Claro Junior League Event Cancelled
Unfortunately due to a clash with another event also taking place in Valley Gardens on Saturday we have reluctantly decided to cancel this Saturday’s event . We are looking to reschedule the final event in conjunction with the Junior league prize giving at the club picnic on the 7th July.
Six Claros headed up to Pegswood near Morpeth last Saturday for the 2018 British Mixed Sprint Relays.
NATO laid on a great event with a mixture of urban and country park terrain.
Both teams came away with medals! Steve, Adrian and Ruth in the V40+ category ended up with silver medals just losing out to a fast finishing FVO team. However Tim, Susan and new member Quentin in V55+ stormed home in first place for gold! A very speedy (injured) Quentin brought them home in the lead, maybe he’s done this sort of thing before!!
Claro top 10s
Claro Runners have been competing afar in the last 2 weeks. Over the weekend in Balmoral at the British Champs, and for some reason the Queen wasn’t there to welcome them, Ruth Ker was 10th on W50L, Mike Hind was 19th on M65L and Liz Potterton was 24th on W60L. Combined as Claro’s Scottish Adventurers they were 19th in the Ad-Hoc class on Sundays relays.
Meanwhile, on eerily quiet roads on Saturday at the 4hr NYMBO from Grewelthorpe, despite a lacklustre start Tim Evans was 3rd V50 and 5th Overall, Adrian Parker was 9th V40 and Jemima Parker and Jo Anderson were 2nd W50. On Sunday Jackie Barnes was 7th on Short Green on the PFO event at Brun Valley. At the BAOC event at Woodthorpe Ruth Ker was 1st Woman and 2nd O/A on the Light Green
The previous week Tim Evans was at the annual MTBO camp in Denmark, his best results were 9th M55 in Camp Cup race 3 and 16th overall in the Hoker the final ultra long race. The picture is from the crying mile. This event had 20 controls a course length of 1 mile and a map scale of 1:1666, this was part of the evening entertainment.
Knaresborough Town Centre Race Sunday 27th May
CLARO are organising an Urban event this Sunday starting from Henshaws, where I am advised there is also an excellent Cafe. Ruth Ker has planned some excellent courses. A newly updated map at 1:4,000 has been prepared with additional parts of the town centre and Conyngham Hall that have not been used before. There are excellent opportunities for off-road junior courses. This event has a castle, river, railway, bridges, ginnels, steps…… Full details are on the website here. I hope to see many of you there.
Coming up
If you are aware of any events I have missed please drop me an e-mail at news@claro-orienteering.org.uk
British Mixed Sprint Relays
NATO are organising 2 events on the 9th and 10th June in Morpeth details are here. The first event is on Saturday afternoon and is the British mixed sprint relay. We already have one team and we would like a few more, teams are of 3 people and must have at least one man and one woman. If you are interested please can you e-mail Ruth so she can collate teams. Entries close 3rd June. As agreed at the latest committee meeting the club will contribute to the entry fee.
Spring Flowers 2018
No sooner have the winter blues subsided that we start to think of the next series of events the Spring Flowers. These will be like last year with limited SI boxes. . We are also looking to have a meet up after each event. The Next event is Wednesday 30th May at Harlow Hill.
4 30 May 18 Harlow Hill, Harrogate Tim Evans
5 13 June 18 Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough Toby & Liz Rochester
6 27 June 18 Brimham Rocks Liz Potterton
Claro top 10s
Claro runners were in action over the weekend. Those that ventured North to CLOKs event seem to have fared better than those that ventured South to the SYO event. At Hutton Lowcross Emma McAnaw was 3rd Lady on Blue and David Day was 5th Man. At Grimethorpe Sharon Bowes was 4th lady on Green.
Meanwhile, at the Canterbury Park Run, Edwyn Oliver-Evans was 1st home and in the BAOC event at Richmond Ruth Ker was first Woman, Allen Barnes was first M75 and Jackie Barnes first W70.
Coming up
If you are aware of any events I have missed please drop me an e-mail at news@claro-orienteering.org.uk
No sooner have the winter blues subsided that we start to think of the next series of events the Spring Flowers. These will be like last year with limited SI boxes. We are also looking to have a meet up after each event. If you missed the first events results are here. The Next event is Wednesday 16th May at Killinghall Moor.
