Waggaroos Noos
Rocky Hill
Wonderful to see so many children participating. Eight of
the 16 participants were sub-juniors.
The Farquhar family group had fastest time on the Easy course, closely followed by Ryder Seaman. Veteran orienteer Bob Moore was pushed down to 5th place by the younger legs. Audrey Young completed her first orienteering course today which, at just over 7 weeks old, made her one of the youngest ever WaggaJoeys to do so – even if she did sleep on Mum’s chest all the way around. The Moderate course was not so easy with very long grass making the rocky hillside difficult to traverse. Running wide to the nearby paths was a good tactic. Pauline Moore was doing very well until she saw two large snakes inspecting one of the control sites. She was in and out of that control quickly but then the long grass became ultra-tall.
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CSU sprint
A fun sprint event with the Hard and Moderate courses venturing into the bush on the western side of campus before zig-zagging between the campus buildings and garden beds. Newcastle Orienteer Steve Roberts managed to sneak a win just ahead of Deb and John. Don MacIntyre again set an endurance record and Jarrah Mestan with Julie in tow finished just ahead of Kath. Results: Long 3.2km 1 Steve Roberts (Newcastle) 0:32:40 2 Debbie Davey 0:34:22 3 John Oliver 0:35:28 Medium 2.1km 1 Don MacIntyre 1:53:23 Easy 1.2km 1 Julie Gooding & Jarrah Mestan 0:21:07 2 Kath Oliver 0:23:47 |
Albury comfortable winners in first Interclub at Chiltern
A very wet forest and steady rain throughout did not dampen enthusiasm at Wallace's Gully. It was lovely spur-gully terrain that was remarkably open and beautiful to run through. The wet conditions did mean that not much wildlife was seen – even the orb-weaving spiders were sheltering and out of sight. It was wonderful to catch up with our Albury colleagues after so long – even if they did thump us 47:23. Waggaroos who attended acquitted themselves well: Jack Janetzki starred on the Short Red course winning by almost 15 minutes. Results:
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Winter series commences at Willan's Hill
A very pleasant Sunday morning at Willan's Hill saw ten participants attempt Pauline’s courses. The Hard and Moderate courses zig-zagged over the main ridgeline. Going reasonably straight proved to be a little more difficult than expected with the proliferation of grasses on the steeper slopes. In some instances going much further around the tracks was quicker. Top efforts by Ryder Seaman winning the Easy course quite comfortably and Chontelle Dailey who won the Moderate course. Unfortunately some sad, irresponsible fool decided to smash up a couple of our SI units and flags, with both SI units requiring repair or possible replacement. Results 1.6km Easy Course 1 Ryder Seaman 0:20:57 2 Jarrah Mestan 0:22:56 3 Julie Gooding 0:23:05 4 Logan Seaman 0:24:46 5 Kath Oliver 0:30:05 4.7km Hard Course 1 John Oliver 1:08:31 3.0km Moderate Course 1 Chontelle Dailey 0:43:21 2 Bob Moore 1:15:43 3 Don MacIntyre mp 2.9km Hard Course Alex Davey mp |
Sunday Summer Series wraps up in Kooringal
Another pleasant Sunday morning with orienteers off in all directions. Not suffering time penalties was the key to success. Alex was the sole participant on the 30-minute course and finished just 5 seconds over time. Phil & Loren took the honours on the 45-minute course finishing with almost 2 minutes to spare. Well done to Anna and Paxton finishing second on their first orienteering event and with 55 seconds to spare. Eltan’s maths let him down reckoning that 45 minutes after a 9:30 start meant a 10:30 finish! And Don went for another tour of Wagga but did not manage to break his club record negative score from last week. Results: 30 minute course Points Penalties Score 1. Alex Davey 75 5 70 45 minute course 1. Phil Roy and Loren Edmanson 115 - 115 2. Anna McRorie and Paxton Guthrie 60 - 60 3. Jarrah and Eltan Mestan 85 60 25 4. Don MacIntyre 50 120 -70 |
Estella: 30s beat 45s!
How bizarre – those
on the 30 min course all got higher scores than those on the 45-minute
course! Perhaps just a case of “the bigger a group the slower it moves”!
All participants did very well on a lovely sunny morning that was very conducive to running. Only one person exceeded their time limit and that was by a mere 39 seconds. The Farquhar family judged their time the best, finishing inside their time limit with just 28 seconds to spare. Great effort by Chontelle who managed to cover about half the course in her 30-minute time limit. Results: 45 Minute Course:
30 Minute Course
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Earl's the kings in Central Wagga
Unfortunately numbers were low again for our run in Central Wagga however Andrew & Hayden Earl put in a good performance on the 45 Minute course, possibly just shaded by Debbie’s effort of achieving the same score on the 30 Minute Course. Julie, Jarrah and Eddie also performed well, especially considering Julie was pushing Eddie in the pram! Results: 45 Minute Course: 1. Andrew & Hayden Earl 95 points 2. Julie Gooding & Jarrah Mestan 70 30 Minute Course 1. Debbie Davey 95 2. Alex Davey 50 |
Sunday Summer Series resumes at CSU
An encouraging turnout at CSU where cooler weather awaited competitors. Excellent orienteering by Briohny to take all 30 controls in less than half her allotted 45min time limit. i.e. on average she took one control every 42 seconds! Also a great effort by Chontelle who did the 30 minute score event and very nearly got all controls. The Easy classic course was a popular innovation. Duncan won it (clearly well warmed up after his bike ride out to CSU) but the children were quite competitive. Some went on to do it multiple times getting their unofficial fastest times down to around 8-9 minutes.Results:
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Summer Series #3, Lake Albert
Julie set an interesting challenge
for Summer Series #S3 at Lake Albert evidenced by:
The Farquhar family judged their time the best finishing with just 7 seconds to spare – thanks to a hard finish sprint by Alexander. Pauline, though needs more work on her sprint finish; she was 5 seconds overtime, but did take the handicap honours for the day! Good to see the Earl family at their 3rd consecutive event! John scored best on the 45-minute course and Deb took the honours on the 30-minute course. Results:
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Small turnout in Glenfield
There was a disappointing small turnout in Glenfield but all participants did the 45 minute
course.
Although the warm day (even at 9am) was not conducive to comfortable running, it was the strong wind that made the effort difficult – particularly when trying to run into it, as most had to do on their return to the finish. Remarkably everyone went different ways. From the start John and Debbie headed south and went in different anti-clockwise loops. Andrew and Nathan started west and went clockwise finishing from the east. Julie and Jarrah started east and then went anti-clockwise finishing from the south. Andrew and Nathan were the only ones back late after becoming just a bit geographically misplaced in the unfamiliar streets. Results: Time Points Penalty Score 1 John Oliver 0:44:37 135 0 135 2 Debbie Davey 0:34:46 120 0 120 3 Andrew & Nathan Earl 0:45:40 105 5 100
4 Julie Gooding & Jarrah Mestan 0:43:02 55 0 55 Next event: Sunday 6 December, 9-10am. Lake Albert start/finish adjacent to the Football facilities block in Angel Street. |