Final call for O'Shea entries!
- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
Anyone thinking of joining in with the O'Shea 2 days should warm up their computer and get their email entries in. Map numbers will be finalised on Monday and whilst there will be some opportunities for entry on the day these will be limited to the Saturday afternoon event and the Sunday score event. There is no EOD for the night event.
The O'Shea is a great event to start your winter season and you can do it with a buddy. This is a Pairs Event with three races over 2 days, including a Pairs Relay, a Night Line Course and a Score event
- Saturday afternoon is a Pairs Relay with a long and a short leg.
- Saturday night is a Line Course for both or one of the pairs (best time to count) and,
- Sunday morning there is a Score Event
With great prizes on offer you'd be mad to miss it. Get your email entries in now - more details here.
Waggaroos sprint around CSU
- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
Alex Davey continued his good form winning the WaggaRoos summer series event at CSU last Thursday evening.
The event used a line course format as a change from the usual score course and with a 1:4000 map and plenty of buildings this race felt very much like an exciting sprint event. Runners could choose from a 2.3km or a 1.2km course. Alex Davey was a clear winner on the longer course with a margin of almost 3 minutes. Julie Gooding who lost a little time at the sixth and seventh controls, came second but finished full of running and had the fastest time in the 100m dash downhill from the last control to the finish and won the handicap honours for the evening.
Read more: Waggaroos sprint around CSU
Sydney West Series has even experienced runners scratching their heads
- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
The Sydney West Series at Parramatta on Sunday began with runners doing a lot of careful study of the map, as planner Lyn Malmgron's course offered plenty of options. Runners were enticed to controls all over the area from the Cathedral to James Ruse Drive to the southernmost edge of the map. Even locals discovered parts of the town they didn’t know about.
The humidity was a challenge, too. A lovely sunny day after all the rain brought a tropical atmosphere. Only James McQuillan and Glenn Horrocks visited every control, but neither could manage it in under 45 minutes. Newcomer Dean Williamson surprised his fellow SHOO members by coming 7th overall; one to watch?
Thanks to Neville Fathers for this report
Space Racing rockets to success in Dubbo
- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
Space Racing rocketed to success in Dubbo when the first of a new series of Space Races blasted off last Saturday attracting over forty participants. Based on the Space Racing model developed by Bendigo Orienteers, which has also been used with great success in Sydney, fourteen teams of children were given a mission to find all of the space stations hidden around Victoria Park within thirty minutes and then return to base.
Team Pleione (Samantha Wallace and Haylee Burton ) and Team Sirius (Amber Burton and Natalie Roth) were home first, quickly followed by Team Canopus (Sharni Archer and Debbie Archer). All children received a certificate commending their efforts.
Read more: Space Racing rockets to success in Dubbo
