Needed for Moray 2013 - Results

[graeme]

there was a unit which was actually a 'start' used instead of a 'check', so lots of people essentially had their time started when they punched the check box.

...and the results team had to check and update almost 500 results by hand overnight. Hence the delay.

[SIman]

You can be sure that the Results team are as distressed as the rest of you at the failure to meet the target time for publishing results.

There are a number of reasons why this has happened. On day one nearly 500 runners were affected by the use of a start unit so requiring their times to be corrected. Today the clock at the Green/White start was inexplicably and completely unexpectedly 60 seconds out so another 1000 times were corrected. Frustratingly, a huge traffic jam in Nairn on the return from the event to the event centre caused the Results team to spend nearly an hour going two miles.

We have never published provisional results on the web, preferring to run various checks and to get them right first.

Mobile internet signal is poor or non-existent in many of the places we would like to use it.

As has been said, there is a WiFi results service at the assembly areas and we will be publishing live results of the EuroMeeting races on the Internet.

[nooomember]

SIman wrote "we will be publishing live results of the EuroMeeting races on the Internet."

Why are the 'Euromeeting' results so special - why do they deserve special treatment?
If these results end up being posted live on the whole internet, not just available from SI local internet, then the whole Scottish 6 days competitors can.

[Ant W]

It was a bit frustrating on Monday that I had a perfectly clear 3G signal on my phone but failed to connect to the Wifi even when standing next to download.

[buzz]

We have never published provisional results on the web, preferring to run various checks and to get them right first.

I'm sure plenty of people would appreciate provisional results om the web as soon as possible after the event. It would be great if you could change that policy in future.

[Gross]

I don't have the technical knowledge to comment on the possibility of providing live results at the 6 days. I do know that SIman & the rest of the volunteers are dedicated individuals who are well capable of producing a great service. (also interesting that there is no mention of the 6days on the SOA website apart from the anonymous link on the right)

But I can't understand the 'no live results' policy. This must be one of the few major events not providing this service but (more importantly) much of UK orienteering is spouting off about how WOC2015 is going to save the world. The 6 days provides an opportunity for a dry run.... now it looks like 2015 will be going in blind.

Is WOC on track? I noticed the event director resigned and also the IT director quit. Anymore?

[mharky]

Marketing manager

[Freefall]

We do of course have an excellent new event director with very appropriate skills and experience for major events. The rest of the team is pretty handy too.

[andy]

If these results end up being posted live on the whole internet, not just available from SI local internet, then the whole Scottish 6 days competitors can.

Of course they can, it's a simple matter of what an event is willing to pay for.

[Paul Frost]

...(also interesting that there is no mention of the 6days on the SOA website apart from the anonymous link on the right)

Just for you Gross I've now added a news item to the SOA website pointing to the Moray 2013 site for the latest news and results.
The target/active market for both is probably identical, so I hadn't really thought that there needed to be any duplication of info.

There have certainly been challenges with getting an internet connection, the computing room at the event centre doesn't have a connection. 3G Mobile coverage in the area is very thin and patchy. So the final results (after checking and sorting out any issues) get put on a memory stick and carried by hand to a nearby location with a connection.

[rocky]

Anyone know when/where Euromeeting live results will appear?

-murray, safely landed in Cali and wide awake at 5am

[Gross]

Anyone know when/where Euromeeting live results will appear?

I'd guess your Dad might know

Kick butt in Cali

[Paul Frost]

There is now a link on the Moray home page and there will be a link to the GPS tracking when I get it from Ted Finch.

Live results direct link

[rocky]

Thanks Paul.

[graeme]

Does anyone have a record of previous GBR performances at this important competition?