Around 80 participants enjoyed a gloriously sunny day at Pyrmont Bay Park as our Sydney CBD lunchtime series welcomed loads of newcomers to urban orienteering.
We had runners from 14 companies and five ONSW clubs take in superb views of the city and harbour. These events are aimed at beginners and we had some rookies clear the 20-control score course in less than the 30 minutes allowed.
Best of these was Richard Banks, who perhaps appropriately works for the RBA, who finished in just over 20 minutes.
The fastest person was young Scotsman Finlay Todd who sped around in 15 minutes. Finlay is out here on a year's uni exchange and ran for Great Britain at JWOC in Denmark last month - with our recent scholar Grace Molloy who starred with a gold medal and two bronze.
Thanks to our helpers: Liz Bulman (pictured), Andrew Wisniewski, Johnny Petersen on SI, Saacha Donaldson and Paula Shingler.
Next week: same spot, different course. Tell your friends who work in the city to come along. See the flyer for details. Barangaroo is full, but weeks 2 and 4 we have plenty of spots free. Pre-entry is preferred (members via Eventor, non-members via email to
