A week of wet weather preceded the Bendigo Orienteering Diamond Hill course with the day still being overcast but fortunately – no rain and ideal running weather. Course setter, John Wilkinson created 5 courses covering a variety of terrains.
Course 1 (7.1km) was sprinted in by Bryan Keely in a time of 38:59 with Richard Goonan (46:09) and Simon Rouse (46:52) coming in second and third respectively.
Louis Cameron (40:04) managed to beat Jim Russell (40:41) in Course 2 with Andrew Cameron (43:08) in third place. A good turn out for this course with 18 competitors.
Course 3 was blitzed in 24:54 by Jimmy Cameron. Lawrie Edward (37:37) and Solomon Cameron (49:03) came in second and third. This course also had a good number with 15 competitors.
Course 4 was led in by Rick McDonald (26:29) closely followed by Amos Walz (31:11) with Levi Frost (1.12:57) coming in third place.
Isobel Byrne (17:49) took the lead in Course 5 with Hugo Byrne (27:54) taking second place and Delene and Barbara (55:43) coming third.
Well done to all competitors. If you had a go, regardless of whether you finished or not, you are a winner.
Results can be found on our results page, where you can use Eventor, WinSplits
Andrea Tozer
