Waggaroos went down by one point in the fourth of the Interclub challenges with Albury Wodonga.
Conducted near Gerogery, it was a tough day for participants with numerous steep climbs, slippery descents and lots of rubbish on the ground making it difficult to hold a rhythmic pace. Some of the control locations proved equally challenging with one in between three huge boulders with barely enough room to squeeze through, and another at the entrance to an enchanting cave.
The Interclub Challenge points are allocated according to placings in each course for an equal number of participants from each club.
Waggaroos took out the 1.75km Easy course 6-4, but the advantage was quickly eroded with Albury scoring 13-8 on the 3.2km Moderate Course. Albury then went 5 points ahead ahead by winning the 3.6km short Hard course. At this stage Albury had slipped away to a line 5 points lead.
This stretched to 11 when Leigh Privett had an emphatic 22-minute win on the 5.5km Hard course. Waggaroos fought back by filling the next three places. When Rick Armstrong, Albury’s third participant on this course, failed to finish, Waggaroos had won the course 12-8 but Albury won the day 27-26.
Thanks to John Oliver for this report.
