The story below is taken from the ONSW website home page on Sunday 24th May. Congratulations to our own member Jim Forbes who refined his courses for the NOL events at Hill End in March 2019 under the careful eye of Controller Andrew Lumsden.
For the full story on the World-of-O website, go to http://news.worldofo.com/2020/05/21/route-to-o-season-2020-day-68/. Congrats Jim and Andrew!
At the World-of-O website you can draw in your own route choice, or look at the route-map for the top 6 runners that day March last year. Also, you can see the 'density map' with the compilation of all runners routes superimposed to see that the pattern covers every direction possible. Wow! What a leg.
... Hill End leg makes it onto world stage Friday 22nd May 2020
The World of O website is a veritable "O bible" and has been posting a route choice poser each day of the covid-19 lockdown.
Today it's a leg from the 2019 NOL Relay at Hill End, with kudos going to Garingal's Jim Forbes (setter) and Big Foot's Andrew Lumsden (controller).
You can view the conundrum, work out your tactics, draw your route (and offer an explanation), then look at the runners routes.
Jim also had the job of setting the Middle Distance courses for all the non-elites on the same day!
Australia is on the other side of the globe to all the heavyweights of orienteering, so it's nice when we get recognised by the Europeans.
Well done Jim and Andrew.
Many orienteers will have fond memories of Hill End's debut for the 2017 Australian Championships Carnival, and the 2019 NOL weekend was a great follow-up.
Orienteers know they currently need to stay at home. But happily, we are allowed to spend time outdoors to exercise. If you are missing the flashing red light and beep of SPORTident units during your run (or jog, or walk), then MapRun can provide beeps from your mobile phone. It also provides a competitive element to your exercise. If you like to linger at the results screen, this is for you.
MapRun is an app that provides a form of Orienteering using SmartPhones GPS for punching and timing. This means that courses can be available at any time on any day. ONSW has created MapRun courses at Centennial Park, Bicentennial Park, Curl Curl Lagoon and Georges Heights. Garingal (in particular, Colin Burnett & Dianne, and Carol Jacobson) has recently created some courses that may be closer to home for GO members.
For more information on getting started today with MapRun click here.
It is with sadness we have learnt of the passing of Christine Darby (née Curtin) - a very caring and creative person, always with a smile.
Christine joined Bennelong Northside Orienteers in 1999 and was a much-loved club member bringing brightness, warmth and camaraderie to all club activities. She was a regular participant in Sydney Summer Series as well as club events, Metro and State Leagues plus Australian Championships. The spirit and warmth that she contributed are fondly remembered. After meeting Stephen (Garingal) their relationship grew through many orienteering adventures. Marriage and the World Rogaining Champs were highlights in 2006. Along with their two beautiful girls, Joanna and Angela, the family joined Garingal and have been regulars at the Saturday Orienteering Series in recent years. Christine could be seen on many Saturdays encouraging, teaching and patiently following one of their girls around their course. Most recently the family also came to the Garingal Christmas Party held on that very hot 40°+ day early February, in order that the girls could meet other Garingal juniors.
Stephen tells how Christine fought a four-year long battle with ovarian cancer with determination, dignity and compassion. He relates how it was hard for even him to know how much she was suffering because she was always thinking of others first, and just wanted to be treated as normal. For as long as she could, Christine volunteered each week with Hornsby Connect, a charity that provides food and support for those in need.
Just last year, Christine was also volunteering to help with the orienteering program at her girl’s school. She was generous with her time and energy and a wonderful, caring role model as well as advocate for orienteering in the community. She will be missed by many.
Stephen is keen that if you have any photos or special memories of Christine, you please send them to Barbara Hill
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for collation. We would love to preserve some of these memories for her young family.
Our hearts go out to Stephen, Joanna and Angela at this most difficult time for them personally. With limitations on social gatherings, Stephen says a time to meet and remember will be organised at a later date. In the meantime, Stephen suggests that donations to Hornsby Connect would be preferred rather than flowers if people are of that mind [see https://www.hornsbyconnect.org.au/].
Barbara Junghans, Wayne Pepper, Barbara Hill [photo with thanks from Wayne Pepper]
