OV 2018 Yearbook

yearbook Orienteering Victoria/ 2018

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Contents 4

President's Report

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Melbourne sprint weekend

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Six months in Victoria

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Still Sprinting along into Spring

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MelBushO report

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Vic Sprint Championships

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MTBO Report

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Coach in residence Sprint Report

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Central Highlands OC

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Bendigo Orienteers

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Vic NOL team

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Tim Dent

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World University Champs

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Vic Schools Team

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Park Street Report

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JWOC

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Project co-ordination report

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OV Financial report

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Victorian Honour roll

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OV Membership

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Foot-O results

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MTBO results

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Officers for 2018

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Cover photograph: Milla Key (photo Susan Guinane) The 2018 Orienteering Victoria Yearbook has been designed by Dion Keech

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President’s report Orienteering Victoria President Carl Dalheim

WORDS CARL DAL HEIM

PH OTOS SU SAN GUINANE & PETER CUSWORTH

OV President Carl Dalheim

The Yearbook was introduced in 2013, and continues this year as a reflection and celebration of the many and varied contributions and achievements of our Orienteering community. You will find many great stories and pictures in the following pages - I'll provide some brief highlights before you continue through the publication.

On the international stage Victorians competed in our National teams at JWOC and WOC; and as individuals at World Masters and World University competitions. Notable results came from Carolyn Jackson, Natasha Key and Aston Key. Carolyn won 4 events at the World Masters MTBO in the W60 age class where she won the Mass Start, Sprint, Middle and Long distance events - a fantastic achievement. Natasha won the Sprint distance at the World Masters in the W45 class, and again qualified for the Sprint final at WOC. Aston, competed both at JWOC and WOC in 2018 with a 9th place in the JWOC Sprint final. A special note of thanks to Asha Steer and Patrick Jaffe who ran their final JWOC competitions in 2018. Asha and Patrick have competed well at JWOC; the more difficult stage of WOC awaits them.

The Australian Championships carnival was hosted in South Australia in 2018 and as usual the Australia Schools Orienteering Championships was an integral part of the Carnival. The Victorian Schools team comprised a blend of very experienced Orienteers and some juniors still learning the

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complexities of the sport. Regardless, the team had some great individual and team results. It is with some sadness that 2018 would be the final year as coach for Stephen Bird. Stephen has long been an outstanding contributor to the team, and I know that many young adults have great memories of their time in the team with Stephen always on-hand to provide advice and guide the juniors through what is always an exhausting but rewarding experience. Thanks Stephen, you will be greatly missed from our team.

Prue Dobbin closely followed by Paula Davey in the Sprint into Spring series

The Australian Championships comprise a number of overall team titles. Victoria won the Orienteering Australia Shield, a feat last achieved by us in 2015. The Xanthorrhoea Trophy as usual is a hard fought relay contest with Victoria achieving equal third. A second place to Melbourne Forest Racers in the Champion Club Trophy was a great result for a relatively small club.

Victoria had a great year in the National Orienteering League across all classes; Senior Women (1st), Senior Men (2nd) and Junior Men (1st). At an individual level Natasha Key won the Senior Women, Asha Steer was second in Junior Women, Aston Key won the Junior Men with Patrick Jaffe taking second place.

Aside from all of the individual, team and club results our community provided over 360 separate events across all flavours of Orienteering in 2018. Park and Street continues to

Carolyn Jackson at the World Masters MTBO

be hugely popular in Melbourne and regional areas thanks to a very large group of volunteers. Albury Wodonga has a full calendar of Twilight Series events. Bendigo has again produced a constant stream of events for those living in the area, and those who journey from Melbourne or other regional centres. Eureka continued the BUNs series and various other bush events. Our overseas coaches comprising Peter, Will, Joe and Nathan provided training, 1on1 sessions and assisted with various events. The Melbourne Sprint Weekend, MelBush series, Autumn Series, Sprint in to Spring, MTBO 75 Series and MTBO Bush Series ran at various times in the year; again thanks to a large group of volunteers. In 2018 Blair Trewin, Craig Feuerherdt and Prue Dobbin continued to serve the sport at a National level.

Congratulations and thank you to all of you for all your contributions and participation throughout 2018, cheers Carl.

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Melbourne Sprint Weekend 2018 The mapping and course setting were some of the best we’ve ever seen for sprint orienteering in Australia ARTI CLE BY MARGI FREEMANTL E

PH OTOS SUSAN GUINANE & IAN DAVIES

After the success of the first Melbourne Sprint Weekend in 2016, and requests from the event’s enthusiasts we agreed to run a second carnival in 2018. The aim remained the same - to run a highly professional but low cost event that offered something for everyone.

The event retained the same format as in 2016 with six events over three days including a NOL round, a World Ranking Event and the Australian University Sport 2018 Nationals Orienteering Champs for the elites, and the main carnival competition for all ages.

The Event Team Day 1 organiser – Anne Arthur Day 2 organiser – Pam King Day 3 and overall organiser – Margi Freemantle Map/Course Coordinator - Ted van Geldermalsen Entries – Margi Freemantle / Simon Rouse OE setup, start lists – Simon Rouse On-the-day IT/Results - Ian Dodd Live Results – Jim Russell Map Printing – Jim Russell Equipment – Greg Tamblyn Event Social Media – Patrick Jaffe News reports – Debbie Dodd Design – Stuart McWilliam Prizes – Anne Robinson

Finding maps and gaining permission for venues is always one of the most highly stressful parts of organising this type of event, and this year was no exception. We had some early approvals such as Caulfield Grammar and Monash University, while others took a little longer after we were denied permission to use some of our first choice venues. This also meant a bit of late notice mapping.

The mapping and course setting were some of the best we’ve ever seen for sprint orienteering in Australia. Some exciting formats were used and there were close races throughout the whole range of age categories. Many thanks must be given to all of the Victorians who volunteered to help run the weekend but particularly to the main organising team and the course planners, event advisors and mappers who put in so much time, energy and creative vision into creating these exciting events.

Race 1: Monash University, Clayton (NOL; Australian University Sport 2018 Nationals Orienteering Champs) Mapper: Peter Dalwood, Course Planners: Geoff Lawford & Jenny Bourne, Event Advisor: Geoff Adams

This was the second use of this map, the first being the 2017 Victorian Sprint Champs. Geoff and Jenny ensured it was an entirely different experience, planning courses that tested all aspects of a sprint orienteer’s skillset. Their courses had a mix of leg lengths, countless changes of direction, made excellent

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use of the irregular building shapes of the campus and all of this could still be done at a very high speed. The notation “There is a forbidden route marked with purple Xs on the map” in the event bulletin proved to be very important, with many people finding out very quickly the importance of preplanning their route choice as some of the more obvious potential route choices on their first control were blocked off.

There was much discussion post-race about which route choices were best.

Monash University opened up their new Learning and Teaching Building for our use, providing a fantastic back drop for the arena and they were also on hand to present the certificates for the winners of the University Champs. We hope to return as that building looked very tempting for an indoor multilevel sprint.

Serryn Eenjes

Race 2: Caulfield Grammar, Wheelers Hill (WRE; NOL) Mapper: Mikkel Kaae-Nielsen, Course Planner: Dion Keech, Event Advisor: Tim Hatley

We knew we had a map worthy of a World Ranking Event from the first time we walked around this campus trying desperately not to get disorientated. Mikkel Kaae-Nielsen,

Joshua Feuerherdt

Orienteering Victoria Coach-in-residence, took on the job of mapping the campus and the neighbouring primary school.

