Daniel Hubmann at the LOC National event today

[Darwin]

He won by a large margin, needless to say - shame there was no good competition for him. Hope he enjoyed the brilliant map, terrain and weather.

[DM]

He won by a large margin, needless to say - shame there was no good competition for him. Hope he enjoyed the brilliant map, terrain and weather.

We all enjoyed this one, I think it would be difficult to find anything to comment negatively on. A bit more climb would have been nice.

One thing not connected to the organisation and common to many events is the non appearance of a reasonable number of pre-entries. Do people really have such complicated weekends that they can not take make it to good events, not once but several times?

[marcus_weatherburn]

he also went to the BarrO event on saturday on Stickle Pike, i accompanied him to the start as i was helping organise it. class eh.

[swat]

And there's a rumour he'll be at the Aire evening informal event at Northcliffe on Wednesday...

[marcus_weatherburn]

yer, he is staying with his girlfriend who is staying in leeds for the next 3 months. probably staying for a while so probably at a few more events in the north

[schnitzer]

Well done to Martin Smith and Dick Towler for a proper length/climb M21L course that resulted in Mr Hubmann winning in just over the 75mins recommended time for an elite superstar.

The course itself was very enjoyable with good changes in direction and length from leg to leg.

Looking at the long legs again I would've done them the same way every time so maybe a bit lacking in route choice and a few more controls would've been nice but I'm scratching for negatives really.

Drinks points well positioned and appreciated - thanks.

How were the other courses?

[eagh]

Well assuming you include W50s in this and not just interested in the elite superstars I am glad I dropped down to run the short because that was a brilliant course and just right for me (3.9km and 10 controls as opposed to 5.2km and 8 controls).

[schnitzer]

No I was just interested in elites.

[EddieH]

If he's hanging around and wants a(nother) truly class event I suggest he makes it to the far north next Sunday. I anticipate a similar sort of winning time.

[RogYoman]

there were some fantastic legs on course 7! ...thats orienteering legs. Not people's.

[Gross]

he also went to the BarrO event on saturday on Stickle Pike, i accompanied him to the start

Wow, I'm impressed Can I have your autograph please?

[Jethro]

I have to echo the compliments about the Caw event. The M50L course was a great technical and physical challenge with one particularly classic leg around Caw itself. It would have been a real stinker in misty weather!
Did anyone else notice the small pond lurking underneath the edge of the circle at 119? I can confirm that it is definitely there, at least waist deep and cunningly disguised as a marsh!!!

[Spookster]

Course 2 was great - long legs with several navigational challenges, and a couple of legs with good route choice options. The map obviously didn't show all the rock detail that was on the ground, or all the small contour detail, but it was consistent and very readable (much easier than Pwll Du).

Did anyone else notice that their result time was about a minute shorter than the time they actually took? I think the start was running a minute early, compared to the control boxes, as leg 1 split looks too fast.

[RJ]

Currently being worked on, I believe. Results delayed for decision.

[awk]

One thing not connected to the organisation and common to many events is the non appearance of a reasonable number of pre-entries. Do people really have such complicated weekends that they can not take make it to good events, not once but several times?

We were amongst the non-attending pre-entries. Very simple really: one of us taking the precautionary measure of not racing immediately after recovering from a mild virus, and the other two taking advantage of this to take a much needed break at home. Very enjoyable it was too!

So... nothing to do with complicated weekends really.