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Speed is of the essence (Ray Barnes/BSOA)

Around 700 competitors turned out at yesterdays British Schools Orienteering Championships, held at Sandringham Country Park. Times, as expected, were fast and winning margins were tight with lost seconds meaning lost places. One of the biggest winning margins was that of Andrew Llewellyn who won the B13 class by 4 minutes while in G12 Stefanie Blomquist also won by 4 minutes. The G13 class however was the opposite with less than 30 seconds covering the top 3, Tessa Hill taking the title ahead of Helen Gardner and Jess Halliday. British Squad Members Graham Gristwood and Helen Winskill were on hand to talk to the competitors and sign autographs throughout the day, not to mention deal with the mammoth task of presenting all the prizes.

Individual Results -
Year 5 Girls - 1.7km

1 Julie O'Dolan Burford School 10:18
2 Flora Hamilton Barnardiston Hall Prep School 11:36
3 Aylish Arnold St Pius X Primary School 11:48

Year 5 Boys - 1.7km

1 Aidan Smith Dore Primary School 9:12
2 Thomas Bowering Ramsbury Primary School 9:14
3 Timothy Brown King's College School 9:56

Year 6 Girls - 2.0km

1 Florence Haines All Saints Primary, Ilkley 10:55
2 H Laurie I Cashin Barnardiston Hall Prep School 13:18
2 Lucy Butt Hale Primary School 13:18

Year 6 Boys - 2.4km

1 S Barnes R Osman Burford School 14:19
2 Chris Young Orley Farm Prep School 14:21
3 S Harris C Phillips Burford School 14:26

Year 7 Girls - 2.3km

1 Katrin Harding Lancaster Girls Grammar School 15:27
2 Martha Crowhurst Barnardiston Hall Prep School 16:49
3 Emma Barnbrook King Henry VIII Senior School 16:52

Year 7 Boys - 2.5km

1 James Firth King's College School 15:37
2 Hamish Fletcher Cooney Ulverston Victoria High School 15:57
3 Nick Salmon The Royal Grammar School 16:14

Year 8 Girls - 2.8km

1 Harriet Batten King Henry VIII Senior School 15:59
2 Charlotte Myers Huntington School 17:11
3 Lucy Benham The Burgate School 17:57

Year 8 Boys - 3.0km

1 Duncan Birtwistle Ripon Grammar School 19:40
2 David Smyth Dame Allan's Schools 20:17
3 Matthew Halliday King Henry VIII Senior School 20:53

Year 9 Girls - 3.0km

1 Julia Blomquist Charters Sports College 19:35
2 Alice Leake Selby High School 19:42
3 Catherine Bushnell Walton High School 20:26

Year 9 Boys - 3.2km

1 Ralph Street Tiffin School 19:59
2 Peter Hodkinson Chilwell Comprehensive School 20:40
3 Tim Martin Meadowhead School 21:59

Year 10 Girls - 3.2km

1 Alice Butt South Wilts Grammar School 19:30
2 Sarah Claxton Toot Hill School 22:25
3 Beth Emberton Calder High School 24:44

Year 10 Boys - 3.7km

1 Adam Bushnell Adams Grammar School 20:26
2 Michael McIver Ulverston Victoria High School 23:02
3 Alistair Jones Ulverston Victoria High School 25:01

Year 11 Girls - 4.2km

1 Joanna Halliday King Henry VIII Senior School 27:43
2 Anne Edwards Oxford High School 28:08
3 Emily Benham The Burgate School 29:17

Year 11 Boys - 4.7km

1 Hector Haines Ilkley Grammar School 30:52
2 Robert Farrington John Masefield High School 31:17
3 David Schorah Calday Grange Grammar School 31:36

Year 12 Girls - 4.7km

1 Stefanie Blomquist Clayesmore Senior School 37:47
2 Liz Britton Marple & Cheadle 6th Form Coll 41:37
3 Nadine Wright King Henry VIII Senior School 43:51

Year 12 Boys - 5.4km

1 John Rocke Bishop Stopford School 31:05
2 Matt Lyle Kingswood School Bath 33:45
3 Tom Winsor Lancaster Royal Grammar School 34:44

Year 13 Girls - 5.5km

1 Tessa Hill Dean Close School 42:02
2 Helen Gardner Hills Road Sixth Form College 42:27
3 Jessica Halliday Coventry Blue Coat C of E 42:31

Year 13 Boys - 6.4km

1 Andrew Llewellyn Nottingham High School 39:11
2 Oystein Langberg York College 43:25
3 Gareth Little Walton High School 50:11

In the team competition there was no changes from last year with Burford easily taking first and second spots in the primary competition ahead of King Henry's and St Richard's. In the Middle Preparatory Class it was Barnardiston Hall who improved from last years 2nd place to take a close victory over two teams from King's College School with Bramcote Lorne School improving from 7th place last year to take 3rd spot. In the Large Secondary school class it was a much closer competition than last year, with Ulverston Victoria beating King Henry's School by only 3 points having easily taken the top two team spots at last year's championships.

School Team Results -
Primary:
1 Burford School 10 pts
2 King Henry VIII Junior School 39 pts
3 St Richard's R.C. Primary 39 pts

Middle-Preparatory
1 Barnardiston Hall Prep School 10 pts
2 King's College School 13 pts
3 Bramcote Lorne School 32 pts

Small Secondary
1 Clayesmore Senior School 87 pts

Large Secondary
1 Ulverston Victoria High School 35 pts
2 King Henry VIII Senior School 38 pts
3 Nottingham High School 64 pts

Tertiary
1 York College 25 pts

Pictures courtesy of Ray Barnes/BSOA.
Full Results are here
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Graham & Helen meet young competitors (Ray Barnes/BSOA)