Monday, April 26, 2010

DOING IT IN THE DARK

Just what do some Uringans get up to in the dark?

Well for a few it was the NSW Night Championships held at UWS Penrith campus.
The nights attract only a small but quality field of orienteers who don a variety of lights to head out into the bush in search of controls. With 5 first placings a second and a third Uringans proved that they were great operators in the dark!

Results
M10A Jared McKenna 1st
M35AS Dave McKenna 1st
M65A Dave Lotty 1st
M65A Dick Ogilvie 3rd
W21AS Jane McKenna 1st
W65A Angela Murray 1st
W70A Maureen Ogilvie 2nd

To entice people to night orienteering I believe that there needs to be a change in the classes and that they be based on Lumens ( Wattages) of their lights.

Pencil Torch Power
Dolphin Power
Single beam
Twin Beam
Aircraft landing Light

The maybe competitors would be on the same footing ( or lighting)

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