POM

[greywolf]

POM has started, with plenty of GB particpation and some promising results: Cat Taylor 5th on W21E, Doug Tullie 12th on M21SE leading the way

[PhilJ]

Some great results from the welsh squad (sugar), Fay won W16 today, looks like they are having a fab time, even got a group photo with Thierry g

[Jethro]

Cat and Doug leading the way again today - Cat 3rd and Doug 12th. That makes them 2nd and 7th overall respectively at this stage with another middle race tomorrow then a chasing start long.

[denbydale]

Looking at the POM results for W70 I notice that Lidija Preisagalaviciene won the last day by a country mile (28m 48s) against second placed runner Lindhe Ulla's 40m52s
Ulla won all the other three forest events, two of them by a big margin

Preisagalaviciene's other results
her time and position winner's time
1st race 110.53 (15/17) 39.15
2nd race 80.14 (last) 28.00
3rd race DNS
4th race 54.34 (15/17) 28.41
5th race 75.36 (last) 18.03

Am I being unduly cynical to think some kind of fiddle went on in the last event?

http://www.pom.pt/en/

[King Penguin]

Could there be a "1" missing off the front of those "28" minutes ?

[denbydale]

Could there be a "1" missing off the front of those "28" minutes ?

Not according to Winsplits
http://www.obasen.nu/winsplits/online/e ... egoryId=33

however, neither of her club's W21 started in their class that day

[The Loofa]

from the splits it looks as if someone else was running that day

[IanD]

Any information about the 2014 event yet - dates/area etc?

[denbydale]

POM 2014 March 1-4 Gouveia

Mar 1 Middle dist Vila nova de Tazem
Mar 2 Middle dist Vinho & urban night Gouveia
Mar 3 Long Dist Arcozela
Mar 4 Middle dist Arcozola

followed by Alentejo Orienteering Trophy 2014 (Arraiolos)
Mar 7 Middle Dist
Mar 8 Long Dist & Night Sprint
Mar 9 Middle Dist

[IanD]

POM 2014 March 1-4 Gouveia

Thanks.

I got another quick response by personal email, which I may as well share since it adds information about events before and after:

Next year, the program will be the same and the "menu" will be as follows: World Ranking Event / COMOF Cup 2014 (Sátão and Aguiar da Beira, 22nd and 23rd February), Portugal O' Meeting 2014 (Gouveia, 01st to 04th March) and II Alentejo Orienteering Trophy '2014 (Arraiolos and Montemor-o-Novo, 08th and 09th March).

[denbydale]

Ian

NAOM 2014 will be on 25-26 Jan (Middle Dist/Night Sprint/Middle Dist)
at Castelo de Vide

Pity there won't be another urban sprint similar to Monsanto - now that was amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbcnA3Nz_k

How Gueorgiou got round that in 18min 17s beats me

[DaveK]

But where was the health and safety chappie?

[andypat]

Wow! That's not a sprint that's a mountaineering expedition.

[EddieH]

Wow that looks fun.

I am sure that even Alistair Wood would enjoy that. Pity that we don't have anything quite like that!

[denbydale]

Wow that looks fun.

I am sure that even Alistair Wood would enjoy that. Pity that we don't have anything quite like that!

Reckon Brimham Rocks with a suitably enlarged map would be similar, but it wouldn't have a town (and it's not too far from Ali Wood's home! )

For those interested here's a link to the map

https://picasaweb.google.com/1003873732 ... Day3Sprint

click on the first one for M21SE then scroll along to find your own age group then click at top left to see it full screen