Dorset Schools Orienteering League

Dorset Schools Orienteering League Season 2008-2009

Season 2006-7

Latest News ( 08 July )

Provisional dates for the Autumn Term, 2008, including some other important dates on the fixture list. The schools league events are mixed between Saturday and Sunday events this term

Wed Aug 13 - Moors Valley Informal training courses from 12.30 or longer courses using SI punching plus permanent course markers 17.30- 19.00

Sun Sept 14 - WIM Galoppen - Turfhill,New Forest (This event is also the Yvette Bake Trophy Qualifying round) Dorset Schools League 1
Sun Oct 05 - (provisional - Bulford area in conjunction with army training event, possibly Dorset Schools League 2)
Sat Oct 11 - British Schools Score Champs - Mansfield
Sun Oct 12 - WSX Regional event Dur Hill, New Forest
Sun Oct 19 - CompassSport trophy final, Sutton Coldfield
Sat Nov 8 - Sarum event at Cannimore, Longleat - Dorset Schools League 3
Sat/Sun Nov 15/16 British Schools Championships weekend Yateley/Hawley & Hornley
Sat Nov 29 - WIM event, Hurn Forest (provisional) -Dorset Schools League 4
(Sun Dec 7 - SOC event possibly Dorset Schools League 5)

After the final league event of the season, the League tables have been updated. Congratulations to the individual age group winners and to Swanage Middle School, this year's league winner, ahead of South Wilts GS and last year's champions, Burgate. The trophy and medals were presented at the Score Championships at Moors Valley.

The annual Schools Score Championships were held on Friday May 16th at Moors Valley. Many thanks to Chris Turner (Planner) and John Warren (Organiser) and all the volunteer officials from Wimborne Orienteers who made the event such a success.

With just over 100 children competing either singly or in pairs the attendance was slightly up on recent years and we welcome one or two new schools to the competitions. Only four competitors found all 24 controls and got back within the hour. Congratulations to our individual prizewinners and to Burgate School and Swanage Middle School, who won the team competitions.

Download the Results. Photographs

Swanage Middle Schools' winning team photo Chris Branford

British Schools Championships, Bovington Dorset November 17 2007

Congratulations to all those athletes who took part in the British Schools Championships despite the horrendous weather conditions on the Sunday.

In particular, congratulations should go to Tom Butt (BWS), Lucy Butt (SWilts), & Jack Benham (Burgate), whose performances over the weekend, not just at the Championships but on the Saturday at the Gore Heath Selection Race, have gained them selection for the English team taking part in the World Schools Championships, to be held in Scotland in April. Also selected was Julia Blomquist, who used to run in the Dorset Schools League. Sam Giles (BWS) has also been nominated as a reserve. Jack & Julia are both British Schools Champions.

Another notable performances at Bovington came from Alice Butt (S Wilts), who won Girls 13 by a huge margin. Alice's performance at this summer's European Youth Championships earned her special congratulations at the recent British Squad's awards ceremony.

The League also had a winning school team. Clayesmore School retained their title in the small schools class at the Schools Champs, the 7th time in the last 10 years that they have won this award.

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).

2007 - 08

There are normally eight events over the school year, with only one event, plus the score championships, in the summer term. As there may be a number of schools trying to train up novice orienteers before the British Schools at Bovington, I listed all suitable events here, with Dorset Schools League fixtures in bold

Sept 30 - WIM Galoppen at Bovington North Schools League 1 - note that this was a different area to that used at the British Schools Champs

Oct 7- Bulford Ranges. In conjunction with an Army Cadet events.

Oct 21 - WSX Regional event at Shillingstone - Schools League 3 T

Nov 16/17 - British Schools weekend ( I have extracted Dorset Schools performances from the Sunday for the league - Dorset Schools League 4)

Dec 2 SOC event, Burley Dorset Schools 5

Spring Term

Feb 02 (Sat) Sarum event, Vernditch. More details on Sarum website

Mar 03 - Godshill, New Forest. Details here

Mar 16 - SOC event, New Forest (see SOC website for details)

Mar 30 - WSX Gallopen

Summer Term

May16 (Friday) - Dorset Schools Score Championships - Moors Valley. Details, entry forms etc will be available for download at the beginning of the Summer Term.

