Well done to all the members of SOC who travelled to Yorkshire to compete at the JK, which is the largest annual orienteering event held in the UK. Day one was a sprint event held at Leeds University, day two and day three were cross country events with the times added up over the two days, held at Wass Forest in the North Yorkshire Moors and Kilnsey in the Yorkshire Dales, with the relay being held at Storthes Hall close to Huddersfield. Notable results from SOC members were as follows. Apologies if I have left anyone out.
Sprint – Day 1
Philip Eeles 1st M60
Jane Morgan 3rd W55.
Tim Morgan 6th M20
Individual Events – Day 2 and 3
Anya Crocker was second overall on W21L over both days, two minutes down on the leader, with a third on day 2 and second on day 3.
Tom Bray had a great individual runs on both the long distance days coming 2nd and 5th respectively and 3rd overall just six minutes down on the leader.
Philip Eeles was second on the first race and 22nd on the long race coming 11th overall.
Tim Morgan who was second on M20E on day 3 and mention should be made of Chris Williamson who ran and completed the 20.1km M21E course on a very exposed Kilnsey , where many competitors were unfortunate to encounter some very nasty squalls including hail and causing many to retire.
Jane Morgan was seventh on W55L with a fourth and tenth position over the two days.
Relay – Day 4
Well done to the SOC ladies team who came third at today’s relay. Jane Morgan ran first leg coming in first just 29 seconds in front of a very strong Bristol team who handed over to Mary Nixon on second leg. Mary had a great run handing over sixth place to Caroline Moran who managed to pull back three places bringing in the team in third place behind Bristol who were first and Happy Herts in second.
