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Bendigo Orienteers Inc.
Issue 41/14: 12 November, 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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Twilight Event – Guys Hill Battunga Park November 8th Results are on the website.
After many days of cloudless evenings, the twilight of Nov. 8th was darkened somewhat by impending rain (which didn’t come). However, reading the map for competitors who were out towards the end of the one hour was made harder. Another factor was finding the smaller ‘Space Racing’ SI plates on the trees in the built up Battunga Park area.
While every competitor had one hour max allowed for the event, the idea was to allow people to have different competition ‘targets’ with three Divisions of sought-after points. So someone like Karina Cherry was able to record a win in Beginners Division with her target of 100 points achieved in 27.42 minutes.
Most competitors for the night were in the Elite Division with its target of 220 – 300 points and nine competitors got all 30 controls (15 controls in the Guys Hill bush area and 15 in residential Battunga Park). Anyone interested in looking at three very interesting approaches to completing the full 30 controls should go to see the actual courses of Lachlan, Craig and Jim on http://doma.orienteering.asn.au (go to ‘Last Map’ and look for Twilight). Not only will you see the various routes that these three orienteers chose but you will notice kilometre rates of around 5 mins/km. Many other very good times. Not to mention, Newcomers/very first timers John, Jo and Elsa Honey who scored their 100 points in just over 52 minutes.
Michael Loughnan will remember this event for being in the vicinity of a large-ish tree, tired possibly by old age and by the heat of last Saturday, crashing down to earth some 30 metres away. Said Michael – “I’m getting out of here”. Luckily this is a very, very rare event in orienteering!
The number of competitors for the event was an increase in the number compared with entries for the last two year’s One Hour Twilights.
Coming events.
TWILIGHT 3 HOUR EVENT Saturday Nov 15th.
Final Bendigo Orienteers event for year.
Area: Break O Day map 1:15,000 (west of Kangaroo Flat).
Time: 7 00 pm mass start, SI timing.
End: 10 00pm
Entry: $8 enter on night.
Event format: Get as many controls as you can in either 1 hr, 2 hr or 3 hr. Each control is worth 10 pts, penalty for late finish is 2 pts/min.
Note: You must choose your course time limit – no changes.
Bring a torch or headlight if you intend to go into the dark.
Directions: Start; Go to Kangaroo Flat and head west along Lockwood Rd. When you get to a sign saying Goldfields Way prepare to turn left into bush.
Start is on the south side of Lockwood road after Break O Day hill (if you are doing a 1 hr event you will most likely stay on this side of Lockwood Rd.)
Course setter: John Wilkinson Ph 54706349 or johnwbmw@gmail.com
Night O Champs and morning after score events. 22 and 23 Nov.
A chance to practice your night navigation in friendly open forest near Maldon.On the Sun. Morning do your course again in daylight and sought out any problems you had in the dark. Hopefully we will have mild weather ,so why not camp at the assembly area and socialise with other Orienteers.
Full details now on Eventor. Book early to help organisers.
Any further questions contact Ron Frederick ronfrederick29@iclould.com or 0418994842.
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