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Results of the SIXTH event of the 2005 Series

Botanical Gardens, 8 Dec 05

The final event in the 2005 O-Max series used electronic punching for the start, finish and pivot control. Although there are some problems to solve before using it for an entire O-Max course, it certainly added a pizzazz, and helped with the time calculations. Planners set a two-loop micr-o from the sound shell after plans to use the rose garden were not allowed. The two loops were followed by a longer common loop which contained some good route choice; firstly over the ridge with the Magpie Lawn on it, and then north towards the dell where the deep gully leading up to the met office got in the way.

In spite of a blustery day which kept away the white/yellow punters, the usual suspects turned up to settle the tightest final since the series began. The classes were won by Bryn Davies, Gillian Ingham, Dave King, Andrew Glover (who thereby won the series) and Laura Robertson, who leapfrogged into second place in the schoolgirls and no doubt gave Lizzie Ingham a fright. She placed 8th outright, ahead of the top woman and the top schoolboy, and only 5min behind national squad member Bryn Davies!

Provisional series winners were presented with sox from MAPsport. And in keeping with ancient tradition, runners repaired to an nearby hostelry to reflect on another series, the best attended yet.

O-Max Course

  1. Bryn Davies, RKOC, 15-22 (1st man)
  2. Ross Morrison, HBOC, 15-22 (2M)
  3. Bill Edwards, OHV, 15-33 (3M)
  4. Andrew McCarthy, OHV, 17-38 (4M)
  5. Dave King, PAPO, 18-56 (1st veteran)
  6. Mick Finn, OHV, 19-01 (5M)
  7. Andrew Whiteford, 20-37 (6M)
  8. Laura Robertson, OHV, 20-39 (1st schoolgirl)
  9. Michael Wood, OHV, 21-11 (2V)
  10. Malcolm Ingham, WOC, 21-12 (3V)
  11. Gillian Ingham, WOC, 21-47 (1st woman)
  12. Lizzie Ingham, WOC, 21-57 (2G)
  13. Paul Clarke, WOC, 23-05 (4V)
  14. Neil Kane, WOC, 23-19 (5V)
  15. John Robertson, OHV, 23-30 (6V)
  16. John Marshall, WOC, 23-44 (7M)
  17. Niall McAlinden, IRE, 23-54 (8M)
  18. Andrew Glover, WOC, 24-31 (1st schoolboy)
  19. Anna Roberston, OHV, 25-53 (2W)
  20. Ramon Steenson, 26-44 (9M)
  21. Daniel Edmonds, WOC, 26-50 (2B)
  22. Fergal Buckley, IRE, 26-50 (10M)
  23. Peter Bakos, OHV, 26-53 (11M)
  24. Lynn Glover, WOC, 28-21 (3W)
  25. Dick Dinsdale, WOC, 29-03 (7V)
  26. Peter Whiteford, WOC, 30-10 (8V)
  27. Gavin Scott, OHV, 30-46 (9V)
  28. Dorothy Kane, WOC, 32-24 (4W)
  29. Jack Edmonds, WOC, 33-20 (3B)
  30. Tim Robertson, OHV, 33-42 (4B)
  31. Rebecca Sutton and friend, WOC, 38-57
  32. Bruce Worsley, OHV, DNF

Yellow Course

  1. Keith Wild, OHV, 19-13
  2. Jula McMillan, 25
  3. Trent, 26
  4. Childs, 26
  5. Tony Van Dyk. OHV, 27
White Course
  1. No takers

Results of the FIFTH event of the 2005 Series

Stratton St, 30 Nov 05

The delightful valley of the Korokoro Stream at the Stratton St entrance to Belmont Regional Park is rather narrow for orienteering, even with the side branch where the track goes up to the trig. But awkward shapes have been the spur for innovative course designs, and solved it admirably. From the woolshed and initial pivot P, runners had a variable number of "M" controls specified on their cards (mmmm....) on the way to remote pivot Q at a big tree down the valley. (One of the M's was up-valley, which led to dispersion straight away.)

At Q there was a two-loop micr-o making use of the branch valley and loop over the toe of Middle Ridge, effectively the widest part of the map. Then on the way back to P, the remaining M's had to be picked up. Thinking ahead from outset was required to avoid too much zagging across the valley on the way out and back. Very elegant.

Ross Morrison recovered from his uncharacteristic lapse of last week and was three-quarters of a minute ahead of Bryn Davies and Andrew McCarthy, though Davies still has a 1-point edge in the points. Veteran Dave King was fourth and is tied with John Robertson, and schoolgirl Laura Robertson EIGHTH overall and ahead of top woman Gillian Ingham. Brother Tim was the first boy. In spite of being beaten by her daughter, and almost by her son, Anna Robertson still leads the womens league.

Next week's final in the Botanical Gardens will use electronic punching for the pivot control and start/finish, the first real use of Wellington OC's latest investment.

O-Max Course

  1. Ross Morrison, HBOC, 20-44 (1st man)
  2. Bryn Davies, RKOC, 21-27 (2M)
  3. Andrew McCarthy, OHV, 21-49 (3M)
  4. Dave King, PAPO, 23-03 (1st veteran)
  5. John Robertson, OHV, 25-16 (2V)
  6. Malcolm Ingham, WOC, 27-00 (3V)
  7. Michael Wood, OHV, 28-06 (4V)
  8. Laura Robertson, OHV, 28-18 (1st schoolgirl)
  9. William Power, WOC, 28-58 (4M)
  10. Gillian Ingham, WOC, 29-13 (1st woman)
  11. Nicole van Oosterom, OHV, 29-27 (2G)
  12. Kate Rea, OHV, 30-16 (3G)
  13. Andrew Whiteford, 30-20 (5M)
  14. John Marshall, WOC, 30-59 (6M)
  15. Anna Roberston, OHV, 31-07 (2W)
  16. Neil Kane, WOC, 31-28 (5V)
  17. Andrew Glover, WOC, 31-54 (1st schoolboy)
  18. Tim Robertson, OHV, 32-09 (2B)
  19. Paul Teesdale-Spittle, WOC, 33-20 (7M)
  20. Paul Clarke, WOC, 33-45 (6V)
  21. Gavin Scott, OHV, 33-51 (7V)
  22. Peter Bakos, OHV, 35-10 (8M)
  23. Ramon Steenson, 35-28 (9M)
  24. Sarah Underwood, WOC, 37-34 (3W)
  25. Daniel Edmonds, WOC, 39-06 (3B)
  26. Jack Edmonds, WOC, 42-01 (4B)
  27. David Edmonds, WOC, DNF
  28. Dorothy Kane, WOC, DNF
  29. Bruce Worsley, OHV, DNF

Yellow Course

  1. Keith and Helen Wild, OHV, 25-55
  2. Amy Wild and Sarah, 42-36
  3. Lynette Porter, OHV, 46-40
White Course
  1. Leigh Cooke (grp of 4), 40-25

Results of the FOURTH event of the 2005 Series

Mount Victoria, 22 Nov 05

The Ruahine Street lawn is a great place to start an O-Max, in full view of airport and afterwork traffic. And there is plenty of scope for tight orienteering with some but not too much climb. set a deceptively simple 3-loop micr-o, with the third loop common so it was a head-to-head race - which indeed it was for the fastest time of the night between Bryn Davies and Andrew McCarthy. Davies clipped the final pivot control one second ahead, and maintained his lead to the finish. The other elites in the premium heat, Bill Edwards and series leader Ross Morrison were way back. In fact the top three vets headed by Malcolom Ingham were faster than Morrison.

Gilliam Ingham was the fastest woman, Lizzie Ingham the fastest girl, and Thomas Robinson the fastest boy. Both the latter are the College-Sport Orienteers of the Year.

The entry was spiced by the presence of two Swedes. Asa Pahlen studied in Canterbury a couple of years ago and is back for a visit. Per Forsberg is in town for an accounting conference. He has the same name as Sweden's top orienteering race commentator. It was also the first time Lucy Bocock has been seen at a local event in many a year; 15 years ago she was an eager part of the junior ranks.

