Dorset Schools Orienteering League

Dorset Schools Orienteering League Season 2003-2004

Score Championships

About 110 runners at this year's event, and whilst some schools brought fewer people than in previous years, this was counteracted by the presence of new schools including two or three who don't normally compete in the League. The most notable was the resurgence of Bishop Wordsworth GS. Twenty five years ago, they were one of the leading orienteering schools in the country but the group folded when the teacher responsible retired. This is the first time they've participated in the the championships, and they were back with a bang, beating Clayesmore Senior and Burgate, this year's new League winners. Clayesmore Prep, another group which has been fairly quiet of late, recaptured the Junior class which they hadn't won for a while.

League Events

All events offer colour coded courses from White to at least Light Green + something for local adult club orienteers (either a Green, Blue or a Score course). Some events such as Galoppens offer the full range of colour coded courses, but schools competitors only use White to Green. Most events will offer SI punching, bagged & pre-marked maps (late-comers may find they have to use master maps if stocks of overprinted maps run short).

2003 - 04

There were eight League events this season plus thye Championships and the results for all are available.

14 September WSX Galoppen, Culpepper's Dish - Results on the WSX website

12 October WIM Local event, Moors Valley Country Park

26 October WIM Galoppen, North Ringwood Forest

9 November WIM Local event, Hurn Forest

8 Feb WIM Local event, Godshill Results available

29 Feb SARUM Galoppen, Big Wood, Chicklade (results on the SARUM website)

7 March SWERVE Galoppen, Gare Hill, Maiden Bradley. (results on the BOK website)

25 April WIM local event, Ringwood South

14 May (Friday) Score Championships, Moors Valley

RULES

The Dorset Schools Orienteering League is run by Wimborne Orienteers in close co-operation with all the other local orienteering clubs (WSX, SARUM, SOC). It is open to anyone attending schools in Dorset, S Wilts, & W. Hants ( & indeed schools from the Isle of Wight & the Channel Islands may occasionally attend.)

There are usually about 8 league events during the season and we count the best 5 performances for each runner & each school. Points are awarded on a time basis: the winner in each school year group gets 100 points, subsequent runners get points according to the formula

points = 100 x your time/winners time

Pairs share the points. If you run down a course, you get half points. Younger runners on White shadowed by parents also get half points.

Courses

White - Year 6 and below Girls & Boys

Yellow - Year 7 Girls & Boys and Year 8 Girls

Orange - Year 8 & 9 Boys and Year 9 & 10 Girls

Light Green - Year 10 & 11 Boys, Year 11 Girls

Green - Year 12+ Boys & Girls. If there is no Green course (perhaps because the area is too small or simple to support it), these year groups also run Light Green

If you run up a course, your scores are calculated from the performance of the course winners. If you are the leading runner on the course, points are calculated from your time ( eg at Rockford in Sept 2000, Stefanie Blomquist (8G) was the first girl on Light Green so she gets the 100 points and the Years 10 & 11 Girls scores are calculated from her time. Alice Butt (6G) ran up on Orange but wasn't the first girl home - her scores are calculated from the winner's time.)

School teams acquire points by taking the best 4 performances per League event.

We try to notify all interested schools and mail them at regular intervals, but details don't always get through to the right people. If you want to enter yourself or your school in the league, please e-mail the league administrator, Dick Keighley

SI punching

With the help of a grant from Sport England, WIM have purchased a set of SI equipment for electronic punching together with notebook computers etc. At the moment we have about 50 punching stations which means that we can use the equipment for small events and hire extra boxes for major events like Badge & Galoppen events. WSX have bought a similar set with their grant which means that working together we can cater for big events as well. Larger SARUM events tend to use the WIM & WSX kit. (WIM also intend to use some of the equipment in local schools. Orienteering is not only on the National Curriculum for PE but the SI equipment allows cross-curricular links to IT etc.)

