It's Raining Again- Oatley Park

For those who regularly attend the events staged by Illawarra Kareelah there is a certain predisposition to rain at some stage during the event.

One does not need to cast their mind back very far to remember the infamous Cronulla Street Event when the skies produced widespread thunder, lightning and rain. Participants in this event had to ford raging torrents that were once quiet suburban streets. Some even took the opportunity to shelter in open garages.

Well fortunately the storm that arrived at Oatley Park brought a lot of noise, a fair bit of lightning but fortunately gentle cooling rain. Vicki Wilmott set a challenging course that would have seen the big guns really have to work hard to collect a big score but that said most people were able to harvest quite a few points from the very scenic, if not hilly, Oatley Park.

I guess the surprise was just how many Uringans were there.A total of 15 runners from our club were on hand.

Result wise we did rather well:
Junior Men:
1st Finn Mackay - 170 points
Junior Women:
1st Maree Doyle -  220 points
1st Serena Doyle -  220 points
Veteran Men:
1st Shane Doyle - 410 points
1st  Jim Mackay - 410 points
3rd Titus Murray - 290 points
Veteran Women:
1st Linda Sesta - 430 points
Super Veteran Men:
4th Matt Peters - 330 points
8th Ron Pallas - 230 points
Legend Women:
1st Mary Jane Mahony - 260 points
Immortal Men:
2nd Brian Cleland - 300 points
3rd Dick Ogilvie - 240 points
Immortal Women:
1st Maureen Ogilvie - 60 points
Short Line Course:
1st Alexander Murray
2nd Jasper Parker

Uringa has two more events prior to the end of the year.

Sunday 14th December- War Memorial Park - Leichhardt 4pm-6pm - Shane Doyle is the organiser for this Southern Sydney Summer Series Event.

Wednesday 31st December Kippax Lake (West side of the Sydney Cricket Ground) 8am - 10am (or so)
This event is a big one as it is part of the Xmas 5 Days which is being run in Sydney this year. It is an ultra-sprint. Each competitor runs three short sprints ( around 900m) Each courses has lots of controls (around 20) and in the course somewhere is a maze just to make life interesting.
However this is a complex event and we need 3 start teams, and 3 finish teams as well as a number of people to construct the maze starting around 6am. If you haven't already volunteers then contact Ron Pallas ronpallas@hotmail.com to let him know your availability.

For more information:
Xmas 5 day Web Site:
http://onsw.asn.au/events/xmas-5-days-2014

Information on the Ultra-Sprint:
http://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Documents/Event/1088/2/What-is-an-Ultra-Sprint