The results and Routegadget for Tuesday’s event in Headington are now available. Thanks to Nev and Marie-Anne for planning and congratulations to Ben Stevens and Anne Edwards who were the winners on the night. I’ll post a separate report on the overall series and prizegiving shortly.
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Tuesday sees the 8th and final event of this year’s series, based at the Britannia Inn in Headington where we began in September. I hope that as many of you as possible can make it, not only for your final fix of street-o before the summer break but to support the prizegiving which will take place as soon as everyone has finished and the results have been worked out. In the men’s class we have the same duel at the top as last year: John Owens already has the maximum 200 points and a head-to-head win over Ben Stevens, though if Ben wins on Tuesday and beats John in the process the trophy will be shared. Roger Thetford is sure of third place in the series after four second place finishes during the winter. There will definitely be a new women’s champion, as Anne Edwards has already secured the title. The battle for second place is more interesting, with Carol Edwards needing to win to overhaul Marie-Anne Fischer. (Blanka could also capture second place in theory, but is otherwise engaged at the moment…) See you on Tuesday! The results and Routegadget for last week’s event are now available. Many thanks to Heather for planning and for providing the lovely food afterwards. John Owens won again and is now guaranteed at least a share of the men’s title with one event to go. Anne Edwards made it a perfect four wins in four appearances and has secured the women’s title. Please try to come along to the final event on 24th April which will be followed by presentation of the trophies. The results and Routegadget for Tuesday’s event are now available – let’s see a few more of your routes this month! Many thanks to Liz for planning and for providing the lovely food afterwards. John Owens was the highest scorer on the night, and takes the overall lead in the men’s competition with a perfect 200. Marie-Anne Fischer and Anne Edwards were joint best women, with Marie-Anne extending her overall lead. The results and Routegadget for last week’s event are now available – apologies for the delay. Congratulations to Ben Stevens and Carol Edwards for being fastest man and woman, and to Roger Thetford and Carol for knocking your series coordinators off the top of the league tables! |
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Review of the season
This week saw us reach the end of the second season of the Oxford Street-O Series, which has built on the first with two more events and on average 33% more runners at each one. Thanks to everyone who has helped to make it a success, in particular those who have planned an event but also the regular runners without who there would be no competition.
The final event was followed by a short prizegiving to celebrate the success of those who have spent the season at the top of the results lists. In the overall men’s competition, Ben Stevens convincingly won the final event (visiting every control within the hour) to join John Owens on a perfect 200 points. As they had each won one of their head-to-head meetings, the trophy is shared. Roger Thetford, who unfortunately wasn’t able to make the last event, was third overall having accumulated four second places during the year. There is a new name on the women’s trophy, with Anne Edwards winning every event she attended. She was joined on the podium by Marie-Anne Fischer and Carol Edwards.
Joint men's champions of the 2011-12 Oxford Street-O Series, Ben Stevens and John Owens
The top three women in the 2011-12 Oxford Street-O Series, Anne Edwards, Marie-Anne Fischer and Carol Edwards
Congratulations to all and I hope to see you again when the street-o season restarts in September!