Orienteering Moment Of The Year

[rob f]

What was your orienteering moment of 2004?

I have 3. Firstly at about control 10 on JK day 1, coming down the hill with only 1 small mistake feeling that i'd successfully beaten the course, and graythwaite, again.
Next at the harvesters, after having crapped up and been caught by matt franklin in the other so team. I then went and chose a different route choice, but after arriving at the control and seeing no one i thought i'd blown it. I finished the final 4 km, with another 2 men who out did me on the finish. I came in to my shock being 4th, 11mins up on so. It's a shame they beat us in the end really.
Finally, going out and blasting the final leg in sutton park of the peter palmers, that was my best run of the year.
Though halden was amazing as a tour as well

so what were yours

[Benjamin G]

O-Ringen was certainly an enjoyable first time experience. Steady improvement each day.

Think second day of Phoenix (D Course) was my favourite moment though. Started day about 5 mins down on leader (I think). Really thought I'd blown it when I badly messed up one control after cloud blew over and obscured visibilty. Found out later that several others had done similar things, when a group of us ended up alongside each other. Hard fought finish to race, but came in first much to my surprise! Helped me to gain confidence and realise that even if you make a big mistake, its still worth fighting through to the end.

[bedders]

Mine was definitely the Karrimor (C course), not because of how unexpectedly well we did, but just the feeling of finishing the first of (hopefully) many. The feeling of satisfaction sprintin down that hill (well as much of a sprint as i cud manage after 9 hours of running) was completely unbeatable.

[helen]

the mega run in across a motorway junction on day 1 of the oringen. I'd finished my first ever course in sweden and the feeling was fantastic, running into a field with 15000 people in it, for the first time.

also the jircs relays, my run wasnt great but the atmosphere was brilliant and i really enjoyed the course (well done nopesport!)

and finally planning + mostly organising my first event. i really enjoyed the process of seeing an event right through from the first stages of planning, to doing the results at the end. on the night it went really well, western night league event with a turnout of over 50 and the biggest turnout ive ever seen in the pub afterwards!

[EriOL]

The first seven controls on this course:

http://www.kart-bosse.se/kartor/sidor/b ... -h21e.html

It's quite hard to imagine how difficult this terrain is unless you've been there and the mapping style doesn't make it easier. Needless to say the satisfaction when you orienteer good is a lot bigger than on some boring park map.

[eddie]

my first domestic medalv

(scottish unis sprint silver av' it sunshine av' it)

[ryeland of doom]

Needless to say the satisfaction when you orienteer good is a lot bigger than on some boring park map.

Seen the mothermap..

http://www.kart-bosse.se/galleri/albumindexkb.html

75km^2

Anyone know of a bigger one?

I have skied over from Norway into the area just to the north of Idre.. Gobsmacking terrain, huge Scots pine forest. Hard enough finding the huts, let alone control flags .

[bendover]

Team GB's results at JEC (even though i wasn't there personally, it made me proud to have had just a tiny input into the success of that team)

EUOC 40th Birthday Relay and Subsequent Party. massively enjoyable.

[graeme]

top moments - coming back 3rd in the JK relay after getting dropped to the club's third team. Finishing alive at tio mila. Discovering that I'd been working in a top-class orienteering area for a dozen years without noticing.

bottom moment - getting outsprinted into second at the end of the Phoenix A-class. Thus completing the full monty of second places in KIMM, LAMM(Rohan), Capricorn, SLMM and Phoenix - and no wins

Graeme

[rocky]

Eddie and Lobbans commentary at the JIRC relays. Hilarious and informative!

Competitively it has to be the climax of BUSA weekend! Or watching Lilywhite miss the penultimate control on the last leg of JK relays and nipping past him hehe.

[gross2004]

Has to be Scotland's win at the SHI in 2004. I was involved in the creation of the SHI's way back then & have been involved in the Scottish Team on and off (almost continually) for the best part of 30 years..... Scotland winning was brill & a great way to retire.....

The SHI's also saw Lithuania in Scotland competing against the Scots.... another great ambition of mine was to develope a programme of nation v nation matches for Scotland that lead to the interchange of knowledge, junior exchanges etc etc.

And my most disappointing moment.......... the SOA ditching above policy on nation v nation without any discussions etc with those that put it in place. Matches had been lined up against LTU again this year before moving onto a series against Ukraine from 2006. Once the credibility had been established of Scotland as a serious & worthwhile nation adding others would be easy..... but my early task in 2005 will be to dismantle the series.............

[Jo]

Gotta be the JIRCs for me

[sean27]

Well I competed at a total of 4 huge events this year:

1. CHIG Colour Coded at Epping - a lovely Spring Day
2. LOK Colour Coded at Hamstead Heath - Summer event ruined by some dodgy orienteering
3. Deeside OC Champs at Bickerton - leading by 3 mins woth 2 controls to go but lost it on second to last to finish 3rd
4. Turkey Trot - a kind of Norwigan where there are two controls to go for - 1 with the next two controls and one with nothing - made it pot luck so Michael Cranny even managed to drag his beer belly past me.

Andrew Middle ditch won - how I detest this man's website!

[bendover]

holy jobby is michael cranny back in the UK?

[awk]

Two highlights for me:

(1) The O-ringen. My favourite day was Day 4 (Gothenburg coastal complexity), although, yes Helen, I have to agree the run-in on Day 1 was rather good! But it was brilliant week throughout - one of the best 'O' holidays in years.

(2) Being beaten by my son for the first time, and on a Green course too. Long may it continue!

Actually, TM'ing at the Peter Palmer and Yvette Baker Trophy is up there too. The dawn at Sutton Park was rather special, matching the buzz all our night/dawn runners came back with.