Last updated 20 January 2005

GO SENiLe - Newlands Corner - 15 January 2005 - Results


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Organiser/Planner comments
I hope you enjoyed Saturday evening's entertainment. I think this must have been the highest turn out for a SENiLe event in the last couple of years so I was very pleased. At one point we were a little concerned that the pre-printed map numbers were getting low.

Almost all the planning & controlling was made on the old 1:10,000 map of Newlands Corner. I realised early on that we would need a new map but there was some possibility that it might not make it on time. Therefore I largely chose routes and control sites that remained viable with the old map. However, with just a week to go to the event the map arrived. A visit from Alan & me to check a number of features & routes allowed us to finalise everything in time.

Maps were printed on GO's new budget laser printer. For less than £300 we have a printer that can make a good job of printing A4 maps. If you can get a decent power supply & weather protection then on demand printing is actually a practical possibility. I wonder whether planners, controllers & competitors would allow this to happen as a simple technical failure would have rather embarrassing consequences!

My thanks go to the helpers. And Alan for being on his toes and spotting a few small errors on control description consistency that may have crept through otherwise.

Thanks also go to Surrey Wildlife Trust, which manage the open space on behalf of the Albury Estate, and Guildford Borough Council for allowing use of the Newlands Corner area. The boundary between Guildford & Surrey is the earthwall that largely runs East-West through the area, and at its western end by the boundary stones, one of which we used as a control.

Keith Tonkin

The next SENiLe event is Saturday 29th January at Reigate Priory.

Guildford Orienteers would like to thank Albury Estate, The Surrey Wildlife Trust and Guildford Borough Council for their permission to use their land for this orienteering event