40 Years of Old Cuocs THE UNABRIDGED ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Not for sale!Stockholm, Saturday, 29 January 2011! www.drongo.org.uk

Editor’s Column Here is is; my last newsletter. Anniversary Dinner Quiz Eric Roer Can you guess the orienteer om the dinner attendees?

Who wrote this club song: Too busy looking at their map s.o. Who published a book about “the ran into some fenceposts between tale of a small girl’s adventures in CUOC Club Song the start and no.1 at a Varsity Match? the Lake District (see extract in [tune: Onward Christian Soldiers] last newsletter) in a particular year? Onward Cambridge orienteers 2. ...... Running through the wood 8. ...... Beating all the others Who remembers taking their 1970 How we wish we could Hillman Hunter to drive CUO- When asked how to spell their Cers to events along the North last name, who answered that it Oxford University tried Orbital? (Hint about the era!) was “the same as that of the famous but could not win Now we’ve come to BUSF serial kier ...[one of the moors mur- and we’ll win again 3. ...... derers], bar the last ‘y’”? Onward Cambridge… Was awarded the original “drongo 9. ...... Keith he was a beardie of the week” title for managing to Grimble is one still lock themselves out of the room Spent a long time at Epson A&E Chris he is a speedy whilst going for a shower and be after a Varsity Match selection race But Lydia’s on the pill seen wandering the courts of the (what a drastic way of making sure Ian has divided college wearing just a towel? you don’t have to go to a VM!)? Now three bodies he One goes north and one goes south 4. ...... 10....... And one goes home for ten Onward Cambridge…. Who was one of those elected a Was one of the recipients of the Now through all the country honorary life member a CUOC “Bucket of Cold Water Award” Roaming far and wide in 2002? during a inter-university champi- Happy bunch of morons onships event? Getting into stride 5. ...... 11. ...... 1. ...... Was kidnapped by an ambulance at a British Champs, to the con- Who admits to frequently (but cern of fellow CUOC members, not deliberately) forgetting the who did not know where to find sleeping bag for the Varsity IN THIS ISSUE him? (Hint: mobile phones match village hall sleepovers? Page 1Editor’s Column weren’t really common!!)? The Dinner Quiz 12. ...... 6. ...... Page 3 Pub Score Event 1978 Who was, in a pen portrait, de- Page 5 Members’ Memories Was described with: “was a new- scribed as “affectionately known as Page 31 VM Map Quiz comer to the sport when he came to ‘bottle’, ‘alky’ or ‘aunty’. The former university and has progressed ex- because of [their] love of a things Page 33 World of DrongOs tremely we and wi hopefuy get alcoholic and the uncanny resem- Page 34 VM Planners’ Quiz even better this year” in a commit- blance between [themselves] and a OL-Sudoku tee pen portrait. bottle”? Page 35 Where are they now? 7. ...... 13. ......

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Who provided a generous supply of punctuation for the CUOC newsletter? Also whose room was this photo taken in?

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Was awarded a wooden spoon prize for the slowest time on the B course at their first Varsity Match?

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This person is believed to have bought the original DrongO hat that has since become part of the DrongO logo.

16. ...... Who used to be a game bird, but Who managed to lose the Men's Wrote a very detailed “unsolic- is now a vet. team Varsity trophy on a train. ited review” for the newsletter. “Most CUOC members give me the 21. ...... 27. ...... uncomfortable impression of having been born orienteers, or at any rate, In the election fever prior to a A British Champion who can having come up through the ranks of CUOC AGM, an anonymous claim to have won the Varsity M/W11, M/W13 etc. Norman Har- author proposes this person Match five times, plus coming ris’ book (Orienteering for Fitness and “because maybe that's the only thing second in another one. Pleasure) is probably not for them. It that would keep him quiet”. is no technical manual, there are few (But actually never seems to have 28....... hints, no real advice [...], but it does been a committee member). describe, vividly, what it is like to This messed-up Lost Ice King is take up the sport, in headlong fashion, 22. ...... best remembered for being at middle age. [...] And it is a very nearly permanently injured. Also good read – try it out as a Christmas Who came up with the idea to “been delegated 'Prince Edward lia- present on a non-initiated uncle or hold this year’s Varsity Match in son officer' for Jo.” parents. See if it works.” the Czech Republic? 29....... 17. ...... 23. ...... Who got “a year’s supply of gob- This person was amongst those Who is occasionally confused stoppers” from Santa one year? who successfully competed in the with Zara Length? first Cambridge O Marathon. 30....... 24....... 18. ...... Who was a member of SHUOC Who is better described as a pas- but spent rather a lot of spare sionate cyclist rather than being time with CUOC. an orienteer? 25. ...... 19. ...... Who, before Mark Collis, held Which DrongO is the only one the record for the longest unin- who is still in office in the CUOC terrupted presence as a student committee? or graduate in Cambridge (and has managed to leave)? 20....... 26.......

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Rules Hints for 2011 i) All contestants must be on foot and must i) A Cambridge pub map may help. walk at all times. They must also behave in www.cambridge-pubs.co.uk an orderly manner (even when drunk). The clues for the pubs that have closed have been greyed out ! ii) The start will be at 7.45pm from Cripp’s bar, St.Johns college or as soon after as is practi- ii) The CUOC noticeboard, at that cal. All contestants are expected to report to time, was in Gonville & Caius. the finish in Cripps Bar by 10.30pm. where iii) In November 1978, the U.K. was the merrymaking can continue legally. All experiencing a bread shortage. contestants MUST report to the finish or we will assume that you have been arrested! iv) For the purpose of points c) and d), a new pair of organisers need iii) Please do not disturb or antagonise other cus- to be elected. tomers or landlords in any way. They have not been forewarned! v) Finally, competitors were in teams of two tied together at the iv) All participants Must enjoy themselves or be disqualified. v) THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO OBLIGATION TO DRINK ANY ALCOHOLIC BEV- ERAGE DURING THE EVENING NEITHER IS THERE ANY LAW FORBID- DING IT (WHICH WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE DIFFICULTY ENFORCING!!!). vi) The idea of the game is to visit pubs which must first be worked out from the clues pro- vided. There are plus points and negative points and you must try to obtain as large a positive score as possible. vii) This is a team event and you must remain in your teams or be disqualified. How to Win Points a) Decipher the clue to each pub (various values from 10-50) b) Visit the pubs in any order (proof of a visit is to write the landlords name(surname) on the clue sheet). Various values 50-250 points. c) Find one of the organisers in a pub, drinking, or in possession of a drink (before he finds you!) 100 points d) Buy the organiser a drink 100 points How to Lose Points a) Be found untied or not in your group/team -1000 points b) Be found in the pub by another group -50 points c) Be found in a pub by an organiser -100 points d) Not buying the organiser a drink -50 points PLEASE BE HONEST IN APPLYING THE RULES! email your news!PUBLIC SECTION!Page 3 A Load of Old CUOCs!! 29 January 2011

CUOC PUB SCORE EVENT 14TH NOVEMBER 1978 CLUE SHEET Names:!Team Number: Clue Value (points) Visit Value (50) 1. Re-imburse Avogadro we heard Dr.Spooner say? ...... (100) (20) 2. What Cambridge weren’t after sinking last year...... ( 50) (30) 3. What you live on, Eh! ...... (100) (40) 4. Sat on toilet confused...... (250) (50) 5. Heard walking to the club noticeboard? ...... (200) (10) 6. Mother and daughter, of a sort! ...... (100) (20) 7. Producer of whisky in Rio? ...... (100) (10) 8. Oxford pub? ...... ( 50) (10) 9. Edinburgh, Caernarvon or Windsor? ...... ( 50) (10) 10. Choose reel change to catch it...... ( 50) (10) 11. Coloured 6 without offspring ...... (100) (50) 12. Members of N.O.C. ? ...... (250) (40) 13. Not much in use during present lack ...... (250) (10) 14. Chigwell event ...... ( 50) (10) 15. Has the ale got gravity here? ...... (100) (20) 16. Partner for 11...... (200) (30) 17. Canonised farmer 'ad e gun down within this pub...... (150) (20) 18. That orienteers enjoy after a run...... (150) (20) 19. Try even roast for a change here...... ( 50) (30) 20. Usually happy suppliers of 13, but could be members of Deeside...... (150) (20) 21. Not what beer is made of, but they still sell it...... (200) (20) 22. Dig with Samuel or Thomas a...... (150) (20) 23. Owner of lots of 6, 11 and 16...... ( 50) (20) 24. Home of 20...... ( 50) (30) 25. Mary counts for this hostelry...... ( 50)

(600) (3000)

We claim to have drunk..... pints, shorts, fruit juices Big Ian cider, lemonade, others 9/11/78 email your news!PUBLIC SECTION!Page 4 40 Years of Old CUOCs!! 29 January 2011 Members’ Memories CUOC, as DrongOs remember it CHRIS THORNE1955 forgotten. He was Professor Tim orienteering ski when the winning “Long, long ago, when I was Smiley (sti active, living in pair were om the University 3rd about 40 years old, I thought it was retirement in Newnham). It was and 4th team, thrashing pairs who time to try to get fit again (I had slightly embarrassing for me to have had raced against Oxford in the blues been a hurdler in my youth), and I to te Tim that he had been replaced, match in the previous December. began some local runs in training. but he was very gracious about it. There is documentary evidence of These runs got rather boring, because I eventuay improved a bit, and that early event in the introduction to I was doing the same ones over and even won an East Anglian Peter Palmer's book, 'Orienteering for over again. I had just about heard of Championship for my age group one the Young'. orienteering, and thought that it year. But I never got used to contours The sons of Peter Palmer, David must be more interesting. I found (my only White Rose was a complete Hale and myself went on to compete that there was a CUOC, and wrote disaster). at the highest level when they took up to its Captain, one Charlie Daniel And I did manage to make use of the sport. Steven Hale was amongst in summer 1976. Just about 15 months my early orienteering as an the best in the world at his peak and later(!), in October 1977, I got a reply, alternative sort of training for some clearly GB number 1; Stephen Palmer but om an entirely different CUOC marathons that I ran in the 1980s. became British Champion and was Captain, Keith Tompkins, I am Including the first ever London part of the team, with Steven, which pretty sure. He told me of an Marathon, which took me 3 hours 25 won Silver medals in the relay at introductory event, at Santon minutes, a time that I felt quite proud World Championships. Rob(ert) Lee Downham, on 8 October 1977, where of (but Chris Hirst, also on just his was in the elite squad for over 10 I took some 69 minutes to navigate orienteering background, did that years. 5km. This was the "easy" course; same race in exactly an hour less than From a the above I do believe there was also a "normal" course and me!).” that it is very important that the one caed "punches only". I was early event held in Cambridge is expecting to have to write down DAVID LEE COOPER1957 included in the archive of CUOC.” things at each control, not knowing “I was at St Johns 1957 - 1960 about punches (in my ignorance, I and ran in the Varsity Cross country DON MCKERROW thought that top-class orienteers 1st eight in 57, 58 and 59, the year in “It was my privilege to be in might be caed, for some strange which Mike Turner arrived as a CUOC for the first three Varsity reason, "punches"). And there were Freshman. matches and to compete in the first some pretty top-class orienteers in Although CUOC didn't exist in two; which we won. I was dropped CUOC at that time: Chris Hirst my day, I took part in my first om the team for the third; which (sometime British mens Champion), orienteering event in Cambridge in we lost.” Alyson Reed (sometime British the early part of 1959. At the time Coincidence? womens Champion) and Dave Peter Palmer, whom I consider to Kingham (sometime British night be the 'father' of orienteering in the CUOC Newsletter 1970 Champion). I was by far the UK, was up at Cambridge reading First year subscriptions were “about stupidest, as we as the oldest, for a Teachers Diploma. 10 shillings to cover the cost of competitor. affiliation to BOF and stationary He had completed his degree in [sic]” My second event, on a black and the early 50's, le to teach in Surrey white map, was at Sandringham, and returned to Cambridge. His MARTIN GREEN1972 when I got very badly disoriented. A younger brother, Michael, was helpful sma boy competitor, asked Captain of CUH&H in 1958/9 and “At Easter in my 2nd year at "are you lost, Grandpa" (I could he and Peter introduced an university (Trinity Coege 72-76) I was walking through the Forest of have done without the Grandpa bit), orienteering event in the countryside and kindly turned my map the other around Cambridge as a variant on Dean when the JK relays came the way up for me. But it sti took me 98 the usual training sessions.We ran in other way. minutes for the 4km! pairs and amongst those participating I had always liked maps and Not a very impressive start, but I were Peter Palmer, Michael now I had discovered orienteering. persevered, and to my surprise was Palmer, David Hale, Harold I was a hurdler, anything om soon invited to become the CUOC Minshall and myself. We were 40mH to 400mH (Blue for 56.6s at Senior Treasurer. The club thought rapidly made aware of the the Varsity match), but unfortunately that it had not got a Senior Treasurer, importance of route choice and never had any stamina. but it reay had one, but they had

