Dorset Schools Orienteering League

Dorset Schools Orienteering League Season 2012-2013

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Latest News ( 17 May 2013 )

Many thanks to Kirsty & Eamon Staunton who planned and organised the Dorset Schools Championships on May 10 and well done to all those who took part. Hyde School won the Primary/Middle school trophy and Gillingham School the senior trophy.

Congratulation to Hyde School and their coach, Debs Mays, for retaining their title as league winners and to all the winners in the individual age groups. For such a small school to do this is some achievement - we've regularly had over 25% of the school competing!

The Hyde School team who competed at Moors Valley on May 10th with the league shield which they retained this season: 23 children out of the 62 on the school roll!

British Schools Championships, Delamere Forest 18/11/12
Congratulations to Clayesmore School, who regained the Small Schools Trophy (after a year's absence form the competition: they didn't travel to Scotland last year) and Alexander Buck (Romsey/Sarum) who won the Boys Year 9 class.

League Events

The league tables show scores after seven events, and show totals for the best five scores over the season: please check to make sure I've got your scores correct.

A reminder that a runner's best five performances count towards the league, so if you miss an event or have a bad run early on, you have chances to make up your points later in the season.

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 should normally only use White to Green. Most events will offer electronic punching & pre-marked waterproof maps .

Season 2012-13

2012
Sun Sept 30 - WIM Dorset Schools 1 , Avon Heath

Sun Oct 14 - WSX Regional & Dorset Schools 2, Shillingstone Forest, nr Blandford
Sat Oct 27 - WIM Dorset Schools 3, Wootton Hill, Charmouth
Sat Nov 10 - Sarum Informal & Dorset Schools 4, Longleat (Cannimore)
Sun Nov 11 - WIM Galoppen & Dorset Schools 5, Ringwood Forest North, nr Verwood
Sat Dec 08 - POSTPONED WIM Dorset Schools 6, Ringwood Forest North (different part of the forest from Nov!)

2013
Sat Jan 19 - POSTPONED WIM Dorset Schools , Moors Valley
Sat Feb 02 - SARUM Dorset Schools 6, Vernditch (not Collingbourne as originally advertised)
Sun Feb 03 - WIM Regional and Dorset Schools 7, Ibsley Common
Sat Mar 02 - WIM Dorset Schools 8, Moors Valley (rescheduled from Jan 19)

Fri May 10 - Dorset Schools Championships & League prizegiving, Moors Valley

As we did last year, we are being kind to the White course runners, in that if they miss a control, we are giving them time penalties rather than disqualifying them.

WIM, WSX & SARUM all have have a Routegadget site, so you can draw the routes you ran on the map and compare them with other runners. If you haven't played with Routegadget before, try it - its great fun.

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 eight league events during the season (some years we manage nine) 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 winners time/your 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.

Competitors from the same school and on the same course should be separated by at least 3 minutes on the Start line. Competitors starting at similar times and having similar split times will be deemed to be running as a pair and share the points.

Courses

White - Year 6 and below Girls & Boys

Yellow - Year 7 & 8 Girls & Boys

Orange - Year 9 & 10 Boys & Girls

Light Green - Year 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 Clayesmore 2011, Alex Buck ( 7B Romsey) was the first boy to count on Orange, rather than the Yellow course he could have run, so he got the 100 points and any Year 9 & 10 Boys scores were calculated from his time. Harry Complin (10B Clay) ran down on Orange so got half points because his age group should be scored on the Light Green course.

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 2012-13

Boys

Name		School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	Score

Darren Whittingham	5B	Wm Barnes	88	80	98	100	100	0	100	92	490
Mark Jones	5B	Hyde	88	62	0	100	75	82	100	100	470
Arthur Brooke	3B	WSM Primary	72	100	83	87	87	75	96	66	453
Ollie Miller	4B	Port Regis	75	75	100	94	94	0	30	82	445
Jacob Smith	4B	Hyde	100	82	0	0	91	41	81	68	422
Joshua Pountain	4B	Hyde	87	0	0	0	46	83	87	100	403
Pryce Adams	5B	Hyde	71	0	0	0	97	79	68	62	377
Devon Wilson	4B	Hyde	69	0	0	0	74	100	88	0	331
Finlay Austin	4B	Hyde	78	84	0	0	0	62	74	0	298
James Munday	5B	Swanage Primary	0	0	100	0	100	0	0	0	200
Samuel Smith	2B	Hyde	74	0	0	0	36	25	40	24	199
Luke Pountain	1B	Hyde	36	0	0	0	30	32	45	40	183
Thomas Coatham	5B	Hyde	29	0	0	0	0	27	43	35	134
Laurence Hayward	5B	Wm Barnes	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
Rory Nordstrom	3B	Hyde	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	43
Billy White	5B	Port Regis	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	41
Jack White	5B	Port Regis	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	40
Oliver Bullen		W Downland	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
Grady Adams	2B	Hyde	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19

Elliot Wilson	6B	Hyde	100	0	0	0	0	100	77	0	277
Bertie Miller	6B	Port Regis	90	100	0	0	0	0	83	0	273
Jared Holland	6B	Poulner	82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82

Robert Munday	8B	PGS	100	100	100	100	0	0	100	88	500

Alexander Buck	9B	Romsey	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	100	200
Lloyd Adams	9B	Burgate	0	0	0	0	50	50	30	20	150

Fraser Smith	10B	BSB	100	100	0	0	0	0	100	0	300
Ollie Hehir	10B	Clay	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	44

Barnaby Huthwaite	11B	Clay	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	50

