Chris Wright

I was reading through various posts on 'Nopesport' the other day, with particular reference to the recent 'Scottish 6-Days' event, and read one post by 'AlanB' which struck a chord, as someone who has been involved with organising larger orienteering events, and I quote verbatum: 'my other main responsibility, as a competitor, was to make life as easy as possible for the volunteers ....... That included arriving at each site in the direction laid down in advance, parking where I was told, and responding positively to any last minute changes. Any slight inconvenience, or having to wait in traffic queues for whatever reason, was as nothing when compared to what the organisers must have been through.' I sometimes wish more people/orienteers would approach things with that attitude - or is it that some people feel they need to make a point by deliberately being 'different' - 'we are individuals not sheep' - but sometimes it helps ever...

Chris Mackenzie planned some great courses for today's CLOK event on Coate Moor, with it's central feature of Captain Cook's Monument. The brown course picked it's way through the nicest bits (though I was pleasantly surprised how runnable virtually the whole area was today - the right time of year?), with some good longer legs with route choice, and some technical stuff to catch out the unwary. Another very steady run for me with all controls appearing where I wanted them to be. Really need to up the fitness level so that I can get my running speed closer to my orienteering speed!!

there was lots of comments, nay critiscm, of the map used for the recent CompassSport Cup round at Silton, but all of my controls appeared where I expected them to be!!