maps were handed out and we realised we were only going to get one map. Our usual combined navigation tactics were clearly not going happen, and Duncan - as the better navigator - took the map. So my job for the weekend was reading control descriptions - great. Not what I had planned. There was a mass start at 1500 and we set off hard. By control 4 (of 35) we had a minute lead and everything seemed to be going just fine. Then we missed at #5 wasting three or four minutes (the control was inside a bunker in an area of many unmapped bunkers). We had a shocker at #9 wasting around 10 minutes stuck in marsh - we literally had to swim through liquid mud to get to the control. And then the mistakes just kept coming. It was frustrating for Duncan and frustrating for me as I could do nothing to help. In fairness to Duncan I would not have done any better and the map was just not sufficiently detailed for the complexity of the control sites (imagine a standard OS 1:25k map of a forest and then TD5 controls). Also, the planners used controls such as 'fence corner' when the fence was not even mapped. It all felt very BINGO. We had definitely under estimated the physical difficulty of the terrain - it was really tough hilly forest with many sections of slow green and dark green - not that these were mapped of course! There was also a lot of deep marshy ground in the lower sections of the forest, which were desperate to run through but impossible to avoid.

There were also a few designated swimming sections, which were nice for cooling off and cleaning off but I suffered from cramp quite badly after each swim and actually had to lay down for a few minutes to let the pain subside after trying to run through the cramp – not advised. At about 2/3rds the way round my right hip started to play up and towards the end it was very sore. To be honest my motivation was dropping off a cliff edge. The terrain was tough, I was knackered, my hip was sore and we were searching for another bingo control again. We were both also shredded from the 35 km through the undergrowth. By the time we finished we had at least 30+ minutes of mistakes. I was wrecked. Duncan was frustrated. We were in third place, 30 minutes behind the leaders and around 15 minutes behind the second team. I now discovered that my sealed drybag is not really waterproof and my NeoAir and the tent inner were soaked. Fortunately, everything else was also sealed in additional plastic bags and had stayed dry. We ate and tried to get some sleep but the wet tent was dripping on my head and I was full of caffeine (usually the caffeine has metabolised out during the afternoon with a morning start to a race) and subsequently did not sleep at all despite being exhausted.

As we contemplated our day we began to realise just how much the odds were stacked against us. First, the event is always based in the same area of forest around the town of Silkeborg so the local teams have a huge advantage. The two leading teams this year were local to the area and were made up of multiple Danish orienteering champions, one of whom was the planner of the event for the last few years!

So I didn't sleep one wink over night and the 0500 alarm was a welcome respite to the tedium of lying in a tent with water dripping on my head/face/ear etc. Both of us felt pretty tired and sore from the day before but resolved to go out hard again and see what happened. We were also hoping that having had a 'training' day yesterday that Duncan would feel more comfortable with the map.

The X70 (the equivalent o the Elite class, which were racing in) mass started at 0700, and after a quick loop, we led the leading teams back through the middle of the overnight camp with all the other courses (who had yet to start) watching. Duncan had a much better day with less than 10 minutes of errors and we held our lead through to about control #8. However, we were only seconds ahead of the following team and any erosion on their overnight lead looked unlikely. My hip, which had been sore the day before, also was hurting considerably and my running was becoming distinctly lopsided. I'd already had a concoction of painkillers with my breakfast and took another load just 90 minutes in but I had to admit there was no way I was going to be able to maintain this pace and finish the race in one piece. So reluctantly, I had to ask Duncan to slow down and with that, the other two teams passed us. We now knew we were resigned to 3rd. The fourth team was a long way behind us and there was no chance of catching the teams in front. We proceeded to just go through the motions and grind out our finish with a lot of walking in the last few hours. With the motivation gone we both felt wrecked. I was also concerned that I had over-done the NSAID1 painkillers, which coupled with the hot weather, dehydration, race effort etc is really a bad idea. Again, my motivation to push on was worn down. We finished in 3rd place. Very tired. Very Sore. Shane Ohly

DAVIDSTOW AIRFIELD Should be flat - it was, but dry? - maybe not.

