TAY Christmas Score Event at Muirward Wood, New Scone, on 12.12.99

Organiser - Dave Prentice

Long

Position	Name	Club	Control Points	Answer Points	Sweets	Time Penalty	Total Points
1	Robert Philp	KFO	190	117	4	20	291
2	Ken Daly	INT	170	92	6	2	266
3	Jon Cross	FVO	170	89	14	8	265
4	Rupert Parkinson	FVO	230	26	6	2	260
5	Beccy Osborn	FVO	170	81	6	2	255
6	David Sloan	PO	180	70	6	4	252
7	Donald Smith	PO	190	81	2	22	251
8	Jim Heardman	ESOC	160	92	5	8	249
9	Rhys Stanwix	PO	170	65	4	0	239
10	Hugo Grant	IND	160	45	6	0	211
11	Jennifer Williamson	PO	140	47	5	0	192
12	Allan Downie	PO	140	45	6	0	191
13	Neil Kitching	FVO	170	20	0	0	190
14	David Ellison	-	110	50	1	0	161
15	John Owen	PO	130	26	4	0	160
16	Fred Miller	NATO	110	20	0	0	130
17	Lix Owen	PO	110	21	0	10	121

Short

Position	Name	Club	Control Points	Answer Points	Sweets	Time Penalty	Total Points
1	Amy Williamson	PO	100	108	2	16	194
2	Belinda Martin + 1	PO	120	60	2	28	154
3	David Williamson	PO	70	76	1	6	141
4	Lora Cuthber	IND	110	32	0	2	140
5	Ian Stokes	PO	80	60	0	0	140
6	Jane Anderson	PO	80	40	1	0	121
7	James Martin + 1	PO	90	30	2	4	118
8	Fiona Downie	PO	80	20	2	0	102
9	Neil & Keith Turner	IND	100	0	0	0	100
10	Martin Light	FVO	90	10	4	6	98
11	Kyle Heron	FVO	60	35	0	0	95
12	Liz Fraser	PO	90	10	0	16	84
13	Hilda Astbury	FVO	60	20	2	0	82
14	Amy Williamson	PO	80	0	0	6	74

Yellow

On the Yellow course there were two starters - the Holliday family from FVO and Liz Prentice. Both eventually completed the course. Owing to some uncertainty as to the times taken, each were declared joint winners, with Holliday junior receiving the prize.

Organiser's Comments

The maximum control card punch points was 230; the maximum points from the �treasure hunt� questions was 168 (which included 18 if you named all the Scottish Orienteering clubs).

Getting the right answer to a question was perhaps the key to getting a good score and the success rate varied from 8 correct answers from 10 attempted questions, and 7 out of 7 (a PO member) to 3 out of 10 (also a PO member!). It was interesting that our top mathmetician estimated the 32.5 feet circumference of the tree at 12 feet! A surprising number of answers (15) said the most obvious door on the ruin was on the S side (by the kite), but there was a much better formed door on the NE side (spotted by 6).

I extended my knowledge and had to concede that a club named after a stretch of water could include ECKO as well as the two I was expecting - CLYDE and SOLWAY. I had decided before the event that FVO was not a correct answer - its a valley. CUNOC (fox emblem) was allowed as a club with animal connections in addition to STAG. I t was hard on the 10 who answered 3 next-size-down-branches, but 6 got the correct answer 4. I still have to check if there is a twelvth car door catch on the ground - if so apologies to the three who answered 12 (6 answered 11 and 5 came up with another number).

Many thanks to David Combe for essential help in getting the controls out (and in) and to other helpers on the day.

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