NSW orienteers take second at Sprint the Bay

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 04 February 2020 21:52

ONSW president Greg Barbour and Garingal junior Iida Lehtonen were the best performed of the small NSW contingent at Sprint the Bay at the weekend.

The event, revived after a hiatus of a few years, features six sprints in three days in vastly different terrains in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand's north island.

Iida, a member of our victorious NSW schools team in 2019, was just 26 seconds behind local Zara Stewart on aggregate in the senior girls division. Keeping it in the family, Iida's mum Miia was second in the women's Cruiser class for more recreational participants.

Greg, a member of Big Foot, finished just over six minutes behind Jon McComb of Tasmania in M50, while Julia Prudhoe (Central Coast) was third in W60.

Our best in the elites was Alastair George (BF, pictured), who was 14th overall.

The event had the Tour de France as its inspiration, with a yellow singlet to be worn by the stage leaders, a polka dot one for the best hill climbers and green singlet for best sprinters.

Among the locations were a campus, a golf course, a grassy hillside and a town centre.