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I joined CUOC the foowing Helliwell, brothers Paul and John 1973 / 74 autumn. Introductory event along Armstrong and John Hurley. I “Generally, we find ourselves go- the backs, failing to find the correct remember the latter three were a ing to around six events each term. fire hydrant number. Foowed by my members of DVO. John Armstrong These make a pleasant day out- first M19B course in over 2 hours. was also an exceent bridge player. I doors and a welcome break from I learnt how to orienteer in the believe he ended up playing for such studies you may be involved back of the minibus returning om England. He sadly passed away last in”. events, the others told me where I year. Of the Varsity Match, the newslet- should have gone, and what I should In my first year we used to travel ter says that it “will be organised by have looked out for. to events in two mini minors. This Mr Roger Smith, the Editor of the I remember one Icenian with a limited the number who could go to magazine The Orienteer”, with an timed road crossing over the A11 ten (five in each) and even that was a apology to the women: “Sorry, La- where we adjusted the split crossing squeeze. dies, but Oxford do not yet appear times for the kitchen clock time dri I was secretary of the club in my to have any girl Orienteers”. during the event.” second year and then Chairman in my Going to a Wimbledon informal CUOC Newsletter 1972 / 73 third year. event, “a minibus was found after Other names I remember are a struggle. It was fun driving “Despite the network of paths (or through London”. perhaps because of them) it was Charlie Daniel (who was om my quite easy to lose contact with the home club MDOC and now with And “Assuming that Sunday driv- map and the secretary apparently BOK I think) and Dave Kingham ing is not banned, the forecast [for found navigation by contours (2 or om HH. further events] is…” 3 on the map) to be useful”. The first Varsity match was held Refers to Rendlesham. at Ivinghoe in 1974. I never did About the plans for some forth- coming training, “This is thanks to “Unfortunately Norfolk lacks an make it into the first team – too fond the University Sports Syndicate, abundance of good orienteering of drinking. The second varsity match who have provided us with a grant country and we must conserve the was held at Great Wood in 1975. In of £25 to print our own money better woods for the day when 1976 we ventured further afield to maps with”. standards have risen” – nothing Tockholes near Blackburn in Lancashire. “…where there are two or more new then? nearby controls, it is easy to punch “The times taken by many of the The first Icenian trophy (aer the wrong one…” entry suggest that they would have some thirty odd years, memory has been well advised to run the B dimmed but I believe I had some “A trip to Sweden is projected for course”. input into the naming of the event) sometime this Summer. This is was held in October 1976 at really good Orienteering Country. “Luckily there’s a bit more news Real forests, tricky controls and this month so we won’t have to Mildenha Woods. I remember it we as it rained for the whole event interesting running will make for read Halliwell’s hallucinations” – a worthwhile trip”. and I was sat in a car reading the An early train- the early alliterative use of newslet- ing tour? ter name? finish clock which one of our genius members, Andy Carstairs, had Encouraging people to go orien- IAN BRATT1973 decided would use “decimal seconds” teering instead of revising as the each minute being divided into 100 fresh air will clear your head: “It’s a “I was a member of CUOC om big advantage over those who have Oct 1973 until Aug 1979 whilst I was instead of 60. Needless to say the idea didn’t catch on ! clogged up their brains by con- an undergraduate and then tinuous study, and are unable to postgraduate at Fitzwiiam Coege. think freely as a result”. I studied Natural Sciences Committee being sought (nothing majoring in chemistry and then did a new!). “Doing these jobs comes in PhD in Inorganic chemistry. handy when potential employers I started orienteering at Kings ask you ‘Yes, so you have a degree school Macclesfield and entered my first but what have you actually DONE open event in March 1971. As well as at University??’” Even better, “And competing for Kings School I also joined as most employers are ignorant Manchester and District OC. about orienteering, they are happy to listen to what you tell them When I arrived in Cambridge I about it”. was pleased to find a sma but active Orienteering Club. Some of the members I remember om those days are Dave Cundell, Tim Ian Bratt, Alan Gibson (kneeling) & Don McKerrow (BUSF ’74)

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IAN BRATT (cont.) I also vividly remember typing the results of the Icenian events late into a Sunday evening – we were determined to get them completed the same day as the event. In those days we used a manula typewriter and typed on to the stencils which were used to “roneo” the results. I learnt to map at Santon Downham, the venue for the second Icenian trophy event. My first major five colour map was Little Ouse Vaey – for which I sti have Varsity 1st team 1975: Andrew Carstairs, Dave Hanstock, the original tracings – which was Charlie Daniel, Martin Green, Dave Kingham (Photo: I.M. Bratt) used for Icenian III. Sandringham (having also been Ring on 20th April 1975. David I also participated in six BUSF involved in the re-mapping of the Cunda had surveyed and drawn Champs om Woburn (organised by area) with Chris Hirst. That three black/brown maps of West OUOC) in 1974 to Warren Heath event was a couple of years before it Cambridge, Therfield Heath and (organised by Reading UOC) in 1979. was used for the Midlands Wandlebury which were a printed I have a couple of certificates om Championships (in 1981 ?). on the same sheet so the first interest- these – 2nd team in the B relay 1974; I was somewhat heavier in ing job was to cut these sheets up. 2nd Individual Men B 1978; 1st those days than I am now (I also The event was controed by Capt Individual Men C 1979. played lock for Fitzwiiam) and as John Walsh of the RAF who was in- The two stars of CUOC during there was another member of CUOC valuable in sourcing equipment, pro- my time as a member were Chris named Iain, I became know as “Big viding transport and generay men- Hirst, who had competed for Ian”. My BUSF certificate om 1979 toring an inexperienced CUOC team. Britain at the 1976 WOC in Scotland actuay says “Big Ian”. The results 42 competitors completed the 5 K before he came up to Cambridge and om an event which I organised at course for experienced orienteers, Allyson Reed. Little Ouse Vaey in June 1978 are which was won by R Campbe of One of the highlights as a actuay head “Large in Charge” !!!” CHIG, and 31 competitors completed member of CUOC was coming 10th the 2.5 K course for novices. As we in the first ever Harvester relay at JOHN HURLEY1973 as the expected members of CUOC, Ecclesha Woods in July 1978. I ran “I was at Clare 1973-76 and a WAOC, NOR, SUFF and Stralers the 4th (night/day) leg and was member of CUOC throughout that we also had competitors om fourth fastest on that leg. time, also being Junior Treasurer 74-76. Thames Vaey, S. Yorkshire, Teesside Another of the highlights was I was the organiser/planner of a & Cleveland, Edinburgh Southern planning a badge event at come-and-try-it event at Wandlebury and New England OC (USA). As usual minor problems occurred on the day. One control was sited on the side of an old shed, which burned down the day before the event. Another control was in a depression which turned out to be a site of historical significance and a coach-load of archaeologists turned up to admire it while the event was in progress. However the weather was good and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. The event made a profit of £6-37 and I hope that this has been spent wisely.” 1974 / 75 “This year we hope to have a ladies team (!) for the match against Ox- ford and also retain our unbeaten record in the mens’ match.” 1974. Tim Heiwe, Paul Armstrong, John Armstrong, Dave ?, Don McKer- emailrow, yourJohn Hurley,news! Alan Gibson, Dave CundaPUBLIC, Dave Hanstock SECTION (I.M.B.!) Page 7 40 Years of Old CUOCs!! 29 January 2011

Dec 1975 CUOC´s Christmas Production. OVERHEARD - written by a nonny mouse. COACH : I think we ought to do some training. COACH : Charlie Daniel, CHAIRMAN : Good idea! Where is the nearest pub? CHAIRMAN : Ian Bratt, COACH : Not THAT sort of training. TREASURER: John Hurley, CHAIRMAN : Oh! What other sort is there? SECRETARY: Andy Carstaris, COACH : Running. MINUTE SECRETARY: Jane Carter, CHAIRMAN : Running! (Shocked) CURTAIN : Peter Batten, and COACH : Yes! I think it would be a good idea if we told Charlie Patrick was having everybody to get fat, sorry, fit over the lunch with Chris Greenwood. Christmas vacation. TREASURER: Good idea. (Muttered) CHAIRMAN : Yes. But will people actually do any, even if we ask them to? SECRETARY: Well. (Pause giving him time to work out the question), they might. MINUTES SECRETARY: How about telling them about local events during the vacation. CHAIRMAN : There aren´t any, at least none worth going to. COACH : We can at least do some training next term. CHAIRMAN : At least once a week. (Still thinking the training refers to pub crawling and con- sidering every night ample training.) COACH : Better on a regular basis. M Sec : An orthonormal basis. CHAIRMAN : How about every evening, about 9.30. COACH : It´s dark. How about first thing in the morning - say about 7.30 am before break- fast. CHAIRMAN : It´s dark, (Calculating that the pubs are closed at 7.30am) TREASURER: Extremely dark, CHAIRMAN : It´s lovely and it´s called Eliza...sorry. Anyway it´s too early as I´ve got 9 o´clock lectures every day. TREASURER: I prefer to run about midday. M Sec : What about before dinner? SECRETARY: (Walking up and suddenly realising the solution) Coach can go at 7.20, Treasurer can run at midday, Minutes Secretary can run before dinner and Chairman can go last thing at night. CHAIRMAN : And you can come at all those times. COACH : This is ridiculous, we must have the correct attitude to training and set an exam- ple to the test of the members. M Sec : How do you spell ´rididic´whatever? (Scribbling furiously) SECRETARY: R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S. COACH : Yes, but what about training? SECRETARY: T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G. When fun of the fair is past After the joys of Christmas, The Chairman, having now finished his second or third pint Then six o´clock training of beer, falls off his chair, and the committee meeting is Even if raining curtailed to carry Chairman off the stage. I beg you to come with us. Curtain falls as Chairman is carried away. Anon.

“Transport will leave from “At last count we had 25 the Senate House at 8am club members out of PROMPT” – so not quite Varsity 1975 over 100 interested ini- such draconian traffic regu- tially. 18 have been to lations in Cambridge back badge events.” then. “busy term – 10 events “The Varsity Match v in 8 weeks” OUOC will take place on Wednesday 26th Feb at Varsity Match was moved to 12th Mar as Great Wood, just North of th London…” – that’s where 26 Feb was too close to BUSF. “Two ‘Old Ox- we had the relays for the bridge’ teams will also 2009 Varsity Match! be running” email your news!PUBLIC SECTION!Page 8 40 Years of Old CUOCs!! 29 January 2011

CUOC event at Wandle- duced quite a re- bury Apr 20th 1975. Organ- spectable, though, iser John Hurley thanked brief account, which all the usual people in the actually managed to organiser’s comments and give the impression eventually also “the sun” ?!? of orienteering as a cheerful family sport. At the AGM “The number There was even a present, though small, was photo in that notably up on last year and there internationally cir- was the novelty of having to culated ‘The Thet- take a vote for the election ford Daily News’”. of committee members” “Congratulations to “Over the past year the nd 1977. Pete Haynes, Keith Tomkins, Graham Nilsen, Dave the ladies and the 2 club has quite clearly been and 3rd [VM] teams. unsuccessful in attracting Kingham, Bob Graham, John Corrigan, Rob Wedgewood, ?, Mike Dalton, Charlie Daniel (I.M.B.) Unlucky 1st team, but new members who become it would have been active involved in orien- “We travelled back through ‘The unfair if we’d beaten them in eve- teering” – still trying today! A1 Sunday Afternoon Fog’ (It is rything”. (“when is Miss Beck go- always foggy when CUOC are driv- ing to have his ‘inconsistent run’?”) 1975 / 76 ing back down the A1 after an Reference to a “Freshers squash” – event up North)” “We are still in possession of Ox- this term has survived a long time! ford’s banner. Any suggestions as Articles on “How to faint outside to what to do with it?” In desperation, the newsletter edi- the Senate House in five easy tor is writing poetry? steps” by P.J. Batten and “Why our “The committee are still coat hangers [sorry – meant to insert “There was once a man from Oxford club always carries a first aid kit” (useful in previous article) by I.M.Bratt “interested in”], we still have Who got lost in Wandlebury plenty more controls to make…” Wood “POST-EXAM RELAXATION. For an Hour or more, Dave Jukes is mapping an era of “All those orienteers who have yet Through brambles galore Thetford Chase (half an hours to see Dave Kingham’s matching He struggled,before being eaten journey), he would be grateful for tie and bobble hat are advised to by a man-eating depression” any assistance…” “POST-EXAM do so without delay before he dis- (Anon, 1975) (PRE as well) ‘RELAXATION’. appears scantily clad into the foaming frothy waters of the Cam How to find a control: “As every- Dave Kingham welcomes bodies to join him on his daily training runs. having abseiled out of his window body knows, all you have to do is using them” find these dozen or so bleeding 1976 / 77 controls. You can tell they’re “the annual punt expedition bleeding because they’re red.” And “Well, little-Keith, that is, me, has (PBAB) will take place” ... “those “The second thing is don’t be put really slipped this time round.” To who remember last year’s event off by elephant tracks, elephants later “we would like to thank all when Jane fell in, in a long skirt don’t orienteer”. (Stupid Sam) those who are going to help/have and n watches (n=everyone’s else’s)” helped, depending on when you !! “Another success was the recog- receive your newsletter” nition of orienteering as an offi- Refers to Icenian II. cial half-blue sport (at last!). People not turning up to the Half-blues will now be awarded minibus “because some peo- annually to the counting members st ple had stopped in their of the 1 teams (4men, 3ladies)” warm, comfortable [?] bed HAVOC’s Langdon Hills events. [envy]” and “we might have “Mike ‘Jacker’ Dalton, Richard to send Charlie to slap your ‘could you tell me where I am’ little botties [!] if this hap- Graham, Jean ‘let’s plan our own pens too often”. courses’ Mackenzie and Graham ‘I didn’t follow anyone, honest’ Nil- In a look back to the Icenian sen constituted the somewhat apa- by Jane Carter “The momen- thetic raining party.” tous occasion of the day (as mentioned in the results) “THERE IS A RUMOUR THAT was when a cameraman IAN B HAS BOUGHT A NEW from Anglia TV turned up, PAIR OF TRAINING SHOES. CAN stating his intention of THIS MEAN THAT HE IS GOING Trip to British Champs 1978. filming the event. He pro- TO DO SOME TRAINING? I WON- Back: Alastair Harding, Peter Haynes, Dave DER. TIME WILL TELL.” Kingham, Keith Tomkins, Andrew Parker, ? emailFront: your Ian Bratt,news Jean! McKenzie (I.M.B.) PUBLIC SECTION!Page 9 40 Years of Old CUOCs!! 29 January 2011

Meet The Committee 77/78 came to university and has pro- well known for his exploits at No doubt you will already have gressed extremely well and will Trinity Great Court. He is think- met some of the committee —they hopefully get even better this year. ing of becoming a professional probably conned you into paying Other interests- streaker. Other interests- O.T.C., night climbing and streaking. your subscription in the first TREASURER IAIN MOORE - place. This easy to follow guide 2nd year Natural Scientist from ALLYSON REED - 3rd year might(?) help you to identify the St. John’s. Home club- have you Chemist from Newnham. Home rest of the hierarchy. got one Iain? I don’t think you club - Derwent Valley Orienteers. CHAIRMAN KEITH TOMKINS - have. Again a newcomer to the Started orienteering with Walton 3rd year mathematician from sport at University. Iain is the Chasers longer ago than she wishes Queens’. Home club- Old Albani- person to be on good terms with if to remember. Ex British Ladies ans (isn’t that somewhere near your want any money from the Champion and on the way back to Yugoslavia?). Our hard working, club funds (I daren’t say anything the top although things like persevering, organising Chairman bad since the club owes me some Chemistry, lectures and exams who is responsible for making sure money). Other interests- Officers’ tend to impair her training some- that the whole club runs smoothly. Training Corps. what. Drives a white Viva. Other interests- Chemistry. If he is clever, he is able to dele- COMMITTEE MEMBERS:- gate all the jobs to other members GRAHAM NILSEN- 2nd year of the committee. Keith started ROBERT WEDGEWOOD- 3rd Natural Scientist from Fizwil- orienteering at St. Albans school year Engineer from Sidney Sussex. liam. Home club- Deeside ...... Fa- and is still learning. Other inter- Drives a green Triumph and wears vourite food- bacon and egg. Dedi- ests- Girton, Walking (round O red shorts and sunglasses. Other cated orienteer who started with courses). interests- Gliding and beating Manorienteers in Liverpool many Keith at orienteering. SECRETARY PETER HAYNES - moons ago. Best runner left over 2nd year mathematician from DAVE KINGHAM - 3rd year from last year after Charlie’s de- Queens’. Home club- SLOW (yes Physicist from St. John’s. Home parture but he might find some we all know you are slow Pete). club- Old Albanians (they seem to more opposition in the club this Possibly the most time consuming be taking over). Again a product of year. Affectionally known as job on the committee. Pete was a St. Albans school. Dave is one of Grimble to his friends. Other in- newcomer to the sport when he the club’s leading runners and is terest- orienteering, beer.

