OLD NEWS
22nd December: Thanks a million (ho ho ho)
to Pat for organising the Club Champs, and to Rob and Patricia for hosting the
Christmas party. Much fun was had at both events. There are new photos on the
Photos page.
A new award will be shortly be made to a Club member, the
“Volunteer Thank You” present. Names of all organisers/planners/controllers/etc
from last year’s events were put in a hat, and the winner is… Graeme Ackland!
Thank you to all the people who have helped out at events this year – your time
and effort is much appreciated!
Gillian
20th December
INTERLOPERS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004 Kineil Woods 19th
Decmber
If you are a little short of a bob or two after Christmas
there are plenty of club members who you could approach for a 'sub'. Twenty
people attained 'millionaire' status by correctly answering all 15 questions on
their course at the INT club championships (either they are very knowledgeable
or they ran around all of the controls until they found the correct answer!)
Ben Hartman was the "winner" as he took 39 mins 40
secs to find all his answers on course B, just ahead of Fiona on the A course
and Gillian on the B. Obviously all those late nights reading the books has
paid off, Ben!
Twenty five starts (& 25 finishes) were recorded and
with Santa's lucky dip on hand there was plenty of entertainment and activity
to ward off the sub zero temperatures.
Pat
16th December: New club newsletter – see
the newsletter page.
26th November: A belated big thank you to
Mary Ross for organising, Paul Caban for planning, and Graeme Ackland and Colin
Eades for co-controlling the event at Dechmont Law last weekend. Despite the
weather and the hold-up on the M8, we had a great turn-out again. Paul’s
courses were very interesting, with some thought-provoking route-choices and
the Brown course managed 10k with virtually no repetition. Thanks as usual to
all the Interloper volunteers, especially those who braved the weather at the
start and finish. I felt rather guilty sitting in the nice warm sports hall!
The finish team especially did a great job waiting on and on for the last
finishers.
22nd November:
British Orienteering Squad Fund Raising
Murray Strain, Graeme Ackland and Scott Fraser (all
Interløpers members) will attempt to beat the World 10,000m Record of 26:20 set
by Kenenisa Bekele.
There are 50x 200m to be completed and we will do it in
relay style. (E.g. Scott runs 200m
passes to Murray (he runs 200m) then he passes to Graeme (he runs 200m). This should give us approx 1minute recovery.
To beat the record we have to average under 31.5secs per
200m. (Approx 17 repetitions each)
It will take place around the start of February in
Meadowbank stadium, Edinburgh.
If you would like to help support the squad funds then why
not sponsor us any amount of money you want.
See if you can estimate what time we will do it in.
*Special prize for the entry that is closest*
Please make cheques payable to ‘British Orienteering Squad
Support Fund’
Thank you for your support
You can pass on an entry if you see any of us (or members of
BOF/support fund) or send to:
Scott Fraser
47 D’Arcy Road
Mayfield
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 5HQ
17th November: Eades Family Just Got
Bigger. Fiona Eades arrived at 2am on Tuesday morning.
She weighed in at 2.74kg or 6lb and 1/2 oz in the old money.
She measured (subject to much wriggling) 47cm long 18.5 inches in the old
money.
Mother and baby are doing fine, and dad is just wandering about grinning all
the time.
Mairi is excited about her new sister and has been to visit Lorna and Fiona
at the hospital.
Colin
8th November: Results from Saturday’s event at Mortonhall are on the results
page.
31st October:
As part of the EUOC 40th birthday weekend there was a
street race today round the centre of Edinburgh. Congratulations to Andy Spenceley who took full advantage of his
one control handicap to sneak from the back to the front of the lead pack and
take a clear victory. Top scratch time
was my Murray Strain. Results are on
the results page.
21st October: A list of East of Scotland
Champions is now available here. Congratulations to Claire, Murray, Ben,
Graeme and Ray
18th October: There was a big turn out of
Interløpers at the South of Scotland League / East of Scotland Champs at
Gullane yesterday. Results are here. Congratulations to Max, Mark, Graham, Claire
and Chris for being true Interløpers and finishing second. I haven’t seen a list of East of Scotland
Champions yet but I expect a fair few Interløpers won.
Dave
14th October: Congratulations to Chris
Godfree on being the Man in the ManorMouse competition at the weekend. (Fastest combined time in the Manor Water
and Pentland Skyline hill races). And
to Gillian for finish 2nd lady in the Pentland Skyline.
10th October: The Junior European Cup
website is here and the results are here.
9th October: News just in: European Silver for
Fraser!! Interlopers proved today that the lack of juniors in the club is
more than compensated for by sheer world class quality. At the Junior European
Cup in the South of England this afternoon, Scott Fraser won the silver medal
in the Sprint race, showing true Interloper training. He is an extremely
talented runner, with blistering speed as well as endurance, and is already acknowledged
as one of the top junior orienteers in Britain, and the best in his age-class.
With two Junior World Championships under his belt, Scott is now establishing
himself firmly on the International scene – and with two years as a junior
still in front of him, who knows what is yet to come?
A very proud Gillian!
7th October: If you’re looking at the
website via the new address: www.interlopers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
you can have a look at the latest newsletter, hot off the wire. Click on the links in the left hand
column. If you can’t see the links
you’re probably looking at the page via the old address which is no longer
being updated.
Dave (still not fat!)
