AGM Highlights

IKOs Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 16 February after an enjoyable run around Figtree. Thanks to Ken and Helen for setting some great courses and for the hospitality at their place afterwards.

All office bearers were re-elected to act in their existing positions with the exception of James who steps up to replace Vicki as Team Captain for the MetroLeague Competition. James is a keen and reliable competitor at the MetroLeague so we welcome James into the position.

President               David Green
Vice President       Vicki Wilmott
Secretary               Sue Froude
Treasurer               Margaret Duguid
Public Officer        Sue Froude
Team Captain       James Stuart
Equipment            David Green
Publicity Officer   Keith Jay
Web Master          Dayle Green
Statistician            David Green
ONSW Reps          Ian Froude & Kev Curby

Club Champion of 2018 was awarded to our President David Green who showed that attendance and consistency is the key to winning. David attended 23 of 38 eligible orienteering events in 2018. Second place was taken by Salme Fuller, and third place by Keith Jay.

Nine club members were awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze merit awards from Orienteering Australia for participation at National events:

Margaret, Salme and Peter (Gold)
David, Keith and Simon (Silver)
Dayle, Julie and Vicki (Bronze)

Congratulations to all office bearers and award winners. We look forward to another enjoyable year of orienteering.

SummerGong 2019 is almost here

SummerGong is perfect for families and beginners

Its less than two weeks away till IKO’s SummerGong Series which kicks off the club’s calendar each year.  This series of events aimed at newcomers and beginners makes the most of the region’s scenic coastline and recreational reserves.

This year we are changing things up a bit with three events a fortnight apart.   The events will run every second Saturday from 3-4pm.

  • Event 1: Lang Park Wollongong, Saturday 2 February
  • Event 2: Roy Johanson Park, West Wollongong, Saturday 16 February
  • Event 3: Shellharbour Foreshore, Boolwarra Parade, Shellharbour, Saturday 2 March

See the event flyer for further information.

 

Ho, Ho, Ho, its the Christmas Event!

Can you believe another year of orienteering has come and gone?

Come along and enjoy the last local event of the year this Saturday 15 December.  Starting from the Bombo Beach car park between 3-4pm the course will cover the coastline, parks and streets of Bombo and Kiama Downs.  Short, medium and long courses will be on offer.

Bring your swimmers for a cool off in the surf before heading up the hill for the Christmas party.

Further details on Eventor.

View from Bombo Headland

 

Southern Sydney Summer Series

IKO is hosting the final event of the Southern Sydney Summer Series on Sunday 25 November at Tonbridge Street Reserve, Ramsgate.  This year the series has showcased the wonderful parks, reserves and bushland of the Cooks River Valley.

The series has proven popular with IKO almost overun with more than 60 people and groups wanting to register for the second event of the series at Hurlstone Park in late September.

Come along next weekend and enjoy a run on this flat fast course which is teeming with bird life!  There will be a 45 min score event plus long and short line events.  Start any time between 4 – 5 pm.

Belanglo Tour de DUST!

The finish line at SL11

Ron Pallas christened this the Dust Tour of Belanglo, but as we are one day into the Tour de France I thought I might give it a slightly more french flavour.  Either way it was a weekend of challenging conditions that the weather gods threw at State League 10 and 11.  The sun shone but it was bitterly cold and at times windy, which turned our bare denuded firebreak into a scene from Desert Storm. Our resident meteorologist informed us that on both days the wind-chill factor sent the apparent temperature plummeting below zero in the early mornings.

Aside from that the day seems to have been a success with no injuries (apart from John the first aide guy who injured himself!) and no complaints about misplaced controls.  173 contenders turned up to take on the forest, where conditions were apparently less windy than the finish arena.

Results are now available here on Eventor.

We are  greatly indebted to Ron Pallas and our friends at SHOO for helping us run this event.  Thanks to Natalya, Chris and David for the many days spent in the forest leading up to the event, and to Simon, Ken, Helen, James and Dayle for assisting over the weekend.  Thanks also to Sandra, Garry,  Lyn and Nev from SHOO for their assistance in the finish tent and EOD table.

Simon, Garry and Ron manning the finish tent. The material on the table is protecting the computers from the dust!

Thanks also to Sandra for the photos included here.
Visit SHOO’s Facebook gallery to see a lot more.

Competitors had to battle the wind and dust as they made their way from the final control to the finish.

And lastly, thank you to Simon for the following action shots taken in the forest.