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