Once
again the Weardale Off Road Centre was the setting for a great
weekends off roading.
Saturday's
driving day was well attended as members took the opportunity
to put themselves and their vehicles through their paces
on the site's varying terrain. The mix of severe and easy
routes around the site allowed everyone to find a suitable
level.
Sunday
was the competition day with an off road challenge event run
under the MSA's Off Road Challenge event permit comprising orienteering,
trials and gymkhana. This gave us a much broader range of options
for the event and gave this year's event more of the elements
of challenge events that have been run for years by a number
of organisations and companies. Unlike most challenge events
(and in keeping with the club's philosophy) the Weardale challenge
event is kept at an accessible level with limited equipment
allowing everyone to compete on level terms. No winches or GPS
units were allowed so the navigators had to navigate using the
supplied maps.
This
year's event comprised of a prologue, 9 pairs of punches
and 4 challenges.
Pictures
from the driving Day can be seen here.
Results
Challenges:
PS = Psychopath Sykes
PP = Pam's Peril
LW = Load of Waffle
IL = It's a lairt
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| Team |
Competitors |
Vehicles |
Punch
Score |
Challenges |
Penalty |
Total |
Position |
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PS |
PP |
LW |
IL |
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| 5 |
Paul Everett,
Tim Frankland |
110
110 |
400 |
- |
400 |
400 |
325 |
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1525 |
1 |
| 6 |
Martin Ellis, Rachel
Mark Shaw
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Range Rover
90 |
300 |
400 |
- |
400 |
350 |
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1450 |
2 |
| 3 |
Bob Christmas, Alix Craven
Mark Robson, Amanda Taylor |
90
90 |
400 |
- |
- |
400 |
390 |
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1190 |
3 |
| 10 |
Dave Leach
Nick Buckham, Dave Thompson |
Ibex
90 |
400 |
- |
- |
400 |
325 |
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1125 |
4 |
| 8 |
Mick Simpson, Olly
Richard Adcock
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110
90 |
200 |
- |
- |
320 |
330 |
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850 |
5 |
| 9 |
Brian Crabtree, Ian Rogers
John Lynne, Bob Tiffany |
90
Jeep |
300 |
- |
- |
400 |
- |
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700 |
6 |
| 4 |
Mark Ferdinand, Claire
Wayne Lowther
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90
90 |
300 |
- |
- |
400 |
- |
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700 |
6 |
| 1 |
Nick Clayton, Sara
Hadyn |
90
110 |
200 |
- |
- |
200 |
285 |
10 |
675 |
8 |
| 12 |
Michael Collins, Jerry Shaw
Andy Gower
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109
S3 Hybrid |
300 |
- |
- |
- |
300 |
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600 |
9 |
| 7 |
Jason
Steve Wise, Rachel |
110
90 |
200 |
- |
- |
- |
325 |
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525 |
10 |
| 11 |
Steve Barras
Rhona |
Ibex
Suzuki |
100 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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100 |
11 |
| 2 |
Nick Adams, Andy
Nigel Harness, Simon
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Discovery
Lightweight |
100 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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100 |
11 |
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