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British Orienteering Championships 1997 |
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The top three of all reinstated classes will require trophies, certificates and glasses.
Also there are still unclaimed individual trophies:- W60, W70, & M75. Would winners please contact Steve Buckley, to arrange collection.
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Voided Classes
The problem with control 783 which has lead to the voiding of a number of classes is described elsewhere in this results booklet. In reaching their decisions both the Event Jury and BOF Technical Committee have assessed on a class by class basis the number of competitors significantly disadvantaged by the problems with this control. Of the seven classes that visited control 783 the Event Jury subsequently allowed the results of classes W18B, W20S and M20L to stand, whilst voiding classes W16A, W21E, W35S and M40L. Appeals were made against their decisions with regard to classes W16A and M40L. These appeals were considered at the BOF Technical Committee meeting on June 14th. The appeal against the voiding of class W16A was upheld, and the results now therefore stand. The appeal against the voiding of class M40L was rejected and this class therefore remains voided.
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The 1998 British Orienteering Championships are to be held on Ash Ranges, Surrey. This 14 km2 orienteering area is arguably one of the best in the south of England. Mostly semi-open, the whole area is well contoured, scarred by the workings of the British Army, the area offers challenging orienteering at speed. So make a date May 3rd/4th. Ash Ranges. For up to date details catch us on the net.
The web pages for results have been updated with the officials' comments.
Subject: Void courses at British Champs
A number of courses were voided at the British Champs. A protest was received from a competitior on the W21E that a number on a control had become detatched revealing an incorrect number underneath. The Jury concluded that a significant number of competitiors had been significantly disadvantaged and voided the courses that used that control. It is understood that an appeal against the jury's decision is to be made therefore no further comment will be made by the Championship Organising Committee until that appeal is heard.
Chris Phillips
BOC 97 PR Co-ordinator
Access for the coach shuttle will not be affected, nor will the main flow of traffic into the assembly for either cars or officials. Note that the road will be completely closed northbound so any access to the event from the south should be via the A614.
You may continue to enter! There is no closing date.
Final details will be mailed within a day or two.
The programme is being sent to press any day now and will be the definitive official source of information.
Andy Jones, Organiser, Individual Day
On the Individual Day, access to the starts and finish will ONLY be via the shuttle coach service unless the competitor has finished entirely, when they can enter Clumber Park in the normal way and park using the normal NT conditions and parking areas.
Andy Jones, Organiser, Individual Day
At the time of printing the entry form it was expected that car parking would be located at Clumber Park. The National Trust in calculating Land Access charges included a figure for car parking based on the estimated number of cars that will be brought to the Championships and their normal car park charges at Clumber Park. This figure was £3.50 per car.
In calculating the entry fees the Organising Committee had apportioned the total car park charge out over the estimated number of adult entries. Thus competitors would have found that they were not required to pay the normal car park fee when arriving at Clumber Park. As the National Trust regards this as an a non National Trust event the normal National Trust membership benefits in relation to car parking are not available.
However since the printing of the entry forms the Organising Committee have been informed that because of damage by another sporting event, unconnected with Orienteering, the National Trust is unwilling to allow large scale parking on its property at Clumber.
Consequently, the Organising Committee has sought alternative parking. This has now been secured. The cost of the new parking arrangements and that of providing transport to and from the start is broadly in line with that requested by the National Trust for parking at Clumber.
Chris Phillips PR Co-ordinator BOC 97
Perhaps as a member of the BOC 97 Organising Committee I can answer a few of the questions that have been raised.
1. EMOA (the organising region) does not expect to make any real profit on the event. In any case two thirds of the profit will go to BOF. If we do make anything over a few hundred pounds it will be because sponsorship has come in over our budget.2. BOC 96 cost 9ukp plus car parking. BOC 97 is 9.50ukp including car parking.
3. Land Access Charges for an event of this size are way above normal. Provision in the budget has to be made for remedial work, risk analysis, health and safety review etc. Because Clumber is used for a number of major (non Orienteering ) events over the years there is a degree of commercial confidentiality about the charges. However within NT calculations there is a figure for car parking which is the number of expected cars x 3.50ukp. I will leave you to work the figures out for yourself.
4. Please remember that the British Champs is not just an event that starts at 10.30 and finishes at 2.0pm. on a Sunday Morning. It is a two day event. It does last all day Saturday and most of Sunday. We are expected to provide an events centre, prizes, better toilets, PA system, a separate colour coded event, press facilities, VIP tents, drug testing unit, web page, entry form sent to every BOF member etc. etc. These all cost money. You may not want them but our research over the last two years tells us that most Orienteers who go to the British want it to be bigger and better than other events and that costs money.
5. Mapping Cost. Mapping by a top flight mapper costs real money. Thousands not hundreds and would you want anything but the best maps that we could provide for the British Champs? Incidentally course overprinting costs alone will be in the region of a 1,000ukp.
6. In case anybody asks. There are no free runs for anybody on the organising committee. It's going to cost me 9.50ukp as well!
Chris Phillips PR Co-ordinator BOC 97
