Icy winds couldn't deter more than 250 keen orienteers from attending the NSW schools champs in the Southern Highlands at the weekend.
Feels like temps were below zero as fierce gales buffeted all and sundry, causing blackouts and felling many trees.
Saturday's double-header Sprints were held at Oxley College and Tudor House schools, while Sunday's Middle Distance was on a new bush map at Welby that featured an intricate track network and some rock.
Sunday's results counted for the trophies and in the wash-up these went to Mowbray (public) and Knox Grammar (secondary) who brought a strong contingent.
Both days were State Leagues in conjunction and the big upset we noted was Jo Parr knocking over Big Foot clubmate Paula Shingler in both W55A events. Congrats also to Paul Sweeney (WHO) on a breakthrough win in M45AS.
A big thanks to SHOO and IKO for a great weekend in testing conditions, especially the setters and controllers who were out on course for hours.
Our final State League for 2019 will be the NSW Sprint Champs at Sydney Uni on Sunday November 10. We will hold the annual ONSW award presentations immediately after.
All the results have been linked on our State League page. OY scores have been updated here. Participants are asked to fill in the very brief Course Setter Surveys online here for each event.
