Controller’s Comments

Planner's comments

The recent felling and thinning at Croxton has, unfortunately, not improved the area for orienteering, reducing runnability whilst at the same time increasing visibility. Never the less I hope that I gave all of you something to think about at least somewhere round your course. Looking at Splitsbrowser and Routegadget it seems I succeeded in challenging at least some of you in some places. It is also gratifying to see that you didn't all take the same route on some of the longer route choice legs.

With hindsight I should perhaps have avoided using control 124 on the shorter technical courses. But if I was going to get you into the more interesting technical area of clearings and depressions to the north then it was either this control or something in the darker green area to the south east, neither of which was going to be ideal.

If anyone has any particular comments about the courses, positive or negative, then please do email me:

Finally, my thanks to Andrew for his helpful yet unobtrusive controlling, and to my control collectors for helping collect controls at the end of the day.

Graham Louth
WAOC

Organiser’s Comments

Many thanks to all those who gave spontaneous help on the day with such jobs as dismantling car park ropes and finish tapes and taking away rubbish. I think especially of those small children who toddled over to help with taking the tape off the finish posts. With this goodwill there is a future for our sport!

The assembly area was only made so functional by the planner’s choice of close start and finish point, both near to assembly. On behalf of all organisers and competitors everywhere Graham should have a statue erected to his fine example. Many of you commented favourably on the bike first aid cover with patrols through the forest. and I will forward your names and messages to Stuart who will then contact you if he could help at any of your events. The organiser of the Saturday event, Ben Windsor of CUOC, gave active support in transporting equipment from his event to ours and for this and his great efficiency I thank him.

Of course we were exceedingly fortunate in our controller Andrew Cordle of SOS being available and willing to control this event. He will always be welcome to officiate WAOC events in the future and I thank him for the good natured way errors and omissions were pointed out in good time.

Lastly all the voluntary helpers without whom it could not have happened: may all your runs be good ones. I am personally very grateful especially for your flexible approach to those two hours before the first start which define an event, and the sheer quality with which things got done.

Peter Allen
WAOC