I hope you all enjoyed this evening's event. The respite from recent rain was welcome, even if it had left things muddy underfoot. The odds-and-evens variant seemed to give people plenty of pause for thought and, as was the aim, prevented anyone from getting a clean sweep.

The splits below have control 183 substituted back for 243 with 25 points awarded. The results file then adds the bonus points for evens. Where competitors have revisited an even control at the end of the course, I have allowed that to count towards the bonus. If you spot any errors, please email chair [at] socweb.org (chair[at]socweb[dot]org).

Many thanks to Mark for the extended map, along with some unscheduled assistance with registration; to Colin and Christine for start duties; and to Ian, Bill, and Roger for control hanging and collecting, along with the other volunteers on the night.

Results

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Organisers Comments

Thank you for coming along to the Bramshaw event. I was a little concerned that the conditions may have been detrimental to your orienteering experience but many of you enjoyed the courses and the wet and the mud!

As always much appreciation to the SOC helpers who made the event run so smoothly. Sorry to the control collectors who had to endure the awful conditions at the end of the event.

Thank you all.

Julia Loring

Planners Comments

The time between starting and finishing the planning process brought about a number of changes to the event area! Changes that, underfoot, were not reflected on the map - intermittent streams constantly flowing, small marshes got much bigger, paths 'morphed' into streams and some rides became muddy traps for the unwary!

Recent storms also brought down a number of trees which needed to be circumnavigated making route choice options more tricky.

Moral for the event. Hope for the best and plan for the worst especially when nature is an active participant!

Norman Wilson