Harry Butt	12B	Burgate	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	100

Jack Tavinor	13B	Purbeck	100	79	0	0	100	0	100	100	479

Girls

Name		School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	Score

Elizabeth Horsler	4G	Manor Park	100	75	100	0	97	0	100	0	472
Clemmie Greenfield	4G	Hyde	83	64	77	50	38	100	89	76	425
Agnes Brooke	4G	Wareham SM	71	57	65	0	77	52	100	70	365
Lucy Austin	2G	Hyde	37	100	0	0	0	49	42	0	228
Yvette Paget	5G	Canford Heath	59	34	41	0	71	62	69	86	206
Emilia Fletcher	4G	Hyde	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
Issy Thuesen	1G	Verwood1st	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	35	53
Amber Howard	5G	Port Regis	0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	49
Daisy Parsons	5G	Loders	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	47
Maddy Herbert	5G	Loders	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	47
Izzy Woodbridge	4G	ABW	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	25

Bonny Greenfield	6G	Hyde	87	80	59	90	100	93	100	74	470
Holly Nordstrom	6G	Hyde	0	82	0	0	100	100	80	100	462
Martha Kelly	6G	Hyde	85	77	0	100	84	91	88	70	448
Caitlin Madgwick	6G	Hyde	0	0	97	0	0	100	84	100	381
Amy Bullen	6G	W Downland	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	85
Tilly Etheridge	6G	Fordingbridge	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57

Sarah Horsler	7G	St Osmunds	68	100	89	0	97	0	97	0	451
Lucy Coleman	7G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100
Katherine Buck	7G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100

Abbie Wilson	8G	Ringwood	100	0	0	0	63	0	0	0	163
Rebecca Womersley	8G	Burgate	81	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	145
Tamsin Miller	8G	Sherborne Girls	59	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	122
Charlotte Parsons	8G	Colfox	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	100
Phoebe Whitley	8G	Port Regis	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
Freya Kelly	8G	Ringwood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	38

Hazel Cutler	9G	S Wilts	98	0	100	100	100	100	100	100	500
Rebecca Whittingham	9G	Sturminster	100	100	0	0	100	0	100	100	500
Lauren Newitt	9G	Romsey	100	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	165

Georgia Puckett	11G	Parkstone	0	0	0	0	72	0	0	0	72
Holly Puckett	11G	Parkstone	0	0	0	0	71	0	0	0	71

Katie Reynolds	13G	Colfox	0	100	100	0	100	0	0	0	300
Emma Crickmore	13G	Talbot Heath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	97	97

Schools League

	School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H		Score

1	Hyde	375	331	233	340	381	400	377	400	0	1933
2	Port Regis	234	256	149	0	4	0	113	82	0	834
3	Wareham St Mary	143	157	148	0	154	125	196	136	0	798
4	S Wilts	98	0	100	100	100	100	100	300	0	700
5	Wm Barnes,Sturminster N	88	124	98	0	100	0	100	92	0	514
5	PGS	100	100	100	0	100	0	100	88	0	500
7	Sturminster High School	100	100	0	0	100	0	100	100	0	500
8	Manor Park	100	75	100	0	97	0	100	0	0	472
9	St Osmund's Middle	68	100	89	0	97	0	97	0	0	451
10	Colfox	0	100	200	0	100	0	0	0	0	400
11	Purbeck	100	79	0	0	100	0	0	100	0	379
12	Romsey	100	0	0	100	65	0	0	100	0	365
13	Canford Heath Primary	59	34	40	0	71	62	69	86	0	347
14	Bournemouth School for Boys	100	100	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	300
15	Burgate	81	64	0	0	50	50	30	20	0	275
16	Parkstone Girls	0	0	0	0	143	0	0	97	0	240
17	SwanagePrimary School	0	0	100	0	100	0	0	0	0	200
18	Ringwood	81	0	0	0	63	0	0	38	0	182
19	Sherborne Girls	59	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	122
20	BWS	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	100
20	Poulner	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94
20	Clayesmore	0	0	0	94	0	0	0	0	0	94
23	Loders	0	0	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	94
24	Gill Sec	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	0	87
25	Verwood 1st	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	35	0	53

Electronic punching

With the help of a grant from Sport England, WIM purchased a set of SI equipment for electronic punching together with computers etc. WSX have bought a similar set with their grant which means that working together we can cater for big events as well. SARUM events use their new EMIT kit. SOC have their own EMIT equipment.

(WIM also have three SI Schools kits which are available for schools to use. 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 all schools league events.

E-cards for punching cost £30 or so to buy. WIM have got 100 cards for hire and we allow schools to use them for free at league events . However schools should be aware that any lost cards must be paid for. At events using EMIT there is usually a small hire charge for the e-card

Congratulations to Hyde School for winning the 2011-12 Dorset Schools League and overhauling Swanage Middle School after their performance at the final event of the League season at Moreton. and to Broadstone Middle School & Clayesmore School for winning the team classes at the Schools Championships.

Congratulations also to the individual age group winners.

My spreadsheet was written for a maximum of eight league events - in some years we have nine, and rather than try to rewrite the whole thing, I used empty slots in the grid, so if your final column already had a number in it, I've put the score in an empty slot, but coloured it blue.

The Schools League Trophy and medals for all age group winners were presented at the Prize-giving ceremony which took place after the Schools Championships at Moors Valley on Friday May 11th 2012.

The medals and prizes were co-presented by Lucy Butt & Jack Benham who have competed in the Schools League for the last 10 years or so and risen through the ranks to international level. Lucy made her debut for the full Great Britain team in the European Championships in Sweden three days after this picture was taken.