Simon Triger Memorial Handicap

A cracking evening in the Campsies saw a fine bunch of Westies assembled to recall our dearly departed and much missed pal Simon. Drew took on the weighty, but important, task of timekeeping while the rest of us thrashed our bodies along the water board track to the top of Dumgoyne. In proper handicap style first was off last and last was off first. I was somewhere in the middle and I headed off just before Steffen, who along with Dom caught me pretty quickly.

I managed somehow to stay with them all the way to the top of Dumgoyne, which I reached in 30 mins. Along the way various Westies were spotted in strange locations bearing no resemblance to the course they should have been following. Some had the decent excuse of not having ran the race before, however others should really have known better - the excuse that she was in fact doing hill reps up and down near Cantwheery Cottage as the race wasn't hard enough somehow seemed a bit of a cover-up.

Everyone found their way to Dumgoyne where we all bunched up a bit, though Steffen and Dom certainly disappeared away from me. I did my best to give chase, as Graham and Scott breezed past me, while up ahead Paula was holding off Captain Chris to take the the Triger Trophy, along with a valuable bag of Haribo sweeties. The rest of us made do with chocolate buttons, sherbet fountains and other assorted goodies - much better than medals anyday. A great evening out and a fitting way to remember Simon.



1 Chris Upson 0:43:46
2 Scott Mitchell 0:46:07
3 Graham Kelly 0:47:26
4 Steffen Gorgas 0:0:48:54
6 Owen O'Neill 0:49:49
7 John Donnelly 0:51:09
8 Ellie Homewood 0:53:34
9 Ken Macmahon :55:58
10 John Quinn 0:56:21
11 Paula Cowan F40 0:58:35 Handicap winner
12 Helen MacPherson 0:59:23
13 Matt Bull 0:59:28
14 Muffy Calder 1:03:04
15 Rhona Bennie 1:07:07