Congratulations to Newcastle's Jenny Enderby who has won the prestigious OA Silva Medal for the second time.
Jenny (W50A, pictured) tied with Marina Iskhakova (ACT, ex-Bennelong Northside, W40A) and Jenny Bourne (Victoria, W60A) but won on a countback based on average winning margins.
The competition for 2018 was based on points in the Australian Championships (Sprint, Middle and Long), the Australian 3-Days Championships (each day considered as a separate event) and the South Australian Middle Distance Championship (Elite and A classes in M/W16 and above). Each athlete counted their best 6 results.
Points were as follows: 1st – 4; 2nd – 3; 3rd – 2 and 1 for finishing, 1 point if there are less than 4 starters.
The two Jennys and Marina won 6 of the 7 events for a maximum of 24 points, with the resultant winning margins being: Enderby 8.81%, Iskhakova 8.23%, Bourne 7.40%.
OA has also released the non-elite rankings for 2018 and NSW had 11 orienteers top their age class nationally.
Congratulations to these No.1-ranked athletes: Alvin Craig (NC, M16), Scott Simson (NC, M45), Shane Doyle (Uringa, M50), Rob Vincent (NC, M60), Steve Flick (BN, M70), Iida Lehtonen (Garingal, W14), Samantha Howe (NC, W35), Jenny Enderby (NC, W50), Paula Shingler (Big Foot, W55), Jenny Hawkins (Northern Tablelands, W70) and Maureen Ogilvie (UR, W85).
ONSW also had seven orienteers ranked second and a further six ranked third.
The full list of rankings can be found here.
