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More than 100 first-timers attended Garingal's annual event as part of Willoughby Council's Spring Festival on Sunday.
Organiser Ted Woodley and setter Airdrie Long have done a fantastic job in the past three years promoting this event to locals.
Some lovely tracks through Flat Rock Reserve and down to Tunks Park, a glorious spring day and the sweetener of a free family pass to the adjoining Leisure Centre ensured a bumper crowd.
All up there were 191 participants, many in family groups, easily eclipsing last year's turnout of 150.
Patrik Gunnarsson (BF) won the Long Moderate in 42:14, Peter Annetts (GO) the Short Moderate in 35:18 (also coming 4th in the Long Moderate), Stephanie Nicholls (GO) the Easy in 24:58, and Maggie Mackay (UR) the Very Easy in 13:23.
We thank Ted, Airdrie, SI guru Ross Duker and the small army of Garingal helpers for a great job presenting orienteering in the best possible light.
Australian championships organisers are expecting more than 1,000 entries for the coming carnival in Ballarat.
When entries closed last week there were 954 registered participants across the 9 days. Add in a few dozen enter-on-day folk and 50-60 kids doing string courses and the four-figure mark should be topped quite easily.
For casual visitors who fancy a run, organisers have also clarified the enter-on-day availability via their updated web page.
If you are going to Ballarat, and to keep those at home informed of progress of NSW athletes, we'd like to hear from you. All we need is 6 paragraphs about the courses, terrain, weather, good results and any oddities encountered (we're always on the lookout for wombie nominations, too). Email Ian Jessup (marketing at onsw.asn.au) if you'd like to contribute and we'll draw up a roster.
The NSW relay teams have also been announced.
A convincing win in the final round on home turf means Waggaroos have retained the Interclub trophy contested annually against Albury-Wodonga.
After a late switch of venues to Willans Hill in town due to the wet ground at Connorton, WaggaRoos won the day 18-12 to easily take out the Challenge 115-97 overall.
Debbie Davey and John Oliver gave Wagga a great start, finishing 1-2 on the 4.9km Hard Course just 16 seconds apart. Dale Clegg and Pauline Moore repeated those results on the 3.5km Hard Course to seal the deal, and Julie Gooding won the 2.6km Moderate course for the icing on the cake.
Thanks to John Oliver for his reports throughout the year.
Entries have been extended to Friday September 11 for our last State League weekend of the year, to be held in the Southern Highlands.
SHOO have updated their Appin map for the NSW Middle Distance Championships on Saturday September 19.
The following day IKO will host us for a long distance event on their Tree Cave Track map in Belanglo State Forest.
You can enter both events in one go via Eventor.
The State League point scores have been updated after our recent NSW Schools championship weekend. With two rounds left, many of the age classes are up for grabs.
If you cannot make the weekend, but find yourself on the mid north coast, drop into Woolgoolga on the Saturday for Bush n Beach's annual relays and a BBQ.
