Club News by Karin Kirk news@octavian-droobers.org
Ryton Pools , Junior Inter Regionals & Royal Wootton Bassett Urban
On Saturday at Ryton Pools Liam & Ellie Chapple organised a score event with 42 attending. Anne Straube won the event with a maximum score of 450 in a time of 34.59 minutes. Close behind her were Liz Phillips and David Oxtoby both with the maximum score . The highest scoring junior was Jacob Oxtoby with junior Cameron Williams Stein a close second.
Flying off to Aberdeen on Saturday were 8 Droober juniors who along with other West Midland juniors had been selected to represent the West Midlands region in a two day competition against the other nine English regional teams, Wales and Scotland. The eight were Heather Rogers, Harrison McCartney, Sam Leadley, Alfie Bullus, Ollie Flippance, Ollie Lunn, Felix Lunn and making her debut at this level, Pippa Smart. All competed as individuals on the Saturday. Harrison, making his last appearance for the junior squad, was second on the individual day while the rest of the team ran well on tough technical Scottish terrain to bring the team home in fourth place. Sunday saw the relay competition and the team again finished in fourth position ensuring they were fourth overall. The team were only beaten by the larger teams of Scotland, North West and Yorkshire & Humberside. All eight Droobers contributed to the overall team score.
Sunday saw several Droobers including Sheila Carey compete in the urban at Royal Wootton Bassett. Sheila continued her current form and won the Women's Ultra Vets 3.3km course in a time of 33.23 minutes. Margaret Willdig was second on the Women's Senior Vets 4.2km course in a time of 43.29 minutes.
Lancashire Hot Pot & Elmdon Park
Saturday saw a number of club members travelling north to compete on very challenging terrain near Burnley. Youngster Max Straube-Roth ran well on his 1.9km course and while mother Anne Straube ran her 4.7km course in a time of 39.27 both finishing 4th on their respective courses .Harrison McCartney was the first on the Men’s Open 7.3km course in a time of 40.22 minutes. Sheila Carey competing on her 2.8km course finished first in a time of 25.11minutes.
Sunday was a family affair for the Straubes with Max coming in second on his 2.4km course in a time of 32.32 while both of his parents Anne and Daniel won their respective courses. Sheila Carey maintaining her current form won her 4km course on Sunday in a time of 78.46 minutes.
Meanwhile more locally at Elmdon Park a large number of club members competed against each other in a 45 minute score event. The event saw new member Alistair Landels come in second overall with a score of 310, closely followed by junior Oliver Lunn who scored 290 points. Aleksandrs Ivanovs and Sam Leadley both on 280 points were not far behind them.
19th Sept 2016