The Knot Inn, Rushton Spencer, Countryside Score Event

Index

Planner/Organiser's Comments

Firstly a few words of thanks to:
- All the competitors who attended the event, down by a third on the last similar event a month ago due perhaps to the busy summer Events Calendar and the extra distance from Manchester - next time we won't mention Staffordshire (nor the nettles!)
- Alice and her team at The Knot for coping with the influx of orienteers and providing some very tasty food and ales
- John Brick for making arrangements with his colleagues at the National Grid line renewal project for the closure of two key footpaths to be suspended, just for the duration of our event - excellent stuff! I do think it made a significant difference to the route choices available.
- Jane McCann for the map extract, Eddie Speak for telling me again (sorry Eddie!) how to do the map edits, Steve Lang for the printing, and Sal for her continued support
- And of course Andy Thornton for setting up the series, acting as a sounding board, and for his leadership and contribution on the night.

Well, it was a cracking evening to be out in the Staffordshire countryside, and many of you will have seen some splendid views.

Happily everyone came back safely and without major incident.

I hope you enjoyed the event, encountering a variety of farm animals, and finding some interesting and quirky clues - despite having to put up with some dull stretches of road and nasty nettles.

It is apparent from the pattern of answers that a variety of route options were taken, understandably somewhat different for the 60 and 90 minutes options.

Having made several errors of imprecision in setting the clues for last year's event at Brook Bottom, I tried hard this time to make each clue really precise. From reviewing people's answer sheets however, it is clear that two of my answers were incorrect, and some other clues were not as precise as I had thought. I think I've been reasonably lenient in my marking, but if only one person has come up with an alternative answer then I've marked that with a cross.

Despite my best intentions, I do now realise that the following wording is open to interpretation: 'Foot bridge: how many upright supports on each side of bridge?' With the benefit of hindsight, I can imagine some of you thinking "Well, what does he mean by the side of a bridge?" Well, I meant the 'side' rather than the 'end'. Hohum, and sorry for the doubt which I caused.

And finally, congratulations to Simon Proud and Tom Fellbaum for winning the 90 and 60 minute events respectively.?

Ian Gilliver

90 MINUTE SCORE

Position	Name	Answers Recorded	Points Correct	Penalty	Points Net	Points per 10 Min
1	Simon Proud	26	26	1	25	2.78
2	Jim Trueman	26	25	1	24	2.67
2	Trevor Hindle	25	25	1	24	2.67
4	Andrew Stimson	24	24	1	23	2.56
5	Peter & Adrienne Redhead	18	18	0	18	2.00
5	Ewan Douglas	19	19	1	18	2.00
5	Chris Rostron	21	21	3	18	2.00
8	Martin Green	17	17	0	17	1.89
8	Steve Fellbaum	20	20	3	17	1.89
10	Julie Laverock	16	16	0	16	1.78
10	Julie Brook	16	16	0	16	1.78
10	Clare Griffin	17	17	1	16	1.78
10	Paul Hunt	20	19	3	16	1.78
14	Darren Baker	15	15	0	15	1.67
14	Melody Thompson	15	15	0	15	1.67
14	Mark McDermott	20	18	3	15	1.67
14	Trevor Roberts	18	18	3	15	1.67
18	Steph Bryant	14	14	0	14	1.56
18	Carolyn Hindle	14	14	0	14	1.56
18	Steve Nichols	14	14	0	14	1.56
18	Ian Watson	14	14	0	14	1.56
22	Chris & Irene Rhodes	14	12	0	12	1.33
22	Trevor Longman	12	12	0	12	1.33
24	Kath Turner	17	14	3	11	1.22
25	Alice Fellbaum	17	16	6	10	1.11
26	Richard & Aaron Storey	11	9	0	9	1.00
27	Sue Birkinshaw	8	8	0	8	0.89

60 MINUTE SCORE

Position	Name	Answers Recorded	Points Correct	Penalty	Points Net	Points per 10 Min
1	Tom Fellbaum	17	17	1	16	2.67
2	Alex McCann	15	15	0	15	2.50
2	Roger Bryant	16	16	1	15	2.50
4	Paul Clifford	15	15	1	14	2.33
5	Paul Smith	13	12	0	12	2.00
5	Holly Platt Wells	12	12	0	12	2.00
5	Kath Speak	12	12	0	12	2.00
5	Norman Hall	13	13	1	12	2.00
5	Dave Mawdsley	13	13	1	12	2.00
10	Lee Scott	14	12	1	11	1.83
10	Alan Mullock	11	11	0	11	1.83
10	Kate Bryant	12	12	1	11	1.83
13	Gareth & Cathryn	10	10	0	10	1.67
14	Laura & Hazel Hindle	10	10	1	9	1.50
15	Richard Evans	9	8	0	8	1.33
15	Ian & Ali Ford	12	9	1	8	1.33
17	Claire Barnett	10	7	0	7	1.17
18	Jan Ellis	6	6	0	6	1.00
18	Lorraine Jackson	10	7	1	6	1.00
20	Harvey and Will Meredith	3	3	0	3	0.50

Next Countryside Score Event:

Monday 16th July - The Navigation Inn, Buxworth

Other Events

Wednesday 4th July - DEE Summer Evening Event, Big Covert, Mold

Thursday 12th July - DEE Summer Evening Event, Marbury Country Park, Northwich

Tuesday 17th July - Summer Evening Event, Alderley Edge

Details of all the above can be found on the MDOC website

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