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The 2012 Southern Sydney Summer Series starts today, Monday 15th October at Robertson Park, Watsons Bay. The first of seven events in and around Eastern and Southern Sydney, this is being hosted by Illawarra Kareelah and organised by the President of the club himself, Kevin Curby.
Set in one of the most beautiful parts of Sydney, the afternoon score event (starts anytime between 4.30pm and 6.45pm) will treat participants to gun barrel views of the harbour, glimpses of South Head and huge vistas out to sea as they work their way around the course in 45 minutes. First timers will receive a voucher for free entry into a subsequent event in the series, and with events scheduled over the coming weeks in Randwick, Marrickville, Maroubra, Kogarah, Belfield and Clovelly there will be plenty to choose from.
With over 100mm of rain having fallen in the last 24 hours Big Foot organisers of the State League have had to take the tough decision of cancelling the event at Snow Hills this weekend.
'We are so disappointed for everyone, but we have been keeping tabs on the weather, and even up to yesterday were hoping that we could still run the event,' says Jock Davis. 'It simply became clear today that the event is just not viable with this much water standing on the terrain. From a 2km walk to assembly it became a 4km walk. Getting cars and kit in was just not an option. Unsealed roads to the event site are really difficult and some of the key fords are under water.'
Please refer to the Big Foot website for any further updates.
The ONSW Board are pleased to welcome Andrew Lumsden of Big Foot Orienteers onto the Board as the new Technical Director replacing Gordon Wilson who steps down having provided the Association with many years of solid expertise.
Andrew has been a keen orienteer for 40 years and has been a member of Big Foot since its early days and Garingal before that. He represented Australia as a junior, but nowadays his goal is to have zero slow legs on Winsplits. Andrew has controlled a number of State and Australian Championships and the WMOC Sprint Final.
Andrew’s goals as Technical Director are to maintain the high quality of NSW orienteering and to ensure events are run safely and with good landowner relations. He has started out by talking to competitors at the recent NSW Long and Middle Distance Championships to see what they liked and disliked about the events.
Many thanks to Gordon Wilson and welcome Andrew!
The first of the 2012/13 Duo Races is coming up soon. The event at Hawkmount is on the 4th November and if you like a taste of adventure then this is the series for you!
Comprising both Foot and Mountain Bike Orienteering there are three courses on offer. The Long course will be around 20k of MTB and 7k for the two foot stages, with the Short course with 15k MTB and 5k on foot. The Taster course, particularly suitable for families, is around 5k MTB and 1k on foot. Stay for the BBQ after you finish or relax in the shade and watch the action at the start/finish.
Entries close on 31 October and don't forget - all entries go into the draw for the Trek Cobia 29er Mountain Bike!