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Hinchingbrooke Sports Festival in the Park |
The Hinchingbrooke Sports Festival in the Park was promoted and run by Hunts DC'c David Reeve. David is the Sports Development Officer (Equity) for the Sport and Active Lifestyles for the District! Hunts DC hope to run a similar event at the same time in 2011. It's all part of the run up to 2012.
The weather last Sunday was superb, attracting 545 people to the activities during the 3 hours on offer. The event was open to all clubs in the District and at first there were 31 signings, whittled down to 13, we think. Mike Dudley offered to stage an orienteering demonstration and, for insurance purposes, had to have a qualified coach with him.
Many thanks to Frances Cooper, who travelled a fair distance to fulfil that requirement. Many thanks also to Muriel and Edward Scaife from Holme and Colin Curtis from Huntingdon who helped us admirably. We had a fair bit of interest with 14 units (some individuals, some families). All said they had enjoyed the experience, only a few had tried, or even heard, of Orienteering before.
The course was an easy white, about a mile in length with 10 controls taking in some woodland and the large lake.
Seonaid and Mike Dudley, 31 July 2010
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