Where possible, we use SI punching at most schools league events . We can't use it for all events - some areas like Bryanston are very public and with the control stations costing £60 each we can't afford to lose any, so areas where we have had control vandalism in the past may still use conventional punching.

E-cards for punching cost £17or so to buy or 50p/event to hire. WIM have got 200 cards for hire and we allow schools to use them for free at league events and we are considering fitting extra wrist straps on them to make them difficult to mislay in the forest. However schools should be aware that any lost cards must be paid for.

LEAGUE TABLES 2003-4 season

BOYS

Place	Name		School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H		Score

1	Jack Benham	5B	Hale	100	100	100	100	64	100	100	0	0	500
4	John Bolton	6B	Mill	51	89	85	90	100	67	100	100	0	479
6	Harry Butt	3B	Hale	97	100	0	0	0	65	74	78	0	414
7	Tristan Knapp	5B	Hale	40	0	54	70	71	84	64	100	0	389
12	James Crickmore	6B	Yarr	81	54	50	0	76	66	73	69	0	365
15	Jake Moody	5B	StL	0	85	57	38	97	53	38	40	0	332
16	Jack Cullimore	5B	Sand	100	0	100	100	29	0	0	0	0	329
18	Ryan Pannell	6B	Sand	54	57	34	51	62	60	76	69	0	324
19	Matthew Humphreys	5B	StL	0	84	57	37	82	51	38	38	0	312
27	Alex Jackson	6B	Yarrells	73	35	0	43	46	33	0	0	0	230
29	Kim Crosse	6B	Hale	0	62	53	100	0	0	0	0	0	215
31	James Woodward	6B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	100	87	0	0	187
33	George Complin	6B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	81	0	93	0	174
34	Oscar Sheehan	2B	CPS	17	40	0	0	53	0	0	60	0	170
36	Samuel Robson	3B	Yarr	0	76	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	147
37	Steven Churchill	6B	Sand	76	0	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	129
39	Jack Robson	6B	Yarr	0	48	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	122
41	Dane Blomquist	2B		41	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	115
41	Courtney Todd	6B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	87	0	28	0	115
43	Oliver Cullimore	3B	StG	0	0	59	47	0	0	0	0	0	106
47	Dan Pozzo	6B	Hale	0	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	88
47	Luke Sanderson	4B	StL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	0	88
49	Myles Sheehan	6B	CPS	44	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87
55	Thomas Bolton	1B	Ver1st	0	25	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	59
56	George Butler	4B	Loders	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
59	Duncan Iredale	5B	Breamore	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	43
61	Dominic Bond	1B	Ver1st	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	39
64	Sean Borland	6B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	28
66	James Emery	4B	Ballard	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	20
66	William Emery	2B	Ballard	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	20
69	Joseph Foale-Groves	4B	Ballard	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	19
69	Charles Emery	6B	Ballard	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	19
71	Owen Lewis	5B	Trinity	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	17

5	Tom Butt	7B	BWS	88	83	0	0	100	89	92	100	0	469
14	Tom Stubbs	7B	Burg	78	95	85	0	86	0	0	0	0	344
20	Gareth Haskins	7B	Castle	0	81	0	0	100	48	0	62	0	291
28	Max Melhuish	7B	Sand	0	83	74	71	0	0	0	0	0	228
35	Alex Dunn-Sale	7B	CPS	0	0	0	0	70	63	29	0	0	162
53	Ben Burlton	7B	StL	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	0	0	74
53	Jack Sims	7B	StL	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	0	0	74
56	Danny Scott	7B	Dumpton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	0	48
61	Charles Lambourne	7B	Ballard	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	39

