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Results19/10/2008 - DFOK District Event, Westerham ChartPhil won his first course, although it was a Light Green. New kids on the block Ray, Rosalie and Alex all completed their courses although the autumn leaves and complex terrain made the paths harder to find than usual. IOC/ULOC results:
12/10/2008 - LOK District Event, Hampstead HeathResults, Splits, Splitsbrowser IOC/ULOC results:
11/10/2008 - City of London Orienteering RaceSix IOC/ULOC members took part in this large orienteering race around the old city of London with start and finish next to Liverpool St. Station. The mens race had 28 control points (7.7 km) and the womens 22 (6.1 km). The course featured many of the small, old walkways (tunnels) in the old city and multiple levels in the Barbican area, the latter being the biggest navigational challenge for most. Bjorn showed that he can do quite well when the navigation is not too demanding and placed 9 out of 117 in Mens Open. IOC/ULOC results:
08/10/2008 - Hyde Park TasterThe first event of the new year. Anders did well to get all points with so much time to spare, while Cosma and Ao both managed to complete the course. Important discussions of route choice followed in the Union afterwards.
05/10/2008 - SLOW OK Nuts Trophy, Glovers WoodIOC/ULOC results:
21/09/2008 - SLOW Trail Challenge Half Marathon, Ham Riverside/Richmond ParkIOC/ULOC results:
16/09/2008 - SLOW Lambeth Street-OIOC/ULOC results:
12/08/2008 - SLOW trail challenge, Richmond ParkIOC/ULOC results:
22/07/2008 - SLOW Park Series Race 4, Wimbledon CommonIOC/ULOC results:
15/07/2008 - SLOW Park Series Race 3, Dulwich ParkIOC/ULOC results:
02/03/2008 - LOK Regional Event, Holmbury HillBjorn and Stephen's first M21L. Unfortunately Tom did his ankle in, which is bad news for BUSA - although looking at the splits it did not seem to slow him down much! On paper this newly mapped area was easier than the LOK event the previous week, however it was more challenging. Ben finished his hardest course yet and has improved his min/km. IOC/ULOC results:
24/02/2008 - LOK Regional Event, Holmbury HillTom, Damian, Bryony, Bjorn and Phil set off for this regional event early on Sunday morning. Damian, Tom and Phil ran the 11km M21L course, which was Tom and Phil's first such course. It was to be an almost religious experience of endurance and being like lost sheep. Thankfully nobody actually got lost, and a fall from Phil didn't prevent him finishing. Bryony won her course, though with only 3 competitors and 3.6km the M21L runners tried to claim the moral victory! Bjorn and Caroline both did well on Course 3, and Hannah also did well on the W21S. IOC/ULOC results:
21/02/08 - LOK Street-O, HampsteadIOC/ULOC results:
12/02/08 - SLOW Street-O, Kensington and Notting HillIOC/ULOC results:
20/01/2008 - SAXONS District Event, Knole Park, SevenoaksResults, splits available at Saxons website IOC/ULOC results:
19/01/2008 - CHIG Local Event, Pishiobury Park, SawbridgeworthA small turnout to a small event North of London. Being a town park, there was very little technical difficult and in places it felt like a cross-country run. The Blue course ended with a spider-web of control points on the map to get as much distance from as little space as possible! Nonetheless the local pub did a good rump steak for £6 so it was all worth it in the end! IOC/ULOC results:
12/01/2008 - Training with SEJS, Blackdown, nr HaslemereNo results - non-competitive training Paul, Ben, Phil, Hilary and Neil got up well before the crack of dawn on Saturday morning to get to the countryside near Haslemere. None of us had done formal orienteering training before, so we didn't really know what to expect. Since this was with South East Junior Squad, there were a whole bunch of schoolchildren at the event with us, generally making us look slow! The training was divided into a number of courses, focussing on different things:
In the afternoon a small relay race was held, but the results were not recorded. The countryside was stunning, and there was just a touch of snow on the ground. With the clear weather, it lead to a lovely day overall. The only problem was that the maps hadn't been updated after the recent felling and so half of the vegetation markings were incorrect! 08/01/2008 - SLOW Street-O, Hinchley WoodFive barking mad individuals accompanied by a bicycle, captured a train by the skin of their teeth from Waterloo Station to the mysterious place that is Hinchley Wood. There we were greeted by the very kind and hospitable people of SLOW. The course consisted of many obstacles to overcome, such as the lack of lighting (for those not to afford mod-cons i.e. torches), a dual carriage way, and an annoyingly high number of railway bridges. Although exhausting, everyone enjoyed the event, returning back to base alive and well. Much enjoyment was had on the way home watching Hilary in her attempts to reattach her torch to her bike - I guess you had to be there. Congratulations to Hilary and Neil for coming 2nd and 6th in their respective categories.