Mikkel took great pride in creating a map for a WRE and returned to Australia from Denmark just for the event and also keeping a watchful eye on Dion’s course setting in the weeks leading up to the event. Dion’s courses made great use of the complex campus and designed a big test of all competitors’ technique. Maintaining contact with the map while weaving through the complex network of covered walkways, gardens and fences would’ve been challenging enough but there were also difficult route choice challenges to solve here as well. Even the top runners in the elite classes lost significant time in parts of the course and it was an event where those who minimised the damage from any mistakes that they did make came out on top.

Race 3: Yarra Valley Grammar, Ringwood (NOL Sprint Relay) Mapper: Fredrik Johansson, Course planner: Bruce Arthur, Event Advisor: Chris Norwood

The Sprint Relay format for the elites was a new addition to

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the MSW Carnival this year and Bruce took on the job of planning both the relay and carnival courses – a big job and one we thank him for. The relay courses were cleverly designed so that everyone ran all the same loops, just in different orders and therefore competitors’ times also counted for the overall MSW results. A lot was learned about how to run the sprint relays and dove tailing them into the carnival format to make it easier on the planner and organising club – now we only need to remember. The sprint relay was held early in the day so all other classes could spectate. It was a fantastic arena and provided great viewing as relay competitors emerged out of the complex array of buildings, sprinting head to head in a number of cases across the open playing fields before they headed back into the campus area for another loop. Then it was everyone else’s turn, with most courses making a final loop of the playing fields.

demonstrated that a big area is not required to set a good course, and with the use of a map flip Kerrin’s courses provided lots of interesting route choice dilemmas that had competitors running in all directions across the map. Kerrin also made good use of the tennis courts, where there were several route choice options all visible from the arena – which made fantastic viewing even though it was virtually impossible to gain any useful intel on the courses.

Stuart McWilliamss

Dion Keech

Race 5: Royal Park, Parkville Mapper: Fredrik Johansson, Course Planner: Brodie Nankervis, Event Advisor: Ted van Geldermalsen

Race 4: Kurunjang Schools, Melton (NOL) Mapper: Fredrik Johansson, Course planner: Kerrin Rattray, Event Advisor: Ted van Geldermalsen

This venue was a late addition to the program when we couldn’t gain access to our first choice. Permission to use the primary school was given on the last day of the school year – not exactly the best time to ask a school principal for access to their school but luckily she said yes. This map

Another new format for Melbourne Sprint weekend, this event was a head to head race for all but the very young.

Competitors were seeded based on the previous four events, with two people starting each course per minute providing some very tight competition across all grades. Courses incorporated butterfly and phi loops which were completed in a different order by each pair of competitors. Royal Park, a surprisingly wild and challenging patch of forest nestled in next to Melbourne’s CBD, really suited this format and more traditional bush orienteering skills like compass work and fine navigation came into play. With the variety of loops and

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route choices that Brodie incorporated into his courses everyone was kept guessing which competitor was in the lead until the finish.

Race 6: Keilor Schools, Keilor Downs Mapper: Ted van Geldermalsen, Course Planner: Clare Brownridge, Event Advisor: Warwick Williams For this final race we returned to the kind of area that MSW 2018 will be remembered for, compact school campuses with lots of direction changes and hard to pick route choices.

One should never under-estimate this map as there are a lot of fences with gates that can be opened or closed changing route choice. A few very experienced orienteers came unstuck here finding themselves on the wrong side of a fence, and having to back track to get back on course. Prize giving followed on immediately after this event and a lot of tired but happy orienteers stayed on to applaud the winners.

Victoria’s NOL team provided the organising team for this last event.

Overall MSW Titles

Hatley’s consistent running over the three days (when not on event advising duty) allowed him to grab overall victory.

M60 was one of the tightest competitions where another British invader, Philip Eeles, tied on points with Ian Davis and Warwick Davis was only one point further back. Julia Prudhoe and Hilary Wood were in a close contest for the Tony Radford

In W21E Natasha Key managed consistent enough performances to ensure she took out her second MSW title, and in M21E it was very close between the two British coaches right up to the last two races where Pete Hodkinson won his match race with Will Gardner as well as afternoon’s event to ensure he took out the overall honours. In the junior elites Asha Steer’s second place in the last race was enough to ensure her overall win, while in M20E Aston Key returned to his winning ways to ensure that all the MSW elite titles went to Victorians.

Hannah Adams’ three first places and two seconds gave her the overall win in M/W Novice with second and third places tightly fought between Henry and Clementine Neylon. In M and W 12, Elye Dent and Sophie Arthur ensured they had maximum points in the best 5 out of 6 competition to take their titles. It was a successful weekend for the Arthur family, with Sophie’s older brother Torren taking an overall victory in Junior Boys after some close tussles all weekend with Alvin Craig, Callum White and Toby Cazzolato. The Junior Girls race was similarly close, Sophie Taverna just edging ahead even though Justine Hobson beat her by 11 seconds in the head to head race. In Senior Boys, David Stock overtook Mason Arthur on the last day in to take the honours, while in a Senior Girls field that was quite small due to many choosing to run up in Elites, Venla-Linnea Karjalainen was dominant.

The Masters categories featured some fascinating competition all weekend. Mathew Stocks and Cathy McComb scored maximum points in M40 and W40, as did the ever consistent Su Yan Tay in W50. Warren Key initially appeared too strong for the M50 field, starting with two conclusive wins but some late mispunches hurt his chances and Tim

W60 win and Julia’s crucial second place (just one second ahead of Jacquie Rand) in the final race earned her the overall first position.

Judi Herkes also performed when it counted in the final race to sneak one point ahead of Kathy Liley in W70 and M70 also delivered tight races again and again. Tony Radford ended up taking out maximum points but Ross Barr and Peter Dalwood were often snapping at his heels throughout the weekend. In the Open races, Nick Maddock and Kathie Dent came out on top with these categories providing a great opportunity for people to get a run in on the elites’ courses.

It’s a wrap!

Great feedback was received after the event via a survey that included some good suggestions on how it could be made even better when Melbourne Sprint Weekend returns on 7 -9 March 2020.

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Melbourne Sprint Weekend 2018

Clockwise from top left: Brooke Ayres, Peter Hodkinson, Natasha Key in the finish chute and Torren Arthur

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Six months in Victoria Joe Woodley was coach in Residence for Orienteering Victoria from September 2018 – March 2019.

WOR DS & PHOTO JOE WOODL EY

Australia is on the other side of the world, it’s about as far away as you could possibly be from Britain. It’s a long way from home.

‘Hey mate, we both finish Uni this year’ ‘How do you feel about the coaching scholarship down in Oz?’ ‘Snakes, spiders, sharks, right?’

‘Sunshine, Sheila’s, shrimps, no?’

‘Orienteering’ ‘Go on then.’

Not the most auspicious, or even well thought out plan, but a few months later I touched down in Melbourne. I’d had one skype call from two blokes with funny accents, it was supposed to be an interview but I couldn’t get a word in edgeways! Carl Dalheim and David Jaffe told us how awesome Melbourne was and what fun we could expect. This was happening.

My first day in Melbourne was surreal, exotic Rosella, the mesmerizing city skyline and a golden sunset. Quite the backdrop for O-Sprintervals around an inner-city housing estate on jet lagged legs. Thankfully I had Nathan my fellow coach who had come out a month in advance to keep my feet firmly on the floor for the first few days. So began our adventure in Australia.