1	Terence Furlong	9B	PGS	80	71	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	500
3	Liam Howlett	8B	Warminster	89	100	100	0	0	100	100	0	0	489
8	Alex Jewers	8B	Sand	80	78	71	60	0	98	0	0	0	387
10	William Baker	9B	Purb	100	100	76	97	0	0	0	0	0	373
11	Nick Smith	9B	Bland	64	84	75	70	59	72	71	0	0	372
13	Luke Earley	8B	Sand	78	92	88	91	0	0	0	0	0	349
17	Josh Creese	8B	StL	0	49	0	65	36	60	55	98	0	327
21	Matthew Crosse	8B	Burg	79	88	76	47	0	0	0	0	0	290
22	Michael John	8B	StL	0	47	0	66	0	58	0	92	0	263
23	Sebastian Sheehan	8B	CPS	65	70	0	0	19	0	0	100	0	254
24	Sam Warne	9B	Bud	0	24	83	63	83	0	0	0	0	253
30	Philip Miles	8B	StL	0	49	0	64	38	61	0	0	0	212
32	Oliver Manning	9B	Bland	0	0	49	0	58	74	0	0	0	181
38	Michael Allard	8B	StL	0	0	0	0	37	0	0	90	0	127
40	Matthew Cant	8B	Burg	0	0	0	0	57	60	0	0	0	117
50	Michael Holloway	8B	Sand				86	0	0	0	0	0	86
52	Joe Warne	8B	Bud	39	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	79
58	Will King	9B	Ballard	0	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	44
60	Jed Wakefield	8B	StL	0	0	19	22	0	0	0	0	0	41
66	David Stockell	8B	CPS	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	20
72	Gavin Hart	8B	Sand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

25	Patrick Stubbs	11B	Clay	68	81	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	249
44	Philip Murray	10B	Burg	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	100
46	Thomas Futcher	10B	Burg	40	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	90
51	Matthew Jewers	10B	Lytchett	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	80
63	Alex Peck	11B	Clay	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	36

8	Thomas Miles	12B	Clay	94	100	0	93	100	0	0	0	0	387
26	Ben Merrell	12B	Clay	100	39	0	95	0	0	0	0	0	234
44	Nathan Fairhurst	13B	PGS	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
65	Luke Futcher	12B	Burg	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
72	Michael Carr	12B	Clay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	Alex Stuart	12B	Clay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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GIRLS

Place	Name		School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H		Score

1	Rachel Jewers	6G	Sand	100	75	100	80	0	100	100	100		500
4	Lucy Butt	5G	Hale	92	100	0	0	94	100	100	100	0	494
10	Emma Crickmore	4G	Yarr	24	100	77	0	79	82	38	66	0	404
13	Katie Reynolds	4G	Loders	0	62	93	50	50	0	77	0	0	332
16	Alex Howlett	3G	Horningsham	35	38	49	46	0	46	85	0	0	264
17	Lisa Moody	6G	Stl	0	77	47	40	37	18	34	55	0	256
18	Claire Hodge	6G	BroadM	46	0	64	58	84	0	0	0	0	252
19	Rebeca Turnbull	6G	StL	0	51	61	0	41	18	36	56	0	245
20	Georgina Cant	3G	Hale	38	36	0	38	83	0	0	47	0	242
21	Connie Cant	3G	Hale	30	37	0	36	40	47	0	42	0	202
23	Katherine Hodge	4G	BroadF	43	29	33	35	32	0	0	0	0	172
28	Jenna Morice-Broom	3G	Horningsham	41	38	37	18	0	0	0	0	0	134
29	Roxanne Humphreys	6G	StL	0	81	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	128
30	Sophie Pitman	6G	StL	0	51	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	112
33	Maya Sanchez	6G	StL	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	56	0	90
34	Laura Quartel	6G	Sand	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87
35	Bethany Willmot	6G	Sand	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
38	Emma Chambers	5G	Hale	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85
39	Mairi-Ceit Iredale	2g	Breamore	0	50	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	78
40	Lois Baker	5G	Swan	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77
41	Amy-Jane Stretch	5G	Sand	0	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	73
45	Jessica Henderson	2G	St Pauls	0	37	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	67
46	Alice Parfitt	3G	Red Edge	30	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
47	Sophie Boulton	3G	Ver1st	0	32	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	63
49	Sophie Westerby	6G	StL	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
52	Ellie Saunders	6G	Downton	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	50
52	Pippa Bawdrey	6G	Downton	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	50

