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Scottish 6 Days Report and Results
- Read on for results and a report from this year's Scottish 6 Days event in and around Fort William ...W
Hopefully you have all dried out from Day 5 (Craig Dhubh) by now, and can remember the much better weather that we had for most of the week up until Thursday night. We had great views of Ben Nevis, Aonach Mor and the Grey Corries from our accommodation for most of the week, and managed to swim in Loch Lochy most days (highly recommended) and climb a Munro or two. Oh yes, and we also did some orienteering ...
Day 1 saw a long drive south to the north shores of Loch Etive at Ardchattan for the event Interlopers were organising and planning. It was a gloriously sunny day, and all appeared to run very smoothly thanks to Max's organising and Mike and Graham's excellent courses ensuring everyone was well exercised by the end. Thanks again to everyone in the club (and to those in TAY and CLYDE) who helped both on the day, and beforehand as well.
Day 2 was much closer to hand, being based at the Inverlochy golf course in Fort William, extending up to the northern slopes of Ben Nevis for the longer courses. Another great day, with participants enjoying socially distanced picnics alongside the run-in. Courses again were excellent, with a good mixture of fast running on the golf course, and more complex navigation on the hillside above.
Day 3 (Arisaig) was a rest day for most club members, though went well by all accounts despite the occasional passing shower. Some courses apparently started with a 2km long leg straight out of the start which came as a shock to some! There was even the chance to see the Jacobite steam train, either from the course, or at Glenfinnan on the way back to Fort William
Day 4 was also a rest day for most of us, but we got to experience the same area (Creag Dhubh) on Day 5, albeit in a rather damper state than the previous day's competitors. Courses ran along the 'uniform slopes' mentioned in the final details, and it certainly paid to know how far you'd gone, and to keep a very careful eye on whether you were dropping or gaining height. Longer courses went 'over the top' into Glen Banchor and then back round Creag Dhubh for some more contouring towards the finish. Heavy showers meant that everyone experienced the bracken at its wettest, but it was another good day out on the hills.
Day 6 was another rest day - a middle distance course for the 'other half' on the lower slopes of Creag Meagaidh.
Individual day results are available on the Scottish 6 Days website. Results below are for the overall competition, with everyone counting their 2 best results, no matter which day(s) they ran on. Those shown were in the top half of their class - well done!
- W12A - Lucy Ward (6=/15)
- W18L - Pippa Carcas (3=/13), Fiona Eades (6=/13)
- W18S - Leah Bartlett (3=/7)
- W40L - Claire Ward (2=/22)
- W45L - Mary Ross (3=/30)
- W50L - Heather Hartman (2=/41)
- W50S - Lorna Eades (1/31)
- W55L - Ann Haley (5/54)
- W55S - Jane Carcas (8/24)
- W60L - Morag McIntyre (16=/50)
- M12B - Matthew Hartman (1/6)
- M14A - Laurence Ward (2=/24)
- M16B - James Hartman (2=/19)
- M18L - Angus Ivory (14=/30)
- M20S - Joseph Bartlett (1/5)
- M21E - Ali Masson (13/58), Iain Embrey (14=/58), William Rigg (23/58)
- M35L - Peter Gardner (1/15)
- M45L - Ray Ward (6/43), William Ivory (12/43)
- M50L - Ben Hartman (15/59), Colin Eades (19/59)
- M55L - Rob Lee (19/95), Robin Galloway (33/95)
- M55S - Ian McIntyre (8=/40), Ken Daly (19/40)
- M60L - Graham McIntyre (35/75)
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