Organisers' report:

I heard someone saying during the event that the Gardners have a reputation for "fiendish" in their events. I hope we have kept up the reputation by exercising your (probably rather cold) brain cells on Boxing Day. As those who attended will know, the idea was to collect numbers from controls and then form a sum whose answer was the Millenium year 2000. You scored however many numbers you managed to use in the sum. The juniors had the alternative of just picking up the highest numbers they could find.

The morning was fine in defiance of the weather forecast. I won't forget the expression of consternation on the face of one of the "normal" Milton Country Park visitors as you all suddenly rushed off in different directions from the start.

Thanks to all the Gardner family, young and old, who were all drafted into various preparation tasks. Thanks to all who came and I hope you enjoyed the even - pace counting calculations will be easy now after this!

Mik<< OLE >>e Gardner

MAKE 2000 Challenge     Club    Score  Formula                                       Result
1=      Tony Wilson     WAOC    10     1998+2+1111+909-1004-1010+(3*5)+11-32           2000
1=      David Float     HAVOC   10     (500 * 2) - (200 *5)+1400-((3+4)*200)+1975+25   2000
3       Penny Bickle    WAOC    9      1010+900+100+51+7+2-((2+5) *10)                 2000
n/c     Helen Gardner   WAOC    7      ((200*3)-(4*25))*(2+3)-500                      2000
4=      Rachel Oxburgh  Ind     6      (25 * (9-3-2))* (200/10)                        2000
4=      Helen Bickle    WAOC    6      605-5+900+500+2-2                               2000
6       John Float      HAVOC   5      1004+1010-9-3-2                                 2000
7       Marco           Ind     4      2001+99-(500/5)                                 2000
8=      Tony Robinson   WAOC    2      1998 + 2                                        2000
8=      Fred Northrop   WAOC    2      1998 + 2                                        2000
8=      D. Cannon       HH      2      1998 + 2                                        2000
11=     Ursula Oxburgh  WAOC    0      1889-51+32+11+10+19-6-2                         1902
11=     Ron Oxburgh     WAOC    0      1400+900-333+11+11+9                            1998
11=     Peter Ryall     WAOC    0      1975+1010+1010+5+450-2800+51+33+200+32+11+25    2002
11=     Hazel Bickle    WAOC    0      (51 - ((200 + 200 + 500) / 900))*200 *2        20000
11=     Charles Gardner Ind     0      (1010* 2) -3                                    2017
retired Mike Bickle     WAOC    0      tickets blown away      
n/c     Peter Gardner   WAOC    0      (33/11 -3)+(5 *100 -500)+(200*2*500/2)        100000
                                    
Junior Challenge                                    
1       Richard Weeks   Ind            1975+99+779+1010+909+9+333+1400+1889+200        8603