Australian Middle Distance and Relay Champs



Middle Distance

The Middle Distance Champs were held just a few kilometres east of Bungendore on a windy Saturday. The map “The Gib” was just of one ridge line and was covered in granite ranging from great slabs of bare rock to huge boulders. The view from the ridge over Bungendore and also Lake George were spectacular.

Result wise for Uringa it was only the wily veteran Maureen who troubled the scorer with a fine 2^nd in W80A. Both Jared and Sophie missed 3^rd by a whisker. I should mention Gayle’s run her best of the year to finish in the top 10 in W55A.

 

2	Maureen Ogilvie	W80A	1:03:34
4	Jared McKenna	M12A	13:54
4	Sophie Jones	W12A	18:01
5	Linda Sesta	W45A	30:00
5	Ian Jones	M45A	39:04
10	Margaret Jones	W45A	36:12
10	Gayle Shepherd	W55A	40:28
11	Georgia Jones	W16A	34:43
14	Dick Ogilvie	M65A	34:44
17	Jane McKenna	W45A	41:56
22	David McKenna	M50A	56:43
24	Lawrence Jones	M20E	1:09:57
24	Dave Lotty	M65A	41:49
	Ron Pallas	M60A	did not start

 

 Australian Relays

Unfortunately the wind did not abate for the Australian Relays and I must say by the time the event wrapped up everyone had had enough. I guess a pointer to the fact that this is a windy area is the  a very large wind farm a few kilometres and a few paddocks away to the north. Bungendore does have some god points and it would seem that these would be found in the coffee shops.

Check out the first leg on the relay course - 1200 metres and a lot of contours. Go right, go left, go straight! In discussions around the result board it seemed that all 3 route choices were very similar.

The relays were state based teams and a number of Uringans were in podium placed teams. The results currently on line do not show all teams… strange

Result wise:

Sophie and Jared were in the winning M/W12A team and Ian Jones was in the 3^rd placed NSW team in M45A.

Lawrence Jones in M20E was 7^th and Georgia was 9^th in her W16A relay. Gayle’s W55a team finished a very credible 7^th place and Dick O’s M65A team were just a couple of minutes behind 3^rd place. Maureen and Dave were in a mixed relay team and were not disgraced finishing 7^th.
Linda and Maggie were in W45A however their team did not get a listing at all pity as they both had good runs. Similarly Ron was in a M55A team that finished but alas no result has made it onto the net. Jane McKenna’s W45A  team unfortunately had a mp (not Jane).

The next bush events are the Xmas 5 days based in Orange from 27-31^st December entries are now open.

There is , of course,  are the Summer events to keep us occupied until then!