SS3 Event Wrapup
Thursday, 9 June 2011
After the Newcastle club successfully held one of their summer BOSS
events on a foot orienteering map of Brush Creek it was decided that if
the map were updated to MTBO standards it could be used for a Super
Series event. Being a fairly small area but with an extensive single
track network we thought it suited a middle distance format best.
There
was plenty of rain in the two weeks leading up to the event but
thankfully the last two days were rain free. The tracks were still wet
and the usual posse of motorbikes were out ripping them up some more.
However, 55 competitors still turned up to face the starter, most of
whom made it around unscathed although somewhat muddy. Most of the post
race comments were about the navigational challenge rather than the bike
riding difficulties. (There were some constructive comments about the
map too which I will take on board. The not-so constructive comments I
will ignore!)
The courses were somewhat shorter than the guidelines suggested for a
middle distance event but the winning times were still a little bit
long. I think that if it had been dry then maybe the winning times would
have been close to the guidelines.
A big thank you to those who turned up and competed and an even bigger
thank you to those who
helped me out on the day…Carolyn Matthews and Tim
Hackney on registration and finish, Joshua Roberts at the start, David
West at set up and finally Damien Welbourne, Steven Todkill, Matt Bacon,
Alex Massey and Joshua Roberts for control collection.
Malcolm Roberts
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