Blodslitet - Tim Watkins Trophy 2015 Controller’s Report

Blawith and Subberthwaite Commons, 22 March 2015

I may be biased but I reckon that was an excellent event - classic long distance orienteering on highly technical Lakeland fells, giving an opportunity for M21s and W21s to really test themselves on M/W21E type courses, and for everyone else to follow exhausted in their wake doing longer courses than they are used to. Proper orienteering!

Calling all recent SROC event organisers

Our Equipment Officer, Ray Pickett, is anxious to determine the whereabouts of the one minute countdown timer, as used at event starts, which is currently not in the equipment store. Please check your garages, sheds or car boots to see if you are looking after it as it is needed for the JK. Please contact Ray if you find it.

Tim Watkins Trophy Blodslitet at Blawith & Subberthwaite

At the start - course C   Alex Finch

This long distance mass start event took place in glorious sunshine today, to the enjoyment of all of the competitors who had been set a suitably tough challenge by planner Alex Finch. Results may be viewed here and RouteGadget is available here. Please note that due to the size of the map RouteGadget may take a while to load on slower connections. The trophies were awarded to Hector Haines (Open Men), Rebecca Rooke (Open Women), Quentin Harding (Vet Men) and Karen Parker (Vet Women).Top juniors in classes C & D were Alastair Thomas and Lucy Haines.

Results from the Prizegiving at Fulwood

On what was a very pleasant night the final event of the series was the mass start 1 hour event, followed by the prize giving. We were very pleased to welcome Dave Simpson, who was a founding member of SROC, to present the prizes. The results from the event can be found here along with details of of the class winners. There are tables comparing the effect of no multiplier, the 'normal' Age Multiplier and the special Prize Giving Multiplier, it is this one which is important. This gives us Jill Cochrane as the winner and congratulations go to her. This event marks the end of the series but we already have 10 organisers and venues for 2015-16 so put the dates in your diary and be there - Bob

RouteGadget for Fulwood street event

RouteGadget is now ready to add your route from last night. Rerun the whole mass start event on screen!

Night Street League finale and prize giving

The ever popular SROC Street League ended the 2014-15 season last night with the now traditional mass start handicap event, this time on the area surrounding the Anderton Arms, Fulwood. Series supremo Bob Nash pulled off another great event and organised a swift prize giving afterwards. We were honoured to have Dave Simpson to present the awards. Dave joined the South Ribble Fell and Mountain Rescue Team, from a fell walking background, in the early 60's and then was present when they formed SROC in Dec '64.  He is 80 this year and now cycles and until recently was still fell walking. Our photo (credit: John Britton) shows Quentin Harding receiving his Preston Guild Trophy from Dave. Quentin also collected the first male and overall trophies. First female was Karen Nash, best newcomers were Mary-Kate Kidd and Luigi Lerose and top pair Tracey Peters and Steve Mclean. Josh Sammon won best under 18. Handicap winner on the night was Jill Cochrane. More of John's photos in the Gallery.

Tim Watkins Trophy entries

On-line entries for the Tim Watkins Trophy on Sunday are now closed. However there are limited numbers of maps available for entries-on-the-day. If intending on entering late please contact Dave Hargreaves to check on availability and to reserve your map. The Final Details have been updated, please make sure you read these if entering.

Final Tables for Street League

The final tables for this years Street League Series are now on the web here. Please check yours carefully to ensure I have got the right discards. - Bob