Last updated 19:45, Thursday, 17 July 2008

THE seventh event in the Cumbrian Galoppen series was held in Whinlatter on Seat How, a fast maturing piece of forest.

Intricate contour detail and limited visibility produced challenging courses for the two hundred and fifty competitors.

Two wins were recorded by West Cumberland Orienteering Club members, with a very impressive 56.32 for Lewis Taylor on the 5.9km - with 250m climb - blue course.

Even with a two-minute wobble at control six, where Taylor missed the control in a marsh, he still managed a two-minute winning margin.

Paul Eaton had a confident run on orange to keep his hold on the league top spot.

The 7.1km brown course was dominated by WCOC runners, all earning valuable Galoppen points.

The Thursday club evening event at Scale Hill also attracted a great turnout, although the sea of bracken on the open fell top certainly made the runners work.

John Taylor had a strong run to take the top spot on the long course, with son, Lewis, missing a control.

The short course provided an exciting race with Rosie Watson taking second while Katrina Hemingway produced an excellent 10th.

Joshua Selby found a two-minute margin on the easy course ahead of Philip Jennings and Bramble Park.

The summer series continues throughout July and August with venues in West Cumbria providing some challenging terrain.

These are ideal events for juniors making the move up from the schools orienteering. Details can be found on the website www.wcoc.co.uk and close to each Thursday on the answerphone 01768 895539.

Seat How results Yellow: 8, Carys Thomas 38.47; 12, Thomas Burns 50.09.

Orange: 1, Paul Eaton 22.49; 3, Richard Wilson 30.05; 7, John Eaton 34.04; 11, Rebecca Cummings 43.25; 12, Sarah Moore and Sarah Whitehurst 43.28; 13, Ollis Family 45.47.

Light green: 5, Nathaniel Green 45.22; 7, Natalie Burns 47.36; 14, John Cowper 53.11; 15, Michael Green 53.46; 24, Emma Johnston 63.34; 25, Katrina Hemingway 63.43; 29, Leslie Wornham 76.19; 31, Sue Emerson 78.43; 33, Margaret Angus 85.17.

Green: 3, Ben Emerson 50.27; 4, Roger Jackson 51.37; 16, Fran McDonald 67.31; 21, Colin Southall 71.46; 22, Lynne Thomas 72.40; 24, Debbie Watson 73.23; 27, Jane Hornsby 74.38; 29, Alistair Hornsby 76.37; 37, Rosie Watson 85.11; 42, Brian Wilson 88.31; 46, Penny Kingsland 96.38; 53, Christopher Hemingway 121.54; 55, Fleecy Moss 146.37.

Blue: 1, Lewis Taylor 56.32; 3, Graham Hemingway 59.01; 4, Chris Emerson 59.03; 5, Howard Leslie 61.31; 6, Charlotte Watson 62.31; 8, David Downes 63.44; 10, Kevin Hodgson 65.50; 15, Roger Thomas 71.01; 21, Chris Pollitt 75.55; 24, Mike Harrison 78.16; 26, Richard Cummings 80.48; 28, Ann Cummings 83.00; 30, Nick Moore 84.21; 32, Douglas Tickner 85.30; 34, Margaret Mackenzie 87.31; 35, Andrew Warner 88.03; 41, Syd Thomas 93.33; 44, Penny Bibby 97.53.

Brown: 2, Kim Collison 61.25; 6, Alan Irving 69.21; 7, Michael Pearson 74.35; 9, Andrew Bradley 76.24; 12, Jeff Goodwin 79.51; 13, John Taylor 81.37; 17, David Spencer 83.37; 19, Graham Watson 92.58; 20, Graeme MacTavish 95.43; 24, Colin Valentine 107.45; 25, Malcolm Ruckledge 113.12.

Scale Hill results Long: 1, John Taylor 44.09; 2, Pete Nelson 44.38; 3, Graham Hemingway 44.56; 4, Jeff Goodwin 48.38; 5, Raymond Wren 55.11; 6, Paul Johnson 56.05; 7, Roger Jackson 56.49; 7, Charlotte Watson 56.49; 9, Ben Emerson 59.35; 10, Mike Harrison 60.18; 11, Kevin Hodgson 61.05; 12, Douglas Tickner 61.06; 13, Tony Davies 62.12; 14, Julian Lailey 64.05; 15, Nick Moore 66.08; 16, Malcolm Ruckledge 68.37; 17, Jenny Wren 78.58; 18, Judy Johnson 84.16.

Short: 1, Richard Cummings 54.28; 2, Rosie Watson 56.42; 3, Ged Hagan 58.05; 4, Joyce Hemingway 58.20; 5, Jenny Jennings 60.55; 6, Fran McDonald 62.20; 7, Ann Cummings 63.20; 8, Penny Kingsland 65.01; 9, Philip Gages 65.43; 10, Katrina Hemingway 65.52; 11, Annette Milburn 67.18; 12, Debbie Watson 69.55; 13, Don Scarrott 70.07; 14, Barbara Nelson 73.43; 15, Tony Pennick 74.58; 16, Paul Tickner 85.08.

Starter: 1, Joshua Selby 16.45; 2, Philip Jennings 19.00; 3, Bramble Park 20.11; 4, James Cousins 22.55; 5, Emily Hick 23.49; 6, Jane Avery 23.51; 7, Samuel Graham 26.16; 8, Mitchell Sloan 28.30; 9, Ruth Jennings 31.12; 10, Matthew Atkinson 33.21; 11, Matthew Armstrong 33.50; 12, Jenny Hunter 34.29; 13, Lucy Hunter 35.19.