Archive for March, 2004

Nominative Determinism alive and well in Orienteering

Saturday, March 20th, 2004

Surnames of orienteers that sound like orienteering control descriptions:
Andrew Middleditch (SHUOC)
Simon Greenwood (SAX)
Nigel Bush (MV)
Ian Ditchfield (MV)
Andy, Elizabeth and Judy Bridge (SO)
Richard Field (SAX)
Neil Brooks (LOK)
Terry Marsh (SLOW)
Tenuous:
Paul Street (SLOW)
Jonathan Street (HH)
Joe and Carol House (SO)
Pippa Whitehouse (SO)
David Funnell (SO)
Phil Marsland (SLOW)
More on Nominative Determinism.

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Event: Longmoor, Haslemere

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

British Student Championships (BUSA) 2004, organised by OUOC - Individual Race, 6th March 2004.
Sometime last I was actually planning to plan this (no pun intended) race but as events transpired OUOC chose Luke M to plan the event, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to run at least part of his excellent course. I [...]

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Welcome to Yep Sport

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

I’ve launched this site today - most of the previous entries you see here are copied from my main weblog. My orienteering articles will all appear here going forward, as I look to split out the O content and increase my output.
The name is of course a play on “Nope Sport“, launched late last year [...]

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Injury Worries

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

My knee injury, which happened this time last year after I plunged my foot down a rabbit role while racing in a National, has recurred. The timing is unfortunate, as I’ve really come into fitness in the last few weeks, and seen my speed steadily increase. My injuries however always seem to happen after periods [...]

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Event: Parham Woods, Pulborough

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

District Event (SO), 29 Feburary 2004 - This was on a map not used for 25 years, and what a gem it is. I was running Brown (the top course) and after getting covered in tree sap following an initial few legs through very rough coniferous forest, the area opened out into a very nice, [...]

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Event: Hindleap Warren, Ashdown Forest

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

Regional Event, 22 February 2004 - I turned up and ran the open short course (M21S) on this rather attractive map - my first experience of the delights of Ashdown Forest in the South Downs. The warren itself is nearly inpenetrable as it’s very thickly vegetated (or “green” in O-speak.) However the surrounding sections consist [...]

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My Ten Favourite UK Areas

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

[This article originally appeared on my main weblog, but has been updated several times since.] I’ve been meaning to make this list for a while, as I’ve now run in around 150 areas around the country, in the last 8 or so years. Here are the top 10 UK areas I’ve run on, and the [...]

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Varsity Match History

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

This is a table of the individual and team winners of the annual Oxford vs Cambridge Varsity orienteering match. The earlier races are compiled from the VM archive page on the CUOC website. See also OUOC’s website.
This table originally appeared in my main weblog, in early 2003. It is regularly updated to include results [...]

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Event: Swinley Forest, Bracknell

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

15th February at Swinley Forest, Bracknell (BKO) - The Concorde Chase.
This was off the back of a large hangover from the Valentines’ Night bop at Oxford. Fresh off the train, I was feeling a bit rough. The area was, despite being very flat, rather uninspirational, and dare I say it even, boring. Indeed, I really [...]

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Event: Wimbledon Common, London

Sunday, March 14th, 2004

7th February at Wimbledon Common (JOK) - The Varsity Match 2004.
After last year’s triumph with the Oxford team, and a half blue later, this year I was running for the
ex-Oxford club, JOK. Despite Wimbledon being down the road from where I live, I still managed to start late. The area is very nice, with some [...]

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