A normal week’s ‘work’ in Melbourne consisted of Tuesday intervals down at the Collingwood track, Thursday Sprintervals and usually some bush training. This schedule left ample time for me to train (over-enthusiastically at first) and explore the state. At this point I’d like to shout out the hardy bunch of dedicated runners who turned up without fail to these sessions. Will Davey, Jenson Key and Brodie McCarthy are

legends, hardly missing a single session. If you keep working as hard as I’ve witnessed this year you will achieve it all, JWOC and beyond! Tash, Aston, Aislinn, Torren and Mason formed the core of this group and with occasional guest appearances from Pat and Brodie we had a merry gang of Victorians. A strong training group with common goals can go along way to generating the team vibe often lost in our individual sport. This was our training family.

There were not too many normal weeks! School sessions assisting Rob Fell at Westerfold’s Park and beyond were always fun and following Robs lead they ran like a dream. A highlight for me was the two-week stint in which Nathan and myself lead PE sessions at Keilor Views Primary School. Every day children from prep to year 6 turned up to PE sessions and gave us 100% of their focus and energy. By the end of our time at the school Nathan and I had perfected our introduction to the map and sport before releasing the children onto the school grounds where they raced around our courses using the schools own Sport Ident system. We also organized and planned events, from Sprint into Spring to Autumn Bush League and more. Whilst Nathan and I were a great team none of those events would have happened without the support, advice and guidance of Margi Freemantle and Ted van Geldermalsen. Margi and Ted are unbelievably generous and work tirelessly for Orienteering Victoria. This work gave purpose to our visit. I am immensely proud of raising over $1000 for the Victorian Junior team at our La Trobe University event. Thank you to everyone who volunteered help, equipment and to everyone who ran. Our work was rewarding because of the volunteers, orienteers and ever enthusiastic children we coached.

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Aside from our duties as coaches we had so many amazing adventures. A few days after I landed, we headed to South Australia for the Australian Championships. We had an amazing time racing the 4 Peaks – Bright Alpine Climb races and annoyed the Australians by placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall with Oliver Williams a fellow Sheffield Uni Alumni and Coach in Residence for SA. We were lucky enough to spend the week hanging out with Matt, Clare, Aislinn, Anna and Jayne amongst others. All well versed in the art of suffering their way up steep hills for a kick… with a freshly broken hand in Aislinn’s case!

With Nathan, Mary and Antonia I experienced the Ferg and Mari deluxe holiday package down on the Great Ocean road.

Thank you so much for accommodating us, our visiting girlfriends and treating us to Dead Snow, Bargearse and the best extended breakfast I’ve ever had! I watched fireworks from a hot-tub in Queenstown NZ on New Year’s Eve and celebrated Christmas with the extended Dalheim family. Even on my very last weekend in Australia the fun didn’t stop. I was treated to a weekend of climbing at the Australian Climbing Mecca of Mount Arapiles. I’ve faced and conquered my fear of snakes, seen echidna, koala’s, emu’s, wallabies and kangaroo galore.

Finally, I must mention a few people who have so far remained anonymous in this story. The Dalheim family were integral to most everything I’ve talked about so far. From the moment I landed to the day I left I was treated as one of the team, part of the family, I never once felt like a guest. Carl and Nicola would consistently plan trips and adventures, all for my benefit.

Nicola smiled her way through an AFL game for me and Carl battled bus-loads of tourists on the great ocean road and when penguin spotting on St. Kilda Pier. The family has put up with a few visiting scholars in recent years and so I’m sure some of the classic trips are becoming a bit repetitive… you wouldn’t know it! Although, Carl has vowed never again to rub shoulders with another bus full of tourists for fear he may commit a selfie-stick related atrocity! You are kind, generous and full of wisdom, I cannot thank you enough for looking after me for 6 months.

Australia is on the other side of the world, it’s about as far away as you could possibly be from Britain. It feels an awful lot like home.

Thank you for all the memories, Joe Woodley

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Still Sprinting along into Spring Wow has it really been six years!

ARTI CLE BY DEBBIE DO DD, MARGI FREEM ANTLE AND TED VAN GELDERMALSEN

PH OTOS SUSAN GUINANE & IAN DAVIES

Wow has it really been six years! It doesn’t feel that long ago that we were sitting around planning the first series. Little did we know just how successful it would be. We have tried to keep the series simple, with the focus around the jersey competition, and providing a friendly and inclusive environment for our members to try out setting a course for their first time – with particular emphasis towards our juniors. It has been successful and there have been some fantastic courses over the years. This year was no exception and our thanks go to our course planners for their enthusiasm and great courses. A big thank you also goes to our jersey sponsor, DirtyD. Every year differs a little bit with the number of events on offer, and this year seven seemed the magical number, with a weekend in Ballarat to finish that included a double header on the Saturday and the Vic Sprint Champs on Sunday.

Race 1: Caulfield Grammar, Wheelers Hill – Course Planner Nick Collins There was a real buzz in the air at Caulfield Grammar excitement or trepidation? There were many stories about the complexity of this map, first used at the 2018 Melbourne Sprint Weekend. Luckily for all, the SIS map was enlarged to 1:3000, which certainly made things easier on the eye. This time only the Caulfield Grammar campus was used so a map flip part way through the course enabled a second circuit of the campus. Nick did a fantastic job and, at least for the Sally course, threw people straight into decision making. For those who got it wrong – it was a long run to the first control which was sitting there in view from the run out from the start – but on the other side of an uncrossable fence.

The Sprint leg was across the oval, with the end control insight, however some runners did not read their map and headed to another control – which was placed on a totally different feature. There was no confusion on the Hill Climb however which was short and sharp, with the option of stairs or embankment - either way was tough on the legs.

The long Mo course was contested by 60 men and 13 women; the names read like a Whos Who of sprint orienteering. The Big Questions were - will the Brit coaches win, or will local hopes Brodie, Patrick and Aston, prevail? Can anyone beat Tash? Fantastic to see our juniors giving it a go - just a few years ago, they were competing on the Usain course.

First honours went to Nathan Lawson, one of our coaches and Natasha Key on the Mo course, Callum White and Heather O'Donnell made it a family affair on the Sally, and newcomer Elliott Wall and Maya Bennette on the Usain course.

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Race 2: Cornish College – Course Planner Sarah Davies There had been overnight and morning rain that had created muddy conditions in some places, but the sun broke through in time for the first starters, and the puddles gradually disappeared. Cornish College was a new venue, and we thank the school for their enthusiasm. Ten competitors from Cornish took part, and performed pretty well. The built area on this map is only small (but expanding), however there is plenty going on in here with lots of canopies, fences, nooks and crannies, and it wasn’t as straightforward as you might assume. The surrounding features were a lot of fun – the golf course, lake, island, bird hide and farmyard all added to the atmosphere.

Sarah had set up several great spectator legs and plenty of traps as well, including a couple of “dummy” controls – a reminder to Check Your Numbers! The chook pens created problems, with some people exiting the wrong way and finding themselves disorientated. The courses made you change gear, with the early legs amongst the buildings giving pause for thought, before ramping up into top gear for the running legs towards the finish. The courses also featured “Kiss and Go” Long Jump start … hats off to the winner Warwick Williams.

off.

A feature of the Usain course this year was the number of newcomers in both Mens and Womens classes, and they were clearly having a ball at this event. Their course took them straight into the centre of the campus, then through the small northern buildings before lining up for the all-important Sprint

Race 3: VU St Albans – Course Planners Nathan Lawson and Joe Woodley

Race 3 saw a return to where it all started - Victoria University St Albans. Our first ever SIS race was here in 2013, as was race 5 of the inaugural Melbourne Sprint Weekend in 2016. This time the Brit coaches, Nathan and Joe, took on the course planning. Clever use of barrier tape around the small decked buildings in the north, had us heading every which-way, trying to figure out where the gaps were. In the southern section the route choice became all about which way to go round the large buildings, where can you find a small cut through, and how do you avoid the messy gardens, rock walls and creek beds. A short, sharp sprint and an upstairs dash for the hill climb saw a lot of tied results and split jersey points.

