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Monthly Archives: March 2012
NavNight 28/3/2012
We repeated the session where I laid out a set of cones and other objects in a grid and had them map the area. There were also SI Units in the area. Once they had mapped the area, they planned courses. Read more
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UVHS Training 28/3/2012
Rich T planned a taster Urban session for all the years.
They all got back without getting run over, which was the main fear.
I spent most of my time trying to get results working.
The kids seemed to enjoy the session, but did complain about being too hot. Read more
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UVHS Training 21/3/2012
I planned a mass start sprint event around UVHS. There were two sets of three loops to mix things up a bit. We used live results, projected onto a screen, rather than issuing splits.
Those that finished Quickly were able to do a second course, made a little more interesting by removing all the buildings from the map. Read more
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NavNight 21/3/2012
This week we started to look at contours. I gave out a number of 1:25000 OS maps, from the OS Getamap subscription service, that showed the Coniston Fell Race route. We started by talking about what a contour line was, then how they described the shape of the land. Read more
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UVHS Training 14/3/2012
I assisted Selwyn with a session aimed at encouraging the use of the compass.
Session was on Subberthwaite Common.
As this was the first session outside since the Winter, we had a few issues with getting people to the start quickly enough, so there wasn’t as much activity as there might have been. Read more
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NavNight 14/3/2012
We went back to the compass rose exercise again this week. This allowed everyone to have another go at practising taking bearings. Most are really getting the hang of it.
After a break we did a map jigsaw relay using the “through cones” maps to get to the maps. Read more
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WOC 2012 Women’s Relay Final leg
This is an interesting little video of the GPS plot for the final leg of the Women’s relay at the 2012 WOC. It needs a little explanation. The Finish team make a terrible mistake at the second control, visiting control 6 on the way, but fight back throughout the whole leg, to win by a matter of metres at the end. Read more
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Good orienteering video
This is worth a look. Some nice forest.
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NavNight 7/3/2012
This week I tried a new way of introducing compass work, and specifically bearings.
I made up a number of map cards, each showing a Start, control, connecting line and North lines. They were designed to have bearings that were spaced 30 degrees apart around the compass. Read more
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