THE MILLENNIUM CLUB
Legends of Street-O
The Park & Street Orienteering Committee has sanctioned the formation of THE MILLENNIUM CLUB which will acknowledge and honor the long serving participants of Park & Street Orienteering in metropolitan Melbourne.
Membership
Legend Member: Participates in 1000 Street-O events since the start of this millennium (1st 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 (1st 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 (1st 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 metropolitan Melbourne Street-O events since the 1st January 2000 has been recorded on The Millennium Club Attendance Database and will be updated at the end of each series. The database will be displayed on a link attached to the OVic website for all Street-O participants whose attendance exceeds 100 events.
As at the 1st April, 2009 no Street-O participant has reached the Legend milestone, 15 orienteers had reached the Companion milestone and another 26 orienteers had reached the Associate milestone.
Note: (i) Eligible events are those listed in OVic’s Melbourne Park & Street Orienteering Program
(excluding Sunday Special Events) and held in metropolitan Melbourne.
(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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Associate Membership to Tim Dent
Last Wednesday (10th February, 2010) on the Yarra Bend map Tim Dent completed 500 Street-O events since 1st Jan, 2000 to become the 49th member of The Millennium Club.
Tim, a veteran of all forms of orienteering and an Australian Bush Orienteering Age Group Champion is one of a small band of people who participated in the inaugural Melbourne Park & Street Orienteering events in 1979/1980 making him a 30 year Street-O veteran. Tim is a well credentialled member of The Millennium Club.
Bryan Ackerly ticks over 750
Bryan Ackerly's Millennium Club membership was upgraded to Companion status last Wednesday 3rd February 2010 when he completed his 750th Street-O event since the start of the millennium at the Lillydale Lake event.
Bryan is a regular at all major series of Street-O and is acknowledged as one of the elite performers by his consistent victories in the A course (Division 1) of competition. He has been ranked #1 in the Street-O Rankings (male runners) since the rankings began in October 2008.
Ken O'Brien is TMC's Third Legend
Last Thursday 21st January 2010, The Millennium Club acknowledged Ken O'Brien (Bayside Kangaroos) as its third Legend when he completed 1000 Street-O events at the Tunstall Junction event in Doncaster East.
Ken is a regular competitor in the A course events at all metropolitan Melbourne Park & Street-O events and consistently clocks up 40 "Street-O" kilometres each week.
Ken was presented with his Legend key-ring by fellow legend Mike Hubbert and will receive his 1000 badge and certificate at a TMC function to be held in the autumn.
Ian Greenwood Upgrades to Companion Member
Ian Greenwood is the second TMC member this year to be upgraded from Associate to Companion membership.
Ian completed 750 events as the course setter of the Loughnan's Hill event in North Ringwood last Wednesday (23rd December, 2009).
As a highly skilled street orienteer, Ian takes great pride in completing course in the minimum of distance and is renowned for setting "tough" courses. Badge presentation will take place in April, 2010.
Margi Freemantle & Eric Davidson - new Associate Members
Congratulations to Margi Freemantle and Eric Davidson who are the latest street orienteers to complete 500 Street-O events in metropolitan Melbourne since the start of this millennium.
Margi raced around the New Berwick map last Monday evening (21st December 2009) to record her 500th event while Eric ticked over 500 on the tough Loughnan's Hill map in North Ringwood on Wednesday evening (23rd December, 2009).
Margi and Eric are now Associate members of the Millennium Club and will be presented with their badges at TMC dinner in April, 2010.
Adam Scammell Youngest to join TMC
Adam Scammell became the youngest person to be admitted to The Millennium Club at 30 years and 6 months when he completed his 500th Street-O event at Kerrimuir on Wednesday 9th December, 2009. Andrew Baker had previously held the mantle at 30 years and 9 months.
Adam is the fifth person to achieve Associate membership since the inaugural memberships was established earlier this year.
