Questars

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Record Breaking Start for Questars

Matthew Willis (Questars) / 02.04.2007

Over 300 adventure racers enjoyed near perfect racing conditions for the first Questars event of the 2007 series, which turned out to be a record breaking event.

Whilst early morning winds created some white horses on the kayaking lake this did not appear to daunt early racers who posted some remarkably quick times paddling to and fro from the central ski jump to the checkpoints distributed around the lake's perimeter. The bright yellow Start/Finish arch on the lawns of the delightful event base at Moyles Court school and the Quest fleet of orange and red double open kayaks gleaming in the sunshine throughout the day.

As adventure racers from all over the UK were welcomed to the event in the spacious new school sports hall, David, the course director explained that many of the checkpoints had been placed in particularly scenic spots to ensure racers gained the most from their day out in this England's newest national park.

Dummy checkpoints were revealed only when checkpoint values and descriptions were handed out - along with a welcome energy providing 'MuleBar' - on the start line. Teams were thus able to do a certain amount of pre planning of their chosen courses in advance. And it was soon evident that good route choice was going to be as important as speed in today's race.

Many newcomers to the sport joined the Novice class for their race briefing just as the more experienced Masters class were getting underway. It was the first adventure race for many and so when it was highlighted that few Masters would get close to clearing all the checkpoints there was an audible sigh of relief around the hall and rapid revisions of route choices commenced.See All Event Posts