Club News by Karin Kirk news@octavian-droobers.org
OD MEMBERS HELP ENGLAND WIN
The Octavian Droobers Orienteering Club congratulates senior members, Lesley Ross and Sheila Carey, juniors - Harriet Lawson, Matt Elkington, Nathan Lawson, Harrison McCartney and reserve Aimee Morse who all contributed to a fantastic win in the annual Interland 6 team European event in Breda, Netherlands this weekend. This was the largest ever number of representatives from one English club and would have been 8 if Riina Kuuselo had not been taken ill. England scored a total of 247 points recording their 19th successive win ahead of the Belgian VVO Orienteering team with 198 points.
Nathan Lawson was 1st and Harrison McCartney 2nd in the M17 class, Matt Elkington was 5th in the M20 class, Harriet Lawson was 2nd W20, and Sheila Carey 3rd W60.
Bagworth Heath and Woodlands, the Leicester East Midlands Regional Orienteering event, attracted several club members. Chris McCartney M40 came 3rd on the long Brown 9.2k course in 77.31mins; Hamish Rogers M18 was joint second in 53.53mins and Anne Straube 5th in 58.15mins both on the Blue 6.5k course. On the Short Green 3.3k course Roger Hailey M75 was 2nd in 50.30mins and Sue Bicknell W65 in 52.52mins.
12th March 2013
HAYWOOD WARREN, WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE RESULTS
The OD orienteering team travelled to the second West Midland League event this year at Haywood Warren, near Stafford, organised by Walton Chasers.
On the long Brown 9.47 course with 320 metres of climb Chris McCartney M40 came 3rd in 1.11.25mins and David Lawson M50 4th in 1.19.53mins. OD club members took the first 3 places on the Blue 6.24k course with 200 metres of climb: 1st Harrison McCartney M16 44.18mins, 2nd Hamish Rogers M18 45.53mins and 3rd Riina Kuuselo W35 47.21mins, Julie Emmerson was 5th in 49.54mins. Ella-Rose McCartney W14 was 4th on the Light Green Course 3.27k course taking 54.56mins and Barbara Morse W60 also 4th on the Yellow course. Scoring 100 points in the league for the club were Harrison, Riina, Chris, Julie, Ondrej Bagjar M21, Frank Smith M80 and Sheila Carey W65. This puts the club in 4th place on 1987 points behind Wrekin 1st with 2257, Walton Chasers 2190 and Harlequins with 2156 points.
At the South Midlands event in Bucknell and Hazelborough Woods Alfie Bullus M14 won the Light Green 3.6k course in 49.03mins, on the long Brown 9.3k course Andy Simpson M40 came first in 1.02.24mins and Toni Oā€™Donovan W35 came second in 1.32.05mins.
Running through the beautiful grounds of Harlaxton College at the middle distance event near Grantham, Lincs, Liz Phillips W45 won the Short Green 2.8k course in 35.09mins, Bruce Bryant won the Green 3.1k course in 30.37mins and Mike Hampton M65 came 2nd on the Blue 4.2k course in 40.29mins.
The club wishes senior members: Lesley Ross, Sheila Carey, Riina Kuuselo, and juniors: Harriet Lawson, Matt Elkington, Nathan Lawson, Harrison McCartney and reserve Aimee Morse all the best representing England in Breda, Netherlands, in the six European nations Interland championships this weekend.
The four day Jan Kjellstrom International Festival of Orienteering, held over the Easter weekend, around the southern part of the Chiltern Hills has attracted a large entry of 84 club members. The Day 1 Sprint and Day 3 long distance events have been awarded world ranking event status. The event is now full with 2892 participants from around the world and there is now a waiting list.
6th March 2013