SYO National Event Event - Burbage
3 December 2000
STRING COURSE
The String Course took place in the woods to the north-east of the finish. Wellies were advised, though not compulsory. The approach was a little hair-raising for the earliest competitors who had to negotiate two lanes of on-coming traffic as vehicles approached the parking field; Ruth Charles did sterling work directing traffic; drivers were careful and parents were very understanding.
Thank you to the children and adults who contributed to the unusually large number of compliments received about the course, which wove between trees, in and out of deep leafy gullies with just enough headroom for under sevens, and finally down a footpath-cum-stream. Larger participants were forced to make route choices about following the string - to be or not to be decapitated?
The prizes of satsumas or raisins were festive, although our own member Philip Weigand, the first competitor, ran in to the finish and asked for his lollypop!
Thanks go to Kirsty and Lucy Hanley for checking out the course early on in their all-terrain double buggy and then staying for nearly two hours to give out celebrity cuddles while their parents worked tirelessly on the start and finish. (They appear to be getting used to hard work)
Thank you to David McShane and Fiona Sutherland for their time 'clipping' brambles to make the course safe, and to all the children who helped with damming the gully to assist little ones to cross it with dry feet. Well done all of you!
Jim and Ruth Sutherland
Name Age Club Time
Philip Weigand 2 SYO 13.30
Kirsty Hanley 0.5 SYO 17.00
Lucy Hanley 0.5 SYO 17.00
Luke Addison 6 DVO 5.00
Jessica Addison 8 DVO 6.30
Kera Browne 5 SROC 5.30
Zoe Chaffey 4 DVO 20.00
Nichola Jackson 17.00
Hazel Browne 4 SROC 27.00
Mary Emberton 7 EPOC 5.30
Will Emberton 4 EPOC 12.00
Jessica Gale 4 DVO 15.00
Ryan Wilson 8 SYO 4.00
Joy Hodkinson 5 NOC 12.30
Samuel Horsewill 7 NOC 8.00
Hannah Horsewill 4 NOC 9.00
Niall Ward-O'Brian 6 EPOC 8.00
Brendan Ward-O'Brian 4 EPOC 15.00
Louis Gardner 7 IND 7.30
Max Gardner 4 IND 14.00
Toby Gardner 2 IND 14.00
Michael Adams 4 SYO 20.00
Louise Adams 2 SYO 20.00
Miles Gilleard 12 AIRE 17.00
Fiona Sutherland 5 SYO 8.00
Pippa Mallon 5 MDOC 18.30
Rebecca Humphries 5 MDOC 18.30
Christopher Jackson 4 DEE 19.00
Sarah Jackson 2 DEE 19.00
Andrew Sutherland 8 SYO 4.00
Matthew Drew 5 NOC 9.00
Katherine Drew 5 NOC 12.30
Aiden Smith 5 SYO 9.00
Joanna Smith 2 SYO 15.00
Jenny Evans 7 NOC 7.30
Laura Evans 10 NOC 14.00
Edward Stuart 12 AIRE 3.30
Charlotte Lloyd 8 EPOC 9.30
Amy Kimberley 5 DVO 7.00
Joe Woodley 4 AIRE 11.00
Beth Woodley 6 AIRE 6.00
Andrew Geddis 2 DEE 39.00
Peter Hodkinson 9 NOC 3.00
Davy 5 AIRE 8.00
Sam 9 AIRE 3.30
Joe Elliot 6 NOC 11.00
Max Elliot 4 NOC 10.00
Alex Whitehead 9 DVO 3.00
Daniel Kimberley 12 DVO 3.00
Rowen Capper 4 EBOR 15.00
Clare Sutherland 12 SYO 3.30