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Updated: 2115, 21/02/10 - Organiser's comments added.
Updated: 2015, 14/02/10 - Planner's comments added.
 

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Road Crossing: The time taken to cross the road has been removed from your overall time. However, to make Splitsbrowser and routegadget work correctly, control 143 has been reinserted with a nominal time for all of 10 seconds. This does not affect your overall time, it just shortens the split to the next control by 10 seconds.

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Planner’s Comments
Roger Thetford

I grew up in Henley. Within 1km of the edge of the extended Nettlebed map are four village cricket pitches, one of them being my ‘home’ ground; I estimate that I’ve spent about 600 hours on one or the other. And since then, I’ve run on many of the footpaths in the area. So it was a pleasure to be given licence to roam the woods to plan this event, enjoying especially the unexpected technical detail round the north start and the beautiful beechwoods in the north east, which abut the renowned Warburg Nature Reserve.

Then the problems started: there was a large new area to map, and limited access dates because of shooting were further curtailed by the snow that hit this part of the Chilterns severely, twice. In fact, apart from my preliminary recce in May, I saw snow lying — and often falling too — on every forest visit including on race day. And then the controller fell ill, so the target of having it ‘all sorted by the end of the Christmas break’ actually turned out to mean: “I’ll try to finish the controlling on 31 January, and a final copy of the map would be nice!” Heartfelt thanks on your behalf to the principal mapper Martin Ricketts, for mapping the extension and for coping with the late requests for map changes from the controller and me.

The lack of time in the forest showed in a few places, notably some inconsistent runnability in the north but also around control 159, where Mike and I had only been through in a N-S direction but the mapping of the vegetation east and west of the control (originally surveyed in June 2008) was at best ‘confusing’ in winter conditions. Apologies if you lost time here.

The parking and the shape of the area meant that only the longest courses could use the bulk of the new terrain. This is a pity: look out for some future short-course races to give others the opportunity to enjoy the new area! My optimism that we would be allowed to cross areas of pasture proved unfounded, so many extra controls were added to funnel competitors via footpaths and stiles. The road crossing also had to be moved just a week before the event, following comments from the police. Although many of you will have suffered the curse of the mixed area — the nicest bits are so fast that you’re through them in a flash, while the greener areas detain you for longer and skew your overall impression — you were generous in your praise of the area and the courses. Thank you.

Organiser’s Comments

We hope you enjoyed your visit to this year’s Chiltern Challenge. For most it must have been your first run on the area.

The setting for the assembly with compact facilities made my role as organiser that much easier. Everyone knew where to find me.

One of the larger designated parking areas was almost unusable because of the softness of the ground. However, despite losing that area, the parking team did a tremendous job of prising you all into the grounds.

Your parking money was a direct donation to Sue Ryder Care so thank you all for that and those who added more to the kitty. We in our turn will also be making a club donation once the final audit has been completed.

The road crossing on the 3 longer courses threw up a late issue with the police. This was a result of a fatal accident along that stretch of the A4130 in the week leading up to the event. To satisfy police concerns as well as considering the safety of our runners the crossing point was changed at the very last minute. I trust those who used the crossing found they were in good hands with 2 marshals on duty and a taped corridor along the verge.

I’ve mentioned the assembly facilities being provided by the Nettlebed Hospice of Sue Ryder Care. I must not ignore the generous support given to us by the 2 landowners. The Fleming family of the Nettlebed estate that is south of the A4130 and Lord Alvingham for the northern sector.

As organiser I don’t get involved in any aspect of the course planning but I did witness the teamwork of the planner and controller and how much thought goes into getting a big event up and running. My input was minimal.

So thanks to Roger for planning the courses and to Mike for overseeing the whole operation. His knowledge and experience were invaluable. Behind the scenes helping Mike on the Saturday and Sunday was Linda, Mike’s wife, so I would like to bring her up front with these acknowledgements. Linda has direct radio contact with Mike at all times and if anything needed attention Linda was the first to know.

I have two items of lost property. A Red and White striped umbrella and a thumb held compass. If the owners wish to have them returned just get in touch and we’ll come up with some mutual arrangement.

Also the W15 Southern Night Championships Trophy, “ the Mole Valley Goblet” (uncleaned) was left at the enquiries point. Does anybody want this? Again give me a call.

Fred Ashford, Organiser