A sunny Sunday drew 27 entries to our first event of the series at Stuart Park. Highest point scorer of the day was Angus Sheddon of SHOO who collected 490 points in a time of 44:16, while David Green of IKO came in second with 460 points in a very similar time. Doug Jay of SHOO was a close third with 430 points. The highest scoring woman was IKO’s Salme Fuller with 410 points.
Progressive results will be posted here, as well as on the results page.
Event 1 – Stuart Park Results for all classes
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
IKO recently hosted its third annual orienteering day for primary school students on Wednesday 20 May. The first two of these events was called a Gala Day, but the name was changed this year to “Schools Championships” to be consistent with similar events in other regions.
The event was attended by 51 primary school students from the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions. The majority of the students came from Mt Keira Demonstration School, while other students came from Sussex Inlet and Scarborough Public Schools. As for previous years the event made use of the facilities and extensive parklands at Croom Reserve in Albion Park.
The day started with a briefing of students on the structure of the day and what was expected from them – it was quite a shock for many when they were told they would be competing alone on the course within the next hour or so. Their faces couldn’t hide their feelings of trepidation. So, with the help of about six volunteers, they were given a map each and guided through the bush at Croom, all the time being instructed on map reading. This was quite challenging for both students and coaches as most of the students had no previous knowledge of orienteering.
After a short break, the individual challenge started with students doing a course from 1.4 km up to 1.8 km through the bush and open parkland. They all returned, happy to take their slat to the result board and quite excitedly compare their performance against others.
Relays followed lunch, with three runners in each team. The parents from Scarborough Public formed a team of their own and joined in, to end up fourth. It was great to see the students cheering their mates in to the tag and finish. Finally, the presentation of awards in the stadium. The students had a really busy and enjoyable day and the teachers are keen to return for our schools event next year.
The final results from the day are listed here.
The Illawarra Mercury covered the story in their Junior Sport section.
The SummerGong Series for 2015 has been run and won.
CONGRATULATIONS to new-comer Simon Louis for blitzing the field with a near perfect score of 387 points. Simon won both the Windang and Shellharbour events and placed second at the other two events.
Next on the leader board were experienced orienteers John Le Carpentier from SHOO in 2nd place and Dick Ogilvie from Uringa in 3rd place. All three place-getters completed the whole series proving that persistence and participation wins the game.
The highest ranked club member was Jim Wilson in 8th place (onya Jim!) who also competed in all four events. Followed by Kevin Curby and James Stuart.
A big thank you to all club members who organised the events and helped out on the day with equipment and collecting controls.
Results from all events are posted here along with the overall point score for the series. How did you finish up on the leader board?
SummerGong 1 at Windang
Summergong 2 at Stanwell Park
SummerGong 3 at Wollongong
SummerGong 4 at Shellharbour
Summergong 2015 final pointscore