Tables Updated with Portstewart results

The NISeries, Colour Standards and hCOW tables have been updated following the NWOC event at Portstewart Sand Dunes last Saturday. You will find them on the website’s Public OneDrive. With 3 colour events left in the year and a certain number to count in each category (4 in NISeries, 3 in Colour Standards and 5 in hCOW) you need to carefully decide which courses you wish to run to count in the final analyses.

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Oops!

Thanks to Mark Pruzina for pointing out that the hCALF tables hadn’t been updated with the Belvoir results. Actually thay had – I had just fprgotten to upload them to the website. They’re there now; at least I know that one person is looking for them!

Final hCALF Tables

With WEE8 at Belvoir the final hCALF tables have been computed for this year. Planner Fred Hamond clearly made life difficult as no-one (that’s no-one!) beat their handicap, so the event variance was a massive 3mins7secs. Did everybody walk round the course? In the hCOW table, which gives low scores to the people who show handicap consistency, it’s Lyle Fleming who led the way with all his points scores being in single figures. He had Carol Black large in his rear view mirror with her wins (i.e. score of zero) in the last 2 events. In the Regatta table, in Read More …

Table Update after Slievenagore

The usual tables have been updated following NISeries4 at Slievenagore last Saturday. The first NISeries class winner of the year is Moire O’Sullivan with a 100-pointer in each of the events of the series (it’s 4 to count out of the 7 colour events of the year). I haven’t highlighted Moire yet for although she can’t be beaten she can be caught by Áine MCann if Áine wins the last 3 events. It also shows how officiating can come into play – Moire didn’t compete at Slievenagore; she got her points by being on the officials team. Since the hCOW Read More …

hCALF Tables Ready

The hCALF tables have been updated with the Lady Dixon results, ready for the final event in the series on Wednesday in Belvoir Forest. Now is the time to decide whether or not you want to go hypersonic, knock spots of your handicap speed and climb the Regatta Table or take it at a steadier pace, keep to your handicap and climb the hCOW Table. The tables can be viewed on the website under “STANDINGS>hCALF 2025”. Now to print the Belvoir maps and that will be followed by the hCOW table update after Slievenagore.

hCALF Table Update after Hillborough

A bit more responsive this time! Just to clear up any misunderstanding – my hips are fine; it was wife Norma who went through the medical grinder. The tables can be found by clicking on “hCALF 2025” in the “STANDINGS” section of the website. There you will find the details of each event, showing how the hCOW scores are assigned, starting with the result in the middle of the list. The Hillsborough results show an event variance of 1min29secs/km, showing that the tricky forest terrain took its toll on speed. In the hCOW table the asterisk indicates those who have Read More …

Sorry!!…

We’re now about to have WEE6 and no hCALF results have yet been published. I know you’re all waiting with bated breath (!!…) to see how you’re getting on. Apologies for the delay but things have been rather difficult in the Gartside household lately, what with having a missing hip fo 9 weeks and now just 2 weeks into dealing with its replacement, so keyboard time has been at a premium. The priority has been to get maps printed rather than tables updated. The good news is that the hCALF tables are up-to-date and can be found on the website Read More …

Tables Updated after Slieve Foye

You can find the various tables at: 1.Copy of NISeries at “RESOURCES>OneDrive Public>League & series tables>NISeries>NISereis2025.pdf” 2.Colour Standards at “STANDINGS>Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf” 3.Handicap tables at “STANDINGS>hCOW>hCOW2025>” The handicap tables show that Slieve Foye was hard work, with an event variance of 3mins11secs per kilometre, but with that there was a wide variation in performance and therefore handicap movement, with Dan Earnshaw becoming the quickest orienteer in the club, overtaking Paul Pruzina by 2secs/km!

New Year Tables available

The various tables have been calculated on the basis of the Learmount event results and are available to peruse at the following locations on the website: Colour Standards at “STANDINGS>Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf” A copy of the NISeries tables at “Resources>OneDrive Public>[1] League & Series tables>NI Series>NISeries2025.pdf” The hCOW tables are at “STANDINGS>hCOW>hCOW2025>” The hCOW Table shows the ranking by regularity i.e. how close you were to your handicap (with allowances mades for the overall speed of the terrain) and the Regatta Table shows the ranking by improvement i.e. how much you beat your handicap. Now work out where you went Read More …