Bennett, Enderby win major Newcastle awards

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Last Updated: Monday, 03 December 2018 13:32

Our Newcastle club is a powerhouse on the Australian orienteering scene and wrapped up another successful year with their annual presentations on Sunday.

Prizes of a perpetual trophy and rain jacket for performances across the whole bush season went to Rob Bennett (Men, pictured) and Jenny Enderby (Women).

Congratulations also to the NOY winners: Rob Bennett (Hard Long), Glenn Burgess (Hard Medium), Rudi Landsiedel (Hard Short), Graeme Taplin (Moderate Long), Erika Enderby (Moderate Short), Warren Quilty (Easy) and Maya Kelly (Very Easy).

Newcastle retained the ONSW Interclub Trophy based on State League results, and Jenny won the prestigious Orienteering Australia Silva Medal.

Meanwhile, Waggaroos held their presentations on Saturday, with a very cute short line course (see the FB post here) around the Davey property.

Host Debbie Davey was awarded Wagga's course setter of the year.

And James McQuillan has been crowned as WHO's club champion for 2018. Over the past 12 months James has participated in 60 events at all levels from SOS to Summer Series, State League (winning NSW OY M35A), to Australian Championships and has represented NSW.

He was consistently at the top of the results for each event he entered. James is also WHO's highest level event controller and was the course controller for last year’s Australian Schools Championships.