QB III delivers a hat-trick of terrains
- Last Updated: Monday, 10 June 2019 22:26
Three great maps and two days of gorgeous weather made for one bumper QB III carnival in the Southern Highlands.
A cold, drizzly afternoon at Belanglo State Forest on Saturday afternoon was soon eclipsed by two calm, sunny days at Canyonleigh and WSU Campbelltown where temps hit a balmy 20C.
Challenging courses made for some long times on course for those who made errors, but the results also show some very fast times for those who nailed their nav.
A big thank you to the Uringa and Central Coast host clubs, the setters and controllers, organiser Ron Pallas, all the helpers, the landowners and the 300+ participants each day who enjoyed three very different terrains.
We should also give special mentions to two Uringans:
(1) Zoe Melling for a phenomenal effort. Zoe did Parkrun on Saturday morning, then rode 31km to Belanglo and back again. On Sunday she rode 38km to the event and was on course for a further three hours. Thankfully her clubmates gave her a lift back that day!
(2) Jane Boland for abandoning her course on Saturday to assist an injured competitor. Fantastic sporting spirit.
All the results and splits are on the State League web page. Routegadget will be uploaded soon.
Please fill out the very brief course setter surveys for each day. These provide valuable feedback for setters and controllers, and determine who wins one of our annual major awards!
Huge turnout for 2019 NOSH
- Last Updated: Tuesday, 04 June 2019 21:55
Superb weather, a course extension and a record 499 entries made for a memorable Great NOSH Footrace on Sunday.
This was the 45th running of the famous 16km trail run from Lindfield Oval to Seaforth Oval through stunning Middle Harbour scenery - and a 6km extension to allow an additional 22km course drew in some serious competition.
The forecast rain was nowhere to be seen, and temps nudging 20C made for thirsty work as the runners finished under blue skies.
Rhys Howard and Lindsay Norton were the inaugural 22km winners, while WHO's Tasmanian recruit Karl Bicevskis took out the 16km race along with Jo Nevin.
In the walking category, Big Foot's Andrew Wisniewski and Joyce Subloo were first across the line.
All up, nine orienteers recorded top-3 placings. Results can be found here.
A big thank you to Bennelong Northside Orienteers and Bold Horizons for organising the event, Seaforth Football Club for use of their grounds, National Parks for course permission, and all the helpers who made the day such a success.
Donate to orienteering
- Last Updated: Wednesday, 29 May 2019 11:11
Did you know that you can make a tax-deductible donation to orienteering?
The end of the financial year is rapidly approaching and Orienteering Australia is continuing its fundraising partnership with the Australian Sports Foundation.
Typically, this is the time of year when many community donors and philanthropists donate to the sports they support.
Donate by June 30 and you can claim it as part of your 2018-19 tax return.
There are a range of fundraising projects available for you to choose from that will support Australia’s elite orienteers and OA itself. Many of these projects aim to help offset the high cost of our senior and junior elites representing Australia overseas. Information on the various projects can be found here.
There are 6 OA projects currently available:
OA WOC Team Support
OA JWOC Team Support
OA High Performance Support
OA MTBO International Competition Support
Southern Arrows WOC/JWOC Representatives Support
Administration Support
West Australian elite MTBO rep Ricky Thackray is also seeking support with his overseas travel expenses and will again be representing Australia in the 2019 MTBO WOC in Denmark in July/August. Ricky’s project can be found here.
On the topic of fundraising, if any orienteer is interested in helping with OA’s fundraising by developing, managing and promoting OA’s fundraising ASF projects and working with the athletes to develop their own fundraising, please contact Paul Prudhoe (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Big upsets amid record turnout at Aquatic Reserve
- Last Updated: Sunday, 26 May 2019 19:03
Bennelong and WHO delivered stunning wins in Division 1 as MetrO League kicked off with a massive 212 participants - more than anyone can remember in 25 years of the competition.
The tranquility of the northern section of Manly Dam was broken only by the 'ting' of baseball bats warming up at Aquatic Reserve.
ML co-ordinator Ian Jessup noted about 20 debutants across the five grades - including two West Australian NOL runners and a couple of primary school students. How good are our kids?!
Manly Dam is an area with a renowned thickness of vegetation but enough tracks and cliffs to allow shortcuts for the daring.
Multiple champions Big Foot came unstuck with two Division 1 runners mispunching in their shock 31-21 loss to newly promoted hosts Bennelong Northside, while WHO roped in two spare Uringa runners to down Garingal 29-26.
Winning times were pretty close to the expected, except in Division 5 where 22 people went under time, while in Division 2 the all-Garingal match featured seven runners within two minutes of each other.
A big thanks to setter Peter Thomason, controller Rod Parkin, organiser Brett Sewell and the Bennelong Northside club.
Results, whiteboard scores and splits are linked on our ML web page.
Next round is June 23 at Nurragingy Reserve.