Schon Hudson - Companion Member
Schon Hudson became only the 18th person to become a Companion member of The Millennium Club when she completed her 750th Street-O event last Thursday (3rd December, 2009) at the Kew East event of the Northern Summer Season. Not only is Schon a regular Power Walker in orienteering events but is a vital contributor to the operation of many other orienteering activities.
Congratulations Schon. Badge presentation will occur at the TMC Dinner in the Autumn season next year.
Paul Leicester Completes 500th Event.
Paul Leicester completed his 500th event at the Mitchellhill/Monash event in Southern Summer Series on Monday 23rd November, 2009. Paul is the fourth street-orienteer to qualify as an Associate member of The Millennium Club since its launch in June this year. Whilst many of Paul's events have been on the A courses, more recently he has been competing in the PW courses while steering a pusher carrying daughter Alexandra. Congratulations Paul and the badge presentation will be made at TMC Presentation occasion during the Autumn season next year.
Geoff Hudson & Mike Hubbert - LEGENDS
Geoff Hudson and Mike Hubbert have become the first Legend members of The Millennium Club.
Geoff completed his 1000th event on the Mulgrave map in the Southern Summer Series on Monday 2nd November 2009 and became Legend #1. Mike explored the Kensington map in the Western Summer Series on Tuesday 17th November 2009 to achieve the Legend milestone and the status of Legend #2.
Both stalwarts of Street Orienteering achieved the 1000 events milestone in a little under 10 years.
Congratulations to both members on this outstanding accomplishment. Badges (1000), Legend key-rings and certificates will be formally presented to Geoff and Mike at The Millennium Club Annual Dinner to be held during the Autumn Series of Street-O in 2010.
Peter Maloney Joins The Millennium Club.
Peter Maloney has qualified as the newest Associate member of The Millennium Club. Peter completed his 500th Street-O event since the 1st January, 2000 at the Hawthorn East event on the 9th September, 2009 during the current Spring Night Series. Peter will be presented with the special "500" badge at the annual TMC Presentation Dinner to be held at the end of the summer season.
Inaugural Presentations
An enthusiastic gathering of 47 people attended the inaugural dinner of The Millennium Club in the Bistro of the Shoppingtown Hotel last Wednesday night (June 3rd, 2009).
Over dinner, a set of Street-O trivia questions were discussed covering a range of historical aspects of street orienteering.
After dinner, 12 orienteers were inducted as the initial Companion members and another 18 orienteers as the initial Associate members.
The badge presentations were conducted by 5 elder statespersons of Street-O, Mr Barry Cross, Mr John Sheahan, Mr Allan Miller, Ms Pat Miller and Mr Wally Cavill.
The evening concluded with Ilze Yeates winning the competition to nominate the "Top Ten Tragics".
Ray Howe
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Current Rankings as at 28th February, 2010
| L E G E N D S ( 1000+ events ) |
1053 HUDSON GEOFF
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1036 HUBBERT MICHAEL
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1019 O'BRIEN KEN
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| C O M P A N I O N S ( 750 - 999 events ) |
990 SHEAHAN JOHN
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944 KEMPSTER PETER
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927 SEDUNARY VICTOR
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916 SHEAHAN JENNY
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901 BESLEY MARK
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889 DODD DEBBIE
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859 MCVEY NOEL
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841 HOPKINS JUDY
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838 STIRLING IAN
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836 BUDGE LEN
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818 YEATES PETER
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810 DODD IAN
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806 GURMAN STAN
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799 CAVILL WALLY
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784 HUDSON SCHON
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760 ACKERLY BRYAN
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760 GREENWOOD IAN
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| A S S O C I A T E S ( 500 - 749 events ) |
744 HOWE RAY
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734 HOWE DALE
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733 JAMES IAN
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723 GURMAN SUE
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717 BAKER ANDREW
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714 STIRLING LAURIS
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689 SMITH TINA
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681 MILLER PAT
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672 MILLER ALLAN
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669 PATERSON BRUCE
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606 KING PAM
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605 GROVER PETER
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603 KOVASSY PETER
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600 YEATES ILZE
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592 BIRD TONY
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582 MEEKING JOHN
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563 PIKE DENISE
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560 SAUNDERS REG
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552 MALONEY KEVIN
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552 POULTON PHIL
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543 DALWOOD PETER
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534 MALONEY PETER
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524 ENTER MARY
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523 FREEMANTLE MARGI
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521 LEICESTER PAUL
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519 DAVIDSON ERIC
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518 JOHNSON MARION
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517 SCAMMELL ADAM
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504 DENT TIM
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| 4 5 0 - 4 9 9 E v e n t s |
494 JAMES KEN
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493 KNIGHT DAVID
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492 SALEK MARTA
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488 BEARD DAVID
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487 BAILES RICK
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485 TREASE MERV
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479 WESCOTT RON
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467 SLADE ROGER
