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[Combat Challenge 2005]

2006:

Dale

Hardy vs Tilly

Joyce

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 http://www.harpoonbrewery.com   

The Scott Challenge was very interesting this year.  The most noteworthy event of the day was the weather.  This year instead of sunny skies and warm temps we had a cold, windy, very rainy day.  To say the least it was miserable.  However we all put a smile on and had fun and did very good.  We were able to field 2 teams this year for our sponsor Harpoon Brewery of Boston, MA.  Team Octoberfest finished in 4^th place with a team time of 7:30.44 and Team IPA finished in 8^th place with a time of 8:59.73. 

 The best story of the day was Roger Robinson from Team IPA.  Roger competed in the event last year for the first time and finished with a time of 6:30.72.  He worked extremely hard over the past year and finished this year’s event with a time of 3:40.33.  Almost 3 whole minutes better than last time!  This excellent time ranked him in 6^th place in the over 50 category.  Team IPA also had two new members this year.  Dale Dyer finished in 3:10.00 and Brendan Joyce finished in 3:01.40.  The last member of Team IPA was Paul Halverson.  Paul is a third timer in the challenge and finished the course in 2:48.33.  This run bested his personal record by 10 seconds and landed him in 7^th place in the over 40 division. 

 Team Octoberfest had some good news as well.  Scott Labbe finished in 2:32.08.  This ranked him in 5^th place in the over division.  Not bad for a guy that worked the night before the challenge and was up most of the night.  Justin Bragdon finished in 2:25.84 beating his personal record by 5 seconds.  Chris Tillotson finished in 2:32.52.  John Hardy had a tough run with a couple of penalties that added time to his run but he still managed to finish in 2:32.73.  Andy Hammond rounded out the team with a time of 2:41.39.

The Scott Combat Challenge has been in existence since 1991; however the Portland Fire Department didn’t make their debut until 2004.  7 members of the P.F.D participated in the obstacle course set up to mimic firefighter daily activities on the job.  Racing against the clock and each other the members had a very respectable showing for their first time.  The members that participated and their times are as follows.

            Ryan Thomson - 2:23.89
            Chris Tillotson – 2:24.75
            Justin Bragdon – 2:32.30
            Andy Hammond – 2:36.82
            Scott Labbe – 2:39.02
            Paul Halverson – 3:09.32
            Stan Tenpenny – 4:35.50

Five members were on a team that took the 3 best times for a total time of 7:25.46 which was placed the 9^th out of 13 teams.

            2005 saw a return trip to the Scott Challenge.  This time the members were able to secure a sponsor for 1 team.  Our sponsor was Harpoon Brewery of Boston, MA.   Again 5 members participated on the team.  There times were:

            Ryan Thomson – 2:16.10
            Chris Tillotson – 2:18.87
            Scott Labbe – 2:25.49
            Justin Bragdon – 2:30.20
            Andy Hammond – 2:38.32

The team placed 5^th out of 9 teams.  However the combined time of 7:00.46 was good enough to earn the team the distinction of State of Maine champions for fastest team.

            Paul Halverson made a return trip and scored a time of 2:58.58.  There were also two mew members to participate in the challenge.  John Hardy had a time of 2:27.14 and Roger Robinson scored a time of 6:30.72. (Not bad for a guy over 50!)