A course for the eagle-eyed thinking orienteer
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- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
The last of the Sydney Sprint Series was run by Uringa at Mort Bay Dock on a map newly refreshed by Dave Lotty, who also set the course. Dave had taken the best of the area to produce an unusual sprint course that combined street areas and the best of the local parks.
Route choice was important especially on the longer legs where choices made measureable differences to results. Tricky short dashes through the parkland at Ballast Point, where spotting detail on the map was critical, had runners leaping up and down staircases and hunting in amongst the park features which included old oil drums and loading bays.
Michael Burton was the swiftest, canniest runner on the day with a time of 21:47 followed by Big Foot runner Patrik Gunnarsson in 22:21. First woman home was Tracy Marsh in 24.24. Special mention must go to Duncan Currie, Garingal junior, who with his 26:18 romped home ahead of some serious competition.
