Sunday October 3rd 2021

Multi-Tx DF 

Organiser  Tim M0BGE

Location   Fordham, NGR 927286  

Tim had used the Fordham site several times before but, since he was on holiday until just before the event, opportunities to search for a different location were limited.

He intended to use Saturday to plan our amusement and set up Txs on site. Unfortunately, the heavens opened that day, leaving only the very early Sunday morning option! However, as you will see from the results, he needn't have worried, the results were almost perfect, no one was able to complete the 10 tx course, which meant there was no waiting by Txs for early finishers. Gary almost did it though, finding 9 before having to make sure that his finds were banked at his Joker by 4pm.

What made an apparently straight forward distribution of Txs such a challenge?  The answer, as is so often the case in DF, was difficult terrain if you left paths and power lines.  The Ghost (Tx 1)  was very close to one but unusually as you approached its actual location, the signal pointed away from the line and Tx into the middle of an area of bushes.  This resulted in DFers running in different directions with views of each other obscured by undergrowth but then one of the closest ghost finishes we have had, with 4 of us suddenly arriving at the same spot at the same time. 

A also caused problems, though not particularly close to cables, bearings took some of us to the church and had us trapped with no obvious route to its location. Much under breath cursing occurred when the easy way in was discovered!   So, thanks for all your efforts Tim, a great event.













Somewhere under the rainbow ...  Chris  .... help!
Can you see / hear my 'Only for the smart' phone, it's escaped again?


    Results

Pos Competitor Hcap Joker A B C F G H K L M 1 Score Raw % Total
1 Gary P 100 C 40 40 80 26 26 26 15 17 0 40 310 100 210
2 George F 40 L 23 23 26 0 0 0 40 80 40 0 232 74 192
3 Roy E 69 K 15 0 0 23 23 23 64 32 26 26 232 74 163
4 Philip C 119 G 17 0 0 40 80 40 23 23 23 32 278 89 159
5 Richard S 54 H 0 0 0 32 32 64 20 20 20 0 188 60 134
6 Steve S 63 M 20 20 0 0 0 0 26 26 64 23 179 57 116
7 Chris I 2 A 64 26 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 107 34 105
8 Colin M 51 B 26 64 32 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 45 91


  Times (for info only)

Competitor Joker A B C F G H K L M 1 Validation
Chris I A 14:02:23 14:25:53



15:25:02


15:43:18
Colin M B 14:30:48 13:51:15 14:09:32 15:20:38





15:42:24
Gary P C 13:41:47 13:50:48 14:09:21 14:53:15 15:03:02 15:12:32 15:30:29 15:43:50
14:42:39 15:58:19
George F L 14:46:19 14:56:06 15:16:56


13:45:54 13:59:27 14:17:23
15:50:28
Philip C G 15:26:08

13:47:08 14:00:46 14:19:21 14:50:56 15:01:48 15:11:32 14:42:48 15:44:29
Richard S H


13:47:32 14:35:45 14:19:54 15:00:17 15:10:11 15:26:34
15:53:37
Roy E K 15:36:15

14:53:25 15:03:10 15:12:55 13:51:26 14:05:09 14:18:39 14:43:00 15:53:29
Steve S M 15:16:22 15:11:54



14:35:05 14:28:20 14:18:30 14:43:10 15:42:27

 
  Rosie and Bob elected to walk around registering times without scoring points.


 A B   C 
F G   H 
K L  M
 1
Bob S-NC 14:07:45 14:42:09







Rosie M-NC 13:51:21 14:25:32
15:52:54 15:56:58
15:30:38 15:20:46





Picnic anyone?







 Star, Hero, first at the ghost - Gary had nailed them all!


Above George, clean sweep at KLM. Right YT gets the OAP award.

  Hero trophy
 
  While Colin F was on holiday Gary sneaked up and grabbed the trophy again.
 
                                             

  Well done Gary!         

   HP  point changes for this event

Competitor Handicap Points Awarded Discard New HP
Gary P 100 50 10 140
George F 40 10 0 50
Roy E 69 3 0 72
Tim P 72 5 10 67
Philip C 119 0 10 109
Richard S 54
10 44
Steve S 63 0 10 53
Chris I 2 0 0 2
Colin M 51 0 10 41

See all a full list of HPs here

 
  Proposed changes to points awarded for 2nd and 3rd places from 2022

        

          Current values                                                                                                        New values

   It is hoped that the above will increase the activity at the top of the Hero League.


  Next event October 31st - watch the Multi-Tx noticeboard for details.