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Frolics Series 2007 - Results and Standings

Last Updated on 17/08/2007

Results after Round 5 - 22 July – Nonsuch Park (MV) (Final Round)

SLOW win again!

Winners in 2005, joint winners in 2006, and now first again in 2007. Can nothing stop the SLOW juggernaut?

In the end, the ‘best 4 out of 5 (final event to count)’ rule proved decisive, with SLOW clear winners by 3 points. A home win at their own event (Ham Riverside) and an away win at Nonsuch Park, together with second at Trent Park and third at Shooters Hill was more than enough.

Although counting all five events, MV would have been comfortable winners by 91 to 89, with LOK third on 78. MV’s worst event(s) - fourth at both Bedfords Park and Trent Park - was much better than SLOW’s ninth at Bedfords Park: an interesting example of how to concentrate your winning efforts or just a quirk of the system?

Final table – Last event + best three out of the remaining four

Final Frolics Position	Club	Cumulative Score	Cumulative Frolics Points
1	SLOW	2020	77
2	MV	1974	74
3	HH	1674	69
4	HAVOC	1589	66
5	LOK	1551	64
6=	DFOK	1393	62
6=	CROC	1232	62
8	CHIG	1100	57
9=	SAX	901	53
9=	BKO	880	53
11	SO	951	46
12	TVOC	587	42
13	SN	428	32
14	GO	72	8

Results of Round 4 - 15 July – Trent Park (LOK)

	Club	Score (top 6 runners on handicap)	Points (for trophy)
1	HH	503	20
2	SLOW	495	19
3	LOK	474	18
4	MV	458	17
5	HAVOC	431	16
6	CHIG	334	15
7	CROC	245	14
8	DFOK	226	13
9	BKO	224	12
10	TVOC	186	11
11	SN	97	10
-	GO	0	0
-	SO	0	0
-	SAX	0	0

Remarkably, after a forecast of blanket rain throughout, round 4 saw a warm and even sunny day. Trent Park was at its best, with a course that used both the open fields and the interesting bit on the north side (albeit some brambles to go with the interest!).

But on home ground, LOK could manage no better than third place: both HH and SLOW brought in the heavy hitters to take the top two places. (In fact HH had no fewer than 14 of 72 finishers.)

Overall, the top three places stayed the same, except that SLOW and LOK closed the gap a little on this year’s runaway leaders MV. HH were rewarded for their large turnout by moving up several places to fourth.

One should of course never say never in orienteering, where complete disaster is always possible, but MV now look in an almost impregnable position with Nonsuch Park as the final event. But the chasers might still have a gleam of hope since the final championship depends on the best three of the first four events (plus the last). So wait and see until the presentation of the London bus trophy…..

Overall position after four rounds

Position after four events	Club	Cumulative individual scores	Cumulative points (for trophy)	Change in position since last week
1	MV	1792	72	-
2	SLOW	1632	69	-
3	LOK	1466	66	-
4	HH	1338	61	▲ 3
5=	DFOK	1262	60	▼ 1
5=	HAVOC	1284	60	-
7	CHIG	1059	58	▼ 1
8	CROC	907	54	-
9	BKO	799	52	▼ 1
10	SAX	567	40	▼ 2
11	SO	507	38	-
12	TVOC	375	32	-
13	SN	335	24	-
14	GO	72	8	-

Link to Page with full individual results for LOK event

Results of Round 3 - 8 July – Bedfords Park (HAVOC)

	Club	Score (top 6 runners on handicap)	Points (for trophy)
1	HAVOC	559	20
2	CHIG	490	19
3	CROC	345	18
4	MV	342	17
5	HH	330	16
6	DFOK	299	15
7	LOK	225	14
8	SAX	224	13
9	SLOW	143	12
10	BKO	141	11
11	SO	63	10
-	TVOC	0	0
-	SN	0	0
-	GO	0	0

Again having an event on the doorstep, helped the local clubs - HAVOC and CHIG - towards a hatful of points, but interestingly travel distance was clearly no constraint for the next two positions – CROC and MV. Turnout overall was perhaps a little lower than hoped for, particularly on such a fine July day after all the rain and unseasonable cold weather. But, with several other major sporting events taking place on the same day, the numbers held up remarkably well on balance.