Bernard Pullen found the

iron stained bog So did Annabel Pring - not a

happy bunny after that Arthur Boyt on the other hand goes to extreme

lengths to preserve the life of someone else's discarded

shoes

Steve Eastley took pride in his excursion into the bog

Will Hancock took the competitors in the second Summer Series event to new experiences. Fancy having a map without detail! - just contours in places - so your compass and pacing had to be very good. But Coach Graham found out that some of our regulars had no memory of their pacing count - or even how to do it. Graham marked out a 100m distance and the idea was that you count your steps, while running. to the marker. It's easier to count double steps [that is when your left, or right, foot hits the ground] than single ones. In due course Graham will find a sloping bit of ground - your count increases as you go uphill and decreases as you descend.

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STITHIANS Name Spring

2009 Autumn

2009 Spring 2010

Autumn 2010

Spring 2011

Autumn 2011

Spring 2012

Autumn 2012

Spring 2013

Allday, C. 49.30 51.02

Allday, R. 51.28 49.30 51.02

Alsop, D. 26.52

Anderssen, H. 42.47

Ashton, I. 31.55 32.23

Beadel, J. 84.42

Beadel, M. 38.42 39.46 39.55 84.42

Beech, S. 41.42 42.43 40.16 42.45

Boyt, A. 44.07 41.04

Bradley, L. 34.00

Brunyee. E 55.32

Clark, H. 39.18

Clothier, N. 38.44 37.52

Clothier, P. 35.26 35.31 33.36

Collier, S. 32.52

Cunningham, M. 32.51 32.37

Davidson, M. 29.32

Donovan, H 49.14

Dowler, S. 45.00 46.05

Freer, S. 39.05

George, K. 43.34 43.14

George, S. 45.43

Hancock, W. 32.30 31.59 32.30

Hargreaves, E. 77.45 63.36 85.00 74.57

Hargreaves, J. 31.41 32.13

Hargreaves, R. 44.23 46.18 46.34 49.52 51.19 74.57

Henderson, G. 33.58 34.05 34.20 36.13

Morton, P. 39.58 38.49 40.13 39.15 40.48 38.49 41.25 41.52

Morton, S. 87.12 85.00 84.42 82.39

Newall, A. 39.15 75.49 39.45 38.30 37.13 40.40 38.42

Newall, P. 35.29 34.00 35.22 35.49 36.29 35.53 36.51 36.07

Ohly, S. 29.42 30.03

Olds, B. 40.07 46.39 41.39 44.51 42.36 44.46 44.40

Olds, P. 52.56 77.49 85.00 58.53

Pring, A. 73.26 87.12 82.39

Pring, G. 34.46 35.16 35.16 36.27 35.26 36.30

No. of runners 9 10 12 18 15 14 15 7 7

FTD coloured yellow PB coloured Blue

SiNs Snippets The second event was at Hopton - the Organisers too had problems here with forestry work. The Planner said; " With a car park obtained at the southern end of Hopton Titterhill we had a splendid prospect of orienteering in runnable, clean floor, non-bramble forest and a spectacular downhill grassy finish in view of the assembly area. Everything changed in February when harvesting tore into this lovely forest. We put on what we could, early bracken growth made some areas more interesting, you got round it, some may actually have enjoyed it. The climb to the start was spectacular - 310m! He was right though - apart from one leg when I had to crawl through felled woodland - I did enjoy it.

CLASSIC QUARTER 2013: A RACE OF TWO HALVES, THE RAIN AND SUN! Plans for the weekend in Wales doing the Man v Horse Marathon (Google it!) had fallen through. So what to do? Well it just so happened the Classic Quarter still had places. So what’s the Classic Quarter?– Well it’s a 44 mile Ultra Marathon on the coast path from Lizard Point to Land’s End, gulp! Spurred on by entry to this summer’s “Plague” I had been putting in some long training runs, getting up to 40 miles on the Saints Way Run. Despite this you never quite know how these events will turn out as so many factors play a part; weather, conditions under foot, how you feel on the day etc, etc.

