The Scottish 6 Days 2005 competition in Royal Deeside, central Scotland opened with a visit to Cambus O’May, a few miles north west of Ballater and just on the southern tip of the Culblean Hill. The area promised a mix of fast undulating mature woodland and slower, open heather, and a wealth of interesting morraine features. The older juniors also visited a steeper hillside, with more rock features, tall bracken and heather.
On the M12A course, Peter Bray of Southern Navigators had no trouble in fending off competition from Jakob Dybdal of Denmark and Cillin Corbett of Ireland. Close behind him was Ben Ross and William Gardner, both of Octavian Droobers and both a second apart. On the M12B course, George Hurford of BOK came in second to Laurenz Elstner of Austria and third was Ryan Carney of Ireland.
On the M14A course, Huw Stradling of BOK beat Peter ‘Little Hoddy’ Hodkinson of Nottinghamshire by 30 seconds over the 3km course. Ben Doherty of Swansea Bay came in in 4th, behind Fredrik Danielsen of Norway. On the M14B course, the quickest Briton was Richard Jones of AIRE in 3rd, behind Viljam Liljeroth and Markus Dresel of Finland and Germany respectively.
On the M16A course there was loads of competition from juniors from the continent, with British runners finding it hard to claim the top spots. However Christopher Smithard of Deeside managed to claim first place with Hector Haines of AIRE coming in in 5th place and Calum Coombs of MAROC in 7th. On the M16B course Ben Scarf of EPOC beat off competition from two Norwegians to win.
On the 5.6km M18A course Duncan Coombs of MAROC ran just under 7 mins/km to beat Swede Petter Eriksson and Kyle Heron of Forth Valley Orienteers. Iain Embrey of COBOC finished 7 minutes behind Duncan in 4th and David Schorah of Deeside closely behind in 5th.
In the womens competition Delyth Darlington of ERYRI beat Jenny Evans of Nottinghamshire by half a minute to win the first day of the W12A competition. 2 minutes behind the leaders was Florence Haines of AIRE. On the W12B course Eleanor Cranke of CLOK beat Emma Young of TINTO and Natalie Smith of Guildford Orienteers to win by one and a half minutes.
On the W14A course Joanna Shepherd of INVOC just beat British number one Julia Blomquist of BAOC by 8 seconds. Closely behind was Rebecca Harding of HH. On the W14B course, Norwegian Linn Kristine Gjesdal beat Jenny Oxlade of Gramp by over one and a half minutes. Closely following her was Lizzie Clemence of South Wales and Jemma Bell of Lakeland, both finishing in joint third.
On the 3.7km W16A course Catherine Taylor of CLOK won it convincingly, over two minutes quicker than Hazel Wright of MAROC, who was half a minute quicker than Sophie Tritschler of Sweden. On the W16B course, Lowri Jones of AIRE was the first Briton back, 7 minutes behind the leader Emma Liljeroth of Finland.
On the W18A course, the rain, the terrain and the tall bracken in particular caused problems and some of the more ‘elite’ runners fell at this first hurdle. In the end however it was Karin Persson of Sweden who won, running just over 10 mins/km. 3 minutes behind her was Joanna Thompson of Walton Chasers, and Saana Vaha-Kouvola of Finland finished in third, with Jess Halliday who recently competed at the JWOC in Switzerland finishing in fourth place.
Tomorrow, the competition travels to Scolty, a mix of steep, rough and technically challenging hillside and simpler, faster plantation forest. Will the current leaders be able to keep the lead on the competition or will it be second time lucky for those who didn’t do so well today?
Find out tomorrow.
Full results and splits available at http://www.scottish6days.com
Scottish 6 Days :: Days 1, 2 & 3 Report
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Scottish 6 Days :: Days 1, 2 & 3 Report
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Day 2 of the 2005 Scottish 6 Days competition took place at Scolty, a little to the west of the Event Centre at Crathes Castle. The area promised fast woodland with easy navigation in the form of path networks and line features. For the longer courses, there was also steep open hillside with tricky contours and rock features.
