 Waverton, Wednesday 23 June 2010: 34 starters braved the cold and wet conditions from Waverton Park on Wednesday evening. Several others arrived but decided that warmth and dryness were preferable to pencils and pots, and so left without competing. The course setter attempted to challenge any "get the lot" types with what he thought was a fairly wide spread in the hilly harbourside terrain, but WHO's Andy Hill proved well up to the task, returning with a full card in under 42 minutes. Even though he had the benefit of the last of the daylight as he ran, it was still raining more or less constantly and far from optimum conditions. Most formidable.
WHO's only other runner, Adrian White, completed a one-two double by coming in second with 550 points. Wendy Stevenson (BigFoot) and Michael Free (GO) tied for third with 540. Daniel Dohle (GO, 530), Peter Annetts (GO, 510) and Lisa Grant (GO, 510) were the others to crack 500. Ross Barr (GO, 450) was the strongest of the seniors division. The only junior competitor, Duncan Currie, delivered an impressive 370, and an even more impressive trip over a guy rope two meters from the finish. Fortunately no damage done to Duncan (or the rope). Another remarkable achievement was David Bowerman, whose watch failed two minutes into his run, but still returned only 19 seconds over the 45 minute mark.
My thanks to all who took on the course and the weather, including 19 GO members. Also thanks to those who assisted before, during or after the event. In particular, appreciation is due to organiser Jamie Kennedy (who filed this report except for this sentence) and Andy Graham who vetted the course.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 26 June 2010 )
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Dubbo, Monday 14 June 2010:  The NSW Schools Team was announced at the QBIII carnival over the weekend. The announcement followed a series of 8 selection races over the last few months at a variety of venues. There was tough competition to get into the team this year as there is a large pool of junior talent coming through the ranks across the State. The announcement was eagerly awaited by many Garingal juniors. 6 of our juniors were selected in the team this year. They are: Michele Dawson (Senior Girls) Huon Wilson (Senior Boys) Matthew Hill (Senior Boys) Aidan Dawson (Junior Boys) Toby Wilson (Junior Boys) Daniel Hill (Junior Boys).
All of the juniors in the club and other clubs have put in a huge effort at training camps and during the competition races over the past few months and are to be congratulated. The team will compete in the Australian Championships to be held near Adelaide in October. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 June 2010 )
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 Dubbo, Monday 14 June 2010: A major orienteering event was held near Dubbo over the Queen's Birthday Long weekend. Known as "QBIII", the event was well attended with more than 300 competitors venturing west for the event.
Full results for the weekend can be found here. PHOTOS of the event can be found here. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 26 June 2010 )
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 The 3rd round of the 2010 National Orienteering League was held over the weekend.
The first event was a sprint orienteering course at Macquarie University on Saturday morning. FINAL RESULTS are now available. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 May 2010 )
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