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1977/78 “In the results of a recent event otherwise secrets will be revealed!! “Yet more orienteering excuses for members of CUOC were strongly For instance, how many stomachs not winning royal events criticised for their ‘ignorant, un- has a certain ex ex ex chairman [follow- founded criticism’. The moral of got? How many spare beards (as- ing an event at Sandringham]: this story is that if we don’t want sorted colours) has a certain ex ex • my haggis was viciously attacked to get a bad name for ourselves we Liverpudlian got? Which hero has by a corgi shouldn’t make loud conversation the smallest socks in the club? All • stopped to talk to the Queen about the failings of the course will be revealed, maybe...” Mother planning/the map/controller’s “Grimble is over the hill already...” • was chased off the map on the specs/event in general, whilst standing at the results/the finish/ “Congratulations to Chris Hirst, way to no. 1 by an idiot driving a the club start, on being placed coach and pantomime horses, anywhere else where the controller or planner might be within ear- 20th in the recent World Champs”. one answering to the name of “Allyson Reed, who was travelling Charlie shot, and perhaps a spot of praise might be in order as well.” reserve for the Woman’s Team, • I was knocked down by a female obviously failed to correctly plant (?) lunatic driving a Scimitar We’re first with nopesport manners her banana skins” • I had to join the back of a queue 1978 / 79 “WANTED: slow tortoise wishes of corgis to get to the tree with “Starting soon!!! The famous C.P. to meet even slower animals with the control marker on it Mercer BLACKMAIL column. If view to mutual masochism exer- • Stopped to help a W21C with you don’t want to be blackmailed in cises. Ability to crawl essential. labour pains the forthcoming column, and have Eventual aim is to beat Hares! entered the November Classics, please • Run over by a tank with L-plates (Snails need not apply. Reply to send the fee (0.85p, +£1 interest per 96, Huntingdon Road, Room 4” “So far the number of nominations day), to the aforementioned hero- for posts on the committee next to-be, accompanied by an honest Chris Hirst: “I find it difficult to year has been absolutely stagger- woman (2nd choice - dis-honest), navigate on one leg…” ing…zero.” “BOOZEFF weekend honours list: • The women’s trophy for pot- hunting – Allyson, Mary, Jean • The Bobby Charlton Award for footballer of the year – Anna • The British Rail Results Cock- Up – SUOC • The Oxfam Feed the Hungry Award – Mrs Kingham • The Chris Bonnington Roof Climb- ing Trophy – Dave Kingham • The Chris Brasher Route Choice of the Weekend Award – Gra- ham • The Goodison Park Muddy Pitch Medal – Busketts Lawn • Appreciation of Tower Bridge Medal – Ian • Jacker of the Weekend – Keith • Assystant Jackers – Iain and Pete Wilder” “PS. Any offers for a blue tea- towel with OUOC on it?” “Anyone who would consider tak- ing the unofficial title of newslet- ter editor (you don’t have to be on the committee but it helps) and is good at typing (well at least has access to a typewriter) should see Ian who is thinking of retiring from the post.” – rings a bell?

Anna Adler Jean Mackenzie Allyson Reed Dave R. Kingham P. H. Haynes G. J. Smith I. P.T. Moore Mary Ockenden Alison ?

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“I am still kicking myself for hav- • because RUOK got them (eg • Then there were those luxury ing spent about half an hour look- Andy, Bob) scout huts in the middle of ing for a depression when I was • Nick Corfield was navigating nowhere for the bigger events actually standing on it. Here I am (eg Allyson, Nick)” going to create orienteering club like the JK. history by drawing a picky in the “Jean, to Mike, discussing the mer- CUOC newsletter…” (Chris Mercer) its of Army DMS boots in slushy DUNCAN BOOTH1980 weather: ‘They’re great, the only ones I know which don’t leak.’ “I can't actuay think of any Then Chris quoth (and he wasn’t specific moments om our time in pissed) ‘And you can write upside CUOC, and I'm pretty sure nobody down with them as well!’ He had invented cameras back then.” “How to plan a badge event (trans- should know.” lated from Swedish by a Turnip): TREVOR HOEY1982 “If you write an article for the • Find an area – anywhere will do. newsletter please use your BEST • Peter Redhead's lemon curd • Get some Burk to map it for you. handwriting and proper punctua- habit; tion, as this facilitates speedy cen- • Use a pin and blindfold to posi- • Mark Fettes encounter with a tion controls (say about 70). soring editing and typing. An award will be made at the end of motorbike (ouch!); • Use a ruler to join suitable each term to the contributor with points ensuring approximate • mapping Bush Heath Woods the neatest writing/best spelling/ for Icenian, then not getting course lengths etc. fewest grammatical errors. At pre- • Put controls out. sent I am way in the lead (and the maps until 48 hours before • Take controls in. modest with it)…” the event (all went fine on the day); • Congratulate yourself. CUOC Committee 1978 / 79 Other features in this series com- “Gavin Smith [...] spends his spare • mountain marathons with ing soon include: time rewriting good songs for par- • Neil Gostick (as a pair of • how to dig depressions ties, and perfecting his sideways permanently injured 21 year- shuffle running technique. • how to kill your opponents olds); and Big Ian Bratt from Fitz is the • how to fill depressions (with • organising Cuppers in a very bodies)” club equipment officer, although he’s been here so long that he’s snowy King's Forest with Jon “Why is it so difficult to write ar- almost part of the equipment him- Forster, chasing the odd bloke ticles about the last VM? Did no- self. His sports include rugby and body see what happened? Was from the Transport Research mini-bus driving (the difference Unit who had a double-decker that: - in technique is hard to spot). In • because the were asleep all his spare time he dabbles in post- bus around Cambridge late at weekend? (eg Mike Giles) graduate chemistry, and hopes to night the day before the event, • because we didn’t know what have a Ph.D. (in eating and drink- and having last start in the they were doing there anyway? ing?) by the end of the year. gathering gloom, following (eg. Pete Haynes) [...] elephant tracks through the • because they were going so fast snow. that the blue shift stopped them We hope this gives you sufficient seeing what was happening information about the happy band 1979 / 80 round them? (eg Chris, anyone of lunatics who run the club. The Of the Karrimor “Congratulations in Colin’s car) authors except no responsibility to D Kingham who dragged Mark for the above, and were last head Elgood (OUOC) round with him • because they hadn’t recovered of in South America.” from the hump backed bridges and finished 4th in the elite class. (eg Hilary, Alison) Pete Haynes ‘ran’ with Colin ADAM LEAF1980 Duckworth (UDOC) and despite • because the brambles got them? (eg Mary) • Thinking about to my CUOC this still completed the B-course. days, I remember the early All three Harding brothers took • because Big Ian got them? (eg. Sunday mornings cycling up to part; Kevin fell asleep halfway Keith) round the first day course.” • because the Bermuda triangle is Churchill in the snow to get now centres over Shearwater (eg my 1970 Hillman Hunter for a “An inaugural inter-college cup- Grimble? Big Ian? 7am meet-up then driving pers will take place on March 9 at Mildenhall or Santon”. • because the mulled coca cola got hours round the North Orbital them (eg Hilary B (a road in Hertfordshire before “Introducing the new ‘Dear uncle Mike’ column. Please sent your • because the Hilary (God) Beck the M25 was built) or up the A1. got them (nobody I hope) problems to me, Mike Proops, be-

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hind the washrooms, third drain of the week, but seems to vary vio- • Physio – B Horlock: the book along…” lently to and fro on Sundays. from which A Hitchcock made his famous film. It tells of Bob’s spine “King’s Chapel looks a bit like ‘The Orienteer’ You may well ask.. chilling visit to Addenbrooks Battersea power station” Over-Round Problem. See ‘attack • The ragged trousered orienteer – “The Oxford (who?) Dictionary of point’. A Parker: follow up to A Kay’s Orienteering Terms: (Grimble) Pace Counting. An anti-boredom ‘Ripping Yawns’ Aiming Off. A nice theory is that device invented by mathematicians • Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy – M which holds that, to get from point (who need the practice) in Thet- Ockenden: Mary puts in writing A to point B, you take a compass ford. the traumas faced by orienteers bearing, follow it religiously, and facing a career..” come out facing the control. Not so Pre-Marked Maps. The ones with in practice - somehow, you always thumb-prints, ink blots, blood seem to get distracted by those ma- stains and creases in them before rauding head hunters (the famous you get them. Cock-a-Knee tribe in Effing for- Rough Bearing. The suspension of est, for instance), that rattle snake a Cambridge Car and Van Hire pit or the discovery of a W17 minibus. Alison: ‘you would be surprised at stopped to relieve herself, and end the things you can do with carrots.’ up totally lost. As a solution you Route Choice. You have finally simply run in totally the wrong got served at the JK social. Now Jean: ‘if you do that again I might direction to start with (‘aiming how do your get those 15 pints, 2 drop everything and that wouldn’t off’) thereby saving much valuable grapefruit juices, and 12 packets be very amusing’ of crisps back to your three wait- time otherwise wasted playing ?: ‘You’re all slimy’ with the compass. The thechnique ing companions? is an old one believed to have been Runnability. 1) A nebulous term ?: ‘Every time you laugh I feel the invented by British Rail. describing the mapper’s enthusi- vibrations in my rib cage’ Attack Point. Where to enter the asm for mapping a particular 1980 / 81 ruck at the bar at the JK social. block of forest. 2) The degree of bacteriological contamination of “first Cambridge O-marathon” to B.O.F. A famous clip from ‘Blaz- the orange juice. be held, but shorter option of ing Saddles’. 13.1km, 10.4km or 5.6km for those Running on the Needle. The prac- who can’t run 26km so soon after Bramble Bashers: People with tice of taking artificial stimulants Christmas. early start times. before a race. “Diary of an Icenian organiser. Compass. A dual purpose device Scales. Something Pete might do […] To all those contemplating for finding iron ore and for scrap- well to practice before trying to organising the Icenian next year, ing the mud off your O-shoes. whistle anything more adventur- beware! You’ll end up totally shat- Contouring. A method of going ous. tered, with your social life in ru- round in circles designed for ori- Training. An exercise involving ins (unless you have friends who enteers with one leg shorter than collecting in the controls left out like writing out 1200 control cards) the other. after the badge event two months and a huge phone bill. But take it from me…IT’S WORTH IT” Control Card. For mopping up the previously. blood when you tattoo your thumb 180° Error. See ‘aiming off’.“ “It is, I suppose, the lot of all on the last control. newsletter editors to bemoan the “CUOC books published by ‘Puff- lack of articles but I sometimes Description Sheet. Something you ing books’: feel I am bashing my head against never need until it’s stapled to the • “Allyson through the watchglass a brick wall when appealing for most inaccessible part of a large – the fantasy world of a chemis- event reports.” – not the first or map. try post grad last newsletter editor with that feeling? Doppler Shift. The reason why • And quietly follows the don – C Iain has difficulty stopping at Morley: more orienteering se- 1981 / 82 read traffic lights. crets revealed “Sir, I feel that I must defend my- Legend. 0.3048m, by act of par- • Around the world in eighty self against the libel in the last liament. minutes – D Kingham: Dave issue of your otherwise excellent explains the art of brewing and publication. You claimed that I Magnetic North. The direction to drinking real beer have never used my compass. I a theoretical point in the geoid should point out that: representing the projection of a • Hirst encounters of the third pole of an equally hypothetical kind – C Hirst I run too fast and my map reading dipole magnetic field source. Ap- • Nausea – M Giles is too accurate […] proximately constant for six days