3 16 May 18 Killinghall Moor, Harrogate Allen Banister
4 30 May 18 Harlow Hill, Harrogate Tim Evans
5 13 June 18 Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough Toby & Liz Rochester
6 27 June 18 Brimham Rocks Liz Potterton
British Mixed Sprint Relays
NATO are organising 2 events on the 9th and 10th June in Morpeth details are here. The first event is on Saturday afternoon and is the British mixed sprint relay. We already have one team and we would like a few more, teams are of 3 people and must have at least one man and one woman. If you are interested please can you e-mail Ruth so she can collate teams. As agreed at the latest committee meeting the club will contribute to the entry fee.
Event Safety Workshop.
We are running another event safety workshop on the 23rd May and have space for a few more volunteers. British Orienteering require that anyone who plans, organises or controls an event has to have attended this course. The course lasts about 3 hours and is a lifetime award so you don’t need to renew, so if you are thinking of planning a lamp-o or one of the spring flowers you would need to have attended one of these workshops. If you are interested please contact Vince or Tim.
Colin John
Club members who knew Colin will be saddened to hear that he passed away this Monday, following a serious heart attack. Colin moved to us from DVO in 2013 and helped control and plan a number of events including the Compass Sport event at Guiscliff. Colin was previously a member of AIRE before CLARO formed and he moved south through work in the 1980’s. Our thoughts are with Jacqui his wife and the rest of his family.
Kendal Mountain Film Festival
Some of you may recall the event that was cancelled due to the snow, this has now been rearranged for Thursday 17th May at Ashville school details are here.
Claro top 10s
Claro runners and riders were in action over the weekend. The following Top 10’s were achieved. At Thirsk , Matthew Rochester was 10th in Men Open, Allen Barnes was second in Mens Hyper Vet, Elizabeth Rochester was 9th on course G . The next day at Wass Matthew Rochester won the M18L class ( he was also last but you have to be in it to win it) . Will Drewe was 2nd on M35S, David Day was 7th on M70L, Allen Barnes was 5th on M75L, Liz Drewe was 2nd on M35L, Ruth Ker was 3rd on M50L, Liz Potterton was 9th on W60L, Jackie Barnes 9th on W70L.
On Saturday Adrian Parker was 3rd M40 and 11th Overall and David Day 1st M70 at the NYMBO event at Cropton. On the previous Wednesday in Ripon, Allen Barnes was 6th in the BAOC 60 minute score and David Day 7th ( thanks to David Day for this information)
Coming up
If you are aware of any events I have missed please drop me an e-mail at news@claro-orienteering.org.uk
British Mixed Sprint Relays
NATO are organising 2 events on the 9th and 10th June in Morpeth details are here. The first event is on Saturday afternoon and is the British mixed sprint relay. We already have one team and we would like a few more, teams are of 3 people and must have at least one man and one woman. If you are interested please can you e-mail Ruth so she can collate teams. As agreed at the latest committee meeting the club will contribute to the entry fee.
Woodthorpe BAOC event.
I have received the following plea from Phil Batts at BAOC.
Dave Riches has agreed to put on the cancelled event ( due to snow) at Woodthorpe in York on the 16th of May. He is doing this completely by himself and would welcome some help in running the start and collecting in controls.
Are you able to help him out, please? I am teaching that week at Longmoor so cannot help him myself, details are on the BAOC site here
Open Adventure
It is not run under BOF rules but it is clearly Map reading, Team Parker have been out competing in the Open 5 race series over winter, this is a series of 5 hour score races on foot and bike. Adrian and Luke finished 2nd in the male pairs, Nathan was 8th in Male singles and Jo Anderson and Jemima were 4th in the female pairs.
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Pictures courtesy of Open5 facebook page, Luke still looks fresh despite having to push his dad up the hills.
Kendal Mountain Film Festival
Some of you may recall the event that was cancelled due to the snow, this has now been rearranged for Thursday 17th May at Ashville school details are here.
Claro top 10s
Claro runners and riders were in action over the weekend. The following Top 10’s were achieved. At Brighouse Mike Cope was 8th on the Green, In the lakes at Graythwaite east on day 1 Ruth Ker was 1st on Green . In Grandola Tim Evans was 4th on the medium and 6th in the Long .
