From T Robbo outerlimts.
Firstly thank you to everyone that helped the event happen. Al for use of his working farm, event management, Stage managers, stage marshals, scruitineering, event catering, scoring, PGS recovery, the water boys filling the toilets, front gate - everyone.
It really is a big effort that goes into making this event happen. I was running around all week end doing two jobs and by the end of it am 3 kilo's lighter As said earlier this is all made to happen by a group of people with full time jobs who pull together and put in some late nights and give up many week ends .
Whilst the event finishes on Sunday for competitors and spectators, much of the key event management dont get home until Monday or Tuesday. Unfortunately we dont have the scores up for you yet, but we will get them here as soon as we can.
Well done to all the teams who competed. The tracks really sorted out the competitors this year and this was demonstrated by the large variations in times. The top group of competitors were pulling similiar times on each stage, the bottom group of competitors were pulling similiar times, but the variation from top to bottom was significant.
With this type of sport sometimes we have hold ups and everyone has to wait while we get into some pretty awkward spots to pull cars out. During these breaks I used the time to chat to many people I didn't know and get to know them better. This included competitors, other marshals and some spectators, as well as handing out some spare maps and other information I had where needed.
Saturday and Sunday are two very different formats. Sunday is designed to be in a more compact area and is consequently faster. Last year you didn't like the driving format of Sunday so we brought winching back. Saturday is spread across the property and has more variation in the type of obstacles and the tracks are longer. As far as I can tell there are still a lot of people that like the opportunity to see the action on Saturday despite this. If I was coming to spectate on both days, i would probably try and locate the top group and follow them around for most of the day. You will have something to watch more consistently following these guys. I would then go back to my favourite tracks and watch the other teams do their thing and then realise how much skill those top teams have.
I for one am looking forward to seeing the dvd. I saw a few broken trucks at the end of each day but would love to see how they got into that shape.
A couple of gripes, the idiots in the car park doing doughnuts in the car park, the dad that I saw put a size 12 up his small sons back side hard enough to lift him off the ground who then told him off when he started to cry - I wish I was closer to you when that happened, and the few that pushed some fences down to get closer to the action on Sunday.
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Wannabe Jeeper.
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