BOK are safely through to the Compass Sport Cup final, scoring 2444 points against DEVON's 1458. However, DEVON also qualify as 2nd place club due to the fact that BOK finished in the top 3 in last year's final. The qualifying round was very unbalanced this year, with only 2 clubs competing in the Cup at BOK's Walcombe event, while other events had up to 8 clubs competing - the fairness of this has to be questioned. The rules meant that DEVON only had to turn up to qualify and they fielded a team of less than the permitted maximum number of scorers, giving BOK an easy ride. Congratulations also to SBOC as winner of the Trophy competition at Walcombe and to SWOC who qualify on account of SBOC's result in the final last year. Full results for the Walcombe event are available elsewhere on the BOK website.
Many thanks to all of you (more than 70, including 22 juniors) who turned out to run on what was forecast to be a very cold day indeed. In fact, although the wind was strong and bracing (particularly for the start and parking squads), the previous weekend's mud had disappeared and the sun shone until the end of the event - it was only the control collectors who had to brave the hail, snow and thunder at the end.
The final (organised by NOC) will be held near Mansfield on 14th October and we can expect somewhat stiffer competition! It would be good to arrange a club weekend away for this if we can find suitable accommodation - and we'll need as many of you as possible to try to improve on our 3rd place last year. So please put this date in your diaries now.