Still eating cake though… - Gillian
4th October: A few intrepid Interløpers
made the trip north to the final Scottish O League race at Balmedie. There were victories for Max Bloor on the
white course and Chris Smith on the orange course – well done to you both. In the badge classes it reverted to true
Interløpers form with second places for Darina on W21S, Ken on M40L and Barry
on M55L. Results are here
Meanwhile down south in the Lake District the Lothian
Running Club team in the Ian Hodgson relay consisted entirely of Interløpers
and finished a very creditable 16th out of about 65 teams. Results are here
Dave
29th September: You might have spotted that this page is hosted on a new
server. Due to our recent house move it
is more difficult to update the freeserve/wanadoo webpages. The website is now at www.interlopers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk,
the old site will remain indefinitely (as far as I am aware) but only the news
page will be updated.
Dave
23nd September: It’s official. Edinburgh has a new first-class orienteering
area. Ackland Surveys have now mapped
King’s Buildings, and the inaugural event was held last night, courtesy of Pat
& Sue. Fastest was Chris Godfree,
winning by over 2 minutes from Jason Inman.
The course was one of the trickiest sprint races I have ever done. Admittedly the rapidly fading light didn’t
help matters, but the area is intricate and complicated, with highly
challenging route choices on all levels.
Really enjoyable – thanks Graeme.
Results are on the results page.
Gillian
20th September: The 2004/5 South of
Scotland league got underway yesterday at West Lomond Hill in Fife. Top 3 Interløpers results were: John Barrow,
2nd on red and Tim Barrow, 1st on green.
9th September: Results of Swan Spring
street O are on the results page.
7th September: Results for the 11 person
relay are here.
Fixtures list has been updated as I got the dates of some of
the hill races wrong.
5th September: Yes, we’ve done it again. 2nd
place for Interlopers. This time it was at the 11-person relay, held this morning
at Bowhill near Selkirk. A good turn-out from the club saw 2 Interlopers teams
compete, although the 2nd team did have a little help from its
friends in the 1st team! Thanks go to Claire for getting round 3
courses (including 2 greens!). Ben nearly managed to get back from his first
run before it was time to go out on his 2nd – Pat only had to wait a
couple of minutes!
FVO won the event, managing to avoid their mis-punching
panic of last year. Instead it was Clyde who mis-punched, Ben Rattray not realising
that there were 3 spectator controls while trying to catch up Chris. Thanks to
RR for organising – a great location with lots of spectator interest.
Gillian
2nd September: Results of Buckstone Urban
Orienteering are here.
27th August: The first in our new set of
Urban Orienteering events takes place next Wednesday, 1st September.
Caban has now discovered (yesterday!) that he is hosting it, and is busy
planning some excellent courses around Buckstone. Starts from 6:30 – 7:30, cost
£1, at 50 Buckstone Road.
22nd August: A few Interlopers competed in
the Lomonds of Fife Hill Race today (venue of the first SOSOL on 19th
September). Andy came 2nd, with Colin somewhere behind (I’ve not
seen official results yet!). Colin was pleased to report that he beat speedy
Marbeth Sheill to the top of both West and East Lomond! Dave woosed out due to
a dodgy Achilles, especially sensible since the course is half road-race these
days. Apparently the path to the (almost) top of W Lomond has been improved to
allow for wheelchair access! Gillian was first woman. It was a gorgeous sunny
day with a light breeze to keep you cool – perfect running conditions! Photos
on the photos page.
11-Person relay – 5th September, Bowhill (near
Selkirk) – Anyone else want to run? Names to Gillian by this Wednesday please.
Everyone very welcome.
Gillian
15th August: Congratulations to Chris and
Ruth Godfree! Photos on the photos page.
Child Protection: I recently sent out a letter and
forms to all members of Interlopers with children under 18 years old. I am
still waiting for the majority of these to be returned. Please do so – I know
it seems really stupid, but we have to do our best to stick within the
guidelines. Thanks for those I’ve got already.
Gillian
14th August: Chris and Ruth are getting
married today. The festivities started
last night with a barbecue. Making a
surprise appearance was Brad Connor, quashing rumours that he’d turned into a leprechaun. Photos on the photos page.
PS – There’s also an hononary Interloper Controller to be found in the photos – can you spot him??? Oh, and all the blurred photos – that’ll be my fault… Far too technologically advanced for me…
Gillian
13th August: It’s a Boy! Benjamin Patrick Squire was born early this
morning at 2.11am - weighing 8st 8lbs.
Mother and Baby are doing well - Dad's a bit tired and
is about to go to bed.
Thank you all for your emails and texts of encouragement -
they meant a lot to us.
Cheers
Anthony, Vicky & Ben
It has been pointed out by Chris that “Ben might take after
his Dad but I hope he doesn't weigh that much just yet!!”
Dave
10th August: Interloper types were thin on
the ground at this year’s Phoenix Long-O, with more of the club racing in
Sweden than in the Cheviots this weekend. Despite the lack of numbers, however,
we must have got our fair share of the prizes, with Daddy Ackland coming 2nd
on the A course, followed by Daddy Eades in 9th place. On the C
course, Janine was first lady and 3rd overall, and Brad was the
perfect gentleman, finishing in 8th place.
After the World Championship selection races in Sweden, Dan
Marston has been selected to represent Great Britain at WOC this September.
He’ll be running the Long, Middle and Relay races. Congratulations and good
luck, Daniel!
PS: Gillian has also been selected as the reserve but was
too shy to mention it! Dave
2nd August: Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Cunnane
on their recent wedding! Unfortunately your web-masters were unable to attend
the party, so would welcome any pictures or info about it…
15th July: Results of Grange Urban
orienteering are on the results page and some photos are on the photo page.
12th July: Well done to Rob Lee on
finishing 8th in M40 and Ben Hartman 20th in M35 at the
World Master Champs. Full results are here.
Good luck to Clare Ward at the European Champs this week. She’s made a good start by being one of the
few people to qualify for the final in both the middle and classic
distances. Keep up to date with results
here.
