Results of Perth and Kinross North Area Primary Schools Orienteering Championships 2005

Held at Dalguise, 28th April

Organisers - Jane Anderson, Dave Prentice and Ross McMillan (Perth and Kinross Council)

The abiding memories from the fourth of the primary schools orienteering area championships held on Thursday will be the awful weather and the indomitable spirit of the competing children. Plus some fine performances.

It had rained heavily overnight and it just rained and rained through the morning and through the period of the competition. The event was organised by Perth and Kinross Sports Development at the Dalguise Outdoor Centre, near Dunkeld.

The lovely grounds presented more of a challenge than normal, with stretches of the network of paths becoming quagmires, the slopes slippery and the burns rather full.

At least it was dry in the house where Beatrix Potter had stayed as a child, and the 186 children competing as teams of three certainly brought tremendous excitement to the great hall where they were briefed, before venturing outside to brave the elements. They had 45 minutes to go to as many of the 27 controls as possible.

The area was stoically marshalled by teachers, parents and sports development staff. Despite wet feet, and wet just about everything else, there were no mishaps – just a lot of rather muddy clothes – we hope parents weren’t too taken aback when their children returned home.

There was an excellent turnout, up on last year, with teams from Blair Atholl, Breadalbane, (who sent 22 teams, the highest number so far for these championships), Dunkeld, Glen Lyon, Grandtully, Kenmore, Kinloch Rannoch, Logierait and Pitlochry.

From many excellent performances, it was Kenmore who took three of the top four places. The aptly named Red Hot Runners (Kyle James, Chris Carlin, Lewis Lambie) visited all the controls in 45 minutes 50 seconds, scoring 535 points. The Wacky Racers (Tommy Haddon, Breagha Burgess, Finlay Gray) scored 520 points in 39.28 for third place and the Country Runners (Gareth Palmer, Jamie Carlin, Bradley Baird) were fourth with 500 points.

But perhaps the outstanding performance was by the RS Dunkeld team, The Jaguars (Ben MacKinnon, Callum Strong, Grace MacDonald) who raced round in 23.14, well ahead of last year’s good times, but managed to miss one control and hence scored 530 points. It is the hard luck story of the Series to date.

Results

Score competition, 45 minutes, maximum possible score: 540 points

Place	Team	School	Points	Time
1	Red Hot Runners	Kenmore	535	45.50
2	The Jaguars	RS Dunkeld	530	23.14
3	Wacky Racers	Kenmore	520	37.28
4	Country Runners	Kenmore	520	40.48
5	Laughing Hyenas	RS Dunkeld	500	43.05
6	JLG Cheeky Monkeys	Breadalbane	490	46.19
7	3 Blind Mice	Grandtully	480	37.58
8	Crusty Crew	Pitlochry	480	42.30
9	Subaru	Logierait	480	44.17
10	The Group	Breadalbane	465	45.28
11	The Don't Knows	Kinloch Ran	465	47.08
12	Focus	Logierait	460	41.32
13	Hot Feet	RS Dunkeld	460	41.38
14	Pink Panthers	Kenmore	460	42.09
15	Predators	Breadalbane	450	35.00
16	The Killers	Breadalbane	450	41.51
17	Honour Rollers	Blair Atholl	450	44.58
18	Cheeky Monkeys	Blair Atholl	440	40.58
19	Running Rascals	Pitlochry	430	41.26
20	Crash	Breadalbane	430	43.59
21	Highland Horrors	Grandtully	420	41.14
22	Smart Pants	Pitlochry	420	44.55
23	3 Little Pigs	Breadalbane	420	48.10
24	Mayhem Madness	Blair Atholl	410	43.47
25	The Fimbles	RS Dunkeld	400	44.00
26	Navigators	Breadalbane	390	52.00
27	The Winners	Blair Atholl	390	33.12
28	Winning Weasels	RS Dunkeld	385	51.10
29	Land Rovers	Logierait	380	41.16
30	Jagwars 1	Grandtully	380	43.42
31	Turbo Tortoites	Kinloch Ran	380	46.43
32	Illuminious	Pitlochry	370	42.42
33	Funky Few	Pitlochry	370	44.16
34	Jaguars 2	Logierait	360	43.39
35	Winning Whales	Breadalbane	350	43.03
36	The Black Widows	Breadalbane	310	44.08
37	Glen Lyon	Glen Lyon	305	45.50
38	The Triple J's	Breadalbane	300	43.21
39	Road Kill	Breadalbane	300	52.37
40	Speedy Gonzales	Pitlochry	295	47.33
41	Girl Power	Kenmore	290	46.12
42	Cheeky Chimps	Breadalbane	275	47.32
43	The Red Devils	Breadalbane	270	44.26
44	Highland Coo	Pitlochry	260	42.03
45	The Armadillos	Kinloch Ran	255	45.30
46	Potty patrol	Pitlochry	255	49.58
47	Cheeters	Breadalbane	250	44.39
48	Devils Hen Night	Breadalbane	235	45.37
49	The Hells Angels	Breadalbane	190	46.50
50	Pink Panthers 2	Breadalbane	180	43.38
51	Best Friends	Pitlochry	160	43.58
52	2.99	Kinloch Ran	20	40.26
53	Candy Shop	Kinloch Ran	0	43.41
54	Hobbitts	Pitlochry	0	45.03
55	Tazmanian Tigers	Breadalbane
56	The Champions	Breadalbane
57	Intoxicated	Breadalbane
58	The Mooning Monkeys	Breadalbane
59	Dynamic Duo	Breadalbane
60	Fleet of Foot	Pitlochry

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