Southern Night Championships

West Woods

Saturday 27 November 2004

Army Champs Results Summary

Splits by Course
Splits by Club

Apologies for the delay in uploading the splits, we made an error in the Army results on Day 2 of their event which corrupted a few of their results and we needed to check it had not affected the Southern Night results before we posted them. It had not affected any but better safe than sorry, the only problem turned out to be Clive Hallett's time for the Bulford Brown course was given to 2Lt Reay of the Royal Artillery and she was most impressed at coming 4th on the Brown, just behind Sarah Rollins, as she had not even run.

Planner’s Comments

Almost all of the feedback following the event was very favourable, so it would appear that most enjoyed their run. Winning times of less than 7 mins/km showed that the wood is still very fast in places. I tried to plan at least one long leg per course, two or three for the longer courses, which seemed to go down well.

The only significant planning issue was whether to have the Start close to Assembly, or walk competitors into the wood to take advantage of the better quality terrain away from the SE corner of the wood. In the end we opted to retain the Start close to Assembly which saved battery usage and, I think, added to the ‘buzz’ of the event ‘centre’. On the downside, it did mean a path run between controls 1 and 2, plus a long-ish path-run into the Finish.

I would like to thank the Controller, Charles Daniel of BOK whose comments and observations definitely improved early drafts of the courses. The Organiser, Ken Stimson of SLOG ensured, as always, that the event proceeded without any hiccups whatsoever. I would also like to thank Charles and Ken plus Lewis Watson, Kevin Ryder, Phil Davies and Dave Roberts (all from SLOG) who helped to collect the controls.

SLOG’s next night event is the Western Night League event at Lydiard Park on 8th January 2005. Details on the SLOG website.

Ian Fleming (SLOG)

Hope you all enjoyed your runs. Next years Southern Nights is on either Bulford Ranges or Perham Down, so we will be back in the same area.

Southern Nights Results Summary

Army Champs Results Summary

Splits by Course
Splits by Club

Results by Emit UK

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