Author: Alan Gartside

The hCOW tables, following the Autumn Trophy event at Donard Forest, are now published. You can find them at “STANDINGS>hCOW”. If, like me, that sends you into a password verification process, you can get at them via “Resources>OneDrive Public>[3] hCOW>hCOW2025”. As hCOW calculations are based of results from level5 courses it’s the results from the Short Blue and Short Green that were used. For Tyrella and Gortin (the final two colour events) it will be Brown to Short Blue that will count. There’s still all to play for – you can try either for consistency (hCOW) or for improvement (Regatta).

You can find the list at “STANDINGS>Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf”. With 2 colour events remaining in the year it’s time to take decisions on which courses you want to run at Tyrella and Gortin. hCOW tables to follow.

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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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!

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …