Ultra Sprint 2016

The weather was indeed perfect for a sprint, warm, a hint of a breeze and some light cloud. Dave had spent a fair few hours putting out a very intense set of controls. Competitors had to run 3 legs or races each approx. 1100m with 21 controls. So by the end of the day runners covered 3.3 kms  and punched 63 controls . That is one control very 50 metres or so- busy as a blow fly in a bottle.
A great crowd of Uringans were on hand to ensure the event went well. Unfortunately a technical gremlin meant that despite some intense efforts and lots of technical language Leg 3 was scrapped. Competitors could still run it but it didn't count. In the calm of home the gremlin was found and dispatched. Mind you this is the third time only that I have used the software so it makes it a lot harder to know just where to look.
Dave set 3 challenging courses with lots of twists and turns. Someone was heard to remark that "it did their head in" as they battled with the navigation. All was compounded by having no control descriptions and each control had no number to identify it.

Result wise with 96 runners spread over 4 classes it was a real battle to stand on the podium. Georgia was again impressive in Junior Women, Catherine was 2nd in Senior Women. The times are the total of 2 legs approx. 2.2kms and 42 controls. The times, for some, included penalties for missing controls (punching others)

1	Georgia Jones	Junior Women	16:21
2	Catherine Murphy	Senior Women	16:28
4	Linda Sesta	Senior Women	18:34
5	Sophie Jones	Junior Women	20:45
5	Ian Jones	Senior Men	16:07
8	Margaret Jones	Senior Women	21:30
9	Alice Westwood	Senior Women	21:32
16	Adrienne Kirby	Senior Women	28:52
17	Mary Jane Mahony	Senior Women	32:08
20	Michael Warlters	Senior Men	21:03
21	Penny Field	Senior Women	39:17
26	Serje Robidoux	Senior Men	22:29
26	Maureen Ogilvie	Senior Women	52:18
31	Dick Ogilvie	Senior Men	24:51
34	Brian Cleland	Senior Men	27:50



5 Computers were used in the running of this event

Helen overseeing it all

The “Castle” at Callan Park is such a beautiful building. For many years it has been locked away and you could only gaze from the outside and wonder what was on the inside.

In recent years it has become the creative annex of Sydney Uni and is open during the week for anyone to wander around. Man what a great sprint you could have through here!