Despite the pessimistic weather forecast, the sun did shine and the wind kept away those voracious Delamere midges. As first time organisers, Chris and I would like to thank everyone for their guidance and advice - hopefully everything went smoothly! A big thanks also to all the willing helpers who kindly gave of their valuable time (especially those who did not compete themselves): Jenny and Tom Beasant, Edward and Beatrix Calow, Clare and Simon Crocker, Bob and Helen Elmes, Caroline Gregson, Norman Hall, Rick Hughes, Kath and Brian Keegan, Pat Moody, John and Marian Padget, Peter Sleigh, Pauline, Chris and Zoe Smithard, William Stead and Mike and Philip Vokes. A big thank you must also go to the Enquiries team - Barbara Jones and Matthew Vokes who were an immense help. Thanks also to the Forestry Commission for use of the forest and their facilities, to Steve Ingleby for planning the challenging courses and to Sara Campbell for controlling the event.
I decided to take you clockwise through the forest at this event in contrast to previous SEEs based at Linmere. Unfortunately I had to replan courses part way through the preparations due to the block of out of bounds SW of Barnesbridge Gates. This had a detrimental impact on the courses - particularly the medium length ones (Orange, Light Green and Red). For the Green and Blue my objective was to keep you in the woods as much as possible by offering legs where it was quicker to go straight. You will have gathered that the map needs a little updating to reflect current runnability - as one competitor put it "for Green read White, and for White read Green". Apologies for the printing error on the map (new block of fight in the shape of the number "2"!). I am reliably informed that this was caused by a cat fascinated by the blinking cursor on the PC screen who decided to use the keyboard as a stepping stone to get nearer the display! My thanks to Sara Campbell for offering helpful advice in her role as Controller and to Sara, Andy and Nick for ensuring all the controls were in the correct place. Also thanks to Pete Owen for helping to bring in the controls (in the dark!). Sian did a wonderful job as a first-time organiser, which (unfortunately for Sian) will mean that she will be asked to do it again many times in the future. Lastly my sincere thanks to Kate, "Planner's Mate & Sherpa" extraordinaire!, for helping me in all aspects of the planning.
I'd like to thank Steve and Sian for putting on an excellent event. I heard many complimentary remarks on the evening; the courses managed to test those of you who run in Delamere regularly and take you into a few parts of the forest rarely visited. Thanks also to Andy and Nick for assisting with checking the controls on the night.
Pos Name Club Class Time
1 Alice Drinkwater DEE W12 18:23
2 Richard Irvine IND M12 18:41
3 Callum Jones ERYRI M12 20:04
4 Rosie Evans DEE W10 20:38
5 Hannah Kemp DEE W8 23:29
6 Zoe Vokes DEE W14 25:23
7 Hannah +1 Hateley DEE W5 25:42
8 Tom Evans + Adult DEE M6 26:12
9 Edward Calow DEE M10 29:52
10 Oliver SS M14 30:23
11 Rebecca Lu STRICH W8 30:24
Colour standard
=12 Ainsley LeopoldJames STRICH M9 41:44
=12 Jake Neish STRICH M10 41:44
14 Alan Bowring MDOC M40 44:56
15 Evelyn Elmes DEE W10 55:05
16 Samantha Cooke STRICH W9 56:28
17 Jones Family IND ??? 57:08
18 Jade Dempsey STRICH W9 57:38
19 David Robinson WGS M14 67:19
Disqualified
David Brockway DEE M14 No 8
Retired
Tom McCann MDOC M10
Pos Name Club Class Time
1 Philip Vokes DEE M10 28:36
2 William Humphreys MDOC M14 34:00
3 Will Jepson SS M14 34:09
4 J Stops SS M14 34:41
5 Ken Jones IND M21 35:32
6 Jessie Evans DEE W12 37:11
7 Sean Pickering DEE M12 38:38
8 Matthew Kemp DEE M12 41:19
9 Barney ?Broatch ERYRI M10 43:59
10 Rebecca Humphreys MDOC W12 45:28
11 Sue Kemp DEE W40 45:31
12 Sally Evans DEE W40 45:44
13 Adam Clarke IND ??? 46:39
Colour standard
14 Luke Roberts DEE M5 50:05
15 Beatrix Calow DEE W14 51:05
16 Alice + Becky POTOC W16 55:36
17 Joshua Carroll STRICH M11 57:48
18 Karin Jones IND W45 61:21
19 Geoff Clarke ??? 68:37
Disqualified
Jane Taylor ??? No 9
Ken Hasting IND M45 No 3-7
Lauren Lu STRICH W11 No 6
