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Our annual ski orienteering day at Perisher will be held on Sunday August 12.
The 2018 NSW & ACT Ski-Orienteering Championships are the fifth year in a row we have staged this event since it was revived by Big Foot's Swede Patrik Gunnarsson. It is now jointly organised by Big Foot, ACT club Red Roos and Perisher X Country.
Participants can choose from: Long, Middle and Short line courses, a 2-hour Snogaine or a 1-2-hour family treasure hunt.
Please note that downhill skis and snowboards are not suitable - you need cross-country skis.
This event forms part of XC Ski week, with the start in front of the beautiful Nordic Shelter at Perisher. Last year's event drew a record 51 participants.
Pre-entry via Eventor is preferred, but if you wish to enter on the day please email the organisers (Marina Iskhakova and Fedor Iskhakov) in advance so they know how many maps to print.
Garingal's Aidan Dawson showed his short-form pedigree with an excellent 6th placing overall at the Sprint Canberra weekend.
With five races over four days in 30+ temps, Aidan was consistent across the high-quality event to be the leading NSW orienteer in the top division. Our Finnish scholar Konsta Vanhanen (Goldseekers) was 8th.
Just as impressive was clubmate Alex Kennedy (pictured) taking second place in the Medium class. Alex had two seconds and two thirds to display strong form across all four days.
Newcastle veteran Malcolm Roberts finished 5th in the Medium class, and Waggaroos' Alex Davey seventh - not bad for two chaps on the 'wrong' side of 60. Central Coast's Jose Zapata was 8th, including a win on the final day on Sunday morning.
The Short category was dominated by younger juniors - with the exception of CC's Julia Prudhoe who finished second behind Victorian Sophie Arthur. Well done Julia. Other encouraging results were from sub-juniors Aoife Rothery (Big Foot, 7th) and Rory and Euan Shedden (SHOO, 9th and 10th).
The event attracted 224 entries and was a big success in raising funds for the OA High Performance Squad. We thank organiser Jim Russell for leading this great initiative.
Garingal organisers have extended entries for this Wednesday's Anniversary Cup SSS line course until 9pm Tuesday night.
The special 6pm mass start event celebrates the series founding 27 years ago, and we can expect another classic from our 'Oscars' setter Dan Redfern.
This week we are at Blackman Park for a mix of street, park and bush track that always offers up something surprising - and beautiful views of Lane Cove River.
Normal SSS participants must enter on the day as usual. There will be no MINI course this week.
The light-hearted piece we filmed for the ABC Catalyst science program will air on Tuesday night at 8.30pm.
The first episode for 2018 looks at how we use maths in everyday life, and featured three pairs (one ABC employee with an ONSW member) trying to connect as many controls as possible on a course around Centennial Park.
We believe that IKO member and weather guru Simon Louis might also feature in the program, in a different item.
Set your alarms, let your friends know, and tune in!
