The Moray Firth was the home to over 25 Chasers for the week of the Scottish 6 Day 2013. A good time was had by all, and there were some fantastic performances in the tricky terrain.

With 2 podium performances (Gemma Cairns-Smith winning W16B and John Robinson just being pipped into second on M60S) and several more Chasers finishing in the top 5, it was a successful as well as fun event.

The 6 day website with all the results, more photos, maps etc can be found here.

The next Scottish 6 Day will be in the same area, but will be run alongside the World Orienteering Championships - the same waaaaaay better assembly areas, the same terrain and the same an even more amazing atmosphere. There are plans to organise a big Chasers tour to the event, but please, please, please put the date in the diary now (first week of August, 2015!).

nb- couple of minor edits by kelvin (woc 2015 arena manager!)

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LOG picked the hottest day of the year to host the Yvette Baker Final in Belton Woods near Grantham.

22 Chasers juniors ran & survived on the day, & with an average age of 11 were surely the youngest team competing (though with the oldest Chaser still only 14, it’s a team that can carry on competing for the next 3 years without having anyone too old to run!).

Initial individual results  are available here. Our counters were:
Gemma Cairns-Smith (2nd on orange girls)
Heather Craig (5th on light green girls)
Holly Craig (7th on orange girls)
Charlotte Cairns-Smith (8th on yellow girls)
Holly Stodgell (13th on yellow girls)
Amy Mitchell (15th on yellow girls)
Matt Hartland (18th on light green boys)
Joe Holland (19th on yellow boys)
Finn Hargrave (23rd on orange boys)
but everyone else helped out with our overall score

Apologies to the juniors who we missed on the run in, but photos from today are here:

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Well done to
1) Kelvin, for managing to motivate 9 Chasers teams to participate
2) Iain, for running 2 legs
3) Andy, for completing his 25th consecutive Shugborough Relay

Kelvin would like to hijack this post and add well dones to

4) Alfie for being fastest of Chasers 17 juniors in 14:59
5) Esther for being youngest of Chasers 17 juniors aged 8 and getting round in 22:51
6) Carley for helping out and ensuring all of the juniors were in the right place for their runs

And back to the original post…………………

In terms of the results, top positioned team was the 4th placed Ultra-Vets team of Ray, Simon, Steve & Andy.

Chasers results:

Category: Girls 52-
14th     1:14:23.50       CHASING CHILDCHEWERS
18:20 Amy M
19:14 Charlotte C-S
18:36 Holly C
18:11 Holly S

Category: Boys 52-
14th    1:05:58.50       CHASING GIZARDGULPERS
16:39 Fin H
17:28 Charlie R
15:57 Adam M
15:53 Henry W
16th     1:07:25.70      CHASING BONE CRUNCHERS
15:09 Meg C
16:14 Joe H
21:01 George H
14:59 Alfie S

Category: Mixed 64-
19th     1:19:56.40       CHASING FLESH LUMP EATERS
17:27 Heather C
22:51 Esther M
12:30 Iain S
27:07 Alex W

Category: Mixed open
6th       0:53:57.50       CHASING MAN-HUGGERS
12:00 Iain S
15:58 Gemma C-S
13:56 Jo T
12:02 Simon W

Category: Womens Vets 160+
24th     1:08:48.20       CHASING BLOOD-BOTTLERS
17:30 Tracy C
17:52 Mary A
16:12 Pam M
17:12 Christine C

Category: Mens Vets 160+
30th     1:06:06.05       CHASING MEAT-RIPPERS
20:01 Riccardo F
17:59 Stuart W
12:45 Matt M
15:19 Kelvin D

Category: Mens Ultravets 200+
4th       0:56:15.30       CHASING THE BUTCHER BOY
13:53 Ray C
14:46 Simon H
14:09 Steve C
13:25 Andy Y
11th     1:03:47.50       CHASING MAID-MASHERS
15:06 Dougie C
18:06 Neil A
14:29 John R
16:05 Mike S

Full results can be found here.

Photos from Tracy & family and Alison:

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