May Foxhunt Report The VK3CI team
The night dawned a bit damp, and the Fox team had some issues with missing hunt documentation at the last moment, but it didn’t damped the spirits of the 4 teams who rocked up to Clayton Railway Station for the May foxhunt.
The Fox VK3CI team would like to apologise for the slightly late start as we got ourselves organised.
All legs were single leg.
Hunt 1 [145.7] was meant to be where Bruce had once ended up trying to sniff in on a recent foxhunt (near Westall Road), which had turned out not to near there at all, but ‘what a good spot ! We’ll have to use that in our foxhunt’. Turns out that it was now a construction site, so the fox was placed nearby.
1st in was BLN, followed by FAST then FOX.
Hunt 2 [145.3]was near Kostas’ work unit near Keys Rd. The high up wall placement of the antenna caused some confusion in the alleyway with Adam from BLN who was first in the alleyway nearly forgo 1st place. Luckily he slipped in just ahead of FAST and OW who had both already arrived at the scene. A short while later the FOX team nearly drove up the alley.
Hunt 3 [439] was in a very muddy location behind the baffles of the new part of the Westall extension as it crosses Cheltenham Rd. FAST slopped into first place ahead of BLN then FOX. This placing will start to sound familiar.
Hunt 4 [145.3]was back in Braeside Park South. We were hoping some teams woukd drop runners in the North major entrance of the park, especially approaching from the east, but they weren’t to be fooled, with all teams choosing the more appropriate West entrance. FAST a big margin this time ahead of BLN with FOX right on their heels. OW just scraped in.
Hunt 5 [439] was back to Westall station, this time in the brand new overpass, with 1000’s of security cameras and guards. None took much interest in the suspicious package left behind from fleeing hoodie attired Fox team members and again FAST first with BLN and FOX in right behind and OW a little later. Apologies for announcing the wrong 70cm frequency (that was what we’d meant to have on the previous leg but didn’t due to loss of a fox antenna).
Hunt 6 [145.3] took teams to a wet grassy area between the Monash freeway and some new units. FAST were again well first in the area, but overshot the fox, letting Marta from BLN sneak in and spot the fox sitting in the tree. OW not too long after. This location had to be used as the surveying of this area earlier in the week (when it was also raining, incidentally) caused the demise of some carbon fibre bike forks and a very long trip home.
The final Hunt 7 [145.7] was back south of the Monash freeway near the ex Monash Seecondary college grounds. FAST again got the honours followed by BLN, then OW, with FOX getting in on the somewhat elongated 9th minute.
Supper was magnificently catered by Olga, and the hot soup and mulled wine just perfect for the conditions.
Thanks to all teams who came along.
Scores
|
Team: |
FOX | BLN | OW | FAST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt 1 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
| Hunt 2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Hunt 3 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
| Hunt 4 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
| Hunt 5 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
| Hunt 6 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| Hunt 7 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
| Totals |
35 |
8 |
41 |
4 |
| Placing |
3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |