Qld Champs/NOL accommodation Sat Aug 19

I’ve booked 2 ensuite cabins in Maryborough for Sat 19th August at Huntsville Caravan Park, 5 mins from Maryborough.
We have 2 cabins for $68 each (<$20 per person). Each has 1 double and 3 bunks, and cooking facilities. BYO linen.
http://www.goseeaustralia.com.au/caravanParkDetails.asp?jump=5&Ident=huntcp

Regarding flights, so far I think we have;
Brisbane: Blair
Maroochydore: Liggo, Bruce (+family, but not going orienteering or to Maryborough), Jim, Bryan, Adrian, Kathryn, Torgeir and Jasmine (I think).


We will arrange car hire a bit closer to the date, but it is likely that we will get Blair to pick up 1 car in Brisbane, and get another from Maroochydore.
Cost looks like being about $110 for a Ford Falcon for 2 days.

The Viking's Farewell Win

Dane Rune Olsen showed that his skill at orienteering in Australian terrain has come a long way in the past 2 years. In the same forest as his debut in November 2004, where he bombed out spectacularly, this time Rune won the his final Victorian State Series race.

Rune now heads to NZ this weekend with Bruce, Kirsten, Kathryn, Warren and Tash before returning to Denmark for the big relays.

Course 1 with second place, Bruce Arthur's route choice.

Rookie wins Melbourne Forest Racers' Turkey Traverse

Melbourne Forest Racers organised the inaugural Turkey Traverse orienteering race over a series of three bush and park maps in Melbourne's inner suburbs.

With Victoria's elites racing in Orange, and Bruce Arthur course setting, the 12km course was contested by an evenly matched field of juniors and veterans. In a mass start, the pack took a longer route choice, with Paul Liggins going on his own and taking an early lead. He was then caught by the pack at 3, and there were 6 leaders running together through to the end of the first map.

Adam Scammell came to the front and led briefly at the Chandler Highway bridge at just under half distance. However with the most physical and technically demanding forest to come, he was always going to find it hard to hold on. Juniors Bryan and Leon Keely were looking good but would be tested in the second half by the experienced Warren Key, Jim Russell and Paul Liggins.

Liggins hit the front with 2km to go, but a poor route choice brought him back to the pack. Five were left together for the last kilometre. Everyone hesitated at the base of the large quarry for around 15 seconds. No one wanted to commit to going left, right or straight up the cliff. Eventually Key chose wisely and headed left and took a small lead.
Key, Russell and the Keely brothers all punched together at the last control, but Bryan won the sprint to take out the race.

Warren's entry for the oldest Orienteering T-Shirt competition.

1 Bryan Keely BG 0:54:55
2 Warren Key MF 0:54:56
3 Leon Keely BG 0:54:57
4 Jim Russell BG 0:54:58
5 Paul Liggins MF 0:55:20
6 Adam Scammell BK 0:59:20
7 David Brownridge BG 1:01:53
8 Andrew Baker BK 1:04:47
9 Ian Dodd DR 1:06:00
10 Thomas Top YV 1:06:44

QLD NOL Bulletin #2

Queensland Championships NOL Bulletin 2.
As you know the next rounds of the NOL are coincidental with the Queensland Championships to take place near Maryborough over the weekend of 19 and 20 August. Enoggeroos are the organising club.
On line entry and full information is now available is available at www.qoa.asn.au/champs

Day 1 will take place on Hunter’s Hut which has been mapped by Geoff Peck. This day will consist of the Queensland Middle Distance Championships. The map is very gentle and quite clear spur gully country where some competitors will run very fast times and others will regret going too fast and making big mistakes. NOL starts are set to take place from 1pm to allow for travel from Brisbane. JNOL and NOL courses are the same enabling juniors to count for both competitions. Catering has been arranged to encourage runners to compete, eat and relax. The Saturday evening will see a Trevor Sauer Trivia night (in Maryborough) with presentations for the Middle Distance Championships. Day 2 is scheduled to commence for NOL at 10am with Classic length loop courses for M/W21 and M/W17-20. The JNOL courses will not be the same as the NOL courses and therefore JNOL entrants will only count for JNOL points. The map is Graveyard Creek which is similar to Hunter’s Hut but has more rock detail and some evidence of erosion features. Fast times are still expected. Presentations for NOL are expected to commence at 12.30 to allow time for travel back to Brisbane.

