Chief Eskimos of the Iceberg Series: Ackerly, Goddard, Dodd and Budge

Thursday, 19 August 2010

Presentations for the 2010 Iceberg Night series were held on a suitably very chilly night after the first Spring series event in Rosanna on Wednesday night.

The prizes for our best brass monkeys went as follows:

Course A: Bryan Ackerly had 6 wins over the 10 event series to get the maximum 600 points, with Andrew Baker 2nd and Tony Bird pipping Ian Davies for 3rd. Other A course winners were Colin Pearce (A2), Ian Greenwood (A3) and Dale Howe (A4), hopefully on the mend from her broken wrist.

Mark Jarvis - 2nd in A3, one point behind Ian Greenwood.

Course B: After a ding-dong battle Jamie Goddard (with 5 wins and 599 points) just topped Bruce Paterson (4 wins and 597 points), with Kristian Ruuska close behind in 3rd. Also victorious were David Prentice (B2) and Robyn Hall (B3). Jamie is making the move to the A course for the Spring series, which will make things extra interesting there. (He had a good run to finish 4th in A on Wednesday night.)

Jamie Goddard - winner of Course B

Course C: Ex-Prez Ian Dodd had a solid win that included 5 wins, with Stephen Brown 2nd and Clifford Heath 3rd. Other celebrating C coursers were Peter Yeates (C2) and Debbie Dodd (C3).

MC Dodd donned winner of Course C by his "gorgeous assistant" Debbie (winner of C3)

Power Walking: Len Budge led in the big Power Walking field, receiving maximum points from his 6 wins, with Greg Cavill his closest rival (596 points) and Barry Giles nosing out Ron Frederick for 3rd. Other walking winners were Bernie Shuttleworth (PW2), Peter Mummery (PW3) and Keith Anker (PW4).

Bernie Shuttleworth, series coordinator and Power Walking Div 2 winner

Congratulations to ALL!! Good luck to everyone in the Spring series.

Some quick notes on our last couple of events...

Blackburn North - Wednesday 11 August

Despite a very scarey forecast of strong winds and rain, 67 brave souls turned out for the last event of the Iceberg series. We were actually lucky enough to score a bit of a break in the weather, with only steady drizzle prevailing for period of the event. There weren't as many pulped control cards as the week before!

Andrew Baker had his first win of the series on the A course. Your roving reporter can confirm seeing series winner Bryan Ackerly turn one street too early for control 18 after coming out of control 6, which may have helped open the door for Andrew.

Jamie Goddard had a good win on B course to help secure his series victory, while Clifford Heath had his first C course win of the series. beating in his main protagonists (Stephen Brown and Ian Dodd), who both finished a minute late.

Len Budge took out a closely fought Power Walking event.

The consensus among some long course runners was that those who grabbed control 7 first (in the middle of the course) made the right move. (See map below.)

Hilly Heidelberg - 18 August 2010

It might have been the first event of the Spring series, but it sure felt a lot like winter!! At least it was the first Wednesday Street-O event without rain for a few weeks.

Greg Andrews used the contours to advantage to set a challenging course that had many of us wondering just how many hills are there in Heidelberg!

Course winners were Colin Pearce (A), Bruce Paterson (B), Ian Dodd (C) and Ron Frederick (PW), with Colin and Ron taking good advantage of the absence of some fancied competitors.

Course setter Greg talking map matters with Vic Sedunary

Enjoy the upcoming Spring events!