GB team member takes long course
Last updated 19:47, Thursday, 28 August 2008
COOL and dry weather gave good racing conditions in Setmurthy Forest near Cockermouth for the regular West Cumberland Orienteering Club Thursday evening event.
Recent extensive thinning allowed the planner to find fast routes through the trees.
British squad member Helen Winskill, who has recently moved to the area, stamped her authority on the event with an impressive 40 minutes 52 seconds for the 4.6km – plus 165m climb – course.
A clean and strong run through the terrain gave Winskill over three minutes from second-placed John Slater.
Andy Warner took the short course from Lynne Thomas, with a four-minute margin. Once again, junior Paul Eaton had a clean run to take an impressive sixth.
One or two controls on ditch junctions proved quite difficult to locate for some, adding significant time to their runs.
Kate Skinner coped well with the forest to lead the 2km easy course. With limited visibility the forest can provide a considerable challenge, and all the juniors showed the skills needed to record excellent times.
The summer series ends and makes way for the autumn park racing series. These events have short, relatively easy, but fast orienteering courses.
Details of the various venues and parking can be found on the website www.wcoc.co.uk – just turn up and have a go.
Quite a few club members attended the White Rose event over the bank holiday weekend at Barns Cliff Forest near Scarborough.
Excellent wins over the two days were recorded by Jenny Bradley (JW2) and Susan Skinner (pictured) (W40L).
Other notable results were: 4th Katrina Hemingway (JW4), 3rd Andrew Bradley and 5th Martin Skinner (M40L), 3rd Joyce Hemingway (W45S).
Setmurthy results: Long: 1, Helen Winskill 40.52; 2, John Slater 44.03; 3, Pete Nelson 44.30; 4, Jeff Goodwin 45.31; 5, Howard Leslie 46.30; 6, Phil Winskill 48.22; 7, Andrew Bradley 49.12; 8, Chris Emerson 49.15; 9, David Downes 49.26; 10, John Taylor 50.15; 11, Kevin Hodgson 52.42; 12, Roger Jackson 52.53; 13, Susan Skinner 53.05; 14, Robin Thomas 53.37; 15, Mike Harrison 53.54; 16, Graham Watson 56.37; 17, Chris Pollitt 56.54; 18, Neil Hamblin 58.45; 19, Raymond Wren 59.14; 20, Nick Moore 59.33; 21, Colin Hicks 61.52; 22, Margaret Mackenzie 61.58; 23, Matthew Ball 62.16; 24, Kate Charles 63.41; 25, Malcolm Ruckledge 66.11; 26, Pete Dawson 66.51; 27, Clyde Mitchell 70.23; 28, Jenny Wren 74.13; 29, Ged Hagan 79.25; 30, Amber Welch 79.42; 31, Diana Mitchell 80.14; 32, Rob Holder 85.19; 33, Mike Hind 86.17; 34, Joan Cumpstey 90.55.
Short: 1, Andrew Warner 45.27; 2, Lynne Thomas 49.55; 3, Kim Leslie 53.23; 4, Natalie Burns 55.32; 5, Joyce Hemingway 56.18; 6, Paul Eaton 58.04; 7, Emily Brooks 58.30; 8, Jon Eaton 59.42; 9, Phil Nichols 60.41; 9, Brian Wilson 60.41; 11, Barbara Nelson 64.46; 12, Nathaniel Green 65.38; 13, Richard Moss 65.42; 13, Angela Ball 65.42; 15, Jamie Hicks 66.21; 16, Louise Wilson 68.54; 17, Hannah Bradley 69.34; 18, Michael Green 69.37; 19, Louise Hagan 69.53; 20, Richard Evans 72.36; 21, Shirley Moss 73.02; 22, Katrina Hemingway 73.50; 23, Alan Kempton 73.51; 24, Angela Jackson 75.14; 25, Mike Cumpstey 75.59.
Easy: 1, Kate Skinner 24.23; 2, Thomas Burns 27.18; 3, Angela + Scott 29.07; 4, Bramble Park 31.20; 5, Samuel Graham 31.27; 6, Millie Park 34.07; 7, Louisa Graham 34.24; 8, Niamh Hunter 37.16; 9, Emma Bradley 47.37.