Peter Bray of Southern Navigators retained the lead after the slightly longer day 2 M12A course. Jack Barrett of Forth Valley did well to go from 18th yesterday to 2nd on today’s course, albeit 6 minutes dead behind Bray. Cillin Corbett of CORKO also retained 3rd spot, nearly 2 minutes behind Barrett. Today on the M12B course, the winner and runner up swapped, so that George Hurford of BOK won today’s course, and runner up was Laurenz Elstner from Austria. Yesterdays fourth placed Duncan Taylor of DEVON came third, 3 minutes behind Hurford.
It was all change at the top of the M14A leaderboard as the leaders from yesterday slipped down somewhat and new runners took their place. Stuart Thomson of Forth Valley won the 3.7km course, with George Stevens of AIRE just over half a minute behind. In third place was Nottinghamshire’s Tim Martin. Yesterday’s winner, Huw Stradling of BOK, slipped down to 10th today, four and a half minutes behind Thomson. On the M14B course, new leader Alex Whitehead of Derwent Valley won it convincingly after yesterday’s leader mispunched. He was 7 minutes ahead of yesterday’s runner up, Markus Dresel of Germany, and third place went to his brother, Patrick Dresel.
It was a similar picture on the M16A course as the lead changed slightly. Jack Wood of AIRE won the 5.7km course after coming 15th yesterday. Emil Joensson of Sweden improved slightly on yesterday to come second, and Christopher Smithard of DEE dropped from first yesterday to third today, despite being less than 30 seconds behind Wood. The lead changed again on the M16B course, after being placed seventh and over 20 minutes behind the leader yesterday, Teige Malley of Derwent Valley won the 3.7km course today, nearly 8 minutes ahead of yesterday’s victor, Ben Scarf of EPOC. In third place was Donald Slater of INVOC.
There was another big lead change on the M18A course, as 3 of yesterday’s top 4 all mispunched today. In the end however the new leader was Rosgren Rickard of OK NJUDUNG, who ran 7 mins/km over the 7km course. Welsh number 1 and ninth yesterday, Rhodri Buffett of South Wales was runner up, under three minutes behind Rickard. The chaos with yesterday’s leaders allowed David Schorah of DEE to go from fifth to third place today, 4 minutes behind Rickard.
On the W12A course, Delyth Darlington of ERYRI retained the lead. She was a minute ahead of Florence Haines of AIRE who was in third place overnight. Third place today went to Suvi Harju from Finland, who was nearly three and a half minutes behind Darlington. The leadership on the W12B course was hotly contested today, with seconds between the top 3 places and the course being won and lost on the first few controls. Third place from yesterday, Natalie Smith of Guildford won today. 2 seconds behind her was previously tenth, Aimee Astbury of Forth Valley. A further two seconds behind her was Katherine Nicholls, also of Guildford, who came eighth yesterday.
On the W14A course yesterday’s leader, Joanna Shepherd of INVOC slipped from first to eighth. This meant that yesterday’s runner up, Julia Blomquist of BAOC took the title on day 2. Second place this time went to Camille Rauturier from France. Mairead Rocke of Leicestershire came third today, having come tenth yesterday. On the W14B course it was another win for Norwegian Linn Kristine Gjesdal, 3 minutes ahead of Russian Ekaterina Chernyshova. Lizzie Clemence from South Wales managed to retain third place, only 15 seconds behind the Russian.
Catherine Taylor of CLOK retained her lead on the W16A course after day 2, this time 3 minutes ahead of Alice Butt from SARUM. Yesterday’s runner up, Hazel Wright of MAROC came third today, 2 minutes behind Butt. On the W16B course Finnish athlete Emma Liljeroth widened the gap on the lead by winning by a further 5 and a half minutes over the 3.2km course. Susan Ford of HOC improved by two places to become runner up, while Jennifer Williams of BASOC slipped from second to finish in third place today, some ten minutes behind the winner.
