OV 2019 Yearbook

yearbook Orienteering Victoria/ 2019

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Mason Arthur at the Australian Schools championships (photo Bruce Arthur)

Contents 1.

President’s Report

4.

OceaYarnia

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2019 – Another Year of Progress in the Central Highlands

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Vic MTBO

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Aus Schools

17.

Aston’s Gap Year

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MelBushO 2019

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Indoor Sprinting and Melbourne City Racing Bring Two Firsts to Australia

24.

A Year Like No Other

28.

Tikalara MelbushO Event

29.

Frederic Tranchand

31.

Vic Autumn Series

34.

Coming Back for More

35.

What Happened to Spring?

39.

2019 Highlights from the Eureka Orienteers, Ballarat

41.

Victorian Orienteering Association Financial report

46.

Honour Roll

47.

Results

56.

Officers

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President’s Report Orienteering Victoria President Carl Dalheim

WO R DS CA R L DA LH E IM

Hi Folks,

the Middle distance. An incredible result, and similar to the 2006 results by Hanny Alston where she won gold in the Long and silver in the Sprint. I have known Aston since he was a little boy and know the huge effort he puts into the sport, he is a great role model for our juniors. I look forward to watching Aston continue to develop and grow as he moves towards the senior ranks in the sport.

2019 was a year of significant highlights. The JWOC success of Aston Key was a wonderful spectacle; and provided great joy to his family and all of us watching from Victoria. The year also included some tremendously successful event organisation in foot Orienteering with the Oceania events, and mountain bike Orienteering with the Australian Carnival.

From myself I would like to celebrate both the results highlights, and the organisational highlights. But before I do that, I would like to acknowledge the enormous contribution from our clubs. The Park and Street community and relevant clubs produce a constant stream of urban events. The Melbourne based clubs organise a quality range of bush events and series, i.e. MelBushO, Sprint in to Spring and the Autumn Series. The regional clubs organise many diverse events, e.g. Eureka has the Ballarat Park runs/MapRun/Eureka Challenge/Eureka Winter Series/aMAZEing events; Bendigo has BendiGo ToDay/Bush Shorts/Bush Classics/Twilight score; AWOC has Twilight Series/ Interclub/DuO/MapRun events; and CHOC has the Winter Series/Macedon Ranges Sprint Series and Park and Street events. I have probably missed some.

Carolyn has been an outstanding performer in both foot and mountain bike orienteering for many years, and 2019 was no exception. The MTBO World Masters were held in Germany and Carolyn won gold in the Long distance and bronze medals in both the Sprint and Mass Start events.

Two people stand out in 2019 for their results on the International stage - Aston Key and Carolyn Jackson.

In 2019 Victoria hosted a National carnival, the Australian MTBO Championships; and two Regional events, the Oceania Long and Middle distance events.

Victoria was well represented on the international stage and congratulations go to Aislinn Prendergast, Patrick Jaffe, and Mary Fleming (living in the UK) who all competed at the World Orienteering Championships in Norway. Jim Russell was also in Norway with the team in the dual role of Team Manager and Deputy Coach. Jim contributes to the sport in many ways, thanks Jim for your continued work and support of Orienteering in Victoria and Australia.

Aston claimed three podium results at the 2019 Junior World Orienteering Sprint Championships in Denmark. A gold in the Sprint distance, bronze in the Long distance and 5th place in

The Australian MTBO Championships was held in Maryborough in late October and comprised 4 events; the Mass Start, Sprint, Middle and Long distance. The events were page 2

organised by the Bayside, Yarra Valley and Eureka clubs with Peter Cusworth, Kathy Liley and Blake Gordon the chief organisers. I am not a MTBO competitor, but I know that Maryborough is a prime location for MTBO. Peter Cusworth has provided a great report on all matters MTBO including a wrap of the carnival and Carolyn’s World Masters results.

regarding the ASOC events.

2019 was tinged with sadness for Bayside (BK) and the MTBO community. David Knight provided me these words. “Sadly during 2019 BK member Tania Elderkin passed away. Tania was a founding member of Geelong Street Orienteering and its Treasurer for 10 years. Tania was also Treasurer of Geelong Mountain Bike Club and a regular at MTBO events. Tania was a Specialised Nurse and Educator at the ICU at Barwon Health.

She leaves partner Stuart and son Ryan and will be missed by friends and the Orienteering community.”

The Oceania events at Beechworth were absolutely fantastic. A huge amount of effort went in to new and updated maps, international quality courses and spectacular arenas. It would be remiss of me to not thank Stephen Goggs and his team for several years of hard slog on the Oceania/Australian Carnival that led to the two final events in Beechworth – well done Stephen. The big screen that journeyed from Wagga to Beechworth added a truly international flavour and was the icing on the cake as the Victorian organising team led by David Jaffe, Nicola Dalheim, Leigh Privett and Warren Key put on a great show, and two great events. There were 4 Victorian clubs involved – AWOC, Bayside, Yarra Valley and MFR. At each event, many members of these clubs stepped up and helped to make the events a success; and this was no easy task given that the combined number of competitors across the 2 days was over 2000. David and Warren have put together an article on the event; they were interviewed by world-renowned Orienteering journalist Con Trollflag – an insightful and fun report.

Finally, we had overseas coaches at the beginning and the end of the year. Joe and Nathan headed home in time for the commencement of the British spring season; and Frederic Tranchand arrived in November soon after the World Cup in China. We had a bonus this year with Peter Hodkinson arriving prior to the World Cup in China. Frederic or Fredo had been the coach in residence in the ACT the previous year; and we knew of his great work while he was there; he did not disappoint and has been a fantastic coach for all of the Victorian Orienteering community. Fredo and Peter have both produced articles for you to read.

The Yearbook includes some great reading from some of our regular contributors, new contributors, some internationals, and contributions from a bunch of our younger Orienteers who provide some fun reading from various perspectives and experiences. I hope you enjoy it, cheers Carl.

A Yearbook report would not be complete without acknowledging our Victorian Schools team, in particular the coaches and managers who travelled with them and put a huge amount of effort in to caring for them and helping them to do their best on what was a very rigorous and tough series of events. The coaching and management team comprised of Bruce Arthur, Peter Hobbs, and Clare Brownridge – thanks guys for preparing the team for the competitions and managing them throughout the Australian Schools Orienteering Carnival (ASOC) and the Oceania Events. It is always fun to observe how the schools team embark on a journey of competition and friendship that many of us have experienced. Peter has put together a report from the perspective of Team Coach, but as you will see, his is not the only report page 3

OceaYarnia International Orienteering journalist Con Torrline interviews David Jaffe and Warren Key WORD s & PH OTO S DAVI D JA F F E

The Oceania Long event last October at Kangaroo Crossing lived up to the great Victorian tradition of trying to match the best European carnivals. With over 1000 runners in 21 classes on 15 courses there was a lot to organise and plan. Coorganiser David Jaffe (DJ) and course planner Warren Key (WK) were interviewed for the OV Yearbook by journalist Con Torrline:

what is required for high level competition, then reward those with the skills set to put it together on the day.

What were you most worried about before the event?

WK: Well we had three levels of controllers so we had checked and checked and checked again so not too much.

DJ: I was worried about having to get on yet another organisers’ two-hour teleconference with the combined ACT/ NSW team as I’d done far too many of those. More seriously, I was worried about heavy rain or a hot day. Once we saw the forecast, we made sure we created shade on the hill as we knew it would be an issue. We got lots of tents and tried to make a grandstand.

What were you hoping the Oceania long would achieve?

DJ: I wanted everyone to have fun from 3-year-olds to 93. I hoped it would be a great event where people remembered it as a celebration of the best we could put on in Victoria that also tried to innovate. When Warren and I went on site we knew we had a great arena that deserved some theatre so we tried to think like producers as much as orienteers.

What idea or aspect were you proudest of?

WK: Our coach in residence and friend, Will Gardner, brought his parents out from the UK to show off his experiences in Australia. Will’s dad, Richard, is an age group gun and he has a great sense of humour too. Will had really talked up our day long before arriving so by the time I added the threat of a GPS tracker, Richard was on tender hooks. It was great because, well as a parent, we all know it's impossible to walk in your child’s shoes, but on this big race day I am sure for a passing moment Richard experienced what it feels like to be Will, to be under the microscope like an Elite athlete feels for all big races.

To see how Richard handled it, look back over his GPS tracking

WK: Kangaroo Crossing is a uniquely superb bit of terrain that challenges all the senses. I wanted to offer the experience of international orienteering on as many levels as possible, not just the courses but the whole package. From the anticipation of the challenge (we hyped this up a little like a WOC runner experiences in the lead up; the special terrain, the tough courses, the big race) and even the walk to the start.

On the courses I wanted to challenge competitors’ true orienteering abilities. I wanted every runner to be immersed by their orienteering senses and see through their own eyes page 4

on Living it Live and for Will’s advice back to his dad, listen to Will’s ever growing in popularity podcast “The Run In".

What was the low light or moment of greatest concern?

DJ: Hearing that one class had been given the wrong maps (but it got fixed) and that we’d run out of water at a crucial checkpoint. Two weeks before the day I still had no cake stall so I called the Beechworth Bakery. “No we don’t do wholesale,” they said. “Oh but your web site says you do catering?” I said.

“Oh yes we do catering”. “Oh can you cater for 150 lamingtons, 100 orange cakes and 100 brownies” “Oh yes”.

Problem solved!

DJ: I was pleased that we managed to persuade the whole carnival not to collect maps at the finish but boy was it a battle!

I also tried to distract the walk to the start with a quiz which I hope some people enjoyed. I was delighted to involve the local community; the local tennis club were reluctant caterers and then it was their biggest ever fund raiser! We even had 15 locals come and have a try! Getting a $5000k Vic Gov grant was also valuable and the kids’ expressions on the stringless string course was memorable!

What do you think worked really well?

WK: The arena atmosphere was great, the run-through and run in dramas, interviews, advertising, event welcome from Thierry Gueorgiou, endorsements, previews, shops, all things high level orienteering. The GPS tracking and the big screen featuring old and young and not just the Elite, including many personal stories before and after the race.

WK: I can definitely say the water controls did not work well.

We thought we were all over it but it did not pan out that way, especially the M21E course after the ultra long leg. The water container leaked and lost its valuable load but it is worth knowing that not one of the Elites complained, a few humorous whinges and they just got on with it. Well done and I am really sorry. The GPS tracker we put on one of our older competitors stopped moving, alarm bells rang but all was OK. No, it all went quite well I think, except I have not mentioned the glaring eyes of those runners who thought my courses were a bit tough. I forgive them all but I am not sure they will forgive me!

DJ: Warren, Toph and I had to really think about the course/ class sequence so that different classes had the spotlight through the day and so that the screen/ tracking would have different groups to focus on. We actually had a half hour by half hour plan of what would be happening in the arena!

Tracking non elites was great for a change. We also managed to avoid having a quarantine through very careful planning with Toph of what got shown on the screen and when.

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In hindsight what would you have done differently?

WK: We had 100 flags in the forest and each one of them must have been visited by me or Tim at least ten times. Thanks very much to Tim Hatley. He was yet again a great controller and all round good guy.

WK Not much but more water of course. Make the MW10-12 more of an adventure. Control burn the forest up the top of the hill to open up the map – that would have been nice.

DJ: I’d have run a flour trail up to the start not tape. I think we could have sold 200 more cakes! The Orienteering world still hasn’t heard me on commentary but I know that I’ll just have to keep training…

What innovations would you hope to see repeated?

WK: GPS tracking for non-elite classes. Commentary before the event. The arena set up. A sense of a big time race. Nonstandard mapping symbols. Staged category finish times through the day so these classes got limelight. The quiz walking to the start. Welcome presentation from orienteering stars. Information on How to navigate in the terrain. Elite briefing. A challenging run in.

Challenging courses appropriate to big race standards. No Elite quarantine. Guest and mixed commentary through the day.

Fun. DJ: Everything Warren said and never collecting maps at any event.

Couldn’t have done it without who…?

DJ: Nicola D was my co-organiser and did a mountain of work.

Leigh Privet found the arena and did so much work – thanks Leigh. The Canberra Grammar team and the ACT central team did a great job, once we knew what they were going to do and nothing fell between the cracks.

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2019 – Another Year of Progress in the Central Highlands WORD S WE NDY TAV E R NA - C H O C P RE SID E NT PHOTOS M AR K HE NNE SSE Y

Thanks to our club members and supporters who have assisted with our events over the past 12 months, an enthusiastic community of local orienteers is growing in the Macedon Ranges area. Without the time, energy and enthusiasm of our local people we really could not have put on such a successful and diverse range of events.

at risk of running out of maps. Fortunately Kathryn had brought spares and additional courses were quickly handdrawn so all could run / walk with a map. With a more challenging bush setting compared to some MelbushO events, we were very impressed that all beginners finished their courses without mispunching.

Our 2019 season commenced in May, with a MelBushO event held at Macedon Regional Park. Many groups of families and friends completed courses together, exceeding our estimations. With close to 200 participants on the day we were

Partnering with Eureka – a small group of club members ran an event on the Blowhole – Hepburn map as part of their winter series. The opportunity to course set in this physically challenging terrain was much appreciated. With the assistance

Lois Ewels with grandchildren; David Gossip; Jane Ewels.

