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Well, posting in the day of the event is a first for me! The wonders of the MiFi… 
Anyway, back onto the orienteering! Today was the first of the NW Night League events, hosted by Deeside Orienteers at Eastham Country Park.
In true Night League tradition, me and mum kicked off our campaign with a Pairs Orange course.
After travelling up earlier in the day (with the best music soundtrack in the world 
) we got to the Park in plenty of time and registered… que the mad scramble to find the whistles and dibber!
We set off, and we ran and ran! As the controls were mainly path-based, we were fairly fast with minimal stopping (thanks to Control Flow, Hamish!!).
We arrived back after 30minutes and 4 seconds, a very reputable time I think!
EDIT: Sorry about not updating earlier- the results have been up for a while now but I forgot to add them onto the post!!
We came 3rd out of 6 – 3 minutes behind the people in front – which I feel was fantastic for only our 4th (2nd NW Night League) night event!! Results are available here.
RouteGadget is available for this event here
Garmin Connect data is going to be uploaded shortly for this event
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Hello all!
I’ve been asked to do a writeup/press release for PFO (from a competitors view) about the British Schools Score Championships and I thought I’d treat the blog to some more content …
Hello everybody!
I haven’t been on the blog for a while as I’ve been getting back into the old routine of school & homework – sorry!
Here’s a quick summary of what I’ve been doing since the Lakes5:
- I attended the White Rose Weekend and was really pleased with my Light Green Results on the Saturday and the Sunday, considering that they were my 2nd and 3rd Light Green events. There was also a Night Score event that I took part in – the hardest part was finding the venue!
- Next, I went to the CompassSport Trophy Qualifiers in Formby (on the sand dunes). I decided that I don’t like sand dunes! Enough said…
- On the 25th September, it was the PFO Club Championships at Thompson Park. This was a half-hour score event that acts as the decider for the PFO Junior and Senior Men & Women’s Champion. I came back 2 minutes late, but got 29 out of the 30 controls (a little bit galling as the missed control I had ran past twice!) My brother, Benjamin, was the first boy unaccompanied on Yellow and I became the PFO Junior (M16-) Mens Champion! Yay!
- On the 9th October, it was the British Schools Score Orienteering Championships, hosted by PFO, at Witton Park, Blackburn. I came back 5 minutes late (a record for me!) but came 10th in my age class – apparently it’s enough to get a mention in my school assembly!
Last weekend, PFO took a team to the CompassSport Trophy National Final at Burbage Moor near Sheffield. Me and my mum arrived in plenty of time, and after a quick chat with the rest of the PFO troop we headed off to the start.
Appropriate to my competitive age class on the day, I was to do an Orange, and when arriving at the start I could see that the area was mainly open moorland – my favourite place to orienteer! At 11.50AM, after a slight confusion with the clear box (apparently I punched it twice instead of once!) I was off!
The Legs 1-2-3 were very straightforward to find – it was more about route choice than navigational skills. However, on Control4 (as you can see on my RouteGadget), I made a mess of the route choice and tried to hit the vegetation boundary between open land and woodland – I didn’t notice the minor path running parallel to my route! Although that did cost me some time, it was a good lesson to have learned.
Again, Leg 4-5 was a simple leg, just running along a path/river until you hit a water pit on the left hand side. Leg 5-6 was also fairly straightforward, however the boulder/path layout was not what I had visualized and I did end up a bit confused! In Legs 6-7-8, it was just a straight run to the finish, which was quite handy in making up for lost time at Control 4!
I contributed the maximum 100 points (I won the CompassSport Trophy Orange Mens class!) towards the PFO team score, however we narrowly missed out on a podium place by less than 70 points. It was still our best ever result though!
We all had a fantastic time – roll on CST2011!
RouteGadget is available for this event here
Garmin Connect data is not available for this event
For the latest updates on the move, follow @pendleorienteer on Twitter!
Hello everyone!
I’ve just returned from the Lakes5 (well, for me Lakes2) event!
Arrival
We (me and dad) arrived at our campsite in Penrith (after watching the Mighty Shakers that are Bury FC) to find our tent set up and ready to go, thanks to Mum, Benjamin and Gabriela (well – Mum really!). We settled in for a late first night, wondering what would happen to us tomorrow afternoon…
Day 1 – Pre-Run
We had a great time on the way to Day 1 of the Lakes5 week – just look at the view from the car!
When we arrived, Mum and I started the 2.6km walk to the Start… and then I was sent back to get the compasses! After this slight mishap, all was going well… until we saw the final climb ahead. Noo! It was a great view when we got to the top though.
After eventually starting my run (m14b/orange class), I had fairly major navigational errors on two controls – number 1 and number 10 – which cost me 26 minutes (oops!), but apart from those controls I feel that I had a good run.
Of course, a regional event wouldn’t be complete without Wilfs… so I had a Veggie Chillie with cheese and Chocolate Brownie. Mmn!
Splits: here
Garmin Connect (Run): here
Day 2
So, we were up and ready for Day 2 of the Lakes5, in Coniston. We got to the car park in plenty of time, despite being stuck behind a tractor… and then found out that the Assembly/Start was a 2.6km walk from the Car Park. Aagh!
We eventually reached the assembly and the start, I set off on my m14a class run.
Again, I did quite well apart from one control… Control 8, which took 17 minutes. At least I didn’t finish last like the previous day!
I retired to the PFO tent (thank goodness… it was very, very, very, very wet – causing Day 3 to be cancelled) and settled down with a pasta bolognese , tea and chocolate brownie… there is nothing else better than that after a long orienteering run!
We then returned to the car park… spot the ninja turtle!
Splits: here
Garmin Connect (Run): here
Garmin Connect (Walk): here
End
So, after Two days of Orienteering in the picturesque Lake District, it was time to go… roll on next weekend!
On the way home, however, it did rain a bit… okay a lot… fine, no positive spin… LOADS!
Bye!
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