It was all change on the W18A course as many of the overnight forerunners slipped and allowed other athletes to take their place. Over the 5.9km course, Nottinghamshire’s Rose Hodkinson ran 9 minute kilometres to win, having been eighth overnight. Fifth place from yesterday, Rebecca Roberts of SROC finished over one and a half minutes behind the winner. Third place went to yesterday’s leader, Swede Karin Persson who was still three minutes behind Hodkinson.
Tomorrow, the competition travels west to the Glen Feardar hill, to the west of that famous Royal landmark, Balmoral. Athletes will be expected to contend with open land with limestone and contour features, and fast high visibility forest, all on the sides of a big hill which is steep in places. This will hopefully give another chance at getting a good run for those who didn’t manage to make the grade either today or yesterday, and for the current leaders, a chance to extend the lead up to the half way point in the competition.
Full results and splits available at http://www.scottish6days.com
Peter Bray of Southern Navigators retained the lead after the slightly longer day 2 M12A course. Jack Barrett of Forth Valley did well to go from 18th yesterday to 2nd on today’s course, albeit 6 minutes dead behind Bray. Cillin Corbett of CORKO also retained 3rd spot, nearly 2 minutes behind Barrett. Today on the M12B course, the winner and runner up swapped, so that George Hurford of BOK won today’s course, and runner up was Laurenz Elstner from Austria. Yesterdays fourth placed Duncan Taylor of DEVON came third, 3 minutes behind Hurford.
It was all change at the top of the M14A leaderboard as the leaders from yesterday slipped down somewhat and new runners took their place. Stuart Thomson of Forth Valley won the 3.7km course, with George Stevens of AIRE just over half a minute behind. In third place was Nottinghamshire’s Tim Martin. Yesterday’s winner, Huw Stradling of BOK, slipped down to 10th today, four and a half minutes behind Thomson. On the M14B course, new leader Alex Whitehead of Derwent Valley won it convincingly after yesterday’s leader mispunched. He was 7 minutes ahead of yesterday’s runner up, Markus Dresel of Germany, and third place went to his brother, Patrick Dresel.
It was a similar picture on the M16A course as the lead changed slightly. Jack Wood of AIRE won the 5.7km course after coming 15th yesterday. Emil Joensson of Sweden improved slightly on yesterday to come second, and Christopher Smithard of DEE dropped from first yesterday to third today, despite being less than 30 seconds behind Wood. The lead changed again on the M16B course, after being placed seventh and over 20 minutes behind the leader yesterday, Teige Malley of Derwent Valley won the 3.7km course today, nearly 8 minutes ahead of yesterday’s victor, Ben Scarf of EPOC. In third place was Donald Slater of INVOC.
There was another big lead change on the M18A course, as 3 of yesterday’s top 4 all mispunched today. In the end however the new leader was Rosgren Rickard of OK NJUDUNG, who ran 7 mins/km over the 7km course. Welsh number 1 and ninth yesterday, Rhodri Buffett of South Wales was runner up, under three minutes behind Rickard. The chaos with yesterday’s leaders allowed David Schorah of DEE to go from fifth to third place today, 4 minutes behind Rickard.
On the W12A course, Delyth Darlington of ERYRI retained the lead. She was a minute ahead of Florence Haines of AIRE who was in third place overnight. Third place today went to Suvi Harju from Finland, who was nearly three and a half minutes behind Darlington. The leadership on the W12B course was hotly contested today, with seconds between the top 3 places and the course being won and lost on the first few controls. Third place from yesterday, Natalie Smith of Guildford won today. 2 seconds behind her was previously tenth, Aimee Astbury of Forth Valley. A further two seconds behind her was Katherine Nicholls, also of Guildford, who came eighth yesterday.
On the W14A course yesterday’s leader, Joanna Shepherd of INVOC slipped from first to eighth. This meant that yesterday’s runner up, Julia Blomquist of BAOC took the title on day 2. Second place this time went to Camille Rauturier from France. Mairead Rocke of Leicestershire came third today, having come tenth yesterday. On the W14B course it was another win for Norwegian Linn Kristine Gjesdal, 3 minutes ahead of Russian Ekaterina Chernyshova. Lizzie Clemence from South Wales managed to retain third place, only 15 seconds behind the Russian.
