Long Distance Mountain Bike Orienteering 14th July 2008
Thanks to everybody for turning out and
making it a great day. And congratulations to all who rode because I
think, all things considered, every team performed creditably.
The bare results tell one story but, of course, there were many others. The numerous and sometimes last minute team changes produced a tale or two. “Dateless” David Couche, on my reckoning, was potentially a member of three teams before finally joining Brian Swann and Tony Kimberlin at some time after 9.30. Chris Graves bounced back from being knocked off his bike by a car on Friday night to put in a solid four hour ride (our own Cadel Evans?). Brian “muscle contraction” Swann battled cramps for a good deal of his four hour ride but struggled manfully on to the end where a team was needed to prise him from his bike. Sue Merchant showed that she can cycle and run with a dashing performance to control 26 that kept spectators entertained. And young Aidan Francis, assisted by his Dad Jeff, took on the adults and the full four hours to post a competitive total.
It was good to see new people at the event and judging by their performances they all seem to be made of “the right (MTBO) stuff”. I hope to see you all at coming events, the next being a combined foot and bike one at Kersbrook on the 17th of August – see the SA Orienteering website for details – www.sa.orienteering.asn.au .
Finally, the LDMTBOTC was something of a departure from the normal MTBO format and as we have tentatively scheduled it for next year’s calendar I’d be interested in any comments you might have on the event. What was good, what was bad (apart from the wind), what you would change and all that kind of stuff.
Cheers
Bruce Greenhalgh
The bare results tell one story but, of course, there were many others. The numerous and sometimes last minute team changes produced a tale or two. “Dateless” David Couche, on my reckoning, was potentially a member of three teams before finally joining Brian Swann and Tony Kimberlin at some time after 9.30. Chris Graves bounced back from being knocked off his bike by a car on Friday night to put in a solid four hour ride (our own Cadel Evans?). Brian “muscle contraction” Swann battled cramps for a good deal of his four hour ride but struggled manfully on to the end where a team was needed to prise him from his bike. Sue Merchant showed that she can cycle and run with a dashing performance to control 26 that kept spectators entertained. And young Aidan Francis, assisted by his Dad Jeff, took on the adults and the full four hours to post a competitive total.
It was good to see new people at the event and judging by their performances they all seem to be made of “the right (MTBO) stuff”. I hope to see you all at coming events, the next being a combined foot and bike one at Kersbrook on the 17th of August – see the SA Orienteering website for details – www.sa.orienteering.asn.au .
Finally, the LDMTBOTC was something of a departure from the normal MTBO format and as we have tentatively scheduled it for next year’s calendar I’d be interested in any comments you might have on the event. What was good, what was bad (apart from the wind), what you would change and all that kind of stuff.
Cheers
Bruce Greenhalgh
| 2 Hour | |||
| Names | Class/hour | Points | Position /
Position in class |
| Steve Tregoweth, Peter Bertram, Jon Driscoll | Open male / 2 |
460 | 1 / 1 Open Male |
| Jenny D’Arcy, Helen Smith, Margrit Leuenberger | Open female / 2 |
150 | 2 / 1 Open female |