JK Final Details - important notes!

[andy]

Hi,
Just received an update : Day 3 times will be in reverse order, so the fastest runner on Day 2 will be off last on Day 3. So as long as you know roughtly where you finish on Day 2 (and the number of runners in your class) you will have an idea when to start on Day 3, starts are from 10:00, 2mins intervals etc...so if you are last on Day2 you should be off at 10:00

DQ/mp/dns get lumped in first, so if he finishes the middle course successfully then he'll probably be 11+ (this is assuming he's an M21, if 18 or 20 it will be different and most likely a later start)
I'm happy to give you my number to call (I'll assume I'll have internet access) as I'm staying at the same place as the SI guys so will have access to a start list...

[madmike]

If the worst relay cock up is too many safety pins I'll be happy.
The major things seem sorted, I'm just hoping it stays sunny to keep the parking fields dry now.

Daccordo with all that but....

I just had an email telling me to bring my own safety pins to JK - how many safety pins do we bloomin well need Is this a cunning ploy to restart a manufacturing industry in the UK

[frog]

You don't need them for the relays we have plenty. I'll take a couple of boxes to day 1

[Oldman]

I see the programme has a summary of traders but doesn't say which ones. Can anyone expand on the summary, especially re food?

[Freefall]

Ultra Sport
Compass Point
Mountain Range

British and Continental
Romualdas Stupelis
Truly Scrumptious

Sport Therapy - Wendy Hope
Pack a Shack - Alie Berry
Scottish Juniors
Scottish elite squad


Scotts has allegedly gone to the wall...bring back Wilfs

[andypat]

WHat are the Scottish Elites cooking for us?

[awk]

Scotts has allegedly gone to the wall...bring back Wilfs

There was an excellent food trader at the Midlands Champs. Podium? from Shrewsbury. Probably not going to travel outside their catchment, but worth visiting if they feature at any more events - great food all round.

[Tatty]

British & Continental is better known as Tom's Burger Wagon in the south. His food is yummy and he provides seats/shade (should it be sunny!), yummy cakes etc

[King Penguin]

Podium? is Podium Catering. They have been at quite a few West Midlands events in the past 6 months or so.

[andypat]

NIce weather for King penguins up near Glasgow today - snowing lightly!

[andy]

WHat are the Scottish Elites cooking for us?

jigsaws?

[SIman]

WHat are the Scottish Elites cooking for us?

jigsaws?

Food for the mind!

[deebee]

Is Pack a Shack Halle Berry?

[Duncan]

Hi,
Just received an update : Day 3 times will be in reverse order, so the fastest runner on Day 2 will be off last on Day 3. So as long as you know roughtly where you finish on Day 2 (and the number of runners in your class) you will have an idea when to start on Day 3, starts are from 10:00, 2mins intervals etc...so if you are last on Day2 you should be off at 10:00

DQ/mp/dns get lumped in first, so if he finishes the middle course successfully then he'll probably be 11+ (this is assuming he's an M21, if 18 or 20 it will be different and most likely a later start)
I'm happy to give you my number to call (I'll assume I'll have internet access) as I'm staying at the same place as the SI guys so will have access to a start list...

Hmm, so who here is guessing what the arrangements might be, and who actually knows? I wouldn't want to suggest anyone is wrong, but.... The day 3 details http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/jk2012/craig-a-barns say it is a 3 minute interval, not 2 minutes as suggested above. And, although the full non-elite start block is 10am-2pm, I'm sceptical that the first start is going to be 10am for all the elite courses. It is more normal for the *last* start to be fixed for each course, to give a particular time when the leading runners will finish, and then work earlier from that.

So can anyone involved in the organisation confirm all this, i.e. what the interval is, and what the first or last start time (whichever it is that is fixed) is for each of the elite courses (where it may be different for each)? [Given that, I agree most people can work out their approx start time, based on their approx finish position, without having to ring anyone]

[andy]

so who here is guessing what the arrangements might be, and who actually knows?

Mine was a guess / assumption based on previous years and final details.

Last start for 21s is usually 2pm, 18/20s usually 1.30 or so?