Also running were Allen and Jackie Barnes at Hardwick Hall, Sharon Bowes and Richard Kirk at Brighouse and Mike Hind, Liz Potterton and Susan Birtwistle in The Lakedistrict 2 days
Coming up
If you are aware of any events I have missed please drop me an e-mail at news@claro-orienteering.org.uk
Spring Flowers 2018No sooner have the winter blues subsided that we start to think of the next series of events the Spring Flowers. These will be like last year with limited SI boxes. . We are also looking to have a meet up after each event. If you missed the first event results are here. The Next event is Wednesday 2nd May at Jacob Smith park, afterwards at the Mitre. 2 2 May 18 Jacob Smith Park/NW Knaresborough Mike Cope 3 16 May 18 Killinghall Moor, Harrogate Allen Banister 4 30 May 18 Harlow Hill, Harrogate Tim Evans 5 13 June 18 Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough Toby & Liz Rochester 6 27 June 18 Brimham Rocks Liz Potterton |
British Mixed Sprint Relays
NATO are organising 2 events on the 9th and 10th June in Morpeth details are here. The first event is on Saturday afternoon and is the British mixed sprint relay. We already have one team and we would like a few more, teams are of 3 people and must have at least one man and one woman. If you are interested please can you e-mail Ruth so she can collate teams. As agreed at the latest committee meeting the club will contribute to the entry fee.
British Orienteering Incentives
Congratulations to all those Claro members who have received BOF awards this year.
Full details of the scheme are on the BOF website here.
| Lois Parker | Racing Challenge: Bronze Award  |
05/02/2018 | ||
| Navigation Challenge |
05/02/2018 | |||
| Matthew Rochester |
Racing Challenge: Gold Award |
09/01/2018 | ||
| Racing Challenge: Silver Award |
09/01/2018 | |||
| Racing Challenge: Bronze Award |
09/01/2018 | |||
| Navigation Challenge |
09/01/2018 | |||
| Toby Rochester |
Racing Challenge: Bronze Award |
19/02/2018 | ||
| Navigation Challenge |
14/02/2018 |
Learning Experiences
We all make mistakes and this is how experience is gained. Two Claros have shared their learning experiences from the weekend.
North and South are not interchangeable, and if you are going to make this 180 degree error , it is best not to make it on a large Lake district fell by running down it at speed. This resulted in a 17 minute split for Ruth Ker. Meanwhile in Portugal your newsletter editor took the wrong path out of a complex junction , decided the compass was wrong and the Orienteer in the Swedish top must be right and ended up having to relocate with a split of 37 minutes.
Above right is the leg off the M60 map ( it is 9-10 on M55 and we had a 1:15,000 map) and above left is my GPX trace showing the compass was not wrong . The thin blue line was a two foot deep torrent following the overnight rain. I knew I was back on the map as other riders appeared but I couldn’t work out where.
The newsletter editor welcomes other learning experiences.
Claro at the JK
Some superb runs by numerous Claros at the JK, as per last year these are a summary of those who finished in the top 16 of their age class.
In Fridays fast and furious sprint at Stafford MOD. Ruth Ker Podiumed with 3rd in W50. Edwyn Oliver-Evans was 5th in Men Open ( would an SI Air have gained him the 5 seconds he needed for 3rd?) Luke Fry was 16th in M14 and Susan Birtwistle was 16th in W60.
On Saturdays Middle at Brereton Spurs. Tamsin Ker was 1st on W16B, Ruth Ker was 6th on W50L, David Rochester was 12th on M45S, Matthew Rochester was 16th on M18L and Luke Fry was 16th on M14A.
On Sundays Long at Beaudesert Activity Centre Alex Robinson was 6th on M18L and Ruth Ker was 6th on W50L.
On Mondays very wet and muddy relays also at Beaudesert Claro had 3 teams, Adhoc Claros of David Rochester, Tamsin Ker and Ruth Ker came 24th, Short Claros of Alex Robinson, Edwyn Oliver-Evans and Matthew Rochester came 24th on Short men and the Mature Claros of Tim Evans, Phil Robinson and Graham Ramsden came 33rd.
GB Squad
Apologies ‘www.ontheredline.org.uk‘ about the Senior squad was launched by Maprunner not British Orienteering. There is a lot of interest for juniors ( and others ) in the blogs and training diaries.
We are looking to see if we can get any other news snippets to encourage our younger runners. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Coming up
If you are aware of any events I have missed please drop me an e-mail at news@claro-orienteering.org.uk
Spring Flowers 2018
No sooner have the winter blues subsided that we start to think of the next series of events the Spring Flowers. These will be like last year with limited SI boxes. Dates have been announced and Richard has planners for all but the first event, so if anyone fancies doing some planning for the first time over their Easter Holidays this is an ideal opportunity. We are also looking to have a meet up after each event, more details to follow.
