Bike Orienteering and BBQ
First of all apologies for the late review. With the regular editor, Vaughan, sunning himself in Majorca, it was left to me to fill the void . However, the morning after the BBQ I departed for London on the red eye and have yet to return.
Summer made a brief appearance as Desi welcomed us once again to enjoy his hospitality, with his wife, Janice and son Ryan busy preparing the food. Thanks also must go to Ed Smith's wife, Lorna for giving up her time to assist.
Any thoughts of a competitive free evening were soon dispelled as riders paired up to win and tactics were discussed under whispered conversations. Maeve, who once again had given up her time to research an excellent orienteering course, briefed the teams and set them off at one minute intervals. Seventeen points were to be found in just 45 minutes - mission impossible! With a 2 point deduction for every minute late after the cut-off, each team had to time trial between points to have any chance of getting back in under 45 minutes.
Further thanks must go to our event sponsor Peter McGuikan from Robinson McIlwaine Architects, www.rmi.uk.com/, for paying for the food.
Enda also deserves a mention for abandoning his team, The Incredibles and stopping in Saintfield to stuff his rucksack full of beer. Emma Kerr was busy snapping and the link for the photos can be found here:
1st Manogee Niall Magee & John McManus
2nd Two W's Willie Noteman & Wes Kyttle
3rd No Panic Tony McNulty & Emma Kerr
4th Kiwi Billy Kiwi & Bill Rafferty
5th Marky Mark Mark M & Mark H
6th The Incredibles Ali McConnell & Glen Pollock
7th Team Aisling Aisling & Aisling
8th Crippled &Crap Ed & Kate Smith
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