QBIII on the North Coast - overall

The sun shone. The terrain was very different from one day to the next, and all three events were enjoyable. 

Day 1 was middle-distance bush on sanddunes. 

Day 2 was long distance in open forest. 

Day 3 was a campus sprint.

To gain a QBIII badge you had to compete and finish all three days, for a combined score that put you in the top three. (Unfortunately, a few Uringans did not compete on Monday.)

M/W10 Novice
Maggie McKay

W14A
1 Serena Doyle

W45A
3 Linda Sesta

W80A
1 Maureen Ogilvie

M14A
3 Finn Mackay

M21A
3 Ondrej Pavlu

M45A

1 Shane Doyle

M75A

3 Brian Cleland

Metro League 3

Sir Joseph Banks Park, Botany turned on a cracker of a day for Metro League 3. Whilst it was rather chilly when Dave and Nick arrived at the park to put out controls, the weather warmed nicely to ensure that a t-shirt was all that was needed (unless you were in the shade). The park is a fascinating place and great for a run and also great for the kids as there are so many places to visit.

Sir Joseph Banks ( an MJM photo!)

The Uringa team clicked into action and before you knew it we were ready to go by 8.45 with first starters not due out until 9.30. That said some of our club were able to get their runs in early. A few claimed that they should have a time discount as they turned on controls...
The day went smoothly and our finish/entry team coped with the day competently.

Result wise well Uringa's Division 5 team were the only ones to well sort of get points as they held the BF/Knox team to a draw. Div 1,3 and 4  were beaten by the Metro super power Western and Hills

Individual results:
Strong run by Linda in Div 3 to come in 3rd overall. Great to see the 3rd place for William on the easy course. He certainly is gaining in confidence. Great 6th place for Ondrej in Division 1 where the pace is always hot!

Plac	Name	Class	Time
3	Linda Sesta	Div 3	30:45
3	William Nolan	Easy	25:54
5	Martin Billot	Easy	30:27
6	Ondrej Pavlu	Div 1	30:41
6	Jonathan Nolan	Easy	31:56
11	Sophie Jones	Div 4	29:47
17	Ian Jones	Div 1	34:27
18	Terry Murphy	Div 5	33:26
18	Ant Nolan	Div 1	35:26
19	Jim Mackay	Div 3	36:35
20	Mary Jane Mahony	Div 5	34:00
21	Finn Mackay	Div 3	36:41
22	Catherine Murphy	Div 1	36:38
24	Shane Doyle	Div 1	38:18
24	Margaret Wilmott	Div 5	36:13
27	Laurent Billot	Div 1	42:12
29	Matt Peters	Div 1	48:58
32	Dick Ogilvie	Div 3	43:07
34	Adrienne Kirby	Div 5	43:36
36	Helen Murphy	Div 4	38:58
37	Maree Doyle	Div 4	40:24
39	Maureen Ogilvie	Div 5	58:57

Courses ( sorry no Div 1 course...)

State Leagues 4 & 5

A whiff of smoke on Saturday (burning off), an idyllic sunny Sunday. A warm autumn weekend in Lithgow/ Wallerawang/ Mt Piper/ Gardens of Stone. If you weren't there you missed a treat!

Both days offered very open forest. Saturday was middle distance, and a bit of around and over the mountain, and a few tracks and electricity wire clearings. Sunday was long distance...and that definitely meant a long leg or two, almost no tracks, and some very nice (but not overwhelming) rock.

Saturday, State League #4 Mt. Piper
M/W10N
2 Maggie McKay

W14A
1 Sophie Jones

M14A
2 Finn McKay

W20A
1 Georgia Jones

W45A
1 Linda Sesta
3 Margaret Jones

M50A
4 Ian Jones

W55A
1 Lisa Lampe

M55A
11 Jim McKay

W65A
1 Mary Jane Mahony

M70A
4 Dick Ogilvie
9 Dave Lotty

M75A
3 Brian Cleland

W80A
1 Maureen Ogilvie

M Open B
3 Michael Lloyd

Sunday, State League #5 Gardens of Stone
W14A
1 Sophie Jones

M14A
2 Finn McKay

W20A
1 Georgia Jones

W45A
3 Margaret Jones

M50A
5 Ian Jones

W55A
1 Lisa Lampe

M55A
8 Jim McKay

W65A
1 Mary Jane Mahony

M70A
4 Dick Ogilvie
8 Dave Lotty

M75A
3 Brian Cleland

W80A
1 Maureen Ogilvie

M Open B
1 Michael Lloyd

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!