The weekly e-newsletter of
Bendigo Orienteers Inc.
Issue 04/15. Wednesday 10 February, 2015
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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Most of will have been made aware of the passing of Eureka’ Tom Norwood. The following notice is in today’s VOA Bulletin:
Vale Tom Norwood
Tom was a founding member of Eureka orienteers and an ex-president of the VOA. He was the main organiser for several major events and carnivals in Victoria over a long period of time. He won his age class in the Victorian Orienteer of the Year for many years and he continued to compete at orienteering events up until 2 years ago, demonstrating his lasting passion for the sport that will be missed by many. Tom passed away peacefully on Monday the 9th of February. He was aged 85. On behalf of the orienteering Victoria community I would like to extend my thoughts and best wishes to Tom’s family at this time.
His funeral will be held on Monday at 2pm at FWBarnes, corner of Latrobe and Pleasant streets in Ballarat. All are welcome to celebrate Tom’s life. Details of Tom’s funeral and a link to an online condolence book, are up on the Eureka website
Rebecca Jaffe, Editor Orienteering Victoria Weekly Bulletin
We at Bendigo Orienteers Inc also have Tom in our thoughts; he was a wonderful asset to his club and to orienteering in Victoria in general. He was a great friend going back many years to many of us in our club and a wonderful character in his own right. Our thoughts are with Tom’s family at this sad time.
Early! I am a day early to allow even more of a reminder to enter for the 2015 BendiGo “Getting into Autumn” ToDay by 11 Feb – see below for more detail.
Calendar for 2015.
Our program for 2015 is now finalised and we are in the process of obtaining permits. This means we can’t change the location/map but we can still change the event format. You can open and add your name from the following link 2015 Calendar and if you want to run an event with a different format, please email Colin Walker: events@bendigo-orienteers.com.au. We particularly need course setters for the 2 Newcomers events on very soon otherwise they will have to be cancelled.
Club membership: For 2015, Bendigo club membership be set at $40 per adult and $2 per student/junior for 2015. This fee includes the VOA fee and Bendigo fee. If members want the OA magazine this gets ordered separately on Eventor. Membership is paid through eventor. There is NO family membership.
Event entry fees for 2015:
Club member: adult $8, Junior/student $4.
Non-members: adult $15, Junior/student $5.
SI tick hire: $5 (members can buy a SI stick or Card).
Newcomers attending their first event will get free entry; after this they will be offered a $20 voucher which gives them 3 more entries. SI hire is included in this”.
2015 Bendi-Go “Getting into Autumn” To-Day
Saturday, 14thFebruary
Format: Saturday: Sprint.
Course A: 3.4 k, hard.
Course B: 2.5 k, hard.
Course C: 2.0 k, moderate.
Map: Gateway Park – Kangaroo Flat. Scale: 1:4,000, 5m contours
Start times: 6.30pm-7.00pm, 1 min start interval
You chose your own start time, turn up and go anytime between 6.30 and 7.00
Courses close 7.30pm.
Directions for Day 1: From Bendigo: From the centre of Bendigo travel south along High Street towards Kangaroo Flat. After the traffic lights at the Oak Street/Hattam Street intersection continue for about 1.7 kms and turn right into Browning Street and the Gateway Park.
From Castlemaine: Travel on the Calder H’way to Kangaroo Flat. Continue for approx. 600 metres from the Lockwood Rd. traffic lights and turn left into Browning Street and the Gateway Park.
Sunday15th.February.
Format: Hagaby*. (see note)
Course A, 10.4 k, 2 maps, (65min) hard.
Course B, 6.3 k, 2 maps, (45min) hard.
Course C, 4.2 k, 1 map, (30min) moderate.
Map: Upper Crusoe. Scale: 1:10,000, 5m contours.
Start time: 8.00am, mass start.
Courses close 10.00am .
*Note: Butterfly orienteering format (also known as Hagaby format): A course can typically be broken into six segments from which three loops are constructed. Competitors are mass-started and shall complete all segments but in different sequences. Map exchanges are made as necessary. Each control on a competitor’s course shall be visited in a prescribed order. The competitor who takes the shortest time to complete the course wins. A simplified format where a course is broken into four segments from which two loops are constructed is allowed for smaller numbers of competitors.
Directions for Day 2: From Bendigo: from the centre of Bendigo travel south along High Street to Kangaroo Flat. Approx. 600 metres on from the Lockwood Rd. traffic lights turn left into Crusoe Road. Continue along Crusoe Road and look for the start just past Crusoe Reservoir.
From Castlemaine: Travel towards Kangaroo Flat on the Calder. Approx. 600 metres past the Lansell shopping Centre traffic lights turn left into Crusoe Road, then as for Bendigo.
Entry information.
Enter Online: Use Eventor both days
http://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/2384
Normal entries close 11th. Feb, 2015; late entries close 13th. Feb, 2015 @ 8 00pm
NO entries taken on the day of competition
Costs/Payment: All money ‘Paid’ using Eventor: PayPal, EFT and POLi.
No Payment, No Map
NO entries taken on the day of competition
Course 1 & 2, Saturday only, $8, Sunday only, $12, both days $18 Late entries plus 50%
Course 3, Saturday only, $6, Sunday only, $10, both days $14 Late entries plus 50%
NON members who haven’t paid their 2015 fees yet will, pay an extra $6 for the weekend
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