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SOC doesn't win the Furrow Hoppers Trophy
...thats about all we know. I don't suspect we were last either, but until the results appear on the Wimborne site, we'll pretend we were 4th (they announced the top 3 on the day). 2 cross-country/urban, 1 urban and 1 cross country/urban map memory courses had to be run 3 times each by teams of 5 people.
The team (as organised by Simon Whipple) was:
Simon Whipple, Matthew Whipple, Paul Whipple, Philip Eeles, Sam Massey
It was all quite frenetic as 4 of us took off for first leg in different directions, leaving Paul to run leg 2 of the same course as the first person back. That proved to be Matthew after a whirlwind 10min leg, I then arrived, gave my course to Matt and had a 2 min breather before Philip was back. After running that leg, I arrived back at the changover expecting a rest, but there was a map waiting, so it was straight back out.
Unfortunately for Paul, it worked out that he had to run the 3rd leg of the map-memory, which although took in a very picturesque reach of the river Stour; the memory test wasnt on Pauls sunday morning wish list (nor mine for that matter). I think we completed the courses in around 48 mins (with no mispunches!) and I think everyone enjoyed running around the rather luxourious campus that the pupils at Bryanston school enjoy (I think they have a tennis court each!)
It'd be good to get some more SOC entrants next year (especially considering the overly generous age handicapping system in use!)
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We finished 7th out of 16,
Furrow Hopper Photos