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happened’, (about Simon) ‘He earned it!’ Andrew Parker to A.Aardvarker about the Harding Plan to pro- duce the Ultimate Orienteer, ‘That’s your job’” 1983 / 84 Introducing the committee. “Q. Harding. Nearly the last of a huge orienteering family to come to Cambridge. Likes Aardvarks. Fol- lows in his brothers anthills, His little sis has just joined us too” Ali H to Iain C & Pete Gray: ‘Look at those underpants…’ “New people to look out for in the club: • Alan ‘I’ve a hole in my engine’ Braggins • Tony ‘injury’ Burton. Actually quite good, would get worse if he trained. • Stewart “Hair” Amor. If he ever turns up to anything recognise Tips for European Orienteering (EUR-O) him by his wig.” “It is rumoured that the club has I have been using my compass fre- anyone who was at the Therfield organised training, consisting of: quently whilst surveying […] Heath night event might explain further…” • ‘Long intervals’ – the break be- […] Of course I know perfectly tween training sessions well that the red end points south “Gavin claims to have won the • ‘short intervals’ – the break be- [not west as suggested by the news- Christmas Crossword, but Dan tween injuries letter]! However, I have noticed an won’t given him his Mars Bar be- odd tendency; a second or two after cause apparently Grimble didn’t Informal training may consist of: I have started looking at it, the say GRRRrrr…” • ‘a short run’ – Karen’s annual needle starts rotating and eventu- training “CUOC ROLL OF HONOUR: The ally settles down pointing north. • ‘a long run’ – the time from now […]” following are believed to be leav- ing CUOC after many years of ac- to the end of your training ses- “Why is it that Grimble’s article tive service. May they all RIP. sion, this applies equally on a always make me wish I knew a short run, see above.” good libel lawyer?” Seven years: Pete Haynes, Iain “Chairman’s Knots. These Nodes Moore, Grimble are written under duress, Alison 1982 / 83 Six years: Gavin Smith has tied me to her typewriter & “Scandal time… will not release me until I’ve spelt Four years: Michael B, possible noses correctly 1000times (Notes x Grimble: ‘Cathy, is that Cider get- even Roger Geere (after 4.X years) 1001).” ting to you?’ Three years: Neil Blackhall, Mark Ali’s law: “The amount of bread Quentin: ‘No it’s me.’ Fettes, Adam Leaf, Mike Moreton, purchased for a CUOC lunch is And as a result of the quiche eat- Dan Parker, Simon West, Sarah inversely proportional to the num- ing contest held at the last club Wood, possibly even Richard ber of orienteers who turn up, but lunch, the following are not real McMahon (3.y years) and proba- directly proportional to the num- men: Jon Holverson, Nick Law- bly many, many more…” ber of breadknives”. rence, Paul Cohen, John Crosby, “Dinner quotes. “Quentin: Turn my legs upside Iain Cameron. The status of Peter down and they still look the same. Gray is unclear: he eats quiche but Jo: ‘I suppose he could take his doesn’t know what it is. The status trousers off’ Quentin: Do you always take your of Val, Alison and Sarah is also Cathy: ‘I suppose he could do it eyes out when you go to bed? unclear. However it can be con- now’ Richard: Ach, boyo the noo, so it firmed that they are not Real is Gronwyn me dear. Men. If you are unsure what any Paul bashes Karen over the head. of this means, for a suitable bribe Reply from Dan, ‘I didn’t see what Gronwyn: zzzzzz!”

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“Aiming off – an excuse used for being found 600m to the left or right of a control” “Chairman’s notes. Due to severe lack of chairman there will be no chairman’s comments in this newsletter” “Heard in the forest… ‘Are you looking for pit BC?’ ‘No, I’m the controller watching you look for pit BC’.”

IAN BUXTON1984 “I joined CUOC back in 1985 - partly because I had orienteered at school, and partly, I must admit, because it was seen as a legitimate Dynamic drawing of an orienteer running for you to colour in at your leisure (1986) reason at the time to get permission keep a car in Cambridge, so that I PAUL CURZON1983 The orange hat over the last O is could give people lis to events. I Has played a leading role in a picture of an orange hat that was probably glossed over the fact that I the formation of our club. Here awarded to the drongo each week. No only had a mini so the li capacity come few more details: idea where it came om and it was somewhat limited... “The name DrongO (note the vanished as mysteriously as it had My main memories are of the come - but it was very siy. correct use of capitalisation - it’s weekly lunches, held on Thursdays (?) important!) was originay coined Incidentay, if you like random in Dr Chris Thorne's rooms in either by or about Jon Forster. It facts the blue bird logo was originay Catz. The hearty and healthy breads, started not as a club name but as an drawn by me as a self portrait in a cheeses and various spreads made a honour awarded each week to the depressed moment mid PhD, or welcome change to Pembroke coege person who had done the most stupid alternatively is a picture of a drongo trough. I seem to remember they thing. which is an australian bird (but were we attended, and there was a looking nothing like that).” lot of orienteering talk which oen The earliest example I can remember of ‘drongo of the week’ 1984 / 85 went over my head (such as mentions which may have been the trier was of the mysterious 'JK' ), as we as “The advantages and disadvantages plans for up-coming events. Jon managing to lock himself out of of being a manned control: a study. his room aer going for a shower and Drip. Drip. Drip. Page 110. Drip. I only remember going to a few so being seen running round the courts Drip. He wipes drop from page. actual orienteering events. In fact I of Emma wearing only a towel. Scratches ear. And on lobe. Kills was almost worried I'd imagined Phil Slingsby I think was another ant. Drip. […]” the whole CUOC thing until I stumbled across some old maps in the person deserving of the title a lot. “Through bush and heath and There was also an episode where lo at my parents' house a couple of wood and marsh, years back! I remember driving a few someone drank a flask of week old brashings foul and weather harsh, cam water om an orienteering If of these things you live in fear, people (probably Mike Roe, Jon treasure hunt thinking it was le to You’ll never make an orienteer. Forster and Iain Tebbutt?) to an drink with the cake. (Anonymous)” event at Box Hi near Dorking - it was about the steepest event I'd ever It then started being used as a 1985 / 86 done. It was also a very slow journey general term for people who were not there and back, unbeknown to me the taking orienteering especiay Of Norwich open event at Morton Hall, “I thought the most difficult mini had a blown head gasket! seriously (or pretending not to) - a part was navigating back to Cam- I know that I competed at (we, group of us that met informay for bridge for Chris Thorne by his tuesday group training runs suitable went to) two varsity matches - but cross-country route”. have no real memory of the events for a levels of runner foowed by home made cake (the more important “Sorry. I’m told I spelt Rona themselves! looking at the contours bit). When we decided to set up a club wrong on page 1 sorry to Rona. All on the Formby map I probably put it for folks who had le it seemed like a other misspelling of people’s out of my mind quite quickly (I think good name for it as most of the people names if due to Colin not me, i.e. I was second-last on the C-course). the editor is not at fault for any interested were definitely drongos [!] My memories of the Rheola event misspelt names in this newsletter near Swansea are that it was rough (honest!). An Iain production!” and steep and long! My car journey

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log om the time has an entry for the • Mike Tghdrl.iui: Pair of about the cuts he had. The 'Flying Angel' at Swansea docks - shoes – but will he wear them in ambulance vanishing off with preference to the boots? does anyone else remember going Eric in it. Wondering how to there?! • Colin Smith: Wind tunnel for testing ‘drag’ factor find him again, at which point One thing I do remember was he reappeared having had to • Gill Tweddle: Tweedle Dee – the day my CUOC O-kit was travel back under his own presented to me. It was basicay a set but who am I anyway steam. [Eric: I had been of white, pale grey and pale blue • Jon Forster: Blues tie, socks, nylon pyjamas, and I remember scarf, blazer, undies, shirt, wondering back for about an thinking they were far too skimpy for sweater etc etc” hour until some friendly me to wear outdoors! I'd be sticking to orienteering family saw me and my jeans and sweatshirt... They have DARRELL HIGH1986 gave me a lift to assembly.] been used precisely twice - once at the • Running the Varsity match in 1987 varsity match in S Wales, and football boots and a rugby DAVID BOWMAN1991 once at the 2010 Varsity match relays shirt from my school days; • Weekly lunches at Sidney in Cornwa. I suppose I should be Sussex and the scrum as • The first ever Alc-O; pleased they sti fit!” everybody made sandwiches 1986 / 87 • The minibus with benches out of whatever Sainsbury's Overheard at Icenian: “There goes down the side and no food they could find laid out Roger with his clapped out Prin- windows; on the pool table. cess” • Flat forests; • Nigel's fantastic newsletters “CUOC Xmas presents – a few Thinking I'll never be as good with spoof adverts. quiet words to Santa and a sub- • scription to the newsletter allowed as Steve Nicholson (and • Me being probably the only me to obtain inside information finally beating him once in linguist ever to be appointed on what CUOC members got for 2005!) CUOC Junior Treasurer and xmas: then struggling with the ALISTAIR HINDLE1990 • Phil Hunt: Paul Curzon double-entry bookkeeping (all • Paul Curzon: Phil Hunt • The 1996 VM in on paper...) • Ian Buxton: New exhaust Fontainebleau was pretty cool. • Formal halls in the exotic • Jane Barrance: Pocket diary • The 1997 JK at Penhale Sands for every pocket colleges of other CUOCers - - got up in the middle of the and especially that one where a • JT: Road driving licence night one night to find the girls' sports club sitting opposite • Mike Roe: Alarm Clock tent I was in was lined up with us stood up and flashed their Darryl: Very tall new set of stilts • the comet Hale-Bopp. breasts at regular intervals. • Miles Barker: New dog collar • The editing decision when (+lead?) • Christmas training tours and Bush Heath was being mapped that classic puzzle O event in • Chris Thorne: Yet another 20 to remove the bramble screen year old hat the Lakes where we had to from most of the map because Roger Geere: New bodywork locate a marsh in a section of • it didn't look very nice with all • Donald Reay: New metal de- map - it was Chris Marsh tector so that you know where those green lines. wandering around carrying a not to search for the safety pins • Overtaking an Oxford runner kite & punch… + book “The blindman’s guide to during a BUSA relay when we feeling your way around” • The "Sun tops" and those had both missed the control by lovely lycra tights with • Barbara Marshall: Bottle of miming being lost while Gin, Whisky, Vodka, Martini, "Cambridge" down the side. Sherry, Brandy, Benedictine, etc. nipping back for the control and then wandering off • No-hands puddings. • Steve Nicholson: New sophisti- looking confused. cated electronic device to make DAN MARSTON1992 sure that you punch at all con- • The very embarrassing time we trols including 2nd master maps “Have a lot of good memories went to a major relay which didn't om CUOC - especiay a lake • Iain Tebbutt: Years supply of censor our relay team names. district training camp, including gobstoppers (? Ed) managing to get my better face on a • Phil Slingsby: New pair of legs • Eric Roller coming back from the 1997 British Champs, group photo... Don't have that + set of 20 dernier tights to match photo :-(“ going to the ambulance to see

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had to be coughed and snobbed up frequently (mostly all over my O- shirt and hands) —great delays obviously and in slight need of a no. 2!” And from Eric Roller “[...] I don’t like any ‘funny’ comments here, especially from those who consis- tently show the white feather by going for the shorter blue course. Well let’s face it, I’m only doing this to keep fit for ballroom danc- ing anyway.” Tim Lenton? “This sport takes a heavy toll on the vibes of the for- est. I mean lots of people running Prior to the 1993 Varsity Match in Clent His around frightens all the little animals especially the bunnies. [...] LOZ COLYER1992 your kit off”; these were passes Orienteerrs have no consideration, “We, it was a great 4 years and around all evening. Karen Vines they just go crashing through leav- it was probably the start of my got a pair of knitting needles and ing a trail of terrified bunnies and change in career. Many good mates promptly started to knit for the bad vibes in their wake.” rest of the evening. (that I don't stay in touch with Jon De Main: “In the first term [of enough at the moment), I loved the 1993 / 94 my second year] I occasionally orienteering a over the UK, plus “Hearty congratulations to Mr T. orienteered, but organising the Sweden, France, Czech Republic and Lenton esq. on getting the editor- SprintO seemed to kill my enthu- Lithuania. Slightly embarrassed now ship of ‘Route Choice 5’ [...]. If his siasm, and my trips to forests to about some of the more drunken and contributions to Varsity and hunt orange flags stopped.” debauched moments now that student ALoOC are anything to go by, it “ FREE SALIVA FAST SET- days seem a long time ago. should make enthralling reading.” TING THUMB COMPASS only No single moment stands out but “Shit-hot-runner type: ‘Have you with the last edition of A.L.o.O.C. pleased that Lake District training got it then?’ Nige-slow-but-sure: NO FREE COMPASS? Tough shit — weeks and a French Varsity Match ‘Yeah!’ Now there’s the real reason your newsagent’s obviously nicked it!” happened while I was involved in to go orienteering — that feeling “Please Note: The contents of this the club. Much nostalgia possible, so of incredible smugness you get newsletter are strictly copyright. If just hope CUOC carries on in some after exiting the control and leav- anyone copies any of it to put into form or other. ing Johnny ‘Elite Saliva Squad their own inferior magazines, I’ll Photos om my CUOC days: Squaddie Sqadness’ scratching his rip their balls off, even if they are there's no way you're having any of head, whilst you kick mud up into ‘right-on’ squaddies with poofy those om me. Any photos that his face.” permed haircuts.” Nigel Whiteoak. someone else finds with me in them Race report from Martin Potter: are unauthorised, I wi deny a “Also had snobby greeners up my knowledge, and you'd better be able to nostrils and in my lungs, which afford the legal fees with they become public, a over again...” At the 1996 annual dinner, Loz handed out a classic set of prizes, including a Y-shaped stick for Mark Collis to rest his chin on. Loz reminisces, that Mark “did have an incredible ability to boogie around on the dance floor whilst clearly fast asleep aer a skinfu of beer, with his head loing forward and in need of support... what a ski!” Petr Lukšan received a set of handheld flip cards with No-hands pudding at the 1993 Summer Barbeque. phrases like “kiss me” and “get Loz Colyer, Adam Poulson, Nigel Whiteoak (Photo: Dave Bowman)

