Relays tomorrow, in Whippendell Woods. More medals should be possible...
Gold & Bronze medals for GB!
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Gold & Bronze medals for GB!
by Spookster » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:49 pm
Karen Heppenstall won Gold in D21, & Mike Sprot Bronze in H21, at the USIC (rail industry) Orienteering World Champs at Epping Forest today.
Relays tomorrow, in Whippendell Woods. More medals should be possible...
Relays tomorrow, in Whippendell Woods. More medals should be possible...
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by Gross » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:22 am
Great news 
Hope they keep on the right track for the relays:)
Hope they keep on the right track for the relays:)Go orienteering in Lithuania......... best in the world:)
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by T5 » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:10 pm
Okay - hands up who had heard of USIC before?!! It looks like we had a pretty good team out and the results speak for themselves.
Are there any other industry-specific orienteering events that we are likely to be winning medals in? Or more to the point, are there any that we're not - purely because we don't know the events are happening, but it we did we'd be able to find good orienteers working in that field too...Doctors, Teachers, Engineers, Tree Surgeons....?
Are there any other industry-specific orienteering events that we are likely to be winning medals in? Or more to the point, are there any that we're not - purely because we don't know the events are happening, but it we did we'd be able to find good orienteers working in that field too...Doctors, Teachers, Engineers, Tree Surgeons....?
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by RJ » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:33 pm
The World FireFighter Championships were held in Sheffield (Eccleshall Woods) a couple of summers ago. Half a dozen 'true O' competitors!
We used to have the Emergency Services Championships linked to our badge (regional) events many years ago. And I seem to remember a champs in Herts quite a few years ago.
We used to have the Emergency Services Championships linked to our badge (regional) events many years ago. And I seem to remember a champs in Herts quite a few years ago.
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by Gross » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:23 pm
One's I've heard of are... Rail, Fire & Police... I guess Simon Errington has run the Rail for some years... Chris Virgo ran the Police in Finland a few years ago...
Go orienteering in Lithuania......... best in the world:)
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by Neil M35 » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:25 am
Just how connected with the rail industry do you need to be to be allowed to play? I know there's no question of Martin's eligibility, but one of the other team members I thought was a geography teacher.
My grandad was a train driver - can I join in?
My grandad was a train driver - can I join in?
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by Simon E » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:08 pm
Since you all seem so interested....
USIC is the "International Sporting Union of Railway Workers". Eligibility is based on working in the rail industry, or having a partner or parent who does. The GB team had seven workers (three from Network Rail and one each from SYPTE, Interfleet Technology, DeltaRail and Lloyd's Register Rail) plus three hangers-on. I'll leave you to decide who is who:
M21: Mike Sprot (SYO), Martin Ward (SPOOK), Chris Poole (CLOK), Simon Errington (HH)
M45: Steve Corrigan (EBOR), Andy Jones (SLOW), John Hurley (DVO)
W21: Karen Heppenstall (CLOK), Lesley Ward (SYO), Helen Errington (HH)
The event is held every four years, and this was the fourth. The format is an individual race with three courses (M21, W21 and M45) and then a relay with men's and women's courses. A men's relay team must contain at least one M45. This year there were 11 countries taking part: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Russia and Switzerland.
At the top end it is serious stuff. Karen won the women's race, but only just, and Ingo Horst of Germany won the men's race. He has had a top-20 World Championships finish. Polish World Champs runner Robert Banach made a big mistake near the end to miss out on a medal. At least one of the Russian men had run at the Junior European Champs when they were held on Epping a few years back.
GB finished third in the overall team competition (our best result ever) and won four medals (one gold, one silver and two bronze). Surprise package of the weekend were probably Bulgaria who finished second overall to Russia. Pre-race favourites Switzerland ended up in fourth.
Some further links:
Railsport website
Routegadget for the two days
Chris Poole's photos
Simon Errington's photos
Proper results page to follow later.
USIC is the "International Sporting Union of Railway Workers". Eligibility is based on working in the rail industry, or having a partner or parent who does. The GB team had seven workers (three from Network Rail and one each from SYPTE, Interfleet Technology, DeltaRail and Lloyd's Register Rail) plus three hangers-on. I'll leave you to decide who is who:
M21: Mike Sprot (SYO), Martin Ward (SPOOK), Chris Poole (CLOK), Simon Errington (HH)
M45: Steve Corrigan (EBOR), Andy Jones (SLOW), John Hurley (DVO)
W21: Karen Heppenstall (CLOK), Lesley Ward (SYO), Helen Errington (HH)
The event is held every four years, and this was the fourth. The format is an individual race with three courses (M21, W21 and M45) and then a relay with men's and women's courses. A men's relay team must contain at least one M45. This year there were 11 countries taking part: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Russia and Switzerland.
At the top end it is serious stuff. Karen won the women's race, but only just, and Ingo Horst of Germany won the men's race. He has had a top-20 World Championships finish. Polish World Champs runner Robert Banach made a big mistake near the end to miss out on a medal. At least one of the Russian men had run at the Junior European Champs when they were held on Epping a few years back.
GB finished third in the overall team competition (our best result ever) and won four medals (one gold, one silver and two bronze). Surprise package of the weekend were probably Bulgaria who finished second overall to Russia. Pre-race favourites Switzerland ended up in fourth.
Some further links:
Railsport website
Routegadget for the two days
Chris Poole's photos
Simon Errington's photos
Proper results page to follow later.
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