Running and solving clues in silly outfits what more could you want!
Its not often you get to play a board game whilst running but at FLRC anything is possible . I am not sure if the residents of Ferring knew what had hit them on Saturday morning, when a whirlwind of Foxy Ladies blew into the village!
A chilly wind gusted them into the car park at Bluebird Café, which they arrived at after solving the first online clue. Once at the starting point, the teams were given the rules and set off to find the murder location, weapon used and the culprit, along with a map and Cluedo tick sheet.
The amazing super sleuths
Whatever was missing in terms of rooms, suspect and weapon was the answer.
Always fair always inclusive
As always with every other foxy summer challenge we have ever done, we make it as fair as possible and available to all, regardless of pace and ability, age and fitness. Points were awarded based on the following.
- Team Criteria – to include the following members, youth, vintage, injured (allowed to travel on wheels – we had scooters and bikes!) newbie and from a different running session.
- Best team names
- Outfits
- First to start
- Best pic with a banana
- First to finish
- Best video or photo collage showing their morning
- Solving the murder
The Suspects
Our fab run leaders were dressed as the Cluedo suspects and dotted around various locations in Ferring that were marked on the team’s map. These along with lots of lovely Foxy volunteers, who were manning other locations and hiding weapons, were where the teams headed in their quest to solve the murder.
Always a little hidden challenge
Upon arrival at a location, they asked the suspect or volunteer for the room and in return for the answer, either had to perform a physical exercise, answer a question, roll a dice or perhaps even tell a joke, sing a tune or recite the alphabet backwards! The same system took place for the weapon and then they just had to guess who the suspect was by what they were wearing which I had hoped was obvious!
Mapping it out
They could choose to run to all locations and get extra bonus points, or try and solve it and hot foot it back to the start for maximum points.
Once all the detective teams were back and gave in their accusations, they then refreshed with watermelon and oranges and we announced the murderer, room and weapon.
It wasn’t until much later Saturday evening when all the teams had submitted their videos and photo collages that I was able to announce the results, once I had finished laughing at what they had all been up to in Ferring.
Congratulations to all our members that took part and to The Baywatch Babes that won. As ever, this was just for fun so all they won was the kudos of coming first but they were happy with that.
Thank you to all the run leaders and all the volunteers without whom it wouldn’t be possible to put on events like this. A big Thank You to the understanding member of the public in Ferring, local shop owners and the bus drivers!