Dave
8th July: A small turn-out at the first of
our Urban Orienteering events last night. Despite that, the cake was virtually
almost all eaten! Highlights included James running the start very efficiently;
the mass start people on Long following Ann (on Short) for quite a way before
doing a U-turn; the local kids playing football and beating each other up all
round and over the tent!
Only one control got misplaced, although another migrated
from normal hand height to the top of a tree – that wasn’t where I had put it,
Jane!
Thanks to all the Interløpers who turned out and helped
brilliantly – shame we didn’t have any more beginners. However, we did manage
to attract one new family, so welcome to Steve Reid, Debbie Kelso and children.
Results on the results page, photos on the photos page!
Gillian
7th July:
Top international results.
Scott Fraser came 24th in the JWOC middle distance final
today having sneaked into the final (top 60) by 3 seconds. At yesterdays’ WMOC qualification Rob won
his heat and Ben was 7th.
See nopesport for reports and
links under 3rd July for results.
Dave
3rd July:
Good luck to Ben Hartman and Rob Lee at the World Masters champs in
Italy. Qualification races are on
Tuesday and Wednesday with the finals on Friday. You can (hopefully) follow their progress here.
Good luck to Scott “Scotia” Fraser at the Junior World
Champs in Poland. The latest weather
forecast for Gdansk is much the same as Edinburgh (thunderstorms) and a mere 20
degrees cooler than it was there at JWOC 1994.
The competition opens with the middle distance qualification on
Tuesday. Full details are here.
Dave
1st July, later on: The 2nd end
of an era. Tim Lenton leaves Edinburgh tomorrow, to take up his new job as
Reader at the University of East Anglia. We wish Tim all the best in his new
job, and hope he doesn’t miss the hills too much! Come back and visit, Tim!
1st July: The end of an era. Colin Inverarity has produced his final
newsletter. For those who can’t wait
for the printed version to arrive it can found in the links on the left hand
side. Be warned though that it is a 7MB
file so may take a wee while to download.
Definitely worth it though. Many
thanks to Colin for his efforts over the years.
Dave
27th June: The only Interlopers
orienteering (that I know of!) this weekend were Ben and Heather at the Norwegian
O-Festival. Ben had excellent results with a 4th and 5th
place on M35L; Heather finished 12th and 13th on W21L.
Today saw the 25th running of the 7-Hills of
Edinburgh race. Graeme Ackland was hoping for an 8th win, but this
year, it wasn’t to be, and he had to settle for 2nd place instead.
Tim Lenton managed 5th place after virtually no sleep – too much
partying last night?? Dave Godfree suffered badly from cramp in his calves
after Blackford Hill, losing 5 minutes in the last half-hour of the race.
Luckily, he managed to stay ahead of Gillian, who was first lady. Rob Bloor
also got round the course. Team Lothian (Dave, Tim and Graeme) were 2nd
club for the 2nd time this weekend, this time losing fairly to
Carnethy.
Gillian
26th June: Interløpers success at the
Eildon 2 Hills Race in Melrose today.
The men’s race was won by Tim Lenton with Dave Godfree in 5th
place. Gillian Godfree was first lady
home in 9th place and Helen Murray was 3rd lady and first
lady vet. Sadly the team prizes were for
teams of 3 men or 3 women. Tim, Dave
and Gillian, running for Lothian Running Club actually beat the “winning” Gala
Harriers men’s team – but seeing as the prize was a crate of Miller, Dave
wasn’t too disappointed; had it been a crate of Greenmantle there might have
been an argument…
Meanwhile the Junior Inter-Regional Championships were being
held at Archerfield with John Barrow as on-the-day controller in Colin Eades’
absence. A report can be found on nopesport.
21st June: A few Interløpers braved the
wintry conditions in the far North of Scotland at the weekend to take part in
the Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon. True to Interløper form, both teams finished
in 2nd place! Well done to Anthony and Chris who came 2nd
on the B course, with a great win on Day 1. Also well done to Tim and
non-Interløper Jethro Lennox, coming 2nd on the Elite course, and
who won Day 2! There is an excellent picture of Chris and Anthony on the LAMM
website http://www.lamm.co.uk/galleries/lamm/photo.php?cat_id=5&photo_id=l2004410
where they look amazingly fresh considering they’ve just spent almost 11 hours
running in horrible conditions, including a night’s rough camping! They’re also
to be spotted in http://www.lamm.co.uk/galleries/lamm/photo.php?cat_id=5&photo_id=l2004301
. I couldn’t see any photos of Tim or
Jethro, or of Helen and Hilary who also competed. If there are any, please let
me know!
A few not-quite-so-mad Interløpers made up the majority of
the competitors at a BASOC local event on Saturday, taking top 4 places on the
Green/Blue course – out of 6! Despite the rain, the midges were present in
large numbers, as always at ‘Strath-marshy’.
Gillian
18th June: Results from Colinton Dell are
now on the results page.
18th June: After a high-speed AGM, the
brand new Interløpers’ committee is as follows: Chairman – Gillian; Secretary –
John; Treasurer – Ben; Newsletter – Barry; Social Sec – Darina; Junior Rep –
Scott; Club Captain – Anthony; Ordinary Members – Paul and Chris. So no change
at the top, but a bit of re-shuffling and some new faces and re-appearances in
the lower ranks.
Massive thanks go to Colin Inverarity for all his work over
the years as Newsletter Editor. Thanks also to Helen Murray and Ken Daly for
their work on the committee.
The meal afterwards at Kalpna probably had a larger
attendance than the AGM! (Apparently there was some minor sporting event
happening last night!)We were brought lots of different dishes to try, so
waiting time was limited and you could try out loads of different things. The
food was delicious, and being entirely vegetarian, slightly different to the
other local Indian restaurants.
