Index

• Comments - John Britton (Checker)
• Comments - Grahame Crawshaw (Organiser/Planner)
• Gross Results
• Handicap Results
• RouteGadget (If you've not used the Routegadget tool before it is worth looking at and having a play with! Read the Instructions below.)
• Next events

Comments - John Britton (Checker)

It was good to see so many Street Leaguers from last year, plus a few new faces. Sorry about the juggling element with multiple maps and no stapler option, but I think most people agreed that the Estate map was worth the extra faff. Well done Steve Lang for a very solid first run, and well done Laura for getting right into the mix in the Handicap list.

Control #36 was a green box, which on checking afterwards, I found to be directly across the road from another green box I'd not noticed before. Although the dot shows clearly which side was intended, this was poor control checking by yours truly, sorry, and I've allowed both numbers. I also checked 45 as requested, but found no problem with the control. Apologies to Darren for the confusion with the almost-indistinguishable 3 and 8 on #51.

A third of the field got one of their answers wrong. Most look like carelessness rather than being in the wrong place, and several were on big value controls. You'll score better if you take the time to record your answers properly!

Reminder that the results are done by scoring rate - so it doesn't matter which time option you take. Also note the Handicap scores, which use the same formula as last year for rewarding sex and age appropriately.

DID YOU KNOW THAT ... if the chosen night is inconvenient for you, you can run some other time and still get a counting score ? This is on an honesty basis. You ask the organiser for the map and question sheet, and send me your filled-in question sheet plus an honest statement of which time option you were taking and exactly what time you took. I will then slip you into the results sheet as if you'd been there on the night ... the only proviso is that no late-runner is allowed to beat the on-the-night winner. So if all Tuesdays (say) are bad for you, just run those events on a different night.

Next up - Hale, a week on Tuesday.

Comments - Grahame Crawshaw (Organiser/Planner)

John has covered most of the major points by getting his comments in first, so I'll just add a few thoughts and thanks.

Thanks to all for coming along to the first event of the season - from the comments, it would appear that most people enjoyed their runs. Route gadget is available on the website - it would be great if you could add your route.

Although I did my first street event 30 odd years ago (with EPOC), this was the first I have planned for quite a long time. How hard can that be - just scatter a few (say 50?) controls around the map, then sit back and take the plaudits on the night. That just about covers it, but I did learn quite a lot about the importance of the "all controls distance" and the subtleties of points allocation along the way!

John had mapped about 80% of the area before coming across the Offerton Estate, but then spent a considerable amount of time producing a map version which we felt was usable for the event - the area was too good to ignore, but virtually unreadable at 1:15000. Our other concerns about the area (probably related to the fact that we had a visit from a couple of PCSOs on the night) proved totally unfounded. We feel that the estate - with a proper ISSOM map - is worthy of a far more prestigious urban / sprint event - watch this space.

Inevitably there were some things which could have been done better - a stapler at the start, bigger control circles and numbers on the map, tighter control descriptions (I was dimly aware of the 2 green boxes in the vicinity of #36, but thought that the dot was sufficient - Western Green Box would have cleared the issue). Apologies also to those affected by the pub's policy on children in the bar - we should have checked but didn't.

Thanks to Jen and Irene who put in a huge shift on registration and answer-checking, John for results-processing and Julie for making sure the SI gear was in the right place at the right time - and putting the results on the website.

Not long to go before the next event in Hale ...... see you there!

Gross Results

Pos	Name	Club	Class	40/60	Points	Time	Pens	Score	Points per hour	% of winner
1	Steve Lang	MDOC	M40	75	1350	74.25	0	1350	1080	100.0
2	Alex McCann	MDOC	M18	75	1350	77.29	75	1275	1020	94.4
3	Adam Bradbury	SYO	M20	60	910	59.38	0	910	910	84.3
4	Darren Baker	DEE	M45	75	1110	73.39	0	1110	888	82.2
5	Laura & Trevor Hindle	MDOC	W14	60	840	59.17	0	840	840	77.8
6	Dave McCann	MDOC	M45	60	850	60.43	22	828	828	76.7
7	Rebecca Glen	MDOC	W35	60	740	56.15	0	740	740	68.5
8	Paul Clifford	MDOC	M50	60	730	59.53	0	730	730	67.6
9	Peter Gorvett	SYO	M65	60	710	58.35	0	710	710	65.7
10	Chris Rostron	MDOC	M65	75	910	76.09	35	875	700	64.8
11	Peter Jackson	Ind	M60	60	750	62.20	70	680	680	63.0
12	Paul Watson	MDOC	M35	60	660	58.15	0	660	660	61.1
13	Kate Bryant	MDOC	W55	60	660	60.27	14	646	646	59.8
14	Matt Driver & Rhian Glover	SELOC	W21	60	640	57.15	0	640	640	59.3
15	Jane & James McCann	MDOC	W45	60	640	57.33	0	640	640	59.3
16	Neil Croasdell	EPOC	M60	60	640	58.07	0	640	640	59.3
17	Trevor Roberts	MDOC	M65	60	590	58.04	0	590	590	54.6
18	Clare & Rik Griffin	MDOC	W35	60	590	60.21	11	579	579	53.6
19	Tony Hulme	Ind	M65	60	560	57.02	0	560	560	51.9
20	Linda Hayles	EPOC	W55	60	580	60.40	20	560	560	51.9
21	Lee Scott	SYO	M45	40	680	50.32	316	364	546	50.6
22	Robert Taylor	Ind	M60	60	540	59.31	0	540	540	50.0
23	Julie Brook	MDOC	W65	60	520	57.17	0	520	520	48.1
24	Andrew Littlewood	Ind	M35	60	490	60.24	12	478	478	44.3
25	Ian Gilliver	MDOC	M60	60	660	66.19	190	470	470	43.5
26	Sue Birkinshaw	MDOC	W75	40	330	41.15	38	292	438	40.6
27	Craig Harrison	Ind	M40	40	300	43.56	118	182	273	25.3

