Autumn Series #3

Monday, 16 April 2007

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There were 64 entries in the 3rd Autumn Evenings Series event at Burns Bay on April 11th.  The clutch of 30 pointers (25, 26 & 27) close to the start/finish in Tennyson Park enticed quite a few of those into the bush with control 26, visited by over three-quarters of the entrants, being the second most visited control after control 5.  The western loop around Linley Point proved to be very popular with around half of all entrants doing the whole loop.  If you approached 22 from the west (from 2 or 11) then you were rewarded with a great view of the city and harbour. The eastern loop with its more sparse concentration of controls was less visited – only 4 people ventured to control 18.  Controls 7, 6 & 16 were also missed by many as they traced a loop around them to pick up the higher points and miss the contours.

Route Analysis

Control NumberPercent who visited
584
2678
475
1575
3075
1070
1370
2569
1461
2258
2456
255
355
2755
2353
1252
1150
148
2148
1747
2044
2839
2928
823
722
620
1619
916
1916
186

Results

1Michael BurtonBF500
2Wayne Eliot
450
3Peter GarranBF440
4Sean McCormack
430
5Phillip Harding
410
6Gill Fowler
400
6Warwick SelbyGO400
8David Kricker
390
9Kar-Soon Lim
380
10Dave Hegarty
370
10Darren Slattery
370
10Robin Stacey
370
13Rasti & Luke
360
14Caitlin Anderson
350
14Sue DavisBF350
16Graeme DawsonGO340
16Stuart Wilson
340
18Jim ForbesGO330
18Andrew LumsdenBF330
18Jo "too lazy to get that extra 30 points" ParrBF330
18Wayne PepperBN330
18Aaron Simson-WoodsUR330
23Andrew Graham
320
24Ken Jacobson
310
25Rod EckelsGO300
25Andrew Goddard
300
25Carol JacobsonGO300
25Alex Kingston
300
25Annalisa McKay
300
25Jost Preis & Rachel Gale
300
25Nicole SellinGO300
25Brett Sewell
300
25Wendy Stevenson
300
34Matt HackettWH280
34Marcus Kringas
280
34Jo Payne
280
34Dan Redfern
280
38Alex, Grace, Zallie & Kerr Harrold-Evans
270
38Alexa TroedsonBF270
38Ernest WindschuttelGO270
38Laura, Marisa & Angela
270
42David BowermanGO260
42Will Kennedy
260
44Christopher AnnettsGO250
44Hollie Kennedy
250
44Shaun Locke
250
44James Stuart
250
48Marcia Dawson
240
48John GilesGO240
48Paul Harvey
240
48Pete & Chris Jennings
240
52Angela MurrayUR230
53Peter Chan
220
54Jonathan Selby
220
55Graham Horrocks
200
56Angela & Luke Brown
180
57Elizabeth Bulman
160
58Callum, Kerrin & NickyBF160
59Melissa AnnettsGO150
59Connie McNameeBF150
61Bethany Crane, Alice & Cheryl Pester
130
62Ruth Jacka
120
62Sue ThomsonGO120
64Jan Kricker
110

Map

Burns Bay Map 
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