16th June: I’m just back from the highly
successful CATI at Colinton Dell. There was a great turn-out, with a very high
percentage of juniors. Results will appear on the results page as soon as they
have been typed-in! Thanks very much to Paul for organising, and also to
Richard and Ann for helping out.
Gillian
14th June: The British Elite Champs were
held this weekend at Culbin and Lossie. Dave Godfree showed his remarkable
sand-dune talent with a 5th and a 4th place, with a close
win over Andy Kitchin (3 seconds!) in the Middle Distance race. Other top 10 Interløper results were Al
Buckley 6th in the classic race, Clare 5th in the short
race, Gillian 6th in the short race and 3rd in the
classic race, Toni O’Donovan 10th in the short race and 5th
in the classic race.
Results, together with the SOL and colour coded event are here
There was also a Scottish O League race at Culbin on
Saturday. Top 3 Interløper results are: Mark Haley 2nd JM2, Heather
Hartman 1st on W21L, Darina Cunnane 2nd on W21S, Ann
Haley 2nd on W40L, and Patricia Alston 3rd on W40S.
On top of all these events, it was Darina’s hen-night part 1
on Saturday night in the heady town of Nairn. Two men also attended and were
made very welcome!! The atmosphere was exceedingly hot and sultry, and the food
was superb. A great time was had by all. Thanks to Extraloper Hilary for
organising it, and to Darina for getting married and giving us a good occasion
to go out!!
Lastly, for those of you who haven’t heard, there’s a
sibling for Mairi on the way. Congratulations to Lorna and Colin!
Gillian
11th June: Max and Rob Bloor – TV stars
in Portugal. I’ve just found the TV documentary made at the Portugal O Meet
in February. 2 Bloors were spotted at about 6 mins into the video, as was Dave
Godfree a bit later on. Click
here . Also featured are some bloke called Jorgen and another called Ben
Rattray, although Frau Niggli-Luder was completely edited out!
Gillian
31st May: Well done to everyone at the
Scottish Champs. There are a few
pictures on the photos page.
28th May: Some pictures from the Scotland
v Lithuania match have been added to the photos page. Thanks to Barry for the photos.
Good luck to everyone running at the Scottish Champs this
weekend.
May 25th: Congratulations to Claire Ward and
Daniel Marston on their selection to the Great Britain team for the European
Championships / World Cup Set 1! Selections were based on two weekends of
racing. The first was in the Forest of Dean at the start of may, and the second
was this last weekend in the Lake District. It incorporated the British Sprint
Championships on the Saturday and the National Event at Holme Fell on the
Sunday.
Top Interloper results at the British Sprint Championships
included Scott Fraser 2nd on M20E, Daniel Marston 2nd and
Murray Strain 4th on M21E, Rob Lee 2nd and Graeme Ackland
3rd on M40+, and Claire Ward 3rd on W21E. The Sprint
Championships are indeed worth trying to win, if only because the prizes are
Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding! The courses were great fun, with a mixture of
semi-open and wooded terrain, and an exciting rocky downhill run-in.
Unfortunately my intelligence kicked in to make me take the run-in carefully,
costing me 2 places!
The event at Holme Fell was on a scorcher of a day. Sensible
people were seen heading off to the start loaded with platipli and camel-backs
to keep them vaguely hydrated round the course. The courses were interesting,
with a mix of short technical legs and long route-choice legs over the open
fell. Following tradition there were several 2nd places for
Interlopers, with Heather Hartman 3rd on W21L, Daniel Marston 2nd
again on M21E, Ben Hartman 2nd on M35L, Lorna Eades 3rd
on W35L, and Rob Lee 3rd on M40L.
At least by the time I finished, the queues at Wilf’s were
blessedly short, just ready for my 3 visits. Firstly it was my first point of
call after download as I staggered there for Emergency Recovery Rations of
Lucozade and cake. I managed to get changed and went back for a baked potato
and more Lucozade. I then caught Dave as he fell out of Download, donated my 2nd
bottle of Lucozade to him and returned to Wilf’s for a 2nd baked
potato. For Dave, not me, I hasten to add. The moral of the story? If it’s a
hot sunny day, take twice as much water with you as you think you’ll need – and
then a bit more!
All in all, it was a fantastic weekend of top-quality
orienteering – just what life is for.
Gillian
PS Full report on Lithuania hasn’t yet appeared due to me having
to do some work occasionally. Would anyone like to write one? Alternatively
look at nopesport.
PPS I also tried to put some pictures on here, but
unsurprisingly my technical skills aren’t up to that. Anyone got any photos we
could put on, please please??
17th May: Congratulations to Ben Hartman on
winning M35 at the Vilnius 3-Day event in Lithuania! Fuller report and
photos to follow… Results can be found here
Day 2 included the Scotland v Lithuania match, Interløpers
in the team were Scott Fraser, Dave Godfree, Dan Marston, Neil Marston, Murray
Strain, Ben Hartman, Barry Owen, Gillian Godfree and Heather Hartman.
17th May: The AGM will take place on
Thursday 17th June at 7pm at the Pleasance. There will be a meal
afterwards – let Helen Murray know if you want to go to the meal.
Interlopers has lots of events coming up that we need people
to volunteer for.
1. Deeside 2005 - yes, help, it's another 6-Day. This time
we only need to do Day 1, but we (and a couple of other clubs) need to find 2
planners, 2 organisers and an Assistant Controller. The area is Cambus O'May.
2. Next year's SOL is on 2nd October 2005. We need to find
an Organiser for this. It's (probably) on Drummond Hill.
3. SOSOL 2004 is (probably) on 21st November 2004 at
Archerfield. We need a planner and an organiser.
