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BOSS 6 Location Change
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Important Notice
The final event of the BOSS series will be held on a new map at Clarence Town on Sunday 4th March. This is a new map drawn by Denis Lyons in the Uffington State Forest. Expect some fairly fast riding on generally wide forest trails.
When: Sunday 4th March
Entry: Pre-enter by email. Details in brochure
Time: Starts between 8 and 9am
Type: 75 minute score course
Course Setter: Dennis Lyons
Directions: From Raymond Terrace, head towards Seaham on Seaham road. Proceed through Seaham and turn right on to Clarence Town Road, Proceed through Clarence Town heading towards Dungog. After 3kms turn left into Woerdens road, The assembly area is on the right after 400 meters. It is approx 30 minute drive from Raymond Terrace.
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BOSS5 drags them in.
Monday, 20 February 2012
BOSS EVENT BLUEGUM HILLS REGIONAL PARK
19 Feb 2012
From Greg Bacon event organiser....
With the weather finally allowing for some sunshine and the promise of a new area for MTBO, the event was shaping up for a big attendance. With just under 60 entries and a warm day on offer many of the competitors turned up for an early start. Although most of the tracks were reasonably dry there were still several boggy areas and many deep ruts for the competitors to get their teeth into.
A novice map was handed out to several competitors with a suggested route to take around the flatter areas and keep them out of trouble on the steep rutted tracks. This seemed to work well with very positive feedback as, the suggested route allowed them to get the most out of the day with less stress on the route choice.
The main scatter course had most of the bigger score controls in the easier areas and for those that tried to clear the course the big decision was which one pointer will I drop.
Malcolm Roberts all but cleared the course, but came in a little late closely followed by Matt Parsons who was also a little late. There were several punctures amongst the top riders which could probably be put down to the fast speeds on some of the downhills.
Damien Welbourne had a spider latch onto his arm while flying down one of the hills and in his efforts to dislodge it went over the handlebars. Carolyn Matthews, the Ladies winner, had the same problem when she tried to push a tree out of the road while negotiating a tricky descent.
There is still some fine tuning to undertake on the map and all should be in place for the DuO event in November 2012.
Most of the competitors had a ball as the area encourages some aggressive and fast riding as well heaps of navigation choices. Not all of the area has been mapped and there are plenty of single tracks still to be explored.
It was great to get the support of National Parks and Coal and Allied to allow us to use the area as well as having a parking area and toilet facilities.
Thanks to Andrew and Nicole Haigh, Geoff and Cheryl Todkill and Kerry Bacon for helping behind the scenes, setting up and running things on the day. A big thanks to Tim Hackney, Dennis Lyons and Rudi Lanseidel for heading out in hot and steamy conditions to collect the controls.
results | routegadget
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O'SHEA 2-DAY ENTRIES CLOSE TODAY
Monday, 20 February 2012
The O'Shea 2 Day is to be held February 25th / 26th so get a partner (this is a pairs event) and check out the event details on www.ccorienteering.org Regards
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Welcome New Juniors
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
The club would like to extend congratulations to club member Emily Wheatley for the birth of her twin girls Ruth (left) and Olwen (right).
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Newcastle Gains another International
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Australian WOC representative, Kathryn Ewells has joined our club through here recent marriage to fellow Australian representative, Rob Preston. Rob started orienteering at a very young age with our club and despite now residing in Victoria has continued to be a proud Newcastle club member. Rob and Kathryn were married at Mt Baw Baw in Gippsland on New Years Eve. The day was beautiful and the sunset magnificent allowing everyone to enjoy the fantastic views. The the next day Rob organised an Orienteering event for orienteering guests and locals on his recently drawn map of the area. The wildflowers were at their best in the alpine area so it was very picturesque running amongst snow gums and huge mossy boulders.
Their honeymoon was put on hold Kathryn went back at work and Rob attended a national training camp at Beechworth.
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Updated bulletin and info
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
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Swansea Street event: Parking Changes
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Due to unforseen construction activity parking on the east side of Burragallana Reserve (Channel Street) will be unavailable. The best parking for the street o on Wednesday 25th January will be to the west of the soccer fields in Pelican Street.
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Results: BOSS4 - Stanford Merthyr
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
I was very excited to set my first course. I was aware that the area is quite flat and fully expected the top riders to clear the field so I set myself the challenge of working against this. The strategy involved control placement along tracks making an “obvious lap” difficult or impossible; and point layout with the highest points available close to the start/finish. The idea behind this was to force the faster riders to take risks in chasing the final few points on the outer edges - and making time management more critical by making it impossible to just leave out some controls on the way back. I was also expecting this to result in the results being a lot closer amongst the various riders.
Overall I was very happy with the end result – not even Steve was able to clear the course and everyone had a good time and enjoyed the challenge of the layout.
A huge thanks to my mates (Andrew, Ruth, Wayne and Bec) and my wonderful wife Bron for helping me put the controls out on Saturday night. And to God for giving us good weather!
Thanks to Graeme, Tim, Dennis, Toy and Rudy for helping with control collection and Sam and Cheryle for running the desk(s) on the day.
results | series totals | routegadget
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BOSS 5 Details
Monday, 9 January 2012
BOSS 5 will be run on a new map based on Blue Gum Hills Regional Park, Minmi. A new area including National Park, wide fast tracks to tight single tracks and some good climbing and downhills. Good all weather tracks that have not been overused by motorcycles and 4 x 4’s. Heaps of navigation options for all levels of riders! BOSS Blue Gum Flier.pdf Reminder: Entrier for BOSS 4 close on Wednesday.
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