Thankfully cell phone coverage was good and we were getting reports from the sweep team (Alan and Stuart B) that all sorts of disasters were happening, not only to the competitors, but to themselves !!!
The Animal stuck, even with 35" tyres, photo by Alan Passmore
Alan P forgot to look before he leapt, photo by Stuart B (The Animal)
The teams began arriving with Alex first and then Alan T shortly afterwards
The first teams enjoy refreshments sponsored by A&E
Prasad and his team came in third and finally the remainder herded by the sweep team all arrived with teams 1 and 6 failing to visit all waypoints
Chris Crompton's Rangie lost the front bumper and was replaced by a set of sand ladders
The main criteria for winning was the average difference in Km between the start and finish of each vehicle, and the winning team with an average of 30Km was Team 3 (Alan T, Peter GT and Kaye).
Above, Squire Prasad
Prasad's team with 39.5Km was second
Ajay's team with 40.33Km was third
And Alex's team with 49.0Km was fourth
Above the FINISH
Very interesting day out, lots of lessons learnt and we departed around 5.30 pm with plans for the next event already being worked out
