Uringa News: Australian 3 Days 2016- Canberra

The annual pilgrimage to the Australian 3 Days did not have to travel quite so fare with the event being held in and around Canberra. ( Mind you the traffic coming home made you wish that you were flying, not driving.)

As well as a goodly sized tribe from Uringa, we were joined by former Uringa members: Sybille, Matthais, Noel and Corsin Boos. It is hard to believe that it was 7 years ago that the headed back to their home in Switzerland

Linda, Noel, Corsin, Sybille, Matthais, Aldo

The event kicked off with the Elite Sprint in the Canberra Uni campus. A really good finish area made for a good spectator environment. The campus had it all, complex buildings, multiple levels and a bit of bush thrown in.

Whilst no one stood on the podium there were some excellent results from Noel and Georgia in particular. Catherine Murphy was outstanding when you consider this was her first run against the nation’s best. Also great to see Alice, Matt and Cassius Westwood who have recently moved to Canberra. (There were some fights over who was to baby sit Cassius- it got ugly!)

After the elites had finish the peasants were deemed suitable enough to run the courses

Elite Prologue / Prologue Results

7 7	Georgia Jones Noel Boos	W20E M20E	18:48 17:52
12	Catherine Murphy	W21E	16:46
13 15	Paul McClellan Corsin Boos	Hard1 M20E	22:54 19:23
20	Alice Westwood	W21E	18:18
23	Ian Jones	Hard1	23:48
37	Clare Murphy	Hard2	21:35
41	Sophie Jones	Hard2	21:42
48	Matt Westwood	M21E	23:46
48	Maureen Ogilvie	Easy	18:37
51	Linda Sesta	Hard2	22:09
61	Margaret Jones	Hard2	23:11
75	Michael Lloyd	Moderate	32:13
90	Dick Ogilvie	Hard2	25:38
105	Ian Bilmon	Hard2	27:03
113	Brian Cleland	Hard2	27:41
118	Lisa Lampe	Hard2	28:56
139	Sally McClellan	Hard2	31:41
149 152	Dave Lotty Mary Jane Mahony	Hard2 Hard2	33:55 34.29

Day 1- Isaacs Ridge

The first of the main competition days was held at Isaacs, a south western suburb, on the map “Isaacs Ridge”. One glance of the map confirms the reason behind its name. The map had a lot of open areas which proved to be energy sapping as you crossed them, in some cases, many times under a clear sky and a rather hot sun. The run home as you zi-zag down the hill was trick but great fun.

It was a little soul destroying after leaving the start as you crossed paths with a stream of runners ( mmm walkers, trudgers) heading up the hill. It didn't take long to realise that that would be you real soon.As can be seen from the results we had a 3 X First, 2 X 2^nd and 1 X 3^rd. Must mention it was a great to see Clare Murphy in the forest as well as Ian Bilmon competing in his first ever Easter event.

Day 1 results

1 1 1	Maureen Ogilvie Sybille Boos Matthais Boos	W80A W45AS M45AS	1:30:43 40:01 49:58
2	Danielle Kopriva	W35A	1:19:16
2	Lisa Lampe	W55AS	51:58
3	Linda Sesta	W45A	55:24
4	Clare Murphy	W21A	1:16:43
5 5	Sophie Jones Noel Boos	W14A M20E	36:32 38:39
6	Ian Bilmon	MOpenB	1:27:50
6	Gayle Shepherd	W55AS	1:04:54
6	Ian Jones	M50A	57:39
7	Dick Ogilvie	M70A	54:49
8	Michael Lloyd	MOpenB	1:59:37
8	Ron Pallas	M55AS	1:02:18
9	Serena Doyle	W14A	46:18
9	Georgia Jones	W20E	48:03
10	Margaret Jones	W45A	1:30:32
11	Shane Doyle	M45A	1:05:55
11	Nicholas Wilmott	M60A	1:03:17
11	Jan Sargood	W60A	1:11:23
12	Sarah Garnett	W55A	1:23:04
15	Catherine Murphy	W21E	49:38
16	Brian Cleland	M75A	1:33:33
16 16	Margaret Wilmott Jitka Kopriva	W55A W65A	1:41:21 1:15:55
19	Paul McClellan	M45A	1:17:15
19	Rick Steele	M60A	1:12:15
20	Mary Jane Mahony	W65A	1:23:51
21	Michael Warlters	M50A	1:20:43
26	Alice Westwood	W21E	1:07:09
27	Dave Lotty	M70A	1:26:36
35	Matt Westwood	M21E	1:11:01
	Jakob Doyle	MJuniorB	mispunched

Day 2 " The Murdering Shed"

Sunday saw a date with the Easter Bunny out near captains Flat. The map was delightfully named the “Murdering Shed” It would appear some sheep were caught in a bush fire. The area once had many small parcels of land and boasted a school. Around 1900, with the land being not profitable on a small scale landowners sold up and the school closed. The locals than had to ride a horse to nearby Captains Flat to attend school- 20kms or so.

8 Uringans managed major placings with Maureen doubling up in 1^st from the previous day. Danielle was also very consistent notching a 3rd place despite a twisted ankle. Sybille dropped a place whilst Lisa had a very strong run to move up the leaders board.

There was a delightful piece of sisterly love. Sisters Zara and Serena came to the aid of Maree who had sustained a nasty cut on the leg. Zara helped Maree back to the finish where she learnt that any thoughts of becoming a "leg" model just bit the dust!

