Marienplatz (Munich)
Munich, Germany to London, United Kingdom
King’s Cross Station (London)
Cotswold Airfield (Cirencester)
Royal Marines Commando Training Centre (Lympstone)
Devon & Exeter Squash & Racketball Club (Exeter)
St Mary & St Boniface’s Cathedral (Plymouth)
Plymouth Gin Distillery (Plymouth)
Smeaton’s Tower, Plymouth Hoe Park (Plymouth)
It won’t be a lucky 13th Leg for one team as the Final Four Race to secure their spot in the Final. A marathon Leg across England tests the teams’ physical and mental strengths in the closest Race so far, all leading to the closest and most important finish before the end of the season!
Teams are on equal footing departing Munich, Germany to London. At King’s Cross, Nina & Calvin are first to find Platform 9¾, allowing them to grab the first slot at the upcoming Road Block, followed by Paolo & Bubbles, Olivia & Chandler and Betong & Maey.
But at the Road Block, Nina and Chandler have trouble the maneuvers with both needing three attempts to get the thumbs up while Paolo and Betong only need two each.
Paolo & Bubbles, despite leaving first from the airfield, lose time on the way to the Royal Marines training centre. Though last place Olivia & Chandler arrive only 15 minutes behind current leaders Betong & Maey.
But the Army Reservists Paolo & Bubbles are able to easily conquer the obstacle course, allowing them to make up time and regain the lead. The other three teams struggle with their tents and stretchers. Though again, all four teams remain within a half hour of each other with Paolo & Bubbles again losing time on the drive over.
At the squash, Olivia & Chandler are able to move into first and maintain their lead through the mail delivery. Trailing Nina & Calvin move ahead of Betong & Maey at the mail task.
At the gin distillery, Betong & Maey are able to make up a lot of time, moving into 2nd behind Olivia & Chandler after the Double Road Block. Paolo & Bubbles fall to last place as teams start the final memory task.
Nina & Calvin manage to move into the lead after completing their bottles. But Betong & Maey are close behind with Olivia & Chandler and Paolo & Bubbles five minutes behind, each.
It is now a footrace to the Pit Stop to secure a spot in the finals. Nina & Calvin maintain their lead and claim their 4th Leg win of the Race. Olivia & Chandler manage to pass Betong & Maey on the way to the Mat, claiming 2nd. And while Paolo & Bubbles try to catch up, Betong & Maey just make it to the Mat to finish as Team #3.
Three minutes later, Paolo & Bubbles arrive at the Pit Stop and are officially eliminated.
| LEG START Strasbourg, France |
| ARRIVAL AT ST. PANCRAS STATION: 11:00PM DEPARTURE FROM KING’S CROSS STATION ON CHARTER BUS: 5:00AM ARRIVAL AT COTSWOLD AIRFIELD: 7:10AM |
| NUMBER TAKEN Platform 9¾, King’s Cross Station |
| NINA & CALVIN – 1 PAOLO & BUBBLES – 2 OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 3 BETONG & MAEY – 4 |
| ROAD BLOCK: Who can soar to victory? | |
| Paolo 10 – 8 Bubbles Betong 10 – 8 Maey Nina 9 – 9 Calvin Olivia 9 – 9 Chandler Shamcey 9 – 8 Lloyd |
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| Bold teammate indicates who performed this Road Block. Red teammate indicates who completed Road Block after an Interchange is used Road Block counts are as of this Road Block. |
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| ORDER OF DEPARTURE Cotswold Airfield Cirencester, United Kingdom |
| 1. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 8:45AM 2. BETONG & MAEY – 8:50AM 3. NINA & CALVIN – 9:00AM 4. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 9:10AM |
| ORDER OF ARRIVAL Royal Marines Commando Training Centre Lympstone, United Kingdom |
| 1. BETONG & MAEY – 11:05AM 2. NINA & CALVIN – 11:10AM 3. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 11:15AM 4. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 11:20AM |
| DETOUR | |
| CONQUER THE COURSE PAOLO & BUBBLES |
COMMAND THE GEAR OLIVIA & CHANDLER BETONG & MAEY NINA & CALVIN |
| Teams listed in order of Detour completion. > or < indicate team switched Detours *indicates first Detour completed by a U-Turned team. |
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| DETOUR OVERALL |
| 1. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 12:30PM 2. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 12:40PM 3. BETONG & MAEY – 12:45PM 4. NINA & CALVIN – 12:55PM |
| ORDER OF ARRIVAL Devon & Exeter Squash & Racketball Club Exeter, United Kingdom |
| 1. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 1:00PM 2. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 1:05PM 3. BETONG & MAEY – 1:15PM 4. NINA & CALVIN – 1:20PM |
| ORDER OF DEPARTURE Devon & Exeter Squash & Racketball Club Exeter, United Kingdom |
| 1. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 1:40PM 2. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 1:45PM 3. BETONG & MAEY – 2:00PM 4. NINA & CALVIN – 2:05PM |
| ORDER OF ARRIVAL St Mary & St Boniface’s Cathedral Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| 1. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 2:40PM 2. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 2:55PM 3. BETONG & MAEY – 3:00PM 4. NINA & CALVIN – 3:05PM |
| ORDER OF DEPARTURE St Mary & St Boniface’s Cathedral Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| 1. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 3:15PM 2. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 3:30PM 3. NINA & CALVIN – 3:40PM 4. BETONG & MAEY – 3:45PM |
| ORDER OF ARRIVAL Plymouth Gin Distillery Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| 1. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 3:20PM 2. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 3:40PM 3. NINA & CALVIN – 3:45PM 4. BETONG & MAEY – 3:50PM |
| ORDER OF COMPLETION Double Road Block Plymouth Gin Distillery |
| 1. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 4:30PM 2. BETONG & MAEY – 4:35PM 3. NINA & CALVIN – 4:40PM 4. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 4:45PM |
| ORDER OF DEPARTURE After Completion of Labels Memory Task Plymouth Gin Distillery |
| 1. NINA & CALVIN – 5:30PM 2. BETONG & MAEY – 5:35PM 3. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 5:40PM 4. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 5:45PM |
| PIT STOP Smeaton’s Tower, Plymouth Hoe Park Plymouth, United Kingdom |
| 1. NINA & CALVIN – 5:45PM 2. OLIVIA & CHANDLER – 5:50PM 3. BETONG & MAEY – 5:52PM 4. PAOLO & BUBBLES – 5:55PM |
Wow an interesting final three 🤭
Who do you think will win?
Also I noticed Olivia & Chandler have been 2 or 3 most of the race and have yet to win a leg. Does that mean they’ll win at the Finish Line? ☺️ or will they be like Tar Canada Meghan and Natalie?
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