70 Wild Miles; A charity triathlon in aid of CLIC Sargent Caring for Children with Cancer.
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The Timekeepers Trophies. 2000 After
the 1999 Event the Timekeeping squad met together and, after a few beers,
decided that the hardworking volunteers who kept the event running
deserved some recognition. It was agreed that a trophy should be presented
for “conspicuous” performance. The squad were of the opinion that this
choice of wording kept their options open, in that they would be free to
recognise any individual or group who turned in an outstanding
achievement, (or for that matter anyone who managed to mess-up in a truly
wonderful way!)
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The Other Timekeepers Trophy. 2000 As stated previously, the timekeeping squad felt that any truly memorable performance deserved to be recognised in an appropriate manner. For that purpose another, more suitable trophy was acquired, (pictured right). If you need a reason spelled out why this particular trophy was chosen, then you won't find it in this family website!
The second place went to the chivalrous canoe handler at the head of the loch who saw that the young lady who had positioned herself on a convenient rock to help identify the numbers of the finishers coming in, had not realised that the incoming tide had cut her off from dry land. This kind gentleman waded out through the chilly waters and assisted the young lady back to safety. Unfortunately it seemed that he had not bothered to inform her why he was doing this and received a rather unfriendly response - so he picked her up, waded back in and deposited her back where she had originally been stranded. The winner of the trophy however was unanimously agreed to be Ray Brown! (You may notice that the other names have not been mentioned, but informed opinion feels that it would be impossible to give Ray a red face with a blow torch). It was felt that Ray's virtuoso performance as a parking(?) attendant at the event finish with full verbal and gestured instructions almost deserved the trophy by itself. But the cherry on top of the cake was his masterly command of the vernacular when he climbed on board one of the minibuses and “asked” the more warmly dressed passengers to give up their places in favour of the shivering competitors who wanted transport to reunite themselves with their more suitable outfits which were back at the event start. While reports of his actual words used were varied, it was generally agreed that the fact that he had recently been re-reading the book “Trainspotting” had perhaps resulted in his arguments becoming more emphatic than diplomatic, and as such perhaps not entirely suitable for detailed inclusion in a family website such as this!
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The Timekeepers Trophies. 2001 Following the feedback received after the first Timekeepers trophy it was decided that the precedent set by giving an award to an unsung hero should be kept going. The only problem was to decide which unsung heroes should be recognised? Modesty kept the timekeepers from selecting the most deserving candidates of all and after some discussion it was agreed that the 2001 Timekeepers Trophy should go to the Venture Scouts team who do a tremendous job helping with the marshalling and particularly manning the feeding stations. Accordingly Alex. Heenan received the trophy on behalf of all the squad - unfortunately the trophy this year was an engraved tankard, which made it difficult for all of them to get the most benefit from it! (There had been a suggestion that a packet of drinking straws should be included in the award, but with the planning that so characterises the timekeeping team no one actually arranged them.)
The 70 Wild miles event does, of course, enjoy the invaluable support of the Lochaber Red Cross, but it's reassuring to know that they are so ably backed up by these young people who certainly live up to the Scout motto! All in all, worthy winners of the Timekeepers Trophy.
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The Other Timekeepers Trophy. 2001 After being spoilt for choice the previous year it was expected that there would be no difficulty finding suitable candidates for this award for 2001, but everyone seemed to be on their best behaviour and with no suitable nominations the trophy was withheld - but we'll be watching next year! Incidentally the only name mentioned at all was last years winner of the main Timekeepers award, Cathy Allan, who managed to fall over and cut her knee badly and bruise her hands, (she says she was stone cold sober!), but none of the timekeepers were brave enough to offer to try and stand up at the prize giving and present this award to her!
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The Timekeepers Trophies. 2002 Keeping up the now established tradition of awarding this trophy to the "unsung" heroes of the event, this year the "awards" committee ( e. g. those timekeepers sober enough to form a semi-coherent opinion), decided to mark their appreciation to some of those people who do so much to make the apres event almost as memorable as the event itself. (I say almost as memorable because there are those who are unlikely to remember very much the next morning - or whenever they wake up!). The 2002 Timekeepers Trophy was therefore awarded to the owners and staff of the Glencoe Hotel in grateful thanks for the hard work and trouble they go to every year.
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The Lillian Board Trophy "for outstanding fundraising through a sporting endeavour."
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It may stretch your imagination to the limits to believe this but the four individuals pictured here, have actually just been presented with the cup that they are showing off! Just to stretch your credulity past the breaking point, the trophy in question is presented “for outstanding fundraising through a sporting endeavour” in the words of the organising body. Before you seriously injure yourself laughing, let me state that these four, (from left to right: Ray Brown, Ian Allan, Gordon Gooch and Brian Read), did not receive the trophy for their own sporting prowess, but rather as the organising geniuses? behind 70 Wild Miles. I must emphasise however, that they have each completed the 70 Wild Miles course in earlier years! It should also be stated that there is no truth in the rumour that the second picture, taken outside the Conference Centre where the presentation was, shows them trying to get a lift home after they had drunk their fare money!
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