SROC Night Street League 2003/2004

Freckleton and Warton (Event 0) - Training Event
Wednesday 8th October

Organiser's Comments:

Thanks to the management of the Ship for use of their facilities, and to Lyn and Peter for helping.

Also to the several Freckleton mappers, all of whom will agree that an O-CAD update of their handiwork is overdue. I hope to become competent enough to have-a-go before your next visit.

Thanks to Peter Knott for allowing re-use of his Dec 2000 courses, with just minimal modifications to cope with changes to several H, TP and LPs, and my wish to offer you the not so ‘very muddy’ Strike Lane, and a visit to the disaster memorial park. The 1944 disaster occurred when a bomber aircraft returning after a test-flight from the USAAF air-base at Warton was hit by lightning and then crashed onto the village school with severe casualties.

I hope this warm-up enabled you to shake out several potential weaknesses before the League proper starts at Longridge. One lesson is to check on the reliability of your lighting systems and batteries. You certainly will need a good system and safety back-up if you come to the SROC proper NW Night League event at Ulpha Fell in November organised by the Fergusons and their team. For Street Night you probably also need to carry sunglasses in case you meet Paul F and his mobile lighthouse coming round a corner ! Other popular errors are covered in the next section.

All controls were visited by someone. ES was the only at No 10, whilst No 14 was the only control everyone visited, with Nos 44, 15, 20, 31 and 32 the next most popular. 4 went through the mud of Strike Lane, whilst only 3 ran all along Hillock Lane at top of the map, including an adventurous 60 minuter, David Kesby. Fine performances from several of you, especially by Paul T. He got 17 of the 30 and 40s, and then appears to have raced home from 30, just in time, and ignoring all but 44

Feedback please, do you prefer 3 result classes or this single combined list? Also, how long do you want to see the map before starting? Responses please before Longridge in order to establish this years norms. Any other improvements? 

Contentious Control Adjudications: - choose your own lessons from them.
13 - The broken H in the road was 2m S from my target H which was half covered by the hedge.  11 of you found the broken H, no-one found mine. Broken H accepted.
16 - 5 recorded the correct LP 18. The next LP to W was No 16. Someone wrote 17, had he approached from W and wrongly deduced 17 would be next to 16? Most planners search for such anomalies to check on your techniques - beware. 17 is not accepted.
17 - The ‘unofficial dot’ was nearer the Eastward stub and not the main Southward road as should have been. JB found the intended LP, 2 others chose the LP on S side of the stub. My imprecision, so both answers accepted.
18 - My answer had been recorded dyslexically. My apologies to JB and DK, 324 was correct.
30 - 10 got TP 330 correct, 2 gave 329 the TP 50m to W. Not pacing or proportions, 329 wrong.
31 - 6 found TP 5, one found adjacent LP 6 about 10m to W. Wrong feature, 6 not accepted.
33 - 9 found LP 4, one found H 100 on opposite side of the road. Wrong feature, not accepted.
36 - 5 found LP 9, one gave LP 7, the next LP about 100m to W. The map shows a slight bend opposite LP 9. LP 7 was at mid of the W straight, whilst LP 9 mid of whole road and adjacent to to mapped lay-by, and opposite the mapped footpath. 7 not accepted.
39 - PT found correct TP 6, 2 others recorded it as 4. It was the 4th TP from the E. Was it insufficient lighting? or carelessness. 4 not accepted.
48 - PF gave the H as 4 / 0, the complete items on the H, whilst 2 others interpreted the defaced H as the probable 140 / 0. Both versions accepted.


Next Street Event: League 1 Longridge Weds 22nd October.

Venue confirmed as Longridge Sports Centre. Changing, showers and good bar. From W on B6243, continue on Preston Rd to L, at the pub on entering the town. Sports Centre is on R after 300m. Parking and entry at rear of school.  Usual 6.30 to 7.30 starts, courses close at 8.30. Other info as standard.  Organisers: Keith Hulme / David Johnstone 01772 785 297

Followed by League 2 Lytham Weds 12th Nov Bill and Dawn Lock
League 3 Lancaster area Weds 26th Nov Sarah W. and Jon C.
League 4 Blackpool / Bispham Weds 10th Dec Ali W. and Ian E.

We still have 2 vacant slots in 2004. 11th Feb and 10th March.
Can-U-help ? any offers please ?

Also organiser / planner / checker needed for 24th March finale at Leyland. Excellent BL map available. Would hope to be able to use Balshaws and Fox Lane Sports Club.

Ian Evans

Combined List - 

Pos.  Name                   Class   Club    Score   Time    Pen  Net  /hr

1     Paul Turner             M46    SELOC    730    74:35        730  585
=2    Karen Nash              W43    SROC     490    55:33        490  490
=2    Paul Ferguson           M53    SROC     490    55:50        490  490
4     Chris Rostron           M57    MDOC     610    73:25        610  488
5     John Britton            M53    MDOC     600    75:35    10  590  472
6     David Kesby             M35    SROC     460    60:50    15  445  445
7     Earl Smith              M46    WRR      440    59:24        440  440
8     Brian Looker            M65    SROC     420    50:00        420  420
9     Glenys Ferguson         W54    SROC     410    56:55        410  410
10    Mary Wheeler            W53    SROC
      & Mike Ormerod          M61    SROC     380    56:20        380  380
11    Peter Knott             M68    SROC     380    61:50        345  345
12    Gemma Thompson          W25    SROC     220    39:18    N   220  336
13    Christopher Nash        M9     SROC
      & Bob Nash              M60    SROC     350    61:25    25  325  325
14    Dawn Lock               W59    SROC     240    53:56        240  240 

Last Updated : 14.10.03