Course Setter: Justin Stafford
Start Times: 8:00am – 9:00am
Directions: Head west from the Glendale crossroads, turn right after 500 metres at the lights into Frederick St. Start is at end of Frederick st, park in the surrounding streets

From the Setter : Justin Stafford

Brush Creek is always a challenging place.  It is difficult navigationally because of the large spider web of constantly changing tracks.  It is difficult technically, because the majority of tracks are rutted and twisted due to motorbike activity.  It is demanding physically due to the hilly nature of the area.  Combine that with hot weather and I am stoked that, aside from control placement a little high, most riders enjoyed themselves and had a good ride!

I do feel for the plethora of riders who suffered breakages – tubes, tires, chains and even derailleur hangers…

I was also excited to be the setter for the first official Newcastle event to use the SI gear (the DuO is a NSW event).  This allowed for some interesting analysis, highlights including:

• Every control was visited, with a reasonable spread – a good result in my books.
• The most popular was 186 with all but two of the 41 riders punching – I assume due to the fact that it was an easy “enroute” control.
• The least popular was 187 and 188 with only 4 visits – I guess this makes sense as they were a challenge to get to and of lower value.
• Surprising to me was the large number of visits to 181 (top middle) and the low number of visits to the 2 and 3 point controls in the SE corner.

I have put together a visualisation showing the relative number of visitors to each control.

Thanks to Andrew, Geoff and Cheryle for their support with the event, and to Nicole, Tim, Steve and Sallyanne for control collection.

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Course Setter: Shane Jenkins
Start Times: 8:00am – 9:00am
Directions: From West Wallsend proceed west along Carrington Street and then Railway Street. Turn right into O’Donelltown Road and follow signs.

Important: This event uses Sportident, which will be available to hire on the day. 

Format: This will be the standard BOSS format with a twist. The course is divided over 2 maps, which will be on one page, and competitors will be required to move between maps when they have either completed the first one or whenever they choose to. However, once you switch maps there will be no going back to the first map to get any missed controls. 

The transition controls will be opposite the start and finish so you will need to return to the start (indicated by the start symbol on the map) once you have completed or done enough of the first map which is called 'The Mad Dash'. Once you have punched the transition control you may then proceed to the next transition control which is located opposite the finish (indicated by the finish symbol on the map). There is a five minute time limit to complete the transition. You then need to return to the finish when you are ready to finish and then proceed back to the registration area to download your results. In the event that you do not wish to head to the second map a finish control will be located at the download desk. 

Note: Remember to stop your timer/stopwatch/gps during the transition as this time does not count towards your 75mins.

55 entries Results | Series Totals | Routegadget

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Course Setter: Sam Howe
Start Times: 8:00am – 9:00am
Directions: Turn east off Freemans Drive either: (1) 6.7km north of the junction with Newport Rd at Cooranbong OR, (2) 5km south of the Freemans Waterhole roundabout and then follow the "O-Signs".

Results | Series Totals | Routegadget (Ignore the DNF everyone got its a glitch)

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Course Setter: Denis Lyons
*Update*Start Times: 7:45am – 9:15am (Final start will be enforced at this event a train will pass through the event area just after last potential starter (ie9:15) finishes)
Directions: Head west from the centre of Kurri Kurri on Lang St towards the hospital. Turn left at the T junction and park on Hospital Road.

26 Entries Results | Routegadget

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Important Update: Due to the continueing wet weather BOSS 5 has had to be cancelled as the map is either muddy quagmire or under water and is not safe for riders in its current condition. Due to a very full upcoming calendar it is not possible to reschedule this event. There will be an update later on overall results from this BOSS series.

Course Setter: Greg Bacon
Start Times: 8:00am – 9:00am
Directions: Head south from Holmsville on Appletree road, park on the right adjacent to Holmesville Soccer Ground.

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