NSW Championships out west

The NSW Middle Distance Championships were held on the shores of Wyangala Dam near Cowra.  Stunning weather, very open great granite country (see photo with place-getters Wendy McConaghy left and Natalie Grainger right).  For some the terrain was steep, and the boulders that littered the hillsides stumped them.  Congratulations to the following place getters:

W12A  1^st Lena Baracsi; W16A  1^st Iida Lehtonen; W35A  1^st Nikolett Halmai; M75A  1^st Ron Junghans; M50A  1^st Peter Annetts; W21AS  1^st Joanna Hill; W65AS  1^st Barbara Junghans; M45AS  1^st Arpad Kocsik; M55AS  1^st Ian Jessup; W Open B  1^st Wendy McConaghy.

W12A 2^nd Lilja Lehtonen; M35A  2^nd Istvan Kertesz; W70A  2^nd Carol Jacobson; W Open B  2^nd Natalie Grainger; Open Easy  2^nd Kirsten Horley.

W40A  3^rd Andrea Lux; M65AS 3rd Dennis Sparling; W70A 3rd Bryony Cox; M70A  3^rd Ross Barr.

The NSW Long Distance Championships were held not far away in Roseberg State Forest.  Very different terrain.  Not so many boulders, but a lot more forest with fallen timber.  Very nice to see our juniors starting to star!  Also, some repeat offenders getting placed in both championships.

W12A  1^st Lena Baracsi;  W Open B 1^st Wendy McConaghy; Open Easy 1^st Kirsten Horley; M75A 1^st Ron Junghans; M45AS 1^st Arpad Kocsik;  W65AS 1^st  Barbara Junghans

M35A  2^nd Istvan Kertesz; W21AS  2^nd  Melissa Annetts; M60A  2^nd James Lithgow; W70A 2^nd Carol Jacobson

W12A  3^rd Lilja Lehtonen; M12A  3^rd Ben McConaghy; M14A  3^rd Cooper Horley; W16A  3^rd Iida Lehtonen; W35A  3^rd Nikolett Halmai; W40A  3^rd Andrea Lux; W50A  3^rd Barbara Hill; M65AS  3^rd Dennis Sparling

National 3Day over Easter

The National 3-Day comprised a Sprint, a Middle distance and a Long Distance event over 3 days.  Add up the times and the fastest in the class wins.  Congratulations to our place-getters, and especially to partners Nikki Halmai and Istvan Kertesz who each came first in their class - the Master of Ceremonies lost count when he got close to all the fingers on one hand for how many couples had taken out both 1st in their M and W classes.

OVERALL 3-Day

W35A.  1^st Nikolett Halmai; W65AS. 1^st Barbara Junghans; M35A. 1^st Istvan Kertesz; M70A. 2^nd Ross Barr

SPRINT Distance

W35A.  1^st Nikolett Halmai, W65AS. 1^st Barbara Junghans, M35A. 1^st Istvan Kertesz, M75A 1^st Ron Junghans, M70A. 2^nd Ross Barr, M55AS. 2^nd Michael Hanratty, M60A. 3^rd James Lithgow

MIDDLE Distance

W35A  1^stNikolett Halmai, M35A. 1^st Istvan Kertesz, M70A 3^rd Ross Barr, W65AS  3^rd Barbara Junghans, M55AS  3^rd Michael Hanratty

LONG Distance

W35A 1^st Nikolett Halmai, M35A 1^st Istvan Kertesz, W65AS. 1^st Barbara Junghans, W20E. 3^rd Iida Lehtonen

Junior World O Champs selections - congrats to Duncan Currie!

First disappointment when the teams of 6 young men and 6 young women for the Junior Australian Team to JWOC were announced after Easter as the only NSW rep would be Alistair George from Big Foot.  But then came the news that Duncan Currie was, unbeknowns to us, on the Reserve list and will replace Patrick Miller from ACT who cannot attend.  So, congratulations Duncan!  You can follow the progress of the Aus Junior Team at https://www.jwoc2019.dk/