08-09 Deeside Night Cup Results

Deeside Night & Mini Cups Results 2008/9 Click here for list of venues and details
MAROC & GRAMP

Deeside Night Cup
Place	Name	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Best 8	Total
1	Jon Musgrave	M45	30	27*	30	30	30	27*	30	30	30	30	30*	30*	240	354
2	Dan Gooch	M35	27	30	32				24	27		32	30		202	202
3	Doug Guy	M45	29	23	20*	30	20*		20*	24	22	24	27	20	199	259
4	Tim Gomersall	M16	19*	24	22	17*	24	22	27	15*	27	17*	20	24	190	258	* = event dropped from best 8 Gramp run events posted on the GRAMP Routegadget site Maroc run events posted on the MAROC Routegadget site Doug appears to have changed careers and become a marketing guru and would like your thoughts and comments on what is right and what is wrong with the DNC overall this season - visit the DNC blog to register your views
5	Sarah Dunn	W40	17*	17*	18	22	30	20		20	20	20	24	16*	174	224
6	Evgueni Chepelin	M45	20	30	19	19	19		18		15*	18*	19	22	166	199
7	Eddie Harwood	M55	30		15	16	21	18	17		24	22			163	163
8	Marnoch H-J	M16	18	22		20	17	14*	16	18	30		14*	19	160	188
9	Finlay Langan	M16	14*	20	24	1*	22	21		1*	19	16	18	17	157	173
10	Ian Hamilton	M45	16	16	13*	18	18		14*	17	18	14*	17	18	138	179
11	David Hirst	M45	15		16			15	13		17	15	22	14	127	127
12	Dennis Macdonald	M40		14	12	14	13	13		30	16			13	125	125
13	Ian McIntyre	M45	13				15	12	15	16	16		15	15	117	117
14	Gary Morrison	M40	12	13	14		16	11*	12	14	15		16		112	123
15	Bruce Duncan	M21				32		24	27	27					110	110
16	Roger Coombs	M50	22			15		21	30						88	88
17	John Reeve	M40					27	19	19			19			84	84
18	Sean O'Sullivan	M21		15			14			30	14				73	73
19	Ali Robertson	M21		19		24		17							60	60
20	Ewan Mccarthy	M21												32	32	32
21	Oleg Chepelin	M21						30							30	30
22	Bruce Bricknell	M40			17										17	17
23	Alastair Dunlop	M35	11												11	11
24	Alastair Marshall	M45				1									1	1




Mini Night cup
Place	Name	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Best 8	Total
1	Patrick Low	M18					16	30	35	24	27	35	30	30	227	227
2	Sam Gomersall	M45	24	35	24	20*	20		20	30	22			24	199	219
3	David Kirk	M40	20	27	27	24	14*	20	13*	27	19	20	15*	16*	184	242
4	Alastair Marshall	M45			27			24	1	18	30	30	24	20	174	174
5	Douglas Marshall	M16	22				24	21	19	20	20	1*	19	27	172	174
6	Rod McGovern	M45	30	19	16		21	13	18	12*		18	11*	30	165	188
7	Chris Low	M45			30	22	17	1	22	24		24	20		160	160
8	Andrew McMurtrie	M40	1*			13	30	20	16	11		22	13	27	152	153
9	Neil McLean	M60				27	27	27	24	22			22		149	149
10	Steve Spencer	M45			30	15	20	12		9*	13	27	16	12	145	154
11	Richard Oxlade	M45		24			22	30	27	17	24				144	144
12	Lesley Gomersall	W40		18	19	24	15	11*	15			14	17	18	140	151
13	Jonquil Nichol	W50	18		12*	14	18	21	1*		14	12	12	13	122	135
14	Peter Craig	M60	17		13	17	11	9		10*		15	10	10	102	112
15	Ben Preece	M65	16		9		13	8			11	13	9	9	88	88
16	Rhona McMillan	W14			16			1	1	14	16	17	18		83	83
17	Evelyn Mason	W14			15			1	1	13	15	16	14		75	75
18	Kate Robertson	W21		20	18	18		17		1					74	74
19	Alexander Chepelin	M12						22	16	16	18				72	72
20	Dennis McDonald	M40	19						17				27		63	63
21	Frances Wright	W14	1	16	11			15	14	1					58	58
22	Neil O'Gorman	M35	13	22	10	12									57	57
23	Clare Martin	W45			1		12	10			17		17		57	57
24	Kirsty Coombs	W16	35											11	46	46
25	Genevieve Jones	W55	15			1	10	1	1	8			1		37	37
26	Chris Wark	M40	14	17					1						32	32
27	Ian Barraclough	M35				1		14		1			1	15	32	32
28	Donald Kerridge	M40									12	19			31	31
29	John Reeve	M40				30									30	30
30	Sarah O'Sullivan	W21		15			1				10				26	26
31	Donald Grassie	M50			20										20	20
32	Sean O'Sullivan	M21						18	1						19	19
33	Bob Elder	M50			17										17	17
34	David Marshall	M21				16	1								17	17
35	Paul Duley	M55								15					15	15
36	Ian Morrison	M21		14											14	14
37	Rachel Scott	W40												14	14	14
38	Lynn Collins	W55		13											13	13
39	Pete Monancourt											11			11	11
40	Jane Kerridge + family	W45							1					1	2	2
41	Bill Caffyn						1								1	1
42	Ali Robertson	M21								1					1	1
43	Trish Coombs	W50											1		1	1

1. Ballogie

	Long 5.8km
	Name	Class	Club	Time	leg 5	bonus	Points	Notes
1	Jon Musgrave	M45	Maroc	55.01	12.34		30
2	Dan Gooch	M35	Maroc	57.4	12.08		27
3	Doug Guy	M45	Gramp	61.06	11.1	5	29
4	Roger Coombs	M50	Maroc	62.55	12.44		22
5	Evgueni Chepelin	M45	Gramp	65.27	12.22		20
6	Tim Gomersall	M16	Gramp	70.26	16.26		19
7	Marnoch Hamilton-Jones	M16	Gramp	74.16	14.09		18
8	Sarah Dunn	W409	Maroc	74.34	13.59		17
9	Ian Hamilton	M45	Gramp	77.35	14.11		16
10	David Hirst	M45	Maroc	78.03	12.33		15
11	Finlay Langan	M16	Maroc	80.21	13.32		14	used micro Petzzl from 5 onwards - battery failure
12	Ian McIntyre	M45	Int	90.35	13.3		13
13	Gary Morrison	M40	Gramp	105.26	18		12
14	Alastair Dunlop	M35	Gramp	135.25	20.45		11