The Mo course featured a two-part map, starting with a long leg requiring a wide route choice either north or south. It took the runners south before a series of short legs around the southernmost building complex, before bringing them back into the central section and setting up for the Hillclimb. Several more short legs around the tricky northern section lined them up for the Sprint leg, which marked the end of part 1. Ten more controls followed, giving everyone's brains a major workout, not to mention their legs!

The Sally course had a headspinning start in the small buildings, where barrier tapes forced close map reading in order to avoid costly errors - which some found out the hard way! With a mix of short and long running legs it was definitely a course where picking up small shortcuts really paid

Mia Gavens

leg. Competitors made their way to the bottom of the campus, with some good route choice decisions to make, before heading into the Finish.

Race 4: RMIT Bundoora – Course Planner Mason Arthur

After our mid series break, Sprint Into Spring was back with a vengeance. We chose a new arena at RMIT Bundoora, allowing us to start in the middle of the campus – which meant course planner Mason was able to send us straight into the most complex part. While still a junior, Mason is a seasoned sprinter who knows every trick in the book, and he certainly kept everyone guessing with some really clever legs.

We began with a blind start, picking up our maps after we’d run around two building corners and got ourselves nicely disoriented. First controls had several route choices, and set

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the tone. The sprint leg came early on the Mo and Sally Bill Vandendool & Murray Hannah

Again it was great to see a big turnout on the Usain course, with not a single DNF amongst all the newcomers! It’s amazing to see what our younger competitors are capable of managing, and each season unearths some future stars. Dale Taverna claimed his second consecutive win, Evan Gavens won the Green Jersey and Louis Shepard the hill climb jersey. It was a close race amongst the Usain Women with Frankie Shepard retaining her Yellow Jersey, Sammy Love the Green Jersey and Paula Davey the Polkadot.

Race 5 Penola College - Course Planners Geoff and Claire Adams

It’s always exciting to race on a brand new map, and Penola College was no exception! This had all the hallmarks of an Adams course, and was a combined effort by dad and daughter Geoff and Claire. It had lots of short legs which constantly spun you around, never giving you a chance to get comfortable. There were even a couple of “fake news” controls, leading us to believe the sprint leg was across the big oval in full view of everyone, when in fact all courses were kept very tight within the buildings - achieved by a two-part map. All I can say is thank goodness for those lovely central features – the chapel and rotunda - that proved to be good safety nets in an otherwise topsy turvy world!

courses, and with a snap “left or right” decision to be made, there wasn’t much time for the green jersey contenders to get prepped. There were some mid race running legs on Mo (which came near the end on Sally), before a final burst of short sharp stuff and into the finish.

By now the jersey competition was really hotting up. On the Mo men’s course Nathan Lawson retained a good hold on the yellow jersey, and Brody McCarthy the same with the Polkadot hill climb jersey. However a mispunch by Steven O’Connell placed him and Gary Buchan on equal points in the Green sprint Jersey comp. The Mo Womens result was never in doubt, with Natasha Key dominating in all three jersey legs, but as she can only hold Yellow, the Green jersey transferred to Linnea Karjalainen, while Helen Walpole’s great hill climb performances saw her with the Polkadot. On the Sally mens competition Callum White remained unchallenged for the Yellow jersey, Rodney Phillips kept the Green jersey by half a point and Wayne Love took over the Polka Dot Jersey. One the womens, Sophie Taverna kept the Yellow Jersey, Amber Louw the Green Jersey, while Sarah Love consolidated her Polkadot Jersey position.

As we drew closer to the end of the series, there was still a lot to race for with some tight competition. Some jerseys changed hands; others saw rivals gain points, which meant that the last two races at Ballarat would be decisive in every category. Noone in the running could afford to miss an event!

Race 6 Federation University, Mt Helens – Course Planner James Gray

Unluckily the weather had decided to turn decidedly wintery, but the rain steered away from Ballarat, and overall the conditions were pretty good for running. James courses were centred around the main university campus. The Sprint leg came up quickly for everyone, a dash across a walking bridge that also got us into the hub of the campus buildings. The Hill Climb was a real challenge, with stairs and ramps at the start, our first real route choice, and a continual long uphill before hitting the flag. This leg must rate up there with Fredrik Johansson’s hill climb at Brimbank Park in 2015 for toughness

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and there was a handy place to sit if anyone needed to recover their breath before continuing. Rumour has it that it was used at least once during the morning. The middle sections of the courses were the harder ones to navigate, with some good route choices, before a relatively straightforward dash for home.

There was plenty to race for in the Jersey comps, and a number of jerseys were not decided until after this last event. As Nathan had the Mo Yellow jersey secured some of the Mo Men opted make their runs unofficial and have a chasing start in the afternoon, which then opened a couple of doors for others in the Sprint and Hill climb jerseys.

Sprint into Spring 2018 DirtyD Jersey Winners

Greg Tamblyn

Race 7 Technology Park, Federation University, Mt Helens – Course Planners Wendy and Sophie Taverna The afternoon race saw the action shift to the Technology Park section of the map, which featured plenty of bushland and only a few scattered buildings. There were spurs, gullies, earth banks, ponds and thickets which Wendy and Sophie made good use of and it was a good idea to have a compass, long pants, and shoes with grip for the slippery tracks. The Sprint leg near the end was a stamina test, and fitness definitely played a role in the results. Although not having the complexity of earlier races, quite a few people were caught out running out of controls in the wrong direction and in not reading their control numbers. The beauty of Sprints is that they can take in all types of terrain, and to succeed, you need a range of skills.

JERSEY HOLDERS

Yellow (Overall)

Green (Sprint)

Polkadot (Hill Climb)

Mo Farah Mens

Nathan Lawson

Steven O’Connell

Brody McCarthy

Mo Farah Womens

Natasha Key

Aislinn Prendergast

Helen Walpole

Sally Pearson Mens

Callum White

Wayne Love

James Love

Sally Pearson Womens

Sophie Taverna

Amber Louw

Sarah Love

Usain Bolt Mens

Dale Taverna

Evan Gavens

Louis Shepard

Usain Bolt Womens

Maya Bennette

Samantha Love

Paula Davey

Our Thanks

Our thanks to the organisers and clubs who got behind the series, and provided all the cheerful volunteers who manned registration, start and finish, and all the other tasks that go into running smooth and successful events. Special mention here to Greg Tamblyn, who was there at every event to help out, often first to arrive and last to leave, and always seemed to be there just when you needed a hand with something. His assistance was invaluable and very much appreciated.

We had two new maps – Cornish College was mapped by Andras Bogdanovits, and Penola was mapped by Geoff Adams.

Both did a beautiful job as always. Jim Russell was our printer, and also gave us the fantastic live results which are so much a feature. Ian Dodd provided the IT infrastructure and took care of the all important results. We also had two incredible photographers, Sue Guinane and Ian Davies, who brought us all those great action shots from every corner of the courses.

And so it's all over for another year ... it would never happen without the efforts of so many people. Thank you everyone for your continued support, and hope to see you all back again in 2019!

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MelBushO series 2018 Come and Try Orienteering” (and then get hooked)

ARTI CLE BY R UTH GO DDARD AND DEBBIE DOD D (COORDINATORS)

PI CTURES RUTH GODDARD

“Come back to orienteering and see what it is like now with sportident sticks and computers”

“Bring your children and have a day out in the bush” “Learn to read a map”

All these apply to MelBushO.

