NORTHERN NAVIGATORS District event at Kellas Sunday, 5th March 2006 KEY: m - control missed, f - controls found, w - control wrong Go to splits index Return to NN home page Follow this link for a photo gallery of the Green course (courtesy of Bob Johnson) YELLOW - 1.4km, 25m, 7 controls SPLITS 1. Sam Garratt M8 CLOK 16:47 2. Kate Rowley W14 ind 26:35 3. Hannah Clark W13 EBOR 26:41 4. Jacqueline Marley W40 ind 28:03 5. Elizabeth Dean W6 CLOK 32:40 6. Eloise Wright W10 CLOK 33:05 --------------- colour line --------------- 7. Brooke Bentham+1 W10 NATO 36:10 8. Aoife Lakey W6 NATO 40:22 9. Joshua Boyles M6 NATO 47:57 10. Livia Wright W4 CLOK 48:43 11. Veronica Miller W21 NATO 52:48 12. Cameron Martin M5 CLOK 73:14 ORANGE - 2.2km, 50m, 9 controls SPLITS 1. Chris Iredale M12 ind 44:14 2. Jonathan Lakey M10 NATO 49:57 3. Eleanor Raymond W12 NATO 50:33 4. Megan Malley W12 EBOR 50:43 5. Alison Malley W40 EBOR 53:27 6. Sarah Henry W21 UNOC 58:00 7. Pat Malley W65 NATO 59:27 8. Lewis Scrafton M14 ind 64:54 --------------- colour line --------------- 9. Elaine Clarke W50 NATO 68:37 Retired / disqualified Eleanor Fountain W21 UNOC 131:26 m5 Gary Scrafton M50 ind ??.?? faulty card LIGHT GREEN - 3.3km, 60m, 9 controls SPLITS 1. Alan Morgan M70 NN 55:36 2. Jamie Bentham M16 NATO 59:21 3. Avis Armer W60 BL 60:18 4. Bill Hodgson M60 CLOK 66:18 5. Ben Lester M21 ind 67:43 6. Judith Robb W60 CLOK 73:37 7. Gill Hardy W65 CLOK 78:56 8. Alana Wright W14 CLOK 82:49 9. Alison Hodgson W55 CLOK 85:58 10. Rosemary Mason W55 NATO 87:40 11. Celia Dean W45 CLOK 91:58 12. Christopher Lakey M14 NATO 93:31 --------------- colour line --------------- 13. Ian Smith M75 NATO 98:45 14. Annette Egan W50 NATO 103:44 15. Joan Adamson W55 CLOK 111:15 16. Andy Clarke M45 NATO 139:49 Retired / disqualified Rosemary Matheson W50 NATO 87:42 m1 Robert Johnson M14 ind 95:33 m5 Eileen Morgan W65 NN 101:59 m7 Helen Rafferty W60 NATO 105:03 m6 George Hails M9 ind 32:24 ret Wendy Taylor W45 CLOK 36:48 ret f1-5 Ann Dobbs W60 CLOK 88:50 ret GREEN - 4.6km, 85m, 13 controls SPLITS 1. Catherine Taylor W18 CLOK 39:44 2. Dave Brook M60 NN 54:42 3. Bob Cooper M60 NN 56:36 4. Jeff Mason M65 NATO 63:44 5. Lucy Taylor W16 CLOK 64:31 6. Sheila Sprot W55 NATO 70:44 7. Patricia Davies W50 NATO 71:10 8. Malcolm Gibson M60 CLOK 74:00 9. Charlotte Curtis W14 NATO 76:19 10. Graham Scott M60 NATO 76:32 11. Ann Curtis W50 NATO 76:48 12. Rachael Malley W16 EBOR 77:33 13. Q.K.Crow M40 ind 79:20 14. Eddie Leadbitter M65 NN 79:48 15. Liddy Eudon W21 DVO 80:13 16. Dick Whitworth M65 BL 81:17 17. David Fordyce M45 ind 81:29 18. Mike Hardy M65 CLOK 84:27 --------------- colour line --------------- 19. Isla Mathieson W40 CLOK 87:50 20. Kath Dixon W50 NATO 91:25 21. Hilary Cooper W50 NATO 93:16 22. Roy Malley M75 NATO 94:29 23. Robert Ian Robb M65 CLOK 94:37 24. Barbara Verity W55 DEE 94:48 25. Nick Green+2 AIRE 98:27 26. Geoff Armer M60 BL 98:49 27. Joe Hails M14 ind 102:50 28. Joan Selby W60 CLOK 103:54 29. Lorraine Porter W45 CLOK 106:00 30. Angela Whitworth W60 BL 107:39 31. David Floyd M45 NATO 113:50 32. Bob Johnson M60 NN 116:36 33. Barry Young M40 NN 146:43 34. Albert Lim M21 UNOC 161:29 Retired / disqualified Shelly Williams W45 CLOK 11:41 ret f1-8 BLUE - 6.5km, 110m, 15 controls SPLITS 1. Ben Smith M20 UDOC 63:14 2. Jenny Thornton W18 CLOK 66:28 3. Paul Johnson M55 BL 68:55 4. Jonathan Malley M14 NATO 69:06 5. Neil Sprot M50 NATO 69:43 6. Elizabeth Bridge W21 UDOC 70:07 7. Boris Spence M50 NN 72:12 8. Martyn Dean M45 CLOK 74:17 9. Christopher Bradford M55 NATO 76:05 10. Andy Curtis M50 NATO 76:13 11. Morag Macniven W21 UDOC 77:49 12. Matthew Goode M21 UNOC 78:06 13. Robert Verity M60 DEE 81:02 14. Keith Chipchase M50 NN 84:22 15. Cecile Spring W35 NN 84.58 16. David Raymond M45 NATO 88:26 17. Judy Johnson W55 BL 88:39 18. Andrew Suddaby M65 BL 88:59 19. Frank Major M60 NN 89:45 20. Jane Malley W45 NATO 89:58 21. Andrew Clark M40 EBOR 90:10 22. Joe Dobbs M65 CLOK 92:25 --------------- colour line --------------- 23. Peter Waldron M50 NATO 95:30 24. Michael Garratt M50 CLOK 95:42 25. Dave Slade M35 NATO 95:52 26. Paul Jameson M50 NATO 96:39 27. Karen Blackburn W60 BL 98:24 28. Gary Russell M21 NN 103:57 29. Steven Taylor M21 DVO 104:33 30. Ben Rowley M21 UNOC 106:03 31. Angus Lumb M35 ind 111:05 32. Fred Miller M55 NATO 115:52 33. Tom Rowley M16 ind 117:14 34. Mike Hughes M21 UDOC 117:19 35. Bob Richardson M55 NATO 117:35 36. Joy Rowley+1 W55 ind 126:20 37. Lee David M45 NATO 128:46 Retired / disqualified Judy Suddaby W65 BL 93:44 w1 Raymond Snaith M55 CLOK 84:47 ret f1-8 BROWN - 8.9km, 115m, 24 controls SPLITS 1. Stefan Andersson M21 EUOC 58:28 2. Martin Smith M45 LOC 68:54 3. Rory Matheson M21 NATO 73:25 4. Paul Thornton M45 CLOK 74:25 5. Paul