3	Lucy Benham	7G	Burg	87	100	94	100	100	95	82	100	0	495
5	Juliet Knapp	7G	Burg	100	99	0	91	100	84	100	91	0	490
6	Anne Bolton	8G	Mill	53	0	100	71	98	100	93	86	0	477
8	Hannah Futcher	7G	Burg	87	96	93	88	56	75	70	0	0	439
9	Elizabeth Reynolds	7G	Colfox	0	86	90	100	77	0	70	0	0	423
14	Emily Henderson	7G	StJosephs	75	82	0	0	91	0	72	0	0	320
15	Julia Blomquist	8G		100	0	100	0	0	100	0	0	0	300
22	Paphapan Bates	7G	StL	0	28	0	40	36	27	48	0	0	179
24	Ellen Caddy	7G	Sand	67	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	171
25	Emily Muller	7G	Sand	63	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	163
27	Sayra Begum	7G	StL	0	29	0	0	39	28	48	0	0	144
31	Shopna Chowdhary	7G	StL	0	29	0	38	37	0	0	0	0	104
35	Jennifer Fairhurst	9G		86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
35	Tamara Giles	8G	Swilts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	0	86
42	Chloe Foster	8G	Sand	0	0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
43	Emily Palmer	8G	Sand	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	0	70
44	Lucy Eversden	8G	Sand	0	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	68
48	Ellie Hardy	7G	Sand	0	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
49	Holly McGowan-Hayes	8G	StL	0	0	0	51	0	0	0	0	0	51
49	Victoria Collett	8G	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	51	0	0	0	51
55	Georgina Manning	8G	StL	0	0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	49
56	Emily Palmer	8G	Sand	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
59	Madelene King	7G	BSG	0	29	0	0	0	0		0	0	29

6	Emily Benham	10G	Burg	94	100	100	0	83	0	100	0	0	477
11	Alice Butt	9G	Swilts	100	96	0	0	100	0	100	0	0	396
12	Kate Stubbs	10G	Burg	50	95	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	345
32	Sarah Jones	10G	Clay	36	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	102
56	Zoe Macklin	9G	Ballard	0	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	44
59	Sarah Maul	10G	Burg	0	0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	29
52	Joanne Pickering	10G	Burg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	50

1	Stefanie Blomquist	11G	Clay	100	100	100	0	0	100	100	0	0	500
26	Marianne Brewis	11G	Clay	0	70	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	149
58	Sarah Chambers	12G	Burg	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39

SCHOOLS

Place	School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	Score
1	Burgate	368	395	378	326	369	354	352	295	1864
2	Hale	367	385	207	358	312	349	338	325	1797
3	Sandford Middle	373	353	361	358	91	258	176	169	1703
4	St Leonards Middle	0	327	236	246	278	225	249	368	1468
5	Clayesmore	362	317	100	367	100	100	100	0	1246
6	Clayesmore Prep	126	223	0	0	162	331	116	281	1123
7	Yarrells	178	237	127	117	201	181	111	135	932
8	Milldown Middle	104	89	185	161	198	167	195	186	931
9	Poole GS	180	71	100	100	100	100	100	0	580
10	Blandford Upper	64	84	124	70	124	146	71	0	549
11	Warminster	89	100	100	0	0	100	100	0	489
12	South Wilts GS	100	96	0	0	100	0	100	86	482
13	Bishop Wordsworths GS	95	83	0	0	100	89	92	100	476
14	Budmouth	139	64	83	63	83	0	0	0	432
15	Colfox	0	86	90	100	77	0	78	0	431
16	Horningsham	110	76	84	64	0	46	85	0	419
17	Purbeck	100	100	76	97	0	0	0	0	373
18	Loders	0	110	93	40	50	0	77	0	370
19	St Josephs	75	82	0	0	91	0	72	0	320
20	Castle	0	81	0	0	100	48	0	62	291
21	Broadstone Middle	46	0	64	58	84	0	0	0	252
22	Broadstone First	43	29	33	35	32	0	0	0	172
23	Ballard	0	0	0	0	171	0	0	0	171
24	Verwood 1st	0	57	0	104	0	0	0	0	161
25	Breamore	0	50	0	0	71	0	0	0	121
26	St Georges			59	47	0	0	0	0	106
27	Downton	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	100
28	Redfield Edge	30	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	98
29	Swanage First	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	77
30	Dumpton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	48
31	St Pauls	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	30
32	B'mouth School for Girls	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
33	Holy Trinity	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	17

