Family teams took out all six podium positions at the annual O'Shea weekend on the Central Coast in much milder conditions than usual.
Those pairs that best navigated the rock of Rumbalara Reserve on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning ended up winning the traditional cake prizes (fruit cakes adorned with spearmint leaves).
The Saturday night run at Mt Penang Gardens was the easiest of the three races - but also bore witness to some catastrophic errors (we're not naming names!).
Newcastle father-and-son team Bjorn and Oskar Mella won the Long Pairs by an astonishing 24 minutes from Garingal couple Toni Bachvarova and Andrew Smith.
Newcastle couple Damien and Jenny Enderby (daughter of event founder Frank Anderson) were third.
The Enderby daughters Mikayla and Erika won the Short Pairs by an even greater 26 minutes from Nikolett Halmai and brother-in-law Peter Fozo (Garingal). Another Hungarian couple, Arpad Kocsik and Andrea Lux, were third.
The O'Shea comprises a two-person relay (total time counts), then a night run (better of the two times counts) and a Sunday morning team score course (both runners have to finish together after splitting the controls between them).
Cumulative results can be found here and a link to maps here. Thanks to the Central Coast club for a huge effort. The planned date for the O'Shea in 2021 is Mar 5-6.
Central Coast will also be staging four park/sprint events over winter aimed at newcomers: on May 9, June 20, July 4 and August 1.
