Park2 - Raymond Terrace
Looks like 2010 Clubman of the Year, Greg Bacon is not about to slow down this year. He's drawn us a new park map (with a little a little help from Russell Rigby) and provide us with a great afternoons entertainment at Raymond Terrace, running in and around the ponds and sporting field that make up King Park.
I'm amazed at how we competitors can still manage to add so many mistakes into these park events that on paper, actually look very easy. Many people overshot controls or tackled them out of order, creating automatic time penalties for themselves.
Heres a few words from Greg......
Thankfully the weather held out for the event and it turned out to be a good day for a fast sprint around the course. The comments from competitors were very positive, my biggest concern was losing controls as the area is fairly open and there were a few children eyeing off the controls. The long course was a little on the short side with around 4.6 k being the average distance. The times ended up very close. There is still more area that can be used but it would mean having two maps for the long course, maybe next time!
Russell Rigby fine tuned the map for me, it’s amazing how accurate the maps are once he has played around with it, thanks again Russell!
Thanks to Cheryl Todkill for the help at registration with assistance from Diane Charlton and Kerry and Sarah Bacon for the finish desk. Once again Mick Kavour was a great help on the set up. A big thanks to Peter Newton, Malcolm Roberts and the Orr Family for control collection after the event.