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467 VAN GELDERMALSEN TED
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464 CROSS BARRY
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464 HALL ROBYN
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458 SMALE VIVIEN
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454 WALLIS GRAHAM
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452 SHALDERS DIANNE
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| 4 0 0 - 4 4 9 E v e n t s |
442 HALL LOUISE
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436 JOHNSON RACHEL
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427 STEWART JENNY
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423 SPEIRS SUZY
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423 TORODE PHIL
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419 HOBBS PETER
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417 BAKER GWENNYTH
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416 HERD PETER
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416 MEEKING LIBBY
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413 DENT KATHERINE
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413 LEIBOWITZ JOE
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408 DE JONG HENK
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405 ANKER KEITH
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403 ADAMS GEOFF
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402 HERKES JUDI
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| 3 5 0 - 3 9 9 E v e n t s |
398 GREEN LYN
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389 TEMPLETON EWEN
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387 GILES BARRY
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387 SPARKES BRETT
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381 HART BARRY
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376 MASON ROB
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374 WOOD JULIE
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371 CHALLENGER KERAN
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359 LEWIS PETER
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355 PEARCE COLIN
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| 3 0 0 - 3 4 9 E v e n t s |
345 COPLEY FIONA
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345 TREASE BEV
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339 STEWART BRUCE
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329 LILEY KATHY
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321 TAMBLYN GREG
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311 ALEXANDER HELEN
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308 JOHNSON JANET
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303 HEATH CLIFFORD
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| 2 5 0 - 2 9 9 E v e n t s |
298 STUART FINLAY
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293 OKABE JUN
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290 ROWLANDS JOYCE
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288 GIDDINGS PHIL
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286 GREEN DEREK
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284 WILSON HUGH
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278 ROOK GARY
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275 DAVIES IAN
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275 RISHWORTH ROBIN
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272 GREGORY DES
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270 KING MATTHEW
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270 PHILLIPS JILL
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264 ROWNTREE DAVID
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261 SHUTTLEWORTH BERNIE
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260 PANTER GARY
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256 WALKER BRIDGET
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255 BLACK PETER
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254 POST HENRY
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252 FERRY JO
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| 2 0 0 - 2 4 9 E v e n t s |
249 DAVIS ALAN
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243 MALLEN PETER
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242 COLLS SHEILA
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240 MOORE KEN
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228 HOPKINS MICHAEL
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222 SCHOLES RON
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221 MERRALL MERI
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216 FELL DON
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215 O'CALLAGHAN SUZANNE
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215 TREWIN BLAIR
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213 PHILLIPS MARK
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211 BAKER IAN
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211 CARNIATO MARINO
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210 LEICESTER STEVEN
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208 CLARKE GORDON
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208 PANTER RYORDAN
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206 PETERSEN RUTH
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205 BROKNER PIERRE
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204 IRISH PETER
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201 CUSWORTH PETER
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| 1 5 0 - 1 9 9 E v e n t s |
198 SHEVCHENKO TAYA
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194 BEGGS PETER
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194 DOBBIN PRUE
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193 FREDERICK RON
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192 COLLINS STEPHEN
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192 HATLEY TIM
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192 LIEDER BILL
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192 PANTER DARIAN
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189 JARVIS MARK
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189 JEFFREY GRANT
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189 STEER COLIN
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188 STEER JENNY
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187 WALLER PAUL
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186 DALY CATHY
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184 BRADLEY SANDRA
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184 COPLAND KATH
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184 HOWE ANDREW
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184 LOHMEYER-COLLINS PHILIPPA
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183 WILSON GORDON
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182 HEALY SUE
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182 WATSON RAY
