CARE Adventure Race 2007 - Report

Swinley Forest, Bracknell played host to the fourth CARE Adventure Race on Saturday 31st March 2007.  

Grab those maps!
Grab those maps!
The 2007 event was split into two sections ? orienteering on foot and orienteering on a mountain bike.  Teams had five hours to collect as many control points as possible, half of which could be collected during the foot section and the other half could only be collected during the bike section.    This year, as a change to the normal format, teams were allowed to choose how they split their time between foot and bike within the allowed 5 hours, the only rule being that they had to complete a minimum of an hour on each.

Each orienteering point had a different value attached to it.  To win this race teams would need to apply astute course strategy to ensure maximum points in the allotted time.

If the physical challenge was not enough, the race was made harder with the introduction of mental challenges at the start of the race and at the swap over period between foot and bike.

Eighteen teams participated on the day, with a wide range of experience in adventure racing. The teams were broken down into three categories which related to the number of competitors in each team; this allowed all of the teams a fair chance of winning a prize.

The race started at 10am.  One person from each team had to collect a mathematic riddle from just beyond the start line and race back to the rest of their team.  Once the team had completed the mathematic riddle, they were issued with a map and clip card and were free to start collecting as many orienteering points on foot.  There were early leaders in each of the three sections after the running section of the event with ? To Mandy ?, ? Hewlett-Packard ? and ?BP Team 2? setting the early pace, with them all clearing the course in 2 hours 56, 3 hours 8 and 2 hours 39 respectively.

At the swap over teams were tasked with completing 2 mental challenges, a CARE International  quiz and a CARE International  word search, both designed to furnish the teams with information on CARE International?s work.  Once the team had completed the 2 quizzes, they were issued with a bike clip card and were free to start collecting as many orienteering points on bike as possible. 

The mountain biking section of the event saw the leading teams in the 2?s category ? team ?To Mandy? and 3?s category ? ?BP Team 2? cement their hold on their titles with ?BP Team 2? again clearing the course, though they overrun by 5 minutes.  In the 4?s category ?LSI Logic Ltd? took over the lead from ?Hewlett-Packard? with a strong performance on the bikes.

In the overall standings there was an outright winner who managed to get the highest score of any team during both sections of the event. Team ?BP Team 2? paved the way with a very impressive total of 400 points, with BP Team 3? coming second with 337 points and ?To Mandy? coming in third with 326 points.

The CARE Challenge Adventure Race was organised and managed by CARE International UK, with all profits from the race going towards CARE International?s work.  

 

No. Team Name Running / Walking Mountain Bike  

  Total Points Collected Total Points Collected Penalty
Points 		Total RACE
TOTAL
 
Teams of 2
8 To Mandy 205 135 -14 121 326
3 BP Team 1 180 120 0 120 300
15 Team Moka 145 150 0 150 295
16 WD&T Team 1 145 120 0 120 265
13 Starbucks Coffee 185 70 0 70 255
19 Syngenta Team 1 190 65 0 65 255
9 Venture Finance 160 95 0 95 255
14 Carillion Building 35 165 0 165 200
1 Waterstones Ltd 135 25 0 25 160
12 Sandy&Mieke 35 45 -16 29 64
 
Teams of 3  
4 BP Team 2 205 205 -10 195 400
5 BP Team 3 195 145 -3 142 337
6 Mark Shaw & team 140 175 0 175 315
18 Syngenta Team 2 160 100 0 100 260
17 WD&T Team 2 190 50 -5 45 235

Teams of 4
10 LSI Logic Ltd 145 145 0 145 290
11 Hewlett-Packard 205 70 -8 62 267
7 Fiona Wood & Team 140 65 0 65 205
 
 

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