There's a very good chance everyone will be talking for years about how hard today's courses were on Day 2 of the national Easter carnival on the legendary Gumble map.Setter Eric Morris showed no mercy and there were only 4 age classes in which the winner managed less than 10 minutes per km. But this is a national carnival after all, and usually a JWOC/WOC selection trial, so expect difficulty.
And the cream has a habit of rising to the top - the Shingler kids (Big Foot) taking out 20E again, and Brodie Nankervis (VIC) and Grace Crane (ACT) the 21E classes.
In 18E Oskar Mella (Newcastle) and Mikayla Enderby (NC) were second, and Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach) third.
We suspected this could be a long day when the start triangle was in some dark green! The map looked like Pro Hart upended the salt and pepper shakers then squirted wasabi on top!
Some people were on course more than three hours; the AS winners came in just under the hour, and even the MiniKnat string course looked tough. This was a day when finding the control was exhilarating.
Across all classes, NSW orienteers recorded 17 wins, 22 seconds and 23 thirds.
Thanks Eric, thanks Nick Dent (controller) for a thorough test.
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