O-Max Course

  1. Bryn Davies, RKOC, 15-07 (1st Man)
  2. Andrew McCarthy, OHV, 15-09 (2M)
  3. Bill Edwards, OHV, 16-48 (3M)
  4. Malcolm Ingham, WOC, 18-45 (1st Veteran)
  5. Dave King, PAPO, 18-51 (2V)
  6. John Robertson, OHV, 19-21 (3V)
  7. Ross Morrison, HBOC, 19-25 (4M)
  8. Mick Finn, OHV, 19-47 (5M)
  9. Per Forsberg, SWE, 20-41 (6M)
  10. Gillian Ingham, WOC, 20-50 (1st Woman)
  11. Michael Wood, OHV, 20-56 (4V)
  12. John Marshall, WOC, 21-30 (7M)
  13. Lizzie Ingham, WOC, 21-44 (1st Schoolgirl)
  14. William Power, WOC, 22-14 (8M)
  15. Anna Roberston, OHV, 22-52 (2W)
  16. Thomas Robinson, OHV, 22-57 (1st Schoolboy)
  17. Nicole van Oosterom, OHV, 23-13 (2G)
  18. Laura Robertson, OHV, 23-22 (3G)
  19. David McCarthy, OHV, 23-55 (9M)
  20. Tim Robertson, OHV, 24-02 (2B)
  21. Asa Pahlen, SWE, 24-10 (3W)
  22. Susan Edwards, OHV, 24-23 (4W)
  23. Andrew Glover, WOC, 24-25 (3B)
  24. Neil Kane, WOC, 24-37 (5V)
  25. Lynn Glover, WOC, 25-19 (5W)
  26. Sarah Underwood, WOC, 26-06 (6W)
  27. Peter Whiteford, WOC, 26-27 (6V)
  28. Paul Clarke, WOC, 26-44 (7V)
  29. Gavin Scott, OHV, 26-45 (8V)
  30. Ramon Steenson, 28-32 (10M)
  31. Peter Bakos, OHV, 28-33 (11M)
  32. Bruce Worsley, OHV, 28-54 (12M)
  33. Dorothy Kane, WOC, 29-54 (7W)
  34. John Bocock, KH, 32-58 (9V)
  35. Jeff Price, OHV, 35-55 (13M)
  36. Lucy Bocock, 36-57 (8W)
Light Orange Course
  1. Keith Wild OHV 25.50
  2. Bruce Henderson OHV 31.50
  3. Billy Jackson 33.06
  4. Philippa Henderson OHV 40.00
  5. Jenny Bocock KH 47.00
  6. L Porter OHV 1.14.00
  7. Amy Wild DNF
Orange PLUS Yellow
  1. Byan Teahan WAI 30.49
The following also competed on orange, as part of a school challenge, but with no recorded completion time: Alice Tylee; Emma Foley; Andrew Crowley; Jeremy S; Ralph Hall; Sophie Hamer; Edward; Henry Thomas.

Yellow Course

  1. Simon Teesdale WOC 17.48 (slightly unofficial as joint planner)
  2. Trish Whale Wai 29.00
White Course
  1. Ryan Mahon Scots 12.09
  2. Finn Mahon Scots 13.59
  3. Allie Sadler Scots 14.01
  4. Billy Jackson 19.05

Results of the THIRD event of the 2005 Series

Maidstone Park, Upper Hutt, 17 Nov 05

The racing was hot and contested at the third omax race which included 2 regular loops, then an alphabet soup layout of controls where all except five were taped shut and had to be collected in the correct order, then onto the final common loop.

The leading order changed slightly from other weeks due to the placing of the final control which some orienteers called nasty, and had difficulty getting to. This control was placed on a hiltop near the latest extension to the map.

The courses were slightly longer than previous events which lead to lengthened times.

The courses were planned and set out by Peter Bakos

O-Max Course.

 

1. Bryn Davies, RK, 23.20 (1st Man)
2. Ross Morrison, HBOC, 26.31 (2M)
3. Bill Edwards, OHV, 26.51 (3M)
4. John Robertson, OHV, 28.08 (1st Vet)
5. Dave King, OHV, 29.53 (2V)
6. Malcom Ingham, WOC, 30.00 (3V)
7. Penny Kane, 30.35 (1st woman)
8. Andrew McCarthy, OHV, 31.13 (4M)
9. Lizzie Ingham, WOC, 32.11 (1st schoolgirl)
10. Laura Robertson, OHV, 32.16 (2G)
11. Gillian Ingham, WOC, 32.20 (2W)
12. John Marshall, WOC, 32.40 (5M)
13. Kate Rea, OHV, 33.10 (3G)
14. Tony Brindle, OHV, 36.00 (4V)
15. Nicole Van Oosterom, OHV, 36.03 (4G)
16. Anna Robertson, OHV, 36.14 (3W)
17. Mick Finn, OHV, 36.30 (6M)
18. William Power, WOC, 36.32 (7M)
19. Andrew Whiteford, WOC, 37.12 (8M)
20. Jason Van Dyk, OHV, 37.53 (9M)
21. David McCarthy, OHV, 38.26 (10M)
22. Jess Young, OHV, 39.14 (5G)
23. Jeff Price, OHV, 39.25 (11M)
24. Tim Robertson, OHV, 39.40 (1st schoolboy)
25. Lynn Glover, WOC, 39.43 (4W)
26. Neil Kane, WOC, 40.15 (5V)
27. Gavin Scott, OHV, 40.58 (6V)
28. Andrew Glover, WOC, 41.00 (2B)
29. Luke Brindle, OHV, 41.08 (3B)
30. Bruce Worsley, OHV, 42.20 (12M)
31. Paul Clarke, WOC, 43.10 (7V)
32. Paul Teesdale Spittle, WOC, 45.20 (13M)
33. Thomas Robinson, OHV, 45.30 (4B)
34. Dorothy Kane, WOC 46.30 (5W)
35. Susan Edwards, OHV, 51.20 (6W)

