Riverside Park Saturday Challenge
September 13th, 2008
RESULTS

Index

Organiser's Comments - Richard Preece, 01625 585283

This was my first time. It probably showed. Other prospective first time organisers should feel reassured that a large number of people who know what they’re doing coach you along the way.

The list of friends to thank is very long. Thank you all.

I must give a special mention to Dave McCann without whom it wouldn’t have happened. Also to Heather for arranging a quick rendezvous at McDonalds with Vicky to get the four extra kites I needed (only for me to announce on her return I actually needed at least five).

Top tips? (1) Count the key items (eg kites); (2) Ask for lots of advice and help; (3) Don’t forget the chairs for your volunteers.

The attendance was very good for a Saturday Challenge event. There was also lots of interest from passers-by. There were some excellent scores by the very young runners. After the long summer break on the sun loungers a disappointingly large number of MDOC mums and dads scored less than their little ‘uns – you know who you are. Finally a special note for Roger (Bryant) who rightly observed that he’d scored the maximum points most efficiently (wasting far less effort than the other top scorers).

In the end I enjoyed the experience almost as I enjoyed the relief of completing it without too many catastrophes.

Planner's Comments - Will Preece, M13

The area isn’t very challenging so it was hard to make it interesting for the more experienced orienteers. Trees and undergrowth have grown a lot since it was mapped. I did manage to get runners to make some bad route choices and quite a lot of adults had trouble finding Control 7. The children stuck to the path and found it more easily.

The map was confusing at the north end so Control 1 was not as easy as it could have been. I was going to put Control 20 by the fence and then decided to put it by the tree. I forgot I’d changed it and placed it by the fence. It was only about 3 metres away but it caused some confusion. Sorry.

Parent/Child Results

Child	Parent	Child score	Parent score	Total	Rank
Tom	Stephen Fellbaum	265	252	517	1E
Alex	Jane McCann	260	254	514	2E
Roger	Kate Bryant	265	230	495	3E
Tom	Richard Williams	252	231	481	1
Tom	Joanna Horton	252	223	475	2
Romane	Edouard Salathé	175	261	436
John	Steve Dempsey	165	265	430	3
Alex	Ian MacKintosh	231	194	425
Tom	Dave McCann	155	265	420
Tom	Michael Vale	191	195	389
Francesca	Roberto Stocco	190	190	380
Joseph	Simon Proud	120	260	380
Nomi	Jochen Fischer	194	152	346
Joe	Geoff Parker	163	163	326
Hector	Manuelle Salathé	145	170	315
Kris	David Birtwistle	153	153	306
James	Eddie Davies	153	151	304
Adam	Wendy Davies	156	145	301
Finn	Rosie Chapman	133	133	266
Joel	Dean Thetford	75	85	160
Alice	Heather Fellbaum	258	258	516	n/c

Next events

Sat Oct 4th - MDOC Saturday Challenge at Longford Park, Stretford
Sat Oct 25th - MDOC Saturday Challenge at Wythenshawe Park
Sun Nov 9th - MDOC Regional Event at Crowden in Longdendale
Sat Nov 22nd - MDOC Saturday Challenge at Sale Water Park

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