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178 GODDARD DAVID
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177 HUGHES JEFF
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176 PERKINS ANDREW
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172 DUNBAR STEPHEN
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171 SINICKAS CHRISTINE
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169 ESMORE BEV
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165 ANDREWS GREG
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164 SALVARIS ROSIE
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163 VO STACII
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162 CAVILL GREG
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162 HOLLAWAY ANNIE
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161 COLLINS NICHOLAS
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160 MCCRAE BARRY
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160 NEWBURY NAVIGATORS
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156 LEBON ALAIN
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156 MCLEAN GEOFFREY
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155 FRASER LACHLAN
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154 FELL FIONA
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152 LANGLOIS KATE
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151 TORR JO
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150 BARKER MARGARET
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150 CIMPOERU STEPHEN
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150 PANTER TANYA
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150 SPROULE ROY
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150 TAYLOR JIM
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| 1 0 0 - 1 4 9 E v e n t s |
148 BURGOYNE SANDY
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148 HOLLAWAY BERNIE
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146 FRASER PETER
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145 PAYNE DAVID
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144 PRENTICE DAVID
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143 HALL KAREN
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142 MILEWSKI LECH
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141 COLLINS PETER
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141 SIERAK MATT
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139 ALLEN ROB
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139 PATE KAREN
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138 HOEBOER CORRIE
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137 HARRISON GLENYS
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137 JOHNSON BILL
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137 WALLER SUE
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136 MANNING MATT
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135 BEVERIDGE BEN
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134 MCINULTY PETER
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133 GARDNER CONNIE
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133 HUTTON PHILIP
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132 HOPKINS KIRSTY
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131 GREEN ANDREW
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131 HUDSON GLENN
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131 SHEPHERD ALEX
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130 HATLEY ELIZABETH
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129 KIPP DAVID
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127 VAN DER PEET MATT
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126 BARKER DICK
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126 COLLINS IAN
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126 Fennessy JUDY
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126 GHEORGHISOR JOHN
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126 LINSSEN LISA
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126 PETERSEN BECKI
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124 ARTHUR BRUCE
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124 VAN OLPHEN MAY
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122 ELLIOTT STUART
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121 DOWLING ANITRA
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121 MALLEN DAVE
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121 THOMAS JAN
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121 YARDE IAN
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120 HALBERT KRISTIAN
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118 WALLIS CHRIS
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117 DUNBAR MARGARET
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117 MCINULTY HEATHER
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116 LANGDON TONY
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114 BEVERIDGE SAM
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114 BOYDELL SYD
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114 HARRISON RAY
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114 STARKS JON
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112 ALEXANDER JIM
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112 MUMMERY GLENN
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111 CUSWORTH STEPHEN
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111 FRENCH JOHN
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111 KERLEY HELEN
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111 MERRALL ANDREW
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110 WASCHL RAYMOND
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109 JACKSON PETER
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109 THOMAS LINDSAY
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107 CUSWORTH CAROLYN
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107 DAVIS WARWICK
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107 KORVIN MARK
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106 HUNTER ANDREW
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106 PANTER ARNNEKA
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106 RAYMOND Steve
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105 BOJCZUK OLYA
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104 DAVIES JOHN
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104 HESTER ANDREW
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104 PEACOCK STEVE
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103 FORD GRAEME
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103 SCHOFIELD HELEN
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102 SHEPHERD LENORE
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102 STEER MARTIN
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102 VAN DER PEET FRANK
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102 WILSON SIMON
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101 RAYMOND JACQUI
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