Garingal Four Decades

Tuesday, 27 August 2013 - Garingal turns 40 years old next week and to celebrate we are getting together at the North Ryde Golf Club for an evening of memorabilia and trivia.  You will be able to check out some historic photographs, share a few yarns from the decades gone by, refresh old acquaintances and compare notes from classic events.  

Who was the first Garingal president?  Which other club in Sydney was formed from Garingal members at UNSW?  Who set the course at Ophir which involved a route choice through a mining tunnel and did it comply with the setting rules?  Were the original controls used by Garingal just red buckets?  

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Hop Along to Curl Curl

Tuesday, 6 August 2013 - Sydney - It was another big week of orienteering for Garingal with the regular MetrOleague rounds concluding the weekend before last at Lapstone.  With many of the regulars away overseas in the major carnivals, there was an opportunity for the other Garingal members to step up and join the competition.  We had some great results in races.  Importantly, the Garingal Monitors qualified for the final playoff in Division 1 and Garingal Legless qualified for the finals in Division 5.  But more importantly, junior Toby Wilson blitzed the field in to be the fastest finisher in Division 1 beating many of the former superstars in the elite Division. Check out the results and the final MetrOleague points tables.  The finals of the MetrOleague will be held at Cataract scout park in a few weeks time.  Last weekend was a super Junior League event in the bright sunshine at Centennial Park.  

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Jai Sets New Course at Macquarie

Sunday, 21 July 2013 - North Ryde - First time course setter, Jai Di Tommaso set an interesting and entertaining group of courses for the Garingal club event and junior league held near Macquarie University over the weekend.  Jai made full use of the beautiful bush tracks on the northern side of the M2.  There were a series of controls located amongst the Sydney sandstone outcrops and subtle creek lines which made running and navigation a treat under the sensational Sydney sunlight.  Every control was designed to make the runner "think about the route choices" and some of the more experienced orienteers found that their selected route may not have been the best option ....  The event was well attended with more than 130 entries and plenty of new juniors joining the fray.  Well done to Jai and the Garingal organising team!  Check out the RESULTS AND SPLITS.

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