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NIGEL WHITEOAK1992 VIV BARRACLOUGH1994 • Leaving someone behind in (NÉE KAYE) Epping Forest after the Alc-O at ... remembers “those days of a SprintO. They ended up having organising Choc-O and tea runs for to make their own way back via CUOC and the Winter Training the underground and train. "Tour" to the Lakes (does it sti exist I wonder?) That was one of the first • Running in the Lakeland 5- events I reca when we spent time days, proudly sporting our new with OUOC on a iendly basis. and legendary 'sun-tops'. We Quite different to those Varsity heard another competitor Matches where I would usuay, and commenting on them in not deliberately, forget my sleeping disgust: "Have you seen those bag for the Viage Ha sleepover. new Cambridge tops?" Looking back, there were many examples of lack of planning on my CUOC Captain Andy Varley • (E. Roer 1996) part; aside om the route choice type labelling the meat-eater vs errors there was the time when I veggie tick-boxes 'fussy' and • posting bizarre training organised the Annual Dinner at Kings 'normal' in the sign-up book ... schedules; my favourite one (the important anniversary one) and then promptly becoming was in the form of washing omitted to ask permission to have the veggie on leaving Cambridge. machine instructions; a-important photo taken in ont of the Chapel. Sti, plenty of people • Hummus, Sainsbury's brown • comparing split times in the back bought copies of the one in front of the loaves and swiss roll on the of the mini bus (on a couple of cafeteria. Then there was the SprintO table-football table at Sidney occasions, Alistair Hindle at which involved an ambulance and Sussex. pressed the wrong button on his a fire engine and the first ever AlcO fancy new wrist watch and (Richard Baxter's idea).” Riding back from the SprintO • instantly deleted all his splits); with ShUOC and being 1995 / 96 introduced to the concept of • running ‘pentagon’ intervals on “Last year at Cuppers, we had a the 'abuse seat' (the person sat Lamas Land, training fast pin prominent guest from the Hare punching (!); and Hounds: Donald Naylor who closest to the window has to [...] competed in the World Cross hurl abuse at random • wearing a bra-like contraption Country Champs. [...] He didn’t pedestrians). to keep the Polar heart rate expect to win, but with 34 odd The puzzle-O on Coe Fen (and monitor belt from sliding down; minutes, he didn’t expect to be • beaten by a margin of 10 minutes later in the Lakes) when 'Marsh • proud name giver to the ‘Eric’, either; but maybe more surprising in this area' was actually Chris a 15-min mistake at the first to him was that he was overtaken Marsh, wandering around with control; AND out-sprinted by Loz!” a punch in his pocket. • doing an ‘Eric’ at the VM ’96 in Claire on coming to Cambridge: Fontainebleau, France; “Journeys along roads in Cam- ERIC ROLLER1993 bridgeshire had let me to believe • Showing off my 30-lap Casio • winning the 1997 VM on Silver that flat fields and drainage wrist watch to Andy Varley at Howe in the Lake District; ditches constituted the geographi- the freshers’ fair to identify cal highlights of the entire region • missing the event in the — actually, that’s quite true isn’t it?” myself as a ‘serious’ orienteer; morning after the best ever annual dinner; “CUOC is certainly THE club for • writing newsletter articles cunning running.” during the summer months • the “beer can” O-top, with the “Czechs are hot orienteers.” whilst being bored at the lab; “now 15% faster” slogan. Dave:

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The 25th Anniversary Annual Dinner (1996)

“LINK BETWEEN ALCOHOL dreaming’ and ‘getting lost’ seemed fortified with 5% alcohol. [...] The AND SPORTS PERFORMANCE to [occur, but], lack of sleep en- most important event coming up in FOUND hances the alcohol impact twofold. the CUOC alcohol calendar is this OBAN & CAMBRIDGE. The re- Eric, a nearly-six-pint guinea pig, week’s Annual Dinner which has cent results of CUOC at the Brit- recommends, ‘I had a storming run been known [to] improve perform- ish Orienteering Championships with only three hours of sleep [...]’ ance in more than one respect. in Scotland give important evi- [This is the] result of the hard Yet physical training continues. dence to a link between alcohol work of the present club captain, ‘Actually, the new running train- abuse and top-level physical per- Laurence Colyer, who [introduced] ing calendar is only a cunning formance. [This] defies all laws of a new committee post, the alcohol ploy to make people more thirsty’, alcoholism. One individual was so officer. Viv, the present Alc.O.: confesses Eric. ‘I have also made stunned by his speed that he found ‘[...] Every CUOC member has the sure that there was enough rum in himself unable to stop in time and right to get drunk, [at] regular pub every cup of tea after our Wednes- ran out of the map. meetings [...], run-and-drink ses- day runs. [which is why] I wanted In the present study, the abuse sions and [...] Formal Halls’ Viv to name the sessions tea rums.’ levels were scaled from zero to six has also introduced the famous Based on the results of the study, pints on the nights before the CUOC margarine and coleslaw [...] CUOC [will] run 13% faster...” events. Some side effects like ‘day-

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and bringing one with me, however I then made the fatal mistake of downing a pint of red wine from it so don't remember much else! • The Alc-O. Completely mad but always great fun to watch, the most memorable was when Ashley Bown donned a gorilla suit. I regret never running it, as by the time I wasn't heavily involved in helping any more I'd grown up too much and the idea of vomiting all over the forest didn't seem quite so attractive... • Club lunch at Sidney and Sun- The “beer can” O-tops 1996. Back: Petr Lukšan, Mark Cois, Rolf Crook, day evenings at Queens'. For Matt Mahr. Front: Eric Roer, Ann Coyer, Viv Kaye, Mark Stevenson many years these two college bars were my regular weekly MARK COLLIS1995 to before (most of my early orienteering was around parks social venues. I don't think I was fortunate enough to be I've had another coleslaw a pretty active member of CUOC in Croydon) but there was a for eight years so have many great social atmosphere even sandwich since, though. memories to choose from - here though I didn't know anyone • Getting to know Thetford are some of the highlights: else that well. I resolved to try Forest. From humble begin- harder to get to events in Lent • Training Tour 1995. I can only nings (checking one or two remember going to one event term - and the chess club never saw me again... blocks of the 1996 Highlodge during my first term (the Wa r r e n m a p ) I ended up survey- Varsity Match 1996. I wasn't Sprint-O, where I took so long • ing rather a lot of it and pro- in the first round that the competent enough to appreci- ducing several new maps of my second round had already ate the boulders of Fontaine- own. Although it's not the most started...) but what really bleau properly but travelling interesting forest for orienteer- hooked me on orienteering abroad for my first VM felt ing there are some nice views was the week in the Lakes at the very exotic. I also remember end of term. Not only were the and plenty of wildlife to appre- correctly predicting that there areas much more beautiful and ciate while wandering for hours might not be any pint glasses challenging than any I'd been attempting to pinpoint every distinct tree. • Icenian organising and plan- ning (at the same time). In two successive years I did my best to kill myself through overwork. First there was our weekend double in 2000 when I organised the Midland Night Champs on Saturday evening and planned the East Anglian Champs the following day, spending the night moving the same set of controls from one forest to the other. The follow- ing year I was both organiser and planner of a badge event at

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1996 / 97 very well that holiday though, “In Wendover Woods, on a cold, so thanks Mark!) foggy December night, CUOC members achieved a memorable • coldest would have to be at the result of first, second and third Swedish VM 2002, running last on M21L and last on W21L.” out of the sauna and jumping into the lake (through the hole Eric: “Of all events, it had to be the highly publicised prologue event that had been cut in the ice). at the Swiss O Week (96) where I Locals then told us we were failed to [look at the map]. In front supposed to lower ourselves in of a large crowd (waiting for it to slowly to avoid heart attacks... happen) I made a fool out of my- self by running the wrong way.” 1997 / 98 “Oh well, it was a great year, CATHERINE WILSON1996 wasn’t it? And more to the point, (NÉÉ ASHTON) do you really care? I might as well keep telling you that the recession scariest was seeing Andy Aer the 1997 Annual Dinner • is over and after a while you Middleditch fall over the rails might actually believe it.” Bromehill having also made the at the top of a staircase at a “CUOC ... in ten years: map - fortunately I had enough sprint-O and land on the floor volunteers to take charge of two storeys down...thankfully DDr. Eric Roller, BSc, MSc, things on the day as I was shat- he was that relaxed due to the Mphil, M.Eng, Ph.D. Cantab, an- other Ph.D. Cantab is currently in tered even before the first start. amount of alcohol consumed Oxford in his final year of re- • Varsity Match 2003. Finally that he walked away with not search. [...] He is married to Ann being part of a winning beer much more than a sprained Collyer who is teaching orienteer- ing to little kiddies. Eric has also race team, even though wrist, I seem to remember. This was shortly before the just won the A-Course of the Var- Ashley Bown and I had to sity Match for a record 9th time in whole building was evacuated down two pints each! a row. [...] due to a fire alarm going off... • Finally, of course, I will always Viv Kaye works for the Nepal be grateful that I extended my • travelling to Czech 5-day and branck of Great Tower, ‘Great Ev- stay in Cambridge long enough Mark Collis pulling out a erest Wood’. [...] She is engaged to to meet Blanka! tupperware box full of jars of Laurence Colyer who works for herbs and spices out of the the same organisation [...] in bottom of his rucksack - the Soutern Chilie for] 30 pounds 56 box must have taken up about pence a week [...]. 1/4 of the rucksack! (we did eat

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WAYNE PATRICK1999 “Wayne has many fond memories of his time in CUOC, few of which involve navigating anywhere. Stand- outs include:” • learning that one should never play drinking chess against Mark Collis, • learning that one should always play all other drinking games against Jules Bleasdale, • Da Boyz getting it done at Hellasgården and, of course, • there is a special place in his heart for the Patrick-Elder Annual Dinner 1999 Trophy. “Surely that thing can't sti exist...can it?” Mark Collis has taken over a pub SIMON THOMAS1998 in Wimbledon. [...] “My most memorable moment ASHLEY BOWN2000 After giving up orienteering and om CUOC most definitely has to be ...surely remembers the 2003 eating meat, Dr. Andy Varley has the 2002 Varsity Match [at Hellas- SprintO, in particular, this: decided to also quit watching TV, gården] near Stockholm. [It] was wearing clothes and generally liv- my first time orienteering in Sweden ing in the civilised world. He is and quite a shock to the system it was now inhabiting a cave in Wharn- too!” cliffe Woods with his girlfriend. Petr Lukšan has bee working very BEN READ1999 successfully as a banker in Lon- “The one memory that sticks with don, specialising in obscure Czech me, for whatever reason, is playing derivatives and futures contracts 'dart golf' between trees outside the with backward options and double hut at Nacka [Sweden], during the side-flips. He shared a flat with Matthias Mahr for a while but VM in 2002, towards a dart board gave up after 6 days of enduring a placed at an epic distance... can't bossy Management Consultant who remember who with though...” refused to ever shut up. A monkey running the Alc-O Alistair Hindle has opened an wearing an Ash Bown mask independent agency specialising in making progressographs about every possible sporting event, in- cluding chess and sports fishing. He is also venturing into new ar- eas such as the personal calcula- tion of 10k times based on the tidal flows and the number of times the person said ‘cool’ and ‘yeah’ the day of the event. [...] After graduating from Cambridge with a degree in Rowing, Andy Hodgson [...] decided to take up a job as a mattress-tester for IKEA.”

CLAIRE HUTCHINSON1996 (NÉE WARNER) “I loved lunch-O!! I used to race out of Chemistry practical to get to Sidney Sussex JCR for 1pm, had to be there in time to get some swiss ro!”

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ALAN ELDER2000

Alan Elder getting help om Annual Dinner 2001 an elk for the Icenian 2003 outside the stores the day Elder in training, the day before BLANKA COLLIS2001 before the training tour, but the 2002 Varsity Match. For those of you who are not Latin scholars, (NÉE SENGEROVÁ) we did make it in the end! the inscription reads Curro ergo • handing out the prizes during • Probably a huge number of sum - "I run, therefore I am." For my outgoing captain's speech others... as long as it holds together, we at the annual dinner, Ash think it should be awarded annu- Bown got a bunch of bananas DAVID COTTINGHAM2001 ally to the CUOC member who per- forms most meritoriously on the (for his appearance at the • Alan Elder (I think!) planning run-in at the Varsity Match. All SprintO dressed as a gorilla), a Cuppers course on Coe Fen, genders and other mitigating fac- Alan Elder and Ali Ingleby where the shortest route from tors considered. Oh, and the judges got the (no explanation the final control to the finish are to be the Men's Captain and the Training Officer. needed) pink fluffy handcuffs, was to attempt to cross a very Mark Collis got his graduation full ditch. I was one of those hat for finally managing to who braved the cold water, and escape CUOC and Cambridge, came out with mud/leaves/etc. Niall Inverarity his pint so all over me... But I did save that he could upturn it onto those extra 45 seconds! his head properly, Edmund Wa rd his phone to organise us 2001 / 02 all to remember just a few; The Patrick-Elder Trophy (Wayne Patrick) Robin Chystie drinking • “It all started a few months back - bailey's and tonic at a dinner the Chiltern Challenge, I think. crawl somewhere or other; Alan mentioned his outstanding Swedish Varsity Match in my performance at the last Scottish, Congratulations to Søren Brage • where he picked up fastest split for first year with the sauna and for winning the inaugural compe- the run to the finish on five of the tition (for a monster split of 21 open air lake and then being six days. "Right you bastard," I seconds, 2 seconds clear of a qual- totally lost in the forest during thought, "You may be able to ity field at the VM Classic), and the hash run when I decided navigate, but the run-in is one good luck to the rest of you for to "retrace my steps" when we thing I'll take you on at." The 2003...“ gauntlet was thrown down, and were only a short way from the others have since been drawn into CUOC: An Historical Perspective hut; the game. In recognition of the (Mark Collis) • calling out the AA with an importance of a quick finish (ooh, “In relative terms at least, I'm err), we decided a trophy was in coming towards the end of my ADAC card of my Mum's (they order. So there you have it…a care- are supposed to have a time here in Cambridge, and given fully preserved and mounted VJ the amount of time I seem to have reciprocal agreement!) from Integrator, last worn by Alan D. spent orienteering since my first