4. The O calendar often looks very empty of events near
Edinburgh at weekends. Could anyone offer to organise / plan a local, small
colour-coded event in the next year? You can choose the area and date, and you
only need to do 5 courses - White to Green.
If you'd rather volunteer for something nice and warm
indoors, the ESOA are looking for a Secretary, and the SOA are looking for a
Vice-President (Performance)!
Gillian
5th May: Good luck to all the Interlopers
heading off tomorrow to Lithuania for the Scotland versus Lithuania match on
Saturday. I haven’t seen a finalised list of those going, but I think it
includes Scott Fraser, Ben Hartman, Heather Hartman, Dave Godfree, Neil
Marston, Daniel Marston and me, and is of course master-minded by El Supremo
himself, Gordon Ross, in his finale as Scottish Vice-President (Performance)
and SEDS manager.
Gillian
4th May:
The bank holiday weekend saw the 0007 events in the Forest of Dean,
consisting of a short race, National Event and British Relay champs and
incorporating the Future Champions Cup Final, Junior World Champs selection
races and UK Cup races.
Congratulations to Scott Fraser on winning M18 both days and
on being selected for the Junior World Champs again.
Congratulations to the Men’s Short relay team of Anthony,
Chris and Colin on winning. The Women’s
open team was 4th. Unfortunately
the Men’s open team didn’t finish as Andy returned to the finish field covered
in blood after badly spiking his face on a tree – he’s now been sewn back
together – get well soon Andy.
Results of the various races can be found here.
25th April: The meercat that had tunnelled
through into the Children’s Play Area had hordes of visitors today as SOL3
visited the Auchengarrich Wildlife Centre at Mill of Fortune. We had 390
competitors, a very high number for a SOL, who basked happily in the sunshine
after their courses. The string course was very popular, with several
competitors having lots of runs round it, trying to beat their previous best
time.
Thank you very much to Ben and Heather Hartman for planning,
to Pat Squire for ably organising and to Mike Atherton for controlling – not
that we had many problems for him to sort out!
Thank you also very much for all the Interlopers who helped out; the
event can’t run without your man-power!
Prizes were donated by Auchengarrich Wildlife Centre and by
Scottish O Tours, for which we are very grateful. Anyone who has still to
collect their prize, please contact Gillian Godfree (0131 667 9747 before 9pm).
Most impressive Interloper result comes from Mark Haley,
winning the JM2 class and Course 2 outright. I must admit, however, that he
appeared to have been digesting steroids or something similar, since he
measured nearly 6’ when he turned up to collect his prize!
Gillian
16th April:
If anyone wants any ankle tape I’ve got another batch from
Finland. Cost is £3 per roll. Orders to dave@thirtyblackwood.freeserve.co.uk
13th April:
The Lake District saw some sunshine at the weekend for the JK rather
than the usual rain. Although billed as
being held in Graythwaite the event included parts of Grizedale, High Dam and
Bishops Wood. There was a large turnout
of Interløpers with 1st places for Scott Fraser on M18L, Heather
Hartman on W21L and Stephen Haley on M14B – well done to all 3. True Interløpers in 2nd place
were Mark Haley on M10B, Graham Haley on the Orange and the Women’s relay
team. Other top results were: Ben 4th
and Colin 9th on M35L, Rob 8th on M40L, Mary Ross 6th
on W21S, Jane 8th on W40L, Andy 11th on M21E and Claire 7th
on W21E. The men’s relay teams were 7th,
13th and 25th in one of the most competitive British
relays for a long time. As is usual
with Interløpers the third team came back ahead of the first team on leg
1. The men’s 120+ team came 53rd
– by my calculation they must have been one of the older teams in the race.
Individual results are here and relay
results are here.
If anyone has any photos I can put them on the website if
you send them to dave“at sign”thirtyblackwood.freeserve.co.uk
4th April, later: Oops, forgot to mention…
a massive thank you to all the Interløpers who turned up at the Trossachs in
the deluge to help out. I noticed Pat Squire, Rob Bloor, Rob Lee and Kirsty
Ross all doing their bit. Thanks also to anyone I was too exhausted to notice!
Gillian
4th April: Stop Press - Scotland
win Senior Home Internationals!!
(Picture courtesy of CompassSport)
Wet. Torrential. Mud-bath. These are the words that spring to
mind in describing the Trossachs yesterday. Despite the weather, the Senior
Home teams raced up and down steep hills, deep heather and vertical cliffs, in
an epic SHI race. Gordon Ross had planned some challenging and tough courses - although it would be hard to plan a course
on the Trossachs that wasn’t challenging and tough!
Interlopers and Scotland excelled themselves by taking the
majority of top placings in the M20, M21 and W21 classes (ignoring the
Lithuanian team), and taking the Individual title by miles over England! Scott
Fraser won the M20 course, despite being exhausted after training with the
British Squad in Sweden all last week; Andy Kitchin won M21, with Dave Godfree
4th; and W21 saw a complete Interlopers’ annihilation of the rest of
the field, with Gillian Godfree 1st, Toni O’Donovan (Ireland) 2nd,
Janine Hensman 3rd and Claire Ward 4th, the last two
having also rushed home from the Sweden training camp. Also representing
Scotland were Heather Hartman and Murray Strain. After finishing looking like a
mud-man, Dave was seen heading towards the lake to swim in some clean water.
“Well, I can’t get any wetter than I already am!” he said.
Barr Wood presented a totally different challenge, with
Scotland needing to hold off England’s come-back attempt. Unfortunately for the
girls, Mhairi McKenzie had been injured the previous day and had to drop out of
the relay teams. There was no need to worry, however, as Scotland won the
women’s relay convincingly (ignoring Lithuania again!), and with (I think…)
both teams coming back before the English 1st team. The men had no
injury worries, and easily took 1st place, with Andy just losing out
to Mark Nixon of England for 2nd Place. The 3rd team also
did really well.
