October is the best month in Bendigo and the middle of the month is the best time to be Orienteering in the local bush. The event at Longlea South was held in perfect conditions, a warm but not windy afternoon gave all competitors the chance to be at their best.
Terry Davidson set the courses set the courses to test navigation skills in this relatively level terrain. Hills and gullies are not very big and you need to concentrate and know where you are at all times. The advantage of this terrain is that the hills are not very demanding which gives the opportunity to run very fast through the open bushland.
Drawn results are very rare occurrences but on Saturday we had two draws. On Course 4 both Caitlyn Steer and Karina Cherry had the same time of 33: 38 making them equal winners on the course. On Course 1 Richard Goonan and Craig Feuerherdt finished with identical times of 47:31 to get equal second place. Jim Russell is to be commended for his first place on Course 1 even though he spent most of the day on administrative work including a brief stop during his run. Well done Jim!
Course 2 was a tight tussle between the Nic Cherry and Lachlan Cherry with Nic taking it by just 12 seconds. The Camerons dominated on Course 3 with Jimmy taking it out over Henry. The course suited runners and included some subtle navigational challenges. The domination of this course by these boys shows that there is a great depth of talent within our club.
The 2 kilometre Course 5 was won by Solomon Cameron in 12:07 minutes and a very fast run. Solomon’s running rate of just under 6 minutes a kilometre was the second fastest on all courses for the day. He must have been really flying.
Thank you to those who organised this event, Terry, Jim, Lawrie, Peter S, and control collectors Andrew C, Andrew W, and Derek
VICTORIAN RELAY CHAMPS
Bendigo had nine teams compete in this years state relays. The event was held in fine conditions in the Fyerstown forest (northern end near Elphinstone). The forest was ablaze with wildflowers (if you had time to stop).
Each team had three members, when the first member returned he/she tagged the second member who took off and on returning tagged the third member. The total time for the team determined their placing. Courses were slightly different for each team member but about the same distance.
Overall Bendigo did extremely well and all members who participated are to be congratulated – especially the Cameron families. Results can be found on Eventor but those of our teams are summarised below.
RESULTS
- Bendigo 5th (Laurina, Richard, David), 6th (Ben, Clare, Jim)
- Bendigo 1st (Louis, Andrew, Jimmy), 7th (Andrew S, Nic, Lachlan), 9th ( Peter G, Nigel, Charles)
- Bendigo 2nd (Caitlyn S, Jason C, John W)
- No entries
- Bendigo 1st (Bob C, Solomon, Henry), 3rd (Karina, Joanne, Don), 7th (Margaret K, Eleanor W, Warwick W)
John Wilkinson
This Saturday the event is on the outskirts of Kangaroo Flat and details can be found on the website.
Results and splits are on our Results page Check how you are going in the overall standings. Best 10 of 19 scores to count
Lawrie Edward
