Results from the 2012 Bushy Park Trail Challenge are now available.

• Results and splits
• Splitsbrowser race graphs
• Winsplits split analysis
• Photographs by Gavin Andrews

Organiser’s Comments (Dan Findlay-Robinson)

Following on from last nights fantastic 1st trail race of the year at Bushy
Park, I’d like to thank the following

Mark Vyvann-Robinson for putting out the courses and marshalling

Alison Ingelby, Chris Fry and Judy Fry for managing registration

Scott Collier on SI

Paul Couldridge for providing coaching and support to those newbies before
the start

Chris Robinson and Don McKerrow for coping with the deluge of Girl Guides
on both the 2km course and Naughty Numbers

and finally Andy Robinson for planning such good courses and for obtaining
the permission’s for the event overall.

(Also big thanks for anyone who pitched in that i wasn’t aware of)

Photos courtesy of Gavin Andrews.

The prizegiving for the overall series was also held last night, so congratulations to the leading runners over the series. The men’s series was won by Ed Catmur (for the 3rd year in a row), with Paul Couldridge 2nd and Matthias Mahr in 3rd. The women’s series was won (for the first time) by Jayne Sales, with Helen Gardner 2nd and Sue Carter in 3rd. Prizes were also awarded to the 4 runners who attended all 9 events in the series – well done to Ollie O’Brien, Ben Lovett, Martin Evans and Dan Findlay-Robinson. If you didn’t collect your prize last night, please contact Ruth King () to arrange collection.

Many thanks to all the people who organised the events over the series – Mike Garvin, Dorte Torpe Hansen, Helen Gardner & Chris Wroe, Angus Lund, Bryn Monnery, Eoin O’Callaghan, Dan Findlay-Robinson & Jayne Sales, Evan Barlow, Nicky Morris & Ruth King. And thanks to everyone who competed during the series – we continued the upward trend in numbers with a total of 241 runners listed in the overall results for the series, a new record.

I am now looking for volunteers to organise the Street-O events in the 2012/13 series (starting in September 2012) – any offers would be very gratefully received. Please let me know at if you would be willing to host an event, or if you want further information about what would be involved. Full help and support will be given to all street-O organisers if required, and you also score bonus series league points!

Paul Nixon

The UK’s premier orienteering event took place over the Easter weekend in Tayside, Scotland. A good number of SLOW members made the trip up north and experienced a great weekend of challenging and beautiful orienteering.

The event began with the sprint race around the streets of Livingston. The racing was fast and furious with winning times of around 14 mins. Top results came from Matthias Mahr (3rd, M35), Don McKerrow (8th, M60) and David May (6th, M65).

The main individual event saw competitors taking on two very tough forests with the times from each day being added together. The first day was run on Dunalastair, with dense forest to begin with, opening out onto a faster open section towards the end. The second day saw a return to a classic Scottish forest, Craig a Barns, with steep slopes, tough terrain and technical orienteering throughout. Both areas were challenging in every way possible, but equally enjoyable to run through. Have a look at the routegadget link for maps of all the areas: www.jk.routegadget.co.uk/

For the less experienced orienteers, it was a case of learning fast, battling on and trying to complete the course. There are too many names to mention but a big well done to all those who made it round. No mean achievement in Scottish forests like that! At the top end, there were some fine performances from SLOW members. Matthias Mahr (4th, M35L), David May (7th, M65L), Egil Ronaess (7th, M70L), Anja Stratford (4th, W40L), Sarah Brown (3rd, W60L).

The final day of the JK weekend was the relays. The Women’s Trophy team of Abi Weeds, Sarah Jane-Gaffney and Helen Gardner ran well to take an excellent 9th place. The Women’s Short team of Inga Ausekle, Samantha Martin and Raffaella Marin also ran well to finish in 12th place. The highest place team of the day was the Veteran Women’s team of Kathy Haynes, Chris Robinson and Sarah Brown who finished in a superb 6th place.

SLOW team spirit was in full force over the weekend, with the club tent up and many runners hanging around after their runs to compare maps and cheer each other on. Pete and Vince had organised some great group accommodation and Vince’s crew did a great job of hosting a tea party on the Sunday afternoon, complete with chocolate brownies, tea and scones and even some snooker thrown in. I don’t think SLOW will be forming a snooker team anytime soon. Not unless it consists of Paul Couldridge on his own. Turns out he’s a demon snooker player! All in all, it was a fantastic weekend and it was great to see so many SLOW members enjoying it.

Report by Nick Taylor. Top and bottom photos by Peter Huzan, middle photo by Wendles56 on Flickr. Above: Matthias Mahr. Middle: Sarah Brown. Below: Paul Couldridge handing over to Tom Cochrane on the relay.

Full details are on the race’s website.

This event is on Facebook. Say you are coming here!

Like all our Street-Os, this a public race – all are welcome. Please RSVP to the event via Facebook (link above) to let us know you are coming – you can also see who else is coming here and post queries. If you are not on Facebook, please let the organiser know you are coming, at at so that the correct number of maps are printed.

