Monday, January 2, 2023

2022 Xmas 5 Days

 

Set in the Lithgow area the 2022 Xmas 5 days was a contrast indeed- weather wise that is. Day 1 hot same to for day 2, day 3 overcast and cooler but humid, Day 4 rain and Day 5 thinking about rain.

The terrain was very similar with spur gully interspersed with rock. 

Must mention the efforts of Oskar Mella and Anna Fitzgibbon- setter and controller for day 3 and Colin Price, 5 Day organiser . Just 3 weeks prior to the event national Parks closed the Long Swamp area as the road in was undriveable. Another area was sources - courses set in just 2 weeks. Official permission to use the area was granted a week before the event and  the courses were finalised the weekend before the event.- Amazing work 

Below are the tabulated results for the 5 Days. Some ran all days and others  events here and there.

Results

The overall result was based on your best 4 results. 

Congratulations to Linda for taking out Women C in fine form. Maggie was well placed in Womens C. Jim Mackay had a steady carnival not troubling the scorers until a really brilliant final race with a first place.

Name

Class

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Overall

Serena Doyle

WA

 

 

 

 

3

5

Zoe Melling

WA

 

 

 

 

9

15

Linda Sesta

WC

3

3

1

2

5

1

Maggie McKay

WC

8

9

22

1

3

5

Mary Jane Mahony

WD

 

 

 

19

15

19

Monica Brockmyre

WE

 

 

7

15

11

14

Jane Boland

WE

7

7

12

5

6

6

Jonathan Nolan

MC

4

10

6

2

8

4

Ant Nolan

MC

18

9

12

5

17

10

Michael Warlters

MC

21

12

2

8

10

11

Ian McKenzie

MC

11

17

17

14

20

15

Owen Shepherd

MC

 

 

15

24

mp

33

Ori Gudes

MC

 

 

 

 

11

36

Jim Mackay

ME

mp

11

5

9

1

5

Brian Cleland

ME

 

 

 

13

9

17

Will Nolan

MF

 

 

12

5

 

10

Aldo Sesta

MF

 

12

 

 

 

14

Dave Lotty

MG

5

7

 

8

9

9

Alon Gudes

MG

 

 

 

 

7

12

Alice Brockmyre

Novice

 

 

6

9

11

8


There were some highlights among them Aldo competing on Day 2- he was so fast that the left the soles of his shoes behind in the bush. It was great to see Owen, Monica and Alice out in the bush.

Day 5 at Blue Mountains Grammar, Wentworth Falls was a Uringa event. Oliver Freeman (Big Foot) was the course setter. Oliver attended BMG until his HSC in 2022 so he knew the school intimately. Mark Freeman was the controller. The courses were excellent and well received. This was Oliver's first course setting experience. 

The old story of check your numbers was not heeded by a number of runners on Hard 1 and Hard 2. 108  as pictured below and 109 some 30 metres away was behind a wall.

Control 108 which brought many undone


109 on the left and 108 on the right 


Uringans gathered on Friday afternoon to set out the start and finish whilst Oliver and Mark put out stands and trestles. The team worked brilliantly although there were some interesting comments about Chiefs and Indians. Within an hour the tasks were complete and they all could head home for dinner.

Day 5 dawned with fog shrouding the scene. Strangely the main gates to the school were open ( closed the day before). Helpers arrived and reinforcements and before you knew it 250 runners were processed at the start and then the finish and the event was done. Special mention to Serena who organised all the prizes. That girl knows how to shop!

We were packed up and away within an hour- what a well oiled machine.

2023 will see the 5 days back on the Central Coast. This is where the event began many many years ago when former Uringa member put on some events for visiting Scandinavians.

Some phots from the 5 days - thanks to various face book posters.

Aldo at play

No soles left

Dave

Ian

Jim

Winners are grinners



Linda 

Linda is a Winner

Michael

Monica

Owen




Serena

The start team waiting for starters.

Ron at work


 


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