NSW Sprint Championships- UNSW

There is no doubt that out two Sydney based uni's Sydney and NSW are great areas for sprint events. The NSW Sprint Champs at UNSW was again a great event.

The weather could not have been better with the sun poking through the clouds after some overnight rain. The crowd certainly enjoyed basking in its warmth.

The courses were challenging and the many building works within the campus made it just a little more exciting for all concerned.
Sometimes the complexity can lead to hassles. Have a look at the route from 11 to 12. Note the two sets of magenta lines running north south over the what is the obvious route. They were marking an overpass but for all intents and purposes looked like out of bounds...

it was a great day for Uringa with 4 winners: Serje in M35AS, Melanie in W45A, Dave in M65AS and Maureen in W80A.

Helen picked up a neat 2nd in W65A ( first placing for a while) and Maggie was 3rd in W12A.
Other results were:
Catherine 2nd EODH
Dick 4th M70A
Ron 4th M55AS
Gayle 4th W55AS
Terry 5th M70A
Jim 7th M55A
Ori 3rd EODM
Rupert 10th EODM
Joe 5th EODE






Reminders:
State League  Events in Orange (18/19 Aug) - entries close August 10th
Metro League 6 - Finals- (26 Aug) entries close on 24th August

State leagues 10 and 11 and a pother of dust

For the adventurous ( some may say foolish) the double header on the Southern Highlands was highlighted by freezing temperatures ( feel like -1) and strong winds.
Many present were describing the winds as "katabatic" such their ferocity and temperature. However the cold - you could deal with it was the dust that was the killer.

Saturday's map

Saturday's assembly area was directly opposite a recently clear felled compartment and as a result the wind whistled over this dust bowl and proceeded to dump it on all assembled all day.
Mind you once you made it into forest it was much more pleasant.Some great results from Uringans with Dave, Jono, Maggie and gayle scoring victories. Linda and Jim were second placed and Serje, Ant and Finn took out bronze medallions in their classes.

Gayle trying to decide which finish punch would give her the fastest time

One hoped that the wind would drop for Sunday's adventure in Balanglo. Yes it did however the lulls whilst lengthy, were interrupted by periods of wild wind that made life in the finish tent an absolute pain in the ..... Trying to read a dust covered screens was rather difficult. Mind you it is a testament to the toughness of the laptops as neither threw a hissy fit and packed it in.

Result wise Dave continued his domination of M65AS with another victory. Maggie again racked up a 1st in W12A. Jim was consistent with a 2nd in M55AS and Jane and Will were in fine form to take out a 3rd place on W Open.

The cars leaving the parking kicked up less dust than the wind. However once in the car the warmth of modern day heaters soon had you feeling your extremities once more..

Ant heading to the finish ( missed punching the control behind him!

Jim punching the last control

Dave jobbling to the finish

Trying to keep the dust out of computing gear.

The race is on 

I know Val is not in UR but notice the lack of clarity in comparison to the one above - dust storm!

 So a good time was sort of had by all

Reminder 
Metro league on 22nd July at lapstone- an interesting area
NSW Sprint champs at Uni of NSW on 29/07- this is a really good area very tricky.

World masters
Dick Ogilvie finished in 29th place in the M70B final in the sprint in Copenhagen.
The maps of the sprint final can be found at:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPQJW-k3UaF17lTN0yhuHOT7C150RZJwOyLahTu5l8E-knFNNaYQ3c-SGPiOAWKsw?key=aUZRVHM2Q3ZmVzBwZ0hlLTRrUGxFT2FEN3NTdEFR

Not a very technical area but there were a few inetresting legs/route choices to be had on most courses.
Congratulations to Tash Key winner in W45A and Gentleman Herman Wehner 2nd in M90.