	Short 3.7km
	Name	Class	Club	Time	leg 5	bonus	Points
1	Kirsty Coombs	W16	Maroc	45.51	6.27	5	35
2	Rod McGovern	M45	Gramp	brikke failure - 45.51			27
3	Sam Gomersall	M45	Gramp	53.45	10.02		24
4	Douglas Marshall +1	M16	Maroc	54.42	10.49		22
5	David Kirk	M40	Maroc	56.42	11.06		20
6	Dennis McDonald	M40	Gramp	63.34	8.48		19
7	Jonquil Nicholl	W50	Maroc	71.01	9.57		18
8	Peter Craig	M60	Maroc	78.53	15.04		17
9	Ben Preece	M60	Maroc	82.17	20.05		16
10	Genevieve Jones	W55	Gramp	85.35	11.42		15
11	Chris Wark +1	M40	Gramp	87.3	14.27		14
12	Neil O'Gorman	M35	Gramp	110.29	15.37		13
13	Andrerw McMurtie	M40	Maroc	DNF			1
14	Frances Wright +1	W14	Maroc	DNF			1

2. Dunnottar

Long Course
	Name	Time	Points	Bonus	bonus legs	10 to 13
1	Dan Gooch	26.17	30		4.14
2	Jon Musgrave	28.03	27		4.14
3	Tim Gomersall	28.56	24		4.4
4	Marnoch H-J	29.55	22		4.12
5	Finlay Langan	30.41	20		4.47
6	Ali Robertson	31.06	19		5.09
7	Doug Guy	31.28	18	5	3.58
8	Sarah Dunn	31.29	17		4.47
9	Ian Hamilton	35.33	16		7.22
10	Sean O'Sullivan	40.57	15		8.08
11	Denis Macdonald	48.13	14		5.52
12	Gary Morrison	53.09	13		6.45


Short Course
	Name	Time	Points	Bonus	Bonus legs 7 to 10
1	Sam Gomersall	22.46	30	5	5.11
2	David Kirk	24.19	27		5.21
3	Richard Oxlade	28.18	24		6.14
4	Neil O'Gorman	28.35	22		9.18
5	Kate Robertson	30.08	20		7.41
6	Rod McGovern	30.3	19		6.56
7	Lesley Gomersall	31.37	18		6.53
8	Chris Wark	36.05	17		8.55
9	Frances Wright	43.27	16		15.44
10	Sarah O'Sullivan	48	15		9.31
11	Ian Morrison	55.4	14		14.36
12	Lynn Collins	58.42	13		15.06

EVENT REPORT

bbbbrrrrrrrr it was cold..............but the racing was hot thanks to the sprint night-o evgueni planned - great fun! adorning anorak and browsing through the splits there was a fair amount of jockeying for position which might be expected on a short sprint like course. it certainly made for exciting racing. Another first for the DNC as this was the first gramp event to use the locally printed waterproof maps......and they were to scale which was the biggest concern.

On the long course fastest splits were recorded by no less than 7 people with Dan Gooch the star with 6 fastest splits. surprisingly big jon could only manage 1 which is a meagre return by his standards.....but he was never far away and after a slowish start he hauled himself upto 2nd despite going walk about on the way to the finish. biggest loser on the night was yours truly who lost 4 mins on the easiest leg on the course and with it valuable DNC points and the mighty musgoat scalp....however there was an upside as I bagged the bonus points virtue of running up the ‘big’ hill faster than anyone else. All 3 juniors ran really well with all taking fastest leg times - the old guard is under attack. Dan Gooch is the new kid on the block and is already gunning for big jons crown - its about time jon had a serious challenge....no more shopping trips on a wednesday night to keep the competition interesting.

On the short course Sam Gomersall had a good night out taking the lead after the 2nd control and holding on to it for the rest of the course and also had the bonus of taking the bonus points – a satisfying nights work which means he is now setting the pace overall in the mini might cup. Richard oxlade on his return to night-O eventually sorted himself out and cruised into 3rd spot and there was much jockeying for position between kate, rod and lesley. it was also good to see some new names on the short course.....was this just a one off?

worse than blowing 4 mins was losing one of the gramp night controls collecting them at the end! pete and rachel are very kindly going to sweep search dunottar....its out there somewhere*. See you all next week at Glen-O-Dee (dont forget your gaiters) for another exciting episode of the DNC08-09.

doug

*Found it! R

3. Glen O'Dee

	Long
	Name	class	Club	Time	Points	Bonus	bonus legs	Total points
1	Jon Musgrave	M45	Maroc	50.1	30		8.31	30
2	Dan Gooch	M35	Maroc	50.19	27	5	7.43	32
3	Finlay Langan	M16	Maroc	52.34	24		8.19	24
4	Tim Gomersall	M16	Gramp	54.36	22		8.19	22
5	Doug Guy	M45	Gramp	56.1	20		10.4	20
6	Evgueni Chepelin	M45	Gramp	57.17	19		11.02	19
7	Sarah Dunn	W40	Maroc	62.06	18		11.05	18
8	Bruce Bricknell	M45	Gramp	62.24	17		9.31	17
9	David Hirst	M45	Maroc	63.24	16		13.12	16
10	Eddie Harwood	M55	Mor	67.27	15		11.02	15
11	Gary Morrison	M40	Gramp	80.13	14		15.13	14
12	Ian Hamilton	M45	Gramp	86	13		14.05	13
13	Dennis McDonald	M40	Gramp	90.19	12		12.43	12


