Annual Sk8 M8s Treasure Hunt Review
09/05/2009 by tim.
The Eastbourne Sk8 M8s were ready to do battle once again for the prestigious trophy on the Annual Treasure Hunt!
5 teams raced for the prize:
- The Hairy Bladers
- Dirty Harry and Scrappy Daddy
- The T Stoppers
- The PC’s
- and the Blue Smarties!
The teams arrived around 10:30 and were presented with the instructions for the hunt. They were also given a demo on how the “spot the ball” part of the hunt would work. Alas one team managed to avoid reading the instructions completely!
The teams started at 5 minute intervals to try to ensure there was no copying!
Somehow one of the last teams to start - the T Stoppers - raced ahead of the field and were nearly finished before most of the other teams had managed to get half way!
By the time I’d caught up with them - they were just figuring out that the treasure hunt was more than 7 questions of spot the ball and if they’d just read the instructions, and perhaps flipped the map over - they’d have found the other 2 sheets of 30+ questions!
Which meant they had to split up, with half the team heading back to the start to fill in clues they’d missed! DOH! (But hey - us gave the judges - and all the other teams a laugh).
Imagine a scene out of The Apprentice - where a team just realised they’ve seriously blundered and need to blame someone - and sort it out promptly to try to catchup ! - that was the scene!
We met up with all the teams at the finish and worked out who’d got the best scores on time to finish, treasure hunt and spot the ball! It was quite close with many factors coming into play.
Amazingly the T stoppers - after the split up - and doing 3 times the mileage of anyone else - still managed to finish before the deadline with 2 minutes to spare.
More amazing than that - they eventually came second! Not bad for treasure hunt virgins!
Scores as follows:
1st - In 1 hour 44 minutes - with 39 points - the PCs
2nd - in 2 hours 25 minutes - with 35 points - the T stoppers
3rd - in 1 hour 49 minutes - with 25 points - the Hairy Bladders (last years champs)
Honourable mentions to Dirty Harry and Scrappy Daddy with 25 points and the Blue Smarties, that had to leave half way through!
See you all next year!
Please read the instructions - it saves your legs!
On the way back - there was a chance for all the teams to review all the answers and find out what they’d missed!
A Big thank you to John and Teresa for organising another brilliant day for their Sk8 M8s!
Sk8 n Chips Tours - Eastbourne Night Skates
09/05/2009 by tim.
The Sk8 M8s have started to arrange - off seafront tours, rather than the usual routes. The skaters attending need to be more mature and skilled - but that keeps the numbers sensible - so much the better!
Take a look at some of the sights that abound on the new Sk8 n chips route to Pevensey.
Skating through the Marina brings all sorts of joys and challenges - like crossing the locks!
The route can get very dark on the way back and the lighting in places is sparse (unlike in the photo!) so Skate Lights and torches are recommended!
Some of the tarmac is wonderful and rarely used!
Long stretches are just open wonderlands of black stuff!
And you can watch the wild life on the route!
Apparently there are several more routes under consideration - including Hampden Park, Hailsham - via the cuckoo trail and even Meads!