The eight MelBushO events in 2018 on Sundays between Easter and the end of August attracted newcomers (about half the attendance), families, regular orienteers and ex- orienteers.

Some confine their orienteering to these events without further involvement in the sport. Others do these events for a while but then feel ready to take on more orienteering after a year or so. It is a gradual process.

Venues and attendance:

Event

Region

Attendance

Cardinia Reservoir Park, Emerald East

107

Hawkestowe Park,South Morang Central

191

Balt Camp, Bullengarook

North

144

Emerald Lake, Emerald

East

61

Candlebark Park, Templestowe

Central

186

Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale

West

166

Yanakie Block, Kangaroo Ground East Banksia Park, Bulleen

Central

148

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Note: the Emerald Lake event took place on a very cold and wet day in the Dandenongs.

Apart from the weather-affected day, location does influence attendance to some degree. In general events in the central areas of Melbourne (Hawkestowe and Candlebark Park) have higher attendance. The rest of the maps are in the west and east of Melbourne – people may have to travel up to an hour to an event.

From the club’s point of view they can show off their colours and provide a friendly face, while at the same time providing useful advice to newcomers. Organisation of the courses (four) and helpers on the day is not arduous. It is within the capability of smaller clubs. Laurie Niven obtains the event permits efficiently. Ian Dodd (along with Debbie) is usually

on hand with technical support for the computer. Debbie maintains the website which is an important avenue for those looking for the calendar or further information.

One of the main challenges is keeping the maps up to date.

New maps come in gradually. Parks Victoria suggested Yanakie Block as substitute for another area. The pool of maps with a ‘bushy’ feel is nearly twenty. Car-parking space can limit the use of some maps.

MelBushO series has a momentum of its own and fits well as an introduction to the more technical and competitive state series. If a person thinks about trying orienteering they think of being out in the bush as they would in MelBushO events.

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Victorian Sprint Championships Possibly the most complex sprint map seen in Australia WO RDS DEBBIE DODD

PH OTO S SUSAN GUINANE

Mapper and Course Planner: Roch Prendergast,

Event Adviser: Kathy Liley,

Event Organiser: Warwick Williams and Eureka Orienteers.

This event had been billed as “possibly the most complex sprint map seen in Australia” and rumours were that the reason it wasn’t used for the Australian Sprint Champs (held in Ballarat in 2015) was because it was too detailed to even map for orienteering!

As we arrived at Federation University’s SMB campus on a classic overcast Ballarat spring morning, it was hard to tell if the rumours were true. Our arena was in a compact internal courtyard, into which Eureka Orienteers had squeezed a spectator run-through, club tents and even a coffee cart, creating a great atmosphere for the event but not giving us any hints as to the terrain or courses. As we made our way around the western side of the campus to the start, the ground appeared reasonably flat and the building shapes deceptively simple- surely this map couldn’t live up to the hype that’d been built up for it?

Then we picked up our maps, rounded a corner and were immediately faced with a descent into a rabbit warren of stairs, alleyways and canopies. Roch had somehow managed to capture the maze of layers of the steep sloping campus with a clear and readable 1:3000 map. Roch was also the course

setter for the champs and delivered some mind-boggling route choice legs in a course that had unrelenting technical challenges.

These weren’t your standard 50-50 sprint route choices- on each control you instead had to factor in the number of turns, whether you were already familiar with one of the routes, if getting out of the campus to run a wider route along the road was worth it and of course, how many stairs you’d have to go up/down. Most courses began with a series of short controls up and down the most technical slope of the map, crossed an overpass for a loop around the bigger buildings on the other side of the road before looping back through the historic buildings and courtyards of the main campus again after a map flip. We descended the maze of stairs one more time after the run-through before being faced with the infamous ‘Dana Street Climb’ (a short stretch used by Ballarat runners for hillreps) back up to the finish.

It was a fitting area and set of courses for our Victorian Championships – Brodie Nankervis even described it as “the kind of course you’d only expect to get in a WOC sprint final”.

There were mistakes a plenty made out on this tricky area and looking at the results, most of the kilometre rates look more like the kind you’d expect from a bush event than a sprint!

Congratulations to the new Victorian Sprint Champions who managed to rise to the challenge of this race. It certainly was a fantastic way to cap off the 2018 Victorian Sprint Season.

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Clementine Neylon

Heather O’Donnell

Roch POrendergast

Craig Feuerherdt

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Victorian MTBO Despite challenging weather conditions and several fire-bans great events and participation throughout the season WORDS PETER CUSWORTH

PH OTO GRA PHS ROY MEURONEN

Summer 75 Series

Four events comprised the 2018 Summer 75 Series using maps at Mt Evelyn (DR), Plenty South (YV), Woodlands (NE) and Lysterfield (BK). Despite being mid-summer, the Mt Evelyn event was cool and wet but was notable for having two junior World MTBO Champions in attendance: our own 2015 Champ, Angus Robinson, plus visiting Swiss rider Adrian Jäggi, who won gold in 2016.

event, with 8 riders completing the full course inside vicmtbo75 minutes.

The weather was again most un summer like for the second event at Plenty South, but the rain didn't arrive during the

The third round at Woodlands was a Sunday morning event, and again the weather was coolish. Rider numbers were similar to the other events, so not conclusive about whether Sunday events are better or not. Riders covered the usual areas on this map but course setter Rob Edmonds also placed some controls in the area that was formerly the Greenvale Sanatorium Hospital – a part of Melbourne's history.

Peta Whitford

The final event was at Lysterfield, which has usually been the first event of the series. The weather was hot for this day, but fortunately a cool change passed through in time to allow a pleasant evening's ride. This event was notable for the use of the MapRun smartphone controls. Competitors had the option of using the standard SI controls or also using the MapRun software... or both. The MapRun was not wholly successful, but was worth trialling for MTBO and seeing how it went and learning about how to do it better.

Victorian MTBO Championships – Creswick 17 – 18 March and June 2 – 3

The fantastic weekend of MTBO that the organising team had planned for competitors on the weekend of 17-18 March was struck down by the weather gods with both days being declared Total Fire Bans – just the 2nd and 3rd for the entire summer! Disappointing for all but even more so for the interstate and New Zealand competitors who had travelled so far to join us.

With the Long and Middle races cancelled in line with the policy of Orienteering Victoria for bush events, and also a requirement of land managers on such days, we were lucky to

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be able to run the Bayside Kangaroos organised Sprint event as it was held entirely within the RACV's Goldfields Resort’s golf course, fairways, mtb trails and golf cart tracks.

Vic MTBO Series

International riders took out the two elite classes with visiting Swiss rider Adrian Jäggi taking out M21 and 16 year old Kiwi sensation Georgia Skelton finding no problems with the course taking out W21.

#1 – Sat 12 May Paddy’s Swamp. To try something different we held the first round of this year's Vic MTBO Series on a Saturday rather than Sunday on the Paddy's Swamp map near Winchelsea. This map is a mix of forest trails and single track with more open areas around lakes formed by old coal mining activity, which provides spectacular views.

The rescheduled Long and Middle races were finally held in June and back at Creswick Forest. Fine, sunny but cool weather greeting the riders with a handful of keen interstate riders making their way back to complete the Champs. The RACV Goldfields Resort provided a great location for the start and finish.

Again, unhelpful weather conditions experienced at several Victorian MTBO events this year threatened to derail the event but thankfully, much of the rain on Saturday held off.