	Short
	Name	class	Club	Time	Points	Bonus	bonus leg	Points
1	Chris Low	M45	Maroc	36.42	30		4.3	30
2	Alastair Marshall	M45	Maroc	39.32	27		5.2	27
3	Sam Gomersall	M45	Gramp	41.33	24		5.39	24
4	David Kirk	M40	Maroc	41.56	22	5	4.04	27
5	Donald Grassie	M55	Gramp	52.59	20		5.55	20
6	Lesley Gomersall	W45	Gramp	53.04	19		6.5	19
7	Kate Robertson	W21	Gramp	56.13	18		10.03	18
8	Bob Elder	M50	Maroc	57.39	17		6.54	17
9	Rod McGovern	M45	Gramp	59.24	16		4.31	16
10	Rhona McMillan	W14	Maroc	63.01	15		7.01	15
11	Evelyn Mason	W12	Maroc	63.07	14		7.19	14
12	Peter Craig	M60	Maroc	65.33	13		7.56	13
13	Jonquil Nicholl	W50	Maroc	65.42	12		6.55	12
14	Frances Wright	W14	Maroc	72.03	11		6.39	11
15	Neil O'Gorman	M35	Gramp	73.27	10		6.54	10
16	Ben Preece	M60	Maroc	101.02	9		01:12:00	9
17	Clare Martin	W45	Maroc	DNF	1			1

A great turn out (30.....maybe a record) especially on the mini night cup with 17 runners. Not the best of nights....cold, damp (with a touch of rain) and icy underfoot but once you are in the forest it doesn’t really matter. Glen O’Dee is a deceptive area – on paper it looks physically and technically easy but on the ground its tough going thanks to all the brashings and technically the western section of the map requires good compass work and map reading (was it just me or is the map ‘iffy’ in places – a topic for the blog) and the eastern section requires quick thinking to sort out the path network. Thanks to Steve in squeezing a couple of excellent courses out of the area. There was potential for making some fairly big mistakes and this seems to be borne out by the split times.

LONG
Big Jon was back in his familiar position at the top but only by the thickness of his 'smelly' helly as new man Dan was only 9 seconds behind and by his own admission would have won had he not had to double back on one leg in search of his dog (no doggy biscuits for him). Dan had the satisfaction of bagging the bonus points which meant he finished with more points on the night. Pushing the top two were 2 of the newly promoted (from the mini night cup) juniors – finlay and tim – both who ran really well and are certainly giving the established ‘older’ order a real challenge. I don’t think big jon is going to have things all his own way this time out which i am sure he is more than happy about.

Overall the new kid on the block has sneaked into a 2 point lead which will not last long as dan is heading offshore and will miss next weeks event (dan will be backing the change to the scoring system – see blog (go to gramp or maroc websites for link)for discussion and add your own comment). These 2 are already starting to build a lead with another battle taking shape for 3^rd spot between myself, Evgueni and Tim with Finlay also having a say.

SHORT
Chris Low on his 2008-09 DNC debut ran steadily and strongly to bag the win and keep Alastair Marshall also on his debut in 2^nd spot. Series leader sam gomersall after a good start had a wobble on leg 5-6 which only meant 3^rd place on the night. David Kirk managed one fastest split on the night which also happened to be the bonus leg so he scooped the bonus points.

Overall sam is starting to build a healthy lead over dave with rod - who had a bad night out after a couple of hefty blunders – holding 3^rd spot.

See you next Wednesday for fun and games at tyrebagger

doug

4. Tyrebagger

LONG
	Name	class	Club	Time	Bonus Leg	Points
1	Jonathan Musgrave	M45	MAROC	47:33	02:08	30
2	Bruce Duncan	M21	GRAMP	52:28	01:33	32
3	Ali Robertson	M21	GRAMP	59:10	01:48	24
4	Sarah Dunn	W40	MAROC	65:52	04:04	22
5	Marnoch Hamilton-Jones	M16	GRAMP	67:12	02:06	20
6	Evgueni Chepelin	M45	GRAMP	69:44	04:11	19
7	Ian Hamilton	M45	GRAMP	73:13	04:14	18
8	Tim Gomersall	M16	GRAMP	76:19	04:51	17
9	Eddie Harwood	M55	MOR	76:47	03:44	16
10	Roger Coombs	M50	MAROC	106:51	02:28	15
11	Dennis McDonald	M40	GRAMP	125:51	02:58	14
12	Alastair Marshall	M45	MAROC	mp	02:00	1	missing 4
13	Finlay langan	M16	MAROC	mp		1	missing 4-F



SHORT
	Name	Class	Club	Time	Bonus Leg	Points
1	John Reeve	M40	GRAMP	40:16	02:57	30
2	Neil Mclean	M60	GRAMP	55:15	02:32	27
3	Lesley Gomersall	W45	GRAMP	55:25	03:12	24
4	Chris Low	M45	MAROC	55:50	03:10	22
5	Sam Gomersall	M45	GRAMP	56:54	02:11	20
6	David Kirk	M40	GRAMP	57:22	01:59	24
7	Kate Robertson	W21	GRAMP	65:43	08:03	18
8	Peter Craig	M60	MAROC	68:03	03:29	17
9	David Marshall	M21		73:11	02:43	16
10	Stephen Spencer	M50	MAROC	77:25	02:38	15
11	Jonquil Nicholl	W50	MAROC	81:02	10:58	14
12	Andrew Mcmurtrie	M40	MAROC	82:29	02:29	13
13	Neil O'Gorm	M35		92:04	03:37	12
14	Genevieve Jones	W45	GRAMP		05:40	1	missing 9-F (head lamp failed)
15	Ian Barraclough	M40			04:05	1	missing 6-8

Many thanks to everyone who came along (although there are probably a few who wished they hadn’t) - its great as the planner to have your event supported. It was a relief to have a dry and mild night (apart from the chilly wind blowing across the car park) - perfect for night-O. Tyrebagger or Kirkhill South as it was formerly known is a deceptive area considering it is so close to Aberdeen where generally the forests are pretty average when it comes to orienteering . On paper it doesn’t look especially technically or physically challenging but for anyone who has run there in the past and for any newcomers on Wednesday night i hope they feel the same as i do.....its a wee cracker of an area. The courses were planned as tough - but fair (do i hear the sucking of air through clenched teeth)- as i could make them and i knew when i threw in a handful of pits i was taking a risk......I have included my ‘planners’ thoughts on some of the controversial ‘pit’ legs at the end of the report. After which you will probably conclude i either need some strong medication or course of intensive therapy. On the night it seemed there were 2 diametrically opposed camps ranging from good to bad / joy to misery / fair to unfair depending on the experience - I hope it hasn’t put anyone off night-O. A big thanks to David Kirk who helped on the day.

