CompassSport Cup Final

[Gonzo]

Is no-one in BOK, Devon, SO or LOC feeling very confident - or do they just not read Nopesport?

[Pingu]

You will all not win: muhahahahahahahahaaha



(unless you're in od).
Don't you just love constructive posting

[PG]

I predict a very close call between OD, NOC and SYO. But SYO has a few oldies running a shorter course this year so will edge ahead despite the absence of some well-known W21s.

[Axel]

I've just seen SARUM's team list, they will struggle to win the Trophy this year. To many of their of their Juniors missing, which basically won the competition for them last year.

[Homer]

Can I change my vote?!!

Just had a look at the start lists. My money is now on SYO. The question is, with such a head start on Brown, can anyone else catch them?
And can they do the double? The Dark Peak FRA team is also basically a team of Sheffield orienteers.

[PG]

Homer wrote: The Dark Peak FRA team is also basically a team of Sheffield orienteers

More info:
The FRA relays start on Saturday morning in the South West fringe of the Bowland Fells

Dark Peak senior team:
Seniors
Leg 1: Oli Johnson + Neil Northrop
Leg 2: Rob Little
Leg 3 (nav) Phil Winskill + Matt Crane
Leg 4: Lloyd Taggart

Will it slow them down for Sunday?

[PG]

plus Helen Winskill running with Kirsty Bryan-Jones on the navigation leg for the ladies

[grubby]

. . . . . . . . Blidworth is probably the fastest most lush runnable forest i've seen. You can basically run in shorts if you want to.

. . . . . . . oh, so it's not a proper forest then. . . . ?

[SIman]

...are now available on the NOC website.
Congratulations to OD and FVO.

[RS]

Dark Peak men were 2nd and Ladies 1st yesterday. Other orienteers also there like the Tullies and Duncan Coombes.

[Supersaint]

Good competition today, though the area lived up to it's rough expectations - i certainly sympathise with the early starters. I thought there were a few ambiguities with the vegetation (e.g. blocks of fight that were easier to get through than parts mapped as runnable). Cracking run from GG on the Brown course to win by 6 and a half mins! Well done to OD and FVO, worth the effort to come all that way!

[Jethro]

I travelled all the way south anticipating bramble hell but was pleasantly surprised that Blidsworth wasn't quite as bad as its reputation suggested. Not a brilliant area but if you were brave enough to venture past the first 10m or so of brambles on the edges of blocks (where the sun is obviously penetrating more) it often wasn't quite as bad further in. Must congratulate the planner(s?) for a job well done and OD and FVO for their results.

[Gonzo]

Wow - amazing strength on the Brown from SYO. 572 points out of a possible maximum of 585. Now if they only had that strength in all the other classes...........!

Tremendous result for OD taking home the Cup for the third year in a row.....and 5 class winners too!

I imagine NOC were disappointed not to win on home territory - must have been an advantage.

Where is the final next year????

[distracted]

According to the fixtures, OD are hosting the final next year.

[NeilC]

Looking at the routegadget page and GG's blog I was interested to see how many people chose a straight route to control 1 on the brown and blues. If anyone reading this took such a route it would be interesting to know what your plan was:

1) To skirt around the large block of fight or

2) To fight your way through the fight

Many routes seem to have gone (pretty quickly) through the fight area. Was this because previous competitors had demolished a path through, or did early competitors also discover an easy route through?