No marshall that I saw but, yes, race map did show that the course went left. In the defence of those of us who went wrong, the race map had an old line scribbled out on it which might've added to confusion. Still, it put a smile on the face of my better half when I told her what happened & was nice cammiradarie between those of us who went off route.Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Up till this year we used to go round the right bend on the track and left into woods after about 30 metres. The land owner, Ben Rimmington-Wilson, asked me if I could take a different route at the start and finish to avoid the sheep dog trials that had moved location for the first time. As the start of the race had changed I made a decision to make the route easier at the offending bend in the track as the course was different anway. I did put tape out that morning, about 2 hours before race start but will try to do it better next year. The original route was to avoid a line of barbed wire that is not there anymore.
2014 Results
1 JOSH WILLIAMS DARK PEAK M 24.29
2 ANDY SWIFT PFR & AC M 25.05
3 MICHAEL FANNING BORROWDALE M 26.09
4 NEIL NORTHROP DARK PEAK M 27.44
5 JONNY WILSON FAT BOYS M 27.55
6 DAREN NOCKELS KINGSTONE MV40 28.11
7 AUSTIN FROST DARK PEAK MV40 28.37
8 TIM TETT DARK PEAK MV50 29.00
9 IAN CHARLESWORTH PFR & AC MV50 30.50
10 RICHARD WHEELER VALLEY HILL MV40 31.59
11 GEORGE COOKE U/A M 32.00
12 PETER MORTON U/A MV50 32.20
13 ADI BAKER DARK PEAK MV50 32.24
14 ADRIAN TARASIUK BARNSLEY M 32.34
15 KRISTIAN GROOM DARK PEAK M 32.34
16 CHRIS WELL KINGSTONE M 32.38
17 STEVE SANDERS PFR & AC MV40 33.00
18 ANDREW CHALKLEY KINGSTONE MV40 33.21
19 WILLY KITCHEN DARK PEAK MV40 33.24
20 PETER STANLEY PFR & AC MV50 33.32
21 TIM WEBSTER PFR & AC MV40 34.09
22 NICK CABLE PFR & AC MV40 34.17
23 JUDY HOWELLS WHARFDALE LV40 34.23
24 MARK YATES KINGSTONE MV40 34.31
25 JOHN HOWSHAM PFR & AC MV40 34.49
26 BRENT LINDSAY PFR & AC MV50 35.09
27 SAMUEL WILLIAMS HOLME PIERPOINT M 35.09
28 HOWARD DARWIN ROTHERHAM MV40 35.22
29 EON CONNAUGHTON DPFR MV50 35.43
30 GARY DEAN PFR & AC MV40 36.33
31 BRIAN BRADDER PFR & AC M 37.16
32 DANIEL HECTOR U/A M 37.28
33 TOBY SIDES CALDER VALLEY MV40 37.28
34 WAYNE PARKINSON PFR & AC MV50 40.03
35 ALAN KNOX PFR & AC MV50 40.12
36 IAN MICKLETHWAITE KINGSTONE MV40 40.23
37 JOHN SELLERS KINGSTONE MV50 40.33
38 BRYAN HAGUE U/A MV50 40.44
39 JOHN DOWNING KINGSTONE MV60 40.45
40 MATTHEW METHLEY U/A M 40.49
41 ELIZABETH CHAMPION KINGSTONE L 40.52
42 BERNICE NIXON PFR & AC LV60 40.57
43 DAVE FOSTER PFR & AC MV50 41.04
44 CHRIS MOODY U/A MV40 41.25
45 BARRY NEEDLE DARK PEAK MV70 41.29
46 SHARON COOPER KINGSTONE LV40 41.32
47 STUART WOODHEAD PFR & AC MV50 41.35
48 TIM WADE KINGSTONE MV50 41.43
49 CRAIG DRONFIELD U/A MV50 41.48
50 CHARLOTTE WETTON CALDER VALLEY L 41.50
51 ADRIENN ANGYAL U/A L 42.26
52 BRIAN GREAVES U/A MV50 42.27
53 DAVID LEE KINGSTONE MV40 42.47
54 BARBARA HAIGH PFR & AC LV60 42.57
55 JANE COCKERTON PFR & AC LV50 47.20
56 CAROLYN PIERSE U/A L 47.20
57 ANNE ROWE U/A LV40 48.32
58 ALAN ASHFORTH HANDSWORTH MV60 48.38
59 CHARMIAN HEATON RETFORD LV50 54.30
60 ANDY PLUMMER PFR & AC MV50 54.30
Those of us who went wrong had a good laugh about it - something along the lines of each of us saying 'but I was following you!' I, for one, enjoyed the route (including the bit we went wrong on) which clocked in at same mileage by my watch. Ended up treating it more as a run than a race, which was a nice change. Country show was great & lovely friendly, grassroots feeling at the race - hopefully be back (& on route!) next year
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