by Ian | Dec 11, 2009 | News
The HSX Christmas weekender is taking place on 18th – 20th December 2009 at Ferny Crofts, New Forest.
The weekend will include the following elements;
Saturday daytime: teamHSX Adventure race, this years race is the second of the annual competitions and this year the course director (Ian Furlong) say “bring your wellies”, it promises to be a wet one.
Saturday evening: HSX Christmas meal, this year being cooked by the Peru 2010 expedition team
Sunday: HSX annual forum, your chance to find out and lead exciting future expeditions and an opportunity to have a say on what we do
It would be great if you’re able to attend the whole weekend and we’ll be catering from Saturday breakfast until Sunday lunchtime. If you are unable to make all weekend but would like to take part in some elements of the weekend please let me know what parts you will be there for.
Please let me know if you are attending and when. craig.gregory(at)hsx(dot)org(dot)uk
by Ian | Nov 5, 2009 | Peru 2010, Training, Trip Report
HSX do the Brecons, by Chris Slater
Last weekend saw HSX head off to the Brecon Beacons for a fun filled weekend out in the hills! The weekend was a really busy one with 31 people heading up including the Peru Team and Mark and David from the Malawi team. Staying for the first time at the Glasbury-on-Wye Scout Hut, the HSX members slept inside on the floor of the hut next to the fire evicting the Peru team outside to sleep under canvas in the garden.
Saturday saw us divide into 5 teams, Smudge, Brimelow, Christian and Batstone headed off to do some climbing leaving the remaining 4 groups to tackle the Brecon Beacons. Starting from the village of Pencelli my group consisting of Lawso, Rhys, Hayley and Bursar Anton also joined by Dave?s half of the Peru team we scaled the dizzy heights of Fan-Y-Big, Cribyn and Pen-Y- Fan. The remaining two groups started the same route from the opposite end with the aim to meet half way to swap keys for the Tornados. After a great start of Lawso leaving his walking boots in the Tornado heading to the opposite end of our route we were soon on our way. Part way round we stopped for a half hour of kite flying shenanigans in the relatively blowy conditions (with Dave narrowly avoiding slamming the kite into the back of Anton?s head!!!). On our descent from Fan-Y-Big we met the other two groups swapping keys and hearing of Bursar Tom leaving his waterproof jacket in his tent (Muppet!). The day was topped off with a quick trip into Brecon for some QSH?s before heading back to the hut to cook dinner (we missed not having Russ!!!).
After dinner we were entertained by Everest Dave attempting a first attempt at traversing the wooden beams in the roof, complete with thermarest crash mats below for safety naturally. Not to lose face Bram soon scrambled up to have a go followed by Rhys, Bertie and McNab. Being Halloween we brought the obligatory pumpkin to carve, I took it upon myself to handle this important job, but was soon relegated to scooping out the insides, Bram just couldn?t stand seeing someone else having fun!!!
Sunday morning started off very wet, but in HSX we?re not put off by a bit of rain so we headed back out into the hills, with one group off to practice micro-nav, another group off for a 10km run and the Peru team off to do some PT after an epic drive to get to a waterfall. Luckily my group, off to do micro-nav manage to stay dry with the rain stopping as soon as we got to our destination. We all reconvened at the hut shortly before lunch to tidy up and have some grub before hitting the M4 for the homeward journey.
Oh and if Katie is reading this I?m still waiting for my cup of Tea!!!
by Ian | Oct 28, 2009 | Event Report
What a year at the OMM it was. This year due to the rain and media storm last year, the organiser’s had moved the start away from the Event HQ, this added some time onto everybody’s day, but nothing too bad..
The Elan Valley, Builth Wells & Ian’s parents house were all great settings for The OMM. Having never been to the Elan valley before and having not experienced the legendary tussocks, I would go back again for a bimble..
Anyway…. Results.
Tim Clarke & James Fry came 40th in the Medium Score class….
Alan Braithwaite & Jon Hallam came 76th in the C Class…
Chris Laws & Dan Gray came 28th in the C Class…
Tom Percy & James Jones did not finish the C Class (we hope James’ knee is ok)…
Stu Rose & Terry Massey came 121st in the Short Score…
Neil Gregory & Andy Reed came 120th in the Short Score…
Ian Furlong & Selwyn Fisher came 11th in the B Class…
Well done to all and see you next year……
by Ian | Oct 23, 2009 | Event Report
After last years epic Omm, where the BBC reported 1500 people ‘missing’ in the Lake District and the event was cancelled for the first time in over 40 years, HSX ART are back to win over one of the toughest races in the Adventure Racing calendar. This year it’s to be held in the Elan Valley, Mid Wales.
Follow the exploits of the team at the official Omm website www.theomm.com
The teams we have in this year are..
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bus time |
day 1 |
day 2 |
competitor 1 |
town 1 |
sex/age 1 |
competitor 2 |
town 2 |
sex/age 2 |
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07:18 |
08:42 |
08:22 |
Tom Percy |
Wickham |
M29 |
Zoe Loosemore |
Wickham |
F28 |
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07:48 |
08:50 |
08:29 |
Ian Furlong |
Hereford |
M26 |
Martin Haines |
Southampton |
M27 |
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09:06 |
10:31 |
08:26 |
James Fry |
Basingstoke |
M26 |
Tim Clark |
Hook |
M29 |
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09:42 |
10:53 |
09:05 |
Chris Laws |
Guildford |
M28 |
Dan Gray |
Guildford |
M32 |
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10:44 |
11:45 |
09:30 |
Jonathan Hallam |
Treeton |
M32 |
Alan Braithwaite |
Andover |
M31 |
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10:56 |
12:21 |
08:43 |
Neil Gregory |
Manchester |
M29 |
Andrew Reed |
Northwich |
M27 |
Good luck to all of you….
