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Subject:		Re: 1979 picture from Tromode
Name:		Dave Capelen
Date Posted:		Jan 28, 07 - 12:38 PM
IP Address:		83.218.29.49
Email:		croit.rhennee@mcb.net
Message:		Hi folks, the picture brings back some distnat memories, particularly of being very wet and muddy....and in the photo, I think at the first weir just past the dam on Lap 1, the personnel in reverse order from right to left are, I think: 1. Peter Simpson (dark grey/blue vest/lighter grey shorts (although at first I thought it might be John Comaish); 2. Keith Callister (yellow/red); 3. Murray Lambden (blue/white); 4. Christine Kissack (all red); 5. Bob Cowley (light grey vest/blue shorts); 6. Steve Kelly (yellow/black); and 7. in the lead....it could be Dave Newton - but in fact I think it might be me, as I often used to run in yellow vest and yellow shorts! And I think Dave Newton may already be in the lead and away out of shot. However, I can't actually remember whether I competed in 1979, but I do remember finishing 4th in the Championship 1 year at Tromode over 3 laps (my best X-country result) behind Dave, Steve and Bob (in that order), with Phil Brooks and Terry Mackay behind me. I was with Bob and the others early on, but Dave and Steve pulled clear steadily and Bob managed to ease away from me by 50/60 metres a lap over the frozen ploughed field below Castle Ward, but otherwise he and I were pretty even, I think he was about 200 metres or so in front of me at the finish. Maybe someone has a copy of the results to clarify what happened in 79, whether I competed and what year I was 4th? In my view, Tromode and the Silverdale course were the 2 most testing X-country courses on the IOM. Happy memories of those river crossings eh? Cheers Dave
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Re: 1979 picture from Tromode by Murray Lambden · Jan 28, 07 - 7:21 PM Re: 1979 picture from Tromode by Murray Lambden · Jan 28, 07 - 7:29 PM Re: 1979 picture from Tromode by Dave Capelen · Jan 28, 07 - 8:13 PM Re: 1979 picture from Tromode by David Griffiths · Jan 28, 07 - 11:25 PM Re: 1979 picture from Tromode by Bob Dowty · Jan 29, 07 - 5:05 PM Re: 1979 picture from Tromode by Chris Quine · Jan 29, 07 - 9:47 PM Re: 1979 picture from Tromode by David Griffiths · Jan 29, 07 - 10:42 PM

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