Independence
Day 2004
It
was the day of the underdog.
Bill
staggers the World of DF by beating Brian by over an hour, and a station!
The
The
advantage of having the start on the Sea wall at Manningtree is it looks
straight down the river to Harwich and is ideal to determine which side of the
The
anticipation was most teams would head for north east
The
time taken at both sites to find the TX’s varied considerably.
Bill was the first to find a station at
The A station was located on the west side of the River Deben at Kirton Creek – most people coming in from the little village of Hemley. The site was bounded by the muddy estuary and drainage ditch. Ariel was a ‘U’ array around the field – Ian hidden at the top of the hill under good cover.
Ian
had toyed with hiding across the River at Ramsholt, which would have meant
going off the map via
B
station was on a hill at Trimley St Mary. This use to command a good view of
Well
done Bill, not forgetting the other half of the winning team - Doreen whose
vital contribution to the success of the day, whilst waiting in the car for
the
A
good day overall with the rain just holding off until the event finished with
a tea at Bramford Church hall, served up by the other half of the Cunningham
household.
Philip gave out the results Caroline saw that we were well fed
Bill - First Roy - Second Doreen - First Lady
Full
results:
Position |
Competitor |
Finish |
Time
A |
Time
B |
1 |
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2 |
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3 |
Andrew
Mead |
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4 |
Geoff
Foster |
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5 |
Colin
Merry |
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6 |
Peter
Larbalestier |
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7 |
Steve
Stone |
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8 |
Dick
Brocks |
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9 |
George
Whenham |
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10 |
Brian
Bristow |
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Report by Philip, pictures Philip, Raymond, Tim and John.