MOR Colour Coded Event - Achlean

It was good to return to Achlean - even though it was only a week since last running there! I ran the brown (longest) course which was 8.6k with 21 controls. I had a clean run and took 67 minutes, finishing third. Ben Hartman took 65 minutes and Mark Nixon took an incredible 53 minutes!

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BASOC Colour Coded Event - Beachen Wood

Beachen Wood is situauted on the outskirts of Grantown on Spey and has not previously been used for orienteering. It is a mixed wood with areas of pine, birch and hazel; and a multitude of point features.

I ran the brown (longest) course which was 7.7k with 315m of climb and 23 controls. I took 68 minutes and finished second, 2 minutes slower than Mark Nixon of EUOC.

My run was a bit scrappy with time losses in the circle at 5, 14 and 22; and by drifting-off between 8 and 9.

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FVO Evening Event - Touch

I ran the long course which was 5.5k with 12 controls. The area was great - if a little brackeny, and I completed the course in 37 minutes; which gave me 5th place, some 3 minutes down on Mark Nixon who won.

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INVOC SOL 6 - Loch Vaa

Loch Vaa was first used for orienteering for the World Championships Relay in 1999. Like Achlean, it has numerous moraines and offers a sustained technical challenge.

I ran M45L which was 7.2k with 145m of climb and 22 controls. I took 51 minutes - a time which left me trailing Donald Petrie of CLYDE by some 3 minutes! I lost time by going too far east and being hesitant into 11, and by not simplifying 19; but can't account for 3 minutes!

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 09, 2006
ECKO 11 Person relay - Achlean



On a sunny Saturday in Speyside, I ran the 4th of 5 legs (legs 2, 3 and 4 each had 3 runners!) which was light green standard and 3.1k with 70 m of climb, and 10 controls. The course took me 19 minutes. Fraser Purves set off in first place on the last leg for FVO, but had only a minutes lead over Oleg Chepelin from EUOC, which wasn't enough to keep the students at bay! Nonetheless, our second place did mean we gained revenge over CLYDE; who narrowly beat us at this years Harvester.

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