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NSW families tasted success on day one of the annual Easter carnival, held this year 3 hours north of Adelaide.
The fast spur-gully terrain at Wonna Creek lent itself to quick times. Among the victors were WHO's Janet Morris in W75A, hubby Barry Hanlon in M80A and son Eric Morris (BN, pictured left) in M45A.
Newcastle's Enderby family also had a triple treat, with Mikayla winning W12A, mum Jenny W45A and dad Damien M35AS.
Big Foot mother and son Vanessa Freeman (W45AS) and Oliver (M10A) did likewise, while ONSW president and BF star Greg Barbour took out M50A.
In Friday's public prologue, Newcastle's Scott Simson took out the Long course, Barbara Hill (GO) was third in the Medium, and Russell Blatchford (NC) was second in the Short.
Newcastle's Nicola Blatchford, in her last year as a junior, had two second placings in the elite women's 17-20 class of the National League.
Click on the blue links for results from Friday and Saturday.
The ONSW 2015 Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday April 18 in Newcastle. The agenda has all the details. We are still seeking nominations for the directors of coaching, promotions and special projects.
After a year of record participations and events, the 2014 annual report is also now available for your reading pleasure.
Thank you to all the clubs, members and other participants for a great year.
Space Racing - our school holiday activity for kids - enjoyed a massive boost when Sydney Weekender aired a segment about it on Sunday.
Liz Bulman, who with husband John volunteers regularly, was on hand as coach... along with a handful of our NSW junior squad members to show host Mel the ropes.
You can view the three-minute clip here.
Thanks to our good friends at Sydney Olympic Park for suggesting we appear on the show, and to all who participated. It's a great way to promote out sport.
WHO put on a terrific coaching day for bush novices at Fed Caterson Reserve in Castle Hill on Saturday.
Now that our summer series have finished and daylight saving is about to end, it's time we all turn our attention to traditional orienteering - line courses through the bush, requiring compass navigation.
That demands a whole new skill set and instructor Barry Hanlon had around 25 attendees lapping up his knowledge, including 10 students from Arden College (Epping) preparing for the state finals of the Hillary Challenge.
After a discussion about the 5 key skills, the novices set out on 1.7km course to put those skills into practice.
Thanks Barry and WHO for this great initiative - it's already booked in for next year.
