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Newcastle's Jenny Enderby has finished a superb fortnight in New Zealand with bronze in the W45 Long Distance final at the World Masters Orienteering in Auckland.
Jenny also picked up third place in the Sprint on Monday, adding to her Sprint gold and two silvers at the Oceania champs over Easter in the same terrain.
On Saturday's 5.3km final in the dunes and pines of Woodhill Forest, she was four minutes off the winning time of 43.04 set by Victorian Natasha Key.
After dominating the Sprint finals, the large Australian contingent got a lesson from the Europeans, and the Scandinavians in particular, in the Long final.
Other top ten place-getters from NSW in the A finals were: Andrew Hill (WHO, pictured) sixth in M35, Tracy Bluett (Big Foot) seventh in W40, Maureen Ogilvie (Uringa) eighth in W80 and Lynn Dabbs (WHO) ninth in W65.
In the B finals, Alex Davey (Waggaroos) won M60, Kevin Williams (WHO) tied for first in M75 and Salme Fuller (IKO) was third in W50.
Results and all the course maps can be found here.
Thank you to the NZ organisers for a massive two weeks of orienteering.
Our Sydney Saturday morning series (SOS) resumes this weekend for another winter season, with Bicentennial Park at West Pymble hosting the opening event.
The SOS, conducted by our partner Bold Horizons, is an ideal way for beginners and families to start orienteering, and beneficial practice for regulars in between State League and MetrO League events.
The Term 2 and Term 3 calendar is here. We look forward to the continued success of the SOS.
Garingal's Tony Wilson has been named in the Australian team for the junior world championships in Finland, and Uringa's Georgia Jones has been picked as a reserve.
Toby has been on the fringe of "JWOC" selection for more than 12 months now and his impressive results in the National League - including a breakthrough win on the notoriously difficult Pittwater Dunes in Hobart last month and solid performances in New Zealand at Easter - sealed his place.
"I'm excited for this opportunity to get overseas experience," he said.
"I took this semester off Uni partly to concentrate on JWOC and I was pretty confident after the first few NOL races, but it's still a relief to see your name on the list."
Georgia has consistently placed in the top 7 or 8 in junior NOL races this year and will no doubt push strongly for full selection next year.
"It was a really strong field competing for places on the team, and I've gotten where I am because of all the work my coach Paula Shingler has put in," she said.
"Although I'm disappointed to not get on the travelling team, it was good to be picked as reserve. I had a solid set of races in New Zealand which is a good preparation for the racing I'll be doing in Europe later this year and my nomination for the 2018 JWOC team."
The Orienteering NSW community congratulates these two fine ambassadors for our sport, and their Australian team-mates.
The championships in Finland run from July 9-16 and the event website is here.
Newcastle's Jenny Enderby has continued her great Oceania Easter form with a third placing in the W45 age class at the World Masters Orienteering Sprint Champs in Auckland.
Jenny (pictured), covered the 3.2km course in the W45A final in 17m2s to complete an Australian clean sweep of the medals. Victorian Natasha Key won by an astonishing three minutes as Australia claimed 12 of the 23 gold medals on offer on Monday.
Former Bennelonger Grant Bluett, now living in the ACT, won M45. ONSW's next best performers were Debbie Davey (Waggaroos) who was fourth in W60A and Maureen Ogilvie (Uringa) fourth in W80.
Other top ten place-getters in the A finals were: Andrew Hill (WHO) seventh in M35, ex-Big Footer Patrik Gunnarsson eighth in M40, Eric Morris (BN) ninth in M45, Chipply le Carpentier (SHOO) ninth in M75, Tracy Bluett (Big Foot) seventh and Anna Fitzgerald (Goldseekers) ninth in W40, and Phoebe Dent (Central Coast) ninth in W35.
In the B finals, John Hodsdon (SHOO) was second in M75 and Salme Fuller (IKO) third in W50.
Long Distance qualifications are on Wednesday and Thursday, with the finals on Saturday.
