Highlights from results of the first Frolic

Frolics 2008 – final result after all 5 rounds

LOK winners!!

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Final position (best three out of first four events + last)	Club	Cumulative individual scores	Trophy points
1	LOK	2131	78
2	MV	1898	74
3	SLOW	2000	72
4	HH	1731	69
5	CHIG	1467	63
6	DFOK	1500	61
7	HAVOC	1105	54
8	TVOC	846	49
9	BKO	458	46
10=	SAX	1031	45
10=	SO	853	45
12	SN	338	23
13	GO	159	13

Having been joint winner in 2006 but only 5th in 2007, LOK finally managed to pull away from their rivals and take a clear first place in the 2008 Frolics. In fact, although competition was close almost to the last, LOK were never headed over the five rounds and finished up with a comfortable lead. With a home win at Alexandra Park and second place in three other events, beating SLOW to top spot on their own turf at Putney Heath was probably the decisive factor.

MV were second (as last year), with the runaway winners from 2007 SLOW slipping down to third. The ‘best 3 out of 4 plus the last’ formula in fact didn’t make much difference this year (although SAX who didn’t compete at event 5 just lost out to BKO despite scoring better in the earlier rounds). But the formula was possibly the reason for another very high turnout at Whippendell. Interestingly, the total number of runners at all five events together was almost a third higher than last year – a tribute to Frolics’ enduring popularity perhaps?

HH won their ‘home’ event, but only by a narrow margin. LOK again managed to mobilise their top stars to push HH very close, while MV kept up their challenge to the end – a very good result for a north London event. SLOW, normally very competitive wherever the event is held, were surprisingly lowly placed at 5th. CHIG also did well while TVOC also impressed on the day with their best event result for several years.

27 July – Whippendell Wood (HH)

	Club	Score (top 6 runners on handicap)	Points (for trophy)
1	HH	512	20
2	LOK	507	19
3	MV	493	18
4	CHIG	483	17
5	SLOW	429	16
6	TVOC	419	15
7	DFOK	414	14
8	HAVOC	409	13
9	BKO	108	12
10	SO	53	11
-	GO	0	0
-	SN	0	0
-	SAX	0	0

Greg Birdseye - Frolics co-ordinator

Frolics 2008 – round 4 results

20 July – Nork Park (MV)

	Club	Score (top 6 runners on handicap)	Points (for trophy)
1	MV	512	20
2	LOK	490	19
3	SO	476	18
4	SLOW	474	17
5	SAX	472	16
6=	DFOK	417	15
6=	HH	417	15
8	TVOC	263	13
9	HAVOC	211	12
10	CHIG	188	11
11=	BKO	93	10
11=	SN	93	10
13	GO	0	0

Nork Park on a sunny Sunday, a brand new area (with not too many brambles), brilliant views from the download tent over south London, and the best Frolics turn out for two years – well done MV, suitably rewarded by first place on the day at their home event!

Remarkably, the scores for the next four clubs were all within 18 points of each other – possibly no more than a few seconds per scoring runner, averaged overall. How critical might those seconds be in the final result?

SO had their best result of the season at Nork Park but, as has looked increasingly likely, the top three clubs in the overall ranking have consolidated their position.

One should of course never say never in orienteering, where complete disaster is always possible, but LOK now look in a pretty strong position with Whippendell to come. But the chasers might still have a glint of hope, since the final championship depends on the best three results from 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	LOK	2114	78	-
2	SLOW	2045	73	-
3	MV	1766	72	-
4	HH	1448	63	-
5	DFOK	1335	61	-
6	CHIG	1172	57	▼ 1
7	SAX	1099	56	▲ 1
8	HAVOC	893	53	▼ 1
9	BKO	411	44	-
10=	SO	800	34	▲ 1
10=	TVOC	427	34	-
12	SN	338	23	-
13	GO	159	13	▼ 1

Greg Birdseye

Frolics co-ordinator

Frolics 2008 – round 3 results

13 July – Alexandra Park (LOK)

	Club	Score (top 6 runners on handicap)	Points (for trophy)
1	LOK	582	20
2	HH	513	19
3	SLOW	497	18
4	CHIG	429	17
5	MV	361	16
6	HAVOC	262	15
7	DFOK	249	14