Our Newcastle club has a treasure trove of great bush maps and at the weekend added two more as the State League came to the Hunter.
Redgum Ridges (at Freemans Waterhole) on Saturday for the Middle distance had the usual myriad of tiny watercourses that are so prevalent on Newcastle maps, while Stockrington West (also near the M1) on Sunday for the Long featured a lot more green - often big clumps of Gymea lilies.
Colin Bailey ran the Hunter schools champs for many years and gave his rivals a lesson in M55AS with two impressive victories in his first SL outings for 2019.
Clubmate Katherine Dynnon took out W35AS on both days, while Joy Guy won W55AS on Sunday, and we noted rookie Ginaya Dunn - who has come across from MTBO - winning W Open B on both days on her SL debut.
All participants are asked to fill in the very brief Course Setter of the Year surveys for each day.
All results are linked on our SL web page. A big thank you to Newcastle for another lovely weekend.
And a reminder that entries are also open for our next two State League weekends - the ACT champs on August 31-September 1, and the NSW schools champs in the Southern Highlands on September 7-8.
