BOC 2012
RELAY RESULTS – SCROLL DOWN FOR RESULTS
Well run every one.
Another fun day with some fine performances resulting in one of our M60 and
W40 teams making it onto the podium to take home bronze medals.
The terrain and relay planning was what we all expected which
meant that this year (in contrast to 2011) it suited the runners. However
in places it was still important to hold a bearing accurately, interpret the
contours correctly and pretty much ignore the vegetation - the final details
terrain notes had wisely warned us that not all trees and juniper bushes were
mapped. (Mapping all vegetation would have unnecessarily cluttered the map).
There was still the odd tricky depression, crag, boulder etc which meant you
had to keep your wits about you especially for those fit enough to run at
speed.
Strong performances on the early legs which put teams in
contention, and excited the MDOC contingent with lots of mentions booming out
over the PA system, came from James McCann, Ben Dempsey, Alistair Thornton, Tom
Fellbaum (only 31secs down on leading men’s premier), Vicky Thornton,
Heather Fellbaum, Irene Crawshaw and John Britton.
Notable performances came from Tom McCann who finished
strongly (despite his lack of O practice), Gemma Manley who bravely tackled the
1st leg and mass start experience in her first relay event, Tom
Horton who did what was required despite a recently badly twisted ankle, Steve
Dempsey who ran up several classes to bring the team home in a very creditable
10th position in the men’s premier, Jane McCann and Cliff
Etherden who both found themselves on the ‘pressure third legs’ and
who kept their heads running steady races to clinch the medals, the ‘white
tail’ team all performed consistently well, Jan Ellis just back from Japan
had a solid run and both Chris Rostron and Steve Fellbaum, with 8 seconds
between them, both ran their socks off.
Finally, it is a pity there is not an M70 class since if
there was we may well have won gold....I shall be mentioning that on my BOC
feedback sheet!
The day ended with most MDOC members being involved in a
well organised prize giving which was not without it’s comical moments....my
favourite (mentioning no names J)
being the handling of a very large rose bowl which was lucky to escape without
a dent!
There was only one organisational hic cup (to our
knowledge) which future relay organisers should note and that is that if the
different leg lengths of the adhoc classes are to be mixed up (to split runners
up) then this should be mentioned either in the entry information for team
captains to read when making initial entries or failing that in the final
details. That way adhoc team members can be pre-warned that their final running
leg order may well change and only be know the day before the race according to
map allocation. Some club captains of other clubs failed to read all the
information provided in their envelopes the day before the relays which
resulted in some adhoc team members running courses too easy or too difficult
for them...whops.
Vicky
and Andy Thornton
Junior Ad Hoc (M/W 18-)
|
5th |
59:57 |
608 |
MDOC Fallow |
MDOC |
13:16 |
(2nd) |
30:45 |
(13th) |
15:56 |
(6th) |
James McCann/Matthew Fellbaum/Tom McCann |
Junior Ad Hoc
(M/W 18-)
|
7th |
62:09 |
607 |
MDOC Roe |
MDOC |
16:51 |
(7th) |
14:15 |
(5th) |
31:03 |
(15th) |
Laura Hindle/Ben Dempsey/Carolyn Hindle |
Mixed Ad Hoc
|
14th |
99:58 |
420 |
MDOC Kudu |
MDOC |
28:01 |
(16th) |
39:08 |
(27th) |
32:49 |
(19th) |
Gemma Manley/Chris Lambert/Amanda Crawshaw |
M18
|
5th |
74:23 |
1805 |
MDOC Reds |
MDOC |
24:27 |
(9th) |
23:17 |
(3rd) |
26:39 |
(9th) |
Alex McCann/Alistair Thornton/John Dempsey |
Men's Premier
|
10th |
110:35 |
16 |
MDOC Gazelles |
MDOC |
30:26 |
(4th) |
39:38 |
(19th) |
40:31 |
(16th) |
Tom Fellbaum/Tom Horton/Steve Dempsey |
W40
|
3rd |
100:33 |
4066 |
MDOC Springbok |
MDOC |
29:34 |
(1st) |
30:12 |
(2nd) |
40:47 |
(5th) |
Vicky Thornton/Heather Fellbaum/Jane McCann |
|
8th |
132:29 |
4067 |
MDOC White Tails |
MDOC |
41:22 |
(9th) |
43:45 |
(9th) |
47:22 |
(8th) |
Marie Roberts/Kate Bryant/Hazel Hindle |
M40
|
12th |
115:29 |
4008 |
MDOC Chital |
MDOC |
31:10 |
(9th) |
37:14 |
(14th) |
47:05 |
(16th) |
Trevor Hindle/Dave McCann/Andy Thornton |
W60
|
4th |
145:38 |
6066 |
MDOC Elks |
MDOC |
40:28 |
(3rd) |
47:01 |
(6th) |
58:09 |
(8th) |
Irene Crawshaw/Jan Ellis/Alison Doyle |
|
7th |
154:03 |
6065 |
MDOC Antelope |
MDOC |
65:03 |
(8th) |
56:44 |
(8th) |
32:16 |
(2nd) |
Julie Brook/Sue Birkinshaw/Gabriella Walsh |
M60
|
3rd |
93:46 |
6013 |
MDOC Caribou |
MDOC |
26:40 |
(1st) |
33:50 |
(6th) |
33:16 |
(7th) |
John Britton/Chris Rostron/Cliff Etherden |
|
18th |
131:32 |
6015 |
MDOC Blackbucks |
MDOC |
49:49 |
(24th) |
33:58 |
(8th) |
47:45 |
(23rd) |
Trevor Roberts/Steve Fellbaum/Grahame Crawshaw |
|
19th |
143:43 |
6014 |
MDOC Moose |
MDOC |
42:31 |
(22nd) |
47:22 |
(20th) |
53:50 |
(25th) |
Dave Mawdsley/Andrew Gregory/Pete Lomas |