...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!)
We finished 7th out of 16,
Furrow Hopper Photos