The forests around Bendigo proved popular for sport last weekend, with two groups competing in close proximity. Craig setup the Orienteers at the northern end of Wildflower Drive and the local University Running Club had their club event nearby, which made parking interesting! I also heard that another running club was competing near the south of the Wildflower Drive area.
The usual 5 orienteering courses were on offer attracting around 70 competitors including several out of towners. In Course 1, Swiss/Austrian visitor Roman Brogli set a cracking pace finishing well ahead of Matt Doyle and Jim Russell. Course 2 was again the most popular with 25 competitors, however the son V father battle continues between Louis and Andrew Cameron tying up 1st and 3rd places with Steve Bird slipping in between them at the finish to collect 2nd. A clear improvement in Michael Loughnan’s times too with him now pushing up the ranks.
Jimmy Cameron claimed 1st in Course 3, well clear of Lawrie Edwards and Glenn James. Matt Jackel, a relative newcomer to the sport is also showing promise finishing 4th. It was also good to see Steve Doyle return to running after time out with injury. Course 4 only attracted 4 competitors, however it was a tough battle between the boys and the girls. Amos Walz took 1st over Jack Wigney, by a little over a minute while Sarah Davies beat Karina Cherry to 3rd by just 3 seconds. In Course 5 Solomon Cameron won by a good 10 minutes over Joanne Cherry and then Solomon Cook another 4 minutes behind. The importance of the social side of the event is also highlighted by the numbers hanging around afterwards to catch up with friends.
As a reminder to all, we have electronic registration at most of our events now, which makes the compilation of results much easier. Please Register at the computer BEFORE YOU RUN and then download at the computer AFTER YOU RUN. You still fill in the card for the Results display and you can printout your splits as normal. If you’re not sure whether you did it correctly, those greyed out in the Winsplits results are the ones that forgot.
Results and splits are on our Results page Check how you are going in the overall standings. Best 10 of 19 scores to count
Don Cherry
