[Jeep_Girl]

Bangalore Offroaders Jamboree - Event Report

Bangalore Off-roaders Jamboree organised on the 26th October, 2013 was the first of the series one day competitive and fun drive events that Team BODA plans to organise on a regular basis. The first edition of this event has been a grand success, with participation from not only local offroaders from Bangalore but also from Coorg Jeepers,Jeep Club Wayanad, KTM Jeepers, Terra Tigers and Wayanad Thrills. Our sincere thanks to one and all who participated in this event.

With a spell of showers over the Bangalore skies in the days preceding the event, it was a pleasant morning on the 26th October when participants started assembling near the NICE Rd - Kanakapura road junction at 7.30 AM in the morning.

The Assembly Point:

Amber Rao the first to arrive as always..

BODA Marshalls at the Assembly point:

The participants were guided to the event venue in a convoy, the venue was a 20 minute drive from the assembly point.

The day unfolded with a quick registration followed by a sumptuous breakfast.

The trial chalked for the event comprised of 5 stages, out of which 3 stages were competitive and 2 of them were for fun drive.

Stages - 1 and 2 (Fun drive stages): Marshalls - Pradeep, Madhu, Ramesh Reddy, Harish Murthy

Stage - 3 (Competition stage): Marshalls - Siddarth and Satish Kumar

Stage - 4 (Competition stage): The water stage Marshalls - Prithvi and Prabhu.

Stage -5 (Competition stage): Marshalls - Rohith, Achu Sai, Amber Rao, Vijay Reddy and Smitha.

And the "Winners" for the day

1st Place: The "Coorg Jeepers", Bopaiah and Kavan

2nd Place: The "KTM Jeepers", Kurian and Anand

3rd Place: The "Terra Tigers", Siddarth and Arka

A big thank you to each one of you for the participating in this event!!

The "Man" behind everything, our "Cheif Marshall" - Viji Sir

The Core "O-Team": Vijay Kumar, Rajesh Narayanan, MP Sir and Dwaraknath

A very happy Team BODA at the end of a successful day!!

Photo Courtesy : Shrinivas Shamachar, Subba Rao Sunkara and Shibu Varghese.

[GTO]

Thread moved from the Assembly Line to the 4x4 Section. Thanks for sharing!

[genesis]

Super pictures. Great to see familiar smiling faces again.

Since there are no pics of water, how deep was the water in the water stage?

Reason for asking: Seeing the increasing depth of water troughs in 'competitive' offroad events, how do/did petrol vehicles fare?

Vested reason for asking

[KPS]

Thanks for sharing. Jeep_Girl. Did you take part in your Gypsy, as seen in your profile picture?

I noticed a green bucket on the jeeps


Was this part of the competition where the one with maximum amount of water in the buckets won the stage?

Cheers

[Shubhendra]

Originally Posted by genesis

Super pictures. Great to see familiar smiling faces again.

Since there are no pics of water, how deep was the water in the water stage?

Soumya SIR,
I think it was water under bucket which was being tied up on bonnet of vehicle and then asked to complete a trail with minimum spill of water. I am just guessing though.
Dont get scared we are on same page and we wont enter deep water obstacles in Gokak which are actually meant for amphibian jeep.

Shubhendra

[genesis]

Originally Posted by Shubhendra

Soumya SIR,
I think it was water under bucket which was being tied up on bonnet of vehicle and then asked to complete a trail with minimum spill of water. I am just guessing though.
Shubhendra

Thanks Shubhendra JEE. I must be growing old with failing eyesight.
The jeep equivalent of lemon and spoon race. Very cool!

[mac187]

Originally Posted by Shubhendra

I think it was water under bucket which was being tied up on bonnet of vehicle and then asked to complete a trail with minimum spill of water. I am just guessing though.
Shubhendra

That is exactly what it was. 1900ml (measured in a beaker) of water was poured into the bucket which had a very strong magnet underneath it. Participants were asked to place the bucket anywhere on the bonnet and begin the trail.

Winning criteria was
1. Participant who returns with the highest volume of water at the end of 10mins
2. Incase of a tie on volume, participant who reaches the fastest.

It was something unique and in a bid to saved water many participants went slow and couldn't finish in time. The trail did the rest and had the rest for lunch... Only a handful vehicles completed the challenge.

[drbones]

The lady with the red gypsy is here . Smitha Prasad the first off-road lady of 4x4 India and teambhp, you are an inspiration for ladies who think off-roading is a sport for men only . Many more happy Miles of off-roading for you .

Where are your gypsy pics jeep girl ?

[Jeep_Girl]

Originally Posted by drbones

The lady with the red gypsy is here . Smitha Prasad the first off-road lady of 4x4 India and teambhp, you are an inspiration for ladies who think off-roading is a sport for men only . Many more happy Miles of off-roading for you .

Where are your gypsy pics jeep girl ?

Thank you drbones! No pictures of my Gypsy here as I din't drive in this event, I was a Marshall in this event.

[Endeavour333]

BODA Guys thank you for flawlessly conducting this event, it was great fun on some great terrain! Attaching a few pics that I have:

Link to my personal report can be found here:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/4x4-ve...oading-13.html

First pic was taken by Amol Pol