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 (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.

Courses (amended this year to fall in with British School standards)

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 Shillingstone 2007,Peter Taylor (Swan 8B) was the first boy 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. Emma Spring (S Wilts 11G) ran down on Orange so got half points because her 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 2007-8

Boys

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

1	Fraser Smith	5B	EMS	0	0	0	100	100	100	100	100	0	500
20	Diggory Turner	4B	Gill	0	0	0	0	0	100	91	0		191
46	Oscar Molver	5B	Lytchett	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	40

15	Ben Poole	6B	Swan	100	0	100	0	0	72	0	0	0	272
18	Ollie Kent	6B	Swan	100	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	200
36	Barnaby Huthwaite	6B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	88	0	0	0	88
36	Oscar Sheehan	6B	CPS	0	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	88
39	Robert Carty	6B	Hale	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	0	0	77
49	Archie Molver	6B	Lytchett	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	30

1	Harry Butt	7B	Burgate	100	100	93	100	100	100	100	100	0	500
35	Mike Haines	7B	Swan	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	90
41	Harry Complin	7B	CPS	0	0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	57
45	Jacob Fricker	7B	Burgate	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	41
50	Otto Allwood	7B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	25
50	Callum Geary	7B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	25
50	Ben Jones	7B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	25
50	Chester Allen	7B	CPS	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	25

6	Sam Giles	8B	BWS	40	85	88	100	100	0	88	100	0	476
7	Peter Taylor	8B	Swan	100	98	100	0	55	92	68	78	0	468
8	Jack Tavinor	8B	Swan	96	69	98	70	54	92	89	74	0	449
9	George Butler	8B	Colfox	56	83	0	63	0	100	81	60	0	387
13	Leo Orpilla	8B	Swan	47	72	47	0	50	69	0	68	0	306
16	Oliver Thake	8B	Swan	0	0	26	0	89	35	33	44	0	227
21	David Gent	?	?	88	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	188
24	Adam Dicker	8B	Swan	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	76	0	166
29	Harry Groves	8B	Swan	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	65	0	139
30	Dale Mason	8B	Swan	57	25	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	125
33	Jack Watson	8B	Swan	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
38	Kenneth Burns	8B	BWS	0	0	0	0	0	79	0	0	0	79
43	Omar Sharif	8B	?	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
46	Jack Scott	8B	Swan	0	40	0	0	0	0	0		0	40

1	Jack Benham	9B	Burgate	100	0	100	100	0	100	0	100	0	500
31	William White	9B	Trafalgar	0	0	0	0	0	55	54	0	0	109
40	Tristan Knapp	9B	Burgate	0	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	63
42	Connor Kearton	9B		56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
48	Tristam Bailey	9B	Clay	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	35

11	George Complin	10B	Clay	0	90	76	83	0	47	54	0	0	350
12	James Crickmore	10B	PGS	54	0	0	100	0	0	100	64	0	318
25	David Rutherford	10B	Clay	0	86	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	165
27	George Slinger	10B	Clay	0	87	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	153
43	Danny Scott	10B	PGS	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51

1	Tom Butt	11B	BWS	100	0	0	100	100	100	100	0	0	500
10	Gareth Haskins	11B	Castle	68	0	0	0	95	0	100	100	0	363
13	Tom Stubbs	11B	Burgate	0	0	0	57	87	68	94	0	0	306
26	Archie Parks	11B	Clay	0	100	0	34	0	29	0	0	0	163
31	James Pawsey	11B	Clay	0	78	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	109
54	Dory Morris	11B	BWS	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	21
55	Tom Reed	11B	BWS	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	18

