STRING COURSE

The woodland area to the south-west of the main start lends itself well to planning a string course. When I first visited the area in early June, the biggest unknown was how much more the brambles and nettles would grow across the woodland paths. In the event, the nettles weren’t too bad and the brambles weren’t too fierce but needed a trim on one path in particular.

Our initial course felt quite long so I did a trial run with my daughters Jennifer and Nicola. This suggested that the run times would be about right. Controller Tim thought the course was about the maximum length too but reviewing the run times I don’t think we over stretched anyone too much. The main disadvantage of the distance was the time taken to unwind the string and then wind it all back again afterwards.

Thank you to my wife, Susan, for support throughout and particularly for removing obstacles from the course and help winding in the string. Thank you to Jennifer and Nicola for choosing the control pictures, manning the start and finish and advice throughout.

Simon Rowlett (organiser, planner and results)

Name	Class	Club	Start time	Finish time	Time taken
Bryan Muggeridge	M9	HAVOC	10:10	10:28	0:18
Shane Muggeridge	M5	HAVOC	10:10	10:29	0:19
Nicholas Jarvis	M7	SO	10:26	10:36	0:10
Tom Jarvis	M4	SO	10:27	10:46	0:19
Bryan Muggeridge (2nd run)	M9	HAVOC	10:32	10:46	0:14
Shane Muggeridge (2nd run)	M5	HAVOC	10:32	10:46	0:14
Nicola Rowlett	W7	MV	10:45	10:53	0:08
Jennifer Rowlett	W9	MV	10:55	11:03	0:08
Ellie Brown	W5	SN	11:15	11:44	0:29
Alex Brown	M4	SN	11:16	11:38	0:22
Christopher Green	M5	MV	11:23	11:47	0:24
Rachel Andrews	W6	SLOW	11:31	11:51	0:20
William Andrews	M4	SLOW	11:31	11:51	0:20
Lucy Armitage	W4	SLOW	11:37	11:58	0:21
Christopher Burt	M6	BKO	11:44	11:59	0:15
Jennifer Rowlett (2nd run)	W9	MV	12:10	12:20	0:10
Nicola Rowlett (2nd run)	W7	MV	12:12	12:21	0:09

EPSOM DOWNS FROLIC

6 JULY 2003

STRING COURSE