Bennelong Northside couple Terry and Cheryl Bluett enjoyed a 1-2 placing on the first bush day at the Easter carnival in Tasmania on Saturday.
Terry took out M70A and Cheryl was second in W65AS, on the Lovelybanks map an hour north of Hobart. Our best elite competitor was Alastair George (BF) with an outstanding 3rd placing in M20E.
Day 1 we had quite a list of top-3 placings as follows:
1st: M14 Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach), M20A Angus Leung (Garingal), M45A Scott Simson (Newcastle), M60A Geoff Todkill (NC), M70A Terry Bluett (BN), W12A Erika Enderby (NC), W21A Lucy McGarva (Waggaroos), W50A Jenny Enderby (NC), W55A Paula Shingler (BF), M45AS Robert Bradley (WHO), W21AS 1st Alice Martin (CC), WJuniorB Serena Doyle (Uringa); Very Easy Alton Freeman (BF).
2nd: M21A Chris Fitzgerald (Goldseekers), M40A Damian Enderby (NC), M50A Andy Simpson (Big Foot), M80A Brian Cleland (UR), W45A Martina Craig (NC), W70A Val Hodsdon (SHOO), M35AS Dan Martin (Central Coast), W55AS Sandy Stewart (SH); W65AS Cheryl Bluett (BN).
3rd: M14A Oskar Mella (NC), M50A Shane Doyle (UR), M60A Mel Cox (BN), M65A Gordon Wilson (BN), M70A Steve Flick (BN), W14A Nea Shingler (BF), W70A Carol Jacobson (GO), M45AS Ellis Leung (GO), M55AS Peter May (NTOC), M65AS Dave Lotty (UR), W65AS Barbara Junghans (GO).
The carnival began on Good Friday with a Prologue around the Uni of Tasmania campus.
Victories went to Alvin Craig (NC, Men's Hard 1), Michael Halmy (BN, Men's Moderate), Nea Shingler (BF, Women's Moderate) and Erika Enderby (NC, Women's Easy); while Paula Shingler (BF) was second in Women's Hard 1.
Our best elite competitor was Michele Dawson (Garingal), sixth in W21E.