St Valentine's Day Massacre !

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Carnage was the winner at the Valentine's Day Sprint-O as seven runners fell for "dummy controls". With a fair number of restrictions on where controls could be sited, planner Sue Davis placed a few extra controls on the area, hoping to lure those who weren't looking at their map.

The list of those who weren't reading their maps contains some pretty experienced orienteers - but we'll spare their blushes:

No names, no pack-drill 

Even Sue was suprised by how readily some competitors disregarded their map and assumed that either (a) they were at a real control site despite all evidence to the contrary or (b) that the planner had put the control in the wrong place.

 
News Summary
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