Night Street League

During the dark autumn and winter weekday nights Harlequins put on the Night Street League (NSL). This is street orienteering - in the dark. The highlight of the NSL year is the Bewdley International Mountain Marathon (BIMM) organised by Russ Fauset, which in recent years has been more International than Bewdley.

The HOC Night Street League Coordinator is John Embrey.

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2009-10 league table after all 9 events
Coordinator's end-of-season update: Whilst the series Long title was a foregone conclusion, due to lack of entries throughout the series, the winners of both the Short and the Medium were decided on the night, with overall leaders changing in both classes.
Many thanks to Russ for putting on the event, and to all the other organisers who arranged events over the winter.
I would like to think we can get a few more participants next winter to help make the organisers' efforts worthwhile. If you have never tried one why not give it a go. It's not forest orienteering, but some of the events have been every bit as challenging in a different way.

The series winners were (trophies presented by former HOC member and Salinae resident Alex Wing):

	Short 1st Marian White 59 points 2nd Russ Fauset 58 points 3rd Jacky Embrey 52 points
	Medium 1st Adrian Bailey 58 points 2nd Andy White 58 points 3rd Colin Spears 45 points
	Long 1st John Embrey 60 points 2nd Iain Embrey 10 points 3rd= Tom Lewis & Dave Nevell 9 points

2009 - 2010 Programme

	Date	Venue	Organiser	Details	Results
1	Tue 10 Nov	Walsall	Barry McGowan		Results
2	Wed 25 Nov	Worcester	Brian Hughes		Results
3	Tue 08 Dec	Stratford-on-Avon	Geoffrey Foster		Results
4	Tue 15 Dec	Malvern Wells	Lester Hartmann 01684 577062		Results
5	Thu 21 Jan	Halesowen North/Rowley Regis	Peter Langmaid		Results
6	Tue 02 Feb	Redditch	John Pearson		Results
7	Thu 18 25 Feb	Bourneville	Colin Spears		Results
8	Thu 04 Mar	Kingstanding	Adrian Bailey		Results
9	Fri 26 Mar	BIMM at Salinae (Droitwich)	Russ Fauset		Results

Rules

1. There will be 3 courses at each event. Short around 3-4km, Medium 5–8km, Long 8km or more
2. There will be a trophy awarded for the winner on each of the three courses during the season. The winner will be determined by the best 6 scores over the series
3. The winner of the Long course also wins the coveted title of "Harlequin Night Street League Champion"
4. This is a street competition not night orienteering. The majority of events should take place in towns, streets or on paths. Short, safe stretches in open country where powerful torches are not needed may be acceptable, but must not become the norm. If competitors are sent outside towns the organizer should consider the safety of possible route choices
5. The planner scores 10 points and may allocate his/her points to the course of his choice
6. The winner on each course scores 10 points, second 9 points and so on. In the unlikely event of a tie in an event, both competitors receive the higher score, with the next competitor scoring two points less
7. If there is a tie at the end of the season then the competitor with more scores of 10 on his/her course wins the trophy. If there is still a tie the most scores of 9 determines and so on
8. Under no circumstances may points be transferred between courses. A competitor must make it clear which course he is running before starting an event
9. In unusual circumstances (e.g competitors not finding a control, controls being vandalised) it will be the planner's discretion to revise times or placings. (As a general principle planners try their best to ensure no one is disqualified and come away with no points)
10. In the event of a dispute the NSL Coordinator will make a ruling
11. In the even more unlikely event that this ruling is not acceptable, appeal may be made to the Club Captain, or (if the NSL Coordinator and Club Captain are one and the same) the Club Chairman.
12. Start times are normally 6.30 - 7.30pm but may be altered at the planner's discretion
13. In exceptional circumstances the planner may allow a competitor who cannot make the official event to run at a different time. The result will only stand if the run takes place in the same week (Monday to Friday) as the official event. This is entirely at the discretion of the planner and competitors must not expect this by right

 

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