The British Middle Distance Championships were held on Sunday 6 March, just south of Milton Keynes Quentin came back with a gold medal and Ruth a silver, having thrown the win away on the first two controls before getting 'into' the map. Rushmere was an agreeable area, suited to Middle Distance and the event well organised. The day before there was a race in Salcey Forest to remind us how glad we are to live in Yorkshire :) Ruth ( Modesty prevented Ruth from giving their results on this course but the editor found that Quentin was 1st on Blue and Ruth was 3rd on Green)
Meanwhile back up North , on Saturdays MTBO in Lee Quarry on some very technical courses Tim Evans was 5th and 2nd M50 , at CLOKs Blackwell Urban Parkland event , on the Open course Andrew Kelly was 1st M60 and 10th O/A, John Birtwistle was 21st , Susan Birtwistle 25th and Allen Barnes 28th , on the Vets course Linda Kelly was 14th and Jackie Barnes 22nd
On Sunday at EBOR's Yorkshire Water Park Event on Blue Andrew Kelly was 8th, On Green David Rochester was 2nd , Andy Bowes 4th , Sharon Bowes 9th, Allen Barnes 17th and Jackie Barnes 19th. On Short Green Linda Kelly was 7th and on Light Green Toby Rochester was 2nd.
Chairmans Ramblings
Good luck to everyone in the Compass Sport Trophy this weekend, you should all have had details through from our club Captain Quentin , make sure you pop into the club tent after your run.
A couple of competitions have early closing dates including the Yorkshire weekend on the 19th/20th March in Thirsk and Boltby. Cheap entry closes shortly ( midnight the 10th) and entry remains open till the 17th or the maps run out whichever is the earlier. Also if you are planning to eat after next Tuesdays Maprun in Boston Spa make sure you have let David know so he can book a large enough table evidently it is 50% mains
Coming Up
These dates are all provisional and subject to change as the lockdown easing measures become apparent. It is likely that all these events will be pre-entry only and have limited numbers , please check the links for more details.
Richard has done a sterling job in sorting out next years Tuesday evening events , full details are on the website outline details and locations are :-
Date. Planner
Tuesday 15 Mar 22 - David Day - Boston Spa
Tuesday 29 March - Linda Kelly - Pannal
Usual rules apply 45 minute score events using maprun or Pen, paper and sundial . HV clothing must be worn, head torch recommended.
Items for the newsletter
We have set up an e-mail address news@claro-orienteering.org.uk for you to send items to the newsletter should you want to promote any event, provide results , or a plug for a report or article you have done for the website. I will do a quick scan for results but would be more than happy to receive them from the competitors.
