sadsacnews2013: SADSAC: Maffra Bike Rally 10 November

We managed to do a bit better with the attendance at this year's rally, just.
The weather had been threatening for the last few days but still managed to hold off for this event.
Defending champs, the Cathies, seemed keen to repeat their past success and were the first off. As with previous rallies I had attended, Ray had put together a challenging course with some out of sequence questions to try to separate the top performers. It appeared that those teams had not showed up on the day as most of the contestants only scored the odd difficult question through luck. The distance covered on the day was as expected around 30 km and a pleasant ride in it's own right. The overall result had the entire field was separated by only 2 questions. The former champs could not reproduce their performance on this day and had to settle for last place with the bulk of the field. The unlikely victors were the old fellas, Denis and Alister. Denis's solving of the pump manufacturers question at the last minute had them jump ahead of the Pickering and Petersen combinations. Ray then went to great effort to separate the two second place teams.
This was no easy task as both groups had some difficulty answering the tie breakers. Eventually the Petersen's lucked out and took the silver medals. Due to the generosity of our sponsoring bike shops, namely Alexander Cycles and Push'n Pedal Cycles, there were enough prizes for everyone to be a winner.
Ray had once again organised a top bike rally and has agreed to continue his efforts with next year's event being based in Sale. It should be around the same time of the year so think about any new people who may be interested in such an event. Once again a top ride.