Some old news first: There was the annual MSA Clerks & Stewards Seminar at the beginning of February, which was good (but very light on Cross Country), and a Cross Country sub-committee later in the same month (consultation papers are here: http://msauk.org/site/cms/newsarticle.asp?chapter=276&nid=1397 )
Anyway, that's the first round of the Scottish Cross Country Championships been and gone.
The weather forecast gave us mild concern, but the site is one of those that can be used in any weather.... actually, the wet weather works in our favour as the cars are slower!
When we set up on the Saturday, we thought we might even get an Alpine Winter Rally: white snow everywhere, and a course marked by the passage of vehicles.... sadly all we got was rain & more rain :sadness:
(for those of you who set up the "Borders" Hill Rally in 2010, or the "Perthshire" in 2002 - it was that wet!)
The shocking part of the whole event was the low turnout of competitors: we had people travel hundreds of miles (I'm not sure which is further away: Inverewe or Leeds), but was deeply embarrassing to have a great turnout of marshals, very few local competitors :cry:
The land-owner came up to watch, and spent the day shaking his head - bemused at the madness of people charging around in the mud.... but he had a smile on his face, and is more than happy for us to come back next year (and maybe even a Trial later in the year...)