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CUOC event (the 1995 SprintO, memorable for leaving three club members manning an AlcO con- trol behind in Epping…) I thought it would be interesting to have a look back at the past history of the club. […] There are many more details that I could add, and indeed might in some future journal, but in the interests of brevity I shall leave it here - I hope that the history is of some interest, that those of you Aer winning the 2002 Varsity Match in Heasgården, Sweden about to leave have enjoyed their own part in it, and that those with Ashley Bown on…well, you be the They claim only to do it with wil- time on their side enjoy the years judge: ‘Alex was in my trousers low though (wasn’t she the red- to come.“ and I didn’t even notice!’ head in Buffy?) “As for the Varsity Match…it Mark B. again: ‘It was as close to Rothman is Champion Ride. Ap- turns out that 2002 was the eighth harassment as you could get from parently of horses, but it’s anyone’s time that Cambridge have swept a balcony’ guess what else he’s been riding. all four trophies (individual and Julia Bleasdale to Alan at the Male, 21, seeks to recruit fit, team events). Oxford have Annual Dinner: ‘ I guess you can’t blonde females FGT. Links with achieved the feat…Never. Natu- rally. And if the 2003 teams want expect them to be firm all the CUH&H especially welcome. Vol- something to aim for, consider the time.’ leyball skills preferable, but not men's team result in 1988, when essential. Sound like you? Contact Alan ponders and extremely im- mrv42 for more info. CUOC runners placed 1st (Steve portant question, also at the An- Nicholson), 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th. nual Dinner: ‘Am I straight?’ Kiss and Tell. Chemical Engineers A solid effort.” do it in packed beds, just ask Cath. And Emma Pooley, on becoming a “NB: I think Mark put some kind connoisseur: ‘I like wine…it gets Ash goes down with the Oxford of jinx on CUOC when he said me drunk!’ Boys. And I’d been trying for four that!!! And his efforts to come to- years. wards the end of his time in CUOC The not so scandalous gossip columns: were scuppered when he started Wrong colour blue! Jenny C at- When in Sweden do as the Swedes going out with the secretary the tracted to the darker shade of blue. do. Wayne has it perfected. A following year and continued to be Guess they had to score some- sight for sore eyes I’m told. seen at annual dinner until about where… MediOcre ‘Been there done that, 2005 when I left to go to Shef- 2+1=3. Jenny G, Arthur and DP de bought the ‘o’ top’ Aimon D. Tho- field!!!” C. Need I say more. It even rhymes. mas. They said it. quotes: 2 Jules. 2 hours sleep, 2 bowls of Cider shandies? Ask Alan for the Alan Elder on his prowess with cereal, 2 pints of water, 2 bottles of recipe. He’s perfected the large- the ladies: ‘Apparently I’ve pulled milk, 2 hands, 2 balls… quantity consumption of them. twice already this terms’ Stripping lessons… Available on WANTED: Primary School Cath ‘Northern Express’ Drew, on request from the BUSA team. Teachers. Søren need not apply. a certain someone in a black vest: ‘I mean where was he going with THAT?!’ Mark ‘Virgin Trains’ Bown, on someone on their donkey: ‘it’s a nice ass to follow, but…’ Søren Brage, on the weather in Wales: ‘I’m a Viking. We burn churches and rape women to stay warm’. Rachael Elder makes Mark and offer no man should refuse: ‘If I’m going down, you’re going down with me’. Annual Dinner 2002

email your news!PUBLIC SECTION!Page 24 40 Years of Old CUOCs!! 29 January 2011 2002 / 03 Emma, on the incentives to be treasurer: 1. power: (almost) everyone has to do what you say! 2. satisfying and rewarding job, lots of contact with club mem- bers, make a real contribution to the smooth functioning of the club, etc etc blah blah blah...... 3. you make yourself really popu- lar with everyone by asking them for money. 2003 VM Teams. Nia Inverarity, Emma Pooley, Claire Warner, Jenny Costigan, Rosemary Dyer, Ali Ingleby, Alan Elder, Cath Drew, 4. someone's got to do it and it's Blanka Sengerova, Ashley Bown, Mark Cois, Matt Hook not going to be me! 6. improve your mental arithmetic. tween the Cambridge and Oxford require a few alterations, for ex- captains - don't ask!): ‘If you need ample in areas of felling, to ones So, just remind me - who is the any help at all organising, I'm that seem to have very few features new treasurer then - Emma Pooley sure I could get Ollie on the case. at all. I'm not sure which I prefer Cath in an intellectual conversa- Just don't ask me! I'll stick to the yet. It's boring to have to cover all tion with Alan at the Annual simple stuff, like attracting female the ground on a good map, but it Dinner… ‘Yes, but you're clever - Freshers! Cochrane seems to be has to be done as there are bound I'm thick…’ good in that department too.’ to be some little errors that will affect courses in a big way. On the Also at the Dinner… Alan ex- ‘The Varsity Match's next week, other hand it's a lot of work fill- plains to Ash… ‘Cath's trying to isn't it?’ Ash, at PubO on Wednes- ing in a blank map, and can be pull us so she's going to be buying day before the VM weekend… even more boring than the good us drinks all night…’ Alan, during the Annual Dinner… map if the ground is really as fea- Rosemary (at Great Tower Wood, ‘Apparently, my IQ's 139’ - ‘Who says tureless as the map suggests explaining the clock relay): ‘So, so?’ - ‘The BBC.’ - There you go… (i.e. most of Thetford Forest). you all know what you're doing?’ Top Tips for Mapping Success - learnt 2. Get to the area. Not so easy Søren (sounding almost unsure): the Hard Way! (Rosemary Dyer) when you don't want to cycle 35 ‘Orienteering???’ ‘What a good idea it would be to miles to get there and the trains ‘Now, if we had a PDA…’ I suspect do some mapping for CUOC’, I are erratic to say the least. Find- you know who said that - very often! thought to myself at last year's ing a time with no lectures, super- AGM. ‘It will be fun, interesting visions or other commitments is ‘So are you staying or are you go- and shouldn't take up too much also a problem - one of the occa- ing then?’ Jenny, to Ash, on arriv- time.’ Isn't it amazing how quickly sions when I wish I'd done Eng- ing in her room during the dinner feelings can change... lish. Still, it's a good excuse to crawl. miss a few lectures, undoubtedly 1. Decide on the area to be mapped. the ones that really would have Something from the opposition Existing maps can vary in quality, been quite useful to go to, unlike (from an e-mail conversation be- from those that apparently just the one on Monday, where you fell asleep and learnt nothing. 3. Do the groundwork. The best plan here is to get as many naïve and unsuspecting people as possi- ble (especially if they have a car) to come and help. Not really the best way of doing it, if you want to do it properly, as you get several different perspectives on the map, but when a major badge event is looming... 4. Put the map onto OCAD. OCAD is a wonderful program. The best feature is the unlimited Undo command, which unlike various Microsoft programs I can think of, allows you to Undo (and Redo) as Annual Dinner 2003 (with the Patrick-Elder Trophy) far back as you like. You could

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spend hours playing with con- Leo: 20th Jul-22nd Aug Jupiter ANN MARIE CODY2003 tours, getting path bends perfectly and Pluto are retreating. Do as- smooth, positioning trees precisely tronomical distances represent • Control #9 of the W21 course - Did I say something about a word counts? of the 2003 Mitre event in badge event in less than a month? Famously includes: Wayne P. Epping Forest East. Why I 5. Fill in the map registration Virgo: 23rd Aug-20th Sep A pretty ended up on this course as a forms. Yes, I know that should be good outlook for you at the mo- first-time orienteer is a nearer the top, but these things ment with Mars moving towards mystery. I spent probably an tend to slip your mind. What I the path of the Sun, which should hour looking for it before didn't realise was that they'd send ensure that you only fall asleep in giving up. I almost decided me back four more forms to fill in the right places at the right time… for each map. How kind. Favourite colour: anything that never to orienteering again! can be found on an orienteering Good thing someone 6. Sit back and bask in the glory of map! convinced me to come back. having completed your first map. Famously includes: Rosemary D., Oh, and I still have the map! Actually not a good idea - best to Jules B. make yourself scarce and receive comments second hand, as they Libra: 21st Sep-22nd Oct The will not all be polite. This is when moon appears to have collided you discover all the things you with some stars. Take the moon to forgot to do, or completely missed. A&E and definitely try and avoid This is when you wish you'd control descriptions - to prevent started the whole process earlier. damaging it even more. NB: Dia- Ah well, next time! ries are always good for noting down committee meeting dates… What do your stars say for the Famously includes: David C. week, the month, the year…? (Blanka Sengerová) Scorpio: 23rd Oct-20th Nov There's a lot to be seen from the constella- Aquarius: 21st Jan-20th Feb The tion of Mercury, Neptune and Sat- current position of Neptune and urn. They tell me your favourite Saturn's moon seems optimal. activity is cut-and-stick (make Some time ago they were in a sure you only use scissors under weird position: strange, very adult supervision!), favourite col- drunk, guy at teaching presenta- Ann Marie “manning” the our's blue, especially on someone's Vodka control tion and in Darwin bar? face (but don't be surprised if Famously includes: Jenny C. you're given looks as if you were • I seem to remember many Pisces: 21st Feb-19th Mar The from Mars!)… And what are the instances of everyone waiting position of the planets clearly sug- stars trying to imply about the in the rain for Marco Chiesa gests possible future careers: take night of the Annual Dinner? to finish his (absurdly long) up juggling, you won't regret it! Famously incl.: Alan E. and Ali I. course. Oops =) On second thoughts, maybe fash- Sagittarius: 21st Nov-20th Dec • I also remember the many ion guru is one of the options too… 'Churchill Spring Ball?', the stars Famously incl.: Claire W., Ash B. ask. I think they were quite re- times when I took off on a full Aries: 20th March-20th April lieved you slept rather than drove sprint through the forest at Mercury moves, but to be honest I that MPV… about the same time that don't think anyone's too bothered. Famously includes: Angela T. Mark Collis started walking Taurus: 21st Apr-20th May Venus Capricorn: 21st Dec-20th Jan toward the next control. Guess is running late on its path - can a Well, I'm pretty certain that the who always arrived there first planet oversleep? Perhaps an as- recent movement of Jupiter, Sat- (not me). tronomical alarm clock is re- urn, Mercury and some other quired? Famously incl.: Niall I. planets has to be significant. But • The Alc-O. Coming from the I'm a bit out of my depth on this U.S., I had never experienced Gemini: 21st May-21st Jun An astrological pattern - any more anything like it (we would be absolutely splashing alignment of advanced astrologers out there to arrested). And that includes the stars for you. Perhaps you give me some advice? could try a couple of handstands to Famously includes: Mark C. (and the competitor in the gorilla celebrate it? I'm sure there was someone else, suit who "fell" into the alcohol Famously includes: Søren B. but it seems to have slipped my control area. The photo shows Cancer: 22nd Jun-19th Jul Sur- mind…) what I was doing during the prise, surprise: Mercury moves Alc-O. once again: towards the Sun. Is anyone worried?

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ELSPETH INGLEBY2004 “My most memorable experience of life in CUOC, must have been the Varsity match in 2005 when we oze our asses off in Sweden. We stayed in a ski lodge, which included a sauna (!) and orienteered through over a foot of snow!” [Eric Roller: I love that Elspeth called it a ski lodge, but it was merely the club hut of our orienteering club (and those without saunas are few and far between ;-)] Annual Dinner 2004 2003 / 04 Dinnercrawl 2003, from he who Episode 3: Fitzwilliam Street was to the en-suite bathroom. Whilst (mostly) remembers... the next stop. Predictably, more trying to be level-headed with the (Robin Chrystie) 'bopping' was required whilst both toilet and being kindly offered Blanka and Mark pulled a cracker water this individual wasn't in Baileys, turkey, sour cream, wine, of a feast. Meanwhile, more beer any fit state to play Twister or tonic water, beer, sprouts and shots was drunk and a growing fascina- consume the chilli vodkas that can safely be consumed in certain tion of a cascade of doors was in had been patiently prepared the combinations and quantities. full swing!? Finally, dinner was day before. Time had taken its toll While the CUOC annual Dinner dished out and complemented by and it was time for compassionate, Crawl can be an opportunity to wine served in ceramic mugs. guided departure. experiment, it is also a social Crackers were pulled, hats worn, highlight of the club's calendar. paper pieces crumpled, useless To conclude, it seems that every- Fun-loving members arrange to plastic bits mocked and lots of one enjoyed themselves. Thanks go have their rooms either used in a food eaten - you just couldn't get to Alan, Ian, Blanka, Mark, Niall civilised, communal manner or as anymore stuff-in! Afterwards, the and Ash for setting up the event. a sanitary convenience. Inevitable essential mind game, where wine The individual would also like to as it is, an excess amount of liquor bottles were passed around the ta- thank Alan and Ali for the guided will be drunk at such occasions... ble in an algorithmic fashion, walk! Episode 1: A gentle introduction concluded this visit. Auctoritate mihi commissa ad- to the evening involved watching mitto te ad gradum Magister in other people perform chess ma- Orienteeribus noeuvres with shot tumblers full As the lucky recipient of the of either Archers or, yes you've ‘CUOC Graduation Award’ at the guessed it, Baileys! Indeed, this is annual dinner, I thought I might the new form of moving chess - fill some of the space in this jour- available at all good Argos outlets. nal with some memories from my Taking measures of Baileys eight-and-a-bit years of studying against vodka spiked tumblers can orienteering... also delay the onset of intoxica- tion... Episode 2: Downing, Cambridge we arrived at Ian's room. This Episode 4: The penultimate stop consisted of standing around in a was Niall's room at Queens'. Hith- circle playing with that annoying erto, everything remained sensible American toy 'Bop-It'. According until a certain individual thought to the grapevine, this rampant that mixing fizzy water with a beast is still marketed, having the well-known creamy liqueur would potential of luring students into be interesting. Apparently, the purchasing the product. While flavour was similar to the unadul- Alan and Ian were wrapping up terated version but with the cur- the Mexican ready-made banquet, dled froth included! NB: Mark gets to write these a cornucopia of jokes was told. At Episode 5: A short, dreamy trip to this stage, people started downing memory articles all the time, Ash's ‘dodgy’ flat above Halfords doesn’t he???? bottled beer... unfortunately needed a rapid visit