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of Dale and his trail bike, control placement and pick up was less arduous in this terrain. Many thanks to the Dowlings, White family and Mark Hennessy for helping with control pick up in the downpour! And to Brodie McCarthy for running valuable training courses for the Vic juniors.

Roch Prendergast, Sophie Taverna, Wendy Taverna and Bruce Arthur

Frederic Tranchand at Braemar College

Some key insights learnt from the series:

• Participants feel more comfortable trying new activities in pairs or small groups than on their own.

• We should not assume that all beginners want to do the short / easy course - families in groups enjoyed the longer hard course problem solving together and walking for a good 30-40 mins. The easy course was the least popular.

Macedon Ranges Sprint ‘O’ series

This was a new series developed in partnership with local secondary schools in the Macedon Ranges and supported by the Macedon Ranges Shire Council. Events were held at Gisborne Secondary College, Alice Miller School, Sacred Heart College and Braemar College.

• Come n Try approach proved to be a softer marketing approach for new participants.

• Series catered for different abilities - beginners to advanced adopting a similar framework to the ’Sprint into Spring’ series, and allowing for progression as newcomers gained confidence.

Several club members took up the challenge to map and course set a sprint event for the first time. We explored how to run a sprint with minimal IT equipment, and successfully integrated use of SI-APP on an android tablet/phone and bluetooth printer. Other innovations developed for the series included use of redgum sleeper offcuts to support bush orienteering stands on paved surfaces, and approaching a local sponsor to assist with printing maps. Thanks to the Neylon and White families for assisting club members throughout the series.

• Set in a relatively safe environment without traffic, parents were willing to let primary school aged children try orienteering by themselves after the first event.

• Sunday mornings avoided clashing with more formal sports and enabled volunteers to have the afternoon free to spend with their families.

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• Scheduling foot and mountain bike events on same day in close proximity is possible with some participants willing to attend both.

Macedon Ranges Summer Series

It was encouraging to see many new participants continue on to attend our Wednesday night summer series. Held in the townships of Macedon, Kyneton, Woodend, Romsey, Sunbury and Gisborne, these events allowed participants to explore local towns in more depth. Course setting took advantage of picturesque creeks, park and bush settings with these events having a rural vibe. Sharing fruit afterwards always assists to engage participants to stay and socialise, and discuss route choices.

• Developing partnerships with schools takes time but worth the investment. Schools were provided with pdf copies of maps and educated how to course set with Purple Pen for their own orienteering programs and competitions.

• Important to have additional events (different formats) ready for new orienteers to attend once series finished, to build momentum..

Whilst I wrote this on the eve of our cancelled bush event at Glenlyon, I am sure it will be worth the wait to get out of the house and run in our proposed Xplore O Series in early 2021.

This new series of events in the Macedon Ranges and surrounds aims to encourage local community members and orienteers from further afield to explore our picturesque local towns, parks and forests….. whilst enjoying orienteering.

• Consider a long easy course option in bush events to entice trail runners / bush walkers to come and try our sport.

• Grouping events into a short series encourages newcomers to commit to multiple events as a family.

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Vic MTBO 2019 Victorian Mountain Bike Orienteering report

WOR DS PE T ER CU SW O RT H PHOTOS JAS O N R O G E R S & DO N C H ER RY

Summer 75 Series

Kate Gavens Aus MTBO Sprint champs

The year kicked off with the usual four Summer 75 Series events and numbers were very good for most of them, possibly due to new efforts at Facebook advertising. The first event was at the You Yangs on a Sunday morning, and attracted an impressive 85 competitors with Heather Leslie and John Gavens organising. Two weeks later was Lysterfield on a Saturday evening where we had a record of over 100 entries.

We ran out of SI sticks and some people shared maps, so the actual number was probably even higher. Carolyn Jackson set the course, with Peter Cusworth organising. Both of these events were organised by the Bayside Kangaroos team.

Next up was the Yarra Valley organised event at Diamond Creek, which uses the trails and parkland along Diamond Creek and nearby streets and parkland. Cormac McCarthy organised, with Alex Randall setting the course. There was another excellent turnout for this map area with 70 competitors.

Vic MTBO Series

The final event in the series was on a great new map made by Rob Edmonds at South Morang, using the northern part of Plenty Gorge and including Hawkestowe Park, with a variety of trails for riders to contend with. Organised by Nillumbik Emus, it was a Saturday evening event but it was HOT! Many people expected it to be declared a Total Fire Ban day, but it didn't get called, so only 44 came along on the evening. Those that came had a great evening ride exploring what was for most, new tracks, trails and areas.

The first and second round of the series was an innovative idea from the Gavens/Leslie team with a double-header Sprint and Middle distance event on the Surf Coast and organised by Bayside Kangaroos. The Sprint was on a new map at Torquay, Spring Creek, which included trails and parkland along the creek plus a quiet urban estate. The Middle event was on the Eumeralla map at Anglesea. Riders had two terrific events on the same day at nearby locations. Numbers were back to our page 10

The 4th round of the series, also organised by the Eureka team, was set by Mark Valentine, with the arena back at the RACV Resort at Creswick, scene of last year's Vic Champs, for an event on the Creswick Forest map. The final control on the practice fairway was a big archery target – no one missed it!

In September, we had a weekend up in the North East with the Albury Wodonga club putting on two races: a score event at Chiltern on Saturday and a Vic MTBO Series event at Stanley on Sunday. Not a great turnout with 35 entries, but two fun days nonetheless.

The final event in the series was meant to be at Macedon in August, but an exceptionally cold spell of weather was forecast for the day and the decision was made to postpone the event.

A good decision, as it turned out that heavy snow fell on the map area on the morning. The event was held later in November with much warmer temperatures, organised by Bayside Kangaroos and set by Anthony Jones and Peter Cusworth. Some competitors even took in the Foot-O Sprint event at nearby Braemar College before taking to their bikes. A typical mid 50s number of competitors took part in the event to finish off the Vic MTBO Series for 2019. The winners of the men’s and women’s courses over the 5-event Victorian Series

James Robertson-Luke Haines Aus MTBO Champs Sprint

usual 50+, so the bumper numbers from the Summer events didn't convert to increased entries for the Vic Series.

Unfortunately, on the day a very sad thing happened. One of our riders, Tania Elderkin, had finished her ride and was back at her car where she collapsed. Several other competitors quickly started first aid and an ambulance was called and later a Mica unit was in attendance. Tania was taken to hospital where she remained in a coma for several days but later, sadly, passed away. Our deepest sympathies go to her partner Stuart, their son Ryan and to family and friends for such an unexpected loss. Tania had won one of our Vic MTBO Series classes in 2018. She was very active in the area and was heavily involved in the Geelong MTB club. Several riders sported “RIP T.E.” stickers on their bikes for the rest of the year.

Rest in peace Tania.

Heather Leslie AusMTBO champs Middle were presented on the day by Peter Cusworth and Blake Gordon, statistician.

The third round in the series was at Lal Lal with Ed Steenbergen setting, Blake Gordon vetting, and the Eureka team organising. Ed set some great courses on the map which was first used for the inaugural Victorian MTBO Champs in 1997. Newcastle's Tim Doman came down for the event as an extra trial to gain selection in the Australian World Champs team. Tim easily won Course 1. It was an excellent event on a fine day with results up on the TV screens as fast as you downloaded.

2019 Australian MTBO Championships

The focus of many Victorian MTBOers for 2019 was the National Championships that were held in October in Maryborough and Dunolly. There would be no stand-alone Victorian Championships this year but Victorian Champions (the best Victorian in the age class) were presented with railway sleeper spikes! A core team of Kathy Liley (YV), Blake page 11

The Friday afternoon Mass Start event, the first of this format at an Australian Championships, used the existing, but updated, Mosquito Flat map which includes an extensive network of tracks. This format can produce exciting finishes, as happened in the Men’s Elite class with Ricky Thackray (WA) and Alex Randall (VIC) putting on a massive sprint crossing the line

Toby & Patrick Cooper Aus MTBO Champs Middle

Anthony Jones AusMTBO champs Long

Gordon (EU) and Peter and Carolyn Cusworth (BK) started working on this back in October 2018. We had selected new map areas around Maryborough, and Andrew Slattery was commissioned to make three new maps. The organising clubs would be Eureka, Yarra Valley and Bayside Kangaroos. More people were enlisted to help as setters, event advisors (controllers) and technical support.

We decided to add a Mass Start race to the regular Sprint, Middle and Long distance program, making four Championships, and added to that was a warm-up practice event. All events were either in, or on the edge of Maryborough except for the Long event in Dunolly.

together. They recorded the same time but judges gave the win to Ricky by half a tyre width…. or thereabouts.

There was great cooperation between the three clubs – Yarra Valley doing the starts, Eureka the finishes, and Bayside Kangaroos the catering, prizes and the Saturday banquet at the historic Maryborough Station.

Saturday morning saw the Sprint event starting from the Maryborough Education Centre with the new map taking in the school grounds and the surrounding forest with its many tracks and trails.

Added to the above, Eureka had a team that organised the finish, results, SportIdent and event management, ably led by Ian Chennell. They had a terrific array of technology on display, with multiple screens showing the results at each event. Yarra Valley provided a team of helpers to operate the starts. There were many extra helpers from all clubs who lent a hand to make it all happen.

On Saturday afternoon we moved to the Middle Distance venue on the edge of town. A short but heavy shower and hail in the middle of many people’s ride added a degree of extra challenge. The new map proved ideal as a Middle Distance map with a myriad of tracks and challenges.

The Presentation Dinner at the iconic and historic Maryborough Railway Station was a highlight and gave everyone a chance to socialise, see the presentations and enjoy some terrific food in a unique setting.

The warm-up event was low key. MapRun GPS technology was used instead of physical controls, to record timing so that riders could choose when they wanted to try the event, either Thursday afternoon or Friday morning. page 12

Sunday morning saw the classic Long Distance event at Dunolly with the map again proving ideal for this event format.

We finished off with a final presentation.

The carnival was also a round of the 2019 World Masters Series with the Middle and Long races counting. Series coordinator and IOF MTBO Commission member Keith Dawson was in attendance. It was also an Australia v New Zealand MTBO Challenge, with Australia taking victory this time. Despite the Championships being held in Victoria, when the final points were tallied, we failed by a few points to win the Champion State plaque. Congrats to NSW.

World Masters MTBO

Carolyn Jackson and Bill Vandendool attended the World Masters Championships in Germany. Extreme conditions were experienced with lots of rain, mud and very cold conditions.

Carolyn decided to ride down a class in W55 so she could ride longer courses. She had some misfortune with her SI stick failing mid race in the Middle, but still performed extremely well, especially in the conditions and the younger class, to win Gold in the Long event and Bronze in the Sprint and Mass Start.

Overall in the World Masters Series, Kathy Liley again performed well coming 2nd overall. Kathy had attended some WMS rounds earlier in the year in Sweden and Denmark.

After the championships, an IOF MTBO Advisors Workshop was held over 2 days, with experienced MTBO organiser Sandor Talas presenting. This workshop was very well attended and took participants through many areas of MTBO event management.

Keith Dawson (UK) avoids Kangaroo at AusMTBO Champs

2019 Australian MTBO Championships key personnel Event

Map

Warm-up

Location

Course setter

Organiser

Controller

Bull Gully Wells Maryborough BK

John Gavens (BK)

Heather Leslie (BK)

John & Heather

Mass Start

Mosquito Flat

Maryborough BK

Peter Cusworth (BK)

Carolyn Cusworth (BK)

Tim Hatley (BK)

Sprint

Flat Creek

Maryborough BK

Carolyn Jackson (BK)

Peter Cusworth (BK)

Greg Tamblyn (BK)

Middle

Tullaroop Forest Maryborough YV

Kathy Liley (YV)

Ruth Goddard (YV)

Rob Edmonds (NE)

Dinner

Railway Station Maryborough BK

Long

Dunolly Forest

Dunolly

Club

EU

Carolyn Cusworth (BK) Keith Wade (TK) page 13

Blake Gordon (EU)

Warwick Williams (EU)

Aus Schools 2019 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships

WORD S BRODY MCCA RT H Y & PE T ER HO B B S

PHOTOS T EAM ME MB ERS A N D B RUC E A RT HUR

It seems so long ago now but 2019 was a great year for orienteering and the Australian Schools Championships were no different. As usual it began with a long bus trip up to Wagga Wagga where everyone spends the first few hours completely hyped up and excited, the music is blaring and we get our first taste of the playlists for that year. The next few hours are spent depleting our snack supplies and the final couple hours are spent sleeping. As boring as the bus trip can be it is and always will be an iconic part of the trip.

the carnival goes ahead because I would hate to see the 2020 Vic School’s team miss out on such an amazing experience.

Brody McCarthy

Co-Team Captain

Serryn Eenjes Aus Schools Relay 2019

There were many highlights of last year’s carnival including some outstanding orienteering performances across the whole team but most importantly an exceptional disco dress up theme of AFL footballers, involving much-too-short footy shorts and tight jerseys. It was great to see the whole team get behind the idea and everyone looked dazzling.

Other highlights included some highly important post-race recovery at Australia’s top rated inland beach and winning the trivia night (definitely without cheating). As well as this there was the usual mischief going on which for legal reasons definitely did not involve pranking other states, sneaking out late at night and stealing Serryn’s Froot Loops.

