Thursday, October 24, 2013

An Irish Surprise at Lavender Bay

The Wednesday evening Sydney Summer Series sees quite a few Uringans running the parks and streets and reserves of Sydney. What a surprise though to see Alison Pearce and Chris Brown at this week's event at Lavender Bay! They are having a flying trip from Ireland  to Australia (only 10 days). As you can see by Chris' shirt, they've tackled orienteering in their new country, and, oh, the stories they can tell. Marsh. Forests. Very different topography. Now they know what a compass is for...

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Uringa Events Calendar 2013/14


Date
Location
Event
Key People
Sun, 27 Oct 2013
Maroubra
Southern Summer Series
Michael Weiner
Sun, 10 Nov 2013
Marrickville
Southern Summer Series
Brian Cleland
Wed, 20 Nov 2013
Concord North
Northern (Main) Summer Series
Helen Murphy (Matt Peters)
Sat, 7 Dec 2013
Haberfield
Southern Summer Series
Dave Lotty
Sat, 21 Dec 2013
South Maroubra
Southern Summer Series
Jones Family
Mon, 20 Jan 2014
Blakehurst
Sprint Series
Linda Sesta
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
Birchgrove
Northern (Main) Summer Series
Brian Cleland (Ron Pallas)
Sun, 16 Feb 2014
Rozelle
Sprint Series
Matt Peters
Wed, 26 Feb 2014
Double Bay
Northern (Main) Summer Series
Dave Lotty

Monday, October 14, 2013

Picture Perfect- NSW Sprint Championships


The NSW Sprint Champs were held at Pyrmont Point and for those who have been around for a while will well remember this area as being the Sugar Refinery.

The venue was spectacular and several times out the corner of one’s eye you could catch some spectacular Harbour views.

As with all sprints a sneeze can see you drop a place and a cough well that’s 3 places. Speed and Accuracy were the bywords.

Lots of stairs a few delightful open spaces and even glimpses of the Light rail greeted the competitors.

Uringa did very well  with 10 members on the podium. Brian, Helen, Linda and Georgia were gold medal winners. Dave, Jared, Mary Jane and Lawrence had silver medals and  Maureen and Ondrej took home the Bronze. Fairly new on the orienteering scene, Jim Mackay finished 11th in the highly competitive M50A
 

Plac
Name
Class
Time
Diff
1
Georgia Jones
15:07
1
Brian Cleland
22:38
1
Linda Sesta
17:51
1
Helen Murphy
23:56
2
Dave Lotty
23:06
+2:46
2
Jared McKenna
23:11
+2:25
2
Mary Jane Mahony
26:03
+3:03
2
Lawrence Jones
19:30
+4:16
3
Maureen Ogilvie
1:13:03
+44:02
3
Ondrej Pavlu
18:02
+1:16
4
Ron Pallas
26:17
+5:57
4
David McKenna
21:02
+3:03
4
Jane McKenna
25:25
+7:34
5
Gayle Shepherd
30:06
+14:08
7
Terry Murphy
33:28
+13:16
11
Jim Mackay
34:31
+17:15
Lisa Lampe
mispunched
Ian Jones
mispunched
Dick Ogilvie
mispunched

The biggest winners on the day were the coffee shops adjacent to the assembly area- they did a roaring trade.
It is interesting that when you get home you see more route choice options. Look at the leg 1 -2. I went to the right and up a small set of stairs; Gordon Wilson went left and up the ramp and Tanya Kennedy went way left and around the path. I saw the ramp but not the pathway. I think that is the skill of a good sprint orienteer to see more ways and spot the best.

Zombies take on Orienteers! Big Foot Sprints



The Men's first map
I am not sure whether it was the orienteers or those involved in “Zombies V Humans” who had the most fun at Sydney University on Saturday.

The sight of 200 heavily armed students would raise fear levels in some countries but the foam bullets appeared non-threatening. The blood curdling howls of zombies echoed through the hallowed grounds of the Uni- What fun they all appeared to be having as the squads of humans set out to hunt down the zombies

The Women's first map
Also hunting were the orienteers with around 150 competitors in the BigFoot Sprints. There were only two classes- men and Women and each competitor ran a qualifying race - Men on A Course and Women on B Course. After a short break round 2 was on with a chasing start on the reverse course.

I am not sure of everyone else, the chance to go orienteering in the Uni was the big attraction. The buildings and gardens are a mix of old and new, tasteful and tasteless.

The biggest winner on the days was MP and it was amazing to see just how many succumbed to MP. Just goes to show that sprints are fast and furious and not much time is given to being cautious.
Result wise Georgia was our top placed competitor finishing in 10th

Men

Plac
Name
Class
Time
Diff
Km time
18
Ian Jones
31:48
+5:48
7:45
19
Lawrence Jones
31:51
+5:51
7:46
54
Dave Lotty
53:15
+27:15
12:59
55
Ron Pallas
1:00:37
+34:37
14:47
56
Dick Ogilvie
1:01:59
+35:59
15:07
57
Terry Murphy
1:02:32
+36:32
15:15
 
Ondrej Pavlu
did not finish
 
 

Women 

Plac
Name
Class
Time
Diff
Km time
10
Georgia Jones
35:00
+6:18
8:32
14
Linda Sesta
36:16
+7:34
8:50
19
Margaret Jones
40:03
+11:21
9:46
32
Lisa Lampe
48:22
+19:40
11:47
34
Helen Murphy
57:24
+28:42
14:00
36
Gayle Shepherd
1:06:16
+37:34
16:09
40
Maureen Ogilvie
1:25:15
+56:33
20:47
 
Sophie Jones
Women
mispunched