Perfect weather for tiptoeing in the Moonlight
- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
Despite being sandwiched between the first Metro League race of the season and the heavyweight Easter Carnival event up in Queensland, the first of Garingal's Moonlight Madness events for 2012 had a solid turnout. Perfect weather for night orienteering of cool temperatures and clear skies allowed the runners to tackle the score course whilst bathing in the light of the full moon. Summer Series group winners were out in force, with Steve Ryan and Glen Horrocks battling it out for first place; Steve took the honours by a mere ten points. Wendy Stevenson, who won the Summer Series championship in such amazing style, was running but was beaten by Mary Fien and Gill Fowler both in great form.
The next Moonlight Madness event will be at Cremorne on May 2nd. Full details of the series can be found on the Garingal website here
Coalfields Classic - 15 April closing date coming up soon
- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
The closing date for the Coalfields Classic entries is coming up soon. Entries need to be in by 15th April so don't delay and get your entries in here. The Sprint on Saturday is on typical University campus type terrain with intricate buildings and connected pathways in a unique bushland setting. Saturday afternoon takes the racing to a new map near Pelaw Main to classic spur/gully terrain gently undulating with a complex track network and patches of mining detail. The big event on Sunday, the Long Distance, and the World Ranking Event is also spur/gully but here there is some real steepness to negotiate with erosion gully detail right across the map. The team organising the events have been out to video some of the terrain you are going to be racing on - have a look!
Easter 2012 - Prologue
- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
The Prologue was fast and furious with NSW Stingers giving some sterling performances. Josh Blatchford in his first year with the big boys in M21E came 4th on the lovely gently undulating terrain with good granite detail, similar to last years prologue in WA, but not drought bound.
Rising NSW junior star Michele Dawson showed her training is coming to fruition with a 2nd place in the W20E class. Other performances included Alex Massey in 5th place in M20E.
They augur well for consideration in the National Teams. Results and splits are available.
Hilary Wood
NSW Stars at Easter
- Last Updated: Friday, 06 July 2012 15:44
Congratulations to NSW Juniors Michele Dawson, Kasimir Gregory and Alex Massey who have all been selected to represent Australia in the 2012 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Slovakia in July. The selection is well deserved after strong performances by all three in the March and Easter selection races. All three are pictured below in action over the weekend at the Easter 3-Day Competition in Stanthorpe, Queensland.
Other athletes that also excelled over the weekend and picked up first placings included Ewan Shingler (M10A), Daniel Hill (M16A), Angus Roberts (M17-20A), Miles Ellis (M35A), Jock Davis (M45A), Eric Baker (M55+AS), Neil Schafer (M85+A), Marina Ishakova (W21A), Jenny Enderby (W40A), Jane Watt (W55+AS), Toy Martin (W65A) and Maureen Ogilvie (W75A).
In the open elite ranks Tracy Marsh, Joshua Blatchford and Matthew Parton were impressive posting highly competitive results across the weekend.
The Easter competition was spread over four events with the terrain ranging from complex granite to more open fields. Good results required both technical skills to navigate through the tricky granite detail as well as speed and endurance.
On the social side the local National Parks were visited by many plus the restaurants, wineries and local produce stalls were very well received with many orienteers stocking up for the trip home. Thanks to Orienteering Queensland, the many volunteers that contributed to the weekend as well as the Stanthorpe and Warwick towns for a memorable weekend.
