Dorset Schools Orienteering League

Dorset Schools Orienteering League Season 2005-2006

Season 2004-5

Latest News

Congratulations to The Blandford School, league winners for 2005-6, and to Burgate School & Swanage Middle School, who won the team competitions at the Score Championships at Moors Valley. Final results for the Schools Championships have now been posted. The new season's fixtures are currently under discussion but will probably start in early October with an event at Blandford Camp. There will be an earlier chance to run at Blandford Camp at the Furrow Hoppers relays on July 16 and schools are encouraged to enter teams (of four runners) n the junior relay class. Details will be available shortly.

Members of the Blandford School team which won the l2005-6 Dorset Schools League after the trophy presentation at Moors Valley

Congratulations are also due to Emily Benham & Alice Butt, who ran for the English Schools team at the World Schools Champs in Slovakia last week, and were part of the English team which won the team gold in their age group. Congratulations also to Julia Blomquist, of SARUM and a former member of this league in her time at Clayesmore Prep, who won an individual gold in the short race in her age group.

Dorset Schools League v Avon Schools League Feb 5th

Thanks to all who competed, and special thanks to Lynn Branford for acting as Team Manager and John Lewis (ASOA Team Manager) for calculating the results. This was our first ever match against another schools league and it was good to see so many of you turning out on what was for many of you, your first experience of a big event.

John Lewis has provided results for individual and team scores .

The team scores were for the best 30 performances from each side, and show a narrow victory for Avon Schools by 2540 points to 2402 points for Dorset. (The results have been calculated as for the league, with 100 points for a course winner, and other scores calculated as a ratio ie. twice the winner's time equals 50 points. If we had used the Yvette Baker Trophy scoring method, Avon would still be winners, but only by about 5 points!)

British Schools Championships Temple Newsam, Leeds Nov 20th 2005

Competitors from the Dorset Schools League made a huge impression at this event & we have several individual British Schools Champions.

Stef Blomquist (Clayesmore) Year 13 Girls
Emily Benham (Burgate) Year 12 Girls
Alice Butt (S Wilts) Year 11 Girls
(Julia Blomquist (ex-Clayesmore) Year 10 Girls)
Jack Benham (Burgate) Year 7 Boys

In addition, Harry Butt was 3rd in 5B, Lucy Benham 4th in 9G & Terence Furlong (PGS) 7th in 11B.
Clayesmore School were 2nd in the small schools competition
The unlucky Lucy Butt put in the fastest time in 7G, but somewhere on the course she mispunched.

On the Saturday, Alice Butt won the W16 selection race, with Emily 6th and Julia won the W14 selection race,whilst Seb Sheehan (CPS), another one who mispunched on Sunday, won the Orange class at the training event. More pictures here

Some of our winners getting their medals from Heather Munro

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).

2005 - 06

There are normally eight events over the school year, with only one event, plus the score championships, in the summer term.

Sept 11 Dorset Schools League 1 - WSX Gallopen, Rempstone (further details from WSX website - see Links page)

Oct 1st (Sat) League event 2 - Clayesmore School campus, Blandford Starts 2.00-4.00 pm
(This event was on a Saturday this year because its the only time the campus is available)

Oct 23 Event 3 Bovington - This event was also the WIM Gallopen & an army championship event. Points now calculated

Oct 30 Event 4 Sarum Gallopen , Longleat

Nov 13 Event 5 Moors Valley

(Dec 4 - As a large number of schools league competitors will be running for SARUM in the Yvette Baker Trophy finals, we will look to add another date next term, rather than using the SOC event on this date)

2006

26 Feb Event 7 Inside Park, Blandford

23 April Event 8 - Ringwood North (this newly arranged fixture is the last in this year's series)

12 May - Dorset Schools 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

Blue - Where these are available, older runners may also run this course and qualify for schools points

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 got the 100 points and the Years 10 & 11 Girls scores were calculated from her time. Alice Butt (6G) ran up on Orange but wasn't the first girl home - her scores were 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

Schools League Tables 2005-6

Boys

Place	Name		School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H		Score
1	Harry Butt	5B	Hale	100	100	100	100	68	100	100		0	500
13	Fraser Smith	3B	Verwood1st	0	69	0	0	100	0	0		0	169
19	Jacob Fricker	5B	Hale	0	100	0	0	0	0	0		0	100
27	Thomas Boulton	2B	Verwood1st	0	0	0	0	0	50	0		0	50
35	Beau Chandler	5B	Hale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0