Catherine Taylor of CLOK retained her lead on the W16A course after day 2, this time 3 minutes ahead of Alice Butt from SARUM. Yesterday’s runner up, Hazel Wright of MAROC came third today, 2 minutes behind Butt. On the W16B course Finnish athlete Emma Liljeroth widened the gap on the lead by winning by a further 5 and a half minutes over the 3.2km course. Susan Ford of HOC improved by two places to become runner up, while Jennifer Williams of BASOC slipped from second to finish in third place today, some ten minutes behind the winner.
It was all change on the W18A course as many of the overnight forerunners slipped and allowed other athletes to take their place. Over the 5.9km course, Nottinghamshire’s Rose Hodkinson ran 9 minute kilometres to win, having been eighth overnight. Fifth place from yesterday, Rebecca Roberts of SROC finished over one and a half minutes behind the winner. Third place went to yesterday’s leader, Swede Karin Persson who was still three minutes behind Hodkinson.
Tomorrow, the competition travels west to the Glen Feardar hill, to the west of that famous Royal landmark, Balmoral. Athletes will be expected to contend with open land with limestone and contour features, and fast high visibility forest, all on the sides of a big hill which is steep in places. This will hopefully give another chance at getting a good run for those who didn’t manage to make the grade either today or yesterday, and for the current leaders, a chance to extend the lead up to the half way point in the competition.
Full results and splits available at http://www.scottish6days.com
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Day 3 of the 2005 Scottish 6 Days competition was held on the Glen Feardar hill, to the west of that famous Royal landmark, Balmoral. Athletes were expected to contend with open land with limestone and contour features, and fast high visibility forest, all on the sides of a big hill which was steep in places.
Jules Dupoirieux of France had, for the last 2 days been down the bottom end of the top 10 on the M12A class. However today he made a break for the lead as he won the M12A course by nearly a minute over the former 3rd place, Cillin Corbett from CORKO. Third place went to the former leader, Peter Bray of Southern Navigators. George Hurford of BOK managed to retain the lead for a second day as he won the M12B course. Laurenz Elstner from Austria also retained the second place spot, only 41 seconds behind Hurford on the third day. Meanwhile Duncan Taylor from DEVON managed to make his running in the top 3 a little more secure with a run today putting him in third place, three and a half minutes behind Hurford.
At the top of the M14A leaderboard, where some of the positions were only seconds apart, Nottinghamshire’s Peter Hodkinson made a break for the lead, with a gap of nearly four minutes over his rivals. George Stevens of AIRE had to settle for second place again after a similar result yesterday, and the Day 1 winner who slipped a little yesterday, Huw Stradling of BOK came back with a third place run today. Viljam Liljeroth from Finland who won on Day 1 but mispunched on Day 2, came back to win the third day of competition on the M14B course. As the former runner in second place, Markus Dresel of Germany slipped down into 7th place today, Harry Nicholson from Nottinghamshire became runner up, over a minute down on Liljeroth. Third place went to Ruben Karlsen of Norway, who was seconds behind Nicholson.
After 3 days of competition in the M16A class there was more movement at the top of the leader board. Emil Joensson from Sweden, having improved his position on day 2 improved again to win the course on day 3. He was over minute ahead of Hector Haines from AIRE. Third place went to Kalle Walheim from Sweden, who was over 2 and a half minutes behind Haines, and moved up again from 8th position on day 1 and 5th on day 2. On the M16B course, yesterdays third place runner Donald Slater of INVOC won by a minute ahead of yesterday’s winner, Teige Malley from Derwent Valley. Meanwhile Oerjan Karlsen from Norway climbed four places from yesterday to finish today in third, 2 minutes behind Malley.