The first entries have been received from, Ben Rattray and John Nieuwenhoven (both from South Australia), both successfully used the on-line entry and the direct payment to Heritage. Their details appear on the web, as payments have been confirmed.

The web site has a section called “About Maryborough” which gives a brief history of the town and region and contains links about the area and other links to accommodation. In the last week one of the local motels contacted us with the following information which has been loaded to the web.
“The Arkana Motel is part of the Golden Chain group of motels and is ideally suited for your accommodation needs. They would like to offer competitors a 10% discount on rates - and possibly more discounts for groups. Arkana Motel 46 Ferry Street, Maryborough Tel: 4121 2261 FREE CALL - 1800 46 14 18 http://www.arkanamotel.com.au/ Email: arkana01@bigpond.net.au Book now to avoid disappointment!!”

I advise all teams to make early accommodation bookings as there will be competition for beds from the NZ teams as well as from the annual “grey invasion” from the south.

More accommodation information will follow, on the web, next week. We are also hopeful that we will be able to add expected course lengths and a “model event” map to the web during the next week. Keep looking at www.qoa/asn.au/champs for full event details.
Terry Cavanagh t.cavanagh@mcauley.acu.edu.au
Event organiser.

Additions to National Junior Squad

The following orienteers have been added to the National Junior Squad following their performances during the Easter carnival:
Murray Scown
Evan Barr
Bryan Keely
Clare Brownridge
The next major selection of the squad will take place after the Australian Championships in October.

Blair Trewin
Chair, Junior Selection Panel

Elite Races and Turkey Traverse Coming Up

The Elite Series races are coming up in NSW May 20/21 and VIC June 11/12.

Contact Blair for more details on the NSW arrangements.


If you would like to run the elite races in NE Victoria on the Queen's Birthday weekend, email Grant Bluett [grant.bluett@gmail.com] to get premarked maps and elite start times.


If you are not going to NSW, please try to attend the Turkey Traverse in Melbourne. There will probably be a perpetual trophy up for grabs.
Turkey Traverse. Sunday 21st May: Clifton Hill.
Melbourne Forest Racers present the inaugural Turkey Traverse.
A long distance orienteering event across a number of inner city parks in Melbourne.
This is a perfect opportunity to practise your navigational skills on detailed colour orienteering maps and explore Melbourne’s parks.
Courses are suitable for runners, adventure racers, rogainers, park/street and bush orienteers and walkers. Bring a friend.
Directions: Quarries Park, east end of Ramsden St, Clifton Hill. Melways 44 G2.
Registration: 9:30-10am. Briefing at 10am. A & B courses then proceed to a remote start (directions at briefing) via either car pooling or Hurstbridge train line.
Courses: A course ~12km, B course ~9km (3 maps), C course and Power-walkers: 60 minute score (1 map)

Trewin takes out SS#2

In his last race as Orienteering Victoria President, Blair Trewin took out SS#2 at Kookaburra Rises, but seemed to be pushed all the way by veteran Piotr Czajkowski.

In W21A, Kathryn Ewels had a stong win, ahead of fellow Aussie Bushranger, Kirsten Fairfax.

Results at;
http://www.vicorienteering.asn.au/2006/Foot/State/ss206.html

update for teams coming to the NOL in Qld

Just an update for teams coming to the NOL in Qld.

Reminder that the Day 2 race is no longer a mass start but will be a classic length, classic race with individual start times. It will still be multi loop with a number of passes through the start finish area and a final loop after a map change in the "graveyard". Spectator opportunities will therefore remain high although this format has meant that JNOL runners cannot also count for NOL because the courses for 17 - 20s will be different to those of their 21s counterparts. The NOL web pages on OA and the information on "The FOOL" woill need approriate amendment Entry can now be completed on-line at www.qoa.asn.au/champs (please use this facility). I hope to have the approximate distances for all classes and each day, on the web, in the next 2 weeks.

Terry CavanaghHead, Client ServicesAustralian Catholic University LimitedABN 15 050 192 660Tel: (07) 36237428Email: t.cavanagh@mcauley.acu.edu.auCRICOS Provider registration codes: 00004G, 00112C, 00873F, 00885B.ORIENTEERING - the Thought Sport