All in all, while the orienteering was good fun and an awesome experience, ultimately it is the friendships that are formed over the duration of the carnival that are the most memorable and long lasting. I hope this year, despite the current situation, that

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Sophie Arthur Aus Schools Relay Individual 2019

The main part of the week – from an ASOC perspective – was the mid-week Tuesday-Thursday events featuring the ASOC sprint, long distance and relay events. Of course Bruce, Clare and I had been staying with the 19 Victorian ASOC kids (plus 110 kids from other states and their team managers) since the beginning of the carnival at a sports group accommodation centre just outside Wagga Wagga. Everyone was quick to adapt to the daily routine which comprised of: wake up, breakfast in the dining hall, take team bus to event, set up team tent, run, return to accommodation in the mid afternoon via Coles and/ or swim in the Murrumbidgee River, team meeting, dinner, manager’s meeting, free time if you are lucky, then off to bed.

Next was the ASOC relays at Pomingalarna which featured a very runnable bush area on at the base of a medium sized hill with surprisingly not a boulder in sight. The Victorians proudly sung the team song (a modified version of North Melbourne’s “Join in the chorus”) in the arena as first leg runners were taking up their positions at the start line. Temperatures were again high, and finishers were notably fatigued with cases of dehydration and dizziness. Water and hydrolytes were being consumed by the dozen and the Victorian team tent resembled a sick bay for a period of time until everyone had regained some energy.

The day was far from over with an awards night and the legendary disco to follow at the Wagga Wagga RSL. Coaches

The ASOC sprint was held at Kildare College in Wagga Wagga, which was a very small campus, mapped at 1:2000. The start was approximately 700m from the finish/arena and it was my job to be there to calm nerves and make sure each Victorian started at their allotted time. After the first few starters, I was able to ascertain with some certainty the locations of the first one or even two controls for each class because these were visible from the start area. This information was eagerly absorbed by the Victorians and may have contributed to several top 10 finishers.

Jemima Bradford Smith Aus Schools Sprint 2019

The ASOC Long Distance event was held at a very sunny and picturesque Connorton, approximately 20 minutes south west of Wagga Wagga. Picturesque because the arena was located on an open hillside with city views in one direction and an inviting forest littered with boulders in the other. Temperatures had hit the high 20s by midday. Again, Victoria had many top 10 finishers. Perhaps more importantly, every Victorian completed their course under tough conditions comprising of hard navigation, long courses and running in the middle of the day in heat. page 15

and managers stepped into the background as the disco ramped up. The kids danced the night away until the last song “You and Me”, also known as “the orienteering song” because of the cheery orienteering lyrics.

Old Priory news of this discrepancy spread quickly and the Australian kids decided that 10pm was the new bed time!

Eventually team managers and coaches fixed the “confusion” and bed times were re-calibrated to 9:30pm lights out.

Friday 4th October was a rest/travel day where the team drove to Beechworth via the picturesque Woolshed Falls, where some of the team were brave (or silly!) enough to clamber down a steep cliff to reach the deep waterhole at the bottom.

With two more days of the Oceania carnival left, the ASOC was over for another year and it was again evident how much it means to the kids. There is a very strong team spirit amongst the Victorian team with the social aspect of the week being just as important as the orienteering aspect. New friendships were formed and there were countless examples of the team helping each other out. Milla Key fetching water for dehydrated Victorian finishers, everyone helping Callum White cope for the week with his broken arm, team members taking it in turns to set up and take down the team tent, Sophie Taverna finding spare money for the carpark and the list goes on. Some kids performed strongly towards the top of their age class, whilst others achieved just as much by simply completing the courses at this level.

Archie Neylon Aus schools sprint 2019

Peter Hobbs

Team Coach

Torren Arthur Schools Relay 2019

All juniors and officials including both New Zealand teams stayed at The Old Priory – a 130 year old building previously used as a convent until 1978 and a guesthouse since. The place could accurately be described as a maze of rabbit warrens across three levels with about 30 separate rooms. After three days and two nights there, I still did not properly know my way around. These circumstances did not help any of the team managers on the first night when there was “confusion” over bed times. The New Zealand kids had not been staying with the Australian teams in Wagga Wagga and had been going to bed at 10pm, whilst the Australian teams had been in their rooms by 9pm with lights strictly out at 9:30pm. At The

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Aston’s Gap Year W O R DS ASTO N K E Y

PHOTOS DAV ID JA FF E

Last year I was lucky enough to take a gap year after high school ended. I based myself with family friends in Turku, Finland. I headed over to Europe in early March for some of the early season competitions, such as Portugal O meeting, Danish spring, and 10Mila. I joined the Turku based orienteering club, Turun Suunnistajat, and joined in with their almost daily forest training (which was a big shock, that they could have forest orienteering training almost every day!)

JWOC 2019 was in Silkeborg, Denmark. In April I went over there by myself to do some training in relevant terrains. I stayed in an Airbnb and hired a bike to ride to all the forests.

This made for quite a big week with all the cycling to and from training, but it was definitely worth it as I could now put some context into all the armchair orienteering that I had been doing of the relevant terrains.

As for the JWOC week itself, the Sprint was the first event, then the Long, followed by the Middle and Relay. Since the Sprint was up first, I was quite nervous, but I felt prepared. It was definitely a big relief to cross the finish line and hear that I had taken the lead, but the next hour or so of waiting for all the other competitors to finish was extremely nerve wracking.

Celebrating after the race with family, team members and all the support was something I’ll remember for a long time to come.

I went into the Middle Distance final with quite a lot of confidence given the previous two races and qualifying fastest in my heat. But one mistake about halfway through the race dropped me behind a little bit. I ended up in 5th place, which at the time felt like a disappointment, but now looking back, I am very happy with that race, I just had my expectations a little too high after the beginning of the week. But such is sport, sometimes things fall your way, and other times they don’t. I was extremely fortunate that things in fact did fall my way during the JWOC week.

With the Sprint in the past, it was a little hard to bring all my focus back to the next race, the Long. I didn’t feel as nervous for this one, a little bit like the pressure had been lifted after the Sprint. So I set out trying to enjoy the day as much as possible and just see what happened. Fortunately, I managed to find all the controls relatively cleanly and crossed the line in a surprising 2nd place. But I knew some of the best runners had yet to finish, so just like the day before, I had a very anxious hour of waiting before I ended up placing 3rd, with two Norwegians ahead of me. This was a huge surprise, but a welcome one for sure as I had not prepared as much for the Long as I had the other races.

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MelBushO 2019 Past, present and future

WORD S RU TH G ODDAR D, CO O R D INATO R O F ME L BUSH O

PHOTOS RU TH G O DDA R D

“I want to learn how to orienteer in the bush”

The third event was at Cardinia Reservoir Park near Beaconsfield. The normal event had a historic display and

“My friend wants to try orienteering” “I like bush orienteering but only have a leave pass for the morning” “I used to be able to compete well in bush events but can’t now because I am injured” MelBushO welcomes you all!

In 2019, eight events were held in winter about every three weeks between April and September. Six events were close to Melbourne and two were about one hour away at the You Yangs and at Macedon. Attendances ranged from 121 (on a very cold, windy day) to 177, with an average of 147 per event.

There were at least two new course planners.

Three events deserve a particular mention. At Macedon the small club of Central Highlands were delighted with the large turnout of 156 to their event. People came back from their courses happy in spite of the rugged terrain and hitches with the entry system. Fine weather contributed to the good feeling of being out in the bush.

At Tikalara in Templestowe, the course was set by junior Ashley White, and the organisation was primarily by juniors from several clubs. They were deservedly proud of their efforts. After the event there seemed to be a carryover of more junior participation. page 18

attendance by orienteers from 1969 and early 1970s. The first event in Victoria took place on 23 August 1969.

Sandra Hogg, Don Fell, Fiona Fell (then Shaw), David Hogg

displays of old maps and articles, scrap books, magazines, two of the original refresh buckets used as controls complete with self inking stamps, an old control stand and old orienteering clothing (no bright colours in those days!).

In Belinda’s words: “the high and increasing participation rates at events meant that sometimes organisers were overwhelmed with the deluge of newcomers wanting to try this exciting new experience.”

(5th in the first event), Alex Tarr, Janet Tarr, Ron Frederick (winner of first event), Tom Andrews (organiser of first event), Mike Hubbert (8th in first event), Kathy Liley and Peta Whitford

We hope that an experience at a MelBushO event today leaves people wanting more.

Belinda Dale organised a historic display and assembled the ‘orienteering legends” from the first event. Most are still orienteering 50 years later. The memorabilia included

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VIC LONG CHAMPS 2019

winners gallery

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Indoor Sprinting and Melbourne City Racing Bring Two Firsts to Australia WORD S & P HOTO S DE B BI E D O D D

Two Australian Firsts were held successfully in 2019, both in Melbourne, and both receiving rave reviews – meaning they won’t be Lasts!

depicting each floor, the large voids created by the atrium, several upper level suspended spaces external to the main building structure, and “scattered” (ie movable) furniture, which warranted a completely new Ocad symbol! He then set the courses, taking every advantage of the complexity. Stuart McWilliam (DRV) took on the job of creating outdoor courses, for the two stage event; these were just as much fun, and only slightly less tricky.

Monash Indoor Outdoor Sprint, June 2019

Dandenong Ranges Orienteering Club has developed a great partnership with Monash University, through holding recent high profile Sprint events at the Clayton Campus. But the request to run Australia’s very first Indoor Sprint took the relationship to a whole new level – four new levels in fact!

The race attracted 140 participants, including interstaters from the ACT, NSW and even WA. Spectating was fantastic – I’ve never seen so many bemused, befuddled competitors running into the building then stopping dead, scratching their heads, turning their maps and themselves in circles as they desperately tried to orientate themselves; and that was just on the ground floor!

Australia’s very first Indoor Sprint took the relationship to a whole new level – four new levels in fact!

The post-race comments were overwhelmingly in favour – “When can we do that again!” was heard more than once.

Requests for a repeat event were so prolific that we returned to Monash in January 2020 for a combined Mega Sprint – a single race that began with a mind bending Indoor section, followed by an equally challenging Outdoor component, planned by coach in residence and world class sprint orienteer Frederic Tranchand. We thank Monash Clayton for their ongoing support and enthusiasm, and look forward to a return some time soon.

It began with a tentative enquiry and an immediately positive response, then a lot of meetings and paperwork, that got the Monash Indoor-Outdoor Sprint happening. The Learning and Teaching Building is an architectural showpiece featuring a spectacular atrium, and an unusual staircase and podium (which after multiple visits I still don’t quite understand).

Various irregularly shaped classrooms, lecture theatres and other learning spaces add to the complexity.

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Melbourne City Race, Docklands, October 2019

Daniel and Lydia Stott indoors at Monash

City Races have become a phenomenon in the UK and Europe over the past decade. The London City Race draws up to 1000 competitors from all over the world, and many other European cities have jumped on board. City Races are fantastic “orienteering tourism” events, and usually have one or two accompanying races to entice participants for a weekend in a landmark destination. Many travelling orienteers plan their overseas itineraries around the City Race calendar.

After a “fact finding” mission to London in 2018, we thought “why not?” Melbourne was the perfect place to host the first City Race in the Southern Hemisphere. Planning began in November that year, permission was obtained to use Docklands, and mapping began. The date was set as the weekend immediately after Oceania, hoping to draw some interstate and overseas competitors.

Docklands was chosen for its mix of streets, parks, open spaces, dual levels, and the river frontage. It provided the perfect blend of old and new – Melbourne’s maritime history vs contemporary architecture and public art. The City of Melbourne came on board, keen to see Docklands showcased.

We packaged up a twilight Sprint at Edgewater, and a streetbased Sprint at Kensington (two more Firsts), and the Melbourne City Race Weekend was born

promotion, including a fantastic video already launched and ready, we expect these numbers to swell.

Peter Dalwood spent many hours producing a beautiful and accurate map, coming to grips with the many quirks of the area. Jayne Sales (MFV) brought her previous experience as a London City Race course planner; urban races are not the same as sprints, and require different planning techniques. Jayne designed five courses which took in everything from the Observation Wheel, Marvel Stadium, and both sides of the Yarra River.

The weather was perfect for the whole weekend (unlike the following weekends for the rest of Spring!) The only snag we hit was a last minute closure of a pedestrian bridge which was the prime route choice for the second last leg. Some quick scrambling to correct maps delayed the starts by a few minutes, but before long 200 people were eagerly lining up, then off and racing the Docklands on a sunny Sunday morning. As a participant, the highlights were seeing parts of Melbourne I never knew existed; and the excitement of dodging the crowds along Southbank as they watched us duck and weave, some even cheering us on!

The strategy and promotion paid off, with 150 competitors for the Twilight Sprint - way more than we expected on a busy Friday evening; 190 for Kensington – an area that many had been itching to sprint on; and 200 for the main City Race. We targeted both local and travelling orienteers, though our plans to attract weekend runners were stymied somewhat by a clash with the Melbourne Marathon, which will not be the case in 2021. The field included 30 internationals and interstaters from the UK, New Zealand and Switzerland, and most Australian states, with a sizeable NSW contingent. Excitingly, we also had 35 newcomers, so with better timing and the right

Our thanks to the City of Melbourne, and to Orienteering Australia who provided funding support. The enthusiastic responses from the finishers told us that the Melbourne City Race needs to become a regular part of the Victorian fixture; November 29 at Port Melbourne is the planned date and venue for 2020. www.melbournecityrace.com.au

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Melbourne City Race

Sunday 13th October 2019

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A Year Like No Other 2019 Park Street Report

W ORD S & PHOTOS DEB BI E D ODD AND M AR G I F R E E MA NTL E , CO - CH A I RS, PA R K STR E E T CO MM I T T EE

While days seem like weeks and weeks seem like months at present, it’s quite challenging to look all the way back to the previous year. Coronavirus, social distancing, self-isolation and flattening the curve were unheard of way back in 2019. We all expected orienteering to continue along in much the same way as always.

bridge and roundabout to the west of the start caused a traffic build up, which meant an alert had to be put out, and there were a few late starters.

