New Year Cracker results

We must apologise for a couple of problems affecting both the event and the results for the New Year Cracker at Arnside Knott today. We hope that anyone who kindly donated their map after we discovered there was a record number of entries (we had 25% extra maps available, over and above previous similar events) has received a refund and can relax in the warm glow of having made a sacrifice to help others. The very strange and unexpected theft of three controls, only two of which were detected and replaced before the start, caused an enigma for the organisers. Some people claimed to have been to 120 only to waste time looking for something that wasn't there. Unfortunately not everyone so affected mentioned this, so there is no clear and fair way to allow points for anyone affected. Then we had a minor equipment failure at download which contributed to the download queue and meant that we didn't capture the correct course at that point. This has therefore delayed the publishing of results. Draft results are now on-line here, and these will be updated with any late corrections tomorrow. If you spot any obvious anomalies please contact Martyn Roome. A list of prize winners will also be published tomorrow.