Newcastle's Stephen Craig has won OA's prestigious Silva Medal for best-performed orienteer in their age class in Australia in 2019.
Points are awarded in the Australian Championships (Sprint, Middle and Long), Easter (each day is considered a separate event) and the Oceania Championships (Sprint, Middle and Long) for Elite and A classes in M/W16 and above.
Your best 6 events counts towards this award, with points as follows: 1st – 4; 2nd – 3; 3rd – 2 and 1 for finishing, 1 point if there are fewer than 4 starters.
Stephen ran in M35 and finished on the maximum of 24 points with Victorians Bruce Arthur and Jenny Bourne as well as South Australian Robin Uppill, and prevailed in a countback based on average winning margins.
Oceania also signalled the end of the National Orienteering League for 2019.
Congratulations also go to Big Foot's Alastair George who finished second in the junior men's elite comp where NSW was runner-up to ACT.
Our highest-placed athletes in the other NOL divisions were: Anna Fitzgerald (Goldseekers) 8th in senior women, Toby Wilson (Garingal) 8th in senior men and Iida Lehtonen (GO) 9th in junior women.
