Results of Perth Primary Schools Orienteering Championships 2007

Held at Perth Riverside on 22nd March 2007.

Organised by Perth and Kinross Sports Development Team (including TAY members Jennifer Williamson and Dave Prentice)

Report

Primary schools from Perth competed at Perth Riverside in the second of the primary schools orienteering area finals. With some schools opting to go to one of the later area finals, numbers were down slightly compared with last year, but the standard was significantly up. The area of the map stretches north from Perth Grammar, most of it bordering the banks of the River Tay.

The objective, as with all the other area finals, was to go to as many of the 27 control sites as possible in the 45 minutes allowed. The nine controls furthest away counted 30 points; the easiest nine were 10 points and the others 20 points. In the two preceding years, only one team scored the maximum 540 points, but this year the top seven teams all achieved the maximum, with the fastest team getting round in less than 33 minutes, an excellent performance.

The winning team was Oakbank All Stars (Fraser Todd, Andrew Davis & Stuart Webster) in a time of 32.35. Second and third places went to teams from Craigie Primary, with Going for Gold (Clodagh Mitchell, Hannah Ballantine & Behah Salem-Dalgety) in 36.40 finishing in front of Flying Dutchmen (Ben McFarlane, Paul Collins & Rory Savage) who recorded a time of 39.29. North Muirton Tigers came an excellent fourth in 41.30 with Team X from Our Lady�s fifth just two minutes behind. The other teams to score the maximum points were San Francisco Giants from Oakbank and 003s from Criagie.

Nine Oakbank teams qualified for the final, along with five from Craigie, three from North Muirton, two from Our Lady�s and one from Goodlyburn. It will be the first time North Muirton and Goodly burn have been represented at the final. All were fine performances and the 20th team this year would have finished 7th last year � and this year the course was slightly more difficult! Something must be going right out of map-reading, route choice, teamwork, navigation, fitness, strategy, determination, or even coaching!

The Perth and Kinross Sports Development Team who staged the event, thank the Perth Riverside Church for again allowing us to use their facilities and the Parks department for clearing some of the litter which was spoiling one of Perth�s under-rated open areas. Next year we will try and use �The Woody� to increase the challenge � but there will need to be a walkway built over the muddy access.

Results

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

Place	Team Name	School	Score	Penalty	Total	Time
1	Oakbank All Stars	Oakbank PS	540	0	540	32:35
2	Going for the Gold	Craigie PS	540	0	540	36:40
3	Flying Dutchmen	Craigie PS	540	0	540	39:29
4	Tigers	North Muirton	540	0	540	41:30
5	Team X	Our Lady's	540	0	540	43:32
6	San Francisco Giants	Oakbank PS	540	0	540	44:18
7	003s	Craigie PS	540	0	540	45:00
8	Girls in Motion	Oakbank PS	530	5	525	45:10
9	The 3 Amigos	Oakbank PS	510	0	510	36:26
10	The Crazy Chicks	Craigie PS	500	0	500	44:52
11	The Monsters	Oakbank PS	490	0	490	44:31
12	Speedy Kids	Oakbank PS	480	0	480	37:49
13	Snazzy Three	North Muirton	490	15	475	47:18
14	Crystal Girls	Oakbank PS	470	0	470	42:15
15	Speedy Speeders	Oakbank PS	470	0	470	44:03
16	GB1	Goodlyburn	480	15	465	46:10
17	Speed Freaks	Our Lady's	460	0	460	40:55
18	The Minxie Peps	Craigie PS	460	0	460	41:17
19	Indestructable	Oakbank PS	460	0	460	43:02
20	Gorgeous Girls	North Muirton	480	20	460	48:06
21	Girl Power	North Muirton	450	0	450	44:31
22	Cheeky Monkeys	Oakbank PS	450	0	450	44:44
23	Superstars	Our Lady's	450	0	450	45:00
24	Funky Monkeys	Craigie PS	460	15	445	47:59
25	Scotland United	Craigie PS	440	0	440	42:20
26	C.S.R.	Craigie PS	440	0	440	42:23
27	The Dumplings	North Muirton	450	15	435	47:29
28	Bad Boys	North Muirton	460	25	435	50:00
29	The Munros	Craigie PS	430	0	430	38:56
30	3 Numbskulls	Oakbank PS	430	0	430	41:55
31	Baybee Dolls	North Muirton	430	0	430	43:00
32	Hoodies	North Muirton	440	15	425	47:21
33	Fast Blast	Oakbank PS	420	0	420	41:52
34	GB5	Goodlyburn	410	5	405	45:18
35	GB6	Goodlyburn	410	5	405	45:59
36	The Killers	Our Lady's	460	55	405	56:57
37	The Diamond Girls	Oakbank PS	400	0	400	37:33
38	The Warriors	North Muirton	400	0	400	43:01
39	The Chocolate Chip Cookies	Oakbank PS	390	0	390	39:28
40	Aliens	North Muirton	420	30	390	50:30
41	GB4	Goodlyburn	380	0	380	41:20
42	Pink Ladies	North Muirton	370	0	370	40:52
43	1...2...tracky crew	North Muirton	380	10	370	47:00
44	Rampaging Rovers	North Muirton	370	5	365	45:10
45	Bright Sparks	North Muirton	385	20	365	48:54
46	GB3	Goodlyburn	360	0	360	43:22
47	Need for Speed	Oakbank PS	350	15	335	47:20
48	Sparkling Smarties	Craigie PS	330	0	330	42:39
49	Diamonds	Oakbank PS	320	0	320	43:10
50	GB2	Goodlyburn	310	0	310	44:03
51	The Gers	North Muirton	280	0	280	44:45
52	Mean Girls	North Muirton	260	25	235	50:20
53	GB7	Goodlyburn	270	35	235	51:15
54	3 Amigos	North Muirton	190	35	155	51:31
55	Boy Wonders	North Muirton	340	0	0	39:32
-	J.C.Bs	North Muirton	-	-	-	-
-	Team 20	North Muirton	-	-	-	-

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