Welcome to the Wednesday Eastern Series - Park and Street orienteering in Melbourne's east all year round.
Setting a course soon? Don't forget you can find all the information and guidance you need for setting your course here.
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Burnley Maze
Sunday, 3 December 2017
Burnley Maze is about as close to the CBD as we get in the Eastern series. It's one of those maps with a split personality. On the city side of Burnley Park, there's a dense network of narrow streets and lanes, where you have to keep map contact at all times. Then there's the park, the river and the railway line, forming several obstacles between east and west (kind of like the Berlin Wall). Once you cross the river, you hit the hills. There aren't many streets, and you have to grit your teeth and commit to doing a loop that will bring you back somehow. Course setter Ron managed to squeeze quite a distance out of all this, and combined with the hottest night of the summer so far, it was a tough one.
The winner of A course was Paul, followed by newcomer Michael, then Ian. Tim took out B course from perpetual rivals Steven and Lanita (in fact there are half a dozen B course runners all vying very closely this season). Janine, Rannie and Brett were first back on C course. I made it back ahead of Henk on D course. Dave scored 53 points to win PW from Damian, Helen, Kay and Muriel.
It's week 7 and we are one third of the way through the series. Paul continues to lead A course from Geoff, with Martin moving into third. Tim is winning the Battle for B, with Steven second and Nick one point behind in third. Brett, Prue and Rob are still the C course leaders, but Janine is the in-form runner with 3 consecutive wins. No change on D course where I'm still leading from Jenelle and Pam, nor on E course where Pat leads Melanie. Ron is still the top power walker, Dave has moved up tho second, and Mike is third.
See you next Wednesday at Blackburn South.
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Blackburn South
Sunday, 10 December 2017
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Burnley Maze
Sunday, 3 December 2017
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Belmore Parklands
Friday, 24 November 2017
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Blind Creek
Sunday, 19 November 2017
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Ruffey Lake
Friday, 10 November 2017
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Blackburn North
Monday, 6 November 2017
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Dandenong Creek
Thursday, 26 October 2017
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Tally Ho
Friday, 6 October 2017
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Farewell Winter, Hello Summer!
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
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Hilly Heidelberg
Friday, 15 September 2017
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Eastern Series Information
Where: Eastern suburbs of Melbourne
When: 7:00pm Wednesdays; all year round
Cost: $5 per event for adults, $2 for juniors (under 21)
What to bring: jogging/walking shoes and comfortable, light coloured clothing. Bring a watch, a drink, and a torch for winter events (late March-mid October).
Please arrive 20-30 minutes early. This will provide time to help you register for the event and explain how to take part.
Groups (schools, scouts, sports or social) are extremely welcome, but please contact us at least a week prior to the event so we can ensure enough maps are printed.
In winter, there are 2 courses for runners. These are Score
format, where you visit as many controls as you can in the allocated
time, with the aim of earning as many points as possible. Times are 60
mins or 45 mins. There is also a 60 min Score course for Power
Walkers.
In summer, there are 5 runners courses ranging from 2.5-10 km,
and a 60 minute power walkers' course. For runners the format is
Scatter (visit a designated number of controls in any order, first back
wins), and for power walkers the format is Score format (visit as many
controls as you can in the allocated time).
Enquiries: Ian Dodd, tel 0419 316 843, or email
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