19	Seb Sheehan	12B	Clay	0	92	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	192

5	Terence Furlong	13B	PGS	100	0	99	100	100	0	0	94	0	493
17	Jac Heale	13B	Clay	0	72	0	69	0	67	0	0	0	208
22	Andrew Houlder	13B	Uplands	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	86	0	186
22	Jake Dixon	13B	Clay	0	83	0	74	0	29	0	0	0	186
28	Ed Goates	13B	Clay	0	100	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	149
33	Liam Howlett	13B	Warm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	100

Girls

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

11	Rebecca Whittingham	4G	WmBarnes	0	0	0	0	0	100	100	100	0	300
21	Sarah Horsler	3G	Manor Park	33	0	26	0	38	0	45	20	0	162
25	Sophie Smith	2G	Verwood1st	0	0	0	0	50	0	37	31	0	118
27	Elizabeth Turner	5G	GillP	0	0	0	0	0	39	59	0	0	98
29	Caitlin Chapman	4G	Manor Park	67	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	97
49	Bliss Molver	4G	Lytchett	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	42

5	Imogen Giles	5G	W Downland	47	94	100	94	100	83	86	100	0	488

16	Hope Chapman	6G	St Osmunds	100	0	0	0	0	0	50	48	0	198
17	Mollie Turner	6G	Gill P	0	0	0	100	0	0	91	0	0	191
20	Drew Hamilton	6G	Swan	0	0	0	0	0	43	78	52	0	173
23	Kirsten Dobson	6G	CPS	0	0	90	0	0	50	0	0	0	140
30	Chloe Geary	6G	CPS	0	0	40	0	0	50	0	0	0	90
31	Georgia Puckett	6G	Swan	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	37	0	89
32	Holly Puckett	6G	Swan	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	35	0	87
34	Tamsin Gent	?	?	45	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	85
38	Chloe Dowling	6G	Swan	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	0	0	78
48	Tayla Wilson	6G	Swan	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	43

7	Katherine Hodge	7G	BroadM	100	0	0	100	0	81	85	87	0	453
14	Lisa White	7G	Trafalgar	0	0	0	0	0	100	62	73	0	235
35	Olivia Smith	7G	BroadM	0	0	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	83
37	Georgie Cant	7G	Burg	0	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	80
42	Holly Taylor	7G	Burgate	0	0	0	0	0	68	0	0	0	68
50	Connie Cant	7G	Burg	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	41
51	Jemma Pearce	7G	Trafalgar	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	0	37

1	Martha Tavinor	8G	Swan	65	100	100	95	90	100	100	100	0	500
3	Katie Reynolds	8G	Colfox	100	100	98	56	0	100	100	91	0	498
10	Natalie Blowes	8G	Swan	0	0	24	72	91	57	96	94	0	410
18	Emma Crickmore	8G	Talbot Heath	0	0	0	100	0	0	81	0	0	181
19	Jasmin Moss	8G	Swan	0	0	0	0	93	41	43	0	0	177
26	Yasmin Van de Zande	8G	Swan	0	66	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	109
40	Sophie Williams	8G	Swan	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74
40	Tyler Charig	8G	Swan	0	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74

1	Lucy Butt	9G	S Wilts	0	0	100	100	100	100	0	100	0	500
15	Flora Burns	9G	S Wilts	0	0	73	47	0	87	0	0	0	207
24	Hannah Kirkham	9G	S Wilts	0	0	80	57	0	0	0	0	0	137
35	Holly Kirkham	9G	S Wilts	0	0	39	44	0	0	0	0	0	83

8	Sophie Davie	10G	S Wilts	100	0	100	100	73	66	0	78	0	451
27	Claire Hodge	10G	Parkstone	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	98
39	Roberta Curtis-Hampson	10G	Trafalgar	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	0	0	75
46	Amelia Clifford	10G	S Wilts	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	46
51	Jenny Spring	10G	S Wilts	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	37

