By Gary Carroll
The Autumn Amble (24th May) saw RT return to the Kingborough region for the first time since 2020. There has been some development since then, in particular the Spring Farm Estate. Who knows, but perhaps next time we visit the Huntingfield land release will be populated and the sports precinct considerably changed, including the AFL high performance centre.
Map updates began in January, and setting kicked off in earnest in late February. Stephen and Jenny Walker tackled the north, and I set those checkpoints in the south. Becca Lunnon and Kristin Raw efficiently and accurately completed the bulk of the vetting by early April. We were well ahead of schedule, which allowed for some finessing of a few checkpoints.
Event day eventually arrived. We had 234 starters in 90 teams. Great to see 24 teams in the family category and a few more teams with kids slightly too old to be in that category. There were 55 mixed teams, and two teams of extreme vets (over 75).
The setting and vetting team were precise with the questions and answers, but there is always the unexpected. This time, a question on a TasWater installation became a fenced construction site. We gave the points to those teams who went there and couldn’t read the distant answer, but well done to those who used their phones to take photos and then zoomed in to see the answer.
Our team of marshals, scorers, and data entry had the results processed by 2:22 pm, so well done to them.
Congratulations to our winners:
- Overall and Men: Ryan King and Chris Arvier
- Third overall and Women: Melissa Robertson and Jinni Kruger
- Mixed team: Max Keating and Océane Richet.
- Tom Burford and Edward Burford were first Family
- Tom Killalea, James Howard and Alex Rose were the winning Novice team
Full results are available at the RT results page.
For the nerdy-minded, you can visualise where all the teams went from this bubble plot, and where a selected team went here.
If you enjoy metrogaines or are sad because you missed out on the Autumn Amble, there is another opportunity on Hobart’s eastern shore on September 6th when we Explore Clarence.