DOUBLE TRIPLE GOLD MEDAL (SL9/10)

So here is the story! 3 events to be run in 3 different venues over the weekend.  Not too bad but 2 of the events were to be held within 4 hours of each other.

The call was out- man the pumps, roll up the sleeves, step up to the mark. What can I say the “boys stuck to the game plan” and the weekend went off with nary a hitch.

The NSW Schools Champs and The NSW Sprint Champs were held on Saturday at two locations. Sprint 1 was at Garrison Point with interesting courses set by Ian Jones. Ian aided by Maggie, Ant and Dave had all controls out, checked and ready to go as the punters arrived for the 10.30 kick off.

Supported by a number of experienced orienteers who undertook map walks, guided less experienced school kids the event went off tremendously. Needless to say the beautiful parklands and the clear sky made sure that everyone was in a good mood.

( Note to OCAD users- do not include JPEGs etc into OCAD maps as it affects the print of the map badly! All images need to be drawn in in OCAD)

As the last finisher hit the download, the Uringa machine clicked into action as the myriad amount of gear disappeared into a variety of boots to be transported to Western Sydney University at Milperra. (Just down the road)

On auto pilot the gear was removed from boots and the event was ready to go with an hour to spare. Way to go Uringa!

Matt Peters set the courses and with Nick Wilmott had the controls out ready to go before first starts.

Once more all ran very well. The Uni Campus was challenge with routes choices testing the competitors.

At the end of the day awards were presented to the NSW School Sprint Champions and also to the NSW Sprint Champions.

Well done to Finn 1^st in M14A; Sophie and Serena W14a 1 and 2^nd respectively and Georgia 1^st in W17+A. For their excellent efforts in the NSW Schools Champs. Maggie helped dad put out controls for Sunday and missed her run at WSU.

Also picking up gongs in the NSW Sprint Championships were Linda, Shane and Maureen 1^st place; Dick 2^nd and Margaret 3^rd.

Class	Name	Garrison Point	WSU	Overall
W9A	Maggie	2	-	-
M14A	Finn	2	1	1
W14A	Sophie Serena	1 2	1 3	1 2
W17+A	Georgia	1	1	1
M45A	Shane Shane	1 -	2 1	1 -
W45A	Linda	1	1	1
W45AS	Gayle	6	5	6
M55A	Jim	3	-	-
W55A	Margaret	3	3	3
M65A	Ian	6	6	6
M70A	Dick	2	3	2
W80A	Maureen	1	1	1
EOD M	Adrienne	2	2	2
EODH	John	3	-	-

Well that was Saturday put to bed and gear once again disappeared into boots to return on Sunday to Boggabilla- Lansvale. This map was used up until the early 2000s. The area is a little thicker than it once was.

Jim Mackay did a fine job setting the courses and there were many positive comments at the finish tent.

Today was the NSW Schools Long Champs as well as State League 10.

Sophie and Georgia were "sister act", 1^st place getters (Fittingly it was Sophie’s birthday!). Maggie Mackay and Serena Doyle were joined by Jonathan Nolan to place 2nd   and Finn was 3^rd.

In the non-schools section Shane, Maureen, Jane and Catherine Murphy were 1^st in their classes, Linda and Dick 2^nd and Maggie 3^rd.

Class	Name	Placing
M9A	Jonathan	2
W9A	Maggie	2
M14A	Finn	3
W14A	Sophie Serena	1 2
W17+A	Georgia	1
M45A	Shane	1
W45A	Linda Maggie	2 3
W45AS	Gayle	5
M65A	Ian	4
M70A	Dick	2
W80A	Maureen	1
Wopen B	Jane	1
EODH	Catherine	1
EODVE	Brady	5

And so it was that this event drew to a close. Many eager hands rounded up the controls and soon cars were packed and Bogabilla returned to its quiet self.

This weekend could not have happened with the efforts of Ian, Matt and Jim as course setters; Dave and Nick as controllers. Then there was the work crew all pitching in.

I must mention Adrienne and John who specially came to help out on Saturday. Zuzu and Jitka who came along on Sunday to help out.