My pre-race build-up saw a pre-occupation with the predicted hot conditions. Extra sun cream and larger water bottles were stowed in my race rucksack. So it was with some surprise that our early morning journey to Lizard was illuminated by violent thunderstorms. On our final approach from Helston the thunderclouds were truly gathering and the winds picking up. The usual pre-race banter with STARC2 and other off road nutters was disrupted by heavy rain and cold winds, it could have been winter as we shivered in our waterproofs! We gathered for the safety briefing at 0600hrs (honestly) and sheltered like a flock of Penguins under the café veranda, with some unfortunates on the outside bearing the brunt of the conditions!

Once the race started the rain and cool conditions were a blessing in disguise. It seemed a bonus to be able to get some miles under the belt before the inevitable heat of summer burst out. As has become customary since my return from injury I continued my strategy of starting near the back of the field to ensure a steady start. Essential on a race of this length! However it was slightly frustrating being stuck in the crocodile which inevitably slowed to a snail’s pace as various obstacles were negotiated. The upside was the mental fillip of passing people throughout the entire race. Though I never seemed to catch my chauffeur for the day Bruce McLaren who slipped out of sight, but would it be for good in the final race analysis?

Some people describe Ultras as “an eating competition whilst running.” Since learning the skills of the trade I have settled upon eating and drinking about every half hour. My hi-tec, scientifically controlled diet includes Malt Loaf, Jam sandwiches, Dairy Fudge , Peanuts and Ribena! It works for me and is palatable! I stuck to this fuelling strategy and in seemingly no time, at around the 2 hr mark we were approaching the first Checkpoint at about 11 miles. It was good to see the STARC support crew of Helen and others and Team McLaren. In fact these Checkpoints help break the race down into manageable sections – mentally as much as physical!

By now the field was spreading as we passed through the stunning mixed scenery of cliff tops, beaches and abandoned Mine Engines. I had a chat with Emma as I passed her and recalled how she shot by me near the end of the RAT last year as I was labouring. Anyway as we were approaching Praa Sands, well on the way to Checkpoint 2 the clouds were clearing, and the inevitable Sun burst through, boy was it hot! This truly was going to be a race of two halves and suddenly the need to take on water at regular intervals became more obvious. Into Perranuthnoe and Checkpoint 2 at around 22 miles and again Team STARC was out in force, boosted by Deb Grills. Many people paused here to change clothing etc, but I was determined to press on as I knew any stop may be for good!

2 St Austell Running Club

Then came perhaps the toughest bit mentally; the slog through built up Penzance and Mounts Bay. As you curve round the bay you can see Mousehole perhaps 9 miles distant, all along increasingly hot tarmac! Fortunately chasing down a few others helped me through this section. As did helping others find the way who had missed turnings. I was a bit smug about this, but I paid the price for this later in the day!

I was still moving well at the 30 mile mark, and felt invincible but as I left checkpoint 3 at Lamorna about 33 miles in tiredness started to bite. I think mentally this is where you start thinking you’ve cracked it, fatal! Those who have run the race previously will know this final section is by far the toughest, with bouldery paths, many steps and steep hills to be negotiated. It is stunningly beautiful though and the beach at Porthcurno as we approached the Minack looked sub-tropical, and calling out to be swimmed in! But no time for that as I dragged myself up the steps to a water station with about 7 miles to go. Not far on we encountered the heavenly Café Grills offering cold water and flapjacks which was a great boost on the final section, as was an encounter with Mr Oakes out on a nice “little” training/support run.