Rosina Khan STRICH W11 No 6
Sabrina LeopoldJames STRICH W10 No 6
Nathan Robinson STRICH M10 No 6
Pos Name Club Class Time 1 M Hoare ERYRI M16 30:47 2 Robert Hornby DEE M45 31:40 3 Bill Roberts ??? 51:32 Colour standard 4 David Baxter IND M50 60:58 5 Bill McDonald IND ??? 61:41 6 Darren Catherall IND M35 63:27
Pos Name Club Class Time 1 Susan Richmond DEE W21 27:41 2 Sam Drinkwater DEE M12 32:11 3 Shane Drinkwater DEE M40 35:14 4 Simon Crocker DEE M45 37:15 5 Pauline Smithard DEE W50 37:39 6 Mike O'Donnell DEE M65 40:01 7 Alex McCann MDOC M12 40:20 8 F Roberts DEE W30 41:47 9 Roger Green DEE M70 42:59 10 Chris Owens DEE M12 43:49 11 Martin Cranny DEE M65 48:17 12 J McInnes IND W35 51:51 Colour standard 13 Malcolm Duncan POTOC M70 53:55 14 Carol Tarr DEE W65 54:09 15 Anne Hurrell DEE W50 56:29 16 Mike Barratt MDOC M14 56:31 17 Helen Elmes DEE W12 56:51 18 Eleanor Owens DEE W14 60:11 19 Bazz + Pete MDOC M12 60:30 20 Susan Sherwood DEE W55 60:33 21 Martin Hocking VIC O M65 60:44 22 S Montgomery IND W35 62:42 23 Feare Family DEE ??? 69:21
Pos Name Club Class Time
1 Mike Smithard DEE M55 44:09
2 Martin Green MDOC M50 47:01
3 Chris Wilcox DEE M50 50:06
4 Chris Kayley DEE M16 50:13
5 Zoe Smithard DEE W16 51:34
6 John Evans DEE M65 54:16
7 Peter Potter DEE M50 55:05
8 N Tainsherd POTOC M50 56:55
9 John Williams POW M60 57:12
10 Norman Hall DEE M55 57:27
11 Denis Murphy DEE M60 58:04
12 Graham Sutton DEE M50 58:06
13 Jill Allan IND W21 58:35
14 William Stead DEE M45 58:46
15 Trevor Roberts MDOC M55 58:55
16 John Padget DEE M60 61:27
17 Kath Speak MDOC W45 61:43
18 John Montgomery IND M40 62:12
19 Andrew Williams DEE M55 62:36
20 Bob Roach DEE M60 63:27
21 Tim Murphy DEE M50 63:48
22 Alan Mullock DEE M60 64:40
23 Ian Gilmartin DEE M45 65:39
24 Anthony Brockway DEE M45 66:55
25 Jane McCann MDOC W40 67:06
26 Barry May DEE M65 67:30
27 Ritz Ritzema DEE M60 68:29
Colour standard
28 Barry Chambers DEE M55 68:49
29 Marie Roberts MDOC W45 70:54
30 Judith Jones ERYRI W45 71:04
31 Pip Humphreys MDOC W45 71:57
32 John Sherwood DEE M60 72:04
33 Darren Baker IND M35 74:30
34 Robbie Smith MDOC M16 75:52
35 Andrew Taylor IND M45 76:16
36 Keith Mutch POW M65 79:34
37 Margaret Murphy DEE W55 82:25
38 Pat Moody DEE W45 82:34
39 Karl Bescoby MDOC M21 82:36
40 Andy Mitchell IND M21 84:22
41 Bethany Schorah DEE W16 84:46
42 Julian Clarke IND M21 85:08
43 Julie Brook MDOC W55 87:57
44 Janette Proud MDOC W40 89:27
45 M Sinton DEE W35 90:00
46 Robin Tilston DEE M65 93:06
47 Philippa Hocking FWOC W 95:07
48 Diana Hocking VO W65 98:56
Disqualified
Mike Bale DEE M70 missing 11
Retired
Jean Payne DEE W50
Jennifer Beasant DEE W45
Meg Owens DEE W45
Neil Laidlaw IND M45
Pos Name Club Class Time
1 David Schorah DEE M18 37:38
2 Jon Hateley DEE M40 43:22
3 Christopher Smithard DEE M18 44:10
4 Peter Sleigh DEE M40 47:46
5 Michael Beasant DEE M14 48:12
6 Noel Schorah DEE M45 48:38
7 Mark O'Donoghue DEE M35 49:15
8 Nigel Beasant DEE M45 49:29
9 Thomas Beasant DEE M16 50:04
10 Jordan Larne MEROC M21 50:06
11 Mika Ojala JRV M 50:20
=12 Dave Broatch ERYRI M45 51:12
=12 Nick Campbell DEE M45 51:12
14 Phil Colville MDOC M50 51:15
15 Stephen Lang MDOC M35 51:29
16 Dave McCann MDOC M40 51:43
17 Kath Broatch ERYRI W40 52:40
18 John Britton MDOC M55 53:00
19 Tom Taylor SS M18 53:13
20 Steve Wilson SROC M21 54:07
21 Malcolm Irvine DEE M50 54:37
22 Richard Hill DEE M40 55:15
23 Nick Wood MDOC M40 56:04
24 Eifion Thomas DEE M55 56:23
Colour standard
25 Elizabeth Britton MDOC W18 56:39
26 Neil Murphy DEE M45 57:55
27 Ray Humphreys MDOC M45 62:39
28 Tim Palmer DEE M40 64:41
29 Pete Owens DEE M45 65:07
30 Andrew Payne DEE M55 65:33
31 Peter Edwards DEE M70 66:50
32 Elizabeth Hughes DEE W18 68:14
33 Simon Coppock DEE M45 68:30
34 R Sparkman IND M55 68:36
35 John Ellis ERYRI M40 69:37
36 John Collins DEE M40 70:18
37 Andrew Tarr DEE M65 71:30
38 Martin Pickering DEE M40 71:38
39 M Statham DEE M45 74:39
40 Caroline Gregson DEE W40 80:23
41 Jim Mitchell PFO M60 81:25
42 Nick Barker IND M 83:23
43 Michael Court DEE M40 85:05
44 Geoffrey Hollins POTOC M50 89:02
Disqualified
Eddie Speak MDOC M50 Missing 9
Becky Hoare ERYRI W16 No 7,8,9
Retired
Richard Hughes DEE M50