Thank you Lordshill and Wessex, we were blessed with dry weather, but by the look of you coming in I think it may have been a tad soggy on the course!  Here is the feedback received:

• We really enjoyed the CC6 today and the extra effort by the marshals was outstanding.
• Everyone enjoyed the course and the cakes were excellent.
• Perhaps one of my favourite races, its  a bit like a chocolate with a soft centre, except replace the chocolate for mud.  Nice and technical, and some faster stretches too, I don’t remember so many santa marshals this time compared to previous years and the cake selection was great too.
• While it was very muddy, this is one of our favourite fixtures and it was great to see so many marshall’s dressed for the festive occasion!  Please extend our thanks to Lordshill & Wessex.
• Many thanks for a great race today (especially the cakes for us spectators).
• Great race today – many thanks to you and all the very encouraging marshals for a well organised event.

Thanks for sending the results in so promptly, and (mostly) on the Excel sheets.  Merry Christmas everyone!

RESULTS NOW COMPLETE!

Remember, please send your club results by 7pm on the Sunday using the Excel template provided. Let me if you need another.

Many thanks to Hardley for putting on a great race, and providing plenty of nourishment!  It was a bit chilly, but we soon warmed up, didn’t we?!  Unfortunately there is one ‘incident’ to report.  Apparently one of our runners had an altercation with a dog walker.  Please don’t swear at dog walkers, they have just as much right to be there as us, just think of them as an extra obstacle to get round.  Don’t waste valuable running energy on getting cross!

Jeremy, from Hardley was on the camera today, and you can see yourself in action HERE.

See you on the 13th December!

 

NEWSFLASH!!  Romsey’s CC6 in January has changed dates from 24th Jan to 31st Jan 2016.

Don’t forget to email results to dimatt@btinternet.com  (Martin’s btopenreach address is no longer valid)

Very many thanks to Paul Hammond for his usual high quality snapping.  You can see his pics here:

https://hammy8241.smugmug.com/CC6/CC6-201516-

We can get our renvenge, as he’ll be running the rest of the CC6s!

Fixtures and venues for 2015/16 season as follows

11th October – Fleming Park, Eastleigh

22nd November – Dibden Inclosure, Dibden Purlieu

13th December – Janesmore Pond, Stoney Cross

10th January – Badger Farm, Olivers Battery, Winchester

31st January* – Kings Garn Inclosure, Stoney Cross – note revised date

21st February* – Dennywood, New Forest – *note revised date

6th March – Wilverley Inclosure, New Forest

all races start 09.30

What a great way to finish off the season as 146 runners enjoyed nice sunshine, a good hard course, plus tea and cakes to round it off – thank you New Forest and Lymington Tri for your efforts

Todays results are now uploaded – final individual series positions to follow hopefully posted by the middle of the week at the latest

Well done to Mike Gregory from Stubbington and Kath Bailey from Winchester who won todays race and congratulations to Helen Wallington from Totton and James Phillips from Lymington Tri who came first overall in the series

In  todays race the team winners were Lordshill in the mens and Winchester in the ladies – the series winners were Lordshill men, Totton ladies and Lordshill in the combined. My apologies if you saw the earlier version where i had the incorrect series winners shown.

and here’s the feedback received about todays race

Some races have quicksand. Some races have great cake. Surely this is the only one with both!!! Great way to end the series

A great course, how many hills you can possibly fit in, some nice sand and some good mud and water

Please find attached the  results from this morning. 14 of us and we all seemed
to enjoy it, even the quicksand.

What an amazing day for a CC6!!!  Conditions were perfect!!!!!  Thoroughly enjoyed by
all – especially the cake!

Just about recovered from that VERY HARD run, but what beautiful weather!  Couldn’t have been better!

and so the last race of the season with glorious sun shine, cakes galore and even tea (I think a first), this sets the bar rather high for the other clubs next season!  I am pleased to say the quick sand did not claim any of our runners.

Maybe we should set up a cake competition to judge the best hosts for 2015/16?

info from race organiser attached for the last cc6 race of the series on 1st March

2015_cc6_nfr_competitor_handout

just a reminder you can find photos from most cc6 races, including todays festive race, on Paul Hammonds website – http://hammy8241.smugmug.com/CC6/CC6-2014-/CC6-No4-Janesmoor-Pond-141214/

Thank you Paul

are as follows

12th October – Fleming Park, Eastleigh- Eastleigh/Stubbington to host

9th November – Dibden Enclosure, Dibden Purlieu – Hardley hosting

23rd November – Kings Enclosure, Stoney X – Romsey/Halterworth hosting

14th December – Janesmore Pond, Stoney X – Lordshill/Wessex to host

11th January – Badgers Farm, Winchester – Winchester, Southampton and R.Sisters to host

15th February – Denny Wood, New Forest – Totton hosting

1st March – Wilverley, New Forest – Lymington Tri/New Forest to host

welcome to another cc6 season.

the cc6 agm was  held on the 27th August and fixtures / venues agreed but will need to wait a week or so before publishing (as need forestry commision to agree the forest dates) though 1st race of the season is pencilled in for October 12th at Fleming Park, to be hosted by Eastleigh and Stubbington, who we welcomed to the league this season

Agreed at the meeting to retain the 7 race format but reduce individual scoring to best 4 races, rather than 5. Team scoring remains same at 6 out of 7.

Also agreed to line up with rr10 league and not allow runners to compete in ‘home’ races as it was felt this was leaving the clubs with fewer members at a disadvantage to the ‘larger’ clubs.

Martin