On Saturday 300 orienteers from all over the country gathered in the city centre of Oxford for an urban middle distance race. After bad luck had led to the postponement of this race twice, it was good to see it finally happen. Results Open men 1 Johnson,Oliver SYO 36:45 + 00:00 2 Archer,Duncan CLOK 38:07 + 01:22 3 Tett,Tim SYO 39:52 + 03:07 4 Bourke,Niall EPOC 40:17 + 03:32 5 Currie,David SOC 41:03 + 04:18 Open women1 Dahlstedt,Emma OUOC 34:37 + 00:00 2 Johnson,Jenny SYO 35:47 + 01:10 3 Tomas,Amber Wallaringa 40:13 + 05:36 4 Edwards,Anne TVOC 41:04 + 06:27 5 Halliday,Joanna OD 41:23 + 06:46 Veteran men 1 Adams,Charlie SYO 34:55 + 00:00 2 Crawford,James GO 35:10 + 00:15 3 Louth,Edward WAOC 36:38 + 01:43 4 Clegg,Gavin BOK 36:40 + 01:45 4 Lawson,David DVO 36:40 + 01:45 Veteran Women 1 Butt,Jackie SARUM 33:31 + 00:00 2 Halliday,Jane OD 33:33 + 00:02 3 Leakey,Diane SLOW 35:34 + 02:03 4 Edwards,Carol TVOC 37:41 + 04:10 5 Adams,Janet SYO 39:16 + 05:45 Super veteran men 1 Edwards,David TVOC 32:16 + 00:00 2 May,David SLOW 33:28 + 01:12 3 Dickinson,Doug DVO 33:32 + 01:16 4 Godfree,Mike DVO 35:28 + 03:12 5 Yeo,Michael SOC 36:30 + 04:14 Super veteran women 1 Godfree,Liz DVO 28:06 + 00:00 2 Nixon,Mary SOC 31:20 + 03:14 3 Manning,Gill SWOC 32:01 + 03:55 4 Odell,Catherine EBOR 35:57 + 07:51 5 Marsden,Susan HH 37:17 + 09:11Junior City Course 1 Butt,Alice SARUM 21:58 + 00:00 2 Halliday,Matthew OD 22:18 + 00:20 3 Howes,Clare SO 24:25 + 02:27 4 Fryer,Alison LOC 28:37 + 06:39 5 Kimberley,Amy IND 50:10 + 28:12W12 Junior men 1 Birtwistle,Duncan CLARO 15:38 + 00:00 2 Howlett,Liam SARUM 18:27 + 02:49 3 Tett,Robin SYO 18:59 + 03:21 4 Butt,Thomas SARUM 20:00 + 04:22 5 Malley,Jonathan NATO 20:11 + 04:33 Junior women 1 Parkes,Laura HH 23:00 + 00:00 2 Brook,Francesca AIRE 40:51 + 17:51Mini men 1 Thomson,Craig FVO 10:01 + 00:00 2 Benham,Jack SARUM 10:34 + 00:33 3 Lines,Alexander SO 10:59 + 00:58 4 Lines,Edward SO 13:32 + 03:31 5 Gilmore,Josh LVO 13:50 + 03:49 Mini women 1 Butt,Lucy SARUM 10:37 + 00:00 2 Kimberley,Amy DVO 17:12 + 06:35 3 Duckworth,Emma TVOC 22:27 + 11:50 4 Adams,Louise SYO 23:24 + 12:47 5 Howlett,Alexandra SARUM 31:00 + 20:23 Full results here Some of the feedback after the race “A great day, super atmosphere, lovely setting. Well done to OUOC keeping on with the idea and finally achieving it at their third attempt. It was well worth waiting for!! Good idea to have the marshalls in their bright orange T shirts. However they didn´t give away the controls as they were a small distance away. Great!! Only had a few strange looks from the general public, mainly when I overshot a control and went back passed everyone when I corrected myself. Best quote must be from the competitor who paused at the beginning of a narrow passage. Suddenly a voice came over a nearby entry intercom ” its down here, turn right at the end and it´s on your left!!” Is that unsolicited assistance?? Many thanks OUOC. When will you do it again?” “Thanks to the students and the colleges for a super event, please do it again!” “I agree with the others – a great event, thanks OUOC. Let´s have a few more of these, please. ” “What amazed me was how un-fazed the people of Oxford were at all these lunatics rushing round like headless chickens (well, in my case, anyway)!” “well done to all at OUOC for a really nice event, topped off by the perfect weather! Nice mix of open park land and a maze of alleyways an buildings, all teeming with people. Roll on the next one! ” “excellent event, perfect weather, really sold OUOC, the City of Oxford and our sport superbly, you should all be very proud. Now get back to your lectures and do some studying you slackers ” “A fantastic day, super atmosphere, great parkland setting and beautiful sunny weather.” Here is a low quality video of the race Photos here
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