Day 2 Results

1 2	Maureen Ogilvie Sybille Boos	W80A W45AS	1:17:31 1:02:40
3	Danielle Kopriva	W35A	1:43:41
3	Lisa Lampe	W55AS	1:05:21
3	Jakob Doyle	MJuniorB	2:09:27
3 3 3	Ian Jones Matthais Boos Corsin Boos	M50A M45AS M16A	56:08 51:33 47:56
4	Gayle Shepherd	W55AS	1:06:26
4	Clare Murphy	W21A	1:20:05
5	Linda Sesta	W45A	1:14:22
5	Sophie Jones	W14A	35:11
5 5 7	Brian Cleland Noel Boos Jitka Kopriva	M75A M20E W65A	1:03:58 1:25:14 1:11:18
8	Georgia Jones	W20E	1:23:55
8	Margaret Jones	W45A	1:28:05
8	Jan Sargood	W60A	1:11:28
8	Nicholas Wilmott	M60A	57:23
9	Ian Bilmon	MOpenB	1:33:47
12	Sarah Garnett	W55A	1:32:24
13	Serena Doyle	W14A	50:29
14	Dick Ogilvie	M70A	1:07:07
15	Margaret Wilmott	W55A	1:41:46
15	Shane Doyle	M45A	1:17:15
21	Michael Warlters	M50A	1:32:00
22	Rick Steele	M60A	1:11:04
22	Mary Jane Mahony	W65A	1:45:08
23	Dave Lotty	M70A	1:21:37
29	Alice Westwood	W21E	2:55:58
	Maree Doyle	WJuniorB	mispunched
	Zara Doyle	WJuniorB	mispunched
	Matt Westwood	M21E	mispunched

Day 3 Foxlow Flats

This was an apt name as there were a number of dead foxes on the road as you headed to the event.

The killer today was going to be the rather long traverse of the “button grass” on the way to the last control.

From our base on the hill many a spectacular fall was seen. None better that the double somersault with a twist completed by Lisa. Today was much faster than day 2 with less rock and more gully spur being the dominant feature.

With this being the final day there was a lot of pressure on runners to really nail a good run. Maureen once more scored a well-deserved 1^st place. Matthais returned to the winners circle ensuring a first place in the overall competition. Lisa was once more well placed ( even with the spectacular fall) and Clare Murphy had a great run to come in in 3^rd in W21A.

Special mention for Mary Jane's injury. When you face plant on a rock there is bound to be some blood and bruising- ouch!

Day 3 Results

1 1	Maureen Ogilvie Matthais Boos	W80A M45AS	1:16:34 58:59
2	Lisa Lampe	W55AS	1:00:15
3	Clare Murphy	W21A	1:12:48
3 3 3	Linda Sesta Sybille Boos Corsin Boos	W45A W45AS M16A	58:28 45:05 41:50
4 4	Danielle Kopriva Jitka Kopriva	W35A W65A	1:36:59 1:03:09
5	Ian Bilmon	MOpenB	1:20:59
5	Margaret Jones	W45A	1:13:21
7	Sophie Jones	W14A	34:35
7	Gayle Shepherd	W55AS	1:20:59
7 7	Jan Sargood Noel Boos	W60A M20E	1:00:48 48:05
9	Nicholas Wilmott	M60A	59:30
9	Ian Jones	M50A	1:00:53
10	Georgia Jones	W20E	55:07
12	Dick Ogilvie	M70A	59:45
13	Sarah Garnett	W55A	1:26:59
14	Michael Warlters	M50A	1:15:51
16	Brian Cleland	M75A	1:45:32
18	Mary Jane Mahony	W65A	2:02:29
18	Serena Doyle	W14A	1:01:51
19	Rick Steele	M60A	1:09:27
23	Dave Lotty	M70A	1:18:18
25	Catherine Murphy	W21E	1:13:45
	Shane Doyle	M45A	mispunched
	Margaret Wilmott	W55A	mispunched

The Presentation of Awards happened right on the advertises starting time and Uringa was well represented with Maureen and Matthias claiming Gold, Linda and Sybille Silver and Danielle Bronze.

Final Placings.

1	Maureen Ogilvie Matthais Boos	W80A M45AS
2	Linda Sesta Sybille Boos	W45A W45AS
3	Danielle Kopriva	W35A
4	Clare Murphy	W21A
5	Sophie Jones Ian Jones Ian Bilmon Noel Boos	W14A M50A M open B M20E
6	Dick Ogilvie Gayle Shepherd	M70A W55AS
8	Nick Wilmott Jan Sargood Jitka Kopriva	M60A W60A W65A
9	Georgia Jones	W20E
10	Serena Doyle	W14A
12	Sara Garnett	W55A
14	Brian Cleland	M75A
17	Rick Steele	M60A
18	Mary Jane Mahony	W65A
20	Dave Lotty	M70A

It's a wrap

As the dust settled the organisers were busily beavering away packing up. The event does not run without volunteers and for that matter all events depend so heavily on the efforts of volunteers.

There were some interesting sidelights to the 3 Day competition:

The Chocolate Leg

At every State League/ National Championship event Gayle organisers the "chocolate leg". In
memory of friend and competitor Su Lin Weller, the CL winner is the fastest on a randomly selected leg on each day for the girls in that class. There is a lot of prestige associated with winning this- as well as chocolate!
This year the winners were Sandra Stewart day 1, Gayle Day 2 and Maria Day 3.

(The chocolates Gayle won were a real boost whilst stuck on the Hume on the way home)