Summer Evening Events

A series of informal events that take place on spring and summer weekday evenings (mostly). The first event is usually at the end of April with one event every week until late August if we get enough volunteers to organise events. The programme includes the annual June Jaunter (see right), but results do not count for league points.

You do not have to enter for the league - just turn up and run (but it helps to give the individual event organisers the notice they ask for so they can prepare enough maps etc). If you're a HOC member you will be credited with league points.

HOC's SEEs are normally arranged for Thursday evenings. We will be holding 3 saturday morning events to try and attact some newcomers. There will be courses for experienced orienteers and runners but the results will NOT count towards the SEE League (see left - click to download flyer).

And if that's not enough, our neighbour clubs Wrekin Orienteers and Octavian Droobers hold their summer evening events on Tuesdays and Wednesdays respectively.

Final 2013 League Table after all 12 events Your best 9 out of the 12 evening events will decide your final score.

2013 Programme
All events on Thursdays unless otherwise stated

	Date	Venue	Organiser	Details	Results
1	25 Apr	Worcester Woods	Rollo Rumford		Results
2	30 Apr	Severn Valley Country Park	John Bennison (WRE)		HOC Results
3	02 May	Old Hills	Roger Keeling		Results
4	09 May	Worcester Beacon	Jason Howell		Results
	Sat 18 May	Arrow Valley (central)*	John Leeson		Results
5	30 May	Arrow Valley (south)	John Pearson		Results
6	06 Jun	Morton Stanley Park	Mike Baggott		Results
	Sat 15 Jun	Leasowes Park*	Adrian Bailey		Results
	20 Jun	Clent (June Jaunter)*	Robert Vickers		Results Comments
7	27 Jun	Fibbersley	Andy Hemsted		Results
8	Wed 03 July	Perry Parks	Adrian Bailey		Results
	Sat 13 Jul	Sanders Park*	John Embrey		Results
9	18 Jul	Burlish Top	Russ Fauset / Peter Langmaid		Results
10	25 Jul	Habberley	Steve Nightingale		Results
11	01 Aug	Bumble Hole	Jenny Uff		Results
12	08 Aug	Cannon Hill Park	David Williams		Results

*The June Jaunter and Saturday morning events do not count as part of the league

The SEE coordinator for 2013 is John Pearson, with Charlie Nelson in charge of the league table.

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Rules

Format
A series of informal Thursday evening events held from April/May to July/August each year with nominal entry fees.
SI dibbers are used for timing the start and finish - if you forget your dibber a few spares are available to borrow. Normal control markers are used with codes to write down (no punches) in order to reduce both the work of the Organiser/Planner and the risk of vandalism. Registration will be mainly DIY.
They provide an opportunity for members to gain experience in course planning, but any member may volunteer to organise one. No Controller is appointed, but novice planners may seek guidance from club Controllers as necessary. Organisers should consult the Summer Evening Event Guidelines (updated April 2013).
A nearby pub or hut may be used for post-event course analysis but most events will be run from the back of a car by the organiser.

Courses
Each event offers three courses - Yellow / Orange, Green(ish) and Blue(ish), depending on available terrain - most are not suitable for courses of Technical Difficulty level 5.
To save effort, the Blue course can be the same as the Green with an extra loop to make up the distance; the Orange can be Yellow with a few extra legs/controls of Technical Difficulty level 3.

Scoring
There will be 4 awards – Mens Trophy, Ladies Trophy, Junior Mens Trophy and Junior Ladies Trophy. For the purposes of the league juniors = M/W18 and below
Runners on each course are divided up by trophy class and then allocated points as follows:

• 1st Place: 10pts or number of counting competitors whichever is the greater
• 2nd Place: 9pts or number of counting competitors minus 1 whichever is the greater
• 3rd Place: 8pts or .........
• Last Place: 1pt
• Retirements and Missing Controls count towards the calculation but get just 1 point for turning up
• The event organiser scores 15 points. If more than one person is involved in organising an event and therefore unable to compete, up to two people can score a full 15 points. However, no person should be credited with Organiser's points more than once in any season
• For anyone running two courses at an event, only the first run scores
• Members of other clubs may compete, but points are awarded only to members of HOC and affiliated groups. Members of other clubs do not count towards the score calculation
• Those with dual club membership must declare HOC as their club on the control card in order to count
• The winner will be determined by the best n - 3 scores over the series where n is the number of events actually held. In the event of a tie the trophy will be awarded to the competitor who has completed more Blue courses in their scoring runs, failing that the competitor who has completed more Green & Blue courses in their scoring runs

The JUNE JAUNTER is not part of the league.

Competitors running out of class:

• Senior Men running Blue – add two points to the score as calculated above. This is mainly to prevent certain people from winning by running Green in every race
• Senior men on the Orange have 4 points deducted down to a minimum of 1 point scored
• Senior Ladies running on the Blue – add four points to the score as calculated above. Senior Ladies on the Green – add two points. Senior Ladies on the orange – no points added
• Junior Men: Blue +4, Green +2, Orange +0
• Junior Ladies: Blue +4, Green +2, Orange +0

The league coordinator will ensure fair play and reserves the right not to award points to competitors who blatantly run a course below their current ability. Special pleading will be allowed but it will not necessarily do you any good.

 

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