1 18 April 18 Hookstone Woods, Harrogate Ruth Ker
2 2 May 18 Jacob Smith Park/NW Knaresborough Mike Cope
3 16 May 18 Killinghall Moor, Harrogate Allen Banister
4 30 May 18 Harlow Hill, Harrogate Tim Evans
5 13 June 18 Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough Matthew & Liz Rochester
6 27 June 18 Brimham Rocks Liz Potterton
Northern Championships
The Northern Champs is being hosted by EBOR in Wass Forest on 22 April. There is a supporting Urban event hosted by HALO in Thirsk on the previous day 21 April. Both are UKOL events. Details can be found on EBOR and HALO websites. Entries are via Fabian4. Both organisers need more helpers and I hope that some CLARO members will be willing to offer some help. If you are going to either or both events and you can help, prices for seniors with a helper discount code drop from £10 to £4 (Thirsk) and £17 to £10 (Wass). For the Northern Champs, organiser Mike Ridealgh particularly needs helpers for the second shift – run first and help later. Ken Hutson is the Thirsk organiser. For the helper discount code and to let organisers know of your helping preferences, please contact them directly by email – ken.hutson@gmail.com and ridealghm@yahoo.co.uk. The 3 CLARO members who have already entered can get a refund equivalent to the discount if they contact the organisers and are willing to help. Please volunteer if you can.
It may still feel a bit arctic, but the crocuses are well out on The Stray and British Summer Time is finally here. So, almost, is Spring-O! Be prepared to run through the proverbial dappled woods and then relax in a local hostelry with a cooling drink. Details are available here.
Claro Top 10s
Claros were running all over the North of England this weekend, with some excellent results. At CLOK’s Acorn event Alex Robinson was 4th on Black, On Brown, Luke Parker was 1st, on Blue Will Drewe was 10th Man, whilst on Green David Day was 2nd man and Jemima Parker was 7th lady.
On the other side of the country at SROCs Farleton Knotts event Ruth Ker was 2nd lady on Blue, Liz Potterton was 9th lady on Green and Tamsin Ker was 1st lady on Light Green.
JK News
Good luck to all those Claros making the trip to Cannock Chase this weekend for JK2018. For those who don’t know the JK is an annual orienteering festival held over the Easter weekend, the location moves around the country it was in Yorkshire in 2016. Full details of this year’s event are here.
A new website has been launched ‘www.ontheredline.org.uk‘ about the Great Britain Senior Orienteering squad. There is a lot to interest juniors in the blogs and training diaries.
Those attending especially the juniors might also be interested to know that on day 1 of the JK, Kris Jones (after his run) Cat Taylor and others (possibly Ali McLeod, Sasha, Megan and Will Gardner) have offered to do a fairly informal chat/Qand A with juniors in the gym at around 3.45/4.00 for about 20 minutes or so.
Coming up
If you are aware of any events I have missed please drop me an e-mail at news@claro-orienteering.org.uk
Winter Blues 2018
The last event of the series was in Pateley Bridge last Wednesday. Stan Appleton had devised an excellent course and had to warn the runners of the importance of the brown lines on the map. Even the locals found alleys they didn’t know about, hopefully we will be back there again soon.
Spring Flowers 2018
No sooner have the winter blues subsided that we start to think of the next series of events the Spring Flowers. These will be like last year with limited SI boxes. Dates have been announced and Richard has planners for all but the first event, so if anyone fancies doing some planning for the first time over their Easter Holidays this is an ideal opportunity. We are also looking to have a meet up after each event, more details to follow.
1 18 April 18 Hookstone Woods, Harrogate Ruth Ker
2 2 May 18 Jacob Smith Park/NW Knaresborough Mike Cope
3 16 May 18 Killinghall Moor, Harrogate Allen Banister
4 30 May 18 Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough Toby & Liz Rochester
5 13 June 18 Harlow Hill, Harrogate Tim Evans
6 27 June 18 Brimham Rocks Liz Potterton
Northern Championships
The Northern Champs is being hosted by EBOR in Wass Forest on 22 April. There is a supporting Urban event hosted by HALO in Thirsk on the previous day 21 April. Both are UKOL events. Details can be found on EBOR and HALO websites. Entries are via Fabian4. Both organisers need more helpers and I hope that some CLARO members will be willing to offer some help. If you are going to either or both events and you can help, prices for seniors with a helper discount code drop from £10 to £4 (Thirsk) and £17 to £10 (Wass). For the Northern Champs, organiser Mike Ridealgh particularly needs helpers for the second shift – run first and help later. Ken Hutson is the Thirsk organiser. For the helper discount code and to let organisers know of your helping preferences, please contact them directly by email – ken.hutson@gmail.com and ridealghm@yahoo.co.uk. The 3 CLARO members who have already entered can get a refund equivalent to the discount if they contact the organisers and are willing to help. Please volunteer if you can.
