State League #4 Wattle Ridge

Wattle Ridge, just west of Hilltop, was last used for the 2008 NSW Champs. Who could forget that event as it was the wettest event that we had had for many a year. In places you had to traverse raging rivers to get to the controls.

SL#4 was the opposite and the dry conditions made traversing the many rock lines a breeze.
The area is a difficult one. As the map below shows it is reasonably green with a lot of rock detail. Large bare rock ledges cliffs and rock faces . It is easy to get disorientated. John Porter who was running the start gave some very wise advice - "stay in contact" with the map. It was indeed great advice. Despite the greeness the broad areas of bare rock were at times like highways leading you on to the next control. For some controls later in their course became attack points for early controls. ( on the map below- using control 6 to zero in on control 3)

With the map a little more than an hour from Sydney ( yes a few of us underestimated the time- sorry Lisa!) there was a pretty strong field of competitors.

Uringa figure well in the results.



Syblle Boos W40A 1st

Lisa Lampe W45A 5th

Sarah Garnett W50A 4th

Margaret Wilmott W50A 7th

Dave Lotty M60A 2nd

Terry Murphy M60A 7th

Dick Ogilvie M65A 3rd

Dave McKenna M35AS 1st

Matthais Boos M35AS 2nd

Angela Murray W60A 4th

Jane McKenna W21AS 1st

Rick Steele M45AS 1st

Ron Pallas M45AS 3rd

Maureen Ogilvie W70A 1st

Gayle Shepherd W35AS 1st

Helen Murphy W45AS 3rd

Corsin Boos M10A 4th



Unfortunately Noel Boos had damaged his arm at a school camp just days before and he was confined to light duties and couldn't run.
After the event Uringans scatterred to all points of the compass to prepare for SL#5 the next day.