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Our tireless Friends of the Hut have given Belanglo House a thorough going over at the weekend.
A massive thanks to Doug and Keith Jay, Dave Lotty, Kevin Curby and Peter Howe - who all practised safe distancing while doing a mountain of work.
The new water tank is programmed for delivery just after Easter.
Peter reports some of the projects accomplished were:
* Completed the excavation for the proposed Water Tank by all. One and a half tonnes of crushed metal was delivered and compacted for the base.
* Cleared the drain blockage from the bathroom sink - the less said about this task the better! A new "S" Bend replaced the original bend and a new three-way union installed to join the existing pipes together.
* New duck boards were installed on the bathroom floor. A 12m trench was dug to extend the drain from the bathroom and new pipe
installed.
* A wire screen was installed in front of the woodshed. Hopefully this will deter people who have been helping themselves to the supplies.
* Daffodil bulbs excavated from the the area for the new tank have been planted in front of the outhouse. This should look nice in the in the coming months.
Our juniors shone in round 1 of MetrO League at Castle Hill on Sunday.
Big Foot borrowed WHO's Fred Caterson Reserve map, which had a mix of bush tracks and intricate small rockfaces.
Riley Grainger and Cooper Horley were fastest in Division 2 as (Garingal) started their title defence in a close win over the Also-Rans made up from runners surplus to their clubs' requirements. IKO's Cameron Will was sixth.
In Division 3, GO rookie Tim McConaghy achieved a top-10 placing on debut, while Callum Waland was third in Division 4.
WHO's most recent SSS course setter Will Kay topped Division 5 and Big Foot primary schooler (just 10 years old, wow!) Alton Freeman was third.
In the new Division 6, Big Foot's Jamie Marsh was 3rd, SHOO 9-year-old Rory Shedden (crumbs - they're getting younger!) was 4th and WHO 12-year-old Lachlan Coady was 7th. Division 6 is on the Easy side of Moderate navigation, so these kids are already ahead of the curve.
These are fantastic results and very promising for the future.
All the results and links are on the ML web page.
A big thanks to Big Foot for a great event in difficult circumstances.
The atmosphere was subdued but the pace was hot at the NSW Sprint Champs at Botany on Saturday.
With everyone very mindful of the coronavirus protocols, the 200 participants kept a respectable distance socially while being able to really stretch their legs on the flat open parkland beside Botany Bay.
Courses started with some short zigzagging through the dunelands in the western section. This was much more deceptive than the map shows and several people lost valuable time in here.
Once clear, though, it was a sprint in all senses of the word back past the lakes, the playground and the animal sculptures to the finish beside the oval that hosts the Botany Bay Gift.
The Gift is one of the oldest events in Australian professional athletics, reached its prime in the late 1990s with the prize pool reaching upwards of $100,000, and was resurrected in 2016.
Big Foot siblings Rebecca and Alastair George gave the map and update and Wayne Eliot (ex-WA Nomad NOL) set the courses.
Garingal took out 20 age classes, and it was great to see lots of rookies taking their first steps at State League level.
Prizes of shortbread were quickly scoffed by the winners! Thanks Uringa.
Results and Splits links are on the State League web page.
Our next scheduled State League events are in Newcastle for the QB III carnival over the June long weekend.
Our recent coach-in-residence Alastair George is leading the junior men's section of the National League after the opening Melbourne Sprint Weekend.
The Big Foot redhead recorded a fourth, two thirds and a first in his four individual races. Monday's knockout sprints did not count for the NOL, leaving Alastair tied for first with Angus Haines from South Australia.
NSW team-mate Duncan Currie (Garingal) won race two but a mispunch in race three means he is sitting sixth overall.
Duncan's victory earned him second place in the Australian Uni champs (behind reigning JWOC gold medallist Aston Key who was running in senior men), while Alastair's time netted him third in the uni placings.
Aidan Dawson (GO) is the best NSW runner in the senior men (equal 8th), while Briohny Seaman (Waggaroos) is 17th in the senior women and Iida Lehtonen (GO) fifth in the junior women.
In the teams point scores our seniors are sixth, the junior women third and the junior men equal first. The full points table can be found here.
The next NOL round is down for Broulee on the NSW south coast in mid-May, depending on the coronoavirus situation. The weekend is also a NSW State League event.