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Awards at the Annual Dinner 2004 • Another highlight was a JK ‘I've never met a running club so (Ali Ingleby) relay bronze on the Men's against running!’ This year the annual dinner was Short with Ben Stevens and Vaclav gets straight to the point: held at Trinity College, and after a Alex Copley at Caerwent. ‘Sarah, I need to borrow your cam- lovely meal, Blanka had some era to take a picture of me.’ awards to hand out... • The introduction of the new Robin gets a bit carried away at noname tops was also well- formal: ‘If the fellows forget to received. bow, we can throw forks at them!’ • The dinner crawl also often Ed makes very little sense: ‘Why don’t you play Richard O’Brian provided sources of again on the harmonica?’ amusement to be recalled at opportune moments later in Vaclav shares some advice for life with Elspeth: ‘21 is the best age to the year. get pregnant.’ Unfortunately the one quote that Ed misses the point of pre-varsity • Alan & Ali: Fluffy handcuffs seems to summarise my time in team bonding: ‘If I stuck a fork Award (they're pink too) CUOC was "It wouldn't be an into your leg, you’d scream too!’ • Ann Marie: Sheep photography annual dinner if we didn't make Chris on how he plans to contribute Award Chris wear something pink and at this year’s varsity match: ‘I’ll wee flowery". I forget how this started, Ash: Elite monkey Award out of the window at them!’ • but let's just say I sti have that • Robin: Baileys and Tonic flowery t-shirt om the esher- This year’s BUSA social in Edin- Award (you've read the article...) bashing I received in first year burgh is an enlightening experi- • Sophie: Latest CUOC Member hanging around somewhere.” ence for Vaclav : ‘I’ve never seen so Award many drunken people before!’ • Chris Thorne: Catz for Cuppers 2005 / 06 Ed on his camping plans: ‘I’ll sleep Award BUSA in Edinburgh on top then I won’t need a karrimat!’ • Chris Morley: Senior Treasurer ‘One, two, three, four, five, six… Alex gets a bit carried away: Award six! Who’s missing?’ CUOC’s ‘We could try to be clever…’ • Rosemary: Picking up the Pieces mummy asks. ‘Vaclav’ one of the Award kids answers, ‘He went to get a Anya makes plans for a CUOC trip coffee…’ - ‘No, please tell him to to next year’s O-Ringen: • Niall: Cheeky Beer-race Award hurry up, the train is about to de- ‘Definitely mud wrestling!’ • Ben: SprintO organiser's chal- part and it’s the last connecting lenge Award How CUOC plans to get sponsor- one!’ A few seconds later the train ship: ‘You guys are cheap, so you • Mark: CUOC Graduation Award doors shut behind Vaclav. might get it.’ • Nicola: 'Is this really Nicola?' ‘Anya, I am pretty sure that the Alan offers some advice to club Award first control is going to be hidden members left feeling inadequate by • Ian: 'So you have time left for some where at the top of that hill’ new, tight-fitting kit: ‘Alex wants Orienteering' Award - ‘What?! I am not going to climb some breast implants!’ • Edmund: Icenian organiser's that for any reason!’ implement Award Jon lets Elspeth’s cunning plan for Quotes: next year’s beer race slip! ‘Ele wants a camel.’ CHRIS WILLIAMSON2005 Where those nicknames came from: Alex: ‘You're like our par- “Memorable occasions have to include: Anya on what not to do at the intrO: ents you are!’ ‘I ended up in someone’s back garden!’ • the annual dinners. We did Alan: ‘Mummy and Daddy CUOC’ Clare, Emma, Jesus and Chris offers advice on kit design: Robin gets named and shamed by ‘This year’s style is flowery t-shirts.’ Fitzwilliam during my time, the start marshal to all of the 650 followed by more drinking in starters at Sherwood Pines: ‘There Elspeth shares her life experi- people's rooms and various were two people who failed to ences: ‘And pulling…is more diffi- cult at Wetherspoons.’ embarrassments that have punch the start today – one was a 5 year old, the other was from drifted into the alcohol- Cambridge University (who was induced ether of the evenings. even daft enough to have his name However the CUOC journal on his jumper!)’ often recorded some, more or Alex gets a bit frustrated with the fewer of these incidents. latecomers at a training session:

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So then I said, ‘We the head porter should know about it, there might be a note about it somewhere’. But there wasn’t, so he said, ‘Why don’t you te me about the event?’ So I replied, ‘There are going to be runners coming in om the Downing Site, visiting a few markers and then leaving via the main exit.’ Then he simply said, ‘Ok’. So I asked, ‘Do you want me to phone the organiser and find out who she spoke to?’ To which he replied, ‘No, Annual Dinner 2005 (without the Patrick-Elder Trophy) it’s Ok, I know about the event now, so it’ be fine’. VACLAV POTESIL2005 The other thing that stands out So without further ado, I went om the first year is the summer tour Did you know that he also and hung the controls in Downing was a member of the CU Russian in Slovenia. I wi remember this for the extremely technical terrain Coege, and the competitors passed Society as “Vodka Officer” !?! through with no problem, despite the (especiay day 1), Graeme Ambler fact that I’d basicay arranged this BEN STEVENS2006 breaking his leg (playing isbee), possibly the world’s worst shower, on the morning of the event with the “CUOC was definitely one of on-duty porter! It could have been a and most of a for the yeow tour the most important parts of my time major problem if the porter had been at Cambridge. I think the first year tops, which are sti worn regularly by the elite group of people which less relaxed (although I think the made the biest impression on me. relaxed attitude of Downing was comprised the tour. I wi always remember the 2007 why they hadn’t made a note of it in Varsity Match in Wharncliffe Wood Planning the first Cambridge the first place), and there were when I ran om control six about City Race is something else I wi numerous other potential disasters 1.5km almost a the way to number remember for a while. I’m not going (such as a memorial service which eight (7-8 was a long leg whereas 6-7 to lie – it was a pretty stressful was organised for the aernoon of was very short) before realising I’d experience, mainly because of the the race in Jesus coege, which wasn’t missed out number seven. I thought I agility of the permissions om the arranged that long beforehand – would run back a different way to various coeges. Here is one of the imagine if it had been in the avoid the embarrassment of turning experiences om the day itself which morning!)” round in the middle of the path, so I I remember vividly om its slight briefly cut off the path before deciding lack of credulity. I entered the porters’ the path was quicker and ran back to lodge at Downing with controls in it again. I then passed Alex Copley my rucksack that I needed to put out running in the other direction who in the coege. Now, I had already was looking at me in a very confused been to Pembroke and at first the way. This was quite embarrassing, porters there had no idea about the but on the plus side, in keeping with event, which was made worse as I team spirit, I was thinking, ‘we, he had forgotten the list of contact started 12 minutes in ont of me so numbers which Clare (organiser) had at least he’s doing as badly as I am’. given me, but eventuay they found a Despite this, we won the men’s match note in a diary and then one of them quite convincingly. (This was my remembered about the event, which only varsity team victory, and that was a relief. So the first question I includes being in one of the 2nd-4th asked the on-duty porter at Downing teams in four cross-country matches). was, We narrowly lost the women’s ‘Do you know that there’s going match by a microscopic four second to be an orienteering event taking margin, which we put down to the place today which uses Downing fact that the OUOC women’s team a Coege?’ had version six dibbers since they had The reply was, ‘No’. a been in the GB start squad.

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2006 / 07 Quotes: Graeme on why we really value CUOC in numbers (Edmund Ward) Alan as a CUOC legend: ‘Alan has Anya and Nicola pretending to be to come to the training tour - he’s 56.5 - Alex’s old ‘record’ for down- ape-like at GoApe but deciding the only one who can start the fire’. ing a ping. against it when Ele turns up with a camera: ‘Cameras affect our beating Anya: ‘We could go around: Mr 3 19 - Number of minutes by which performance’. inches, Mr 6 inches...’. we won the Men’s Varsity Match, according to the official results. Nicola to Edmund: ‘Faster, faster, Anya, often about drinking: ‘I was faster’ - Chris: ‘Is that what never this bad until I met Ele’. Ele: 15 - Number of people attending mummy always says to daddy?’ ‘I was never this bad until I met Anya’. the Annual Dinner. Ele gets here priorities right after Chris to Ele on college rivalry: ‘My 10 - Place on the LAMM A course SGB burns his feet at the training pink is better than your pink’. for ‘the two A1s’. tour: ‘I was looking forward to a cup of tea’. Chris gets invited to an EAOA 5 - The number of CUOC running committee meeting: ‘If their plan- vests. And yes, it’s true, ‘everyone in Sarah attempts to recollect her ner did set courses through the Cambridge looks this cool’. post-Annual Dinner activities: GoApe sector he need to be taken 4 - Number of minutes by which we ‘Which rampant Geordie’s was that?’ aside and quietly garrotted’. won the Men’s Varsity Match, ac- Anya reveals the CUOC recruit- cording to a nopesport article of ment drive 2007: ‘Just wear your dubious provenance. hoodie, that’s all I wore’. 4 - Number of mugs of tea required Anya muses on the important ques- for two people. tions in life: ‘Would you rather be a 3 - Ben Stevens’ current ranking in goof whore or a bad whore?’ the junior UK CUP. Anya again, on the Operation Tro- jan Horse photo: ‘I wish I had 3 - Number of successive victories of body, it’d be useful’. the Patrick Elder trophy by Anya. 1 - Number of uncrossable fences Ele: ‘1st three women were Anya, erroneously marked as passable at then Clare, then Chris Morley’. Cuppers... Alan: ‘It worried me when she 1 - Number of little bruises it took whipped her trousers off’. to make little Chris pull out of the Chris: ‘I had Alan last year’. big (National) event. ‘SGB’s gone, I can’t go on without SGB’. 0 - The number of tea bags required for four mugs of tea. Anya when Sarah was reminded of a pole dancing formal swap: ‘Is there -4 - Number of seconds by which we a Cambridge Fire Fighting Society?’ won the Women’s Varsity Match. -500 - Approximate profit from the SprintO. err ... that’s it.

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MAP QUIZ -12 Maps From Selected Varsity Matches (N.B. Men’s Or Women’s Courses) Can you name the year and the name of the map? Who won the VM? Who won the M/W course?

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A WORLD FULL OF DRONGOS You are not alone... Thanks to the internet, it is easy to find other DrongoGuides.com DrongOs out there. Most of them appear to bird An Australian site with D.I.Y. books, mainly on fanatics (not listed here). Then there are: meat cooking and BBQ. www.drongo.com used to be the “unofficial John Howard fan club web site”, i.e. that of Australia’s Prime Minister. I reckon the site has been hacked. It has meanwhile disappeared.

Drongos for Europe http://www.myspace.com/drongosforeurope They claim to be “without doubt one of the Mongo e Drongo most exciting Punk bands playing anywhere in the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kruWhFMR7F8 World today.” A spanish? animated cartoon children’s cartoon. There are some spots on YouTube.

DrongoLabs http://drongolabs.com ... is apparently not sure yet what it is; their page only shows this LEGO™ Drongo:

Drongo Jazz (.mp3) Дронго (Russia) http://www.eastcoastlive.co.uk/music/audio/DrongoJazz.mp3 http://www.eastcoastlive.co.uk/features/drongo/drongo.htm http://kino.br.by/film830.html Despite the loose definition of Jazz, this has There appears to be a Russion TV crime series got to be the worst ever attempt to play it. Kudos named “Drongo”. goes to Great Yarmouth’s Luke Drongo.

White Drongo http://www.whitedrongo.com An Indian comic book shop.

Drongo’s Simple Tips http://tinyurl.com/36l5qk8 Check out their book on “Home Remedies for Glowing Skin”. Drongo.com.au Drongo Inc Used to threat: “drongo is coming! be afraid”. http://drongogroup.com Meanwhile disappeared too. If you were planning to invest in Russia, then you could enlist DrongoGroup.com, or would you?

