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On a cool and windy night, Andy Hill made it three in a row with a clear victory by over 1m30s at Pennant Hills Park to win the 3.1Km course in 15m14s.
Big Foot's Eoin Rothery just pipped Garingal's Peter Annetts by 1 second to snatch second place in 16m50s, and recent kiwi "import" to Sydney, Amber Morrison, was again fastest lady in 17m07s, tying with Garingal junior Matthew Hill for 5th place overall. This week it was Matt's fellow Garingal member Aidan Dawson who was to take out the fastest junior spot by taking 4th place in 16m57s.
Many thanks to Big Foot's Andy Simpson for assisting Bennelong in correcting the timing problem.
Corrected results and splits can be found here.
SHOO staged round 9 of the Sydney Sprint Series on a newly reworked map. Having the mapper, Lyn Malmgron, plan was a great idea as she extracted the best from a small area.
WHO's Andrew Hill continued his recent domination, winning in a time of 15:35 from Big Foot Andy Simpson in 15:55. Aidan Dawson was first junior in third place overall a further 40 seconds back.
First lady was Garingal's Lisa Grant in 6th place overall in 17:46, half a minute ahead of Big Foot's Cath Chalmers with Michelle Dawson grabbing 3rd spot. Tracy Marsh spoilt a winning time by missing control 3.
At the opposite end of the field, a recuperating Frank Assenza has been mirroring Andrew Hill's results, but this week managed to pass his baton onto Bev Johnson.
Full results and splits are here. Fancy splits are visible in Attackpoint.
Thanks for a great event SHOO.
The last event of the series and WHO's Andy Hill finished with yet another win on what was a long sprint. Andy held off Newcastle's Peter Preston to win in 19:33 from Peter's 19:46.
Both Andy and Peter had late start times, still warming up while third place getter Michael Burton had finished and had gone back out on the course to check the best route from 6 to 7. Mike was a minute behind Andy, but had a 40 second buffer over the first junior, fourth-placed Aidan Dawson who took 21:11.
Tracy Bluett put her big foot to the floor this week and was fastest woman in 23:19, ahead of Uringa's Catherine Murphy, taking out 7th & 8th spots overall. Third woman was Lisa Grant in 24:32, a minute behind Catherine and just 4 seconds ahead of Cath Chalmers.
At the other end of the field, Frank Assenza's continued improvement took him out of the reckoning as a tight finish saw a three way battle for honours spread over about the same margin as the top three.
Another quality map and a great course from Helen Murphy and the Uringa crew.
Results and splits are here, or on AttackPoint.
Orienteering NSW will hold two maintenance days at Belanglo Hut on 18/19 March. Members are invited to assist on one or both days ... and then return to Camden to orienteer on Sunday 20 March!
We'll be aiming to:
- collect, cut and stack enough firewood for the next 12 months
- cut the grass around the Hut
- give the Hut and the kitchen a good tidy and clean (call it a spring-clean if you like!)
- carry out a range of other basic maintenance tasks
If you are available for one or both days, please email
ONSW will provide lunch on both days, but you'll need to be self-catering for dinner and breakfast if you're staying overnight.
