SHOO held their club event on Sunday at Lake Alexandra, Mittagong. It was the first event after their initial training session for some of the people who are on the new SHOO coaching course and they were keen to have a go at a real event. Uringa came with their exercises on 'Control Flow and Exit Direction' and SHOO joined in to make for a lively pre-event training session.
It is best to adopt the mantra 'Never underestimate a SHOO club event' and course setter Neville Fathers made sure that the Hard course was testing, and a great warm up for the bush season ahead. Ian Jones (Uringa) was on fine form, whistling around in 35:10, well ahead of the next competitor Stephen Wagner (SHOO) some eight minutes behind. SHOO runners John Russell, Val Hodsdon and Corinne Fulford had a good run coming in under 60 minutes. Corinne, who won the SHOO Summer Saturday Series, was mentored around the course by Michael Davis, a great way to develop her orienteering skills as she progresses on bush courses.
SHOO's next bush event is at Appin on April 22.
