Nopesport

This past weekend saw the qualifying rounds for October's CompassSport Cup take place across the country (with the exception of Scotland where the qualifiers will be in March). There was some close scoring in some rounds as clubs had large numbers of runners out in force with some dominant performances elsewhere giving an early indicator of who to watch out for in the final at Sutton Park in Birmingham.

North East Round, hosted by Northern Navigators

SYO won convincingly thanks to some dominance from the Men, winning the Brown and Green courses. Not only did they take the top 3 spots on the Brown, with Oli Johnson 5 minutes, but they took 10 of the top 12 places. Steve Birkinshaw of West Cumbria in 5th was the top M40 while good results from Margaret Mackenzie And Michael Noblett helped West Cumbria to qualify in 2nd place, not far ahead of Ebor & Aire. Meanwhile in the Trophy competition Border Liners won from Claro.

Cup:
SYO 2350
WCOC 2153
EBOR 2137
AIRE 2127
CLOK 2077
NATO 1582

Trophy:
BL 1284
CLARO 1245
NN 817

North West Round, hosted by Deeside Orienteering Club

South Ribble won through from the North West Round, thanks to wins on the Brown (Mark Saunders), Blue (Cath Wilson and Quentin Harding), Green (Brian Jackson) and Orange (Chris Nash). Eryri narrowly defeated Pendle Forest with both clubs going through to the final in the Trophy.

Cup:
SROC 2327
LOC 2266
DEE 2233
MDOC 2223

Trophy:
ERYRI 1272
PFO 1263
SELOC 1226

Midlands Round, hosted by Walton Chasers

Last year’s winners Octavian Droobers won through with 5 out of 8 course wins while also Walton Chasers qualified comfortably in 2nd spot winning the three remaining courses. In the Trophy Wrekin qualified ahead of POTOC.

Cup:
OD 2387
WCH 2314
DVO 2205
LEI 1705

Trophy:
WRE 1271
POTOC 1244
HALO 1227
COBOC 260

East Anglia Round, hosted by West Anglian Orienteering Club

Nottingham Orienteering Club, last year’s runners up, qualified along with round hosts WAOC, with Nottingham runners amongst the top 3 of all the courses. Essex Stragglers qualified just ahead of Chigwell & Epping Forest Orienteering Club who were only 11 points behind.

Cup:
NOC 2406
WAOC 2319
NOR 2262

Trophy:
SOS 1273
CHIG 1262
SUFFOC 1180
LOG 1077

South West Round, hosted by North Gloucester Orienteering Club

In the Cup Bristol Orienteering Klubb edged out HOC thanks to a top 4 on the Brown and strong packing elsewhere enough to see off Harlequins who had the top 5 places on the Men’s Blue! South Wales narrowly defeated Swansea Bay in the Trophy with wins on 4 of the 8 courses.

Cup:
BOK 2367
HOC 2331
DEVON 2155
NGOC 1890

Trophy:
SWOC 1268
SBOC 1258
QO 1186
NWO 1163

Southern Round, hosted by British Army Orienteering Club

South London qualified strongly ahead of Thames Valley with runners amongst the top 3 on all courses. Unsurprisingly, last year’s Trophy runners up SARUM qualified easily with their strong mix of youngsters and veterans, while Wimborne qualified as runners up.

Cup:
SLOW 2358
TVOC 2293
SOC 2221
SN 2064
BKO 1663

Trophy:
SARUM 1275
WIM 1205
GO 1191
WSX 1166
BADO 1154

South East Round, hosted by Dartford Orienteering Club

Southdowns won just ahead of Happy Herts in a very close contest, Southdowns’ Junior element proving crucial while Happy Herts were perhaps the stronger in the senior classes. Mole Valley took the Trophy qualification spot comfortably.

Cup:
SO 2395
HH 2383
SAX 1814

Trophy:
MV 1275
HAVOC 1225
DFOK 1028
LOK 720

The final will take place on Sunday 19th October 2008 at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield.

Last year's winning club captains