 

Yellow. 2.4 km

1. Letitia Carr 18.04
2. Jason Hodge, Taita Coll, 18.32
3. Bruce Henderson, OHV, 21.44
4. Amy Wild, OHV, 21.47
5. Aubrey Nation, 21.58
6. Joseph Coffey, Taita Coll, 22.03
7. Joel Clayton, Taita Coll, 22.09
8. Murray + Talov, 22.11
9. Kieran Murphy, Taita Coll, 22.19
10 = Hope Osbourne, Taita Coll, 24.21
10 = Danielle Cottle, Taita Coll, 24.21
12. Mark Sanson, 25.19
13. Keith + Helen Wild, OHV 25.30
14. Nicole Edmonds, 27.24
15. Rebecca Davis, 33.11
16. Netty + Jacki, OHV 35.56
17. John Spittle, 37.45
18. Tony + Carolyn 39.10

White 1.5 km

  1. Murray Taylor, 11.45
  2. Rebbecca, 12.18
  3. Letitia Carr, 15.30
  4. Oscar + Pat Ehrhardt, DOC, 52.51

 

Results of the SECOND event of the 2005 Series

Central Park, 9 Nov 05

Unfortunately the glorious blue skies that had graced Wellington all day had been replaced by cloud by the time we got underway, but the resulting slight temperature drop did provide pleasant running conditions. Around 45 people people ran various of the courses, with the O-Max course consisting of two fairly long loops within Central Park, followed by a choice of two viable routes up to two shorter loops up the hill at Tanera Park, and then the return to the start/finish in the Central Park playground via the other sensible route.

Hopefully noone on the yellow course was too confused by the "twilight zone" description for the control just off the edge of the map (88 / W on the o-max course). I could have mapped that little area of grass, but leaving it off the map seemed consistent with an O-Max philosophy of minimising work and maximising crazy twists!

The courses were planned, set out, and timed by with assistance on the night from Alan Horn, who set up the registration area and took care of the white and yellow courses. So many thanks to Alan, and also to Brett Taylor, who spent a few moments of his yellow course reinstating a control that had gone walkabout.

O-Max Course

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  1. Ross Morrison, HBOC, 19-22 (1st man)
  2. Andrew McCarthy, OHV, 19-54 (2M)
  3. Bryn Davies, RKOC, 20-11 (3M)
  4. Bill Edwards, OHV, 24-34 (4M)
  5. Kate Rea, OHV, 26-09 (1st schoolgirl)
  6. David King, 26-22 (1st Vet)
  7. Anna Robertson, OHV, 26-27 (1st woman)
  8. Mick Finn, OHV, 26-36 (5M)
  9. Rob Batt, 26-38 (6M)
  10. William Power, WOC, 26-42 (7M)
  11. John Robertson, OHV, 26-53 (2nd Vet)
  12. Andrew Whiteford, 26-53 (8M )
  13. Tom Robinson, OHV, 27-42 (1st Schoolboy)
  14. Andrew Glover, WOC, 28-10 (2B)
  15. Nicole van Oosterom, OHV, 28-12 (2G)
  16. Laura Robertson, OHV, 28-13 (3G)
  17. Neil Kane, WOC, 29-07 (3V)
  18. Tim Robertson, OHV, 29-08 (3B)
  19. Paul Clarke, WOC, 29-11 (4V)
  20. Susan Edwards, OHV, 30-30 (2W)
  21. Daniel Edmonds, WOC, 30-42 (4B)
  22. David Edmonds, WOC, 31-11 (5V)
  23. David McCarthy, OHV, 32-43 (9M)
  24. Bruce Worsley, OHV, 32-45 (10M)
  25. Jeff Price, OHV, 33-13 (11M)
  26. Gavin Scott, OHV, 33-38 (6V)
  27. Lynn Glover, WOC, 36-27 (3W)
  28. John Bocock, KHOC, 38-10 (7V)
  29. Dorothy Kane, WOC, 38-56 (4W)
  30. Peter Bakos, OHV, 39-25 (12M)
  31. Jack Edmonds, WOC, 41-37 (5B)
Yellow Course   1.8km   90m climb
  1. Lara Shepherd, 24-08
  2. Amy Wild, OHV, 27-22
  3. Hilary Miller, OHV, 27-36
  4. Keith & Helen Wild, OHV, 28-49
  5. Billy Jackson, 29-56
  6. Brett Taylor, 35-03
  7. Jenny Bocock, KHOC, 46-15
  8. L Porter, OHV, 47-52
  9. Tony & Carolyn, OHV, 48-03
  10. Peat family, WOC, 51-30
  11. Trent, DNF
White Course   1km   55m climb
  1. Billy Jackson (second course), 17-00