Long
Jon is not king of the DNC for no reason and after by his own admission a couple of sluggish races he got his running act together and put the rest of the field to sword. When the going gets tough jon gets going - not for the first time (and i know from experience) the tougher it gets the better jon performs. Breaking 10mins/km was a stonking effort. Bruce in his first night-o for 2 years was not far off the pace although a couple of his safety first routes 4-5 and 5-6 cost him chunks of time. Bruce had the satisfaction of bagging the bonus points on the bingo leg (sorry about that one i forgot to mention the pit was on the down slope and not the top of the hill) so ended up with more points than jon on the night. Ali picked up a good 3^rd spot and is proving a bit of a dark horse. The young guns all fired blanks on the night and roger and dennis were clearly out to test the limits of their batteries. Jons victory has now given him a commanding lead overall - Dan was away – from myself who picked up 30 points as planner/organiser.

Short
John Reeve on his return to night-O after struggling for with long term injury made it look all too easy easing to a 15 minutes victory. Clearly he hasn’t forgotten how to orienteer. Neil was at the head of a group of 5 separated by only a couple of minutes also after making a return to night-O. The ‘wily coyote’ used all his coaching skills on a night when applying good O-technique was key to getting a result. Lesley was the happiest person on the night having finally beaten other half sam (things might have been a bit frosty in the gomersall household later that night). David Kirk managed to bag the bonus points for the second week running which has allowed him to move into second place overall behind Sam despite his ‘off night’ largely due to a walk about on leg 7-8.

Planners thoughts (or lack of)
I set out to plan a couple of courses both of TD5 Technical (as tough as possible) grade with the short only being different in length and as such physically less demanding. I believe this has always been the philosophy of the event (a discussion for the blog). Both courses were planned where possible to have no dead legs (1-2 on the long being a bit of an exception) where each leg would provide some kind of technical challenge where relevant O-skills would be required to ‘solve the puzzle’. The legs with pits as control sites were risky as pits even during the day can end up as ‘bingo’ controls where luck is required to find them. To avoid this and make them fair i made sure there was an attack point within striking distance where a bearing and pacing would do the job. This applied to controls 2,3 and the finish on the long and control 2 and the finish on the short. Control 1 on the short and 9 on the long was a small depression with hills to the south and north. Unfortunately the pit for control 2 on the short and control 13 on the long was not on top of the hill but on the down slope. I only discovered this on the day as i had not checked this feature when i had a run round the area a couple of weeks before the event. I meant to tell everyone about this on the night but somehow forgot – oops. In hindsight this is the only sight i would have changed although i wouldn’t disagree with anyone if they suggested pits should not be used as control sites especially at night.

The DNC has a break now so have a great Christmas. See you all on the 7^th Jan at Balnagowan (i hope the weather is better this year).

Doug

5. Balnagowan

LONG COURSE
	Name	CLASS	Club	Time	Points
1	Jon Musgrave	M45	Maroc	00:49:31	30
2	John Reeve	M40	Gramp	00:56:54	27
3	Tim Gomersall	M18	Gramp	00:58:54	24
4	Finlay Langan	M16	Maroc	01:01:51	22
5	Eddie Harwood	M55	Mor	01:05:46	21
6	Doug Guy	M45	Gramp	01:06:48	20
7	Evgueni Chepelin	M45	Gramp	01:08:17	19
8	Ian Hamilton	M45	Gramp	01:11:04	18
9	Marnoch H-J	M18	Gramp	01:19:08	17
10	Gary Morrison	M40	Gramp	01:28:51	16
11	Ian McIntrye	M45	Gramp	01:30:17	15
12	Sean O'Sullivan	M21	Gramp	01:53:33	14
13	Dennis McDonald	M40	Gramp	01:58:02	13


SHORT COURSE
	Name	CLASS	Club	Time	Points
1	Andrew McMurtrie	M40	Maroc	00:38:08	30
2	Neil McLean	M60	Gramp	00:39:18	27
3	Douglas Marshall	M16	Maroc	00:39:38	24
4	Richard Oxlade	M45	Gramp	00:40:28	22
5	Rod McGovern	M45	Gramp	00:42:48	21
6	Sam Gomersall	M45	Gramp	00:45:51	20
6	Steve Spencer	M45	Gramp	00:45:51	20
8	Jonquil Nichol	W50	Maroc	00:47:42	18
9	Chris Low	M45	Maroc	00:49:02	17
10	Patrick Low	M18	Maroc	00:50:43	16
11	Lesley Gomersall	W45	Gramp	00:51:15	15
12	David Kirk	M40	Gramp	00:58:50	14
13	Ben Preece	M65	Maroc	01:00:51	13
14	Clare Martin	W45	Maroc	01:03:35	12
15	Peter Craig	M60	Maroc	01:10:08	11
16	Genevieve Jones	W45	Gramp	01:12:52	10
	David Marshall	M21		DNF	1
	Sarah O'Sullivan	W21		DNF	1
	Bill Caffyn	M		DNF	1

Another fine crisp starry night which seemed to be enjoyed by all. Results were tight at the front end of the short course, with 4 people within 2 minutes of each other. Well done to Andrew McMurtrie for coming out on top, and bad luck to Alasdair Marshall - you've no excuse to shadow Douglas any more. A number of people had problems with no 3, a vague hill top with no really good attack point. Perseverence prize of the series so far must go to David Marshall, who eventually found it
after 1 hour of searching.
With Dan away off-shore there was nobody to give Jon such a close run on the Long course, but it was good to see John Reeve returning to form with a strong 2nd place and solid 3rd and 4th places for juniors Tim and Finlay. I had hoped to tempt some of the long course runners to run the long leg from 8-9 by the W route, using good tracks etc. most of the way, but I think everyone chose to come round the E end of the hill. There was supposed to be a bonus leg on both courses, but I forgot to tell anyone which leg it was, so no bonuses this week (anyway Jon's got enough points as it is).
See you at Glen Dye next week.
Sarah

