ONSW Awards Presentation

ONSW trialled a new way to attract as many people as possible the the Awards Presentation thus it was combined with the Saturday Orienteering Series, which runs through the school term in the morning. There was a choice of 3 different courses and was ideal for a training run, as Bicentennial Park offers ultra fast terrain - ideal for sprint training!! The proceedings for the awards started swiftly after everyone had finished and lasted about an hour, finishing up at 1pm. It was short and sweet to say the least, mainly due to the fact that only about 40 people or so turned up. 
I guess the question remains what format would attract more people to turn up to the awards presentation. The covered pavilion @ Bicentennial Park offered a very relaxed atmosphere and those who attended had a very pleasant time; I guess afternoon would perhaps suit better than lunch time, but apparently that has been done too, without too much success. More importantly quite a few Uringa members won awards and it was great to see that most of them were there to receive their awards, unlike Big Foot !! They won over 20 Orienteer of the Year awards and the Shinglers were the only Big Footers there....

Congratulations to all Uringa members who won awards for the 2015 season:

Banksia award
Maggie Mackay

Waratah award
Finn Mackay

Metroleague Division 5 Premieres
Gayle, Dave L, Adrienne Kirby, Sophie & Maggie

Orienteer of the year
W14A        3rd Sophie Jones
W17-20A   1st Georgia Jones
W45A        1st Linda Sesta, 3rd Maggie Jones
W45AS      3rd Gayle Shepherd
W55A        3rd Lisa Lampe
W80A        1st Maureen Ogilvie
M14A         3rd Finn Mackay
M40A         3rd Anthony Nolan
M45A         2nd Ian Jones
M45AS      1st Jim Mackay
M70A         3rd Dick Ogilive
M75A         3rd Brian Cleland

Special Congratulations go out to Jim Mackay who won the "Rookie of the Year" trophy!! Jim started orienteering in 2013 and has only been bush orienteering for that long too. He has come leaps and bounds to win M45AS Orienteer of the Year for 2015. Well deserved Jim!!