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VARSITY MATCH QUIZ: A PLANNERS NIGHTMARE Reprinted om the February 2010 DrongO Newsletter Looking forward to the 4 inches of new snow over When the race is over, the upcoming Varsity Match? Don’t H night. The entire forest is K planner discovers that a answer now — read this first! covered in white. Naviga- SportIdent unit in the fin- Over the years one gets to tion becomes a mere footprint- ish had been misconfigured. It hear many behind-the-scenes following exercise. takes the most part of an hour to stories of past Varsity Matches. decipher the irregularities. Or one is “lucky” enough to be Everything is ready to go cast for the “leading role”. L and all SI units have been Too much of the same sh… Below are a selection of such put out. When the first D The septic tank is full and incidences that may or may not have happened at one or more runners come back, we learn that the toilets in the accom- Varsity Matches during the last as many as 4 SI units have died. modation are flooded. ten years. A fifth unit only works for about Judge for yourself: find 5 half of the competitors. The organiser accidentally items that did not happen. Their A drops his laptop. The data letters form an orienteering term. The race is already in full cannot be recovered in Email your clue to us O swing when the planner’s time for the VM dinner. together with a little story about wrist watch dies. And, yes, yourself and a major donation to there was no other watch with VM dinner: the tagliatelle DrongO’s race funds. Closing the official race time. L pasta is overcooked into date is VM day 1. A prize may mush. A rare delicacy. Or is await the lucky winner at the There is a very adapt it a regular VM occurrence? anniversary dinner. E planner and a trustworthy ——————————— organiser (both of which The Varsity Match dinner A week before the VM, are one and the same person), T is over, everything is M the planner discovers that but alas, there is no controller. cleaned up and you are the forestry commission What can possibly go wrong? ready to lock up the hall, but not has felled a section of forest that without setting off the burglar all courses must pass. One of the Port-a-Loos alarm… S topples over with a CUOC On the way to the forest, runner inside. We shall H the planner’s car breaks keep reminding him/her about it down. Luckily, he OUOC for the rest of our lives… minibus was right behind him when it happened. The organiser N has set up a OL SUDOKU#10 The CUOC minibus gets printer for results F stuck in the snow and and split times. As luck Cambridge fails to turn up has it, the printer never for the Varsity Match. The race is spits out a single page … postponed to the following day. because its cable was never hooked up to the Of the 3 club volunteers PC. I who had promised to test- run the courses an hour In the assembly before the race, none turn up. R field, the results tent is blown away. During the tur- moil that follows, three runners finish without getting their correct time recorded. email your news!PUBLIC SECTION!Page 34 40 Years of Old CUOCs!! 29 January 2011 Where Are They Now? News om DrongOs around the globe CHRIS THORNE1955 third event being held in a park in SA not 5 year bands as in the UK). I “I nowadays do very little the northern suburbs of Johannesburg am also sti involved in mapping, (except for Cuppers when, as the self- at the end of September 1982. planning and controing events on a styled St. Catharines "enforcer", I try I was very soon co-opted on to regular basis. to make sure that Caths has the the committee of the newly formed A few years ago I was given the largest, even if slowest, contingent Rand Orienteering Club of which I opportunity to write a book on running).” am currently vice-president (and a Orienteering as part of the Adven- past president on several occasions). I ture sport series which was duly DAVID LEE COOPER1957 was also involved with the published (although not in SA !!)” “I re-found the sport in 1977 at formation of the South African an event near Cheltenham which was Orienteering Federation in 1984. MARTIN GREEN1972 organised by John Peniket with Unfortunately we were not aowed After Cambridge, “I moved to whom I had run in Cambridge. So to join the IOF in those years due to Southampton university, where our family joined NGOC with South Africa’s apartheid policies and SUOC put on BUSF, 2 badge events, whom I have remained. I was sporting isolation. We were finay 3 colour coded events, etc in my 3 involved at club, area, regional and admitted as a fu member of the IOF years there. I mapped one new badge national level in a variety of ways. in 1992 and were thus able to attend area, and also got lost, losing the lead As a grade 1 controer, I helped at our first World Orienteering on the final leg of the British open the highest level as planner and Championships in the USA in relay. controer. Competitively I took part October 1993. I was a member of I moved to Utrecht university, at the top end of my age group until that team and as such, I am one of where I failed to find much heart problems reduced my ability to the few ex members of CUOC who orienteering, and then to Manchester. run in 2002. have competed in a World Since then I have lived in Orienteering Championships. I I was thried to be in a team Bramha, Stockport, working in the subsequently attended nine more with my wife and a club mate which Sonar field. I have 3 kids, 2 disabled won the British Relays M/W55 in c WOCs as manager of the SA team. boys, currently at Manchester Uni., A recent highlight was managing the 1993. It is sti a great pleasure to go and Sarah, who you may have met, is SA Orienteering team at the World to events and it was a joy to meet Dr an occasional slow orienteer who did C.J.R.Thorne at an EAOA event Games held in Khaosiung, Taiwan in Archaeology at Girton. July last year. earlier this year.” I sti orienteer regularly with I have also been heavily involved MDOC, and am an occasional IAN BRATT1973 in the SAOF over the years. I served mapper.” “Aer leaving as Secretary and Chairman in the Cambridge in late 1980s and early 1990s and was JOHN HURLEY1973 August 1979, I moved then President om 1995 to 2008. I have also been involved with the Somewhere in one of the to the NE of England messages, his name got mixed up and joined IOF as a member of the Foot O committee and more recently as the and we thought he was dead... Lanchester Orienteers Not so! which became IOF delegate for development of Northern Navigators. Orienteering in Africa. Currently “At the time of writing I am sti we only have four IOF members in working as a soware engineer in In September 1981 I emigrated to Africa – Kenya, Somalia, the rail industry in Derby and South Africa having been made Mozambique and SA. However, orienteering om time to time as an redundant om my job in the North there are no regular events taking M55 with DVO.” East. I joined Impala Platinum as a place in Kenya and Somalia and Development Chemist. Phew... limited activity in Mozambique. In At that time there was no SA we have around 25 events a year CHRIS HIRST1977 orienteering in SA but in mid 1982, a in and around Johannesburg and 20 ...lives in Settle, North group of immigrants got together to events in and around Cape Town. Yorkshire, with wife Clare and start the sport in Johannesburg. The only problem is that the two Unfortunately I was not in contact four children (including triplets) centres are 1000 miles apart. and as far as we are aware is no with them at that time and I I am sti an active competitor subsequently missed the first two longer an active orienteer, but he being current M50 SA Champion events. However, I heard about the is occasionally let loose to race (we only have 10 year age bands in with his local fell running club.

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ADAM LEAF1980 the lists, he is “managing Nestlé's interesting people and places when I ...is Portfolio Management cocoa sustainability initiatives, been living and working in Spain (1 Director EMEA at Johnson & which mainly consists of guiding our year in La Coruna), the Czech Johnson in Stevenage. projects in West Africa. In the UK Republic (2 years in Opava), South He has “stopped orienteering this has been publicised through Africa (3 years in Polokwane) and Kit Kat, and is being roed out to Poland (5 years in Warsaw). Wish I aer coege and got married to Janette. I now have 2 girls, Maddie Australia and other areas very soon.” had more time to get out running in those lovely Yorkshire moors and and Miranda, and Miranda got me RICHARD BAXTER1986 back into orienteering 5 years ago. dales on my current doorstep.” ...is European Consulting She is now a better orienteer than me DAN MARSTON1992 but I sti enjoy a run round the short Director at Tech Soft 3D in brown most weekend. I split my time Sheffield, but he still manages to “I am living in Oslo with a wife between Switzerland (work) and go orienteering on a regular basis. and 1 year old son. Sti orienteering Hertford where the family is based quite a lot for my Norwegian club.” which gives me the opportunity to ALISTAIR HINDLE1990 LOZ COLYER1992 try rather different types of terrain.” ...is “now working as a patent agent in Edinburgh [and] getting ...is “Deputy Head of Centre at DUNCAN BOOTH1980 back into orienteering aer a long Tower Wood Outdoor Education JUDY BOOTH (NÉE SMITH) layoff with achies tendonitis.” Centre in Windermere. Have been there for 15 years and would only ...”are living near Abingdon. CHRIS MARSH1992 Duncan currently works for Oxfam like to leave in a box! So glad I as Technical Architect for the web ... is “living near didn't end up working in London or systems. Judy works for Nominet Wimbledon in SW being an electrical engineer - apologies writing code to keeps the UK London, near where to any iends that are... internet running.” I grew up. I recently Just love mountaineering in le the Civil Morocco, the Alps, Norway and TREVOR HOEY1982 Service aer 10 years Scotland, sea kayaking, orienteering, is now “Head of Department of to turn fu time as a caving, climbing - a for work and Geographical & Earth Sciences at piano and clarinet teacher pleasure. It just couldn't get any University of Glasgow, and sti [cjnmarsh.co.uk]. Bit of a radical better for me.” career change but absolutely loving it. spending as much time as I can knee- NIGEL WHITEOAK1992 deep in rivers armed with various Also just had a baby, now 9 months bits of gadgetry. Aer leaving Cam- old, caed Clara. “In Richmond, running round bridge, spent 5 years in New Zealand Regular appearances at the the park and working out what to do doing lots of O, then had a break as a OMM Mountain Marathon with next in the internet/ eCommerce area. family arrived. Re-joined things with Nigel Whiteoak, including the Orienteering-wise, just back FVO in 2004, aided by a keen famous canceed one at Borrowdale. om the OMM (with feow daughter - now struling to keep up Not so much orienteering, though I'd DRONGO Chris Marsh). Also with her.” like to do more. Nigel and I did run in a few of the SLOW summer appear at the Esher Commons Varsity Trail Chaenge events, but haven't PAUL CURZON1983 Match, turned up in our CUOC o- been to a 'straight' orienteering event ... is a Reader in Computer tops, which we realised were only for a while now. Must get back into Science at the Queen Mary, very slightly younger than the it this season.” University of London. He has students present. Would like to say Instead of attending the recently been appointed as a we dug them out for old times sake, anniversary dinner, he opted to National Teaching Fellow by the but no, it's just that neither of us has go to South America before Higher Education Academy. ever got round to buying another o- starting his new job. top!” “I haven’t orienteered for years DOUG MONRO1993 due to family and bad ankles though DAVID BOWMAN1991 my daughter is old enough for string ...is Chief Operating Officer courses now so I hope to get to at “Aer many years abroad, I at Zoopla in London and doesn’t least a string course in Epping at have been back in the UK for the last get to go into forests any more. some point soon.” 4 years, living in Leeds with my wife, Marion, and daughters Amy (9) and DARRELL HIGH1986 Joanna (6). I haven't stopped orienteering since leaving ...is “living in Switzerland in a Cambridge in 1995 and have found classic swiss chalet in a viage with 4 it a great way to get to know ski lis”. When not queueing for

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ANDY HODGSON1994 CLAIRE HUTCHINSON1996 JENNY BARRETT1999 ...has moved to Kent. He has (NÉE WARNER) (NÉÉ COSTIGAN) “two kids, Finn aged [2&3/4] and “In a nutshe, 2008 was wedding Isabee aged four [months]. to Nick, 2009 was new job, 2010 was Hopefuy both wi get into year for relocation to north east and orienteering, but it wi be difficult as buying new house and 2011 wi be I am unable to these days. Maybe I year for new baby! can send them out with Matthias.” Yep, Nick and I now have jobs in the north east, and bought our first MATT MAHR1994 house in Rowlands Gi, a lovely ...still manages to go wooded vaey outside of Newcastle. orienteering, but he is mainly I am working part-time as a patent making a mark as a planner, e.g. attorney (for Atkinson & Company) “I'm based in Surrey, working in for the JK 2008 and Venice 2009. and running my own inteectual private practice as a Chartered property business caed Indigo Chip Patent Attorney in London; not VIV BARRACLOUGH1994 (check it out: www.indigochip.co.uk). orienteering at the moment, but doing (NÉE KAYE) And we're expecting our first baby in some road biking and have recently ... “Can now be found living in February next year. tried out some MTBO events limping distance of Storthes Ha Did lots of running with the (despite my comment about not liking Woods, South Huddersfield. Have Serpentine running club whilst living mountain biking, I subsequently did plenty of hi training with 3 kids and in London for 5 years, including 10 try it, for which I coincidentay 2 flights of stairs, plus an almost marathons over the past few years. borrowed a mountain bike off Phil vertical walking route to school. Am Not currently orienteering or Slingsby, another DrongO I currently in organiser mode having running, but hopefuy wi get back happen to know via my husband).” set up a book group and a running into it sometime next year!” group I have just found myself Club WAYNE PATRICK1999 Night Coordinator and Coach for SIMON THOMAS1998 EPOC (á la Cath Wilson for PFO/ “I'm currently living in SELOC).” Melbourne, Australia, aer moving around the UK decided that I needed CATHERINE WILSON1996 something a little more exotic. Sti (NÉÉ ASHTON) working as an engineer in the “I'm currently living in railway industry, but trying to spend Rossendale, Lancashire, married to most of my time out and about in Steve and mum to Daniel and Anna Australia. (22 months and 5 months Have generay kept up the sport respectively). as I have moved around, and Orienteering is sti there on my planning to do a first rogaine in the list of pastimes...and I even became a near future.” “These days, Wayne Patrick is a part-time job for just over a year, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry at between the arrivals of Daniel and BEN READ1999 Massey University (Auckland, New Anna. I ran two 'club nights' for “I'm now living in Whaley Zealand). He married another local clubs PFO and SELOC. These Bridge and working at Astra-Zeneca scientist, Monica Gerth, in 2006, and they try hard (but oen not hard are part of British Orienteering's in Macclesfield, foowing a PhD at enough) to escape the lab and enjoy 'Increasing Participation' initiative the University of Manchester. New Zealand's great outdoors. and the idea was to set up a weekly I haven't done much running training night for both existing club They're just back om the World since leaving Cambridge - the knee Rogaining Champs [in NZ], which is members and to attract new members. problem which plagued me It was good fun, and involved doing a kind of like Long Score at the OMM throughout the orienteering got -- except for 24 hours, non-stop.” mixture of indoor and outdoor steadily worse and I went through physical training and orienteering extensive physio a year or so ago activities.” (ultimately diagnosed as a back problem!). Seems much better now and planning to increase my running, but with a house to sort out, finding time is the key! - wi hopefuy enter some races before too long. Married 5 years now.”

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DAVID COTTINGHAM2001 ALEX COPLEY2004 BEN STEVENS2006 ...is “sti in Cambridge, and ...is returning to the UK, and “I’m just starting a DPhil in Elke and I are in the process of buying to Cambridge, after two years maths at Merton Coege, Oxford. a house in Milton, hence we're likely living in Los Angeles. He's look- I’m doing quite a bit of orienteering to be there a while longer! Whilst I ing forward to returning to orien- as always, although now running for would love to get out orienteering, teering which is both more plen- OUOC unfortunately.” work isn't conducive to it at present: tiful and less spiky than in south- I'm sti kept busy at Citrix trying to ern California, having found de- knock heads together between our sert running visually stunning but engineering teams and those at other rather painful (Yucca plants being companies. Being in Cambridge has particularly unpleasant when en- provided the opportunity to do some countered at speed). He's also undergraduate supervising, and hoping to cure himself of a biz- recently, sing in Churchi Chapel zare recent obsession with road- choir. Hopefuy moving closer to running, so is keen to visit moun- work wi provide more time for tains and forests with anyone further pursuits!” who's interested. BLANKA COLLIS2001 ELSPETH INGLEBY2004 (NÉE SENGEROVÁ) ...is “sti living and working at “Aer a PhD in Sheffield Aigas Field Centre near Inverness, University, I have ended up in the where we run adult wildlife holidays "other place" for a postdoc, sticking and environmental education for with academic research for a little school kids around the north of bit longer. And managing to Scotland. This unfortunately means I infiltrate the OUOC training sessions have very little time ee for in the process. orienteering although I hope to get to In July 2009, I married feow a few of the larger competitions next CUOCer Mark Collis, fortunately year if possible.” he stayed around in Cambridge long enough for us to get to know each CHRIS WILLIAMSON2005 other! “I am teaching chemistry at the Aer sticking with WAOC, we Portsmouth Grammar School and have recently joined our new local adjusting to being a grown-up and club, TVOC, are sti orienteering not a student. I am living in Old though probably less equently than Portsmouth and hoping to get some when at Uni, and also more locay orienteering started at the school.” (though we can be seen at a number of VACLAV POTESIL2005 urban events and try to make it to the big ones like the JK).” ...is finishing his D.Phil in Oxford. ANN MARIE CODY2003 “I'm sti in California doing my PhD. Yes, we take a long time over here =) It wi hopefuy be complete by summer 2011. Aer that, who knows where I' be off to next (hopefuy somewhere with good orienteering)!”

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