Park & Street Orienteering
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Reminders: Orienteering segment on the 7 network & New seasons fixture
An Orienteering promotional feature is screening on Coxy's Big Break 17thApr
The new 2010 Autumn Winter Spring Fixture with events on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday is now available.
Park/Street Latest News
Summer Series Concluder
Friday, 5 March 2010
Geelong Street-O, Eastern Park event, Thursday 4/3/10
The depth of support for Geelong Street-O was on display at Eastern Park with 77 participants for the last event of the summer series.
For many of the runners this was their first experience of a score event (don’t forget your watches next time !!).
Our mentors, John and Jenny Sheahan set a challenging course incorporating the bayside views and great use of the surrounding parkland.
A mass start ensured an impressive sight as participants, including some leading dogs and others pushing strollers, headed off to all points of the compass. At the completion of this event, participants enjoyed a light snack and chat prior to a presentation to series winners. Some of our enterprising regulars had the foresight to arrange a pizza delivery to the park !!
For most grades, series winners were beyond contention with Luke Haines and Greer Sansom dominating A-grade, Peter Thomson the only B-grade participant with the minimum 6 events, Tim Anderson and Kerilee Haines unassailable in C-grade, and the reluctant Street-O man Michael Mutton a tear away winner in D-grade along with Heather Leslie.
The hot contest was in the Power Walking with the decision going down to the wire. As it turned out, Kerry Thomson edged out Helen Alexander and Sarah Murray. Ron Crawford was the leading male Power Walker for the series.
Special mention should go to those participants that attended all 10 events of the summer series: Greer Sansom, Glenn Martini, Michael Mutton, Simone Volkmann, Lorraine and Ron Crawford, and John and Jenny Sheahan.
With the completion of this series and continuing strong support, the thoughts of the co-ordinating committee now to turn to what's next – more news to follow in the coming weeks.
Alan Cooke
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Adam Scammell becomes youngest person to join The Millennium Club
Friday, 11 December 2009
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Geelong 10Dec09
Friday, 11 December 2009
John Gavins report on Geelong Street O event 5 on 10th Dec, 09
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From November to March, events are held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, all over Melbourne. These provide a great introduction for newcomers to a wide range of orienteering experiences.
Park and Street Orienteering provides an ideal opportunity for mental and physical exercise. If you can walk to the local milk bar you are fit enough to participate. You do not need a compass, nor any special map reading ability. For a typical street orienteering map click on MAP.
For most events the Runners' courses are SCATTER format ie find a designated number of controls in any order, in the fastest time. For Power Walkers, controls have differing points value and the aim is to obtain as many points as possible in a set time (60 minutes). A watch is essential as points are lost if you return late.
There are 5 courses available: A. B, C and D for runners and PW for power walkers. Distances vary between 3 and 10 km.
Start times are 7.00pm sharp. Arrive at 6.30pm to register and receive a briefing.
Entry fees are: Adults-$4.00, Juniors-$2.00. There are season tickets available (see above) at a substantial discount.
For more information contact the series coordinators as follows:
Monday Southern Series - Andrew Baker, tel 9898 4316
Tuesday Western Series - Ken Moore, tel 9337 5417
Wednesday Eastern Series - Ian Stirling, tel 9876 3643
Wednesday Macedon Ranges - John Ewels, tel 5426 1649
Wednesday Night Series - Bernie Shuttleworth, email
Thursday Northern Series - Geoff Hudson, tel 9888 8121
Thursday Geelong Series - Alan Cooke, tel 0411 023 107
Thursday Western Series - Ken Moore, tel 9337 5417
Thursday Wyndham Series - Julie Sunley, tel 0411 129 244
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