I love to have a sprint with Duncan...

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Last Updated: Monday, 20 June 2016 13:02

Is there anything this young man cannot do?

On Saturday afternoon at Leichhardt, 16-year-old Garingal junior Duncan Currie showed his alter ego "Jeff" (see The Australian Orienteer magazine for examples) how it's done with a fantastic ultra sprint.

In this micro format - which is so much fun and a great training tool - there are no control descriptions or numbers on the map; just a dot to show their locations.

With a 30-second penalty for each error (missing a control or punching the wrong control), what were initially decent times for the approx 1.2km races soon blew out and only three of the 80 participants managed three clean runs.

Add in a maze and you've got constant control conundrums!

Puzzled runners, upon hearing they had erred, quickly consulted the answer sheets at the assembly area with incredulity after each lap of Pioneers Memorial Park. "I swear I went to that one... and that one... and that one," they muttered.

We even attracted a couple of park visitors to have a go at one of the three courses.

Toby Wilson (GO) took out Junior Men and overall honours with an aggregate time of 21:50. Clubmate Michele Dawson was the fastest female in 27:57. 

A massive thank you to Duncan and family, SI gurus Col Burnett and Di Bergen for their seamless efforts, and the entire GO gang for a great outing in a fantastic venue.

Photos can be found on our Facebook page, while results and splits are on Eventor.