We were not finished yet. When we arrived at Edgewater the following week we found many tents and temporary fencing on the parkland, which was being prepared for a music festiva.

Route choices to the early controls had to be modified, but that just added another variable.

Then 2020 arrived. To give you a great indication of the challenges we’ve faced since January, have a read of this article written by Ken Moore, coordinator of the Tuesday Summer Series. To say that this year’s series was unusual would be putting it mildly! Ken spent two weeks in self-isolation after returning from a holiday in New Zealand.

As we progressed through the series, restrictions due to COVID-19 were coming into place, and the last event, at Camp One in Moonee Ponds, was organised in a “hands off’ atmosphere.

Well here we are sitting at home and wondering when we will get back to orienteering. The summer series finished just in time before the lockdown but it had been eventful even before that.

We also cancelled an event in the Monday Series (Dingley) due to poor air quality. The only metropolitan series unaffected was the Thursday series, which held presentations just before lockdowns came into effect. The other series all came to a premature end, while virtual and DIY orienteering quickly became, and remain for now, the “new normal”.

The first two weeks of January were under threat of cancellation due to low air quality caused by the bushfires to the east. The first event, at Fairbairn Park, was in doubt up until mid afternoon when a strong breeze improved the conditions, but the second event at Highpoint was cancelled. This was the first time that a western series event had been cancelled for any reason.

Winter Series (April-September 2019)

The Saturday Series had 9 Park events, 2 Enduros, and 11 regular events, with several new colour maps produced. Some Park events drew 90 participants, but other events, most notably Mordialloc and Banyule, were washed out by deluges as the series once again bore the brunt of the winter weather.

In spite of that, participation was very similar to the previous year.

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The Monday Series had a pleasing increase in participation.

MapRun was offered as an option, with participants also able to use traditional control cards. The flexibility worked well, and the takeup of MapRun was just over 50% across the season.

The Tuesday and Geelong series both continued to use MapRun only; numbers were slightly down in both series. The Wednesday series stuck with control plates, and numbers were almost identical to the previous year.

well down, but the Surf Coast series was again popular and numbers held steady.

Participation:

Participation: Monday (26)

1171

Tuesday (10)

524

Wednesday (26)

1768

Geelong (6)

166

Saturday (22)

1345

Total (90)

4974

Monday (22)

1477

Tuesday (21)

1429

Wednesday (23)

2290

Thursday (23)

1088

Regional (19)

705

Total (123)

8572

Park Street Championships

The Championship Final was held in Mulgrave during the Monday series. While less focused on the physical challenge as the map is quite flat, its variety of street layouts was used to great advantage by course setter Judi Herkes (BKV). It made for an excellent test of quick thinking as well as fast footwork for the 60 Finalists, who came from all 7 series to compete alongside a further 65 regular Monday participants. Some classes were determined by mere seconds with a few nail biting finishes. It was fantastic to see the high level of competition out on the course, and some medallists achieved season-best results as they rose to the occasion. The leadup

Summer Series (October 2019-March 2020)

The Summer daylight savings period had the usual four metropolitan series, plus the shorter Geelong, Surf Coast, and Macedon Ranges regional series. While the last few months of 2019 were “business as usual”, 2020 proved to be highly challenging for everyone. We quickly produced air quality guidelines in January but thankfully only had two cancellations. In February the Park Street Championships and Schools Championships provided extra excitement and some great courses. In March we were faced with an unprecedented scenario as restrictions were brought in; until cessation of all events on March 23.

The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday series all had stable numbers. A very successful Wednesday Schools comp was boosted by more students coming from Trinity College.

Camberwell Grammar were the deserving winners of the Roger Slade Trophy. The Thursday series got off to a slow start, with attendances improving as maps moved east, after Christmas. MapRun was introduced as an option in this series, with varying success.

Our regional series continued to hold their own. Macedon Ranges promoted hard off the back of a highly successful Sprint series, and had the highest proportion of Champs Finalists of any series. Geelong’s numbers were unfortunately

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Qualifying events also gave us some of the best courses of the summer.

reached again. Stuart McWilliam was second with 182 events (also a record), and Noel McVey was third with 135 events.

Champions:

Mens Open

Bruce Arthur (MFV)

Mens Senior

Paul Monks (YVV)

Mens Veteran

Steven O’Connell (BKV)

Mens Supervet

Tim Hatley (BKV)

Mens Ultravet

Ted van Geldermalsen (YVV)

Womens Open

Victoria Greenhan (NEV)

Womens Veteran

Sarah Love (DRV)

Womens Supervet

Carolyn Jackson (BKV)

Junior Boy

Mason Arthur (MFV)

Junior Girl

Sophie Taverna (CHV)

Mens PW Open

Dave Stillwell (NEV)

Mens PW Supervet

Ian Greenwood (DRV)

Mens PW Ultravet

Ron Frederick (NEV)

Womens PW Open

Melanie Kent (YVV)

Womens PW Supervet

Sylvia McLean (TKV)

Womens PW Ultravet

Elizabeth Hatley (BKV)

Andrew Hester left Steven O'Connell right The Millennium Club There are three Millennium Club Legends this year: Barry Giles (NEV), Steven O’Connell (BKV), and Ewen Templeton (ARV), all completing 1000 events. The Millennium Club now boasts 6 Vintage members (2000 or more events), 47 Legends (1000 or more), 28 Companions (750 or more), and 46 Associates (500 or more).

Note: at time of publication, restrictions are in place which have delayed presentation of these awards. A suitable occasion will be arranged later in 2020.

Award Winners

Course Setter of the Year – Martine Barrot (NEV), Waterford Valley.

Our judge, former dual MEFTY winner Stuart McWilliam applied a rigorous points system to reach his decision, and commended Martine for the high number of options for all running and power walking courses, and her clear map presentation, embellished with Christmas trees and reindeer.

Martine receives a Park Street season ticket as her prize.

Runners-up were Mark Besley (DRV) for Knox Fields and Merv Trease (BKV) for Koonung Crossing.

Ilze Yeates

MEFTY (Most Events for the Year) – Steven O’Connell (BKV)

The rest of 2020?

Steven smashed through the 200 barrier, participating in 201 events out of a possible 204! This benchmark may never be

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measures we’ve quickly adopted in the past few weeks have allowed people to continue setting courses and exercising with a huge variety of maps near where they live. The social side has been invaluable, with people able to record what they did, and talk about it online. MapLink, MapRun, DIY and Virtual Scoring will have an ongoing role to play as we navigate our way gradually back to normal. Looking ahead, we can expect to see things like virtual controls, pre-entry only, print your own map, and staggered start times continue for a while, as we maintain social distancing within allowable group sizes. We’ll need to be flexible and responsive as we rebuild Park Street orienteering, and we’ll need your continued support, encouragement and understanding.

As always, we are completely reliant on volunteers, from series coordinators and scorers, right through to those who regularly pick up controls. Thank you to all, in particular the following people:

Particular thanks to Lauris Stirling, Warwick Davis, Edward Bucknall and Martin Kozma, along with the club representatives and series coordinators who have all provided great assistance during difficult times. Thanks also to the many course setters who have jumped in and provided us with maps we can all use to stay active and connected; showing us that Park Street Orienteering remains alive and well, and well positioned to emerge from hibernation!

Catering: Lauris Stirling, Phil Torode and Ros King, Jenny Sheahan, Phil Giddings, Rosie Salvaris

Series Coordinators: Robert Hudson, Ken Moore, Debbie Dodd, Ewen Templeton, Michael Stillwell, John and Jenny Sheahan, David Prentice, Peter Yeates, Alan Cooke, John Ewels Results: Ian Davies, Edward Bucknall, Mark Besley, Derek Green, Andrew and Gwennyth Baker, Noel McVey, Warwick Davis, Alan Cooke, Ray Howe, Finlay Stuart Fixtures: Andrew Hunter, Lauris Stirling, Margi Freemantle, Debbie Dodd, Ian Stirling, Katherine Dent

Maprun Support: Edward Bucknall, Lauris Stirling, Warwick Davis Treasurer: Vic Sedunary Season Tickets: Steven O’Connell Statistician: Ray Howe

Thanks

Park Street Champs Mulgrave Start

Park Street Course Setter of the Year Map

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Tikalara MelbushO Event WO R DS AS HL E Y WH I TE

I was course setter for the MelbushO at Tikalara in Templestowe, with the highest number of competitors for this year. One of the hardest things about setting the course was that there was a large out of bounds section spreading through the middle of the map. That meant that the course lengths were not always as they should be. Another problem was that the creek was very high on the day of the event so we had to abandon some of the creek crossings, and people’s course lengths would vary from the planned length. Overall though I enjoyed course setting and the support I got from my club and my family was outstanding. I definitely recommend course setting to any of you juniors out there because it is such a great learning experience for you.

know that a lot of work goes into field work to check and set courses.

The event was organized by the Yarra Valley juniors and their parents, and the Layton boys with mum Carolyn from Nillumbik Emus.

Why did you want to set courses at Tikalara?

Looking for the details on the map more and not just relying on the linear features. Having looked at a map from a different perspective, I can appreciate what other course setters might be thinking about.

Because I didn’t want to control collect or do any of the other duties on offer for the juniors!

Did anyone see my trademark on the map?

What comments did people make about your courses?

Generally, people said that it was good to go somewhere close to home that still provided good navigational challenge.

People felt that I used the areas provided well, despite the large out-of-bounds section in the middle of the map. Oh, and one fellow club member said that “it must be a White course because they sent me straight up a hill!” Not too many complaints so I think it was a success.

In what ways do you think that course setting will help your orienteering?

What did you discover about course setting?

That it would have been easier to control collect!! However, I also learnt that it is not easy to set suitable courses within the guidelines. For example, making a variety of challenges for people of different ages, physical and navigational abilities. I also learnt to take in the detail on the map more as I tried to find control placements and possible route choices. I now page 28

Frederic Tranchand Fredo Looks Back on His Unique Year

W O R DS FR E DO

PHOTOS P E TE R H O DK I NSO N

In orienteering, each season, each race, and ever control is very different and always full of great experiences. This is what makes our sport so special. For me, 2019 was especially unique for four main reasons: The first one: I spent 6 months down under, a big part of my training preparation, based in Canberra and enjoying a brand new environment with very mild weather for the time of the year. After 7 years juggling between heavy engineering studies and solid serious training in France, followed by almost 5 years in Finland working part time and training even harder on challenging terrains, this opportunity was a perfect time to make some changes. Stability is essential; but I really believe that training environment changes are very positive, especially in orienteering. It’s a good way to put ourselves out of our comfort zone, and the adaptation makes us stronger! It can also enhance motivation, nice after many years of significant commitment in an activity.

hard times to start with in April, noticing how far behind others I was. However, I stayed confident in my preparation and kept focused on the main goals.

The first real test was Tiomila, where I was running the last leg for my Finnish club Paimion Rasti, and my run was pretty solid with the second best time of the last leg. The result probably was unnoticed and irrelevant because our team didn’t have the best day, just in the top 20. However, it was a perfect milestone to prove to myself that I was going in the right direction.

Anyway, I had so much fun down under, super welcomed by the warm hearted orienteering community, I enjoyed every single moment in this beautiful place. I really enjoyed my time in Canberra and all the coaching-teaching-organizing tasks we did for Orienteering ACT, so I can only be positive about this move, whatever the consequences were for the coming season and sport career. Althhough I wanted to do well in the new season, and I was eager to see how it went!

The next big tests were the World Cup round in Finland in June, and it was a big success for me. With a second place at the Middle Distance, I achieved my best result in forest orienteering at this level of competition. Very pleased to do it in the Nordics, on quite tricky terrain, where I was probably not among the big favorites! The next day was the chasing start, and thanks to some bonus seconds, and a very solid beginning of the race, I was able to keep my second position despite adding some spice with some mistakes towards the end of the

The second peculiarity of 2019 was the beginning of the split WOC era. That meant for me an exclusive Nordic forest preparation during the second part of the spring and summer, to have my chance to play a prime role at WOC in August, knowing that the Scandinavian runners would have a certain advantage on this challenging terrain. I admit that I had some page 29

course, letting the chasing group get threateningly close, just for the spectacle... This gave a lot of precious confidence and motivation to train hard towards WOC during the summer.

full article… However, the Chinese cheating at the Military Games showed how easy it is to do, if people don’t respect the fairness on which our sport is based. It also highlights the direction our sport could take if it became more important and influenced by politics or money.

The third special thing of my 2019 season was a serious eye infection that happened exactly at the wrong time, during WOC. I could barely open my eye on the morning of the Middle final; it didn't feel good at all. That affected my sleeping and recovery and felt really bad during the whole quarantine time. Although I have had some eyes injuries before, I just tried my best and still performed pretty well (finishing 6th). I ran the Relay the next day, even if it was probably not the best for recovering from the infection… At the end, despite a catastrophic start to my second leg, we responded well, and we were super happy to grab another Bronze medal at the Relay.

