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25 November 2006 - Cronulla

Place

Name

Points

1

Adam Carter

380

2

Ian Froude

335

3

Keith Jay

265

4

Ian Hassall

245

5

Jim Wilson

250

6

Sue Froude

220

7

Barry Field

220

8

Barry Pearce

180

9

Mick Low

165

 


14th October 2006 - Grevillea Park, Bulli

The event consisted of a long course of approx 5.5 kms (very hilly) and a shorter course of approximately 3.5 kms (not so hilly). Since there had been very limited publicity and temperatures were in the mid 30's, I was anticipating a very quiet afternoon. I had been warned 3 or so University students would turn up, so throw in the odd local or two and 15 maps or so should be fine. Well those who got in first had printed control descriptions while some of the later chose to recycle some of the "pre-loved" colour maps.

The long course was fairly straight forward, the main challenge being to get to the Optus tower half way to the elbow on Bulli Pass. Only one man was brave enough to accept this challenge, and I am sure there could not be a more deserving winner than Keith

The medium course had been set with one leg requiring a bit of navigation being off the suburban streets. The checkpoint was the gates of the Grevillea Park which meant there was a large "catching" feature in the form of the side fence -- hit the fence and then follow it around to the gates. So the issue was how to get to the fence. A map correction of a new track was meant to be a hint -- go straight along the road, on to the newly marked track and you end up at the old mine site, follow the road and see the fence! Well that was the theory. I suspect the issue was one of leaving a comfort zone. The alternative to the hint was a new road at the control point which, although looking more familiar, would actually take you to the other end of the mine site, requiring an almost U-turn to head back to the fence. Anyway whatever the choice a dose of perseverance was required and it was good to see the students were able to overcome such adversity and finish the course. On reflection that leg would have best been served by the inclusion of another checkpoint to force the route choice towards the fence in a more direct manner.

And then the biggest laugh of the day, as one of the more experienced (I think) participants seemed to think  that a bridge (which until a few years ago was used as part of a railway for coal trains) was not in fact a bridge but a "pedestrian overpass".  It is always good at the end of the day to ask yourself "why would I bother with this in future".

Results:
LONG COURSE
Keith Jay                                     54 (mins)

MEDIUM COURSE
Ian Froude                                   36 (mins)
Margaret Duguid                           48
Sue Froude                                  49
Karl Fritz & Andrew King               50
Ben Allen                                     64
Will & Matt Slee                           67
Jason Finlay & Ashley Barnes          68
Fabian Cappetta & Dannie Ristevski 69
Erin & Natalie                               88
Don Bajenoff                                98

 


1 October 2006 - Picnic Point

The Picnic Point Chinese Restaurant, within spitting distance of the start/finish area, must certainly have turned a profit recently thanks to the Come & Try It on Sunday 1 October 2006. We ate there twice while planning the event, and again after it with a dozen or more hungry and sweaty orienteerers.

Having organized a previous CATI at Picnic Point we felt excited that our courses were even more cleverly designed than before. In fact, if Barry Field had turned up and attempted the red course without his compass, as he threatened to do after the last event, we're confident he'd have suffered the same fate as Miranda in that other famous Picnic adventure ....

Forty-one headed out into the bush that day. Many in groups. Such were the surrounds that a few become disoriented and were lucky to make it back before the search-party was dispatched. Little did they realise that blood had already been spilt the previous day .....

While setting the course, Peter had his finger cut to the bone by a rusty old pipe. Ironically and selflessly he was clearing the way to make it safe for the event. An emergency visit to Bankstown Medical Centre made it a late night. But most importantly ... he still has his pointer.

Back at the event the very young, as well as the very old (who shall remain nameless and ageless), were having a great day.  Dominic Lane (son of Richard and Christine) set a blistering pace around the blue course. At just 3 years 11 months he's definitely one to watch for the future. He finished 3rd in his first ever event!  In contrast, Emma Mackintosh and Tshinta Hopper must have had a dodgy compass. Genes certainly played no part in their performance given the amount of time they took to lead their Nana home to the finish.

The youngest competitor award must certainly go to 11-month-old Steven Horrocks who completed the green course by whispering directions in his Mum's ear.  And safety in numbers was the motto of the Adair ‘family’ who stayed together around the green course to also complete their first orienteering event.