6. Glen Dye

LONG
Posn	Name	Class	Club	Time	Bonus leg	Points	Comments
1	Oleg Chepelin	M21	GRAMP	48:09	02:28	30
2	Jonathan Musgrave	M45	MAROC	48:34	03:44	27
3	Bruce Duncan	M21	GRAMP	59:27	04:44	24
4	Tim Gomersall	M16	GRAMP	63:22	02:32	22
5	Finlay Langan	M16	MAROC	64:31	09:48	21
6	Sarah Dunn	W40	MAROC	65:01	02:36	20
7	John Reeve	M40	GRAMP	65:22	05:09	19
8	Eddie Harwood	M55	MOR	67:38	06:26	18
9	Ali Robertson	M21	GRAMP	68:39	02:38	17
10	Roger Coombs	M50	MAROC	73:34	02:13	21
11	David Hirst	M45	MAROC	80:36	02:38	15
12	Marnoch Hamilton-Jones	M16	GRAMP	93:12	06:29	14
13	Dennis Macdonald	M40	GRAMP	96:14	03:08	13
14	Ian McIntyre	M45	INT	107:54	05:08	12
15	Gary Morrison	M40	GRAMP	117:58	06:45	11

SHORT
	Name	Class	Club	Time	Bonus leg	Points	Comments
1	Patrick Low	M18	MAROC	40:58	02:52	30
2	Neil McLean	M65	GRAMP	42:23	02:41	27
3	Alastair Marshall	M45	MAROC	42:46	03:09	24
4	Alexander Chepelin	M12	GRAMP	51:44	03:04	22	shadowed
5	Jonquil Nicholl	W50	MAROC	54:34	05:54	21
6	David Kirk	M40	GRAMP	54:54	05:55	20
7	Andrew McMurtrie	M40	MAROC	54:57	02:53	20
8	Sean O'Sullivan	M21	GRAMP	55:12	08:15	18
9	Kate Robertson	W21	GRAMP	58:01	06:05	17	headlamp failed
10	Douglas Marshall	M16	MAROC	58:33	01:49	21
11	Frances Wright	W14	MAROC	59:39	05:47	15	shadowed
12	Ian Barraclough	M35	MAROC	60:07	03:49	14
13	Rod McGovern	M45	GRAMP	62:03	04:01	13
14	Stephen Spencer	M50	MAROC	64:05	02:30	12
15	Lesley Gomersall	W45	GRAMP	65:28	03:58	11
16	Clare Martin	W45	MAROC	69:21	03:45	10	lost a couple of minutes helping Roger fix his light
17	Peter Craig	M60	MAROC	78:20	17:28	9
18	Ben Preece	M60	MAROC	79:10	03:47	8
	Rhona McMillan	W14	MAROC	65:57	07:21	1	shadowed
	Evelyn Mason	W12	MAROC	66:08	07:24	1	shadowed
	Low Chris	M45	MAROC	69:32	07:46	1	headlamp failed
	Genevieve Jones	W55	GRAMP	84:15	04:46	1	finished early for course closing time

A record turn out on both courses. Thank you to so many for coming along on another crisp Deeside night - we were lucky to beat the heavy rain that appeared just after we collected in the last controls.

Glen Dye is a great area for planning. Most people seemed to enjoy the courses – and there appears to have been a suitable amount of confusion on the first leg. Oleg had the fastest split on the Short course. Nice try Oleg, but you were running the Long...... so no points there! Instead Douglas Marshall gets the bonus on the Short course (well ahead of Alastair, so definitely no more shadowing) and the points go to wily Roger Coombs on the Long course. I’m looking forward to seeing some interesting routes on Routegadget.

Patrick Low was a clear winner on the Short from Neil McLean, with Alastair Marshall very close behind. Neil obviously has a passion for 2^nd place – that’s 3 in a row! The splits are fascinating – even Patrick was 10 minutes slower than the perfect run (the sum of all the fastest legs). Nearly every leg was catching out somebody. Another solid performance from David Kirk puts him ahead of Sam Gomersall who was navigating round Birmingham last night. Looks like the mini night cup is still up for grabs once the discards start to come in to play.

On the Long Oleg put in an appearance to pip big Jon by 25 seconds. Sorry Evgueni but you can’t have his points even though he used your brikke. Looks like the big differences were on Leg 1 and Leg 8. Even so Jon stays well clear on the series leaderboard with no sign of anyone to challenge him unless Dan reappears. There’s plenty of competition for 2^nd and 3^rd.Evgueni took the night off to shadow Sasha, and Doug very unselfishly sacrificed his run to help me deal with the rush of entries, and to collect in controls. Thanks Doug, and for getting the splits up on Routegadget so quickly.

Apologies to the late comers for the lack of pre-printed maps. Hopefully the need to copy down courses wasn’t too much of a problem. I printed the maximum number that had been used before plus a couple of spares but we still ran out. Another couple of glitches caused confusion for a couple of folk. Yes – the road was marked as out of bounds on the map and I should have mentioned it. This was simply for safety as cars travel down it at speed. And my attempt to set a course closing time obviously caused confusion. Apologies Genevieve as I fear it curtailed your run. Maybe a subject for the blog – as a planner/organiser I believe it’s good to set a clear closure time. 7.30pm was too early – maybe 8.00pm or 8.30pm?

