Canberra's Dent family and the locals from Big Foot emerged triumphant after five warm days at the Xmas 5-days carnival, held this year in Sydney on urban maps.
Martin Dent is an Olympic marathoner (he retired in 2014) now making big inroads (pardon the pun) in orienteering. He won four of the five days in Men A, finishing second on day four at Manly to visiting Finn Topi Syrjalainen.
Wife Kathie won Women A with three firsts and two seconds, while eldest child Elye won Men E on Moderate courses - securing victory over Bennelong's Curtis Pepper with victory on the final morning at Sydney Uni.
Competitors faced steamy conditions, with temps often already in the high 20s for the 9am starts - after a stunning scenic opener around Kirribilli as part of the Sydney Summer Series.
For many, the highlight was the new map at ICMS Manly, formerly St Patricks Seminary (see top pic). There were views to Manly Beach (lower pic) and from St Pauls Schools where we assembled across to the city.
Big Foot had four class winners; Garingal, Goldseekers and Illawarra Kareelah one each, while the Combined Easy class was won by Miles Bryant from Queensland.
Congratulations to our overall class winners:
Men A: Martin Dent (ACT), Men B: Greg Barbour (BF), Men C: Hamish Mackie (BF), Men D: Simon George (BF), Men E: Elye Dent (ACT).
Open Women: Grace Molloy (GS), Women A: Kathie Dent (ACT), Women B: Toni Bachvarova (GO), Women C: Nea Shingler (BF), Women D: Margaret Duguid (IKO).
Combined Easy: Miles Bryant (QLD).
A big thank you to all our setters, controllers, organisers, SI gurus, and the Shinglers for arranging the prizes.
All the results, splits etc are on the event web page, along with the final cumulative points table.