Anyway, after all this experience, I was very happy to come to Victoria and start a new coaching in residence here. I must say that the organization and tasks have been a bit different than in Canberra, mostly due to a very different environment, but it has been a lot of fun to be here where I have been very well welcomed again, especially by the Key family who have been amazing! I had never lived in such a big city with so much traffic as Melbourne before, and I admit it could be scary for a farmer boy like me. However it went pretty well and I almost started to feel like home here. The orienteering training has been more urban-sprint oriented, because of the proximity of the maps. Isn’t it perfect to prepare for a sprint-WOC season?

The few trips to the very interesting tricky areas near Bright, Ballarat and Bendigo were also very worthwhile. I will, for sure, keep a very nice memory of my stay, thank you all for your warm welcome and moments here!

The reverse of the medal came the next day, on the way back home to Finland. I felt terrible and went straight to hospital from the airport to check the infection, and they kept me there for a few days, followed by several weeks with 3 hospital visits per day for antibiotic injection.

This kind of experience makes you think a lot about how much is it worth to push the body and put it on the edge, when it can threaten our health. Passing from an elite sportsman close to the top at the main event of the season for the activity, to a sick person lying in a hospital bed, surely open the eyes! Where is the limit between pushing ourselves to reach a higher level, and crossing the health line? Somehow it's hard to keep perspective when we are narrowly focused and committed to our goal. However, taking care of our body should always be the priority because we have only one, and we keep it all our life! It seems very evident; though we manage to forget it sometimes. We can be very thankful to be able to exercise and to do what we like when we can. Life can reserve us some surprises and what seems obvious today might be complicated one day!

To conclude: A few things that I would remember and would like to share:

The 4th important factor of my season 2019 was the Chinese experience in the autumn. With one month there including the Military World Games in Wuhan, the World Cup final in Canton and some Park World Tour races, it could be another

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Changes can help improvement, especially if with a positive mindset and when taking advantage of the new environment

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Having clear goals gives us the direction to follow and what to focus on. It’s good to remember these goals whatever the situation and keep following our way towards them.

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Seeing small successes along the way gives significant confidence, motivation and solid milestones to lean on.

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Our health is and should always be the number 1 priority.

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Let's enjoy what we are doing every day, smile to each new person met and appreciate what we’ve got

Vic Autumn Series WORD S MA RG I F RE E MA NTL E

PHOTOS SU E G UI NANE , L IN CO LN PAT E RSO N AN D OTH E R S

At Orienteering Victoria’s 2018 Strategy Day it was noted by a number of people that attendances at the state Autumn and Spring series had been on a downward trend and some form of revitalisation was required.

Suggestions for simplifying and enhancing the series were made, such as reducing the number of courses and including sub-competitions to make the series even more interesting.

Event 1 – Bunjil

Nick Collins was the course planner for event 1. Nick was supported by OV’s two Coaches-In-Residence, Joe and Nathan, checking and placing controls, and the Victoria Schools Squad, as part of their schools team fundraising, was the organising team. The sun shone and people stayed to chat, enjoy the atmosphere after their runs, and to see if they had won prizes.

A group of interested people met to develop the ideas further and the new Vic Autumn Series took shape, with five courses plus a 2 hour score option. Prizes were introduced for course/ class winners at each event, and for the fastest sprint finish split on each course. There was also a spot prize for competitors who pre-entered.

As part of the revamp, the inter-club competition for the Rockhopper Trophy scoring was extended to include the Vic Autumn Series performances and participation, in addition to the Victorian Relay Champs results. Hadyn Tang designed and implemented the Inter-club competition scoring system.

For the first event of the series it was great to see such a large turnout with 149 entries. Helen Alexander was the winner of the first spot prize draw (return of her entry fee) and Archie Neylon blitzed the field to take the fastest sprint finish of the day.

A competition was also introduced for the highest placed junior girl and junior boy on Course 2 across the series.

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Event 2 – Petticoat Gully

Jenny Bourne designed challenging courses in the gold mining area at Petticoat Gully, and was supported by Gary Buchan and Eureka Orienteers in running the event. The

Ruth Goddard and Yarra Valley Orienteers. The terrain was very different from the last two events with its subtle gully spur. The positioning of the finish chute again provided good spectating and to everyone’s delight was a downhill leg. Archie Neylon made it 3 out of 4 to take the finish sprint leg. The spot prize draw went to John Chellew.

positioning of the finish chute provided good spectating for the sprint finish competition and the sun continued to shine long enough for people to relax and talk after their runs and to take part in the prize giving. Suzanne O’Callaghan was the spot prize winner and Archie stayed ahead of his rivals by one second to take the fastest sprint finish of the day again.

Event 5 – Irishtown

The weather forecast was not looking ideal, however the series’ luck continued and although it was on the cool side, there was no rain. Andrew Hunter was course planner, supported by Greg Tamblyn and Bayside Kangaroos Orienteers. Most courses stayed on the spur gully terrain, while Courses 1 and 2 also got a taste of gold mining in the north. The Irishtown map does not have many tracks, so Andrew had to get creative for the easy course using the water channels as “pseudo” tracks. The winner of this event’s prize draw for pre-entering was Anttijussi Karjalainen, and Archie Neylon cemented his position as the fastest finish sprint leg winner.

Event 3 – Nerrina

What a nice setting for the arena at the Little Bendigo school, centred around what must be Australia’s smallest athletics track. The hotly contested fastest sprint finish competition featured half a lap of the track which made for entertaining viewing, with Glen White taking out the title this week. Patrick Jaffe, supported by Jim Russell and the Victoria High Performance team, was the course planner, setting some great courses on a very technical part of the Nerrina map that involved a challenging mix of intense map reading, route choices and direction changes. The spot prize draw went to Jenny Bourne.

Event 6 – Creswick Diggings

The Vic Autumn Series finished with this last event also being part of the Pure Gold QB3day. Course planner Dion Keech designed some testing courses that had a mix of fast open running and steep detailed and sometimes scrubby gully lines. Dion even managed to find some very deep holes, masquerading as erosion gullies, to place controls in on Courses 1 & 2 that took some thought on how to get in / out of.

Event 4 – Eppalock South

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Then there was the most gnarly finish chute of the series which Archie Neylon once again aced for the win. This event also saw its first sprint finish run off, after brothers Lachlan and Luke Feuerherdt tied for the sprint finish on course 3M with a winning time of 24 seconds. The run off was very close with Lachlan finishing just ahead of Luke by launching his body forward over the finish line.

Series Results

The series placegetter certificates and prizes and overall awards were presented after the Victorian Middle Distance Championships. Race results are listed in the results pages.

Course 2 Junior Prize Winners Overall junior competition winner Serryn Eenjes Serryn won a pair of VJ Orienteering Shoes Junior Boy James Love James won an orienteering gear voucher Series Finish Sprint Leg Champion Archie Neylon Winner of the Lucky Draw for the STR8 Thumb Compass (open to all competitors who had pre-entered at least 5 events) Libby Meeking

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Coming Back for More

WORD S PE T ER H O DK I NSO N

Victoria has attracted many orienteering scholars from overseas in the past few years. After hearing great things from friends (and getting jealous seeing their photos online), Will Gardner and I were lucky enough to have that experience too in 2017-18. It was an amazing trip that I’ll remember for a long time, and I hope that some of you enjoyed our training sessions. It’s clear from talking to people that the coach-inresidence programme has had a positive impact on many Victorian orienteers in various ways, and it’s particularly rewarding for me personally to see some of the juniors I helped to coach continuing to develop, enjoy the sport and produce some outstanding performances.

However, something that isn’t highlighted so often is the enormous amount that we, as scholars, also gain from the experience. Some things go without saying (but I’ll say them anyway) - the opportunity to explore a new country, the lovely weather and the very welcoming and sociable orienteering community are just three.

All these things, combined with wanting to see some good friends again, convinced me to return this year for another summer down under. I’ve been lucky to have a great group of local orienteers to train with, visited some new places and been on some great training camps in Victoria and NZ. Thanks to Fredo’s training and the relentless drive of the Key family (grillings from Warren in particular) I have also come away with a greater understanding of my orienteering technique and plenty of ideas to keep working on.

But Australia has so much more to offer an elite orienteer than just a nice climate to train in. You have unique and world-class terrain, and more importantly the enthusiasm and creativeness to keep using it in new and interesting ways. I’m always amazed by how difficult a tiny school can be when combined with a map-flip and a fiendish course setter. The Sprint Into Spring series and Melbourne Sprint Weekends you stage are top quality events which, in my view, are far superior to anything happening in Europe.

Saying goodbye to Australia wasn’t much easier this time than last, but I’m pretty sure that I’ll be back again before long. For me, it’s one of the best places in the world to train for orienteering. See you next time!

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What Happened to Spring?

WORD S & P HOTO S MA R G I F RE E M AN TLE

Victorian Sprint Champs, was only available on Sunday 17 November, a week before the series was due to finish.

Race 1 - Edgewater

The Friday evening race was a first for Sprint into Spring, and, being part of the Melbourne City Race Weekend, it attracted a mix of locals, interstaters and internationals. The City Race organisers requested longer than usual courses for this event in order to follow the London City Race model. This posed a challenge for planner Judi Herkes to meet this criterion, while not compromising the sprint and hill climb legs that are a feature of SIS. Edgewater is a mix of campus, parkland and streets and Judi used these to good advantage. All courses started with a novel “tunnel crawl” before being taken straight into the complexity of Victoria University campus and then into the park gardens for the hill climb, followed quickly by a long sprint leg. While the Usain course only required competitors to navigate back to the arena, the Mo and Sally courses continued north with some long legs through the Edgewater estate, of the type that were expected in the Sunday City Race.

Some years Sprint into Spring gets perhaps one wet day. Not so for the 2019 series where the weather cycle seemed to bring cold wet weather nearly every Saturday.

Race 2 – Kensington

The series had a slightly different composition this year, starting with a double header on the Friday evening and Saturday as a lead-in to the Melbourne City Race on the Sunday. Also, the series presentations were held at a separate pop-up sprint the weekend after the last race. This was because access to Kardinia International College, the venue for the

There had been much discussion over the years that the Kensington Banks area might make a good sprint map with its complex maze of laneways, parks, and old stock fences. So it was decided to make the move and include it in this year’s program, with Fredrik Johansson and Ted van Geldermalsen both mapping and planning the courses. Setting up for this page 35

Race 3 – Kurunjang Secondary College

Tunnel crawl

Kurunjang, Melton, is a little bit off the track for most orienteers, but for those who made the journey Michael Hubbert had planned some cunning courses on this small but highly complex map. The arena was set up under the veranda outside the college reception and the start was inside the building in the reception area itself. This meant there was no peeking at course routes prior to starting. The arena setup also proved very fortuitous, as Melbourne’s fickle spring sprang into action with a downpour during the day. The fences and gates are a feature of this map, and by careful choice of which to open and which to close, they can really catch out the unwary. This event was no exception with plenty of people discovering themselves on the wrong side of several high fences. Luckily most people puzzled their way through the confusion without great time loss. All the courses featured a map swap, and competitors quickly discovered that they needed to pay attention to the fine detail. It was not a problem finding a sprint leg on this very flat map but finding a suitable hill climb presented a challenge, until it was noticed that the college had built an external stairway to access the upper level of the gym building. Luckily there was room to pass on the

event took a bit longer than usual. Due to the permit conditions, most controls had to use trestles which are time consuming to assemble, position and lock. Also the very features that make the area so interesting means parking is at a minimum (i.e. non-existent) so most trestles had to be walked in from the arena. The courses provided a mix of short sharp legs and longer ones, each providing its own puzzle for route choice. Surprisingly one leg that seemed to catch out a number of people was the sprint leg, where the control at the end of the leg was behind a concrete block. There were plenty of tales of competitors running straight past, across the bluestone street cobblestones only to find themselves alongside the next control.

Bryan Stokes

Michael Hubbert

Ian and Stephen racing on the stairs page 36

stairs and there were a few good head-to-head races up and down the stairs.

than spring, it didn’t rain during the event and all who attended had a great time.

Race 4 – Eltham College

Race 6 – Oxley College

The organisers were the Vic Junior Squad, and they did a great job, led by Callum White as course planner. Everyone enjoyed great racing and if timed right got to run in lovely sunshine, although showers did roll through every now and again. Every leg of Callum’s courses had something to think about; straight out of the start triangle competitors were faced with nothing more than a grassy slope, which was disorienting. There were route choices all the way, and the eastern end of the school was particularly challenging with its playground, very small buildings, and numerous fences and gates. There were lots of places where the decision was either to go wide and keep it simple, or take a route that was more direct but harder to navigate. The sprint leg had a trap for the unwary who took the longer stair option, and the hill climb was tough, with a very steep pinch to start with, a levelling out, then a second steep pinch to reach the control.