See you next week across the river at Bogendriep. Richard

7. Bogendriep

Long
	Name	class	Club	Time	Bonus time	bonus points	Comments	Points
1	Jonathan Musgrave	M45	Maroc	47.16	4.36			30
2	Tim Gomersall	M16	Gramp	56.42	4.44			27
3	Dan Gooch	M35	Maroc	57.39	5.19		just back from night shift off Angola	24
4	Bruce Duncan	M21	Gramp	58.05	3.58	5		27
5	Doug Guy	M45	Gramp	65.25	8.26			20
6	John Reeve	M40	Gramp	66.19	5.46			19
7	Evgueni Chepelin	M45	Gramp	68.15	4.34			18
8	Eddie Harwood	M55	Mor	69.5	8.3			17
9	Marnoch H-J	M16	Gramp	72.22	4.19			16
10	Ian McIntyre	M45	Int	74.07	6.39			15
11	Ian Hamilton	M45	Gramp	75.2	6.12			14
12	David Hirst	M45	Maroc	89.58	7.48			13
13	Gary Morrison	M40	Gramp	130.54	10.14			12


Short
	Name	class	Club	Time	Bonus time	Bonus points	Comments	Points
1	Patrick Low	M18	Maroc	41.25	4.06	5		35
2	Richard Oxlade	M45	Gramp	59.1	5.04			27
3	Neil McLean	M60	Gramp	61.18	12.25			24
4	Chris Low	M45	Maroc	63.52	4.2			22
5	Sam Gomersall	M45	Gramp	66.39	7.17			20
6	Douglas Marshall	M16	Maroc	71.4	4.34			19
7	Rod McGovern	M45	Gramp	76.1	9.28			18
8	Dennis McDonald	M40	Gramp	83.37	6.11			17
9	Andrew McMurtie	M40	Maroc	85.36	9.59			16
10	Lesley Gomersall	W40	Gramp	86.22	5.59			15
11	Francis Wright	W14	Maroc	89.2	5.21			14
12	David Kirk	M40	Maroc	91.32	18.34			13
dnf	Jonquil Nicholl	W50	Maroc					1
dnf	Genevieve Jones	W55	Gramp					1
dnf	Jane Kerridge + family	W45	Maroc					1
dnf	Alastair Marshall	M45	Maroc					1
dnf	Chris Wark	M40	Gramp					1
dnf	Sean O'Sullivan	M21	Gramp					1
dnf	Rhona McMillan	W14	Maroc	84.15	5.11		missing c3	1
dnf	Evelyn Mason	W12	Maroc	84.19	5.23		missing c3	1

Well the rain held off to make it another pretty good evening for Britain’s premier night series! Well it held off until the last three or four folk were toiling down the hill from the last control. Bogendreip whilst having a lot of cracking bits of forest also has plenty of rough and tough stuff. New wind blow and a fair amount of new “tracks” churned up by forest machinery didn’t make it easy in places but at least at this time of year there’s none of the Bogendreip bracken to contend with.

It can also be a pretty unforgiving place if you get it wrong in some areas and the intention, particularly on the long course, was to put in some reasonable length legs running diagonally up or down that would really challenge the navigation. No surprises that there were a few folk caught out. It took us a good while to get it right when we put the controls out on the previous Saturday and that of course was in daylight.

Most people seemed to cope well with the control pick, at least once they found 125. The top times through the different section 3.58 on the long and 4.06 on the short were pretty impressive. Well done Bruce and Tim.

It can be frustrating to put in a lot of effort to get the navigation spot on and then find the reflective control stands out a mile and maybe you needn’t have bothered being so careful. On reflection (pardon the pun) we probably hung one or two controls too low and should have made them somewhat more visible.

Apologies that we had to make some last minute alterations on the long course. We knew the fence was coming, we just didn’t expect it four days before the event.

Finally thanks Neil for taking the controls in for us on Thursday night – you probably didn’t realise what you let yourself in for but hopefully you enjoyed it!

And thanks Jon for doing the results again!

Kirsty & Roger

8. Scolty

LONG
Posn	Name	Class	Club	Time	Bonus leg	Points	Comments
1	Jonathan Musgrave	M45	MAROC	62:22	13:48	30
2	Daniel Gooch	M35	MAROC	68:42	10:32	27
3	Doug Guy	M45	GRAMP	68:56	11:46	24
4	Bruce Duncan	M21	GRAMP	71:45	9:46	27
5	Sarah Dunn	W40	MAROC	74:27	13:34	20
6	David Hirst	M45	MAROC	85:17	13:39	19
7	Marnoch Hamilton-Jones	M18	GRAMP	85:19	13:39	18
8	Ian Hamilton	M45	GRAMP	88:41	15:24	17
9	Ian McIntyre	M45	INT	97:17	15:33	16
10	Tim Gomersall	M18	GRAMP	99:39	19:54	15
11	Gary Morrison	M40	GRAMP	116:49	27:50	14
12	Finlay Langan	M16	MAROC	DNF	12:11	1	missing 10-F


SHORT
	Name	Class	Club	Time	Bonus leg	Points	Comments
1	Sam Gomersall	M45	GRAMP	48:13	7:57	30
2	David Kirk	M40	GRAMP	48:54	10:51	27
3	Chris Low	M45	MAROC	49:15	8:10	24
4	Neil McLean	M65	GRAMP	50:59	11:21	22
5	Douglas Marshall	M18	MAROC	56:24	10:05	20
6	Patrick Low	M18	MAROC	57:10	7:43	24
7	Alastair Marshall	M45	MAROC	58:52	18:42	18
8	Richard Oxlade	M50	GRAMP	60:06	9:14	17
9	Alexander Chepelin	M12	GRAMP	60:59	13:58	16	shadowed
10	Paul Duley	M55	GRAMP	68:22	8:49	15
11	Rhona McMillan	W14	MAROC	69:22	16:47	14	shadowed
12	Evelyn Mason	W14	MAROC	69:24	16:45	13	shadowed
13	Rod McGovern	M45	GRAMP	77:48	9:22	12
14	Andrew McMurtrie	M40	GRAMP	78:08	12:17	11
15	Peter Craig	M60	MAROC	78:09	17:04	10
16	Stephen Spencer	M55	MAROC	91:27	21:18	9
17	Genevieve Jones	W55	GRAMP	103:55	23:17	8
18	Ali Robertson	M21	GRAMP	DNF	18:35	1	missing 7-F
	Kate Robertson	W21	GRAMP	DNF	18:16	1	missing 7-F
	Ian Barraclough	M40		DNF		1	missing 3-F
	Frances Wright	W14	MAROC	DNF		1	lost brikke

32 people (another great turn out) made it to the start of the event and 32 people made it to the finish.....somehow! There are probably a few who wished they had stayed at home and watched east enders on the telly instead. It was TOUGH out there! When Big Jon says its tough its tough. Sean and Dennis have got to be congratulated on finding some of the crappiest forest i have ~~run~~ fought my way through in an extended orienteering career. The grot at control 1 was that bad Dan Gooch’s dog clearly didn’t fancy it and let Dan do the rest of the course himself while she gazed at the stars. The air in Scolty was blue tonight but not from the cold. Four letter curses could be heard echoing across the forest. Still now that i have a large malt whisky in my hand it doesn’t seem so bad after all and looking on the bright side it will make for some interesting banter on the blog.