The overall table saw a perhaps decisive step change, with MV’s travelling support helping them to become clear leaders, by five points over second place SLOW. With the MV event at Epsom and Ashtead still to come on July 22 it may now be difficult to catch them. But…. remember the final result is based on best four out of the five events, with event 5 having to count. So, best still to be a little cautious with your spread bets?

See next week’s bulletin as the tension builds…..

Overall position after three rounds

Position after two events	Club	Cumulative individual scores	Cumulative points (for trophy)	Change in position since last week
1	MV	1334	55	-
2	SLOW	1137	50	▼ 1
3	LOK	993	48	-
4	DFOK	1030	47	-
5	HAVOC	853	44	▲ 4
6	CHIG	726	43	▲ 3
7	HH	836	41	▲ 1
8=	CROC	662	40	▲ 3
8=	BKO	576	40	▼ 3
8=	SAX	568	40	▼ 1
11	SO	508	38	▼ 5
12	TVOC	189	21	-
13	SN	238	14	-
14	GO	72	8	-

Results of Round 2 - 1 July – Ham Riverside (SLOW)

	Club	Score (top 6 runners on handicap)	Points (for trophy)
1	SLOW	534	20
2	MV	502	19
3	LOK	358	18
4	SO	349	17
5	BKO	290	16
6	SAX	245	15
7	SN	238	14
8	CROC	237	13
9	DFOK	217	12
10	TVOC	97	11
11	CHIG	85	10
12	HAVOC	68	9
13	HH	60	8
-	GO	0	0

As last week, home advantage was decisive, with SLOW coming out as comfortable winners at Ham Riverside. Second place MV no doubt also enjoyed being not far from their home territory. But for a second week, newcomers SO and BKO were again prominent in the results, beating one or two old favourites in the process.

This early in the series, places in the overall table tend to switch around quite dramatically week by week, with some big leaps up the table and corresponding falls. At the top, SLOW and MV are almost inseparable after two events, but perhaps significantly, these two together with LOK – the 2006 top three - already share the top three places between them this year.

DFOK have slipped down but, reflecting the scoring on the day, BKO and SO have jumped up several places in the table. Will they be able to mount a serious challenge as the series unfolds?

Overall position after two rounds

Position after two events	Club	Cumulative individual scores	Cumulative points (for trophy)	Change in position since last week
1=	SLOW	994	38	▲ 3
1=	MV	992	38	▲ 1
3	LOK	768	34	▲ 2
4	DFOK	731	32	▼ 3
5	BKO	435	29	▲ 3
6	SO	445	28	▲ 4
7	SAX	344	27	▲ 2
8	HH	506	25	▼ 4
9=	HAVOC	294	24	▼ 3
9=	CHIG	236	24	▼ 2
11	CROC	317	22	▲ 1
12	TVOC	189	21	▼ 1
13	SN	238	14	▲ 1
14	GO	72	8	▼ 1

Greg Birdseye

Results of Round 1 - DFOK - Shooters Hill

Score (top 6 runners on handicap)	Points (for trophy)	Club
514	20	DFOK
490	19	MV
460	18	SLOW
446	17	HH
410	16	LOK
226	15	HAVOC
151	14	CHIG
145	13	BKO
99	12	SAX
96	11	SO
92	10	TVOC
80	9	CROC
72	8	GO
0	0	SN

Round 1 saw a pretty good turnout given the rather unkind weather! We had a well-planned Frolics course, combining the open area with some tricky ‘green’ controls, which might have taken some people by surprise.

On home territory, DFOK scooped the maximum 20 points, followed by most of the usual suspects. This year, the list of ‘eligible’ clubs has been expanded, and newcomers BKO and SO were well in the points.

Competition should hot up in the coming weeks – watch this space!