2005 INVOC Club Handicap Championships - 19th June at Plodda Falls

The handicap race provided one of the closest finishes for a couple of years. Lilian came in with a clear lead to the last checkpoint, gave everything she had with a furious sprint over Plodda Falls car park but to no avail. James, with youth on his side, just had that little extra to overtake Lilian in the last few meters. Lilian very sportingly did not use her stick to trip James up although I am not that sure that the rest of us would been that fair! The race for the last podium place was nearly as close as Dick with Ray and Jacquie close on his heels finished in third place in 51 minutes, one minute behind the winner. So in this case, age and experience triumphed over youth! The guest runners ended up in the middle of the field. It is great to have a handicap system, which keeps them away from the top places! The terrain at Plodda is very hard; after all this area was used for both the qualification and classical races at the World Championships in 1999. Not surprisingly we had a few retirements. Was this the reason or was it the tension of a mass start, which disturbed the focus of the competitors who normally do so well? We can only guess. I would also like to express my thanks to Ken Naismith who as controller came out with me to hang the checkpoints. At least we had each others company whilst lost in the forest. And thanks to Sue, for the administration and for organising the 'aprés orienteering'. Thanks also to the orienteers who helped collect the controls. Ĺke Inghammar - Organiser/Planner/Handicapper 20 June 2005 Results from Invoc Handicap Event at Plodda Falls 19 June 2005 Handicap times based on winning time of 50 Minutes. Name Course Length Position Handicap Time James Laird 4.370 1 11 min 26 sec Lilian Davidson 1.900 2 26 min 20 sec Dick Amour 4.180 3 11 min 58 sec Ray Walder 3.940 4 12 Min 41 sec Jacquie Laird 3.380 5 14 Min 47 sec Val Springet 2.300 6 21 Min 43 sec Norma Atherton 2.500 7 20 Min 00 sec Meryl Marshall 3.430 8 14 min 34 sec Sue Nicolson 2.840 9 17 Min 36 sec John Colls 2.060 10 24 Min 16 sec Edith Robertson 2.220 11 22 Min 31 sec Eddie Harwood 5.480 12 09 Min 07 sec Margaret Harwood 3.000 13 16 Min 25 sec Jonathan Warde 3.870 14 12 Min 55 sec Ken Davidson 2.570 15 19 Min 27 sec Mike Atherton 3.640 16 13 Min 45 sec Peter Cromar 2.570 17 19 min 27 sec Margaret Cromer 1.900 18 26 Min 20 sec David Summers 4.040 19 12 Min 23 sec Charlie Walton 4.660 20 10 Min 45 sec Ann Walder 3.400 21 14 Min 42 sec Stewart Robertson 4.580 ret 10 Min 55 sec Keith Slater 3.860 ret 12 Min 57 sec Rory Slater 3.100 ret 16 Min 08 sec Pauline Inghammar 3.030 totally lost! 16 Min 30 sec Lesley Campbell 2.310 ret 21 Min 37 sec Thanks to Rory Slater for the pics.