Conditions meant that the infamous sandy "mogul" tracks from the 2015 Australian Champs, were actually a lot easier to ride this time.

A huge thanks to the Eureka and Yarra Valley clubs for organising the events, particularly Kathy Liley and Tony Keeble.

It is enough work usually just running an event once, but when you have to run the same event twice, it demands a lot of extra effort and time.

John Gavens and Heather Leslie from Bayside Kangaroos did most of the work preparing this event and had explored neighbouring properties seeking permissions to add some new parts to the map which were great to ride. #2 at Castlemaine – Sunday 22 July. The "Hills Ups 'n Downs" map, originally mapped by Peter Hill, provided a

Peter Cusworth

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Cooper setting the courses who set just the right combination of long legs coupled with short technical loops to challenge the riders. Finally, a perfect bright sunny day with fast dry tracks to ride, and a bright Linton completed the MTBO Series for 2018.

Peter Cusworth

The 2018 NZ MTBO Championships

A good number of Victorian riders were among the Aussies who headed over the ditch to New Zealand for the 2018 NZ Champs held near Alexandra on the South Island in April.

The weather was mostly cooperative, and the setting in the central Otago landscape was stunningly beautiful – especially with all the autumn colours on display. Most importantly the maps and courses were fantastic – some challenging technical terrain, and complex navigation made for some memorable racing.

A big thanks to the Kiwi organising team for putting in a huge amount of work.

Unfortunately the relatively small Aussie team was no match for the Kiwis who comprehensively won the ANZ Challenge 18 to 3. Our only victories were in M70 for the Sprint and Long races where Rick Armstrong and Leigh Privett took it in turns to win. Rick also won the Middle race.

great network of complex single tracks and fast open fire roads requiring many navigational decisions to be made.

The event was organised by Bayside Kangaroos with Kate Gavens and Tom Lothian setting the courses. For once cool, dry conditions added to the enjoyment of riding. #3 and #4 – September 8 – 9. Having lost a planned MTBO Series event due to the rescheduling of the Vic Champs, we asked Albury-Wodonga Club if they would take on the challenge of running a double header weekend for events #3 and #4 in our series. Of course, the stalwarts of AWOC Leigh Privett and Rick Armstrong came to the fore and, and with the assistance of Bruce Patterson managing the SI system, put on two wonderful events in and around Stanley and Eldorado townships and bushland areas. It is always a pleasure to stay up in the Beechworth area and the riding was great fun too. #5 – Linton - October 21. We again tied one of our events in with the Rogaine community by holding our final event at Linton and in the same location on the Sunday that they had used for a 6 Hour event on the Saturday. The MTBO event was be organised by Eureka Orienteers with Toby

Keith Wade and his friend Lorraine were unfortunately involved in a car accident on Thursday which resulted in them spending a night in hospital and missing the Middle race. They were very lucky not to be badly.

World Masters MTBO Championships

Just 3 Victorians, Carolyn Jackson (W60), Peter Cusworth (M65) and Leigh Privett (M70) were among a small group of Aussies to attend the World Masters MTBO Champs near Budapest, Hungary in June. Peter and Leigh who had both previously won medals at WMMTOC both missed out this time, but Carolyn Jackson completed a clean sweep by taking all FOUR Gold medals in W60, winning Sprint, Middle and Long races plus the new Mass Start championship. A truly world class performance. The Mass Start and Sprint events were held in fine conditions with fast riding. Rain fell for nearly 24 hours before the Long distance event which turned the map into a quagmire, and route choices and track conditions were all over the place. The Middle courses held many water hazards that were not on the map. Despite this, Carolyn held her composure and made the best of these conditions.

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Nathan Lawson, coach in residence The opportunity to work and train here has been a privilege and there is really no reason why anyone living here can’t make it to the top of the game in orienteering ARTI CLE BY NATHAN LAWSON

PI CTURES SUSAN GUINANE

As mine and Joe’s time in Australia draws to a close with alarming speed, it’s been really nice to reflect on the experiences and memories that we’ve made here.

It seems like only yesterday that we were stepping off of planes in to a new and exciting country and our time over here has been non-stop from one incredible thing to the next.

Arriving before Joe was a little daunting, but it was good in a way to be able to find my feet and jump straight in to the work for OV, with races and training from the first weekend! Arriving just before the Aus champs meant that Joe was also thrown in to the orienteering scene over here and we were both raring to go for whatever was to come over the next months. To summarise our time here in a single, short article is incredibly difficult as we have had some amazing opportunities and have met so many incredible people during our stay which has definitely made it a fantastic period in our lives. There have been a huge number of highlights, from the Australian championships back in September, to the more recent Adelaide sprint weekend in February, it’s been a non-stop, action packed time which we have enjoyed every minute of.

One of the most positive outcomes of this has been seeing the enthusiasm and progress of those who have attended coaching, especially the junior athletes who are showing encouraging signs of really pressing on in orienteering.

Victoria is the perfect state for orienteering, with fantastic, varied technical areas as well as a range of competitive athletics clubs and numerous quality athletes to train and race with. The opportunity to work and train here has been a privilege and there is really no reason why anyone living here can’t make it to the top of the game in orienteering. The effort

Nathan Lawson & Joe Woodley

by OV in terms of training and events is instrumental in keeping the sport progressing whilst working with schools and other groups is just growing the number of potential orienteers involved in the sport. We are both incredibly grateful to OV for the opportunity to come out to Australia and the generous support they have offered us. A particular thanks has to go to the Dalheim’s, Jaffe’s, Louw’s and Key’s who have exceeded anything we may have expected from a host family and who’s generosity in welcoming us in to their homes has been second to none. We both hope to back sooner rather than later and would once again like to offer a massive thanks to everyone who has made our time here so special. Hopefully see you all soon!

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Central Highlands Orienteering is buzzing in the Central Highlands

ARTI CLE BY WENDY TAVERNA ( CHOC PRESIDENT) AND MARK HENNESSY

PI CTUR ES MIKE HUBBERT AND OT HERS

The largest orienteering event in Victoria since the 2015 Australian Championships Carnival happened at Hanging Rock in late November 2018, involving 530 senior primary schools students from primary schools in the Cobaw Region.

Or so we thought, until John Ewels told us that 1150 students from other local primary schools participated in the annual Come and Try It day at Tony Clarke Reserve in Macedon.

Central Highlands Orienteers have always punched above our weight in terms of number and quality of events, members in Victorian and Australian teams, and key officials such as manager of the Vic Schools Team, co-organiser of the 2015 Carnival in Ballarat, and more recently providing a President for OV in 2017-18.

The Macedon Summer Series continues to grow steadily, increasing from the traditional 6 events to 7 thanks to the initiative of Tuckonie member Warwick Davis. And the competition is stronger and more even, with Wendy Taverna holding on by a couple of points to win B Course from close male rivals. As course setter she had to sit and wait for the

Wendy Taverna

Now we suddenly find ourselves scrambling to keep up with the upsurge of interest among local primary and secondary schools. In addition to long term heavyweights Braemar College and Sacred Heart College in Kyneton, Gisborne Secondary College have now begun preparing and sending teams to secondary school championships.

The buzz at these interschool events is palpable, and the competition is hard fought. St Ambrose Primary School in Woodend took off the overall prize at Hanging Rock, at their first attempt. A couple of the individual winners then participated in the Macedon Summer Series with their families.

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runners to come in, the order of finishing runners splitting the points favourably for Wendy.

exciting learning experience. We hope to utilise skills gained to facilitate future sprint events.

