A flat, fast, fairly open new map at Whalan allowed newcomers to ease into MetrO League with confidence on Sunday.
We noted Louise Brooks making her debut for SHOO in Division 5, with Peter Meyer shadowing. At the other end of the age and results scale, kudos to Knox youngster Toshan Tan who ran the fastest time.
Round 3 was a total contrast to the previous round at Mitchell Park, where the rock and forest can pose a stern test.
Most courses had the first couple of controls among some bike jumps and tracks by Ropes Creek, then some longer legs around the playing fields, before a final spurt along the creek and through some long grass.
Times were generally fast, as expected, but as the throng gathered around the scoreboards (see pic) it was apparent that some mispunches cost teams badly.
Keelan Birch (Garingal) had the dreaded 'mp' as arch rivals Big Foot won 27-25 in Division 1, while the Meyer brothers earned SHOO-IKO a 28-27 win over hosts WHO.
Big Foot and Uringa-Central Coast remain unbeaten in Division 2, while in Division 3 there were 3 mps in the Knox-GO Legless match.
Both Garingal teams won in Division 4 to set the pace, while in Division 5 WHO and Uringa-Central Coast maintained their perfect records.
All the scores have been updated on the ML web page. Thanks to WHO for a lovely autumn day.
Our next round is on June 24 on a new map at William Howe Reserve in the suburb of Mt Annan (not the botanic gardens), with SHOO hosting.
