NOY6 Results
Event: NOY6
Date: Sunday 4th July 2010
Location: Kitchener
Map: Poppethead Decapitated
Planner: Malcolm Roberts
Organiser: Peter Newton
Setup: Mick Kavur, Peter Newton, Malcolm Roberts
Rego: Cheryle Todkill
Finish: Denis Lyons, Nicole Haigh. Tim Hackney
Collection: Rudi Landsiedel, Alex Massey, Denis Lyons, Joy Guy, Shane Jenkins, Malcolm Roberts & Russell Blatchford
Entries: 95
Another fine club event in a great area. Some long legs caused a bit of navigation mayhem for a few of the Red course runners that lacked concentration over the entire leg. Thanks to Malcolm for setting the courses and tor Peter Newton for assisting him by looking after the gear side of things. This arrangement works well as the course setter can just worry about course related matters. We are looking for more people (not the same old ones) that may wish to assist course setters at upcoming events by being gear orgsanisers. You do not need to be technically proficient at orienteering at all to assist with this so stick your hand up and assist the club in the running of its activities.
HANDICAP RESULTS NOW AVAILABLE
Newcastle Orienteers hope you enjoyed the weekends events. It was very much a team effort with almost everybody helping to some degree, but special mention goes to our two setters, Graham Fowler and Daniel Orr as they spent plenty of time out in the forest readying this event.
Results, splits, routegadget and a few photos are now available via the links below.
SL9 - Abernethy
Results
Splits
Handicap Result
RouteGadget
Photos
SL10 - Wallaroo
Results
Splits
Handicap Result
RouteGadget
Todkill and Enderby take out 2010 Hunter Valley Champs
Event: Hunter Valley Championships
Date: Sunday 1st August 2010
Location: Wallaroo State Forest
Map: Wallaroo Hill
Planner: Denis Lyons
Organiser: Margaret Peel
Setup: Mick Kavur, Denis Lyons
Rego: Cheryle Todkill
Finish: Denis Lyons, Peter Newton, Margaret Peel
Collection: Rudi Landsiedel, Robert Preston, Denis Lyons, Russell Blatchford, others?
Entries: 102
Steven Todkill and Jenny Enderby have taken out the Hunter Valley Championship, Men's and Women's titles contested at Wallaroo on Sunday 1st August.
The rain had cleared overnight to produce a brilliant orienteering day which many took advantage of. The area was adjacent to the previous weeks State League, with the longer courses having a little overlap.
Report by Carolyn Rigby.....
A windy but fine day dawned for NOY 7 at Brush Creek, Glendale. Fathers were indulged for "their" day with some excellent courses set by Rob Vincent (who brought his father, Jeff, along). We were all indulged with access to the facilities of Glendale THS which made life very easy.
Despite an annual use of the map, plus club coaching days and Hunter Valley Schools Champs a couple of years ago, Rob still managed challenging courses calling on tight navigation and considered route choice to some "new" control sites.
What may have eluded most people was that at the same time celebrations were taking place in Victoria. What's the link? Last Sunday was the 25th anniversary of WOC which was held in the Bendigo and Castlemaine areas. Some sections of those courses were re-run in the granite at Kooyoora though the consensus was that vegetation is much thicker. Cast your mind back to what Rob was wearing on Sunday. - a not so recent Australian Orienteering Team jacket, though I suspect it wasn't from 1985. Check out the article in the current Australian Orienteer - quite a few names mentioned in the article are still heavily involved in Orienteering - truly a sport for life!
Great to see a good attendance with some visitors from Sydney clubs too. An emphatic win to Alex Massey in the Long Red has virtually sealed a pointscore win, but 7.3km wasn't long enough for him so he warmed down with the 3km Short Red. The Medium Red continues to provide the closest competition with that category still very much up for grabs. Laura Slatter continues to improve and her showing in the Blue course is impressive.
Thanks to all the Vincent family for their contribution to the event.
Event: NOY8
Date: Sunday 19th September 2010
Location: Killingworth
Map: The Range
Planner: Geoff Peel
Organiser: Margaret Peel
Setup: Mick Kavur, Geoff & Margaret Peel
Rego: Margaret Peel
Finish: Bob Gilbert, Denis Lyons
Collection: Joy Guy, Shane Jenkins, Denis Lyons, Bob Gilbert, Geoff Peel
Entries: 85
From planner Geoff Peel.....
With so many MTBO'ers away at the State Champs and a huge Airshow at the local RAAF base, it was surprising to get 85 entries for this, the last of the 2010 NOY series events. Point were on offer and it seems many were there to try and secure a position with a good final performance or indeed to get a bit more practice in the bush before the Aussie champs in SA.
Competitors had the luxury of pre-printed maps, an experiment that we would like to continue into next years NOY series where possible. There are many things to consider, especially organisers being late with their courses for printing (and I must put up my hand and apologise to Geoff Todkill for being guilty of this) but we are looking at ways to improve this process to minimise map wastage while still making sure we have coverage.
I might also apologise for the last control on the red and orange courses. For those coming down from the north there was an extra clearing (I swear, I've never seen it yet) that confused a few competitors that were obviously in oxygen debt toward the end of their course. The wreckage also appeared to be a little further westward but in reality that was due to some vegetation "creep". While I put lot of effort into course construction, I must admit map correcting isn't one of my stronger points.
I mustn't forget to thank all the helpers on the day especially those that turned up early to set up or stayed back late to collect controls. And of course to Margaret for being a powerhouse when it comes to organising, even if she doesn't listen to a thing I say.
Tha next "bush" event will be our last for the season and is to be contested at Tocal Agricultural College. 2009 OANSW couse setter of the Year, Karen Blatchford, is setting what could probably be described as longer sprint style courses that will no doubt prove to be fun. These courses will see us running (or walking) around the many buildings, grounds and paddocks that make up the campus. There may even be the possibility of a swim (fee to college) after your run so keep a check here for details.