Finally the Lands End Hotel was visible on the horizon as the Garmin hit in excess of 40 miles. But this is where I paid the price for my earlier navigational smugness. On perhaps the final climb I ended up heading inland between fields. Sensing this was wrong I climbed hedge and had an unpleasant run through potato fields and nettles to rejoin the coast path, but not before I saw several folks I had passed earlier shooting by me! All part of the fun as Pat Munn says, but not good when you just want the end to come! With that the final tired approach neared and I was relieved to reach journeys end and the crowds outside the Lands End Hotel. My post-race celebratory drink was a Slush Puppy; shows what effect the race had, when would I drink that rubbish normally?! Bruce quickly appeared and it transpired that his many navigational glitches had allowed me to past him on the final leg. Were it not for that he would have definitely beaten me!

In the final analysis I was a mere 2 min ahead of Bruce, incredible over that distance. Despite my navigational glitch my race exceeded all expectations! I would like to thank all of team STARC/McLaren both running and supporting on the day, it was a great lift to see your cheery faces through the day. I think I am now a convert to these long, steady “Journey” type races. But as Fergy says “44 ain’t long, another 100 would be!” Well done to all the other STARC runners, time is academic on these events, it’s all about completing the journey! See you at the club soon. Results

Pl Name Class CP1 C. Cove

CP2 Perran'

CP3 Lamorna

Run Time

25 William Hancock M 01:44:05 04:10:55 06:16:13 09:07:40 28 Donald Maclaren MV50 01:36:35 03:59:39 06:23:48 09:10:01 50 Emma Murray FV45 01:42:21 04:14:28 06:31:43 09:40:16 129 Mark Owen M 01:57:02 04:54:58 07:52:03 11:09:16 130 Patrick Talen M 01:57:06 04:55:21 07:52:27 11:09:35 131 David Speake MV40 01:57:07 04:55:17 07:52:04 11:09:38 157 Melissa Rowe FV40 02:02:11 05:11:30 08:11:25 11:54:17

Will Hancock - [Will is a member of STARC and wrote this piece for their website and shared it with PUNCH]

DEVON RELAYS KERNO have a long record of joining in the DEVON Relays and if you are interested just get hold of Club Captain, Gavin Henderson, to let him know you want to be in a Team. He'll be at the event on the 7th July. How do the relays work? Well, the format requires the team of four people to run 3 courses - a mix of standards - twice. So there is a bit of strategy needed - clearly a mix of team members can be used but don't put a weaker runner on the most difficult course. Usually too there is a handicap based on gender/age - so 4 M21s have to go like stink - 4 W80s have already started! Handicap values in minutes:

Age Class 10 12 14 16 18 21 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80

Women 7.5 5.5 3.5 2.5 2 1.5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.5 10 12 14

Men 6 4 4 2 1 0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 5 6

When and Where? Sunday 21st July 2013 at Killerton Park; Grid Ref: SS975002, Postcode EX5 3LE. Off the Exeter to Cullompton road (B3181); from M5 northbound, exit 30 via Pinhoe and Broadclyst. On arrival follow signs to overflow car park, & then enter Killerton Park through main entrance. National Trust members should bring your membership cards with you. Facilities: Cafe, Toilets & First Aid Map: 1:7500; Terrain: Open parkland & mixed woodland. Some steep slopes. Courses: White, Yellow, Orange, Light Green, Green Senior Race (SWOA series): Teams of 4 to complete 3 courses twice. Junior/Family Relays: Teams of 3 to complete 3 courses once only. Individuals: Are welcome to run solo courses or the Organisers may be able to place you in a team. Entry Fees: Seniors £6 Juniors £1.50 (e.g. Team of 4 Seniors = £24) SI Cards: Entrants can either use their own cards or hire one for £1.50. Registration: 1000 – 1045hrs; start time dependant on handicap between 1100 and 1130hrs. Organiser: Matt Atkins 01392 277516 ma.atkins@blueyonder.co.uk

SiNs Snippets The third event was the Urban event in Ludlow - followed in the evening of day 2. Having run there two years previously we sort of knew what was what. You'll have seen elsewhere a tiny report - good fun though and we can recommend a good pub in town! The last day was at Brown Clee. Elsie Hargreaves had a cracking run and was only beaten by one person on the whole entry on Course 11. The whole weekends weather had been very kind and we were well on the way home before the promised rain came.