A huge thank you to Vicki Wilmott, not a member of Uringa, who turned up on both days to help us out. Without Vicki the result tent would have been well and truly undermanned.

What is next:

Metro Finals are next weekend. We will need around 25 runners. Right now we have 4.

Please pre-enter at:

https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/3848

Then the weekend of 10/11 September is State League 11/12 and you can pre-enter at :

Saturday    https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/3895

Sunday    https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/3896

Also coming up are the Australian Championships in Queensland.  A number of Urinagns are heading north. We wish them well.

Name	Class
Jakob Doyle	M Junior B
Maree Doyle	W-20A
Serena Doyle	W14A
Shane Doyle	M45A
Zara Doyle	W16A
Georgia Jones	W-20E
Ian Jones	M50A
Margaret Jones	W45A
Sophie Jones	W14A
Dave Lotty	M70A
Finn Mackay	M14A
Jim Mackay	M55A
Dick Ogilvie	M70A
Maureen Ogilvie	W80A

Mulgoa Metro #5

On a brand new map of an area new to orienteering, the crowds gathered at Mulgoa. Now for anyone used to the typical Metro terrain this was a shock as there were few trails to follow and the bush was just that bush a mixture of open and then thicker "blackthorn country". The rock features were very interesting. It was a challenge.

As far as our team results went: Div 1 unfortunately went down again but it was not for the want of trying. Ondrej continues to score podiums with a fine 3rd place. He was supported by Ant and Laurent 14th and 17th respectively. Unfortunately Ian mp having failed to see control 10 on the way between 9/11. In Ian's defence it was very hard to see.

Division 1

Division 2 team or should I say "Team Mackay" were very noble in defeat going down to Garingal by 2 points. Note here that the GO team only had two runners but were boosted by an extra runner which gave them the win! Fin continues to show improved navigation with an excellent 6th place overall.

Division 4

Division 4 were up for a win with Sophie showing fine form to come in 10th overall. She was rather aplogetic as she spent a fair bit of time going 2/3. The old jobbler Dave showed great navigation to finish 16th and Central Coast buddy was 14th. This time round it was Ron who mp missing control 5- didn't see it at all. He wondered why others headed in the bush after coming out of 4....
Division 5 also were up for a win too. It was a metro debut for Will and Jane who took it very carefully on a very difficult moderate course. It was a very nervous Adrienne who faced the starter- as this was one of the few bush courses that she had attempted. Taking it slowly and carefully Adrienne returned to the finish happy t have successfully completed her course. Gayle's fine 10th and Margaret's 14th helped the team to a solid win. The legs 3/4, 5/6 were a real challenge

Division 5

Not to be out of the limelight Jonathan was a very speedy 1st on the Very Easy course. He was the only competitor to break 30 minutes!

1	Jonathan Nolan	Very Easy	26:53
3	Ondrej Pavlu	Div 1	37:38
5	Gayle Shepherd	Div 5	59:00
6	Finn Mackay	Div 3	48:54
10	Margaret Wilmott	Div 5	1:01:17
10	Sophie Jones	Div 4	52:06
13 14	Ant Nolan Samuel Tsang	Div 1 Div 4	47:41 55.09
16	Jim Mackay	Div 3	53:50
16	Dave Lotty	Div 4	58:30
17	Laurent Billot	Div 1	1:25:11
20	Lisa Lampe	Div 4	1:02:58
23	Adrienne Kirby	Div 5	1:19:20
26	Will Nolan	Div 5	1:35:13
27	Jane Boland	Div 5	1:35:20
	Ron Pallas	Div 4	mispunched
	Ian Jones	Div 1	mispunched

Hopefully everyone has pencilled in 27/28 August as Uringa is running a double header_ NSW Schools Championships plus NSW Sprint Championships spread over 3 races. Saturday sees two sprints. Sprint 1 10.30 start at Garrison Point (Georges Hall)  followed by Sprint 2 at WSU (Milperra)
with a 2pm start. The change of venues will be a killer!
Sunday the third race will be held at Lansdowne with a very civilised 10.30am start. We will need many helpers especially on Saturday with the venue move.
All helpers will be able to run so please pre-enter for the events using Eventor:
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events