The annual Queen's Birthday Orienteering Three Day Event is one not to be missed, no matter what the weather. Fortunately, though it was cold, it was pretty much not wet ... when we were all out in the forest. The time for exploring Lithgow and environs, well that was another matter and wet certainly did feature.
There are a lot of photos linked to the event website, which give an inkling of the experience. The Uringa social outings aren't included there, though, so here's just a quick one from Saturday night at the Workies. Unfortunately, my closeup photos of the kid's table and of the teenager's table weren't good enough, but you certainly can get the big picture of Uringa and Garingal taking over a neatly set out room of small tables and rearranging to suit!
What about the 'tortoise'? I just have to share how successful my tortoise strategy turned out to be. QBIII is a three day event (with each day also a separate NSW State League event). The top three on each course over the three days are awarded a patch. When I moved up to red courses my only goal has been to finish the course and, maybe, not be last. No patches expected! Over three days this time, however, mispunchi
ng, course setting (one of the hares in my age class) and injury left only two of us standing... and so for the first and perhaps only time in my orienteering career I received an A course patch. Persistence can have its reward. (The emblem plays on the history of the Lithgow Flash.)
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Persistence and coming along to training methinks....
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