Controversy surrounded the orange course with the unofficial winner being found to have missed a control - his status being subsequently reduced to DNF. Brian Johnson got to belatedly bath in the glory of being elevated to winner. And Elizabeth Hopper (remember her) graciously accepted her elevation to second place by declaring, "I'm back!".

The red course, of which we were so proud, failed to result in a single DNF. All who completed it regarded it as 'a challenge'. Yet none were prepared to admit to having been spurred along by the skull (marsupial) we’d positioned on the rock ledge above the 3rd control.

We're very thankful to Ian Hassal for arriving early to help us set-up. Especially since it was his last event as Aussie Orienteer of the Year. And to Margaret Duguid who once again helped us pack-up, single-handedly collecting more than half the controls.

Blue (1050 m)  

Position Name Club

Time (min:secs)

1

Courtney Wilkinson

 

14:15

1

Nicole Taylor

 

14:15

3

Dominic Lane (3yrs 11mths)

IKO

15:32

4

Emma Mackintosh (4yrs 11mths) & Tshinta Hopper (5yrs)

IKO

1:09:51

Green (2200 m)  

Position Name Club

Time (min:secs)

1

Steven Horrocks (11mths)

GO

47:10

2

Margaret Brouwer

 

1:17:10

3

Tessa Blanks & Eloise Riches

 

1:22:40

4

Adele Blanks & Claire Eton

 

1:26:30

5

Garvin Adair & Family & Friends (3yrs 2mths – 44yrs)

 

1:47:30

Orange (3675 m)  

Position Name Club

Time (min:secs)

1

Brian Johnson

GO

1:46:35

2

Elizabeth Hopper

IKO (lapsed)

1:48:30

3

Lisa Whicker

GO

2:32:00

4

Chris Whicker

GO

2:32:00

5

Bev Johnson

GO

2:44:08

6

John & Catherine Mackay

 

3:13:00

7

Lloyd Gledhill

GO

DNF (1:33:35 but no final control)

8

Malcolm Gledhill

 

DNF

9

Andrew Wood

 

DNF

Red (4150 m)  

Position Name Club

Time (min:secs)

1

Glenn Horrocks

GO

1:02:49

2

Wayne Eliot

 

1:12:44

3

Elliot Norton

 

1:20:25

4

Ian Hassal

IKO

1:22:05

5

Stephen Blanks

 

1:47:00

6

Mark Robinson

BN

1:57:50

7

Don Bajenoff

IKO

2:05:15

8

Ernest Windschuttel

GO

2:52:00

 


19 August 2006 - Kiama Downs

Lots of excuses and absences meant that one club member, Sue Froude, competed in the August Club event.  Sue however didn’t win because there were another 24 competitors on the same course. 

 

Yes you heard correctly 29 non-members turned up and 27 of them had never orienteered before.  This group was comprised mostly of a large contingent of trainee PE teachers from Wollongong University,who as part of their course requirement had to compete in an orienteering event and write a report about it.   Apparently some of their group also tried rogaining.  Having such hands-on university courses is certainly an inspiring way to learn.  Our thanks to Wayne, their lecturer for encouraging these students to come and try orienteering.  We hope to see them at future events. 

 

Louise Wilmott as it turns out was one of the trainee teachers and, with all her previous experience, was a great help in guiding her group around the course.  They were one of only two groups who tackled the 60min score and managed a whopping score of 525 points. They would have also won the 45min score on a pro rata basis with that score. It would have given them 393 points, edging out the winning 45min score group who managed 375 points, a great effort.

 

This large group of 5 men and 23 ladies were an absolutely great bunch of switched on young people. They picked up the concepts really well.  Having set the event up as a score event instead of the traditional prescribed course to follow, I thought they might find it confusing. However, they all caught on in a flash with little instruction.  I mistakenly thought they would need some time to absorb the instructions, and would want some time to consult with each other on strategy etc, wrong again. They were all more than anxious to get started.  I was amazed at how quickly they all caught on, especially with a genuine orienteering colour map, that they had never seen before, even though it was premarked with the controls, as per a normal orienteering event.

