We've got lots of great mountain bike orienteering coming up, with our first Super Series double header for 2014 in the Southern Highlands and the closing DuO Adventure races of the summer season.
The weekend of April 5-6 will see Mountain Devils open the annual Super Series at Belanglo State Forest (Sat) and Penrose State Forest (Sun). The Sunday will coincide with our next DuO (combined Foot O and MTBO), On the Sunday you can enter the DuO, or just the MTBO section, or just do some Foot O.
Accommodation is available for a small fee at Belanglo, either in The Hut or camping.
And for the first time, we are staging a NSW DuO championship. This will be at Glenbrook in the lower Blue Mountains on Sunday May 4.
Entries for all these events can be made via Eventor. Enter-on-day is also available but pre-entry is preferred.
Speaking of MTBO action, Newcastle's BOSS (Bike Orienteering Summer Series) wrapped up last weekend at Pelaw Main.
Steve Todkill collected all the controls on a very fast dry course in a stunning 47 minutes to earn himself a record 27 bonus points. This gave him a perfect 400 score for the best four events of the season. Easily winning the series trophy for the third time.
The women's comp was a much closer affair with all to play for at the last event. Congratulations go to Carolyn Matthews who won the last event (clearing the course with 6 minutes to spare) and also scoring a perfect 400 to take the series win ahead of Nicole Haigh and Marina Iskhakova.
BOSS attendance increased this year to an average of 49 people to each event, up from 40 last year. The female attendance was also up and for the first time the top 3 woman all finished in the top ten.
The Mountain Devils club are hoping to run several BOSS style events next summer in Sydney. We will arrange our calendar to encourage participation in all events.
