Snow Hills State League - cancelled
- Last Updated: Friday, 12 October 2012 12:42
With over 100mm of rain having fallen in the last 24 hours Big Foot organisers of the State League have had to take the tough decision of cancelling the event at Snow Hills this weekend.
'We are so disappointed for everyone, but we have been keeping tabs on the weather, and even up to yesterday were hoping that we could still run the event,' says Jock Davis. 'It simply became clear today that the event is just not viable with this much water standing on the terrain. From a 2km walk to assembly it became a 4km walk. Getting cars and kit in was just not an option. Unsealed roads to the event site are really difficult and some of the key fords are under water.'
Please refer to the Big Foot website for any further updates.
ONSW welcomes new Technical Director
- Last Updated: Monday, 08 October 2012 10:22
The ONSW Board are pleased to welcome Andrew Lumsden of Big Foot Orienteers onto the Board as the new Technical Director replacing Gordon Wilson who steps down having provided the Association with many years of solid expertise.
Andrew has been a keen orienteer for 40 years and has been a member of Big Foot since its early days and Garingal before that. He represented Australia as a junior, but nowadays his goal is to have zero slow legs on Winsplits. Andrew has controlled a number of State and Australian Championships and the WMOC Sprint Final.
Andrew’s goals as Technical Director are to maintain the high quality of NSW orienteering and to ensure events are run safely and with good landowner relations. He has started out by talking to competitors at the recent NSW Long and Middle Distance Championships to see what they liked and disliked about the events.
Many thanks to Gordon Wilson and welcome Andrew!
Saddle up for the first of the DuO races!
- Last Updated: Monday, 08 October 2012 10:20
The first of the 2012/13 Duo Races is coming up soon. The event at Hawkmount is on the 4th November and if you like a taste of adventure then this is the series for you!
Comprising both Foot and Mountain Bike Orienteering there are three courses on offer. The Long course will be around 20k of MTB and 7k for the two foot stages, with the Short course with 15k MTB and 5k on foot. The Taster course, particularly suitable for families, is around 5k MTB and 1k on foot. Stay for the BBQ after you finish or relax in the shade and watch the action at the start/finish.
Entries close on 31 October and don't forget - all entries go into the draw for the Trek Cobia 29er Mountain Bike!
Blackberries. Lots of blackberries
- Last Updated: Monday, 08 October 2012 10:09
Briohny Seaman secured a solid win at the WaggaRoos orienteering event conducted last Sunday in the Murraguldrie State Forest.
Starting near the Murraguldrie Creek bridge the courses looped across the undulating hillsides that were a profusion of orchids, wattles and egg-and-bacon plants. And blackberry bushes. The blackberries have infested many of the gullies and although the clumps could be reasonably easily traversed, strands tended to grab at ankle height.
Briohny Seaman made very few errors on the 5km hard course as she worked her way around the course to win by just over 6 minutes. In one area where the blackberries were rife she stayed well to the west avoiding the main infestations and then worked her way up a long spur to the control. Others went more direct zigzagging their way through the clumps and then across the undulations. Alex Davey missed out on the win due to a classic parallel error running down a spur south of the correct one; Wayne Bajenoff came third.
Debbie Davey had a great run on the 3.8km hard course winning easily from Wes Campbell who by his own standards had a disappointing event dogged by unforced errors.
Chris Lee won the 2.5km easy course. Participants on this course were led through the forest along a ridge line with the aid of some notes to help locate the controls. Although having orienteered previously this was the first time Chris had ventured out by herself. She finished just ahead of Kath Oliver. The Yeoman family had their first orienteering experience on this course and did well finishing in just over an hour.
Julie Gooding was the only participant on the 3.2km moderate course. The only difficulty she had was whether to stop and admire the orchids or continue running. The Waggaroos next event is 21 October at Pomingalarna, with their Summer Series starting on 22 November at Lake Albert.
Thanks to John Oliver for this report