FIXTURES – FROM THE BOF WEBSITE The fixtures are sorted into the 4 levels of events. Check each clubs web sites for more details. I have only included Level C and D events from the SWOA region.

For up to date event information and further details please visit the BOF website. This list includes most relevant fixtures registered. You’ll see that some events have the notation UKOL. This signifies the new national League and you can see which events that are nearby – or likely to go to are included.

2013 Level A

October

20th BOK SWOA

CompassSport Cup Final, Moseley Green & Danby Lodge, Forest of Dean, SO631087 Organiser: Mark Dyer, 01179 684173 www.bristolorienteering.org.uk

2013 Level B

July

28th SOA Scottish 6 Days - Moray2013 Day1 (Incorporating UKOL14), Lossie, Moray Coast, NJ254670 www.scottish6days.com/2013

29th SOA

Scottish 6 Days - Moray2013 Day2, Carse of Ardersier, Moray Coast, NH804558 Organiser: Robin Galloway www.scottish6days.com/2013

30th SOA Scottish 6 Days - Moray2013 Day3 (Incorporating UKOL15), Culbin, Moray Coast, NH969586 www.scottish6days.com/2013

August

1st SOA Scottish 6 Days - Moray2013 Day4 (Incorporating EuroMeeting Middle Distance - A World Ranking Event), Loch of Boath, Moray Coast, NH892456 www.scottish6days.com/2013

2nd SOA Scottish 6 Days - Moray2013 Day5, Roseisle, Moray Coast, NJ077625 www.scottish6days.com/2013

3rd SOA Scottish 6 Days - Moray2013 Day6 (Incorporating EuroMeeting Long Distance), Coulmony and Belivat, Moray Coast, NH965473 www.scottish6days.com/2013

24th EBOR YHOA

White Rose Individual - 1, Gilling, Helmsley Organiser: Mike Ridealgh , teteblanche@hotmail.com , 01904 634138 www.eborienteers.org.uk

25th EBOR YHOA

White Rose Individual - 2 & YHOA Superleague, Gilling, Helmsley Organiser: Mike Ridealgh , teteblanche@hotmail.com , 01904 634138 www.eborienteers.org.uk

2013 Level C

July

13th NWO SWOA

Swindon Urban Event, West Swindon, Swindon, SU118844 Organiser: Andrew Law www.northwilts.org.uk

2013 Level D

July

6th QO SWOA

Dave Holmes Taunton 'O', Taunton, Taunton, ST235239 Organiser: Roger Craddock

7th KERNO SWOA

Summer Series 4, Pencarrow Head, Fowey, SX149513 Organiser: Peter Heywood , peter@sythehouse.com , 01503-269-289 www.cornwallorienteering.org.uk

14th KERNO SWOA

Summer Series 5, Duchy College, Callington, SX353745 Entry times: 1500-1600. No dogs allowed. Organiser: William Hancock, william.hancock@environment-agency.gov.uk www.cornwallorienteering.org.uk

21st DEVON SWOA

Devon Relays, Killerton, Exeter, SS975002 Entry times: 11:00. Dogs: On lead . Organiser: Matthew Atkins , ma.atkins@blueyonder.co.uk , 01392 277516

August

11th KERNO SWOA

Summer Series 6, Truro School, Truro, SW832445 Organiser: Chris Moncaster , chrismoncaster@hotmail.com , 01841 521 072 www.cornwallorienteering.org.uk

18th KERNO SWOA

Summer Series 7, Tremough CUC Campus, Penryn, SW768349 Entry times: 1500-1600. Dogs allowed. Organiser: Roger Hargreaves , rogerh9999@hotmail.co.uk , 01872 277320 www.cornwallorienteering.org.uk

