Gordon Sprint 1 – 24/4/24

Full results are HERE

Thank you for coming along to the first event of the summer sprint series at Gordon Community Woodland. I hope you enjoyed your run and your feet did not get too wet.

I was delighted that the weather was fair on the evening of the event, a couple of my reconnaissance trips in the weeks prior to the event were in heavy rain and on one occasion good parts of the area were underwater. In planning the Sprint course I wanted to give competitors stretches of good running, offer some opportunity for route choice and try to ensure the winning time was between 15 and 20 minutes.

As ever I had great help from other Reivers in organising. Lindsey helped with the computing aspects of the planning and entries , Robin provided updates of the map and also arrived early to help set up. After the event I had lots of volunteers to help with “putting the toys back in the box”. Michael, Robin, Bridget, Judith, Ian and Paul collecting in controls, banners and signs while Lindsey checked the SI units and putting them to bed.

Finally thanks to Gordon Community Woodland for allowing us to use the forest for the event.

Rob Cranston, Planner/Organiser

Sprint Sprint Series 2024

The entry form for our sprint sprint series is now available HERE

You can fill in one form if you know your likely attendance, or fill in one per race, but note that entries close one week before each race which means the first race at Gordon needs entered by bedtime on 17/4. Late entries may not get you an entry and also cause a lot of extra work so please pre-enter if you can.

Bowmont event 6/4/24

It was windy in the car park but quite warm in the woods, thanks to everyone who braved the weather forecast and came along. Results with split times are HERE

Thanks to Andrew for the updated map and doing the planning/organising plus the control collectors of Eileen, James, Judith, Rob and Robin.