Event Details
Club: | SWEMBO |
Event Name: | The Mendip Hills |
Date: | 08/09/13 |
Format: | MBO Score |
Mapping: | Ordnance Survey |
Time Limit: | 3 hrs or 2 hrs |
National League: | - |
League: | - |
Electronic Punch: | No |
Event Report
On a weekend that the weather forecasters kept promising rain all weekend, we were lucky to get away with just a light shower (until we starting taking in controls of course!!) The fine weather did have the slightly negative effect of encouraging more members of the public to venture out onto this fine area increasing the risk of check points being vandalized. Fortunately no controls were removed and no incidents were reported.
It was nice to see some new faces, I hope the event was good enough to encourage them to return.
The results show that the course was well planned with no two riders choosing the same route. The competition was closely fought with only 40 points separating 2nd to 10th place. The run away winner with 557 from a possible 600 points was Ifor Powell, sporting a new snazzy haircut. Jen Mason to 2nd place from Matthew Atkins by virtue of Matt going over time. Fiona Boyd & Oliver Moore won the Pairs category, Vanessa Lawson the Female Solo, with Louisa & Simon Burgess taking the 2 hours Category.
With the riders fed, watered and the trophies presented, it just left us to tidy up and collect the controls in. Having rode about 40 miles setting out and bringing in controls on this steep and rocky area without problems it was typical that I got a puncture collecting the final control in the High Street of the quaint medieval village of Axbridge!!!
After the hour long drive home we pulled up at home at 7pm happy with the way the event went.
I hope you all enjoyed it too!!!
Thanks for all of you that made the event worth putting on, and a big thanks to my two trusty helpers, Faye and Rich without who's help the event wouldn't have happened.
We look forward to seeing you all again at our next event in November(?)
Will Kromhout.