Handicap Results

Pos	Name	Club	Class	40/60	Points	Time	Pens	Score	Points per hour	Adjusted Points per hour	% of winner
1	Steve Lang	MDOC	M40	75	1350	74.25	0	1350	1080	1166	100.0
2	Laura & Trevor Hindle	MDOC	W14	60	840	59.17	0	840	840	1075	92.2
3	Alex McCann	MDOC	M18	75	1350	77.29	75	1275	1020	1061	90.9
4	Darren Baker	DEE	M45	75	1110	73.39	0	1110	888	1003	86.0
5	Peter Gorvett	SYO	M65	60	710	58.35	0	710	710	973	83.4
6	Chris Rostron	MDOC	M65	75	910	76.09	35	875	700	959	82.2
7	Dave McCann	MDOC	M45	60	850	60.43	22	828	828	936	80.2
8	Kate Bryant	MDOC	W55	60	660	60.27	14	646	646	917	78.6
9	Adam Bradbury	SYO	M20	60	910	59.38	0	910	910	910	78.0
10	Peter Jackson	Ind	M60	60	750	62.20	70	680	680	884	75.8
11	Rebecca Glen	MDOC	W35	60	740	56.15	0	740	740	866	74.2
12	Paul Clifford	MDOC	M50	60	730	59.53	0	730	730	861	73.9
13	Sue Birkinshaw	MDOC	W75	40	330	41.15	38	292	438	832	71.3
14	Julie Brook	MDOC	W65	60	520	57.17	0	520	520	832	71.3
15	Neil Croasdell	EPOC	M60	60	640	58.07	0	640	640	832	71.3
16	Jane & James McCann	MDOC	W45	60	640	57.33	0	640	640	819	70.2
17	Trevor Roberts	MDOC	M65	60	590	58.04	0	590	590	808	69.3
18	Linda Hayles	EPOC	W55	60	580	60.40	20	560	560	795	68.2
19	Tony Hulme	Ind	M65	60	560	57.02	0	560	560	767	65.8
20	Matt Driver & Rhian Glover	SELOC	W21	60	640	57.15	0	640	640	717	61.5
21	Robert Taylor	Ind	M60	60	540	59.31	0	540	540	702	60.2
22	Paul Watson	MDOC	M35	60	660	58.15	0	660	660	686	58.8
23	Clare & Rik Griffin	MDOC	W35	60	590	60.21	11	579	579	677	58.1
24	Lee Scott	SYO	M45	40	680	50.32	316	364	546	617	52.9
25	Ian Gilliver	MDOC	M60	60	660	66.19	190	470	470	611	52.4
26	Andrew Littlewood	Ind	M35	60	490	60.24	12	478	478	497	42.6
27	Craig Harrison	Ind	M40	40	300	43.56	118	182	273	295	25.3

Officials

Organiser/Planner - Grahame Crawshaw
Checker - John Britton

Routegadget Instructions

Because SI boxes weren't used, the steps to add your route is slightly different to normal.

1. Go to http://www.mdoc.routegadget.co.uk/cgi-bin/reitti.cgi
2. Select the Offerton Event
3. Tick 'Draw your route' near the top right corner
4. Select your course (Score)
5. Enter your name
6. A textbox to the left of your name will appear. Enter your time in this box. For example if you took 42 mins 15 secs, type in 4215
7. Optionally, add your comment
8. On the map draw your route, finishing at the finish control. The position of the finish control could not be placed at the same location as the start control.

Next Street League Event:

Tuesday 13th November - The Bull's Head, Hale Barns

Other Events

Saturday 24th November - Autumn Series Event 5 at Werneth Low

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