The Tanners were Jolly

What is possible after 1913?

Why is this pig flying?

When was the Iguanadon found?

All these are questions to be found in the lanes and villages of Sussex during the Centre’s Spring Naviscat event. The answers were “Going to the loo”, “because it’s on a weathervane” and “1822” all to be found at the location carefully plotted using a six point OS map reference by those taking part.

The Naviscat was blessed with some fine weather so the map plotting could be done outside of the Jolly Tanners pub in Staplefield. The pub had provided bacon butties and tea/coffee for those starters as they hunched over their OS 198 maps. 

The points were plotted the crews set off into the surrounding countryside. Some went north, some south all aiming for a circular route covering as many plot points as possible. This Naviscat was similar to the last in that there were often several clues to be found at one location – this meant less travelling and more walking about hunting for the answers. But some of those clues could be elusive and competitors are not expected to find all of them – it would be an impossible task to visit all the location in the 3 1/4 hours allowed in any case.

The answers gathered the competitors headed back to the Jolly Tanners. There was a breakdown when an MGA stuttered to a halt not far from Handcross and spent the rest of the day waiting for the AA recovery. Sadly they missed out on the lunch back at the pub. 

Ron Kemp stepped in at short notice and helped Austin Banner with the marking as Philip Roussel-Smith was helping our broken down entrant. With the scores calculated the winners were announced. As with most of these events the winners on the day may not have been the exact results after adjudication checking later. The final results were:-

Overall Winners – Garry and Nina Kendal in an MGA

Class ABCD (combined) Winners – Steve Marchant and Drew Adams in an MGBGT V8

Class ABCD (Combined) Runner Up – Martin Neal and Leslie Neal in an MG TF

Class E Winners (Equal) – Maxwell Kendal and Rosie Kendal in a Fiat Panda

Class E Winner (Equal) – Steve Goodwin and Gary Goodwin in a Mazda MX5

CLass E Runner Up (Equal)- Lis Wooley and Bob Bond in a Honda

Class E Runner Up (Equal) – Alice Hanson and Marc Hanson in a VW Up!

Best Novice – Maxwell Kendal and Rosie Kendal