As part of the harriers 40th year celebrations it was decided we should host a fun sports night and quiz for past and current members. As Billy Buchanan had previously organised a sports night for us that was thoroughly enjoyed by all who took part he was roped in again to organise this one. I think everyone will agree that Billy and his team of helpers did a fantastic job (they may even get roped in to do it again one year…)
On the night names were put in a hat and drawn out to form 8 teams of 4, with the 8 teams rotating around 8 different stations.
Frances Ferguson had enlisted the model car club to let us try out their racing cars for the night. I thought I might have been good at this as have played with the kids remote control cars but driving them aimlessly round the living room crashing into things didn’t translate into steering accurately around the track and I was off the track more than on it… Jordan Stewart who was part of the ‘Young Ones’ team along with Geo Ferguson, Claire Denholm and Bill Sturrock was the star performer at this with a total of 8 laps (tho the results show a few others with 8 laps also). The team Menabrea performed best as a team at this with a total of 28 laps between the 4 of them (Alan Derrick, Stephen Phimister, Lorraine Buchanan and Lauren McPhilips).
Frances Phimister was hosting the tennis, where the aim was serve an ace. The team ‘And The Winners Are’ (Russell Couper, Eddie Reid, Robert Gibson and Gordon McInally) were the clear winners of this scoring 106 serves in 12 minutes.
Júlia Whittle was hosting the hockey where she has devised a circuit with drill ladder, dribbling and scoring with bonus points for a chipped goal and 5 keepy uppies. The ‘Young ones’, ‘Menabrea’ and ‘Simple Minds’ (Jamie McMonagle, Andrew Buchanan, Lorenza and Lorraine Gill) tied for the lead on this one with 35points each.
Golf was hosted by Jim Holmes and the aim was to score as many golf balls into the box from set points with bonus points for yellow balls scored (furthest from the box). ‘And the Winners are’ were clear winners of this with 94 points scoring more than double of the team ‘Fittin Forty’ (Frances Ferguson, Allan McLellan, Lisa Greer, Julie Thomson and Karen Allen) who scored 44.
The other outdoor sport was rugby hosted by Emma Mearns where the aim was to score as many kicks over the goals as possible in 12 minutes. A bit of a recurring theme where the best team at this were ‘And the winners are’ with 24 points.
The other challenges were rowing, hosted by Chas Steven’s and Andy Henderson where each of the 4 team members had to row as far as they could in 3 minutes. The top performer at this was Andrew Buchanan with 905m. Simple Minds had the highest combined team distance of 2996m.
Billy Buchanan hosted the darts with points earned for hitting the 20. Again ‘And the winners are’ were top scorers however it was Allan McLellan who had the highest score of the evening with a treble 20 and a double 20 in one go. I’m informed Margaret Mary of DAMS and Blast (Davie Searil, Alison Lessells , Margaret Mary & Stuart Gibson) had the most unusual technique but Billy doesn’t think it will catch on as it was a work in progress…
Finally Alison Searil hosted the pool where the game was to alternate turns and pot the red, yellow and black in that order. The Young Ones were the leaders of this potting the black 7 times. The Classics (Jimmy Stewart, Richard Lawton, Lucy Irwin & Jim Mearns) need to brush up on their pool skills as they only potted the black 3 times.
The overall winning team were confident from the start naming themselves And The Winners Are…. The winners of the wooden spoon were Fittin 40.
After the sports contest Billy hosted a quiz with questions on the harriers from each of the 4 decades. It was a close contest with Charlie’s Angels (Martin Howell, Colin Banks, Morgan Beaton & Júlia Pechlof) tying for 1st place with Menabrea. After several tie break questions Charlie’s Angels eventually came out on top to be quiz champions. Allan McLellan and team Fittin 40 must of really liked the expertly painted wooden spoons as again they finished bottom to win the wooden spoon again.
A few photos from the night are here . It would be good if everyone also uploaded their photos into the album for us all to see.
A big thank you to Billy Buchanan for organising the night, to Frances Ferguson for getting us access to the different sports equipment, to the model racing club for hosting the car races, and to the sports directors: Julia Whittle, Frances Phimister, Jim Holmes, Emma Mearns, Andy Henderson, Chas Stevens & Alison Searil.
3 comments:
Huge thanks to Billy, Frances and all the 'Sporting Directors' for a smashing night
What a fun night it was. I also reiterate the thanks to Billy, Frances and the sporting directors for their hard work enduring some very bolshy competitors and, for the outdoor events, the midges. I also know that Billy was burning the midnight oil devising the quiz questions, and did brilliantly hosting the quiz on the night.
Finally, thanks to Alison for the report which nicely summarises the events.
Alan
Yep it was a great night. Our quiz team have been better if only Alan D had know where and when he had won the race - I suppose when you win that many they dont always spring to mind !
Fun night indeed
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