Our regular autumn bush event was held at Balt Camp near Bullengarook, as part of the MelBushO series. A pleasing 144 competitors tackled the sometimes vague undulations and undergrowth of the Wombat Forest, a taste of real bush orienteering for the newcomers who enjoy the challenges MelBushO has to offer.

Cobaw schools championships

We then partnered with Dandenong Ranges and Melbourne Forest Racers two weeks later in a new Queen’s Birthday weekend double header near Malmsbury. CHOC updated the north section of the map, and Mark Hennessy’s courses over the two days were generally well received. We were honoured to work with two such strong organising clubs and share the best of the beautiful Upper Loddon State Forest and the Kookaburra Rises map.

As usual we assisted with the Melbourne Sprint Weekend and Sprint into Spring, partnering with other clubs on both occasions. Wendy and Sophie Taverna tasted their first experience of course setting in a major event at the Mount Helen Campus in Ballarat.

Held in November at the picturesque setting of Hanging Rock. Club volunteers assisted OV to enable 530 children from local primary schools participate. A really fun day out for all.

Orienteering in schools

CHOC members have provided Orienteering opportunity for many children at schools in the Macedon Ranges. A Sporting schools grant gave students at St Ambrose Woodend this opportunity. Macedon Primary school benefitted from this involvement and again won the Western division of the Schools Championships.

The annual Come and Try it Orienteering day at Tony Clarke Reserve and surrounds at Macedon saw over 1150 students from schools at Riddells Creek, Gisborne, New Gisborne, Holy Cross Gisborne, Macedon, Braemar College and Woodend attend.

On the competitive front, the continuing emergence of two of our junior women – Sophie Taverna and Jemima Bradfield-Smith – continues to bring smiles to the faces of older club members. Both did Victoria proud in the national carnival and schools championships in South Australia in September.

Led by a new president – Wendy Taverna - CHOC members look forward to building on the momentum of increased participation locally in 2018 and facilitating numerous quality orienteering events again in 2019. We acknowledge the steady hand of retiring President Peter Gossip, who has led the club for over ten years. We also acknowledge John and Lois Ewels, the backbone of the club in many ways, who are continuing to drive the club forward.

Club 2018 highlights have included: MelBushO: Balt Camp Held in May were well attended with 144 participants. The courses held in a more bush environment were challenging for all ages and abilities. Many thanks to course setter Ian Phillips, controller Mark Hennessey, the extended Ewels family, David & Peter Gossip and Sophie Taverna.

Sprint into Spring: Fed Uni Club members were given the opportunity to partner with Eureka to course set and assist with event management. An

award presentation to grade 4 girls from St Ambrose

Macedon Ranges Summer Series We witnessed an increase in participation numbers throughout the series and were able to expand on the number of events offered. Warwick’s newly mapped ‘Blind Creek’ in Sunbury was a highlight. Participants were challenged with complex route choices and steep terrain.

Many thanks to course setters, mappers and event organisers: John & Lois Ewels, Mark Hennessy, David & Peter Gossip, Ian Phillips and Warwick Davis.

CHOC members look forward to building on the momentum of increased participation locally in 2018 and facilitating numerous quality orienteering events again in 2019

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Bendigo Orienteers 2018 WO RDS JIM RUSSELL

Events:

Victorian Secondary Schools team

During the year the club provided 31 bush orienteering events and 6 park and street challenge events. That kept many of us quite busy.

Bendigo Orienteers supported 6 of our members who were selected in the Victorian Secondary Schools team and competed in the National Championships.

Signed agreement with Aboriginal traditional owners:

Child Safe Standards

Bendigo Orienteers signed an important agreement with the Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal Corporation which outlines the ways that we as a club will respect the heritage and culture of the first people who lived on this Country.

Bendigo Orienteers developed and then adopted the club’s Child Safe Standards.

Some of the changes we have made include: - Acknowledgement of country and traditional custodians at all our meetings and on our maps - Specific cultural heritage sites are avoided during events - We will inform Dja Dja Wurrung when we come across cultural heritage sites - We will educate our members about these issues - When we host major events, Dja Dja Wurrung elders will be asked to perform welcome ceremonies to country.

Equipment shed:

We finally have a small storage shed and a place to store the club’s trailer that is not in a member’s back yard. The owner of Bendigo Woollen Mills (Colin Walker, who is also a club member) has made some land available for our trailer and storage shed. Thanks to Nigel McGuckian for tolerating the club’s trailer and assorted equipment in his yard for many years.

Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins at the Bendigo2day event

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Victorian NOL team Slim margins and great performances by all our NOL competitors WOR DS & PHOTOS JIM RUSSEL L

The Victorian NOL team, VIC, ended the 2018 season with a win in W21, and 3 athletes in the top 10.

Natasha Key may think she is getting old, but there is no doubt she can still take it up with the best of them. Going into the last race of the Season, the SA middle Champs, Krystal Neumann had to win, and Tash had to place 3rd or worse for Krystal to take the crown, but Tash held her nerve, to take out her 7th win of the season, and the overall title. Tash's teammates in the top 10 were Lanita Steer in 5th and Clare Brownridge in 10th.

The Junior men had a win, no doubt if you have the top 2 in the individual, you should do well, especially if you have teammates like Brody McCarthy who finished in 15th place in the individual events. In Junior Women, VIC finished the year in 5th place. There was some promise for them out there, where they placed 2nd in 2 events late in the season.

Overall in the Teams events, ACT had 2 wins, a 2nd, and a 3rd, were as the VIC team had 2 wins, a 2nd, and a 5th. So close, yet so far.

The Men didn't do as well as the Women, with Bruce Arthur our best contributor in 6th place, Nathan Lawson was one place further back, while Matt Schepisi made it into the top 10.

VIC was the only NOL team to have 3 athletes in the top 10 in both the Men's and Women's open events.

Aston Key was a clear winner in M17-20, with 8 wins, as only your best 8 scores count, Aston finished with the maximum possible score of 243 points. He was pushed all the way in the last race, by his teammate Patrick Jaffe, as he needed the win to get the perfect score. But as much as Pat tried, Aston was able to get the win. Pat finished 2nd overall and finished the season off with a bang, with wins in 2 of the last 3 races.

Tara Melhuish was a clear leader in W 17-20, but she was pushed hard early in the season by our own Asha Steer. Asha won the 1st 2 races, and if it wasn't for her, Tara would have got the perfect score. Asha also scored well later in the season with another couple of wins, but the gap to Tara was too much, so Asha ended the season 2nd overall.

In the team results, the VIC Women did it all again, with another 1st place, with a romping 143 point to Qld Cyclones 92, the ACT Cockies were 3rd. It was 'oh so close' in the Men's, with the VIC team going down to the ACT Cockies by the slimmest of margins, 124 to 123.

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Tim Dent Orienteering has lost a champion ARTI CLE BY LIB BY MEEKI NG

On the 9th of October the sport of orienteering lost a champion. Tim Dent, a Life Member of Yarra Valley Orienteering Club passed away following the toughest course he had ever attempted to endure.

Tim and Helen travelled from England to start their new life together in Australia following their marriage in 1972. They had both enjoyed 'rambling' in the countryside of England and on their arrival continued their love of the outdoors by joining the Melbourne Bushwalking Club.

In 1973, the enticement of an added challenge to his love of bushwalking drew Tim to the relatively new Yarra Valley Orienteering Club. This was the beginning of a long and extremely successful course for Tim. As orienteering evolved, Tim relished the challenge and competed in all forms of the sport - bush, park and street, sprint and mountain trail bike orienteering. In addition to this, he successfully participated in both Australian and international rogaining events.

In 1974 Tim was selected in the inaugural Australian team to compete in the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark and again in 1976 when they were held in Scotland.

