This Trophy, awarded every year, is named after "Occasional Orienteers", a club that merged with Guildford Orienteers a couple of decades ago. There are four categories, and certificates are awarded to the first 3 in each, with the winner being awarded the OO Trophy. Three of this year's Trophy winners are previous winners: Ian Cooper who won Senior Man in 1994 as an M50, Lucy Jepson who won Junior Lady in 1998 as a W12, and Ralph Street who has been Junior Man since he first won it as an M10 in 2000 (apart from a small blip in 2002). We also have a SLOW double - is this not clear evidence that the O gene must be on the X chromosome? And I wonder if Lucy expected to be getting back again the Trophy that she so kindly brought back to the event from last year's winner? So here they are, the 2003 OO Trophy winners:

Senior Men     1. Ian Cooper       M60 BKO   Blue course  12th  114 points
               2. John Rye         M45 RMOC  Black course  6th  112 points
               3. Colin Dickson    M45 BAOC  Black course 10th  110 points

Senior Ladies  1. Sarah Brown      W50 SLOW  Green course  2nd  113 points
               2. Julianna Grant   W55 MV    Green course 10th  109 points
               3. Sarah Rollins    W21 BAOC  Blue course   5th  107 points

Junior Men     1. Ralph Street     M14 SLOW  Light Green   1st  108 points
               2. Tom Bray         M18 SN    Blue course   4th   98 points
               3. Thomas Cochrane  M20 MEROC Black course 18th   92 points

Junior Ladies  1. Lucy Jepson      W18 SO    Green course  3rd   95 points
               2. Elizabeth Bridge W18 SO    Blue course  33rd   93 points
               3. Bryony Crickmore W14 SO    Green course 13th   90 points

Notice the SO whitewash on junior ladies! (or should that be turquoise?)

The scoring for this is based upon your age class and the SE League "target minutes/km" for that age class. To score 100 points an M60 has to run 8.75 minute kilometres, a W50 9.75 mins, M14 7.5 mins and a W18 8.25. However an M45 or a W21 have to run 7.25 or 7.5 mins/km respectively to achieve the same score. Also each age class must enter a minimum standard of colour/course (as advertised for the event). Interestingly over half of those named above ran up, ie above the colour of course required for their age class.