Sorry - I came home and basically hit the sack. I'm sure all the riders will be doing the same. The scores will be posted as soon as the scorers have finished collating them all and the oh so secretive files will be released from the vault, but that will be when we have all caught up on some shut eye. Patience my friend, patience.
I can tell you that 3 riders DNFd due to lack of points, one with a small mistake on a rest bonus, which cost him a load of points.
Many rookies made simple errors, but so did seasoned and experienced riders. It's a sad thing when a timed bonus opens at a certain time and riders who are eager to get the bonus have their stickers time stamped too early and basically lose 3000 points ( it was a two step bonus and if they didn't satisfy the first step, they missed the whole bonus). Worse still is that they didn't even realise it until their bums hit the scoring table. Boom boom.
One seasoned rider entered the penalty window at 2pm and only missed being time barred by a couple of minutes. Hammertime at the end!
It will be interesting to read the ride reports from the riders.
They all did a marvellous job really and I think everyone enjoyed themselves, plus they all came back to the finish safely.
The rider who got the most points was a seasoned rider. He isn't called The FarKing for nothing.
CONGRATULATIONS to a great score, from CRAPPY.
There was no actual winner, as it was a training rally, but Crappy showed the newbies what can be achieved, and how to plan and execute a great route!
I really want to thank all of the Drovers, who assisted with the writing of the rules, sat up all night on Saturday night receiving text messages from riders and watched their movements via spot. I particularly want to thank Bill Beaton,the assistant MobMaster, who worked tirelessly on collating my myriad of changes to the bonus booklet and produced a wonderful document.