Hawkbatch Radio Orienteering Results - 4th March 2007

 

2m Event (5 Foxes)

 

1.  David Williams     M40    RS190108/HOC       5 Foxes            54.15

2.  Mike Dunbar         M40    RS195082/SN           5 Foxes          1.16.42

3.  Phil Smith             M40    GW1XBG/SBOC      5 Foxes          1.41.31

4.  Steve Stone          M50    RS193217/TVOC     5 Foxes          1.45.27

5= Tony Green           M60    GW4JGU                   4 Foxes          1.59.59

5= Dave Deane         M50    G3ZOI/BADO            4 Foxes          1.59.59

7.  Tom Mitchell         M50    GM0JHF                    2 Foxes          1.45.30

8.  Dennis Mews       M50    HOC                           (Battery failed)

 

John little, Tony Walsh, Robert Dove trained together.

 

80m Event (3 Foxes)

 

1.  David Williams     M40    RS190108/HOC       3 Foxes          27.20

2.  Mike Dunbar         M40    RS195082/SN           3 Foxes          29.10

3.  Steve Stone          M50    RS193217/TVOC     3 Foxes          44.15

4.  Phil Smith             M40    GW1XBG/SBOC      3 Foxes          46.10

5.  Dennis Mews       M50    HOC                           3 Foxes          1.06.35

6. Tony Green            M60    GW4JGU                   3 Foxes          1.08.10

7.  Tom Mitchell         M50    GM0JHF                    3 Foxes          1.20.00

8.  John Little             M60    M1SHE                      3 Foxes          1.23.00

9.  Robert Dove         M60    SMOC                        2 Foxes          1.05.00

 

Mike and Val Dugmore (HOC) trained as beginners to the art.

 

Organiser’s Notes:  Hawkbatch is a smallish wood, and although not particularly hilly has enough stream valleys and gully systems to make life interesting for the Radio-orienteer.  My plan was to exploit these features by designing a technically testing course for the 2m event.  I thought that as a contrast, I would make the 80m event fast and relatively straightforward.  Listening to the comments in the finish tent, I think my objectives were achieved.  Congratulations to David Williams and Mike Dunbar for achieving blistering performances in first and second places respectively, on both events.  I hope the usual winner’s blogs and route map will appear in due course.

 

I cannot avoid commenting on the weather: the torrential rain started falling just as the last fox was sited in its lair and fell unremittingly until long after the site had been cleared.  The results have been extracted from soggy paper sheets (and I hope there are no mistakes as a consequence).  I am sorry if the conditions made life more difficult for the less experienced competitors; they certainly didn’t help us to provide proper support for the beginners and I hope they will not be discouraged by the damp experience.

 

Despite this, the usual offers of help in gathering in the foxes and dismantling the tent were willingly offered and gratefully accepted.  In particular, I am indebted to Geoffrey Foster who helped with every aspect of the event and to Bob Titterington who sorted out the transmitters for me just before rushing off on a trip to Australia.  Robert Vickers (G3ORI).