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Another thing to add to the list of things we ought to be getting right by now…
There was a generally excellent HOC club championships at Stourport on Sunday. At the post-match do, Barry Houghton was poring over the map, trying to find the controls he’d missed. What made it harder for Barry, then and during the race, is that he’s colourblind. Put a red number on a green background (e.g. #75 on the race map) and he’s got very little chance of spotting its existence. Obviously this is something that the rest of us need to be reminded about, so it needs to go in the controller’s checklist if it isn’t there already:
1. Put control numbers clear of map details that they will obscure and/or be obscured by.
2. Check the overprint colour. Condes appears to be the worst offender, with the default (?) colour containing too much red. The correct colour should be darker and purpler.
Here’s some photos from the event. Congratulations to Ashley Ford, Alex Morgan and Rachel Dearden on being this year’s “main” champions. Alex beat last year’s men’s open champion, Romualdas Stupelis, by one second!
What’s happening to the common (e.g. cattle grazing, tree felling) is quite controversial locally.
Shire Oak Park is an old quarry on the edge of Brownhills, and one of the new O areas in Walsall mapped by Peels. As he’s already done at Fibbersley, Rough Wood and Barr Beacon, Barry McGowan has taken the lead in working with the council to get POCs and events going on these new areas, and all of them will feature in next year’s Walsall initiative.
The first event at Shire Oak was a couple of months ago. (Results.) The next event there will be a night-O race on Thursday 5 January. Small areas like this (it’s about half a mile across) are ideal for making your first attempt at night-O.
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Another good run for me, and for Catherine, who thereby won the W10 class of this year’s West Midlands League. 
Droobers were the overall League champions, of course.
Up to the Royal Irish Barracks at Tern Hill near Market Drayton for an Army event – a well-planned urban/sprint-style course with a little bit of forest in the middle to slow me down. A good run, no real errors to speak of, and the unusual feat (for me) of every leg being under 3 minutes.
Thanks for coming. It went well. COBOC will be running similar event nights at the Outdoor Education Centre on the last Wednesday of each month (except December). Results:
Long
1. Iain Embrey 42:50
2. Chris McSweeny 44:04
3. John Embrey 47:04
4. Dave Williams 53:58
5. Chris Embrey 56:57
6. Mike Baggott 59:40
7. Alan Halliday 60:40
8. Richard Dearden 70:42
9. Alan Segar mp
Medium 1
1. Ian Gamlen 57:06
2. Barry McGowan 60:19
3. Pete Carey 62:53
Medium 2
1. Marian White 47:38
2. Andy White 52:37
3. Dave Ellis 57:58
4. Mick Sadler 59:04
5. Robert Vickers 77:37
Short 1
Sheila Carey 42:43
Short 2
Sarah Williamson 42:03
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