A wonderful Australian championships carnival finished on a high note on Sunday with NSW claiming three major national trophies.
The ONSW organising team of Barbara Junghans, Andrew Lumsden, Ron Pallas and Rob Vincent drew high praise for 10 days of sustained excellence including some awesome new gold mining maps of Hill End.
At the final presentation on Sunday, NSW retained the OA Shield (based on results in the Australian Long Champs) and Xanthorrhoea Trophy (based on results in the Relays), and Newcastle (pictured) took out the Australian Champion Club trophy (based on results in the Australian Long Champs).
James Lithgow set great relay courses, using the flattest part of the Tambaroora map to create an initial spur-gully loop then a very tricky gold mining loop into the finish.
Capping off a great weekend, the NSW junior men's elite relay team of Toby Wilson, Alastair George and Duncan Currie (pictured left) won M20E to clinch the National League title.
NSW teams recorded seven relay wins, six second placings and six third placings.
Jenny Hawkins, a member of Northern Tablelands and Bushflyers (ACT), finished runner up in the prestigious Silva Medal. This is based on placings in the Australian Championships (Sprint, Medium and Long), and the Australian 3-Days Championships (each day considered as a separate event).
The carnival website has been updated with links to results, splits and Routegadget for each day plus the daily photo albums which are now on Smugmug.
We were delighted to see TV crews at five of the seven events. Our media page has links to all the coverage from the carnival - please note the TV news clips are on the networks' Facebook pages.