06/01/2008 - MVOC District Event, Epsom & Ashtead CommonsResults, Splitsbrowser, RouteGadget IOC/ULOC results:
25/11/2007 - SLOW OK NUTS Trophy, Devil's PunchbowlResults, Splitsbrowser, RouteGadget The annual SLOW OK NUTS trophy was the big event of Autumn 2007. Many new orienteers acquainted themselves with the mysterious combinations of letters and numbers by which regional courses are known. Bjorn did well on his first M21S course, making the older orienteers Phil and Damian look bad in the process! Tom Finn wasn't satisfied with the M21N so he did a Light Green course as well. Thanks must go to the people of SLOW for organising the event and for helping us get there and back! IOC/ULOC results:
10/11/2007 - Oxford City RaceProvisional results and photos Local knowledge for some may have helped a few of us on an event which drew orienteers from accross Europe. Bryn and Adam did particularly good runs. Again everyone completed their course - we have had no DNF or DSQ all term! Well done. Click on the name for their photo! Results:
28/10/07 - DFOK District Event, Joydens WoodAnother surprisingly wild forest within the M25. Yew wouldn't be-leaf how much rain and undergrowth there was, but we braced ourselves and headed out once more unto the beech. While racing, some of us were pine-ing fir a warm, dry living room, but this only spurred us on to finish faster! Once we were back and spruce-d up we tried to find some food, but the only pub around seemed a bit "local". We had a good turnout - 6 from IOC and 6 others from ULOC. Kudos to Bjorn for winning the Light Green course! Great results also from Hannah and Hilary, who came 4th Light Green and 5th Blue respectively. Results:
A * in the club column indicates a member of both clubs. 20/10/07 - Training run in Hyde ParkA rather chilly day on that completely unknown piece of ground that is Hyde Park, at least not too many people got lost. Fortunately some bright spark had the idea that the best way to warm us up was a 5 mile run. After much sweating and being introduced to the rather strange notion that on an orienteering map the woods are white and the clearings orange (!), it was off to the pub (just opposite where the "Tyburn Tree" used to stand) where (shock horror) even the bitter was chilled and almost caused one of our runners to go hypothermic in a desperate attempt to warm it up. Report by Bryn Monnery 14/10/07 - HAVOC district event - Epping Forest South West
A fine day for getting out to the countryside. A few regulars and a few new faces were running in Epping Forest, which is surprisingly wild given that it's only in zone 5! Some excitement was had as one point (on the Light Green, Green and Brown courses) was found to be on top of a hornets nest so people were advised to miss it out for their own safety... 9/10/07 - City of London Street-OSLOW, the organisers, report a record 54 competitors running around the streets of the City trying to find various checkpoints. 6/10/07 - Hampstead Heath training with ULOCAnother fine day on the heath.3/10/07 - Hyde Park trainingA fine day for it. The fastest time was 22 minutes for the whole course!29/3/07 - 1/4/07 BUSA Orienteering Championships, DurhamA great weekend of orienteering (and socialising) on varied terrain. The individual course was on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, and the relay was mix between hilly deciduous forest and sprint style urban orienteering. The courses were somewhat easier than last year but they still managed to be more challenging then our normal fare. Thankfully we were not plagued with the injuries that spoilt the previous year and we only had 3 dnf or mp's between us. However due to the lack of key orienteers and because of Imperial and ULOC running separately we did not do as well as we would have hoped, the results almost being a mirror image of last year with Imperial coming joint 10th overall and ULOC coming 18th. Hilary (for Imperial) and Philip (for ULOC) had notable performances and Bryony (for Imperial) had a big improvement compared to last year. See nopesport for an article on BUSA 25/2/07 MV National Event17/2/07 DFOK Local Event, Shooters HillPoor attendance did not mar a beautiful day in South East London with ULOC taking 1st (Phil Potter), 3rd (Kristin Heivoller) and 8th positions (David Shone) in the B course (Light Green equivalent). The undergrowth was tough and snaggy in places and the start of the course was made slightly more difficult by the multitude of trails and paths, most of which were not marked on the map. 11/2/07 SN District Event, Congo Stream and Henley Gate4/2/07 TVOC Chiltern Challenge28/1/07 BKO Regional Event, Concorde Chase, Hawley CommonVery quick terrain on army land. Caroline Court W21L 2/22 6.4min/km 1158 BOF (111 points) 14/1/07 GO Regional Event, OO Trophy, Wagoners WellsSome very strong runs on a fast course. Especially well done to Hilary who was running with us for the first time.
