Park and Street Orienteering 

 

 

Category	Method	Details
The Millennium Club	Events attended since 1 Jan 2000	Rankings 30th November 2017
The MEFTY Award	Events attended in a Street-O year (Nov to Oct)	Award Winners

Two categories of information about your Melbourne Street Orienteering participation. Click on the links above, or scroll down,  for more information.

 

Latest news about The Millennium Club and the MEFTY Award.

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Legends of Park & Street Orienteering

In 2009 the Park and Street Orienteering Committee sanctioned the formation of THE MILLENNIUM CLUB to acknowledge and honor the long serving participants in Park and Street orienteering in metropolitan Melbourne. In 2013 the Urban Orienteering Committee extended the eligible events to include the Geelong and Macedon Ranges Series and the Sprint into Spring Series.

Membership

Legend Member: Participates in 1000 Street-O events since the start of this millennium (1^st January, 2000) and will be regarded as a full member of The Millennium Club. Legend members will be presented with a special TMC cloth badge(1000), a special TMC(Legend) key-ring and a Certificate of Recognition. Legend members will be identified with a number which represents the chronological order in which they have qualified for The Millennium Club.

 

Companion Member: Participates in 750 Street-O events since the start of this millennium (1^st January, 2000) and will be regarded as a provisional member of The Millennium Club. Companion members will be acknowledged with a special TMC cloth badge(750).

 

 

Associate member: Participates in 500 Street-O events since the start of this millennium (1^st January, 2000) and will be regarded as a provisional member of The Millennium Club. Associate members will be acknowledged with a special TMC cloth badge(500).

 

Attendance

Participation in all Melbourne, Geelong and Macedon Ranges Street-O events since the 1^st January 2000 and the Sprint into Spring Series are recorded on The Millennium Club Attendance Database which is updated monthly. The database is displayed on the OV website for all Street-O participants whose attendance exceeds 100 events.

As at 1st April 2017, 42 orienteers had reached the Legend milestone, another 25 orienteers had reached the Companion milestone and an additional 45 orienteers had reached the Associate milestone.  (Total membership of 112.)

Note: (i)  Eligible events are those fixtured in OV’s Park and Street Orienteering Program (excluding Sunday Special and bush events). The Geelong and Macedon Ranges series were added to the eligible list in June 2013 and the TMC database have been updated to include all past Geelong and Macedon Ranges Series. The Sprint into Spring Series(Melbourne events) was also added to the list of eligible events in 2014.

           (ii)  Individuals who DNF will be recorded as having participated. (Must visit at least one control).

           (iii) Group entries will only be recorded where special circumstances exist.

           (iv) Individuals within groups will not be recorded.

           (v)  Course setters will be recorded as participating when identified in results.

 

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The MEFTY Award

Each year a perpetual trophy creatively carved from Tasmanian huon pine by Vic Sedunary is presented to the street orienteer who completes the most Park and Street Orienteering events in a Street-O year (start of Summer fixture to the end of Spring fixture). Eligible events are those listed in the official OV Park & Street Orienteering fixture except Sunday events.

This award is titled The M.E.F.T.Y. Award (The Most Events For The Year). Previous winners are honored below:

 

Year	M.E.F.T.Y. Award Winner	Events
2000	Peter Kempster	80
2001	Peter Kempster	91
2002	Geoff Hudson	95
2003	Judy Hopkins	93
2004	Reg Saunders	111
2005	Mike Hubbert	116
2006	Ken O'Brien	118
2007	Mike Hubbert	109
2008	Ken O'Brien	121
2009	Ken O'Brien	138
2010	Josie Yeatman	136
2011	Josie Yeatman	147
2012	Noel McVey	146
2013	Noel McVey	135
2014	Debbie Dodd	144
2015	Steve O'Connell	162
2016	Debbie Dodd	135

 

The 2017 MEFTY winner is STUART McWILLIAM. Stuart set a new MEFTY record by attending 166 events during the Street-O year (start of 2016 Summer season to end of 2017 Spring season). Previous MEFTY winners Noel McVey (142 events), Mike Hubbert (141 events) and Debbie Dodd (136 events) maintained their high participation rates of the past. Next were Bernie Shuttleworth (122 events) and Warwick Davis (119 events).

Eighteen (21 in 2014, 22 in 2015, 16 in 2016) orienteers attended 100 or more events and seventy five (88 in 2014, 86 in 2015, 77 in 2016) orienteers participated in 50 or more events for the year.

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