News

Finishers at BSOC2002

Congratulations first of all to Alice Butt (S Wilts GS), Emily Benham (Burgate) & Stefanie Blomquist (Clayesmore) who ran in the World Schools Orienteering Championships in Belgium recently. All did well but Alice and Emily were members of the winning British team in the D2 class. Alice came 2nd in the Medium race and 4th in the Classice, just ahead of Emily, who was 4th in the Medium event and 6th in the Classic.

Burgate School are this year's Schools League winners, just ahead of Hale, with last year's winners, Sandford in 3rd place. St Leonard's Middle School from Blandford came an encouraging 4th in their first full season in the league.Individually, Jack Benham, Rachel Jewers, Terence Furlong and Stefanie Blomquist were the only four runners to score the maximum 500 points, whilst the battle between Lucy Benham and Juliet Knapp in Year 7 finally went in Lucy's favour.

British Schools Championships 2003

Congratulations to Stefanie Blomquist (Clayesmore), Emily Benham (Burgate) and Alice Butt (South Wilts GS) who were all selected for the British Schools team to take part in the ISF World Schools Orienteering Championships in April in Belgium. For Stefanie, this was the second time she has made the British team - she ran in Portugal in 2002.

Well done all the Dorset Schools League orienteers who took part in the British Schools Champs in the Delamere Forest, Cheshire, a superbly organised weekend with excellent, testing courses and a real championships atmosphere. Dorset Schools league competitors ran brilliantly, with podium placings for lots of individuals as well as for Hale, Sandford and the flu-ridden Clayesmore school teams. Highlight was Julia Blomquist's victory in Year 7 girls and Emily Benham's win in the selection race on Saturday. The courses on Saturday were particularly testing and really sorted out the top runners.

Medal were presented by Jamie Stephenson & Helen Winskill

Its difficult picking out all the successes, so forgive me if I miss a few but :-

In the selection races on Saturday, Emily Benham (Burgate) won the W14 race with Alice Butt (S Wilts) 4th, whilst Stefanie Blomquist (Clayesmore)was 2nd in W16.

On Sunday Year 5 Lucy Butt 2nd, Emma Chambers 12th, Jack Benham 3rd, Kim Crosse 12th (all Hale School)

Year 6 Rachel Jewers (Sandford) 2nd , James Woodward (Clayesmore Prep) 8th

Year 7 Lucy Benham (Burgate) 3rd, Emily Muller (Sand) 10th, Tom Butt (BWS) 4th

Year 8 Julia Blomquist 1st, Seb Sheehan (CPS) 11th, Luke Earley (Sand) 12th (over 100 in this class)

Year 9 Alice Butt (SWilts) 2nd, Terence Furlong )Poole GS) 2nd

Year 10 Emily Benham (Burg) 2nd, Year 11 Stef Blomquist (Clay) 5th

Year 12 Tom Miles (Clay) 11th Year 13 Nathan Fairhurst (PGS) 11th

Team competition Year 7Girls Sandford 3rd Year 11 Girls Clayesmore 3rd

Whole School results

Primary Hale 2nd Middle/Prep Sandford 3rd Small Secondary Clayesmore 2nd

Last year's League Tables etc - click here