Hilary Dyer W21L 4/13 1090 BOF (89 points) 9/1/06 Kensington and Notting Hill Street 'O'Good fun organised by SLOW. As it was close to imperial some of us had a bit of 'local knowledge'. Damian 12th (1 point) 26/11/06 OK Nuts TrophyA very successful day indeed for ULOC - hopefully as a result of this we should have scored enough points to no longer be last place in the South East League. For the first time since Harlow everybody completed their course and some did it in quite considerable style! Sven and Zoe are now the ones to beat...
Ranked by minutes per km: 18/11/06 Cambridge University Sprint-O and Elite Alc-OAlc-O was huge fun. It was a full day of orienteering in a beautiful park, hosted entirely by students from Cambridge, which culminated in the Elite Alc-O -- or, more properly, orienteering while drunk... complete with a few cruel twists put on by the organizers. Imagine running through the woods after you've had a few pints, navigating with a map that's less than trustworthy, while trying to figure out where in God's name you are; that'd be a pretty accurate description (at least for the new orienteers, of which I'm definitely one). But it was an incredibly good time, and very well done. Afterwards, the Cambridge students took us out to a curry house, and then to a riverside pub for a bit of a social. When everyone was feeling the day's wear, we headed back to stay the night with some Cambridge students... our host was really accomodating, and was kind enough to point a few places out to us on our way back into town the following day, which was left to us to explore the quiet little college town. All in all, I'd say it was an extraordinary time. 5/11/06 SOC November Classic, Regional EventComplete ResultsThis was a highly competitive event was held in the New Forest, with a total of 1200 participants from around the south of England. It was beautiful weather and lovely terrain, consisting (not surprisingly!) of undulating forest. Sven and Anne competed for the first time for ULOC in the light green course, completing in tremendous style, coming home 7th and 9th out of 32 respectively. Sven achieved three fastest split times. Bryony returned to form by coming 10th out of 21 on the W21S. 29/10/06 Chobham Common District EventComplete ResultsHighlights include Hilda completed her first course (well done!). Damian came 20th and Kristin came 27th out of 83 on the Green course and David came 14th/51 on the Orange. Nick was 30th/74 on the light green. Lots of improvements all around with only two people not completing their courses. We managed to fit in going to the pub afterwards as well. 22/10/06 SN Trophy, Near Aldershot, Regional EventComplete Results17 of us took part at this wet event on a military base. Highlights of the results include Kristin doing very well coming 25/51 on course 6. Nick did well coming 20th/31 on the light green course. Phillip Potter beat the Damian on the M21V course (46/64 and 57/64 respectively on course 5). Rosie Grayburn was 81/105 on course 4. One of the orienteers went around with a GPS device and then superimposed his route, and his course, onto a Google Earth photo of the area. See if you can work out where you ran looking at it from the air! 14/10/06 Harlow Town Park Local EventComplete ResultsOur first event of the year was a very small local event organised by CHIG which was easy to get to by train. All 11 of us managed to complete the courses. Philip Potter deserves a special mention for coming 2/17 the light green course in a stunning 39.08min. Thankfully it was a nice sunny day - warm for October! 11/10/06 Hampstead Heath TrainingFor the first time this academic year we used Orienteering kites. 8 crazy orienteers were not put off by the torential rain, thunder and lightning. The course was a jump up from the previous two in terms of difficulty and we had quite a few people getting very lost! Rachel was the quickest on the 2.3km short course and Andrew was quickest on the 4.8km long course. 7/10/06 Battersea Park TasterAnother sunny afternoon! Again nobody got lost. 4/10/06 Hyde Park TasterA sunny afternoon. Nobody got lost. Older results have been archived: 2005-2006 academic year |
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