So onto the prize-giving, where Gordon Ross gave a jubilant
re-telling of the Battle of Bannockburn, and Flower of Scotland resounded over
the hills once again!
See http://www.rstrain.ndtilda.co.uk/SOA/shi_04/
for full results.
Gillian
3rd April: Congratulations to Anthony and Vicky! –
The sound of pitter, patter feet…
..........will
soon be heard in the Squire household.
I'm pleased to announce that Vicky & I are expecting a baby - due at the
beginning of August (Good thing it's not a 6-Days year!). Mother, Father, Baby,
Grandfather and Grandmother are all doing well - if somewhat nervous about the
prospect of these new roles!
Rumours that the father has placed a bet on the baby becoming World
Orienteering Champion can not be confirmed at the time of going to press,
however it can be revealed that Baby Squire has been signed up to the
Interlopers Men's or Women's Open Relay team in 2025.
Thought I'd better make sure you all knew, so that you didn't just think Vicky
had put on weight when you saw us at the JK!
Cheers
Anthony
29 March: The second Scottish O League event was held
yesterday at Collie Nathais near Oban.
The area, used for the British Relays in 1996, is mix of natural
woodland and open moorland. It was very
wet underfoot and heavy going in places – especially getting to the start. Interløpers results: complete domination of M21L with Dave 1st,
Graeme 3rd, Ben 6th, Chris 7th and Colin 8th;
M40L – Rob Bloor 4th, Ken 6th and Paul 7th;
M40S – Gross finished! 5th; M45L – Graham 10th; M55L –
Barry 4th; W21L – Gillian 1st and Heather 3rd;
W21S – Fiona 2nd; W40S – Jane 1st and Patricia 4th;
W45L Morag 9th and Max being the only true Interløper in 2nd
place on the white. Results and splits
are here.
On Saturday there was the second Scottish Middle distance
event at Airds Park. Lorna was 1st
on the women’s short and Heather was 1st on the women’s long. On the men’s long Dave was 1st,
Graeme 3rd, Ben 4th, Chris 6th, Colin 7th,
Paul 19th and Ken 20th.
Results are here.
Meanwhile there were a few Interløpers at Spring Cup in
Denmark. Full results are here and
there is a summary of British results on nopesport.
21 March: The British Champs were held yesterday in
Northumberland. Apparently the weather
wasn’t very nice and as a result the badge event today has been cancelled. Congratulations to Heather Hartman,
British Champion on W21L!! Some Interløpers results: Mark Haley 2nd
on M10B, Stephen Haley 3rd on M14B, Scott Fraser 3rd on
M18A, Colin Eades 4th and Ben Hartman 5th on M35L, Graeme
Ackland 7th on M40L, Ray Heyworth 7th on M75L, Heather
Hartman 1st on W21L, Fiona Weir 6th on W21S, Lorna Eades
5th on W35L, Karen Dobbie 4th on W35S, Ann Haley 6th
on W40L and Claire Ward 9th in the women’s UK Cup race (the British Elite
Champs will be held in June at Culbin and Lossie). If anyone who was there wants a report to appear here send it to interlopers@thirtyblackwood.freeserve.co.uk
Next Saturday (27th March) the short race at
Airds Park, Oban (NM965340) has Yellow and Green courses available. Starts are 2 to 3pm.
15 March: In the three Park World Tour races last
week Clare Ward finished in 15th, 11th and 11th
to lie 14th in the overall standings. Full results and standings on the Park
World Tour website.
Despite us not entering the CompassSport cup this year a few
Interløpers made the short trip to Glentress, with Ben Hartman finishing second
on the brown. Full results are here.
Some of the elite members were on a training weekend with
the British & Scottish Squads in the far north based at Carbisdale Castle
which must be the grandest Youth Hostel in the country. It’s even got an adjacent forest with a
permanent O course. A little steep in
places but some of the most enjoyable forest I’ve run in for some time.
11March: There are 4 club t-shirts left at the
bargain price of £8.50, sizes are M and L.
Contact Janine (Janine.hensman “at sign” lycos.co.uk) to get one before
they all go.
Coming up on 27th April is club discount evening
at Tisos on Rose Street from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, you’ll need some proof of club
membership.
The position of Junior Development Officer for Edinburgh is
vacant. This is a paid position. If you want more info contact John Barrow: info@interlopers.org.uk
10 March:
2004 sees the 40th
birthday of the first and finest university orienteering club in
if you are aware of any
former members who would be interested in the celebrations tell them to send an
e-mail to partyboy@euoclegends.co.uk
or send a letter to Ed Nicholas, Edinburgh University Sports Union, 48, The
Pleasance,
9 March: Claire Ward was a true Interløper finishing
second in her heat at the Park World Tour qualification race in Italy this
morning. More info here.
Overall SOSOL results are here. Well done to Stephen Haley: 1st
on the orange, Ray Heyworth: 2nd on light green, Heather Hartman: 3rd
on blue and Keith Dawson: 4th on blue.
The Scottish Masters (that’s Veterans to most people) Cross
Country Champs were held at Cupar on Saturday.
Notable Interløper performances were Helen Murray 4th, Karen
Dobbie 9th, Graeme Ackland 10th and Tim Brand 21st.
7 March: A gorgeous spring day saw droves
of Interlopers heading off to Touch for SOL 1. The daffodils were just coming
out on the way to the Far Start, a 20-minute jog uphill (although that did mean
that most of the course was then downhill!) Steve Nicholson’s courses were very
enjoyable and challenging, and the Touch estate woodland provided top-quality
technical and runnable orienteering. All of this was overseen by Mr Controller
himself, Graeme Ackland.