LONG (and tough)

And only the best are good enough and not surprisingly Jon came out on top although not without his fair share of grief. Dan minus faithful friend followed Jon in with yours truly a few seconds further back. Bruce ‘adventure racer’ Duncan judging by his body language at the end had one a hell of a night so i look forward to his latest grand tour of the forest on route gadget. Still he is off to Patagonia for an adventure race where no doubt the terrain will be more forgiving and he also bagged the bonus points so things are on the up. Sara is starting to show some form and was just off the pace but probably had the most consistent run. The young guns were firing blanks although Tim had slaughtered himself at cross country earlier in the day and is probably now wishing he had stopped there. Hats off to Gary Morrison who showed his usual indomitable spirit in getting round while testing his battery to the limit.

SHORT (and tough)

What a cracker of a race – a real ding dong battle. As predictable as the long is the short is the complete opposite. 1 minute separating the top 3 with neil mclean a minute or so further back despite having a healthy lead half way round. After a dodgy start sam gomersall hauled himself back into the race and after getting his nose in front held off david kirk and chris low....just. Patrick was consistently faster than everyone else with the exception of the first control where it all went pear shaped...or was he just giving the rest of the field a head start! I don’t know which leg was the bonus so cannot say who got the bonus points although i think everyone should get bonus points for having survived scolty.

Hopefully we will all have recovered by next week and it will be a pleasant lope through the woods of carlogie and don’t forget its event #9 which means the first of the nightmare runs can be discarded.......although the spreadsheet to work it out hasn’t been built yet!!

Doug

9. Crathes

SHORT
Name	Time	club	class	CONTROLS VISITED															Total	Penalty	Final	DNC Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Alastair Marshall	45:39	MAROC	M45	163	166	103	102	101	96	95	97	105	106	154	155	158	157	104	190	7	183	30
				10	10	10	10	30	20	20	15	10	10	10	10	10	5	10
Patrick Low	40:43	MAROC	M18	157	155	154	106	105	97	95	96	101	102	103	104	166	163		180	0	180	27
				5	10	10	10	10	15	20	20	30	10	10	10	10	10
Richard Oxlade	43:33	GRAMP	M50	158	155	154	106	105	97	95	96	101	102	103	166	163	157		180	0	180	24
				10	10	10	10	10	15	20	20	30	10	10	10	10	5
Sam Gomersall	45:48	GRAMP	M45	157	155	154	106	95	97	96	105	104	101	102	103	166	163		180	8	172	22
				5	10	10	10	20	15	20	10	10	30	10	10	10	10
Douglas Marshall	45:45	MAROC	M18	157	155	154	106	105	97	95	96	101	102	103	166				160	8	152	20
				5	10	10	10	10	15	20	20	30	10	10	10
David Kirk	45:49	GRAMP	M40	157	158	155	154	106	105	97	95	96	101	102	103				160	9	151	19
				5	10	10	10	10	10	15	20	20	30	10	10
Alexander Chepelin	41:17	GRAMP	M12	157	158	155	154	106	105	97	95	96	104	103	166	163			150	0	150	18
				5	10	10	10	10	10	15	20	20	10	10	10	10
Clare Martin	42:04	MAROC	W45	155	154	106	95	97	96	101	102	103							135	0	135	17
				10	10	10	20	15	20	30	10	10
Rhona McMillan	44:12	MAROC	W14	155	154	106	95	97	96	105	104	103	158						125	0	125	16
				10	10	10	20	15	20	10	10	10	10
Evelyn Mason	44:20	MAROC	W14	155	154	106	95	97	96	105	104	166	163						125	0	125	15
				10	10	10	20	15	20	10	10	10	10
Jonquil Nicholl	45:40	MAROC	W50	158	155	157	106	105	97	95	96	104	103						120	7	113	14
				10	10	5	10	10	15	20	20	10	10
Stephen Spencer	48:42	MAROC	M55	158	155	154	106	95	96	105	104	103	102	101					150	38	112	13
				10	10	10	10	20	20	10	10	10	10	30
Donald Kerridge	42:57	MAROC	M40	158	154	106	96	97	105										75	0	75	12
				10	10	10	20	15	10
Ben Preece	46:35	MAROC	M65	158	157	154	106	95	96	97									90	16	74	11
				10	5	10	10	20	20	15
Sarah O'Sullivan	43:57	GRAMP	W21	158	155	154	106	105	103	250									70	0	70	10
				10	10	10	10	10	10	10

LONG
Name	Time	club	class	CONTROLS VISITED																Total	Penalty	Final	DNC Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Jonathan Musgrave	47:07	MAROC	M45	155	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104	101	96	97	95	105	106	325	22	303	30
				10	10	40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10	30	20	15	20	10	10
Tim Gomersall	43:12	GRAMP	M18	155	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104	96	97	105				265	0	265	27
				10	10	40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10	20	15	10
Eddie Harwood	45:19	MOR	M55	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104	96	95	105					260	4	256	24
				10	40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10	20	20	10
Doug Guy	52:23	GRAMP	M45	163	166	162	161	160	159	158	155	106	95	97	96	105	104	103	101	325	74	251	22
				10	10	30	40	50	40	10	10	10	20	15	20	10	10	10	30
Sarah Dunn	44:08	MAROC	W40	155	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104	105	106					240	0	240	20
				10	10	40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10	10	10
Finlay Langan	45:44	MAROC	M16	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104	96	105						240	8	232	19
				10	40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10	20	10
Ian Hamilton	44:47	GRAMP	M45	155	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104	105						230	0	230	18
				10	10	40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10	10
David Hirst	44:05	MAROC	M45	155	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104							220	0	220	17
				10	10	40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10
Dennis McDonald	42:48	GRAMP	M45	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104								210	0	210	16
				10	40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10
Ian McIntyre	44:39	INT	M45	166	163	162	161	160	159	158	155									200	0	200	15
				10	10	30	40	50	40	10	10
Gary Morrison	47:48	GRAMP	M40	158	159	160	161	162	163	166	103	104								200	28	172	14
					40	50	40	30	10	10	10	10
Sean O'Sullivan	30:16	GRAMP	M21	158	155	104	103	166	163											60	0	60	13
				10	10	10	10	10	10