Registration, Start and Finish Location

Location	Southfields
Address	The Park Tavern, 212 Merton Road
Latitude/longitude	51.4503, -0.1993
OS grid reference	TQ252739
Nearest postcode	SW18 5EF (16m away)
Maps	Google Maps, Ordnance Survey, OpenStreetMap

Registration

The Park Tavern, Southfields. 10min walk from Southfields tube (Wimbledon branch of district line) OR directly opposite #39 and #156 bus stop from Clapham Junction (10min journey) – ask for Park Tavern stop.

Entry Fee

£1 for SLOW members, students and juniors, £2 for others.

Timings

Race Format

Normal Street-O format with clues located at each control site. You have 60 minutes to visit as many controls as possible, in any order, and return to the finish. SI will be used to time the start and finish, please bring your SI card if you have one. Don’t forget to bring a pen to write down your answers to the clues as you go around, and a watch. A headtorch may also be useful. General information about street orienteering.

Safety

Fluorescent clothing is recommended for safety. All competitors take part at their own risk. You MUST be over 16 to take part in this event, unless you are accompanied by a parent or guardian. This is a condition of our insurance.

Post-Race

The pub serves food (half-price burgers on a Tuesday). See the pub’s website for the menu.

2011-12 Street-O Series Prize Giving

Time: 8.15pm
Prizes will be awarded to the overall top three men and the overall top three women. There will also be prizes awarded to any competitors who had attended all of the street-o events in the 2011-12 series.

Results

Results will be available on the SLOW website shortly after the event.

Officials

Organiser: Ruth King
Planner: Nicola Morris (& bump)
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This event is on Facebook. Say you are coming here!

Like all our Street-Os, this a public race – all are welcome. Please RSVP to the event via Facebook (link above) to let us know you are coming – you can also see who else is coming here and post queries. If you are not on Facebook, please let the organiser know you are coming, at at so that the correct number of maps are printed.

Registration, Start and Finish Location

Location	Borough
Address	The Goldsmith, 96 Southwark Bridge Road
Latitude/longitude	51.5018, -0.0981
OS grid reference	TQ321798
Nearest postcode	SE1 0EF (7m away)
Maps	Google Maps, Ordnance Survey, OpenStreetMap

Registration

The upstairs room at the Goldsmith is reserved for our use, for registration and post-race. The Goldsmith is located 5 minutes from Borough Tube station on the Northern Line. Turn left on leaving the station, and immediate left onto Marshalsea Road. Turn left again onto Southwark Bridge Road, and the pub is on the right at the corner of Southwark Bridge Road and Lant Street.

Entry Fee

£1 for SLOW members, students and juniors, £2 for others.

Timings

Race Format

Normal Street-O format with clues located at each control site. You have 60 minutes to visit as many controls as possible, in any order, and return to the finish. SI will be used to time the start and finish, please bring your SI card if you have one. Don’t forget to bring a pen to write down your answers to the clues as you go around, and a watch. A headtorch may also be useful. General information about street orienteering.

Safety

Fluorescent clothing is recommended for safety. All competitors take part at their own risk. You MUST be over 16 to take part in this event, unless you are accompanied by a parent or guardian. This is a condition of our insurance.

Post-Race

The pub serves food until 2130, and we can use both the upstairs and downstairs pub areas.

Results

Results will be available on the SLOW website shortly after the event.

Officials

Organiser: Evan Barlow
Assistant Organiser: Dan Findlay-Robinson

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Several runners from SLOW took part in the Olympic Park Run that took place on 31 March, a 5 mile run around the Olympic Park, finishing with a 300m spectacular run around the Olympic Stadium.

Brooner was the top SLOW athlete on the day, finishing 50th out of around 5700, in a time of 29:09, just in front of Nell McAndrew and British Orienteering’s Ed Nicholas. Club secretary Dorte also completed the course, taking a camera around with her and finishing 2779th in a time of 44:20, around a minute ahead of Princess Beatrice. SLOW’s Evan Barlow also took part, taking 34:42 and finishing 440th.

Brooner said “Easily the highlight of the race was entering the bowels of the stadium to hear the chariots of fire theme, then the roar as you came out onto the track, pretty incredible stuff.”

Thanks to Dorte and Paul for the spectator ticket.

Top result was Sarah Brown (on the right with her Middle-Distance prize) who won both her races to become British W60 Sprint Champion and British W60 Middle-Distance Champion for 2012. Other notable results included Diane Leakey who was 5th W55 in the Sprint Final A race, and Don McKerrow, who was also 5th, in the M60 Sprint Final A race. In the Sprint Final B races, Paul Street (below, on the Middle-Distance run-in) was 2nd M55 and Helen Gardner was 6th W21.

Above photo courtesy of Chris Robinson.

SLOW’s Samantha Martin is currently the top female in the junior category for the UK Cup 2012, joining Peter Huzan (current top male vet) on the front page of the leaderboard.

Plenty of SLOW members are competing at this weekend’s British Sprint and Middle Distance Championships in York. Both races are UK Cup races so expect the leaderboard to move!

Via Chris Robinson.