8	George Butler	6B	Loders	67	82	71	0	35	60	75		0	355
17	Adam Turnbull	6B	Bland	0	78	59	0	0	0	0		0	137
35												0	0

3	Jack Benham	7B	Burgate	100	88	100	86	100	99	100		0	499
9	Jake Moody	7B	Bland	0	69	67	68	34	67	76		0	347
21	Tristan Knapp	7B	Burgate	0	0	0	0	72	0	0		0	72
22	Matthew Humphriss	7B	Bland	0	70	0	0	0	0	0		0	70
24	Jack Kearsey	7B	Bland	0	0	0	0	33	28	0		0	61
35												0	0

6	James Crickmore	8B	PGS	75	100	55	0	100	80	0		0	410
23	Danny Scott	8B	PGS	0	66	0	0	0	0	0		0	66
26	Alex Jackson	8B	PGS	53	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	53
34	John Bolton	8B	Bland	33	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	33
35												0	0

1	Thomas Butt	9B	BWS	100	100	100	100	96	100	100		0	500
7	Gareth Haskins	9B	Castle	100	100	100	100	0	0	0		0	400
10	Luke Young	9B	Bland	0	0	41	55	82	77	55		0	310
11	Tom Reed	9B	BWS	0	0	64	73	0	83	78		0	298
14	Kieran McDonald	9B	Bland	0	0	40	0	0	74	44		0	158
15	Dory Morris	9B	BWS	0	0	57	0	0	100	0		0	157
16	James McGee	9B	BWS	0	84	59	0	0	0	0		0	143
18	James Hunt	9B	Bland	0	0	0	0	0	75	44		0	119
30	Thomas Hunt	9B	Bland	0	0	0	0	0	0	44		0	44
31	Lloyd Goodwin	9B	Clay	41	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	41
32	Alex Ford	9B	Clay	0	0	0	0	40	0	0		0	40

4	Liam Howlett	11B	Warm	100	100	100	100	0	87	0		0	487
5	Nick Smith	11B	Bland	78	86	67	0	100	85	100		0	449
12	Terence Furlong	11B	PGS	88	0	0	100	0	100	0		0	288
27	Peter Merrell	10B	Clay	0	0	0	0	50	0	0		0	50
27	David Stockell	10B	Clay	0	0	0	0	50	0	0		0	50
33	Joe Warne			0	0	37	0	0	0	0		0	37
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20	Patrick Staunton	12B	BWS	78	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	78
24	Patrick Stubbs	13B	Clay	61	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	61

Girls

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

1	Katherine Hodge	5G	BroadM	100	100	100	100	100	88	0		0	500
15	Alex Parfitt	4G	Red Edge	83	0	72	54	0	0	0		0	209
17	Alex Howlett	5G	RHS	0	0	37	100	0	61	0		0	198
22	Jessica Henderson	5G	StPauls	40	27	0	0	34	48	0		0	149
27	Alice Parfitt	5G	Red Edge	39	0	0	60	0	0	0		0	99
32	Hope Chapman	4G	Manor Park	0	28	0	0	24	0	0		0	52
32	Caitlin Chapman	5G	Manor Park	0	23	0	0	29	0	0		0	52
34	Sophie Boulton	5G	Emmanuel	0	0	0	0	0	50	0		0	50
40												0	0
40												0	0

5	Katie Reynolds	6G	Loders	67	95	98	87	45	100	100		0	480
14	Emma Crickmore	6G	Yarrells	72	100	65	0	0	0	0		0	237
28	Nathalie Green-Buckley	6G	Yarrells	0	88	0	0	0	0	0		0	88
29	Iona Parker	6G	Loders	0	0	0	87	0	0	0		0	87

1	Lucy Butt	7G	S Wilts	100	100	100	100	100	100	100		0	500
7	Claire Hodge	7G	Parkstone	75	96	100	77	82	67	0		0	430
10	Lisa Moody	8G	Bland	0	80	74	75	41	54	74		0	357
12	Sophie Davie	8G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	100	70	100		0	270
18	Rebecca Turnbull	8G	Bland	0	75	64	0	0	56	0		0	195
19	Juliet Knapp	8G	Burg	100	0	0	0	89	0	0		0	189
20	Flora Burns	7G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	0	98	85		0	183
21	Amelia Clifford	8G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	67	89	0		0	156
23	Ellie Kendall	7G	SWilts	0	46	0	0	85	0	0		0	131
37	Christabell Pidduck	7G	SWilts	0	0	0	0	33	0	0		0	33


