NORTHERN NAVIGATORS
Local event at
Cong Burn
Sunday, 15th February 2009
YELLOW - 1.6km, 30m, 7 controls
1. John MacKenzie M12 NN 43.58
2. Charlotte Graham W2 ind 50.45
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ORANGE - 2.3km, 55m, 9 controls
1. Elaine Clarke W50 NATO 69.00
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LIGHT GREEN - 3.0km, 90m, 11 controls
1. Andrew Rice M21 NATO 61.40
2. Helen Rafferty W65 NATO 75.55
3. Sasha MacKenzie W14 NN 81.12
4. Gregory + Peter Saul M9/45 ind 88.20
5. Andy Clarke M50 NATO 88.20
6. Ian Campbell M75 CLOK 93.50
7. Eileen Bedwell W75 CLOK 103.48
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8. Ian Smith M80 NATO 169.38
retired / disqualified
Barnaby Warren M14 NN 96.08 m8-10
Bob Johnson M65 NN 65.16 f1-7
Joan Adamson W60 CLOK 94.25 f1-7
Clarissa Napier W70 CLOK 58.10 f1-6
Alan Morgan M75 NN ret f1-4
Eddie Leadbitter M70 NN lost card
GREEN - 4.1km, 165m, 12 controls
1. David Kelly M40 CLOK 53.52
2. Nicola Tilt W35 ind 63.12
3. Tim Field M45 LOC 64.12
4. Ann Cranke W50 CLOK 70.23
5. Sheila Sprot W55 NATO 72.30
6. Jill Smith W55 EBOR 76.58
7. Bob Richardson M55 NATO 79.43
8. Lindsey Hensman W60 CLARO 81.41
9. Gill Mawby W60 EBOR 83.39
10. Gary Russell M35 NN 86.55
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11. Juliet Bentley W40 SROC 89.28
12. David Floyd M50 NATO 90.15
13. Roger Mawby M70 EBOR 94.33
14. Lorraine Porter W50 CLOK 97.05
retired / disqualified
Deborah Warren W45 NN 86.15 m3
Karen Blackburn W60 BL 96.15 m3
Douglas Henderson M55 RR 59.20 m3-4
Ed Baynes M21 UDOC 54.25 f1-5
Clare Feast W21 UDOC 88.00 lost card
Julian Warren M45 NN ret f1-5
BLUE - 5.4km, 190m, 16 controls
1. Adrian Barnes M55 NATO 69.08
2. Matthew Goode M21 UNOC 71.15
3. Neil Sprot M55 NATO 73.40
4. Rob Bailey M50 CLOK 74.10
5. Roy McGregor M40 SROC 74.15
6. Andrew Cheung M20 UNOC 76.33
7. Chris Bradford M60 NATO 78.05
8. Geoffrey Hensman M60 CLARO 79.20
9. Maria MacKenzie W21 NN 80.40
10. Lawrence Dudley M21 UDOC 91.51
11. Colin Turner M55 CLOK 92.07
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12. Martin Adamson M65 CLOK 115.38
13. Scott Lowe M20 UDOC 120.13
14. Helen Buss W20 UNOC 142.51
15. David Lee M45 NATO 165.06
16. Carmen Elphick W35 EBOR 166.39
retired / disqualified
Phillip Batts M45 CLOK no card
BROWN - 6.7km, 230m, 18 controls
1. Duncan Archer M21 CLOK 47.29
2. Pipa Whitehouse W21 CLOK 53.22
3. Ben Smith M21 UDOC 57.25
4. Kris Smith M21 UNOC 64.35
5. Thomas Billam M21 UDOC 64.57
6. Ian Maxwell M45 RR 65.51
7. Simon Caldwell M45 EBOR 74.30
8. Alex Machin M21 UDOC 76.26
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9. Adam Poole M20 UDOC 84.17
10. Tin Wong M21 UNOC 89.37
11. Will Horsley M21 ind 91.35
12. John Dixon M60 NATO 101.50
13. David Lauckner M55 ind 133.36
14. Willard Wright M40 NATO 139.25
15. Steve Gustard M?? ind 156.04
retired / disqualified
Martyn Dean M50 CLOK 78.48 lost card f1-9
Organiser / planners comments - Rob Mckenna
Many thanks for all turning up and supporting this event on what turned out to be quite a nice day,
given the latest weather conditions.
Looking at the finish times it seems that most competitors seemed to be struggling on what I thought
at the time were reasonably planned courses.
However, I did have a few pre-event planning dilemas. Firstly, there was one leg on the orange course
which was probably at the upper end of the technical ability for those competing on it.
Secondly, It was pointed out to me by the controller that there was a steep decline on a leg of the
light green course that may not be suitable for some of the older competitors.
Whilst I did not agree with this comment at the time (the steep section was the last 20m before one
of the controls), the slippy conditions had made this worse on the day.
Most comments at the finish seemed to revolve around the crossing of the stream - several times on
some of the courses. From a planning point of view this is almost un-avoidable given the topography
of the area and the need to get the correct distances for the courses set. Using the SI system may
have helped here, but the vulnerability of the control sites makes this an untennable option.
The overnight thaw of the recent snowfalls on higher ground, swelling the normally timid flow of
the Cong Burn, had made these crossings a bit more treacherous than I had anticipated - there were
stories of competitors going in waist deep in an attempt to reach the other side. This was never
meant to be my intention and I do apologise for those that found this a bit too much.
I do believe that Cong Burn is a delightful, open, runnable wood - given the right conditions and
I cannot agree with a comment from one competitor that it is the worst place they had ever competed in.
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