SROC Night Street League 2006/2007

Wednesday 24th Jan 07

Event 7 ASHTON (Preston)

75 Mins

Pos.  Name                      Club    Score   Time    Pen    Net

1 Steve Lang                    MDOC      1230  75.29   10    1220
2 Steve McLean                  SROC      1200  77.14   45    1155
3 John Britton                  MDOC      1090  75.19   6     1084 
4 Dave Hargreaves               SROC      1040  73.20   0     1040
5 Ed Mellor                     SELOC     1120  79.06   82    1038
6 Peter Carter                  Preston H.1000  72.35   0     1000
7 Ian Selby                     SROC      1050  79.59   100    950
8 Jim Doherty                   Preston H. 870  73.35   0      870
9 Chris Rostron                 MDOC       910  77.21   47     863
10 Peter Booth                  Clayon H.  800  74.05   0      800
11 Simon Halliday               Clayon H.  760  71.04   0      760
12 Richard Bellaries            Clayton H. 760  76.59   20     740
13 Steven Bury                  Clayton H. 590  83.10   163    427
14 Angela Magyerics &
   Melody Thompson              SELOC      550  83.50   177    373
15 Paul Turner                  SELOC      lots              Timed out

60 Mins 

Pos.  Name                      Club    Score   Time    Pen   Net

1 Matt & Chris Nash             SROC      950   56.58    0   950
2 Dave Kesby                    SROC      860   59.20    0   860
3 John Ashton                   SROC      850   58.21    0   850
4 Chris Roberts                 SROC      830   58.30    0   830
5 Darren Baker                  DEE       840   65.27    109 731
6 Paul Ferguson                 SROC      690   54.32    0   690
7 Daniel Thomas                 SROC      710   61.24    26  684
8 Richard Catlow                PFO       720   61.50    37  683
9 Glenys Ferguson               SROC      670   59.02    0   670
10 Mike Ormerod &
   Mary Wheeler                 SROC      690   61.23    28  662
11 Brian Looker                 SROC      660   58.00    0   660
12 Sue & Martyn Roome           SROC      670   62.00    40  630
13 Jon Carberry                 SROC      630   57.50    0   630
   & Sarah Watkins
14 Bill Lock                    SROC      650   61.22    27  623
15 Rowena Browne                SROC      600   59.50    0   600
16 Joe Howard                   Preston H.600   59.39    0   600
17 Joanna Goorney               Wesham    530   59.37    0   530
18 Elaine Sutton                DEE       520   54.58    0   520
19 Dawn Lock                    SROC      560   62.26    49  511
20 Hamish & Alex Willis         PFO       500   51.44    0   500
21 Cath Kitching                SROC      480   59.21    0   480
22 Richard, Emma                Wesham    470   56.40    0   470
   & Kelly Davies
23 Les Ward                     FMC       470   61.59    20  450


40 Mins 
Pos.  Name                      Club    Score   Time    Pen   Net
1 Dave Ellis                     PFO     350    43.30    70    280 
2 Andy Lees                              270    44.49    96    174
  & Richard Donnelly                 

Planners Thanks and Comments:

It was great to see so many of you there on Wednesday night, and thank you for all your kind comments about the course. The numbers were higher than expected – higher than for any event so far this season, so thanks are due to the pub landlord for emergency map photocopying. 

Sorry the pub was so smoky – I can still smell it on the answersheets as I am checking the marks. Unfortunately there is a dearth of pubs in Ashton and this did seem the best option.

The penalty rate was set so that it was worth risking being a couple of minutes late for a high scorer, and most of you seemed to realise this. But, despite what one competitor seems to think, it was not set so low as to make getting the lot a viable alternative. 

I consider it the duty of the planner to provide a few controversial checkpoints to animate the post-race analysis. I have allowed all reasonable answers to 49 (flat numbers), as there was an extra road not on the map. I allowed both 5 and 13 as the answer to 63 (garages), and 3 and 13 for 64 (lamp-post). I have given you the benefit of the doubt for 53 (bollards), even though the other bollards were not that close. I was going to be strict with 56 (H fraction) as the hydrants on that road were a good 100m apart, however I’m told the correct hydrant was obscured by bin-bags part way through the event so I’ve been generous there too. 
Frances Watkins

Street League Co-Ordinator’s Comments:

A fine, crisp night, sparkly lights around the marina and the novel challenge of control scores ranging from 30 to 60 (i.e. no 10s or 20s that could easily be discounted). Many thanks to Frances Watkins and Janet Vials. Also for being willing to swop dates with the Nashes at fairly short notice. The extra rush and stress imposed by fitting in a parents’ evening, however, did not hamper Chris or brother Matt, who romped home with an amazing total on the 60 minute course. On his first outing of the year, webmaster Dave Kesby showed that his skills at street league have not become rusty. On the 75 minute course, Steve Lang’s supremacy faced a close challenge from Steve McLean. Perhaps it would have been even closer if Steve M had not suffered an unfortunate encounter. A car slowed next to him, and the occupants fired an air-rifle or such like. The pellet hit his arm. Luckily it failed to penetrate his clothing, but has left him with a painful bruise. The incident has been reported to the Police. Over the many years of street league, it is inevitable that we have had cases where competitors have been subject to unacceptable behaviour by the general public. Thankfully these are rare, and I hope this latest incident will not deter anyone from continuing to enjoy the benefits of exercise and good company provided by street events.

Lost Property:

Paul Turner gathered up the following left in the Waterfront Pub:

1 pale blue medium t-shirt - no markings but label shows 'produced for Tesco'
1 pair 'Quechua' Decathlon XXL black gloves
1 Gelert headtorch
1 black biro
1 pair spectacles

He can be contacted at pcturner@iclway.co.uk and will bring them to Carnforth. 

Glenys Ferguson

Last Updated : 04.02.07