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54th OMM Eryri Race Director’s Report<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dave Chapman 54th OMM Eryri Race Director’s Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a fantastic area! The contrast between the runnable terrain of the northern Carneddau and the rocky southern area. The gentle slopes to the north and the steep descent to the A5 and then up onto the Glyders. The stunning beauty of the mountains; I remember many years ago seeing Tryfan for the first time whilst running the Glyder ridge from Pen-y-Pass and down to Llanberis, and deciding there and then that I had to scale it, probably adding 800m of ascent to my day, but what a mountain it is! I know that we didn\u2019t give anyone that challenge, but I do hope that you can make a return journey in the future. 54th OMM Eryri Race Director’s Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2021 we were approached by Plas y Brenin who wondered if we would be interested in re-running the 1971 race \u2013 they had found a report in their journals of the event. Our response was to suggest that we run the OMM in its current format with PyB as the Event Centre. A lot of discussion, land ownership exploration and outline planning followed, but it became clear that it wouldn\u2019t work; an overnight camp at the right distance from the EC wasn\u2019t available and some of the farmers were known to be reluctant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We decided it would work, albeit with a significant challenge on getting cars in and out! 54th OMM Eryri Race Director’s Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gradually our plans migrated west, toward using National Trust land as the majority of the competition area; we had already been talking to NT who were very supportive. We still needed to extend the area to the east of the NT land north of the A5, and I approached RWE who were supportive subject to their tenant\u2019s agreement, which I then obtained. However, one land owning farmer was clear that we could not use his land \u2013 I understand that he had had a set-to with the Organiser of an event in 2022; this is shown Out of Bounds on the map, and did make the course planning more challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We still didn\u2019t have an Event Centre so I explored a few options on the NW of the map, but was turned down on each. Then my contact at NT suggested Tan-y-garth so Stuart and I went along to evaluate. We decided it would work, albeit with a significant challenge on getting cars in and out! We agreed a deal with Richard Temple-Morris. 54th OMM Eryri Race Director’s Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile NT had suggested that their fields in Ogwen Valley could be used, and when Stuart and I visited we were blown away \u2013 a fantastic location for the O\/N site with magnificent views, yet only a couple of hundred meters from the A5. The event was on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graham then had the challenge of course planning around the limitation of the OOB areas and from all the feedback I\u2019ve heard and seen its agreed that he did a magnificent job.I recruited a small army of local runners, mainly from Eryri Harriers to go out on Sunday afternoon; they did a great job and we had every control in on Sunday evening 54th OMM Eryri Race Director’s Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The event benefits from the support of an army of volunteers \u2013 some of you (Orienteers) may have read the article that I wrote for Compass Sport magazine after last year\u2019s event. My team of volunteers is the Hill Team and I would like to commend them for their efforts. In June we spent 4 days checking and validating the control locations and the map, which also enabled us to consider some of the walls and fences to be negotiated. In the week leading up to the event the same team assisted the Planner and I in getting all the controls out and in the right place; a couple of them also built the stile that many of you will have used as you approached the O\/N camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time we didn\u2019t have any marshals at controls. I\u2019m sure that long-standing participants will have missed their warm welcome, but we decided that with the tracking system, and the publication of the availability of mobile signal, we didn\u2019t need them for their safety role. One of the tasks that marshals have helped to fulfill is collection of controls after the event. Instead, I recruited a small army of local runners, mainly from Eryri Harriers to go out on Sunday afternoon; they did a great job and we had every control in on Sunday evening, so my great thanks to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvey\u2019s maps are always great for Hill Walking\/Running but perhaps many of you who were first-timers won\u2019t have experienced them before. I\u2019ve seen some discussion around the use of 15m contour interval which is the Harvey standard. Harvey\u2019s position, and I agree with them, is that a 15m CI shows the shape of mountainous land well without cluttering it up \u2013 they use form lines (contours) to indicate detailed shape where necessary. Another feature unique to Harvey\u2019s is the use of black contours to indicate rocky ground \u2013 have another look at the map to spot where brown contour lines change to black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out Of Bounds and Uncrossable wall markings are there for a reason, and crossing them is likely to make access permission more difficult in future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the good points about working with Harveys is the fact that we can make map changes when necessary. We identified a number of map corrections during our June Recce which were then made to the competition map. I know some were disappointed at the lack of names on the map but we arranged for them to be removed to avoid obscuring detail. We also chose to remove all height markings from the map in order to minimise the benefit of using an altimeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am disappointed that a few competitors did cross into OOB areas or Uncrossable Boundary (UCB). One team told me that as they ran down the track to the A5 through the OOB area they were stoned by the farmer\u2019s son \u2013 perhaps they were lucky that it was only stones! OOB and Uncrossable wall markings are there for a reason, and crossing them is likely to make access permission more difficult in future. The tracker system enables us to see all transgressions, and we have made those who did break these rules non-competitive in the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, thanks to you, the competitors, for entering and making all of the hard work worthwhile. From the feedback I\u2019ve seen most people enjoyed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope to see you all next year when we move north of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave Chapman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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