With our 7 year old daughter country dancing at the local parish fête this year we thought it was a good opportunity to publicise our club, Walton Chasers, which already has many members in the parish.
After getting the go-ahead from the organiser, Cath and I came up with a micro maze orienteering format using electric fencing posts and orange safety barrier mesh fencing.
Cath drew the map in OCAD and planned two courses, a practice where people could go round as many times as they liked, and a prize course where competitors were only allowed one go.
We had about 40 competitors with a fairly equal split of children and adults running and walking round, some getting very confused. Using Autodownload I ran a live Sportident results system with a screen showing positions on the prize course as they downloaded. There were lots of cheers and groans as groups of friends and family ran against each other and crowded round the screen to see who had beaten who.
The summer sunshine made the fete very busy and I’m sure we might have a few new members to show for our efforts, too!
Results at www.walton-chasers.co.uk