At last, Melbourne’s spring decided to turn on a fine, dry day with a higher temperature than the previous few races. This was Sarah and James Loves’ first experience of sprint course planning. James, as an Oxley College student has good knowledge of this campus, and by the time Sarah and he had finished planning the courses they made sure the competitors would get well acquainted with the campus as well. On arriving to set up, the organisers discovered they had been beaten there by a group setting up a Christmas nativity scene, smack bang in the middle of a route choice option. Fortunately competitors took this unmapped obstacle in their stride. The courses started in the built area with its tight turns, lots of stairs and ramps, and very small outbuildings as well as the main campus. Then the sprint leg was a hard straight run across the edge of the oval, followed by a series of open running legs before the hill climb, which kicked off a final sequence of technical legs among the buildings again, before an uphill finish.

Race 5 – Cornish College

After our first use of Cornish College in 2018, we were invited to come back again this year. In preparation for the event Ian Davies updated the map to include the new building and surrounding landscaping. First time course planners Victoria Greenhan and Greg Palmer planned courses that used the complex built area and internal corridors, and the parkland with its island and mini farm, to great effect, creating courses that kept competitors thinking hard throughout. A number of competitors got caught out by the courtyards and covered corridors early on, and found that small details were important with tiny paths connecting through to the open spaces. Both the sprint and hill climb legs were out in the parkland with the hill being a long gentle climb, in comparison to the short steep one last year. Melbourne’s unseasonably cold spring continued, but although the conditions felt more like winter

Callum White

Race 7 – Darebin Parklands

The final event for the series finally saw some lovely late spring weather – no hail or gale, just sunshine. It was a move away from campus terrain and into a pure park/bush environment.

Course planners were Will Davey and Jensen Key, and they had put a lot of thought and test running into these courses to make the most of the terrain. The courses started in the woodland to the north, and then headed downhill to the creek, setting up some good route choices to the south end of the park. The southern section featured lots of changes of direction and route choice legs around the series of lakes. Both the hill climb and sprint leg were in the southern part, where the hill climb had been set up perfectly for photography with competitors powering up the short hill, and the sprint leg

Daniel Stott

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needed good map reading. Then at the end of the course, just when competitors were contemplating a sprint up through the finish arch, there came the realisation that the leg was equal to the hill climb with four lung busting contours to be overcome between the final control and the finish.

The Pop-Up Sprint – Ruffey Lake Park

The Sprint into Spring presentations were held in conjunction with an informal (pop-up) sprint. Former coach-in-residence Peter Hodkinson, back in Melbourne for another summer, put up his hand as organiser, and Brodie Nankervis quickly came on board as the course planner. Who will forget Brodie’s maze in a hurry - certainly not Peter and other helpers who had to set out seemingly kilometres of tape for it, nor the competitors puzzling their way around it. Again it was a lovely late spring day with plenty of sunshine that tempted people to stay and relax under the trees after the event and series presentations.

Jersey winners 2019

Eleanor Williams

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2019 Highlights from the Eureka Orienteers, Ballarat

WORD S BLAKE G ORDON, SE CR ETA R Y, EURE KA O R IE NTE E R S

Every year we reflect and record what were the highlights, individual achievements, strength and weaknesses and plans for the next year. Our 45th year was full of highlights; I’ve listed six that stood out.

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the Daylesford’s mining history within the city limits for visitors and school children.

MapRun (7 events) was successfully introduced to Ballarat by Ian Chennell and a small team of members that took up the challenge of setting electronic controls on the smartphone app in and around the parks, streets and gardens of Ballarat during summer and autumn.

Ballarat Winter Series ran five low-key events culminating in the Eureka Challenge at Enfield thanks to Roch Prendergast - before the rain descended!

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Ian Chennell’s determined and successful effort to update the electronic entry, timing and results capabilities for both small and large events – tested at Maryborough with 5 events in 3 days!

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Eureka’s team of Sam and Mark Valentine and Toby Cooper staged the largest aMAZEing Geelong for the Victorian Teachers Games in September, while Monica Dickson and Helen Bloom set challenging clues in aMAZEing Buninyong just south of Ballarat.

2019 was crammed with individual achievements some of which are noted below.

The 2019 Australian MTBO Championships were an outstanding success with Ian Chennell and Blake Gordon combining the expertise of Eureka, Yarra Valley and Bayside clubs to produce five quality events in Maryborough and Dunolly (and a dinner at the Maryborough Station!) in three memorable October days.

Ken and Anita Dowling’s dedicated effort in establishing a permanent orienteering course (POC) at Cornish Hill which showcase direct experience of page 39

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Jenny Bourne’s detailed, technical courses at Petticoat Gully combined with Gary Buchan’s organising and Geoff Lawford’s checking in early March

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Aislinn Prendergast elected Secretary of Orienteering Victoria

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Jenny Bourne scored the highest number of points (24) in the “Silva Orienteer of the Year” medal but beaten on a countback on winning margin

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Geoff Lawford added to “Orienteering Australia Hall of Fame” – Athletes Division

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Aislinn P 45th in WOC Long Champs; Belinda Lawford 20th in WOC Middle Qualifier in Norway

‘Jenny Jamieson Award’ – Warwick Williams (work with schools-o, setting events, course advising, and much more)

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Podium finishes at the Oceania Championships for Jenny B, Geoff L, Belinda L and Roch P

‘Stuff Up of the Year’ – Gary Buchan (for crashes story at Aust MTBO Champs dinner)

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Inaugural ‘Tom Norwood Award’ – Ken Dowling (concept and management of POC Cornish Hill)

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‘Silva Orienteer of the Year’ Cup for 2019 – Jenny Bourne – she gets our cup but not the medal!

Podium finishes at Australian MTBO Championships for Patrick Cooper, Eleanor Williams, Dale Ann Gordon, Gary Buchan and Warwick Williams; Dale G and Monica Dickson won Victorian Resident Champion spikes on all 4 events!

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Podium finishes for Aislinn P, Belinda L, Jenny B and Geoff L at Easter 3-Days Orienteering

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Eureka took 2nd Place Club in the Victorian Autumn Series in the 6-event series

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Blake Gordon (M70) won the 5-event Victorian MTBO Series on Course 4.

In summary, I think our small Victorian country Eureka club have made many noteworthy accomplishments in 2019, our 45th year. I should mention how pleased EU has been that Terry Haebich (former OVic Treasurer) and Bill Borrie (Assistant Coach of Junior Squad) returned to the club after long absences due to injury (Terry) and teaching overseas (Bill).

Eureka received terrific support in our mountain bike orienteering program this year from Peter and Carolyn Cusworth (BK), Kathy Liley (YV), Ed Steenbergen (CH), Rose and Andrew Campbell (AW) and Keith Wade (TK). Without their assistance we would not have been able run quality events across both foot and mtbo disciplines.

The annual awards presented at the 2019 AGM at Mt Clear Scout Hall

Blake Gordon, Secretary, Eureka Orienteers Inc.

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Victorian Orienteering Association

Financial report VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 COMMITTEE REPORT Your committee members submit the financial report of Victorian Orienteering Association for the financial year ended 31 December 2019.

Committee Members The names of committee members throughout the year and at the date of this report are: Carl Dalheim (President) Aislinn Prendergast (Secretary) Stephen Collins (Treasurer) Margi Freemantle (Vice-President) David Jaffe (Vice-President) Principal Activities The principal activities of the association during the financial year were to provide sporting and social facilities to members of the association.

Significant Changes No significant change in the nature of these activities occurred during the year.

Operating Result The deficit after providing for income tax amounted to $33,272 (last year deficit $36,965).

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the members of the committee.

Carl Dalheim President

Stephen Collins Treasurer Dated this 30th Day of April 2020

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 2019 $

2018 $

Income Event Entry Fees Member Subscriptions Club Affiliation Fees Government Grants Events Levies Merchandise Sales Promotion & Development Sundry Receipts Interest Received Other Event Receipts Total Income

9,092 19,011 6,273 46,159 67,453 24,017 (300) 4,856 590 177,151

21,666 14,959 4,182 91,206 57,268 3,694 39,306 7,775 7,281 247,337

Less: Cost of Sales SI Card Stock Depletion Events Costs Promotion & Development Total Cost of Sales Gross Surplus (Deficit)

1,075 18,683 21,472 41,230 135,921

10,897 7,929 31,453 50,279 197,058

2,400 628 1,981 120 1,016 124 4,545 1,310 441 605 39,059 108 382 6,169 2,268 8,796 2,744 997 11,399 2,656 7,180 13,295 57,804 1,500 1,666 169,193 (33,272)

2,700 427 1,481 4,015 1,947 4,919 585 53,242 1,319 364 6,030 1,979 7,090 4,180 922 19,215 2,605 10,798 23,386 83,871 1,917 1,031 234,023 (36,965)

Expenditure Audit Fees Bank/Merchant Fees & Charges Coaching Control Card Printing Depreciation of Equipment Equipment Maintenance Fixture Printing General Equipment Grant Disbursement Insurance Levies & Affiliation Fees - OA Meeting & Board Reimbursements Membership Fees - Non OA Office Other expenses Periodical - "Australian Orienteer" Periodical - "Orienteer Victoria" Periodical Postage Promotion & Development Software Licences & Maintenance Superannuation Wages - Casual Staff Wages - Permanent Staff Websites WorkCover Premiums Total Expenditure Net Operating Surplus

VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2019

Note Current Assets Cash Term Deposits Trade Debtors Deposits Paid Short term loan to employees Total Current Assets

2019 $

2018 $

49,861 168,772 401 5,000 224,034

140,864 115,294 2,236 258,394

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1,737 1,737 225,771

2,753 2,753 261,147

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15,073 15,073

17,177 17,177

Total Liabilities Net Assets

15,073 210,698

17,177 243,970

Members' Fund Development Fund Reserve Retained Surplus Total Members' Fund

210,698 210,698

6,271 237,699 243,970

Non-Current Assets Plant and Equipment Total Assets Current Liabilities Other Payables Total Current Liabilities

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019

VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019

$ Development Fund Reserve: Balance at 1 January 2019 Adjustment During the Year Balance at 31 December 2019

6,271 (6,271) -

Retained Surplus: Balance at 1 January 2019 Adjustment During the Year Balance at 31 December 2019

243,970 (33,272) 210,698

Cash flows from operating activities Receipts from Operating Activities Payments to Suppliers & Employees Interest Received Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

2019 $

2018 $

172,696 (215,077) 4,856 (37,525)

240,056 (283,806) 7,281 (36,469)

Cash flows from investing activities Payments for Plant & Equipment Proceeds received from sale of Plant & Equipment Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

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Cash flows from financing activities Repayment of the loan Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

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Net increase (decrease) in cash held

(37,525)

(36,469)

Cash at beginning of financial year Cash at end of financial year

256,158 218,633

292,627 256,158

49,861 168,772 218,633

140,864 115,294 256,158

Reconciliation of Cash For the purposes of the cash flow statement, cash includes cash and cash equivalents.

Cash at the end of the financial year as shown in the cash flow statement is reconciled to the related items in the balance sheet as follows: Cash Term Deposits

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The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019

2019 $

VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 Note 1: Statement of Significant Accounting Policies The financial statements are special purpose financial statements prepared in order to satisfy the financial reporting requirements of the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 VIC. The committee has determined that the association is not a reporting entity.

2018 $

Reconciliation of Cash Flow from Operations with Profit from Ordinary Activities after Income Tax Profit from Ordinary Activities

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistent with the previous period unless stated otherwise, have been adopted in the preparation of these financial statements.

(33,272)

Add (Less) : Non-Cash Flows in Profit (Loss) from ordinary Activities Depreciation Expense Gain from sale of assets Add (Less) : Changes in Assets & Liabilities (Increase)/Decrease in Other Current Assets (Increase)/Decrease in Inventories Increase/(Decrease) in Other Payables Cash flow from operating activities

(36,965)

1,016 -

1,090 -

(3,165) (2,104) (37,525)

(2,236) 2,050 (408) (36,469)

(A) Basis of Preparation Reporting Basis and Conventions The financial report has been prepared on an cash basis and does not take into account changing money values or, except where specifically stated, current valuations of non-current assets. Cost is based on the fair values of the consideration given in exchange for assets.

(B) Accounting Policies Income tax The association is exempt from income tax.

Plant and Equipment Each class of plant and equipment is carried at cost less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

The carrying amount of each class of plant and equipment is reviewed annually to ensure it is not in excess of the recoverable amount from those assets. The recoverable amount is assessed on the basis of the expected net cash flows that will be received from the assets' employment and subsequent disposal. The expected net cash flows have not been discounted to present values in determining the recoverable amounts.

Subsequent costs are included in the asset's carrying amount recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that the future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the association and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the income statement during the financial period in which they are incurred.

Depreciation The depreciable amount of all plant & equipment including buildings and capitalised leased assets, is depreciated on a straight-line basis over their useful lives to the association commencing from the time the asset is held ready for use. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of either the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the improvements.

The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets are: Class of Asset Plant and Equipment Furniture & Fittings

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019

VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019

Note 1: Statement of Significant Accounting Policies (Cont.)

Revenue All items of revenue, excluding funding revenue and interest revenue is recognised in full in the income year in which it is invoiced or received, which ever is the earlier.

Note 1: Statement of Significant Accounting Policies (Cont.)

The assets residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each balance date.

An assets carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset's carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount.

Funding revenue is recognised when the right to receive the funding has been established.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount. These gains and losses are included in the income statement. When revalued assets are sold, amounts included in the revaluation reserve relating to that asset are transferred to retained earnings.

Interest revenue is recognised on a proportional basis taking into account the interest rates applicable to the financial assets.