25th KERNO SWOA

Summer Series 8, Lanhydrock, Bodmin, SX087641 Organiser: Graham Pring , graham@pringfamily.co.uk , 01208 873502 www.cornwallorienteering.org.uk

HARVESTER RELAYS As usual our Club Captain assembled a crack [I think that's what he said - Ed] team to compete in the main class of the Harvester. I had hoped that there would be - as last year - a report of several pages long. It was not to be - from the report I have had there was a certain amount of gloom over the result - last placed finishers! Phil Newall tell the tale............ It was ........."very eventful – I led off, got 3km into my run and my right knee ligament decided to pop – hobbled the remaining 8km or so and still managed 10min/km (going slow has its advantages at night!). Handed over to Graham who did OK, then Mark managed another 10m/km, but Steve had a terrible run, when asked which control did you have a problem with, the answer was - all of them! Next up was Gavin who had a good run, but Andrew and Scott had to go out of the mass start – Scott had an uncharacteristically slow run, and Andrew had some major problems (49 minutes on one control!) – everything was all packed away by the time Andrew finished. I got dropped off at Treliske, 4 hours in A&E, no firm diagnosis, but on crutches with lots of painkillers and anti-inflammatories! They think the cruciates are OK, but damage (tear or sprain) to the inside medial ligament – trying the R&R route at the moment, but with a specialist booked for late next week if it doesn’t start to improve.............

THE NEWSLETTER OF CORNWALL ORIENTEERING CLUB

Please send all contributions to the Editor:

Roger Hargreaves,

www.cornwallorienteering.org.uk

Editorial

When is the right time to publish PUNCH? I'm usually in hope of a new report or snippet of information to share with you. However, it doesn't always work that way and sometimes you'll just have to put up with a lot of bits from me. Usual contributors are Will, Phil and infrequent but extraordinary ones from Shane. So if you have anything that you might think others might be of interest just have a word with me at events or I might track you down and ask you for a contribution. Don't worry about spelling or grammar - I don't - well, that's not entirely true of course - the computer software usually flags up my typos. So? Hear from you soon?

ODDS & ENDS

DORSET COAST PATH RELAY - what, so soon? Well the usual September date is just a little earlier at 31st August but the club needs to know if you are running. Ken George has agreed to provide the master plan - will you be there? Tell Ken now! The venue for the post-race banquet has been booked. DO IT NOW! SONS OF KERNO Well, literally - Mark Bown and James Hargreaves are now members of BOK and have been participating in their clubs relay teams. They went to join the 1600+ teams in the 2013 Jukola Relay in Finland [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MZ6bBSTA10&hd=1] and the team did well - except for the technical failure of an Emit Brikke. Then their team were in the lead at the Harvester until runner #6 had an average run and they finished 4th. IDLESS The Idless Permanent Orienteering Course has been inactive for over a year now as the forest recovers from the felling of the infected Larch. We have now re-established contact with the Forestry Commission and they have approved positions of the post to be re-sited. That means we need a working party - soon - to go dig some holes and plant the posts - anyone up for that? Just get in touch with Roger who will sort out a date - probably a Saturday afternoon. DO IT NOW!

MAPPING

Will Hancock and the Editor have been busy mapping. Roger has been working on a map in Truro from Trafalgar Roundabout down to Malpas as well as just starting on a map of Camborne Campus. Pool Academy has shown interest in having a map of their site too.

Will is working on the extension of the Davidstow airfield into the adjacent woodland.

He tells me that he has walked over 20 miles just mapping the ditches in one edge of the woodland. Now which ditch end is the control? AT EACH KERNO DAYTIME EVENT THE FIRST START IS AT 1100 HRS. THE LAST START WILL BE 1330 HRS SO THAT THE VOLUNTEERS CAN CLOSE THE EVENT DOWN PROMPTLY.