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Sunday Jun 30, 2019 #
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Some thoughts on the Chasing sprint.
I got approached in February to do two hours of orienteering Live on Friday Night TV, somewhere in the Central belt. It seemed too good an opportunity to turn down, so I agreed first, asked questions later.
It soon became clear that no club was willing to take it on at short notice, so it was back to "coalition of the willing". Once jonX signed up I was confident we could deliver. Next issue, find a scenic location. We offered North Berwick, Linlithgow, Callendar, they chose Callendar, which shminty was in the process of remapping.
Date. Getting a strong field on Friday was going to be an issue. They wanted July 5th (JWOC & WOC test race clash). We wanted June 21st (SprintScotland) but Dougie, the presenter, was unavailable, something about a Deacon Blue concert - normally a weak excuse, except that he is the drummer... Eventually we ended up on 28th, clashing with EYOC and with no events on the weekend in Scotland, not ideal, but...
Next, format. There was a push for some "first past the post wins" format and thence "KO sprint". I was super-resistant to KO sprint - all the talk is that its a nightmare to organise, nobody has experience of it and Live on TV was not the place to start. I'm a long time fan of Chasing Sprint and that also solved the helpers problem by bringing JOK onside - once I though of it, no-brainer.
Two hours was too short to cover prologue and final. Four finals sounded about right, so we pitched to feature the junior races in the hope that, on the last day of term, schoolchildren could come.
Normally, MO and MV chasing sprints are a big pack race, but the WO and junior races are a procession. Fairer racing, but nobody wants to watch a race that's decided offscreen in the prologue. What is a reasonable gap to produce packs? I suggested 10 sec start interval by position, JonX tweaked it to "maximum 10sec". Whatever, it worked to deliver head to head racing to the end, 3+ athletes on the run in at the same time.
I got approached in February to do two hours of orienteering Live on Friday Night TV, somewhere in the Central belt. It seemed too good an opportunity to turn down, so I agreed first, asked questions later.
It soon became clear that no club was willing to take it on at short notice, so it was back to "coalition of the willing". Once jonX signed up I was confident we could deliver. Next issue, find a scenic location. We offered North Berwick, Linlithgow, Callendar, they chose Callendar, which shminty was in the process of remapping.
Date. Getting a strong field on Friday was going to be an issue. They wanted July 5th (JWOC & WOC test race clash). We wanted June 21st (SprintScotland) but Dougie, the presenter, was unavailable, something about a Deacon Blue concert - normally a weak excuse, except that he is the drummer... Eventually we ended up on 28th, clashing with EYOC and with no events on the weekend in Scotland, not ideal, but...
Next, format. There was a push for some "first past the post wins" format and thence "KO sprint". I was super-resistant to KO sprint - all the talk is that its a nightmare to organise, nobody has experience of it and Live on TV was not the place to start. I'm a long time fan of Chasing Sprint and that also solved the helpers problem by bringing JOK onside - once I though of it, no-brainer.
Two hours was too short to cover prologue and final. Four finals sounded about right, so we pitched to feature the junior races in the hope that, on the last day of term, schoolchildren could come.
Normally, MO and MV chasing sprints are a big pack race, but the WO and junior races are a procession. Fairer racing, but nobody wants to watch a race that's decided offscreen in the prologue. What is a reasonable gap to produce packs? I suggested 10 sec start interval by position, JonX tweaked it to "maximum 10sec". Whatever, it worked to deliver head to head racing to the end, 3+ athletes on the run in at the same time.
Saturday Jun 29, 2019 #
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Tremendous effort from JOK volunteer helpers travelling from Moravian to Kerno. Thanks to all this effort, the orienteering was delivered at about 10% the cost of the television coverage...
As British Orienteering Development Officer Peter Brooke, said: “We wouldn’t have the sport we do today without the hard work and dedication of the many volunteers across the country. Throughout 2019 we want to celebrate volunteering and support clubs to run their own projects to encourage more of their members to volunteer."
and then, just a tad disappointingly, when we asked BO for some support...
Having carefully considered the application it was felt that this didn’t meet the objectives of the Year of the Volunteer funding
As British Orienteering Development Officer Peter Brooke, said: “We wouldn’t have the sport we do today without the hard work and dedication of the many volunteers across the country. Throughout 2019 we want to celebrate volunteering and support clubs to run their own projects to encourage more of their members to volunteer."
and then, just a tad disappointingly, when we asked BO for some support...
Having carefully considered the application it was felt that this didn’t meet the objectives of the Year of the Volunteer funding
Friday Jun 28, 2019 #
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Planning. JOK chasing sprint on the Adventure Show
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006bj6/the...
After a contact from Paul McGreal in February, I committed to make it happen then roped in JonX to do all the work. Gradually it morphed into the JOK chasing sprint and I got the prime role of planning. Lots of test runners helped out after all the recent health issues. In the end the girls were a tad underplanned at 17-18 mins, boys on the money with 20. Quite knackered at the end of a log and successful day.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006bj6/the...
After a contact from Paul McGreal in February, I committed to make it happen then roped in JonX to do all the work. Gradually it morphed into the JOK chasing sprint and I got the prime role of planning. Lots of test runners helped out after all the recent health issues. In the end the girls were a tad underplanned at 17-18 mins, boys on the money with 20. Quite knackered at the end of a log and successful day.
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019 #
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Bad day today. Left thigh still too sore to sit on. Did a couple of hours from the couch at home, Then went in but couldn't think so had to leave at 4, took a nap, then reviewed some papers in the evening. Lots of JOK stuff flying about too.
Taking stock, left leg still numb and tingling, muscles in both legs twitching at rest, lower back sore in an ischemic rather than sciatic way. Haven't pressed the breathlessness but not especially feeling lung powered.
Taking stock, left leg still numb and tingling, muscles in both legs twitching at rest, lower back sore in an ischemic rather than sciatic way. Haven't pressed the breathlessness but not especially feeling lung powered.