 

They went out in groups instead of the normal individual competing. The larger groups generally went better than the smaller groups, which could be a disadvantage in a lot of circumstances if the group is not cohesive or able to reach a consensus on decisions or are unable to produce a natural leader.

 

I would love to get at least some of them interested enough to pursue the sport in earnest.

They were all quite competitive especially the winning 45min group who would have tied for first place except for their insistence that they had not come back a minute late and had therefore not attracted a late penalty.  They all said they enjoyed the experience especially because it was not going to be as complicated as they first were led to believe.

 

Some of the group likened me to Charlie from Charlie’s Angels, who sends young ladies out on missions while he remains in the rear directing from afar.  Seemed an appropriate analogy to me.

 

Apart from the teachers, there was another genuine orienteer, Jennifer from a west Melbourne club who had obviously heard of my reputation.  She just happened to be in the neighbourhood on secondment to Blue Scope steel as a stand-in Process Engineer from her firm in Victoria .  As the only other single competitor on the 45min score event, she edged out Sue Froude for 6th place.

 

It was also great to see the Mills family attend as well as the Froude’s.  Ken decided to give me a hand and forgo the run, a beer seemed a better option anyway.  It was also great to see the Sebar’s turn up again for a run as well as Sean Hatfield.  They attempted the 60min score event as a group.

 

BBQ with the Froude’s, Jennifer and the Mills family was a good way to end a successful local event, even though the Mills had to leave early as they were going to the snow the next day.  The results are as per below-  

45 minute score event

PLACE

NAME

SCORE

1

Sam B, Jodi, Scott

375 Points

2

Laura, Megan, Jackie, Haisley

370 Points

3

Kea, Carly, Justine

350 Points

4

Craig, Braden

345 Points

5

Nikki, Alison, Jenna

340 Points

6

Jennifer

230 Points

7

Sue Froude

145 Points

8

Michelle, Mel, Megan, Bianca

60 Points

60 minute score event  

PLACE

NAME

SCORE

1

Louise, Kim, Luke

525 Points

2

Sebar, Hatfield

105 Points

Footnote: We wish to apologise to Wayne, the student’s lecturer, for the inadvertent aspersion in an initial version of this report.  We thank him for the good spirit in which he has brought this to our attention.  He is a rogainer with considerable competition experience and clearly has a thorough understanding of orienteering.  As a club, we are most appreciative of his encouragement in getting young people to come and try the wonderful sport of orienteering.  We hope to see Wayne and his students at future events.

 


22 July 2006 - Centennial Park

With the general consensus being for a Saturday afternoon event followed by dinner at an Indonesian restaurant instructions were sent around for a 3-4pm start. Directions to the start were quite explicit – no wrong turns this time. Direction signs were placed at key points – they were somewhat discreet, to keep under the radar of the Park’s rangers (no one owned up to noticing them). The club flag was boldly flying at the start - courtesy of Dave who had brought it especially all the way from Kiama.  But still a couple of competitors arrived late – feigning difficulty in finding the start due to poor directions.

The course comprised three loops all passing through the start triangle. Competitors had the choice of doing all three loops (long – 9.1Km), two loops (medium – 6.0Km), or one loop (short – 3.1Km). As if that wasn’t enough choice two competitors elected to do the short short course (2.1Km).

After a week of rain it was wet underfoot and the playing fields were closed. However on the afternoon the sun came out and it was very pleasant for a jaunt around the park.

Barry Field had the dubious honour of finding one of the permanent controls in the Park – something I have never managed to do despite many hours of walking all over the park. I take my hat off to you Barry but I am sorry it wasn’t the correct control – close – but mine was in the small gully at the end of the rock face – the marker was a beautiful handmade job tied up with red and white spotted ribbon- much classier!!!

Dave blitzed around the long course well ahead of the only other entrants – my next-door neighbour and friend.

The medium course was hotly contested with the top four runners coming within 61 seconds of each other. Similarly in the short course only 42 seconds separated the winner Eunice and Miki in second place.

The secret to Takashi’s win in the medium course could have been the pasta loading at lunch – i.e. the noodles he had at Genki Ramen at Artarmon!!!  For those who tried the wonderful ramen after the Metro at St Ives - perhaps next time we need to have the noodles before the event – not after!!!!

After a quick shower at Paddington we all headed off to Jimbaran – an Indonesian restaurant in Avoca St, Randwick, where we were joined by Chris, Richard and Dominic. The restaurant had had a good write up in the paper, confirmed by the Field’s, who had been there recently and were keen to re-indulge. We were not disappointed. The food was excellent – we can highly recommend it. We sat out the back in the “Balinese Garden” which was nice and informal for a party of rowdy orienteers.  

Long course

Dave Green                         68.00            

Torsten & Robert                112:08

 

Medium course

Takashi                               61:55

Kev Curby                           62.25

Julie & Jim Wilson               62:40

Sharon Hopper                     62:56

Sue Froude                          71:28

Barry Field                           DNF

 

Short course

Eunice Wilson                       24:26

Miki                                     35:08

 

Short short course

Brit & Vicki Wilmott              28:30

Tshinta & Peter Hopper         64:38  

 

 


25 June 2006 - Metroleague at Helensburgh

Our event yesterday went very smoothly and was a great success, due to the combined effort of those who attended. A great big thank you to all! Everybody jumped in to help, giving a great feeling of unity within the club. Special thanks to those who gave up a run to organise or help throughout the day, viz. Ken Mills, Vicki Willmot, Keith Jay, Richard Lane , Helen Mills. Thanks Keith for helping to put out controls on Saturday afternoon.

Many positive comments were given to Vicki for the courses she constructed - not an easy thing to do in an area that is thick with growth and strewn with fallen timber from previous bushfires.

To add one unexpected complication, the dam in the middle of the map had dried out from the drought and had been changed from blue to yellow for the final print run on Thursday. Then the rain came. Our map was out of date in 24 hours. Half the floor of the dam was now covered with water, and should have been blue. So much for OCAD giving up to date maps!

Performances on the day were good too, but we were short of runners, with Julie and Peter being overseas competing, plus a very late withdrawal. Sue Froude ran up in Div 4 to give us a full team and a very convincing win, our only team victory.

10 point performances came from Sebastian Froude (Div 1) and Ian Hassall (Div 4) - fabulous runs!  Our recent claim to fame, Ken Mills Jnr, had another good run to gain 8 points, well done!

Thanks again to all. I hope you had a good day, even though it was wet out on the course, it was most pleasant in the sunny park at the assembly area.

 


22 April 2006 - Wollongong Foreshores

On a fine Saturday afternoon, 17 starters ventured from Stuart Park around the harbour and foreshores of Wollongong seeking to answer 30 questions in a 60 minute time limit.  Most of the questions were based on the history of the harbour area and its buildings relying on the "History Walk" and other signs. Out of a possible 600 points, well done to Philip in visiting all but one control and achieving 590 points, followed by Ken and Ian.  Results below.

As well as learning a bit about the area, the highlights of the afternoon were watching the sky divers land in front of us, and dodging the numerous wedding parties having photos taken at the control sites.

As required by a club event, the was the usual controversy at the post event discussion with answers not being what the setter expected.  The date of the former Osborne Park bridge was a bit obscure, the wrong house number was given at one of the letterbox controls, and a couple of people interrupted a function in the former Court House rather than read the History Walk sign on the other side of the road (where the control site was marked).

A few people stayed on for a BBQ in the park afterwards, although it got a bit cool.

Place

Name

Score

1

Philip Whitten

590

2

Ken Mills

560

3

Ian Froude

550

4

Keith Jay

490

5

Shaun

460

5

Colin & Joyce

460

7

Belinda Bright

430

7

Takashi Itakura

430

9

Barry Field

390

9

Miki Itakura

390

11

Kevin Curby

360

12

Dayle Green

350

13

Sue Froude

340

14

Helen, Kenny & Stevie Mills

330

 

 

 


18 March 2006 - Cronulla

 Place

Name

Pts

Time

Penalty

Total Score

1

Ian Froude

640

64 mins

-40

600

2

Geff Harper

590

57 mins

 

590

3

Caireen Urquhart

580

57 mins

 

580

4

Adam Carter

560

54 mins

 

560

5

Peter Hopper

550

60 mins

 

550

6

Sharon Lambert

520

58 mins

 

520

7

Ken Mills

500

57 mins

 

500

8

Anna Chamberlain

470

50 mins

 

470

9

Keith Jay

470

60 mins

 