All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST).

Leases & Hire Purchases Leases of fixed assets, where substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to the ownership of the asset, but not legal ownership, are transferred to the association are classified as finance leases.

Goods and Services Tax (GST) Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the Australian Tax Office. In these circumstances, the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of an item of the expense. Receivables and payables in the balance sheet are shown inclusive of GST.

Finance leases are capitalised by recording an asset and a liability at the lower of the amount equal to the fair value of the leased property or the present value of the minimum lease payments, including any guaranteed residual values. Lease payments are allocated between the reduction of the lease liability and the lease interest expense for the period. Hire purchases are treated in the same way.

Cash flows are presented in the cash flow statement on a gross basis, except for the GST component of investing and financing activities, which are disclosed as operating cash flows.

Leased assets are depreciated on a straight line basis over their estimated useful lives where it is likely that the association will obtain ownership of the asset or ownership over the term of the lease.

Comparative Figures When required by Accounting Standards comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation for the current financial year.

Lease payments under operating leases, where substantially all the risks and benefits remain with the leaser, are charged as expenses in the periods in which they are incurred.

(C) Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements The Board of Management evaluates estimates and judgments incorporated into the financial report based on historical knowledge and best available current information. Estimates assume a reasonable expectation of future events and are based on current trends and economic data, obtained both externally and within the association.

Lease incentives under operating leases are recognised as a liability and amortised on a straight - line basis over the life of the lease term.

Impairment of Assets At each reporting date, the Board of Management reviews the carrying values of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have been impaired. If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, being the higher of the asset's fair value less costs to sell and value-in-use, is compared to the asset's carrying value. Any excess of the asset's carrying value over its recoverable amount is expensed to the income statement.

Key estimates - Impairment: The association assesses impairment at each reporting date by evaluating conditions specific to the group that may lead to impairment of assets. Where an impairment trigger exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined. Value-in-use calculations performed in assessing recoverable amounts incorporate a number of key estimates.

Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the association estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Key judgments - Doubtful debts provision: No doubtful dept provision has been made at 31 December 2019, as there are only $401 accounts receivable as at 31 December 2019.

Employee Benefits Provision is made for the liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees to balance date. Employee benefits that are expected to be settled within one year have been measured at the amount expected to be paid when the liability is settled, plus related on-costs. Employee entitlements payable later than one year have been measured at the present value of the estimated future cash out flows to be made for those benefits.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks or financial institutions, other short term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within short term borrowings in current liabilities on the balance sheet.

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Depreciation Rate % 5.00 to 40.00% 6.67 to 10.00%

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 2019 $ Note 2: Plant and Equipment Office Equipment Less: Accumulated depreciation

SI Equipment Less: Accumulated depreciation

Training Equipment Less: Accumulated depreciation

2018 $

1,445 (1,445) -

2,910 (2,910) -

28,074 (26,337) 1,737

28,718 (25,965) 2,753

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Photographic Equipment Less: Accumulated depreciation

Note 3: Other payables GST PAYG Superannuation Schools Teams Funds Held on Trust Owing to Clubs Others

2,424 (2,424) -

1,435 (1,435) 1,737

1,435 (1,435) 2,753

2,424 4,525 (94) 5,884 (139) 2,473 15,073

5,067 5,466 982 6,232 (570) 17,177

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Note 4: Capital and Leasing Commitments Operating lease contracted for but not capitalised in the financial statements is payable as follows; Not later than one year Later than one year but no later than five year

Note 5: Events After the Statements of Financial Position Date There were no events subsequent to balance sheet date which had a material impact on the financial position as at 31 December 2019 and performance and cash flows for the year ended on that date.

Note 6: Related Party Transactions There was no related party transactions during the year.

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

In the opinion of the Board of Management the Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Financial Performance, Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the Financial Statements: 1. Presents fairly the financial position of Victorian Orienteering Association as at 31 December 2019 and its performance for the year ended on that date in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, mandatory professional reporting requirements and other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board.

2. At the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the association will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Management and is signed for and on behalf of the Board of Management by:

Carl Dalheim President

Stephen Collins Treasurer Dated this 30th Day of April 2020

VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 CERTIFICATE BY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE

I, Carl Dalheim

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22nd of May 2020. (a) I attended the annual general meeting of the association held on ................................. (b) This annual statement was submitted to the members of the association at its annual general meeting.

22nd of May 2020.

Date: ...............................

Carl Dalheim President Date: page 45 Page 12

Honour Roll Course Setter of the Year 2019 Long Distance

Oceania Long Distance – Kangaroo Crossing | Course Planner – Warren Key. Nominees: Oceania Long Distance – Kangaroo Crossing | Course Planner – Warren Key. Victorian Long Distance Championships - Chinaman Flat | Course Planner – Ted van Geldermalsen.

Course Setter of the Year 2019 Middle Distance

Vic Autumn Series 3 – Nerrina | Course Planner – Patrick Jaffe.

Nominees: Victorian Middle Distance – Creswick Diggings | Course Planner – Vic Sedunary.

Vic Autumn Series 3 – Nerrina | Course Planner – Patrick Jaffe.

Course Setter of the Year 2019 Sprint Distance

Sprint into Spring Event 4 – Eltham College | Course Planner – Callum White.

Nominees: Sprint into Spring Event 4 – Eltham College | Course Planner – Callum White.

Macedon Ranges Sprint - Sacred Heart College | Course Planner - Sophie Taverna.

Event Management of the Year 2019

Oceania Victorian events | Event Organiser - Leigh Privett.

Nominees: Oceania Victorian events | Event Organiser - Leigh Privett.

Autumn Series 2019 | Series Director – Ted van Geldermalsen.

Sprint into Spring Series| Series Directors – Ted van Geldermalsen and Margi Freemantle.

Rockhopper Trophy 2019

Melbourne Forest Racers.

Rockhopper Junior Award 2019

Aston Key and Sophie Taverna.

Services to Orienteering 2019

Greg Tamblyn.

Recognition of Innovation

BendigORingen – 4 maps: New St Mungo/St Just’s Point/ New Argus/South Star | Course Planners – Neil Barr and Julie Flynn.

Indoor/Outdoor Double Sprint – Monash Clayton Campus | Course Planners – Peter Dalwood and Ian Davies.

Eureka Challenge – Enfield (a bush Sprint) | Course Planner – Roch Prendergast.

Melbourne City Race – Docklands | Course Planner – Jayne Sale

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Results Compiled by Blair Trewin

Victorian Sprint Championships (Kardinia International College, Geelong) M21A

Peter Hodkinson

W21A

Liis Johanson

M10A

Matthew Layton

W10A

Mia Gavens

M12A

Joshua Feuerherdt

W12A

Maya Bennette

M14A

Lachlan Feuerherdt

W14A

Sophie Arthur

M16A

Callum White

W16A

Sophie Taverna

M17-20A

Mason Arthur

W17-20A

Sarah Davies

M35A

Scott Gavens

W35A

Jenny Bourne

M45A

Dion Keech

W45A

Heather O'Donnell

M55A

Bruce Paterson

W55A

Janine Steer

M60A

Tim Hatley

W60A

Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins

M65A

Ted van Geldermalsen

W65A

Carolyn Cusworth

M70A

Peter Dalwood

W70A

Ruth Goddard

M75A

Blake Gordon

W75A

Judi Herkes

Victorian Middle Distance Championships (Creswick Diggings) M21A

Patrick Jaffe

W21A

Aislinn Prendergast

M10A

Matthew Layton

W10A

Angelina Kozma

M12A

Joshua Feuerherdt

W12A

Sammy Love

M14A

Lachlan Feuerherdt

W14A

Sophie Arthur

M16A

Torren Arthur

W16A

Sophie Taverna

M17-20A

Mason Arthur

W17-20A

Venla-Linnea Karjalainen

M35A

Geoff Lawford

W35A

Jayne Sales

M40A

Damian Spencer

W40A

Paivi Karjalainen

M45A

Dion Keech

W45A

Jenny Bourne

M50A

Martin Steer

W50A

Prue Dobbin

M55A

Don Cherry

W55A

Janine Steer

M60A

Tim Hatley

W60A

Helen Edmonds

M65A

Ted van Geldermalsen

W65A

Sue Key

M70A

Alex Tarr

W70A

Libby Meeking

M75A

Peter Searle

W75A

Judi Herkes

M80A

Ken Moore

W80A

Helen Alexander

Short Open B

Debbie Dodd

Long Open B

Sarah Love

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Results Compiled by Blair Trewin Victorian Long Distance Championships (Chinamans Flat, Linton) M21E

Kerrin Rattray

W21E

Natasha Key

M10A

Joel Crothers

W10A

Ella Lang

M12A

Ashley White

W12A

Eleanor Williams

M14A

Henri du Toit

W14A

Milla Key

M16A

Torren Arthur

W16A

Sophie Taverna

M17-20A

Jensen Key

W17-20A

Sarah Davies

M35A

Geoff Lawford

M40A

Damian Spencer

M45A

Blair Trewin

W45A

Hania Lada

M50A

Ed Steenbergen

W50A

Liliia Glushchenko

M55A

Carl Dalheim

W55A

Jenny Bourne

M60A

Warren Key

W60A

Carolyn Jackson

M65A

Leigh Privett

W65A

Sue Key

M70A

Tony Radford

W70A

Libby Meeking

M75A

Alex Tarr

W75A

Judi Herkes

M80A

Ken Moore

W80A

Helen Alexander

M/W10N

Neo Kozma W35AS

Heather O'Donnell

M45AS

Bill Vandendool

W45AS

Raelee Eenjes

M55AS

Geoff Adams

W55AS

Judy Prendergast

Long Open B

Ryan Davies

Open Easy

Hannah Adams

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Results Compiled by Blair Trewin Victorian performances in team competitions Victorian teams or clubs achieved the following results in national team competitions in 2019: National Orienteering League

Senior Men Senior Women Junior Men Junior Women

2nd 1st 6th 6th

Orienteering Australia Shield Xanthorrhoea Trophy Australian Schools Championships

3rd 5th 4th

Champion Club Trophy

Melbourne Forest Racers Bendigo

2nd 5th

The following Victorians achieved top-ten individual performances in the 2019 National Orienteering League: Senior men Senior women Junior women

Patrick Jaffe (5th) Natasha Key (2nd), Aislinn Prendergast (6th) Venla-Linnea Karjalainen (7th)

The following Victorians achieved top-ten individual performances at the 2019 Australian Schools Championships: Senior boys Junior boys Junior girls

Mason Arthur (5th sprint, 9th long), Jensen Key (7th long) Torren Arthur (3rd long, 10th sprint) Sophie Taverna (3rd long, 7th sprint), Milla Key (5th long, 9th sprint), Sophie Arthur (7th long)

Victorians in representative teams

The following Victorians were selected in representative teams in 2019 World Orienteering Championships Junior World Orienteering Championships Australian Schools Honour Team Australia-New Zealand Challenge

Mary Fleming, Patrick Jaffe, Aislinn Prendergast Aston Key Torren Arthur, Jensen Key, Milla Key Bruce Arthur, Mason Arthur, Torren Arthur, Jenny Bourne, Craig Feuerherdt, Jensen Key, Natasha Key, Hania Lada, Geoff Lawford, Tony Radford

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Results Compiled by Blair Trewin Victorian results in national events

Australian Relay Championships (Hill End, NSW and Cootamundra, NSW) 1st

3rd

W21E

Aislinn Prendergast, Venla-Linnea Karjalainen, Natasha Key

M35A

Simon Rouse, Reuben Smith, Warren Key

M65A

Ted van Geldermalsen, Roch Prendergast, Alex Tarr

W45A

Nicola Dalheim, Julie Flynn, Janine Steer

W Open B

Heather O'Donnell, Wendy Taverna, Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins

Australian Long Distance Championships (Cootamundra, NSW) 1st

2nd

3rd

Natasha Key

W21E

Milla Key

W14A

Luke Feuerherdt

M12A

Bruce Arthur

M45A

Caitlyn Steer

W18A

Liz Wood

W65A

Warren Key

M60A

Peter Hobbs

M35A

Ralph Koch

M70A

Jenny Bourne

W60A

Simon Rouse

M40A

Ted van Geldermalsen

M65A

Sue Key

W65A

Leigh Privett

M70A

Tony Radford

M70A

Judi Herkes

W75A

Alex Tarr

M75A

Helen Alexander

W80A

Rob Lewis

M45AS

Emma Cates

W Junior B

Colin Morgans

M Easy

Carol Morgans

W Easy

Australian Middle Distance Championships (Narrogin, WA) 1st

2nd

3rd

Luke Feuerherdt

M12A

Lachlan Feuerherdt

M14A

Patrick Jaffe

M21E

Craig Feuerherdt

M40A

Tony Radford

M70A

Natasha Key

W21E

Bruce Arthur

M45A

Bill Vandendool

M65AS

Alison Radford

W65A

Warren Key

M55A

Ruth Goddard

W70A

Tim Hatley

M60A

Carolyn Jackson

W60A

Libby Meeking

W70A

Alex Tarr

M75A

Judi Herkes

W75A

Helen Alexander

W80A

Elizabeth Hatley

W Open B

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Results Compiled by Blair Trewin Australian Sprint Championships (Narrogin, WA) 1st

