VENTNOR DOWN

Sunday 18^th January 2009

Report

When Sue volunteered us to plan the Ventnor Downs event, it did not seem too bad an idea, as we had never planned on this area. We soon realised that putting out controls on the top of Ventnor Downs early on a Sunday morning in the middle of January would probably not be very inviting, and it proved to be so. The wind was blowing, it was very cold and it was still dark at 7am, but that did not put off the 60 or so competitors who turned up.

The Yellow course was a bit longer than usual, but it was not too taxing.

We tried to make the Orange course varied with quite a few different control sites. It would seem that those who did the Map Corrections probably had quicker times than those that didn't. There was a notice on the Today's Event board for Orange, Light Green and Green to do Map Corrections. It would probably help if competitors read the notices at Registration.

There were also quite a few competitors with cards incomplete at the Start. These cards need to be filled in correctly so that the Start and Finish team can match the two parts of the card together to make sure everyone has returned.

Light Green times were quite varied, with Andrew Barrington-White completing the course in a very quick time of 39mins 28secs.

Trevor Ould completed The Green course in a very respectable time of 55mins 46secs, having run from home in Shanklin, then having to run home again.

Thanks to Kevin and Vanessa for planning and putting out the String, a lot of hard work for only 2 competitors.

Hope that all who turned up enjoyed their courses.

Sue and Glyn Williams, Planners