Sheldon Fell Race

[noel]

Then there are those, who have some compulsion to take smart phone photos of what are clearly provisional results and publish them on the internet independently of the RO - how is this helpful?

That's funny, I don't mind that at all. And indeed often take a photo of the top few to put on Twitter. It lets people who want to know who's won the race know before the full results are posted. Often the people who look at these tweets/posts are friends of those involved, so it's a chance to see how your mates have done.