Go West, You Orienteers

The two big national orienteering events each year are the Australian Three Days (part of a larger Easter Carnival) and the Australian Championships (held roughly over the September-October school holidays and also part of a larger orienteering event series). The states/territories where these events are held rotate. More info here for future planning!

This year the Easter Orienteering Carnival was held in Western Australia. The Australian Sprint Champs and the Australian Middle Distance Champs were held on the following weekend. (There were some schools and public races on the weekdays between.)

The first day, the sprint, was in the middle of Perth. The other two events in the Three Days were in the York-Beverly region east of Perth, full of history, farm land and forest.

While ten days of orienteering was on offer, it was a very long way to go, with just five Uringans participating in some or all of the events on offer. (Next year it will be held in the NSW Orange region.)

Australian Three-Day Results

The times for all three events are combined for the placings. Runners who MP/DNS/DNF for any one of the days are out of contention.

M50A

2 Shane Doyle
5 Michael Warlters

W70A
12 Mary Jane Mahony

M80A
3 Brian Cleland

Australian Sprint Champs

W20E
17 Serena Doyle

M50A
3 Shane Doyle
7 Michael Warlters

Australian Middle Distance

W20E
18 Serena Doyle

M50A
2 Michael Warlters
5 Shane Doyle

Photos thanks to OA FaceBook and Mary Jane Mahony.