CompassSport Cup Scottish Heat 2015Balnagowan, 15 March
A large contingent from ESOC competed at the Scottish heat of the CompassSport Cup, which was held on Deeside.
MAROC presented this event, which was based at the Aboyne Community Centre. Balnagowan is just to the north, and was described in the event details as “a great area in Deeside with a mix of complex rock and contour detail and varied forest terrain.” There were warning about areas of windblow, however, and many found the going quite rough. The weather was sunny, with blue skies all day.
Everyone enjoyed the indoor facilities and refreshments, while watching the results come in.
ESOC count as a large club, and were competing with FVO, GRAMP and MOR in the CompassSport Cup heat. (Smaller clubs compete for the CompassSport Trophy.) We came 2nd, with 2381 points in total. FVO won the heat, with 2456 points, and will go to the final in the Lake District in October.
Helena Nolan, ESOC Club Captain, commented: “Thanks to all the club members who made the long journey to Aboyne on Sunday for the CSC. We had a great turnout and some fantastic results. Unfortunately we were not quite strong enough to beat the mighty FVO, but we had a good go, on what was a beautiful day.”
ESOC’s counting scorers were:
Brown – Craig Nolan (98), Andrew Lindsay (96)
Short Brown – Mark Rowe (96), Jim Martin (95), Mark Wood (94), Ray Ward (93)
Blue Women – Claire Ward (100), Rebecca Harding (99), Rona Lindsay (95), Gill Martin (93)
Blue Men – Mike Stewart (94)
Green Women – Alison Cunningham (98), Helena Nolan (95), Maggie Scrugham (89)*
Green Men – Crawford Lindsay (97), Roger Scrutton (93), Roger Garnett (92), Martin Caldwell (89)*
Short Green – Anne Stevenson (98), Ian Pyrah (97), Eleanor Pyrah (96), Fiona Findlay (93)
Junior Men – Angus Shaw (98)
Orange Men – Ben Brown (96), David McPhillips (94)
Orange Women – Kerry Wood (92)
* with 25 scores to count, only one of the 89 point scores was included in the overall total.
Full results (including CompassSport Cup and Trophy points), Routegadget, and further details about the event are available on the Balnagowan Event page of the Mar Orienteering Club website.
Further details about the CompassSport Cup and Trophy are available on the CompassSport Cup Coordinator’s page.
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