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Date/Time: Friday 24-February, 6pm Start Location: Riawena Oval, Kooronga Street Courses: Very easy, Score (45 min) Cost of Maps: $6 each for non-members $4 for members SS #3 Bowen 17-Feb-12 Clouds to the left of us, clouds to the right, but no rain on us for that critical hour. A new start location under a covered picnic shelter in Memory Park proved very successful. A southern approach to the Bowen area gave a fresh slant on a regular Summer Series haunt for the 22 starters. Our thanks to Steve Johnson for setting the courses and to Phillip for running the event. In the Score Course (Women) the Williamson sisters came equal first (yes, again) with Lorna third. In the Score Course (Men) Darren got the better of Tom Gleeson with Russell third. Granton and Nikki were clear winners of the line course (easy), Basil made a surprise appearance (following his severe accident) and completed the circuit with Jean to take second, Angus and Heidi came third. Bowen Results SS #2 Clover Hill 10-Feb-12 Not so lucky this week with the weather. A very heavy shower with wind and hail at 6pm had us huddling under the gazebo for 10 mins. Carmen did sterling work keeping the paperwork dry. When the rain eased we started pretty much on time, but it sneakily returned while we were out on the course with no cover. Not much fun running in the wet but we could at least enjoy feeling superior to all those gawking faces in passing cars! Performances were down across the board but still a credit to all 27 starters. Heidi and Angus doggedly finished the line (Easy) course, in the Score Course (Men) first placings went to Rob Bennett, David Baldwin and Darren Francis, while in the Score Course (Women) the Williamson sisters were equal first with Julie Quin a close third. Clover Hill Results SS #1 Warrendine 3-Feb-12 The 2012 Summer Series made an excellent debut, the earlier rain having cleared leaving us with a warm, fine afternoon for our run. Of the 33 starters there was a good number of first timers who gave the Score course a go and enjoyed the whole idea. Rob Bennett came first in the Score course with a great 1490 points, Carrie Williamson and Darren Francis came equal second with 1410. Warrendine Results Membership Renewals: Orienteering NSW is reminding all members  We can now renew on-line and forget about paying cash at an event. Just click on 'About Us' and scroll down to Memberships to learn how to do it. 8 families/19 individuals have renewed. Jump to it! Club Presentation Dinner 19-Nov-11:  An excellent attendance meant there was good company, good food and much for the club to celebrate. Awards were presented to many for their successes in club events, State League events and even International events (well Australia vs NZ, at least). So it was a happy finale to a good year for Goldseekers. We'll take a couple of months off before we start 2012 with the Summer Series in early February, and return to the forests and long grass in March!.
A fun event to wind up the Bush Series for this year - no points awarded for this one. Basil and Jean set up a relay event where each person on a three man team went out three times on rotation to find only two controls on each outing. Speed was the critical factor as the terrain was easy and the navigation not too demanding. (It was the hardest I had run all year!). The maps were cleverly arranged so that no two people out on the course were looking for the same two controls. Of the seven teams Phillip's put in the best performance. A lot of fun, thanks Basil and Jean! Ophir North 16-Oct-11: A beautiful day to be out orienteering. Russell's skilled work in plotting some challenging courses was complemented by the wonderful spring morning. He carefully allocated our limited SI gear so all competitors could enjoy an electronic timed Start and Finish, if not all the controls on their course. This also assisted the organiser's task in collecting the results. Ophir has an interesting history, our club name recognises the discovery of gold there, and today's longer courses took us around the Gunnadoo Gold Mine site. Oceania Winners:  Other places of note include Kerry Bennett, who came 2nd in the M55AS Oceania Middle Distance and 4th in the Oceania Long Distance; Bridget Bennett who came 3rd in both the W18A Oceania Middle and Long Distance events and in the Australian Long Distance, Basil Baldwin came 5th in the M70A and Jean a respectable 6th in W65A. Others attending included Daniel Parton, Kevin Parton, Richard Carter and Elaine Bennett. Xmas 5 Days Tue 27 Dec to Sat 31 Dec 11: Location: Newcastle and Central Coast Region, NSW
Five events and five different formats:
Sprint Distance, Middle Distance, Long Distance, Massed Start, Loops Organised by NSW Junior Orienteering Squad
All courses set by NSW Juniors Online entry and event details at Central Coast Orienteering
Kahli's Rocks 4-Sep-11: A great Fathers' Day event with 36 starters, and a huge 'thank you' to the Baldwins for setting the courses and running the event while still suffering from the flu. Basil ran a 'static' coaching session using the map to help us discern the difference between small boulders and huge boulders, and high boulders from flat rock. Very worthwhile at that location! Yet again we welcomed some newcomers, and also our long distance friends - Jason from Penrith and the Hagans from Dubbo. Kahli's Rocks Results Oaky Creek South 7-Aug-11:
The weather failed to live down to the forecast, the location, one of our favourites, lived up to expectation, and Greg delivered some excellent courses. The upper reaches of Oaky Creek, which traverse the event area, were flowing freely after recent rain. We also welcomed some new starters to orienteering. Altogether a very enjoyable morning. Our thanks to Greg and Marianne for organising the event.
Oaky Creek South Results See Club News for earlier events.
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