2nd

3rd

Natasha Key

W21E

Lachlan Feuerherdt

M14A

Luke Feuerherdt

M12A

Milla Key

W14A

Craig Feuerherdt

M40A

Geoff Lawford

M55A

Bruce Arthur

M45A

Tim Hatley

M60A

Carolyn Jackson

W60A

Kathy Liley

W70A

Alex Tarr

M75A

Judi Herkes

W75A

Helen Alexander

W80A

Patrick Jaffe

M21E

Australian 3-Days (Perth and Beverley, WA) 1st

2nd

3rd

Natasha Key

W21E

Luke Feuerherdt

M12A

Lachlan Feuerherdt

M14A

Craig Feuerherdt

M40A

Torren Arthur

M16A

Sophie Arthur

W14A

Bruce Arthur

M45A

Geoff Lawford

M55A

Nicola Dalheim

W50A

Warren Key

M55A

Jenny Bourne

W55A

Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins

W55AS

Carolyn Jackson

W60A

Libby Meeking

W70A

Kathy Liley

W70A

Alex Tarr

M75A

Helen Alexander

W80A

Wendy Taverna

W35AS

Kerryn Searle

W35AS

Oceania Long Distance Championships (Beechworth, Vic) 1st

2nd

3rd

Milla Key

W14A

Natasha Key

W21E

Craig Feuerherdt

M40A

Jensen Key

M18A

Matthew Layton

M10A

Blair Trewin

M45A

Matthew Schepisi

M35A

Sophie Taverna

W16A

Jenny Bourne

W60A

Bruce Arthur

M45A

Jayne Sales

W35A

Sue Key

W65A

Ted van Geldermalsen

M65A

Wendy Taverna

W35AS

Libby Meeking

W70A

Susannah King

W45AS

Helen Alexander

W80A

Joshua Layton

M/W10N

David Jaffe

M55AS

Ryan Cates

M Open B

Emma Cates

W Junior B

Sarah Love

W Open B

Colin Morgans

M Easy

Hannah Adams

W Easy

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Results Compiled by Blair Trewin

Oceania Middle Distance Championships (Beechworth, Vic) 1st

2nd

3rd

Aston Key

M21E

Luke Feuerherdt

M12A

Craig Feuerherdt

M40A

Ilka Barr

W35A

Simon Rouse

M40A

Geoff Lawford

M55A

Bruce Arthur

M45A

Alex Tarr

M75A

Sue Key

W65A

Jenny Bourne

W60A

Sonia Ali

W21AS

Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins

W55AS

Ted van Geldermalsen

M65A

Ryan Cates

M Open B

Jenelle Templeton

W65A

Alison Radford

W65A

Raelee Eenjes

W Open B

Ruth Goddard

W70A

Judi Herkes

W75A

Helen Alexander

W80A

Emma Cates

W Junior B

Colin Morgans

M Easy

Hannah Adams

W Easy

Helen Adams

W Very Easy

Oceania Sprint Championships (Wagga Wagga, NSW) 1st

2nd

3rd

Bruce Arthur

M45A

Jayne Sales

W35A

Simon Rouse

M40A

Jenny Bourne

W60A

Tim Hatley

M60A

Geoff Lawford

M55A

Helen Alexander

W80A

Sue Key

W65A

Alex Tarr

M75A

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Results 2019 Overall Winners and Jersey Holders Overall Winner & YELLOW Jersey

Overall Sprint Leg Winner & GREEN Jersey

Overall Hill Climb Winners & POLKADOT Jersey

Mo Men

Aston Key

Steven O'Connell

Shane Mallia

Mo Women

Liis Johanson

Sarah Love

Heather O'Donnell

Sally Men

Lachlan Feuerherdt

Damian Spencer

Wayne Love

Sally Women

Milla Key

Marie Platt

Samantha Love

Usain Men/Women

Luke Feuerherdt

Joshua Feuerherdt

Lucas Kent

The Rockhopper Trophy – Interclub Competition Winner After six Vic Autumn Series events and the Vic Relay Champs, Melbourne Forest Racers have won the Interclub competition for 2019. Bendigo Orienteers placed second and Yarra Valley Orienteers third.

VIC Autumn Series Overall Winners 1M Richard Goonan 1W Aislinn Prendergast 2M Bruce Paterson 2W Liliia Glushchenko 3M Darren Eenjes 3W Victoria Greenhan 4M Greg Palmer 4W Jocelyn Watts 5M Neo Kozma 5W Angelina Kozma Score Andrew Hunter

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0/1

AR V

16

427

11

0

252

9

0

16

175

42

0

175

8

16

0

1/12

8

8.4

0

0

0

AW V

Leigh Privett

BG V

0

2 / 1

Clare Brownridge Heather Jones

Neil Barr

John Chellew Richard Goonan Ben Goonan David Brownridge Archie Neylon Derek Morris Lachlan Feuerherdt Judi Herkes

6.5

2

1067

528

88

539

441

98

29

69

6.4

0

2 /15

Alexander Rowlands Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins

David Knight

6.4

Scott Gavens

Heather Leslie

Janet King

David Rowlands

Tim Hatley

Helen Alexander

6.5

6.7

6.9

7.2

7.2

7.6

7.7

BK V

4

858

300

50

558

470

88

19

69

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.7

5.7

6.4

7.0

7.7

10.0

10.0

0

5/10

8

440

48

8

392

314

78

50

28

3.7

5.3

Dale Taverna

5.9

Jemima Bradfield Smith

6.3

7.3

Wendy Taverna

Mark Hennessy

Sophie Taverna

CH V

0

23/

Peter Yeates Peter Dalwood Sammy Love Damian Spencer Helen Walpole Pamela King

Ian Davies

5

792

348

58

444

352

92

26

66

5.5

5.5

5.8

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.7

7.6

8.2

Simon Rouse Ilze Yeates

8.3

Ian Dodd

DR V

EU V

0

14/42

Michael Wyatt Anitra Dowling

Rod Gray

Blake Gordon

Heather Bice

Aislinn Prendergast

Geoff Lawford

Ken Dowling

Jenny Bourne

Dale Ann Gordon

6

781

156

26

625

515

110

33

77

6.3

6.4

6.7

6.8

7.2

7.4

7.7

8.4

10.0

10.0

0

10/42

Julie Francis

1

1628

984

164

644

568

76

24

52

4.4

4.8

5.1

Fredrik Johansson Jayne Sales

6.0

6.2

8.0

8.3

9.6

Mason Arthur

Kerrin Rattray William Davey

Bruce Arthur

Sue Key

MF V

0

10/

Jeff Hughes

Leone Carberry

Greg Palmer

Victoria Greenhan

Mark Baxter

John Carberry

Robert Edmonds

Geoff Hudson

Helen Edmonds

NE V

The Vic Club Relays scores are the raw scores gained by club teams using the previous Vic Club Relays scoring rules. The Weighted Relays scores are the raw scores x 6 in order to give the Vic Club Relays results a similar weighting to the overall Vic Autumn Series results in the overall Rockhopper Trophy score.

A club’s maximum possible score for an event is 200 – This would be achieved if the best ten performances all score 10 (10 x 10 = 100) and every club member enters the event (100%).

The club turnout score is calculated as the ratio of the number of current club members who entered (online + EOD) divided by the total current club membership from Eventor on the evening of the event, expressed as a percentage. Competitors are only counted if they are a current paid up member of a club on the day of the event.

A pace score is calculated for every current club member who completes a course. The best 10 pace scores for each club are summed to obtain that club’s Pace score. An individual’s pace score is their race pace in min/km divided by an age factor (see previous events for table) and then converted back to a score out of 10. An age adjusted pace of 5min/km or faster earns 10 points, 10 min/km earns 5 points, 15 min/km earns 3.3 points and 20 min/km earns 2.5 points, etc.

Scoring Explanation

Rank

Turnout score Total score this event Previous events Vic Autumn total score Vic Club Relays score Weighted Relays score Rockhopper Trophy Score

Pace score

10

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

Club

Interclub competition scores

Vic Autumn Series 6 – Creswick Diggings – 8 Jun 2019 and Final 2019 Rockhopper Trophy Scores

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7

630

264

44

366

304

62

14

48

3.5

4.4

4.6

4.8

5.1

5.4

5.9

6.2

8.5

TK V

0

2/1

Ian Collins

Terry Gavaghan

10

195

0

0

195

177

18

11

7

3.0

4.4

0

20/

Kathy Liley

John Meeking

3

885

312

52

573

468

105

26

79

6.3

6.4

6.6

7.0 Callum White

7.3 Melissa Gangemi

7.6

8.3

9.7

10.0

10.0

Peter Black

Ted van Geldermalsen

Libby Meeking

Ralph Koch

Janet Tarr

Alex Tarr

YV V

Results

Compiled by Peter Cusworth

2019 Victorian MTBO results 2019 World Masters MTBO Championships – Germany

LONG Distance: Dunolly Forest, Dunolly 1st – Patrick Cooper M12 (EU), Peter Hill M70 (NE), Helen Alexander W80 (BK) 2nd – Rick Armstrong M70 (AW) 3rd – Alex Randall M21 (YV), Carolyn Jackson W21 (BK), Dion Keech M40 (MF), Peter Cusworth M60 (BK), Dale Ann Gordon W70 (EU)

Long Distance: 1st W55 – Carolyn Jackson (Australia) Mass Start: 3rd W55 – Carolyn Jackson (Australia) Sprint Distance: 3rd W55 – Carolyn Jackson (Australia)

2019 World Masters MTBO Series

2nd Overall W70 – Kathy Liley (YV)

2019 Australian MTBO State Champion Plaque

2019 Australian MTBO Championships – Maryborough Victoria

1st NSW 143 points, 2nd Victoria 133 points, 3rd ACT 65 points.

Victorian podium placings were:

2019 National MTBO Series

MASS START: Mosquito Flat, Maryborough, Friday 25 October

1st – W21 Carolyn Jackson (BK), W60 Heather Leslie (BK), W70 Kathy Liley (YV), M70 Rick Armstrong (AW), W80 Helen Alexander (BK) 2nd – M70 Leigh Privett (AW) 3rd – W40 Melissa Biviano (BK), W70 Dale Ann Gordon (EU)

1st – Alex Randall M21 (YV), Helen Alexander W80 (BK) 2nd – Ralph Koch M70 (YV), Dale Ann Gordon W70 (EU) 3rd – Melissa Biviano W40 (BK), Jim Russell M50 (BG)

SPRINT Distance: Flat Creek, Maryborough, Saturday 26 October

2019 Vic MTBO Series Standings

Course 1: Male – Tom Lothian (BK) & Scott Gavens (BK); Female – Carolyn Jackson (BK) Course 2: Male – Ed Steenbergen (CH); Female – Kate Gavens (BK) Course 3: Male – Peter Hill (NE); Female – Heather Leslie (BK) Course 4: Male – Blake Gordon (EU); Female – Carolyn Cusworth (BK) Score Course: – Sofi e Van Gunsteren (BK) Scatter: = 1st Tania Elderkin & Stuart Lloyd (BK)

1st – Patrick Cooper M12 (EU), Maya Bennette W12 (YV), Rick Armstrong M70 (AW), Helen Alexander W80 (BK) 2nd – Geordie Dickson M20 (EU), James Robertson M21 (BG), Leigh Privett M70 (AW), Dale Ann Gordon W70 (EU) 3rd – Heather Leslie W60 (BK)

MIDDLE Distance: Tullaroop Forest, Maryborough, Saturday 26 October

1st – Patrick Cooper M12 (EU), Maya Bennette W12 (YV), Alex Randall M21 (YV), Stephen Hanlon M50 (CH), Heather Leslie W60 (BK), Leigh Privett M70 (AW), Helen Alexander W80 (BK) 2nd – Rick Armstrong M70 (AW), Dale Ann Gordon W70 (EU) 3rd – Carolyn Jackson W21 (BK), Melissa Biviano W40 (BK), Ed Steenbergen M50 (CH)

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Officers The Board

President Vice-President

Carl Dalheim Margi Freemantle

Vice-President Secretary

David Jaffe Aislinn Prendergast

Treasurer

Stephen Collins

Executive Officer

Rob Fell

Media and Publicity Project Coordinator

Patrick Jaffe Kate Morris (resigned 19/09/19) now vacant

Staff

Other Officers

Support to Treasurer Bush Program & Permits

Ruth Goddard Laurie Niven

Park & Street sub-committee Co-chairs Athlete Rep & Female Participation Officer

Debbie Dodd, Margi Freemantle Asha Steer

MTBO Coordinator Sprint Coordinators

Peter Cusworth Margi Freemantle, Ted van Geldermalsen

MelBushO Coordinators Coaching Coordinator

Ruth Goddard, Debbie Dodd vacant

Junior Squad Coordinator Membership Protection Officer

Bruce Arthur Laurie Niven

Membership Officer/Eventor Administrator Vic National League Manager

Rob Edmonds vacant

Statistician Vic Relay Selector

vacant Martin Steer

Yearbook Editor Sportident and Timing Systems Coordinator

Dion Keech Ian Dodd

Website Editors Park & Street Results Webpages

Margi Freemantle, Debbie Dodd Finlay Stuart

School Team Manager School Team Coaches

Bruce Arthur Peter Hobbs, Bruce Arthur, Clare Brownridge

School Team Selection Panel

Peter Hobbs, Bruce Arthur, Clare Brownridge

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Orienteering Victoria would like to thank the following sponsors for their support

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