Two events on adjacent areas on the beautiful Ashdown Forest in East Sussex next Saturday night/Sunday morning -
https://www.southdowns-orienteers.org.u ... 2022-11-26
https://www.saxons-oc.org/events/saxons ... 7-nov-2022
East Sussex 'Warrens weekend' - 26th and 27th November
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DaveK - green
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Re: East Sussex 'Warrens weekend' - 26th and 27th November
There seems to be an increasing tendency to give races 'cool names' - in this case 'Warrens weekend' but we've also had the 'Sunny Sussex weekends' and GO likes to name each event separately, with recent offerings the 'Bluecoat Blast' (sadly cancelled) and 'Farley Frolic'.
Is it just a bit of fun, or does anyone know if it helps attract newcomers who might be more interested in the 'Bluecoat Blast' than the 'GO Regional Event' ? I assume here that existing orienteers don't care one way or the other.
Is it just a bit of fun, or does anyone know if it helps attract newcomers who might be more interested in the 'Bluecoat Blast' than the 'GO Regional Event' ? I assume here that existing orienteers don't care one way or the other.
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Re: East Sussex 'Warrens weekend' - 26th and 27th November
Not in any way an 'official' name - I just thought the events worth a bit of advertising so made the name up Glad you think it 'cool' Arnold.
By way of historical background, 'warrens' on Ordnance Survey maps are shown by the term 'pillow mound'. The Normans introduced rabbits to England in the 12th century for their meat and fur; and built them warrens for shelter from the elements and protection from predators. A warren was a mound of soil often 200 metres long and 7 metres wide with a fence round it. There are the remnants of many such warrens on Ashdown Forest, some being used as control points at the Saxons event at least! Do come and have a look!
By way of historical background, 'warrens' on Ordnance Survey maps are shown by the term 'pillow mound'. The Normans introduced rabbits to England in the 12th century for their meat and fur; and built them warrens for shelter from the elements and protection from predators. A warren was a mound of soil often 200 metres long and 7 metres wide with a fence round it. There are the remnants of many such warrens on Ashdown Forest, some being used as control points at the Saxons event at least! Do come and have a look!
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Re: East Sussex 'Warrens weekend' - 26th and 27th November
The children and I really enjoyed the event, thanks Dave. It was even wetter underfoot than we had expected, with gullies turned into streams and streams that had sprung waterfalls, but we all had fun and the forest was very nice in the late autumn
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Re: East Sussex 'Warrens weekend' - 26th and 27th November
I did the usual promotion to newbies on Facebook etc for Sunday's event with a lower turnout of non members than for our local events, which isn't surprising as the event is described on our website as a 'national' event in a 'technical' area, and is more of a drive than for most of our events.
I do think using more imaginative/cool names is potentially a good thing to promote to new club members in particular to help move them out of their local event comfort zone. Also in the case of the Southern Night Champs and national event the next day I suspect some experienced orienteers didn't notice that these events were literally next door to each other, making an overnight stay in a cheap hotel or camper van a good option. Even some Saxons and DFOK members did that, and probably a good idea to recover from the night event and save a bit of fuel. Perhaps Saxons and Southdowns missed a trick and maybe another 10-20 entries by not making it an official 'Warrens Weekend'
I do think using more imaginative/cool names is potentially a good thing to promote to new club members in particular to help move them out of their local event comfort zone. Also in the case of the Southern Night Champs and national event the next day I suspect some experienced orienteers didn't notice that these events were literally next door to each other, making an overnight stay in a cheap hotel or camper van a good option. Even some Saxons and DFOK members did that, and probably a good idea to recover from the night event and save a bit of fuel. Perhaps Saxons and Southdowns missed a trick and maybe another 10-20 entries by not making it an official 'Warrens Weekend'
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