Handicap Race and Awards Night 19/12/07
Its probably not very politically correct to call a race handicapped. Special needs race or even different needs doesn't really tell the story properly. One thing was for sure, it was hats off to Richard for putting quite a bit of energy and thought into the splendid organisation of this event, which immediately preceded the annual Awards Night.
Richard has a positive experience with Handicap Races; recently winning the Water of Leith Race with an outstanding performance. And he has just the right sort of mind for calculating the start times of the entire club so that we all finished within a couple of minutes of each other after running the 4 miles road race course. And he did well to deal with all the complaints and winjing about who should be starting before whom.
All in all a great success though probably some fine tuning required before the next anticipated running of the same which may well be in three weeks time before the AGM in January. (I did think that Iain D's sprinting / short distance ability had been underestimated!) However well done to everyone who took part on one of the coldest nights of the year. Especially Iain Duckworth, Sarah Laing and Paul Edwards who came first, second and third. Bert and Big John Blair had been out racing the night before and so had a very good excuse for not making their predicted times - I think John got the prize for furthest from his anticipated finish, while Scott Jarvie got a prize for nearest to his anticipated time.
and then there was one....Handicap results here
Then onto Awards night. Championship results here. With Douglas abroad and Karen busy elsewhere, Lynn took the helm and led us through the various awards. The George Montgomery trophy was awarded to Coach Gordon for years of dedication and service to the club.
