Summer Evening Events

A series of informal events that take place on spring and summer weekday evenings (Thursdays mostly). The first event is usually at the end of April with one event every week until late July, 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.

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 2014 League Table Your final score is decided on your best int(n/2) + 1 events, e.g. 7 out of 12.

2014 Programme
All events on Thursdays unless otherwise stated

	Date	Venue	Organiser	Details	Results
1	01 May	Himley Hall	Kerstin Mitchell		Results
2	08 May	Worcester Woods	Roger Keeling		Results
3	15 May	Malvern Common	Clive Caffall		Results
4	22 May	Baggeridge	Peter Langmaid		Results
6	05 Jun	Brockhampton	Mike Farrington		Results
7	12 Jun	Pitcheroak Wood	Allan McKinley		Results
	19 Jun	Clent (June Jaunter)*	Robert Vickers		Results Comments
8	26 Jun	Morton Stanley Park	John Pearson		Results
10	10 Jul	Hayhead Wood and The Dingle	Barry McGowan		Results Comments
11	17 Jul	Uffmoor Wood	Jenny Uff		Results
12	24 Jul	Cannon Hill Park Sandwell Valley	Adrian Bailey		Final results
9 (rescheduled)	07 Aug	Gheluvelt Park	John Leeson		Results
5 (rescheduled)	14 Aug	Worcester Beacon	Richard Davies		Results revised 20 Aug

*The June Jaunter does not count as part of the league

The SEE coordinator for 2014 is Andy White.

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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/2+1 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 and 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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