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Bendigo Orienteers Inc.
Issue 28/14: 30 July, 2014
Contact (for this publication): Peter J. Creely: luddcreely@impulse.net.au (Ph. 5443 1975)
Web site: www.bendigo-orienteers.com.au
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Map Walk. Saturday 2 August. This week we will explore a course on Diamond Hill, trying to illustrate the relationship between where the control marker is shown on the map and how it actually appears on the ground. Diamond Hill has some extreme erosion as well as some very interesting old gold mining — the course will take about an hour. Wear clothing suitable for the weather and comfy shoes. Everyone is welcome, particularly children and adults who are just starting to enjoy Bush Orienteering. I will hand out the maps at 10.00 am and we will leave shortly after that.
From Castlemaine travel to Bendigo via Harcourt North. Travel through Sedgwick and Mandurang and as you come into Spring Gully continue past the One Tree Hill Hotel (roundabout). A little further on you will pass the Spring Gully General Store on the left: just past that turn left into Burns Street. Travel along Burns Street for approx two kms and look for the little silver Corolla with the pink ribbon on the arial. If you come to a tee intersection with Diamond Hill Road you have gone too far. From Bendigo, travel out Carpenter Street, at the Cemetery swing left into Spring Gully Road and continue for about a kilometer or so. Turn right into Burns Street, then as above.
Brown(ridge)s Reef
The summary and results can be found on our web site
Here they are! The Bendigo Night Champs 2nd of August.
Charge your torches because Bendigo Orienteers would like to invite all to come and compete in the first Bendigo Night Champs to be held on the high quality spur gully terrain of Sedgwick. This night event will be one of the event of the year not to miss.
There will be warm campfires to go along with the full use of the O-lynx radio controls and results system.
Organiser: Christopher Naunton/Jim Russell
Course Setter: Christopher Naunton
Format: Mass start with splitting for course 1 & 2. Normal start for course 3-5
Map: Sedgwick 1:10,000
Terrain Notes: Remapped for the 2003 Oceania Championships it quickly gained a status of being the most challenging spur gully map near Bendigo. The map has it all; moderate size hills, as well as flatter areas, areas with some rock detail, all this while still remaining terrain that is easy to run in. The map will have some slight reworking before the event to correct tracks but other than that the vegetation has not changed.
Courses: The standard 5 Bendigo courses will be on offer as follows:
1: Hard, 9km, 55-60min
2: Hard, 5.5-6km, 40-45min
3: Hard, 3.5-4km, 35-40min
4: Moderate, 3km, 30min
5: Easy, 2km, 20min
Start: The sun is due to set at 5:38pm so this dictates the start. Mass start for course 1 and 2 will be at 6:15pm with a briefing at 6:05pm Course 3 to 5 must start between 5:30pm and 6pm
Spectators. The event is being staged from the course setters front yard so along with campfires and the use of the O-lynx radio control system it is planned to have video production coming from the forest that will displayed on a TV screen. This will happen if I can secure the use of cameras from my old school, which I am in the process of doing. So if you aren’t going to run or are running a short course keep, you’re ears posted for further information closer to the event.
Pre Entry is required through Eventor for Course 1 & 2. Courses 3 to 5 are strongly encouraged to pre enter as well and will get a discount off normal fees if this is done. Pre Entry system on Eventor will be open until the day before the event and all fees must be paid when you pre-enter. No payment, No map!
Directions: travel out Spring Gully Road, through Spring Gully, through Mandurang towards Sedgwick. Turn left into Story’s Road and after approx. 800 metres turn right into Cavagna Road and look for the start after approx 750 metres.
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