School boy courts publicity for orienteering

[HOCOLITE]

Just heard on our local radio (Worcestershire) about Peter Lynas of Nottingham High School who broke his leg at British Schools Score Champs but kept going as he couldn't let his team mates down. He finished 12th and school won an award.

[Deaf Old Gorilla]

See

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nott ... 058354.stm

which I just noticed on our local (Berkshire) section of the BBC News web site .

[J Taylor]

As the school team captain I just have to say that the run was really gutsy, and we managed to get even more publicity for orienteering by recording a 2 minute piece for central news with interviews and information about orienteering. I think it was on the 6 o clock news about 30 mins ago.

[tim sleepless]

Just heard on our local radio (Worcestershire) about Peter Lynas of Nottingham High School who broke his leg at British Schools Score Champs but kept going as he couldn't let his team mates down. He finished 12th and school won an award.

Only 12th? No backbone the youth of today. In my day we would have broken t'other leg ourselves t' make us symmetrical.

[ratleikur]

Brilliant run, but he broke his "fibia"??
Is that some sort of fused-together tibia and fibula then?

[Peter.]

Hehe, I am honoured to be the subject of a Nopesport topic

Firstly I dunno how this made the news in Worchestershire!! The school only organised a small interview with a paper, on my idiocy. However that seems to have gone out of the window now they noticed they could get free advertising out of me, and so far I have done two radio interviews, one tele and I am on teletext (was on teletext until more important things turned up)plus I am in the paper tomorrow.

Anyway the other thing is they seem to have, "sexed" things up slightly, I dont ever remember saying I put my foot back in place and I think that on the website that picture was taken atleast three years ago!

[DIDSCO]

Good on ya mate.....BOF should be using you for their next advertising campaign.....

[Mrs H.]

Ha ha ha - not quite sure it would give out the sort of message BOF want - we all know it shows remarkable fortitude and strength of character - well done Peter - but they would think mums and dads might say "blimey, I thought orienteers were a bunch of beardy walkers with map cases - I had no idea it was so dangerous". It would need quite careful handling which might be beyond them.

Still they say there's no such thing as bad publicity and I've always thought the most likely source of any really good national exposure would come from a news story - you know - Orienteers find Jane Eyre lost on Burbage Moor, she says:"I'd have perished without Mr Furness ,,,,"

[HOCOLITE]

Mrs H. I heard it and asked the radio station about their source as I was curious so he repaeted the info, I then emailed him about Neville's success so they mentioned that. Local publicity is so easy isn't it.

[Mr. Furness]

Still they say there's no such thing as bad publicity and I've always thought the most likely source of any really good national exposure would come from a news story - you know - Orienteers find Jane Eyre lost on Burbage Moor, she says:"I'd have perished without Mr Furness ,,,,"

i literally pegged it out the door off to burbage on the rescue until lucy shouted after me "don't worry a better looking man in a suit has got her"

[Peter B]

Lynas you leg-end.

[Granny Babs]

It even made it into the Metro today too ...

[Peter.]

Thank you Peter b. James said it struck him as something you would do. he thought no one else could possibly be that stupid How wrong....

The list of things that I seemed to be on is rising, it appears, according to all my friends, that I was on about 8 radio bulltins last night, and i got a note saying my story should be in the national press tomorrow, oh yeh and I am on page three of the local paper (fully clothed thankfully). All this for falling over and breaking my leg!! Well atleast i am rasing the profile fo orienteering as a sport for macho/idiotic people, but it is hard not to make my self look big headed and the attention is bemusing.

Just hope I make it onto Richard and Judy and maybe celebrity big brother...........Maybe not.

[Peter B]

i am rasing the profile fo orienteering as a sport for macho/idiotic people

And is this a good thing???

[Peter.]

No it is not the image we want broadcast. but !getting the fact that running, is in involved in orienteering without spending £10 000 on a advert is a bonus. we can use this as free adverting counteracting on the image of orienteering as a walking sport done by scouts and old men. Which sadly is the case.