Interloper results are: Mark Haley getting off to a flying
start by winning JM2 (by 4 minutes!); Stephen Haley 3rd on JM4; M21L
should be re-named the Interloper course, with Andy 1st, Dave 3rd,
Al 4th, Chris 5th, Ben 7th, Rob 8th
and Pete 11th; M21S saw Graeme R taking 3rd; Colin 2nd
in M35L; Rob B 3rd, Ken 5th and Paul 8th on
M40L; Ronny Lardner 9th on M40S; Graham Mc 8th, and Keith
12th on M45L; a bit of packing going on in M55L with Pat beating
Bill by 8 seconds to come 12th and 13th respectively,
with Steve 14th; jbw 3rd on M60S; and Ray rounding off
the men with a resounding 10 minute victory on M75L.
In the women’s courses, Gillian was 1st, Heather
5th and Janine 6th on W21L; Darina 2nd and
Mary 4th on W21S; Clare 5th on W35S; Ann Super-mum Haley
won W40L with a 3 minute lead; Patricia was 2nd on W40S; and Mo 12th
on W45L.
Even the colour-coded saw some Interloper action, with Freya
and Laura 4th and Max 7th on White, although Max did
pause for autographs near the end!! The light green course was also
Interlopered, with Jane 2nd and Graham 3rd.
Apologies to anyone I’ve missed. I hope to see as much
Interloper action at SOL 2 at Coile Nathais – should be another fantastic
event!
Gillian
1 March: The senior elite season got off to a cold start in
the East Midlands. The British Night
Champs were held on Crich Chase in Derbyshire on an occasionally moonlit night
with a few short snow flurries. Best
Interløpers result was Janine in 3rd on the women’s course. The JOK chasing sprint on Sunday was in
Sherwood Forest ably planned by our very own Graeme Ackland who took us around
the worst of the brambles by sending the course through the “green” forest that
was far more runnable. After finishing
second in the prologue Claire Ward showed the pack a clean pair of heels to win
the women’s course by almost a minute.
27 February: Good luck to everyone racing this weekend: British
Night Champs and JOK Chasing Sprint (including UK Cup races for the 21’s and an
FCC race for the juniors). It’s also
the final round of the first SOSOL at Tentsmuir – incorporating the East Area
Club Champs – will we be 2nd?
Some photos from Barry and Fiona’s wedding have now appeared
on the photo page.
26 February: A number of
Interløpers escaped from the freezing climes of Scotland and took part in the
Portugal O Meet last weekend. The 4 day
competition was held in the Alentejo region about 200km east of Lisbon. Top results were Gillian Godfree winning
D21E and Ben Hartman coming 3rd on H35A. Click here
to find out what you were missing.
Meanwhile at the SOSOL at Bar Hill there was a victory on
the green course for Tim Barrow with Murray Strain second on the brown
course. The event incorporated the inaugural
nopesport trophy. Janine Hensman took
the ladies title with Heather Hartman 3rd. Murray was 2nd amongst the men closely followed by
Scott Fraser in 3rd.
12 February: There was
yet another SOSOL at Elibank last Sunday.
I wimped out due to a stomach upset but a few Interløpers made the trip
in the snow – a single victory this time for Ronny Lardner on the light green
course and no second places again.
Results are here.
This coming weekend sees
a break in SOSOL proceedings before the final two races – 22 Feb at
Bar Hill and 29 Feb at Tentsmuir.
3 February: The latest
SOSOL at Corstorphine Hill saw victories for Mark Haley (yellow), Stephen Haley
(orange), Ben Hartman (green) and Chris Godfree (brown). And no second places at all! Full results
are here.
Meanwhile there were a number of Interløpers in the deep
south. Top result was Scott Fraser
winning the FCC race on Sunday while recovering from a cold. Results for the short race on Saturday are here and
results for the National Event on Sunday are here.
27 January: A frenzy of
South of Scotland Orienteering League races began on Sunday at Lothian Edge
near Dunbar. Mainly wind swept moorland
with a few bits of grotty woodland. Results are here. Well done to Stephen for being the sole
winning Interløper, and Ann and Dave for being traditional Interløpers in
second place.
Later on Gillian did a speech in some foreign language and brutally
attacked a haggis.
A few more pictures have appeared on the photos page
courtesy of Barry Owen.
20 January: The Club
Champs were held on Sunday:
Well done Pat Squire, the
Interlopers Club Champion 2003. Recent results show that Pat is running well at
the moment and thus it is no surprise to see him taking the honours, by beating
his expected time by the greatest margin. Tricia Alston also ran particularly
well, finishing second overall and first lady. The trophy and a prize will be
awarded to these two. Unfortunately, it was not until the end of November that
I discovered that half of the woods were now owned by another party. The
resultant delay arranging further permission, risk assessment, etc meant that I
did not advertise the event until late on. This fact, plus event and squad
training clashes over the weekend appear to have affected numbers. Sorry. Thank
you to those that did turn out. I hope you enjoyed yourselves. Thanks also to
those that helped. Have a great 2004.
Ken.
Results are on the results page.
18 January: Ben Hartman
had a storming win at the ESOC Sprint O at Hopetoun House today holding on to
his Leg 1 lead by 20 seconds from a chasing Stephen “Wo Wo” Clelland. Also featuring in the “long” course results
are Ken Daly, Heather Hartman and Barry Owen, with Pat Squire finishing an
excellent 5th on the “short” course. And as for Mr Inverarity it’s anyone’s guess what he was playing
at…! Results
5 January: Happy New Year!
Results from the Interløpers Score event at Anagach on
Saturday are available here
20 December: The BASOC event on 28 December has moved, it is now at Uath Lochan – see BASOC website
18 December: Hot off the
press! The Interløpers newsletter
number 130 is here. The file is a bit of a beast at 969kb but is
(partly) in technicolour.