For Duncan Coombs, it was a return to the top spot after winning the M18A course on day 1 and making mistakes on day 2. He won his 7.2km course by running quicker than 6 minute kilometres, faster than on day 1. He was over three and a half minutes quicker than his Swedish rival, Linus Karlsson. Duncan was over 7 minutes ahead of third place, which went to Biel Rafols from Spain.
It was the end of ERYRI’s Delyth Darlington’s reign as the leader on the W12A course today as Florence Haines of AIRE went from third place on Day 1 and runner up yesterday to win on the third day. She was 28 seconds ahead of the former leader. Lucy Butt from SARUM who has had mixed results so far in the competition managed to get third place, nearly two minutes behind Haines. There was a new leader on the W12B course, Karoliina Karkkainen from Finland, who won the course by under 30 seconds. Yesterdays leader, Natalie Smith of Guildford slipped into second place, meanwhile Emma Young from TINTO who was runner up on day 1 was in third place today, over one and a half minutes behind the Finnish athlete.
Julia Blomquist from BAOC secured the lead at the top and smashed the opposition with an 8 and a half minute win on the W14A course. This extends the 5 minute lead she already had overnight. Trailing in her wake was Rebecca Harding of Happy Herts, who had also been fourth and third previously. In third place and 9 minutes behind the winner was Joanna Shepherd of INVOC, who only just managed to beat Blomquist by eight seconds on day 1. The leader on the W14B course slipped and the lead went to yesterdays runner up, Russian Ekaterina Chernyshova who won by half a minute over ESOC’s Eilidh Nolan. Still less than a minute behind the winner, third place went to Maria Quednau of Germany.
Catherine Taylor of CLOK made it three out of three wins on the W16A course, this time with a slightly bigger margin of over 3 and a half minutes on second place, which today went to Perrine Obstetar from France. Sophie Tritschler from Switzerland, who was previously third on day one and finished in fifth on day 2, was again third today, albeit just one second behind her French rival, Obstetar. Emma Liljeroth of Finland also managed to get a third win on the 3.4km W16B course, a good five minutes ahead of Katie Wood of AIRE. Having slowly improved over the last two days, Lynsey Thomson of STAG managed to claim third place, 6 and a half minutes down on Liljeroth.
The overnight top 3 of the W18A course switched round on day 3. Karin Persson from Sweden ran fast 8 mins/km to regain the lead, having lost it on the second day. Rebecca Roberts of SROC retained her second place position, only 40 seconds behind Persson. Meanwhile, yesterday’s winner, Rosemary Hodkinson of Nottinghamshire dropped back into third place, over 3 minutes behind Persson.
In two days time the competition goes to Alltcailleach Forest, to the south west of Ballater. If the weather is good then running on the mossy slopes in the sunlit coniferous forest should hopefully be a good experience. For those with less stable ankles, or if the ground is wet, then it could prove to be fairly treacherous.
Full results and splits available, as always at http://www.scottish6days.com
Jules Dupoirieux of France had, for the last 2 days been down the bottom end of the top 10 on the M12A class. However today he made a break for the lead as he won the M12A course by nearly a minute over the former 3rd place, Cillin Corbett from CORKO. Third place went to the former leader, Peter Bray of Southern Navigators. George Hurford of BOK managed to retain the lead for a second day as he won the M12B course. Laurenz Elstner from Austria also retained the second place spot, only 41 seconds behind Hurford on the third day. Meanwhile Duncan Taylor from DEVON managed to make his running in the top 3 a little more secure with a run today putting him in third place, three and a half minutes behind Hurford.
At the top of the M14A leaderboard, where some of the positions were only seconds apart, Nottinghamshire’s Peter Hodkinson made a break for the lead, with a gap of nearly four minutes over his rivals. George Stevens of AIRE had to settle for second place again after a similar result yesterday, and the Day 1 winner who slipped a little yesterday, Huw Stradling of BOK came back with a third place run today. Viljam Liljeroth from Finland who won on Day 1 but mispunched on Day 2, came back to win the third day of competition on the M14B course. As the former runner in second place, Markus Dresel of Germany slipped down into 7th place today, Harry Nicholson from Nottinghamshire became runner up, over a minute down on Liljeroth. Third place went to Ruben Karlsen of Norway, who was seconds behind Nicholson.
