East Pennine Orienteering Club

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February 14, 2010

Organiser's Comments.

Thank you to all those of you who came today, to help and to compete. I spoke to quite a few competitors and apart from the climb back from the finish, the vast majority seemed to enjoy their courses. Thank you very much to Mytholmroyd Scouts who were very efficient in their provision of soup and snacks, and thank you to all those who supported them. My biggest concern since January, had been the weather. It had to be either: REALLY bad in the week leading up to the event, so we knew well in advance that it could not go ahead, or: really nice. In the end it was fortunately the latter. If I could have I would have organised for the cloud to come a lot later and that breeze to be a little warmer, apparently it was really warm down in the valley! The view of the Castle ruins with the sun shining directly on it at 8:30 this morning was superb. I hope that we have some pictures to add so that you too can see it.
I am very sorry that one person at least did not get to run the course he had entered, as the last map had gone, and the recycling had not got there quickly enough. I think we have all learned a valuable point about setting up some sort of check, I don't know what, but something to mull over. Fortunately the other person I know did not get the course of his choice (and was a helper) was jolly glad when he saw the course he would have done!
Finally thank you VERY much to all those of the club members who gave up their time to help. Without you events could not go ahead, especially as the vast majority of today's helpers were people who volunteered rather than being co-erced, that always makes organising an event a less stressful occasion.
Thank you again Rebecca Lloyd.
PS. I am also impressed with myself as I towed the caravan back to its home without any trouble at all!! The first time I have towed a caravan on anything but big main raods, and I only did that once about 10 years ago.

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