Dave and I won’t be at
the Christmas Party, so have a great time and behave yourselves. Have a
fantastic Christmas and New Year - hoping to see lots of you at New Year in
Speyside!
Gillian
16 December: A few Interløpers made the short trip
north to the TAY score event on Sunday.
Results
available here. Many more were
spotted watching the European XC in Holyrood Park.
14 December: Details of events in Grantown-on-Spey
and Inverness around New Year are on the fixtures page.
12 December: Please please please could those people
still owing me for club t shirts pay up!! A cheque in the post for £8.50
payable to me would be most welcome just before Xmas!
There are still a few left in stock so if anyone wants one let me know.
Thanks
Janine
8 December: At the Scottish National Cross Country
Relays on Saturday Lothian Running Club finished in the traditional Interløpers
position of second in the ladies race – the team included Interløpers Helen
Murray and Gillian Godfree joined by interloping Christine Milne.
6 December: The British Relay Champs next year have
been cancelled! See the BOF news page for
more info.
2 December: The nopesport
launch party is this Thursday (4th December) at 5/1 Nicholson Street
(opposite the Festival Theatre) chez Ed Nicholas. I’ve been asked, and I quote, to “try and get all the old boys to
come for a few shandies” Start
is at 9pm, so plenty of time to get some hill training in first. Not known what time the police will be
coming…
Now for something a little different, Helen Murray reports: A hot tip for a winter break - XC skiing in
Norway! Ryanair flight from Prestwick to Oslo-Torp (which is rather like
saying Edinburgh-Dumfries - a 1hr 45 min bus journey from the target
destination). A few hours spent in Oslo sorting out maps, skis, food and
other essentials and then another bus 40 mins up the road to Sollihogda.
Skis on and we made our way to our un-manned hut (electricity but sadly no hot
water). Not really enough snow to perfect the technique, but we managed
one full day on snow/sludge and collected enough bruises to choose the walking
option the next day.
A little early in the season perhaps, but a good exploratory trip for the next
time!
27 November: From our publicity officer (Ken Daly)
comes a request
for volunteers at the Outdoor Show in Birmingham next April.
25 November: Results for the Braid Hills
cross-country are here
– although you’ll need a magnifying glass to read them.
Updated score champs results are here
24 November: Score Champs: Right, we’ve got some
provisional results. These are definitely very provisional, since I know of at
least one person’s result which is wrong… You’d never catch Interlopers having
IT problems, now would you!!!
M21 – 2nd Graeme A, 5th Rob, 7th
Scott
M40 – 2nd Ken
M45 – 11th Keith, 18th Gordon
M50 – 9th Colin
M55 - 5th Bill, 13th John
M70 – 2nd Ray
W21 – 1st Gillian, 2nd Anna, 7th
Heather
White – 6th James
(If you don’t want me to put your results on in future,
e-mail me and I’ll try and remember!).
Braid Hills: Brad would like me to point out that he was definitely
there too, but is such a quiet, reserved type of guy that I never noticed him.
Paul was there as well apparently.
Anyone else got anything they could put on here? Photos?
Silly stories? Event reports? Send them to Dave, my IT Support Technician.
Gillian
23 November: A great weekend of races –
Braid Hills Cross-Country on Saturday, followed by Scottish Score Champs at
Devilla on Sunday.
The Braids was thronged with orienteers for the
Cross-Country Race. Interlopers sighted were Lorna, Claire, Kate (if they’ve
renewed yet!), Anna and Gillian in the girl’s race, and Colin, Graeme, Murray,
Scott, Andy, Tim Brand and Dave in the men’s. Murray came 3rd, and
sometime Interloper Relay member Hannah Wootton came 2nd, missing
out on 1st by 1 second!
It was a rather different scene at Devilla, with most people
either not attending or busy running whenever I was around. Spotted were 3
Acklands, Gross, Scott, Ben, John, Gillian, Anna and Dave, although there might
have been lots of others lurking in the woods and avoiding me! Minor technical
problems at download prevented a rapid results service; known results are
Gillian and Anna doing OK on W21, Dave doing a Gross (ie retiring), Gross doing
a Gross (despite being hard to do in a Score event – it’s the thought that
counts!), and James making a superb run-in effort on the White course, leaving
his Mum way behind!
20 November: Good views of the Aurora Borealis during
hill intervals.
16 November: Hundreds of people turned up at Kinneil
for our SOSOL event – results and comments on the results page.
14 November: Fun and games and pizza.
The evening kicked off with James’ railway game, involving
moving pieces of track around to collect “luggage”. Unfortunately it proved too difficult for Graeme, Dave and
Gillian who had to adopt the traditional approach of cancelling the trains and
not joining up the track… Next game was
Twister which showed off our complete inflexibility! James was too small so became “spin master” – obviously a budding
DJ – while Mairi was small enough to crawl through the tunnels formed by
everyone’s legs and arms. Everyone else
managed fine, apart from Gillian getting pushed off the board by both Tim and
Brad.
After unravelling ourselves from the Twister board Helen
suggested the Chocolate Game (roll a 6 and you get to put on a hat and gloves
before attempting to eat a chocolate bar with a knife and fork) Graeme managed to eat half the bar with everyone
else getting a taste. Lastly Brad
bought out Pictionary. This was
dominated by Darina; having art lessons is obviously an advantage!
Thanks to Helen for hosting the party – hopefully she’ll have managed to tidy up again by now.