4	Lucy Benham	11G	Burg	0	0	97	100	100	0	100	100	0	497
6	Elizabeth Reynolds	11G	Colfox	97	100	65	48	100	70	100	54	0	467
13	Laura Hillman	11G	Trafalgar	50	0	0	43	37	54	89	0	0	273
32	Ali Bracher	11G	Clay	0	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87
43	Amber Cunnington	11G	Clay	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
44	Juliette Knapp	11G	Burg	0	0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	58
51	Lydia Smith	11G	Clay	0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	37

22	Anne Bolton	12G	Parkstone	90	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	150
45	Emma Spring	11G	S Wilts	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
47	Iona Taylor	11G	S Wilts	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	0	44

9	Jemma Davie	13G	S Wilts	100	0	87	67	47	58	100	0	0	412
11	Alice Butt	13G	S Wilts	0	0	0	100	100	100	0	0	0	300

Schools League

Place	School	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H		Score
1	Swanage Middle School	400	363	345	237	371	356	345	359	0	1849
2	S Wilts	200	0	367	367	320	353	144	178	0	1607
3	Burgate	200	200	290	380	187	368	294	200	0	1532
4	Colfox	253	283	163	166	200	270	181	205	0	1211
5	Clay	0	382	165	326	0	188	54	0	0	1115
6	BWS	140	100	88	239	200	179	88	100	0	858
7	PGS	205	158	98	200	100	0	100	0	0	763
8	Trafalgar School, Downton	50	0	0	43	38	262	280	73	0	708
9	Emmanuel Middle	0	100	0	100	100	0	100	100	0	500
10	Broadchalke	47	94	100	94	100	83	86	100	0	488
11	Gilingham Primary	0	0	0	100	0	131	241	0	0	472
12	Broadstone Middle	100	0	0	100	83	81	85	87	0	455
13	Castle	68	100	0	0	95	0	100	0	0	363
14	Clayesmore Prep School	0	0	0	145	0	213	0	0	0	358
15	Wm Barnes,Sturminster N	0	100	0	0	0	0	100	100	0	300
16	Manor Park	100	45	26	0	38	0	57	20	0	266
17	St Osmunds	100	48	0	0	0	0	50	0		198
18	Parkstone Girls	90	0	0	0	0	60	0	42	0	192
19	Uplands	0	84	100	0	0	0	0	0		184
20	Talbot Heath	0	0	0	100	0	0	81	0	0	181
21	Verwood 1st School	0	0	0	0	38	0	38	31	0	107
22	Hale	0	0	0	0	0	0	77	0	0	77

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 borrow extra boxes for major events like Regional & Galoppen events. 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 also 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 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 £22 or so to buy. 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. At events using EMIT there is usually a small hire charge for the e-card

Season 2006-7

League

Congratulations to Burgate School on their victory in the league. South Wilts GS were again second, with the small but consistent team from Colfox, Bridport coming third and pushing last year's champions, Blandford School, into fourth position.

All trophies and age group medals were presented at the Schools Championships at Moors Valley on May 11th

Score Championships

There were some excellent performances at the 2007 score championships - there were initially over 100 entries, well up on the last couple of years, but unfortunately two schools were unable to come because staff illness on the day meant they had no one to drive their minibus! The first six home scored maximum points with Tom Butt being the fastest runner overall.

In the team competition, where we take the best four performances from a schools team, Hale were the winners, with Swanage Middle School fairly close behind them, whilst the Secondary Schools competition resulted in a tie for first place, with Burgate and South Wilts GS level on points. With their star runner Emily Benham missing, unable to compete because of an ankle injury sustained at the British Championships the previous week, this was a strong team showing by Burgate, whilst for South Wilts, Alice Butt, who has missed most of the season through injury, was their strongest performer and the leading girl overall.

Afterwards, the prizes and medals were again presented by our junior internationals, Alice and Emily,

Team winners from Hale Primary, South Wilts GS and Burgate School at the prizegiving