After 3 days of competition in the M16A class there was more movement at the top of the leader board. Emil Joensson from Sweden, having improved his position on day 2 improved again to win the course on day 3. He was over minute ahead of Hector Haines from AIRE. Third place went to Kalle Walheim from Sweden, who was over 2 and a half minutes behind Haines, and moved up again from 8th position on day 1 and 5th on day 2. On the M16B course, yesterdays third place runner Donald Slater of INVOC won by a minute ahead of yesterday’s winner, Teige Malley from Derwent Valley. Meanwhile Oerjan Karlsen from Norway climbed four places from yesterday to finish today in third, 2 minutes behind Malley.
For Duncan Coombs, it was a return to the top spot after winning the M18A course on day 1 and making mistakes on day 2. He won his 7.2km course by running quicker than 6 minute kilometres, faster than on day 1. He was over three and a half minutes quicker than his Swedish rival, Linus Karlsson. Duncan was over 7 minutes ahead of third place, which went to Biel Rafols from Spain.
It was the end of ERYRI’s Delyth Darlington’s reign as the leader on the W12A course today as Florence Haines of AIRE went from third place on Day 1 and runner up yesterday to win on the third day. She was 28 seconds ahead of the former leader. Lucy Butt from SARUM who has had mixed results so far in the competition managed to get third place, nearly two minutes behind Haines. There was a new leader on the W12B course, Karoliina Karkkainen from Finland, who won the course by under 30 seconds. Yesterdays leader, Natalie Smith of Guildford slipped into second place, meanwhile Emma Young from TINTO who was runner up on day 1 was in third place today, over one and a half minutes behind the Finnish athlete.
Julia Blomquist from BAOC secured the lead at the top and smashed the opposition with an 8 and a half minute win on the W14A course. This extends the 5 minute lead she already had overnight. Trailing in her wake was Rebecca Harding of Happy Herts, who had also been fourth and third previously. In third place and 9 minutes behind the winner was Joanna Shepherd of INVOC, who only just managed to beat Blomquist by eight seconds on day 1. The leader on the W14B course slipped and the lead went to yesterdays runner up, Russian Ekaterina Chernyshova who won by half a minute over ESOC’s Eilidh Nolan. Still less than a minute behind the winner, third place went to Maria Quednau of Germany.
Catherine Taylor of CLOK made it three out of three wins on the W16A course, this time with a slightly bigger margin of over 3 and a half minutes on second place, which today went to Perrine Obstetar from France. Sophie Tritschler from Switzerland, who was previously third on day one and finished in fifth on day 2, was again third today, albeit just one second behind her French rival, Obstetar. Emma Liljeroth of Finland also managed to get a third win on the 3.4km W16B course, a good five minutes ahead of Katie Wood of AIRE. Having slowly improved over the last two days, Lynsey Thomson of STAG managed to claim third place, 6 and a half minutes down on Liljeroth.
The overnight top 3 of the W18A course switched round on day 3. Karin Persson from Sweden ran fast 8 mins/km to regain the lead, having lost it on the second day. Rebecca Roberts of SROC retained her second place position, only 40 seconds behind Persson. Meanwhile, yesterday’s winner, Rosemary Hodkinson of Nottinghamshire dropped back into third place, over 3 minutes behind Persson.
In two days time the competition goes to Alltcailleach Forest, to the south west of Ballater. If the weather is good then running on the mossy slopes in the sunlit coniferous forest should hopefully be a good experience. For those with less stable ankles, or if the ground is wet, then it could prove to be fairly treacherous.
Full results and splits available, as always at http://www.scottish6days.com
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everyone got too drunk to bother with any orienteering so they opened the beer marquee all day and annoyed the quiet folk. or peterb found something better to do with his time.
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jules wrote:i think we should now find out what happened on day 4,5 and 6!!
Well the results are on the scottish six days website
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