Uringa News: May 2019

Saturday, May 25, 2019

State League 3 and 4 – sunshine on the Central West slopes and tablelands

Uringans were out in force. There are city orienteers and there are bush orienteers. Yes, there is some overlap in the two categories…but some are only seen in the bush and at social events (and bush orienteering is very social).

The weekend event were NSW State, ACT State League and also National Orienteering League events. The National Orienteering League and Junior National Orienteering League (under 21) are open to elite orienteers only. The NSW team is called the Stingers.

Wyangala Waters (SL3)

This was the day of views. Keep focussed – don’t look at the lake. A middle distance course.

W12A
4 Maggie Mackay

M12A
3 Jonathan Nolan

M Junior B
1 William Nolan

W Open B
7 Jane Boland

M45A
3 Ant Nolan

M45AS
2 Jim Mackay

W50A
3 Linda Sesta

M50A
2 Shane Doyle
4 Michael Warlters

M55AS
5 Ron Pallas

W60A
8 Margaret Wilmott

M65A
2 Nick Wilmott

M65AS
1 Dave Lotty

W70A
6 Mary Jane Mahony

M75A
2 Dick Ogilvie

M80A
5 Brian Cleland

W85A
1 Maureen Ogilvie

EOD Moderate
1 Serje Robidoux

Roseberg State Forest (SL4)

These were the long championships, and for the elite the ultralong championships. It was not surprising that there were more DNFs, and even DNSs, in the results list. The long legs demanded close attention to navigation – this get more challenging as (the less fit anyway) orienteers tire.

The ultralong competition was well beyond the ordinary orienteerer's imagination. M21E was a 24km course. The winner took 2hr30min. The last runner to finish took 5hr12min. W21E was 14.6km.

W12A
4 Maggie Mackay

M12A
4 Jonathan Nolan

M Junior B
1 William Nolan

W Open B
2 Jane Boland

M45A
7 Ant Nolan

M45AS
3 Jim Mackay

W50A
4 Linda Sesta

M50A
1 Michael Warlters
2 Shane Doyle

W55AS
1 Jan Sargood

M55AS
8 Ron Pallas

W60A
8 Margaret Wilmott

M65A
1 Nick Wilmott
8 Rick Steele

M65AS
1 Dave Lotty

W70A
5 Mary Jane Mahony

M75A
2 Dick Ogilvie

M80A
5 Brian Cleland

EOD Hard Short
1 Serje Robidoux

Go West, You Orienteers

The two big national orienteering events each year are the Australian Three Days (part of a larger Easter Carnival) and the Australian Championships (held roughly over the September-October school holidays and also part of a larger orienteering event series). The states/territories where these events are held rotate. More info here for future planning!

This year the Easter Orienteering Carnival was held in Western Australia. The Australian Sprint Champs and the Australian Middle Distance Champs were held on the following weekend. (There were some schools and public races on the weekdays between.)

The first day, the sprint, was in the middle of Perth. The other two events in the Three Days were in the York-Beverly region east of Perth, full of history, farm land and forest.

While ten days of orienteering was on offer, it was a very long way to go, with just five Uringans participating in some or all of the events on offer. (Next year it will be held in the NSW Orange region.)