BUSA Individual results

[Tatty]

Hot off the press!! via phone from Supersaint
Men
1 Oli Johnson SHOUC
2 Matt Craney SHUOC
3 Scott Fraser EUOC
Women
1 Aislin Austin Leeds Metropolitan
2 Cerys Manning OUOC
3 Rachel Elder SHUOC

[Guest]

..and the rest are where?

[gg]

should be up later this evening

[gingerwtfish]

http://www.emituk.com/results/20050402Results/index.htm

[Jon X]

...Scott Fraser (Edinburgh) joined them in the top 3, an impressive performance considering Soctt lost his map negotiating one of the steep-sided streams and instead of returning to collect it and losing valuable time, decided to continue with his run as he was running in a group with Johnson and the very able Swedish runner Stefan Andersson (Napier University).

Anyone checked the BOF rules lately

[brooner]

7.2.4 Individual competitors shall not intentionally run with, or behind, other competitors in order to profit from their skill.

this one perhaps? i think he was trying to profit from them having a map rather than their skill!

tis an interesting point though, has anyone ever been disqualified for blatent following?

[mikey]

7.2.4 Individual competitors shall not intentionally run with, or behind, other competitors in order to profit from their skill.

this one perhaps? i think he was trying to profit from them having a map rather than their skill!

tis an interesting point though, has anyone ever been disqualified for blatent following?

I think a German was disqualified at a World Champs in the late 70' (?) for following a far faster Swede.

[A BOGLE]

What! are you not allowed to follow??

[Mr. Furness]

i can remember a national event in wales (broughton burrows springs t o mind) when i was running my course, and i met mr mark nixon. i cannot remember who caught who up but the turn-up was that nixon had picked up the wrong map. however, he hadn't noticed as the first few controls were the same on both courses. so, as we were a way away from the start, (and i'm sure i said i didn't mind) nixon just followed me round the whole course to the finish.

well- its one way of completing a course!

[bendover]

it's a tricky one isn't it. no disrespect to scott, i am sure he would have had equally as good a run if he had had his map... however is it in the spirit of the sport to complete a course without a map?

to basically put your result in the hands of another competitor is a bit of a contentious issue - what if the person you are following makes a big mistake? then thats your race over too. however if you had your own map maybe you could have done your own navigation and given the other runner the slip?

what are the IOF rules?

I reckon finishing without a map should potentially be a dsq offence?

ask yourself a question:when was the last time you finished without a map?

and another - how would you feel if someone just followed you around a course without a map for a competitive result?

i know that i would turn around and tell them to f*ck off.

[LukeW]

Splits graphs are now on Splitsbrowser.

[gingerwtfish]

Damn thats quick work,

Thanks Luke,

[Ed]

I reckon finishing without a map should potentially be a dsq offence?

but what if you did lose your map say two controls from the end but had already planned your routes and could map memory it to the finish... should you then be dsq-ed?

"interestingly" I think in the KIMM you would be dsq-ed since it's one of the compulsory items on the kit list...

[bendover]

yeah, okay ed, fair enough.

but ask yourself the question again - when was the last time you finished a course without a map? have you ever 'lost' a map while orienteering?

i've been orienteering for about 18years. its never happened to me.

[Ed]

never managed to actually lose a map while orienteering - although I've managed to get separated by a couple of hundred metres from the map before I realised it was gone...

I did manage to lose a map in the KIMM one time though when it got washed away crossing a river.