We wrapped up season 30 of the Sydney Summer Series at Chatswood Bowling Club on Wednesday with the tremendous news that our 100,000th score has been recorded!
Who would have thought, from humble beginnings in late 1991 as a bit of a laugh in the "non-bush" months, that this seed would grow into a fertile forest of foraging by foot?!
Alas, all good things must come to an end and we announce with a heavy heart that SSS founder and co-ordinator Ross Barr is retiring after 30 years of calendar planning and epic blog posting.
The orienteering community owes Ross more than we can possibly repay. The SSS is a major contributor to ONSW and club coffers, and an important entry point to our sport.
The SSS Cup for most points across the 26 events went to Melissa Thomas (Bennelong) who scored a perfect 2600. Mel also took out the Open Women class, while UK newcomer Simon Murphy (Uringa) won Open Men.
The SSS special award went to Andrew Wisniewski (Big Foot) for his redesign of the SSS website.
We christened five new maps and had more than 600 unique participants in 2020-21.
A big thank you to course setter Ted Woodley, Garingal, the bowling club, and all the volunteers who made this a hugely successful season.
But most of all - thank you Ross.