6	Lucy Benham	9G	Burg	100	91	72	64	96	0	100		0	459
9	Elizabeth Reynolds	9G	Colfox	64	66	74	49	80	80	97		0	397
24	Emily Henderson	9G	St Josephs	66	0	0	0	0	64	0		0	130
26	Tamara Giles	9G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	0	100	0		0	100
31	Rachel Tooley	9G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	0	74	0		0	74
35	Sian Evans	9G	Clay	0	0	0	0	35	0	0		0	35
35	Amber Cunnington	9G	Clay	0	0	0	0	35	0	0		0	35

1	Anne Bolton	10G	Bland	100	100	100	100	100	88	61		0	500
8	Helen Miller	10G	Bland	82	0	83	72	96	82	71		0	415
11	Alice Butt	11G	S Wilts	94	0	0	100	100	0	0		0	294
13	Jemma Davie	11G	S Wilts	0	45	0	39	28	82	59		0	253
30	Abi Burns	10G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	0	0	77		0	77
38	Nadine Rowe	11G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	26	0	0		0	26

4	Emily Benham	12G	Burg	0	100	100	100	100	93	0		0	493
16	Stefanie Blomquist	13G	Clay	100	0	0	0	0	100	0		0	200
24	Joanne Pickering	12G	Brock	80	0	0	50	0	0	0		0	130

Schools League points

Place	School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H		Score
1	Blandford	293	344	324	315	378	325	321	0	0	1692
2	S Wilts	194	191	100	239	385	387	362	0	0	1567
3	Burgate	300	279	272	250	385	192	200	0	0	1486
4	BWS	178	184	280	173	96	283	178	0	0	1103
5	Loders	134	177	169	174	80	160	175	0	0	855
6	PGS	216	166	55	100	100	180	0	0	0	762
7	Hale	100	200	100	100	68	100	100	0	0	600
8	BroadM	100	100	100	100	100	88	0	0	0	500
9	Warminster	100	100	100	100	0	87	0	0	0	487
10	Clay	202	0	0	0	175	100	0	0	0	477
11	Parkstone GS	76	96	100	77	82	67	0	0	0	431
12	Castle	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	400
13	Colfox	64	66	74	49	80	80	97	0	0	397
14	Yarrells	72	188	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	325
15	Red Edge	120	0	72	114	0	0	0	0	0	306
16	Verwood 1st	0	69	0	0	100	50	0	0	0	219
17	St Josephs	66	0	0	0	0	64	0	0	0	130
18	S Pauls	0	27	0	0	34	48	0	0	0	109
19	Manor Park	0	51	0	0	53	0	0	0	0	104
20	Emmanuel	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	50

Electronic punching

With the help of a grant from Sport England, WIM 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 or use the army's EMIT kit.SOC have their own EMIT equipment. (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 electronic 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 control cards and pin 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.

May 13 2005 Dorset Schools Score Championships & Prizegiving: Moors Valley Country Park

News

Congratulations to St Leonard's Middle School, Blandford, who were last season's year's league winners in the school's final year. Re-organisation amongst the Blandford schools meant that St Leonard's ceased to exist at the end of last term. Most of the team will be moving on to Blandford Upper School and with the strong parental support which the team has developed , it looks like they will be a force to be reckoned with this next year. Adrian Mitchell, the team's coach, has moved to Swanage and we will hope to see a resurgence of orienteering at Swanage Middle School, former league members, in the future

The Score Championships at Moors Valley saw just over 70 runners overall, with many excellent performances and some younger orienteers showing great promise for the future. Burgate just beat Clayesmore Senior in the Secondary schools class whilst Hale Primary produced an extraordinary team result in the Primary, Middle & Prep schools class, scoring almost as heavily as the senior school teams containing runners 5 or 6 years older than them.

Congratulations are also in order to Stef Blomquist (Clayesmore), Emily Benham (Burgate) and Alice Butt (S WIlts GS) who were selected by BOF for various international tours last summer with the BOF Start squads. Stef was picked to run for GB at the European Youth Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic and also went on the BOF M/W 17/18 tour to Uppsala in the summer. Emily went to Halden in Norway with the BOF M/W16 tour, whilst Alice went to Glenmore in Scotland with the M/W15's.