10. Carlogie

LONG	Name	J / S	Club	Time	Bonus Leg	Points	Comments
1	Jon Musgrave	S	Maroc	00:48:45	07:33	30
2	Dan Gooch	S	Maroc	00:54:26	05:42	32
3	Doug Guy	S	Gramp	00:59:15	07:13	24
4	Eddie Harwood	S	MOR	00:59:58	07:11	22
5	Sarah Dunn	S	Maroc	01:02:52	07:38	21
6	John Reeve	S	Gramp	01:04:07	09:38	20
7	Evgueni Chepelin	S	Gramp	01:04:18	07:53	19
8	Tim Gommersall	J	Gramp	01:06:56	09:44	18
9	Finlay Langan	J	Maroc	01:07:21	06:50	17
10	David Hirst	S	Maroc	01:07:22	07:05	16
11	Ian Hamilton	S	Gramp	01:09:37	08:07	15




SHORT	Name	J / S	Club	Time		Points	Comments
1	Patrick Low	M18	Maroc	00:35:44	06:06	35
2	Steve Spencer	M45	Maroc	00:39:09	08:05	27
3	Chris Low	M45	Maroc	00:39:28	08:49	24
4	Andrew McMurtrie	M40	Gramp	00:39:40	07:33	22
5	David Kirk	M40	Gramp	00:47:11	11:06	21
6	Donald Kerridge		Maroc	00:47:32	09:03	20
7	Rod McGovern	M45	Gramp	00:48:30	08:01	19
8	Rhona McMillan	W14	Maroc	00:49:14	09:06	18
9	Evelyn Mason	W14	Maroc	00:54:17	09:35	17
10	Peter Craig	M60	Maroc	00:57:31	09:51	16
11	Lesley Gomersall	W40	Gramp	00:58:25	10:39	15
12	Ben Preece	M65	Maroc	01:13:53	17:04	14
13	Jonquil Nichol	W50	Maroc	01:17:08	14:09	13
14	Peter Monancourt		HOC	01:17:25	20:32	12	Torch ran out
15	Douglas Marshall	M18	Maroc	dnf		1

11. Sluie

	Long course
	Name	J / S	Club	Time	Points	Comments
1	Dan Gooch	S	Maroc	46.21	30
2	Doug Guy	S	Gramp	47.54	27
3	Sarah Dunn	S	Maroc	59.49	24
4	David Hirst	S	Maroc	63.02	22
5	Tim Gomersall	J	Gramp	63.37	20
6	Evgueni Chepelin	S	Gramp	64.26	19
7	Finlay Langan	J	Maroc	66.17	18
8	Ian Hamilton	S	Gramp	74.11	17
9	Gary Morrison	S	Gramp	87.44	16
10	Ian McIntyre	S	Int	90.28	15
11	Marnoch H-J	J	Gramp	110.41	14


	Short course
	Name	J / S	Club	Time	Points	Comments
1	Patrick Low	M18	Maroc	42.36	30
2	Dennis McDonald	M40	Gramp	45.40	27
3	Alastair Marshall	M45	Maroc	48.27	24
4	Neil McLean	M60	Gramp	50.16	22
5	Chris Low	M45	Maroc	52.04	20
6	Douglas Marshall	M18	Maroc	54.25	19
7	Rhona McMillan	W14	Maroc	59.25	18
8	Lesley Gomersall	W40	Gramp	63.47	17
9	Steve Spencer	M45	Maroc	66.57	16
10	David Kirk	M40	Gramp	68.00	15
11	Evelyn Mason	W14	Maroc	68.24	14
12	Andrew McMurtrie	M40	Maroc	70.48	13
13	Jonquil Nichol	W50	Maroc	77.03	12
14	Rod McGovern	M45	Gramp	81.21	11
15	Peter Craig	M60	Maroc	82.53	10
16	Ben Preece	M65	Maroc	100.50	9
	Ian Barraclough	M40		70.18	1	DNF (missed 8)
	Trish Coombs	W45	Maroc	111.44	1	DNF (missed 8)
	Genevieve Jones	W55	Gramp	128.10	1	DNF (missed 8)

12. Mulloch

LONG
Position	Name	Class	Club	Time	Bonus Leg	Points
1	Jonathan Musgrave	M45	MAROC	37:43	04:14	30
2	Ewan Mccarthy	M21	INVOC	38:00	03:35	32
3	Tim Gomersall	M18	GRAMP	38:01	04:30	24
4	Evgueni Chepelin	M45	GRAMP	39:08	04:49	22
5	Doug Guy	M45	GRAMP	39:10	04:23	20
6	Marnoch Hamilton-Jones	M18	GRAMP	44:00	04:01	19
7	Ian Hamilton	M45	GRAMP	46:55	05:42	18
8	Finlay Langan	M16	MAROC	47:05	05:12	17
9	Sarah Dunn	W40	MAROC	50:35	05:55	16
10	Ian McIntyre	M45	INT	54:25	07:30	15
11	David Hirst	M45	MAROC	54:47	05:47	14
12	Dennis McDonald	M45	GRAMP	58:28	05:25	13




SHORT
Position	Name	Class	Club	Time	Bonus Leg	Points
1	Patrick Low	M18	MAROC	28:17	5:37	30
2	Andrew McMurtrie	M40	GRAMP	30:24	6:50	27
3	Sam Gomersall	M45	GRAMP	31:51	6:16	24
4	Douglas Marshall	M18	MAROC	32:00	4:58	27
5	Alastair Marshall	M45	MAROC	32:38	5:34	20
6	Alexander Chepelin	M12	GRAMP