White Course 1.13 km
Tim Vennell 13:34
Liam Dalton Wai 14:18
Kerrie Cogger 14:53
Sarah Young Chilton 20:20
Chaucey Ellis & Ethan HV 21:21
Janeen Jones & Ollie Jones 21:59
Elle Ratcliffe 22:24
Jessica Rea 30:05
Megan 30:05
Emma Rudge W 31:08
Lavenia and Shanon 35:33
Shantay Finch 37:40

Yellow Park 1.23 km
Ollie Jones 28:04
Ethan Wright 28:27
Chaucey Ellis 29:30
Elle Ratcliffe 43:00

Yellow Explorer 2.5 km
James Scott HV 18:38
Chris Sutton W 23:25
Paul Clarke W 23:43
Emily Sutton W 27:33
Emily Dinsdale W 27:35
Philippa Henderson HV 28:48
Tony van Dyk HV 29:18
Simon Teesdale + Paul W 29:56
Beverley Holder W 30:00
The Strollers 35:49
Xavier & Simon Faulkner W 38:37
Peat Family W 48:18
Quinn, Munro & Shea 53:33

Heads and Trails 6
Dick Dinsdale W 64:40 W4,5,6 E7,9,10
John Marshall W 69:59 W2,3,4 E7,9,10
Rebecca Sutton W 100:30 W2,3,4 E7,9,10
Claire Dinsdale W 100:30 W2,3,4 E7,9,10
McPherson Family Had fun but had to finish early

Heads and Trails 8
Bill Edwards HV 60:10 W3,4,5,6 E7,8,9,10
Jason van Dyk HV 71:42 W1,2,3,4 E7,9,10,11
Paul Dalton Wai 72:10 W3,4,5,6 E7,8,9,10
Bruce Dryden KH 84:33 W1,2,3,4 E7,8,9,10
Peter Bakos HV 90:35 W1,2,3,4 E7,9,10,11

Heads and Trails 10
Al Adams HV 84:43 W1,2,3,4,6 E7,8,9,10,11
Pat van Berkel HV 101:25
Bruce Worsley HV 111:24 W2,3,4,5,6 E7,8,9,10,11

Lovely day! Thanks to everyone who turned up, my impression was you all enjoyed yourself despite the vanishing controls. An unfortunate fact of life when we have races in public areas. I have to admire the imagination behind the "east corner of building" being transplanted to "building, upper part" but wish they had stopped there. I'm glad I thought to provide a longer yellow-ish course as that was particularly popular, with even some of the newcomers stepping straight up from the white to the "explorer" for their second go.

The Heads and Trails concept worked really well, with everyone coming back bubbling. A few admitted to having trouble adjusting to the scale whenever they changed maps, or finding the park navigation quite a challenge after coming off the streets - exactly what I wanted to hear! I'd intended to take split times for as many people as possible as they came through the transitions, but was too busy chasing and replacing disappearing controls. But I can tell you that Bill got through the park loop in 10:43 (for 1.65 km). Anyone else think they came close? I'm sorry I underestimated the winning times by just a tad - maybe I'm getting fitter and faster than I realise. But most were happy to have had a long run. The concept could use a bit of fine tuning in some areas, but I hope a few other course-setters give it a try from time to time: if for no other reason, I'd like to have a go some time!

Creativity awards go to the surprising number of people who drew the concrete blocks at W3 as well as counting them, and to someone I won't name (but whose initials might be J, v and D) who tells me that the 3 letter code on the pylon was "2", and that there were "GYT" earth mounds on the BMX track.

And big thanks to those who helped out (and those who offered but I couldn't find jobs for) on the day, especially Bruce Henderson who came despite not being able to run, and basically held the fort ALL day while I was off playing security guard.

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