A big group of Quantock Orienteers made the journey down the A361 to take part in the British Orienteering Championships - braving the heavy rain and the wind (and the occasional ray of sunshine) to tackle the technical challenge of Braunton Burrows.
A massive congratulations to everyone who took part and to BOK and Devon Orienteering Club for putting on the event and coping with the challenges the weather threw at them!
Full write up to follow (if anyone can contribute a paragraph or two it would be much appreciated!), but for now here are the results.
British Long Distance Championships 2021 Results
A huge hurrah to QO medal winners - Bill Vigar 3rd place on M85 and especially Al Hemmings, who got around the tricky W10A course in the heavy rain in 3rd (photo below).
Course | Name | Position | Award |
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M21E | Adam Fieldhouse | ||
M21E | Robin Fieldhouse | ||
M40L | Phil Sorrell | 11th | Bronze |
M45L | @Pete Shirvington | 12th | Silver |
M45L | @Jeff.Pakes | 18th | Bronze |
M55L | Andy Rimes @andyr | 49th | |
M55L | Stephen Lysaczenko @stephen | 50th | |
M60L | Brian Pearson @BrianJP | 12th | Championship |
M65L | Steve Robertson | 46th | |
M70L | Tony Hext | 30th | Bronze |
M80 | Roger Craddock @craddocktaunton | 4th | Silver |
M85 | Bill Vigar | 3rd | Silver |
W10A | Al Hemmings | 3rd | |
W55S | Karen Lewis @KarenLewis | 8th | |
W65L | Rosie Wych | 13th | Bronze |
W65S | Julia Robertson | 5th |
Middle Distance Results
Special mention to Robin Fieldhouse on M21, Brian Pearson on M60, Rosie Wych on M65 and Oliver Lewis on Orange who all look to have had especially good runs.
Course | Name | Position | Award |
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M21 | Robin Fieldhouse | 9th | Gold |
M21 | Adam Fieldhouse | 21st | Silver |
M40 | Philip Sorrell @daylightgambler | 7th | Bronze |
M45 | @Jeff.Pakes | 16th | Bronze |
M45 | @Pete Shirvington | 17th | Bronze |
M50 | Martin Lewis | 21st | Bronze |
M55 | Andy Rimes @andyr | 42nd | Bronze |
M55 | @stephen Lysaczenko | 55th | |
M60 | Brian Pearson @BrianJP | 9th | Championship |
M65 | Steve Robertson | 26th | Silver |
M65 | Simon St Leger-Harris | 44th | Bronze |
M70 | Tony Hext | 22nd | Bronze |
M80 | Roger Craddock @craddocktaunton | 4th | Silver |
W55 | Karen Lewis @KarenLewis | 28th | |
W65 | Rosie Wych | 5th | Championship |
W65 | Julia Robertson | ||
Orange | Oliver Lewis | 4th | Orange standard |
Orange | Annabelle Lewis | 11th |