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	W-16A	15:07
1	Brian Cleland	M75A	22:38
1	Linda Sesta	W45A	17:51
1	Helen Murphy	W60A	23:56
2	Dave Lotty	M55AS	23:06	+2:46
2	Jared McKenna	M-12A	23:11	+2:25
2	Mary Jane Mahony	W65A	26:03	+3:03
2	Lawrence Jones	M-18A	19:30	+4:16
3	Maureen Ogilvie	W70A	1:13:03	+44:02
3	Ondrej Pavlu	M21A	18:02	+1:16
4	Ron Pallas	M55AS	26:17	+5:57
4	David McKenna	M45AS	21:02	+3:03
4	Jane McKenna	W45A	25:25	+7:34
5	Gayle Shepherd	W45AS	30:06	+14:08
7	Terry Murphy	M65A	33:28	+13:16
11	Jim Mackay	M50A	34:31	+17:15
	Lisa Lampe	W50A	mispunched
	Ian Jones	M45A	mispunched
	Dick Ogilvie	M65A	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.