Results of the FIRST event of the 2005 Series

Hikoikoi Reserve, 1 Nov 05

Gavin Scott ran into a low bridge in a former funpark tonight in the O-Max race at Hikoikoi Reserve. The funpark contained a go-kart track with a low underpass. The blow gave Gavin a couple of nasty cuts on his forehead, but he was able to complete his course.

Bryn Davies set the fastest time of 18-28 on the 2-loop micr-o with remote extra loop, 4-out-of-10 with false controls in the funpark and 5-out-of-6 on the way home past the old boatsheds on the Hutt River. Top schoolgirl Lizzie Ingham was 5th overall. The course was planned, set out, timed and commentated by

A party of students from Taita College used the yellow course as part of their preparation for the Hillary Challenge, an adventure race for college teams.

O-Max Course

  1. Bryn Davies, RKOC, 18-28 (1st man)
  2. Ross Morrison, HBOC, 18-44 (2M)
  3. Bill Edwards, OHV, 19-30 (3M)
  4. John Robertson, OHV, 22-00 (1st Veteran)
  5. Malcolm Ingham, WOC, 23-08 (2V)
  6. Lizzie Ingham, WOC, 23-18 (1st schoolgirl)
  7. Anna Roberston, OHV, 23-36 (1st woman)
  8. John Marshall, WOC, 24-10 (4M)
  9. Richard Baxter, UK, 24-39 (5M)
  10. Jason van Dyk, OHV, 24-48 (6M)
  11. Mick Finn, OHV, 25-16 (7M)
  12. Nicole van Oosterom, OHV, 25-54 (2G)
  13. Laura Robertson, OHV, 26-09 (3G)
  14. William Power, WOC, 26-49 (8M)
  15. Andrew Glover, WOC, 26-36 (1st schoolboy)
  16. Jeff Price, OHV, 27-24 (9M)
  17. Bruce Worsley, OHV, 28-21 (10M)
  18. Susan Edwards, OHV, 28-58 (2W)
  19. Daniel Edmonds, WOC, 29-08 (2B)
  20. David McCarthy, OHV, 29-23 (11M)
  21. Tim Robertson, OHV, 29-40 (3B)
  22. Paul Clarke, WOC, 30-39 (3V)
  23. Jess Young, OHV, 31-09 (4G)
  24. Paul Teesdale-Spittle, WOC, 31-28 (12M)
  25. Gavin Scott, OHV, 32-18 (4V)
  26. David Edmonds, WOC, 33-15 (5V)
  27. Lynn Glover, WOC, 34-09 (3W)
  28. Jack Edmonds, WOC, 36-10 (4B)
Yellow Course 2.7km
  1. Trent, 20-00
  2. Bruce Henderson, OHV, 22-50
  3. Jim McIlroy, 23-00
  4. Amy Wild, OHV, 23-02
  5. Jason Hodge, Kieran Murphy, Taita Coll, 24-39
  6. Philippa Henderson, OHV, 24-55
  7. Tony van Dyk, OHV, 25-00
  8. Henry, Taita Coll, 27-00
  9. Keith and Helen Wild, OHV, 27-02
  10. Kathryn Edmonds, WOC, 30-00
  11. Simon Teesdale, WOC, 35-07
  12. Joseph Coffey,, Taita Coll, 35-20
  13. Aubney, Taita Coll, 37-30
  14. Chaucey Ellis, OHV, 38-17
  15. Dani Cottle, Taita Coll, 39-00
  16. Brett Taylor, 44-35
  17. Sarah and Alan T-S, WOC, 45-00
  18. Debbie Snelson and UK visitor, WOC, 56-00
White Course 1.6km
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