Big Foot Sprints

The 19th running of the BigFoot Sprints was staged on the Crimson Hill Map. Crimson Hill is the latest designer enclave just on the western edge of Lindfield and for the residents the bush surrounding the residences must be a huge attraction. There is a high school being built in the area so it should be a great area for a sprint in the future with a juicy mix of buildings and bush!

Qualifier

Anyone in the "gun runner" category must have fancied their chances for a win however all hopes were dashed when Julian Dent rode into town. Julian,  having spent some 15 years competing at international level plus living in Sweden for the past 5 years, was just too fast. His combined times for the two races of 16.44 was faster than 2/3 of the fields time for just one leg. Ondrej, in 2nd place,  mind you only dropped 49 seconds to Julian in the second race. Third placed was another ex- elite Grant Bluett.
In the women's race it was Shannon Jones from ACT who lead the field home finishing in 23.20. Paula Shingler was 2nd just 26 seconds behind. Third was Tracy Bluett.

The Chase

The leg start to 1 was interesting - do you go left or right. I went left but I wonder if left was faster?

Up and coming junior Serena had a very comfortable win on the Entree Course.

As for the Uringan brigade:
2. Ondrej 19.16
10. Shane 23.30
21. Linda 30.08
31. Ian McK 38.50
36 Maree 41.32
42. Ron 48.01
43. Dave 48.05
47. Gayle 61.49

Entree Course
1. Serena 10.14

I wonder how much closer Shane would have been to the top of the list, mind you top ten is nothing to be sneezed at, as he lost his glasses at control 5 on the first map and ran "blind" for the remainder of the race. He returned to the area and located his glasses.
The "crocs" Dave and Ron had a battle royal with Dave's superior navigation eating into Ron's first race lead and he made  his passing move between 10 /11. Alas for Dave a sprint by Ron to the finish meant he kept his nose in front overall.