470

9

Jason Wright

470

60 mins

 

470

10

Sue Froude

440

60 mins

 

440

11

Barry Pearce

420

56 mins

 

420

12

Kathy Low

410

58 mins

 

410

13

Margaret Duguid

390

56 mins

 

390

14

Mick Low

420

64 mins

-40

380

15

Barry Field

340

50 mins

 

340

16

Colin, Joyce, Shaun & Jacqueline

350

65 mins

-50

300

17

Margaret Jay (unoff)

300

10 mins

 

300

18

Marianne Froude

240

35 mins

 

240

19

Tshinta & Nana

60

 

 

60

 

 


25 February 2006 - Thirroul

A new area, a warm, if somewhat blustery, day and meeting up with lots of old friends makes for a great event.  So it was on Saturday afternoon at Sandon Point with a BBQ and AGM to follow. 

We decided it might be good to try a different approach this year compared to the last couple of years, with the focus on regular local events held on easily produced maps in new areas.  The idea is to reduce the effort required to produce the map and set the event, and to get everyone out into new areas where we don’t have existing maps.

The process I followed was to take a stroll with Helen and Stevie one afternoon in an area where we don’t have a map and haven’t, to my knowledge run before, but which looked like it might have a few good parks and beaches to run on.  We checked out the connectivity of things and some courses started to emerge.  It was interesting and enjoyable to explore just beyond our local area in an area we normally just drive through.

Producing the map involved taking a 1:25,000 series topo map down to Snap Printing and getting them to enlarge the area 200% using a colour photocopier onto an A3 sheet for $2:50 each while I waited.  By doing 3, I figured I had some spares if anything went horribly wrong, but I only really needed the one in the end.  Next step, white out all the names and symbols with liquid paper, make some corrections, including little tracks and green areas with coloured pencils.  It would have been helpful to visit Snap again and photocopy the liquid papered map to facilitate colouring in the whited out areas so the liquid paper didn’t come off when colouring in, but I didn’t have the luxury of time.  It would have been good to put on the north arrows, scale and other information of interest at this stage (but I didn’t and we had to do each one separately later).

Back to Snap next day to enlarge the area of the course 125% more (to give a final map scale of 1:10,000) which is comfortable for ease of reading and for the level of detail.  I did 30 copies @ $1 each.  With 12 runners and a copy of master maps, this gave me a bit of spare.  Final corrections were made to each map, with a big help from Helen, master maps produced and ready to go on the map front.

The boys and I did a ride around on Friday night to check final control sites and gather descriptions for the clue sheets.  These were then produced as multi-choice to simplify the requirement for pencils and limit the choices so people knew “sort of” when they had the right spot.   

Too easy!  All done in a little under 2 hours, not counting a pleasant walk in the park one night and a lovely bike ride on another!

Setting up for the event itself involved hoisting the club banner and then trying to stop it blowing away in the strong north-easterly wind that was blowing.  Getting the water bottle set up, taping the master maps onto the table and sitting back with 2 minutes to spare.

A new bloke Adrian was first away on the short course with Barry Pearce opting to start the field in the long course.  They were followed by a regular trickle of people, with several people who we haven’t seen for a while including Dave Griffith and Mark Ziebell.  Miki and Takashi came just after 5:00pm and both did the short course finishing themselves while most others headed for a swim and a beach-side shower before coming up to the Mills’s for a BBQ followed by the Club AGM and a regular meeting to get organised for the rest of the year.

It seemed from the feedback after the event that this format worked well and it is hoped that others who don’t usually set courses might feel more comfortable having a go, possibly in their own local areas where they feel familiar with the terrain and opportunities it offers.

Thanks to all those who came and congratulations to everyone for their active and enthusiastic participation in the AGM and meeting that followed.  This year is shaping up to be a good one.  

Long Course – 5km

David Green              39:50 mins

Keith Jay                   45:00

Dave Griffith             46:14

Barry Pearce              56:00

Short Course – 3.4km

Adrian Panozzo         36:40 mins

Takahashi Itakura      37:00

Mark Ziebell              41:34

Helen Mills                47:48

Miki Itakura               48:00

Ian Froude                51:10

Margaret Duguid        51:18

Sue Froude               53:18

 


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