A warm welcome to the newest member of our club, Melinda Wiecek from Warilla. Melinda took up the offer of a complimentary membership to IKO after being the highest scoring non-club member in the recent Summergong series.
This year also see the return of the Scobie family from Helensburgh – Kim, Jeff, Daniel and Eva – who were previous members of the club.
Hope to see our new members at an event soon.
A warm welcome back to Phillipe and Robin Donnadieu from Oatley who have after a few years absence re-joined our club for 2016. Phillipe and Robin have been spotted at some urban local events sharpening up their navigational skills. Phillipe has unfortunately been hindered with a foot injury in the past but is now keen to get back on board with some orienteering. We hope to see a lot more of Phillipe and Robin at future events.
A warm welcome from all at IKO.
Richard and David collected the medals on behalf of the winning Division 3 Metroleague team
The annual ONSW Presentation function was held today at Homebush Bay following a fun sprint around Bicentennial Park which was part of the Saturday Orienteering Series (SOS). A handful of club members were on hand including David and Dayle, Richard and James.
Picking up their medals for the winning Division 3 Metroleague team were David Green and Richard Lane, while David also received a medal for highest point score in Division 3. Medals were also awarded to the remainder of the successful Metroleague team -Alex Karavaev, Natalya Filippova, Ian Froude, Keith Jay and Simon Louis,
Other IKO members to be recognised at the awards were Julie Mann and Vicki Wilmott who received badges for their State League performances in W55AS.
A casual picnic in the park for the ONSW Presentation event.
Division 3 team members David Green (individual medal winner with 41 points) and Simon Louis (close runner up, 40 points) with Vicki Wilmot, Division 5 team member after the race at Nurragingy
CONGRATULATIONS to IKO Magnetrons team members Alexander Karanov, Natalya Filipova, David Green, Richard Lane and Simon Louis for their outstanding efforts in winning the final of the 3rd Division of the MetrO league competition on Sunday 23rd August at Nurragingy in western Sydney. The team had a resounding win against arch rivals Uringa – Central Coast – 34 point to 21 points. Four IKO runners were in the top 5 of the Division 3 runners. Congratulations also go to all those runners who participated as members of the Division 3 team throughout the five race series. The team won all six races.
Further congratulations go to David Green who tied for the Metroleague individual medal in Division 3 with 41 points and to Simon Louis for an outstanding performance by getting the maximum 40 points on only 4 runs. Simon is our newest member who only started orienteering this year.
Unfortunately the IKO Lyrebirds had another loss in the 5th Division despite Salme Fuller yet again being the fastest runner in the Division on the day and being pipped for the Division 5 individual medal by two points.
The MetrO League is an annual inter-club competition for greater Sydney metropolitan clubs. The series runs from March through until August/September with events conducted on one Sunday morning per month. Entrants run individually but earn points for their team based on their relative time. It’s great fun as clubs compete head-to-head and members of all ages earn points for their club. Further information on the MetrO League, including the final results, is available from http://onsw.asn.au/events/metro-league.
by Margaret Duguid
A warm welcome to our newest club member Simon Louis after being declared the outright winner of the SummerGong 2015 event series and securing a senior club membership as 1st prize. Simon together with partner Danielle and young daughters Beatrix and Guinevere join us from Russell Vale, Wollongong. Simon has also made an impressive debut in the Metroleague comp, running for us in Division 5 at Western Sydney Parklands on 26 April 2015 gaining maximum points for IKN and also taking out the fastest time in Division 5 for the 3.7km course. A great start for Simon and we look forward to seeing more of Simon and his family at future orienteering events.
The club would also like to welcome club members Matt Ryan and his family from Gerringong and Kim Scobie from Thirroul.