GO on the track:
A handful of GOers made the trek to Wedderburn Aerodrome last weekend for the annual NSW MTBO champs. This is orienteering on mountain bikes. You must stick to the tracks, which are denoted by their rideability rather than their width as in Foot O.
Carolyn Haupt was the only competitor in W40 in the Middle Distance on Saturday, conducted in temps of 30C and involving a 5km ride to the start, and the same 5km from the finish back to the assembly!
Ian Jessup was third in the "Recreational" class, an 8km ride that took him just on an hour. John Brayan was 5th in M50, while James Lithgow mispunched in M60.
On Sunday, with temps 10-15C cooler, Ian moved up to 2nd in the Long ("Recreational" was anything but: 16km = 2 hours), John Havranek was second in the eBike category, James 13th in M60, while Michael Ridley-Smith got the dreaded mp in M40.
Thanks to Uringa and Big Foot for these events.
GO for Hockey medals:
Garingal members were among the awards at Macquarie Uni Hockey Club's annual presentation night on Saturday.
Lisa Grant (R) won the 3rd grade women's players player, Claire Winnick (recently of GO but now a member of CC having moved north) took out the 2nd grade women's players player, and Ian Jessup was awarded a 600-game milestone medal.
Australian Championships 2018:
Garingal won five events at the Australian Champs in South Australia and achieved 10 second placings and 6 thirds.
We had 26 members competing in the Australian Middle (M), Relay (R), Sprint (S) and Long (L) champs and the South Australian Middle (SAM) champs over two weekends.
The following people earned podium places in the main championship events:
Ross Barr (M70): 2nd M, 1st R ; Duncan Currie (M20E): 3rd R ; Michael Hanratty (MOpenB): 3rd SAM ; Robert Herkes (M21AS): 2nd S, 2nd SAM ; Barbara Hill (W50): 2nd S, 1st L ; Tony Hill (M45): 3rd R, 3rd SAM ; Barbara Junghans (W65AS): 2nd M ; Ron Junghans (M75): 2nd M, 2nd SAM ; Iida Lehtonen (W14): 1st M, 1st R, 3rd S ; Angus Leung (M20A): 3rd S ; Wendy McConaghy (WOpenB): 1st S ; Jim Merchant (M70): 2nd R ; Dennis Sparling (M65AS): 2nd R ; Toby Wilson (M21E): 2nd R
Midweek was the Australian Schools Champs. Garingal were represented by Duncan Currie (Senior Boys), Ellen Currie (Senior Girls), Iida Lehtonen (Junior Girls) and Angus Leung who competed in the Senior Boys Reserve races.
Duncan Currie 2nd S, 10th L, absent ill for Relays ; Ellen Currie 20th S, 13th L, 6th R ; Iida Lehtonen 19th S, 3rd L, 5th R ; Angus Leung 5th S, 7th L, 10th R
Congratulations to everyone.
