Jamie Stevenson Trophy 2009
Results (incl. splits)
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Team Results
- 596 - MAROC
- 589 - FVO
- 584 - INVOC
- 581 - GRAMP
- 572 - ESOC
- 563 - INT
- 560 - Clyde
- 554 - RR
- 542 - AYROC
- 494 - TAY
- 97 - TINTO
- 93 - ELO
Comments
Organiser
This was my first attempt at organising an event, and I think I was lucky in many ways: the weather on the day was brilliant, being pleasantly warm and not too windy; the Jamie Stevenson Trophy is a closed event, with entries coming from the clubs themselves, so numbers are limited; the controller was Bill Stevenson, who is very experienced; I am a member of ESOC, where we have a wealth of organisational background to call upon. I was provided with a checklist of tasks, and this proved invaluable in ensuring all the things that had to be done were done.
The planner, Helena Nolan, and I made an exploratory visit in early April, with the first drafts of the courses, to check the area out. The last 400m of the track was terrible, very rutted, and it remained that way through May. I was glad to see that it had been mended before the event. We made several minor changes to the map, mainly for the benefit of the Yellow courses.
The Jamie Stevenson Trophy is a fund raiser for the Scottish Junior Orienteering Squad (ScotJOS), but nevertheless we hoped to have some worthwhile prizes for the 24 juniors coming in the top three of the 8 courses.
We received some generous donations from Buffera (buffs), the National Trust for Scotland (free entry to one of their properties), and Run and Become in Edinburgh (a well thought-out selection of prizes), and also RUN 4 IT provided discount vouchers for everyone. Thanks very much to all these donors.
I’d like to thank all the helpers, who are too many to mention individually, and hope you all had a pleasant day at Pitmedden.
Crawford
Planner
When I visited the area in April, there was very little undergrowth and the water features were brimming full, which is why one of the marshes was changed to uncrossable. However, over recent weeks with the warm weather, the ferns had shot up, almost shoulder height in some places, and some of the water features had dried up. This was unlikely to affect any of the courses. The mountain bike tracks were a problem in some areas and this is why no controls were placed to the north east of the finish.
Helena
Controller
It is a privilege to be involved in this competition, with enthusiastic competitors and a simple format. Pitmedden is heavily used by mountain bikers and the wiggly paths meant challenging courses. Well done to everyone who competed. From the split times, I can see the early part of the yellow courses was tricky. Also, runners on all courses had some problems around the ditch bend and the circular marsh to the north-east. We did make a number of updates to the map to reflect new paths and I thought the legs were fair. If there was anything that we could have done differently, let us know.
I hope those on Green and Light Green were not put off by the cattle. We knew there would be “some” stock in the field, but had to discuss it with the farmer late on Saturday to check the position again. Anyway, he was comfortable and our thanks go to Ian Maxwell for keeping an eye on that part of the course.
Bill
Posted on 21st Jun 09
by Andrew Dalgleish - Captain / Webmaster
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