ORIENTEERING Orienteering is very strong in Hawke’s Bay and Karamu orienteers have had a busy year competing in regular club events as well as Hawke’s Bay and National interschool Championships. Starting in February, many students came along to try out orienteering in the local club summer sprint series which led up to the Hawke’s Bay Schools Sprint Championships in March. This event was held on a lovely Wednesday evening at Pakowhai Park, with 10 students running for Karamu. Our best results were Pierson Clement who was 8th in Intermediate Boys and Hamish Wood, 6th in Year 9 Boys. In May the HB Schools Individual Championships were held on the very wet, rolling farmland of Craggy Range with podium finishers being Caroline Glen (1st in Senior Girls Novice) and Cameron Orr (3rd in Intermediate Boys Standard). In the HB School Relay Champs at Arborfield, our Intermediate Boys team of Cameron, Pierson and Rory McKay were 6th. Hawke’s Bay hosted the NISS Champs in the July holidays and Rory, Cameron and Pierson competed in both the Sprint Championships at Te Aute College and the Individual Championships on the Hautope map. Such a big event is great experience for these orienteers and well done to Pierson with strong results in the Intermediate Boy’s Championship grade over both events. Pierson was our only representative at the NZSS Orienteering Championships hosted by Auckland’s North West Club in August. Again he ran well in very strong fields for mid-field finishes in both the IB sprint and long distance Championship events. A big thank-you to all students who have come along to club events and especially to those who have represented Karamu at the interschool events and, of course, the wonderful parents who have supported them.
Orienteering
Back row: Keelan Heesterman, Cameron Orr, Caroline Glen, Mrs F McDonald
Front row: Rana Cetinturk, Rory McKay, Pierson Clement, Brooke Wilson, Hamish Wood
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