Moray Mix

[greywolf]

A gentle reminder of the impending closing date (14th) for online entries for the Moray Mix weekend: Colour Coded + Classics in Culbin on Saturday, Nopesport Urban League racing on the new Forres map on Sunday - enter online and get both for a tenner: unbelievable value!

We have 150+ entries already - including a lot of big names - if you're considering joining them then please get down to http://www.oentries.com in the next 48 hours..

Limited EOD is possible but we'd really rather you used the online entry system - partly to help us get map numbers right, and partly because it will reduce the registration load on the day - Moravian is a very small club and is going to have a busy couple of days

[madmike]

it looks so good I have entered twice

Buffoon!

[EddieH]

As there was an anomoly between DOW and date, pre-entries have been extended to Sunday night. After that it is just eod at increased rates.

[greywolf]

Results / splits from the Culbin race online now:

http://www.moravianorienteering.org/

[Scott]

Clearly a good day to be named Lewis.

[DJM]

I'm interested that the results are published without mention of competitor age class. Is this deliberate? If so, what is the reasoning behind it?

[Scott]

In case anyone from Moravian is reading this and hasn't realised yet, your website is down.

This account has exceeded it's bandwidth quota and has been temporarily disabled.

The perils of popularity.

[Paul Frost]

Results now available on the SOA website:
Moray Mix results
RouteGadget for both now available.

[graeme]

Just back. It was absolutely marvellous.

Anyone else thinking of staging the best event of 2009 can forget it.

[youngladdie]

What is the difference between Black and Deep Black!!?
Bring back age classes for Badge events, and keep sensible colours for 'colour coded ' events.

[EddieH]

What? with the 6 day to come.

I have to praise my club members for putting on the largest weekend, with only controllers for outside help, that we have ever done, and with a number of key members absent. There was a core of about 10 members with any experience and some hard core help from some real newcomers to the sport.

It's hard to mention individuals when so many put in so much effort, but Jon must have spent more time and effort planning Culbin than almost any planner for a single event. Paul Stitson and Ian Welsh (a new member spent many hours each day ensuring that the results worked, and taking more entries on the day on Saturday than we'd normally get in our biggest event of the year. The town race today was a great contrast - fast furious with the usual urban twists plus a big hill in a wood - real route choice on virtually every leg.

Thaks for coming and for accepting the occasional blips in good spirit - you the competitors helped provide a great friendly atmosphere, and we realy appreciated the elite squad members hanging around at assembly - our new members were truly impressed by your performances and your friendlness.

[Big Jon]

Thanks to all in Moravian (and the controllers from FVO & Gramp) for a great weekend of competition and fun. All the Maroc competitors I spoke to were impressed by the courses and the areas.
Best of luck for the next moray Mix....

[graeme]

What? with the 6 day to come.

Fair point. I'm being selfish...

For me, the chance to run a world class classic course on an area of world championship quality against a world champion is rather special and unique. And I enjoyed that I had more of my "peers" (i.e. people within 10% of my time) to compete with than, for example, at the BOC.

Also, Forres was the first time I've run a street race in a town I've never lived in. So I'm just feeling the enthusiasm most "first timers" have of these things.

Plus I know how few helpers put on this amazing weekend, which makes it all the more impressive.

[madmike]

simply outstanding

Deep black was fantastic - superb map and great planning.

Sunday race also fabulous, much more route choice required than I would have thought knowing Forres

Well done to all at Moravian - the 6 days will struggle to better this weekend.

For young Laddie:

personally speaking the difference between black and deep black is about 2 hrs more orienteering for your money

[EddieH]

For Young laddie, and possibly DJM, this weekend was not a badge, regional or whatever. BOF decided to change it from district to local and as we had so few helpers we decided that was what it would stay. We attempted to provide the core bells of more serious events but without a relaxed approach.
It appears that we succeded, but PLEASE don't expect us to do it again next year. I would be great if we can repeat something similar, but not to order.

Incidentally Deep black was a true M21Elite Classic race, and Black a Women equivalent.

Thus we provided this with no pshychological barr on anyone entering (see Madmike!!) but also hopefully Jon provided a traditional Classic long distance orienteering, not the often compromised product that the IOF want the elite to run which concentrates on route choice to the exclusion of highly technical content. As Gnitworp says provide a course that best suits the area.