Taylor M55 CLOK 77:04 6. Christopher Wright M45 CLOK 82:12 7. Wilfred Bell M50 NN 90:15 8. Tom Billam M21 UDOC 90:21 9. Richard Bean M21 UDOC 93:36 10. David Smyth M16 NATO 100:01 11. John Stuart Dixon M60 NATO 104:40 12. Nick Martin M35 CLOK 109:12 --------------- colour line --------------- 13. Roy Dawson M55 NATO 111:39 14. Colin Matheson M50 NATO 114:36 15. Martin Adamson M60 CLOK 115:11 16. John Williams M45 BL 116:10 17. Paul Heeley M21 NATO 119:04 18. Colin Blackburn M45 NN 122:57 19. Rob Bailey M45 CLOK 124:00 20. Andrew Nicoll M65 NATO 127:17 21. William Dehany M50 CLOK 142:20 Retired / disqualified Patrick Smyth M45 NATO 75:22 did not punch finish Phillip Batts M45 CLOK 83:45 m9 Organisers comments - Bob Cooper Many thanks for all turning up and making this a fairly succesful event. The weather, although bitterly cold in the parking field, could have been a lot worse. The day before saw an inch of snow in the field and there were doubts as to whether the event would go ahead. I must apologise to the competitor who had a faulty card � this is a rare occurrence with EMIT, although it has happened twice lately. NN are a small club and seem to be getting smaller and credit must go to the small band of club helpers who made this event possible. Thanks are due to the Warde-Aldam family for the use of the Low Kellas, Athole McKillop of Land Factor for the use of High Kellas and to the owners of Slaley Hall (De Vere Hotels) who allowed us the use of the parking field. At their request and with your generosity, we were able to donate �78 to the Great North Ambulance charity. Planners comments - Dave Caudwell Kellas appears to be getting more and more difficult to compete in, as the times for the courses are getting in the main longer and longer. Most of the control features had been used before, so it must be something to do with the way the woodland is developing, making the rides more difficult to see, and making relocation more difficult to do. It�s also more difficult to plan in the area, as the mature trees are gradually clear felled. In fact, following conversations with the owners, it would appear that both of them have plans for substantial further felling in the next year. Therefore it may be that next time we would like to use the area, it will be impossible to stage an event here, which would be a great pity, as the woodland is very pleasant and runnable, and the club�s association with it goes back to the early 1970s. Controllers comments - Rob McKenna Kellas is a beautiful area in which to spend a few days, particularly if the weather is fine. The scattering of snow in the wood does change your perception of a few of the contour features (I know there aren�t many), which makes it a little bit more difficult to navigate. Kellas is not a truly technical area, but its main problem, from a competitor�s point of view, is that it is so open and one block of the wood looks much the same as another, making navigation and relocation quite a difficult task. Looking at some of the times and hearing comments at the finish, this is exactly what had happened to quite a lot of competitors. Low and High Kellas are quite different � Low Kellas rather bland and open, High Kellas, although also open, has the added problem of rhododenrons. The main clumps had been mapped and should have been a help with navigation. Some seemed to rely totally on this and appeared to have neglected the more positive contour features, which I think are a better guide as to where you are. Unforunately the openness of the wood in both High and Low Kellas meant that the rides are now not as distinct as they once were. This is more apparent when looking at the orange course times. On the face of it the course looks easy enough � the option of cutting corners or just following the rides was there, but then you had to identify which ride first. The times on some of the legs suggest that a few competitors had a great deal of difficulty here. The winning times on the other courses are about what we expected, with the exception of the Light Green. I am not really sure what the problem was here. On paper, both tecnically and physically, the course appears to be correct, but maybe competitors found running in an open wood, without many major features to go by, a little bit too hard. All in all, I think that Dave did a good job, given the area that he had to work with. NEOA Colour Award Scheme Members of NEOA may purchase the relevant colour badge on completion of three events, finishing above the colour line (one may be from outside the NEOA area). For further details, contact : Margaret Crosby, tel: 0191 2685449 Go to splits index Return to NN home page Comments on these results to Rob McKenna Return to NN home page