Always one with a desire to increase the challenge of the sport, in 1983 Tim made the decision to orienteer without a compass following his 1st place at the Easter 3-day carnival in ACT. From then on, hail, rain or shine, it was no compass for Tim, with the exception of rogaining events.

Tim also proved to be an invaluable Yarra Valley Club member.

Over the years he held the office of Club President, Secretary and Treasurer. He had been involved in mapping, field testing,

course setting, event organising and club coaching. He was a person who you could totally rely on to 'get the job done' with the minimum amount of fuss. In 1986 he was awarded the esteemed status of Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Life Member. He was Club Champion in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1992 and 1996. He won the Yarra Valley Classic Distance Australian Champion award in 1992, 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2007.

As both sports grew so did Tim's accomplishments. In World Rogaining he attended many events and achieved excellent results including 1st in the Super Vets class (55 years of age and over) in New Zealand in 2000 and 1st in the Ultra Vets class (65 and over) in the USA in 2014. Between 2000-2017 Tim won 25 orienteering championship events, 17 for foot events and 8 in mountain trail bike events. He had also achieved in excess of 750 events in the Street Orienteering Millennium Club ranking.

Yet with all this success Tim was a modest achiever and never one to boast about his accomplishments. Helen recalls that whenever she asked Tim about his results it was always "pretty good" for 1st, "not so bad" for 2nd and "OK" for 3rd. That was the end of it - never seeking any praise and conversely he didn't dwell on missed opportunities. Tim's philosophy was to always be accepting of his losses and move on.

Tim absolutely loved being in the bush and always appreciated a challenging orienteering or rogaining course. He was always generous in his knowledge of the sport. He took time to share the routes he had chosen and to provide information and advice so that other competitors could improve their own performance. Because of his desire to always be challenged, Tim would enter a a course in a younger age group which offered the choice of a longer distance, it often meant that he didn't get a place but again the desire for challenge would over-ride the need for accolades.

Tim will be fondly remembered by many for his calm and quiet nature. He was always cheerful, welcoming and willing to help. Orienteering has lost an amazing sport champion, but Tim was much more than a champion orienteer, he was a champion person, who will be ever so sadly missed by his loving family and friends.

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World University Champs Finnish street dance, squishy forest, and finely balanced Pringles - sound like fun?

WO RDS ASHA STEER

During July 2018 2 Victorians (Lanita and I) and 1 exVictorian (Matt Doyle -who now runs for Canberra) journeyed to Finland for the World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC).

The championships were held in Kuortane and the athlete village was located at Finland’s Olympic Training centre. Lanita, Matt and I (almost the entire Super Squad™ @RochPrendergast) were all at different stages of our Europe trips coming into WUOC; I had just come out of a gruelling JWOC in Hungary and was not in my finest shape, Matt was in preparation mode for his first WOC, and Lanita was primed and ready for action as WUOC was her only competition in Europe this year.

The week began with the opening ceremony. In true Finnish style we were greeted with an array of teenage street dance, and were not disappointed. Vibes were good after the opening ceremony. As most athletes were in the process of warming down from JWOC or up to WOC, everyone was very relaxed and there to have fun.

The first race was the Sprint Relay. The team of Lanita, Henry McNulty (WA), Aidan Dawson (NSW) and Michele Dawson (NSW) did a fantastic job in such a fast race. The map lacked detail, to say the least, and the course lacked route choice.

Considering how different it was to our Australian sprint races they adapted quickly and put in a good team effort.

Second up was the middle distance. This race was super fun. It was in very typical Finnish forest and somehow I managed to remember how to navigate in it. Matt and Lanita had fantastic races in the squishy forest with 25th and 31st respectively, and I did okay (considering the dehydration and exhaustion levels) with a 51st.

The sprint day was Australia’s finest moment. Not only because Henry (WA) came 3rd (only 24secs down on Tim Robertson (NZ) in 1st) but also because when he threw his bouquet from the podium into the crowd I caught it with one hand without dropping a single pringle from my pringle tube in the other hand. I feel it was an equally impressive moment for both of us. That aside, huge ups to Henry. Lanita had another good run with a 56th, I survived again (came 62nd) and had some fun.

The long distance was, well, long. This day many of us who weren’t running didn’t travel out to the event, but instead followed it online. While Matt and Lani were slogging it out in

the forest for over 80mins I was enjoying second breakfast, swims in our beautiful personal lake and a nap or two, interspersed with yelling at the GPS dots on my phone (which I’m sure everyone can relate to). Mad respect to both of them as they once again gave it their all and did awesomely. Lanita was the only one of our team to compete in every event at WUOC this year, even though the competition has no rest days.

I guess she was just really determined to get her money’s worth (or just really likes orienteering). That being said, for her to continue running at her best for 5 days straight, in hot weather and heavy forest is commendable. Matt scored himself an awesome 21st, only 11mins down on the winner Jonas Egger from Switzerland and Lani a solid 48th, 27mins down on Marie Olaussen from Norway. It was another successful day in the forest for Victoria (and ex-Victoria).

Now onto the relay day. Arguably the most fun event of the week due to the atmosphere, compiled of team spirit, scary patriotism, post competition exhaustion and pre-party hype.

Today was a solid day for Australia, especially our Men’s A team, which Matt was a part of. Us girls gave it our all and navigated solidly, but I think by the end of a long week (or a long two weeks for some of us) we were ready for a big feed and good long sleep. The A team, which Lani was a part of, snuck into 18th which is a fantastic result. One of my favourite aspects of relays is when you have already run (and haven’t been dsq or mp) and then get to watch and cheer your team mates. This year was exceptional for that as most of the girls had finished by the time to boys even started. This means we got to witness in its full glory, their brutal entrance to the forest (a wall of green which us girls had already had to get through earlier) and the battles for placings as athletes are sprinting their hardest to pass each other in the chute between the finish and the tagging area. It was a truly captivating event to witness as they are covered in mud, scratched up, in pain but still giving it their all to hand over first. Henry came back in 6th position, with almost half the teams within 4 minutes of the leader. Our boys A team ended up 16th which is an amazing effort.

Once again it was another successful international competition for Victoria and Australia. On behalf of Lanita, Matt and I, I would like to thank Orienteering Victoria and the broader Victorian Orienteering community for their continuous support and enthusiasm. Go the Big V!

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Vic Schools O team Dusty Riverland, Honour team selection, and farewell to the Karjalainen family and our Stephen Bird WOR DS C LARE BROWNRIDGE

Late last September the Victorian Schools Orienteering Team took off for the long drive to South Australia for the Australian Orienteering Championships carnival to show the other states what we're made of.

Michael Loughnan

The week took the team from the dry, dusty terrain of the Riverland, where the sand made for tough running, to pine forests and open paddocks, with a couple of school campuses thrown in for sprints. The variety of terrain made for an interesting week, with runners having to adapt their orienteering to varied and often less familiar terrain.

Although the team raced in nine different events during the trip, the focus was on the three Schools Championship races in the middle of the week. The schools competition started with a tricky sprint race around a school campus, with lots of quick decisions to be made and tight buildings to navigate. , before the long race in pine forest. The relay was in similar terrain to the long, with the atmosphere of face paint, hairspray and team support making for what is often described as the event of the year.

Overall, the Victorian team finished in fifth place after the three races, within striking distance of third and fourth place. The newer team members gained valuable experience that will stand them in good stead in future years.

The team of Aston Key, Mason Arthur, Brody McCarthy and Jensen Key were successful in winning the team gold medal in the Sprint event. The senior boys also won silver in the long distance, and bronze in the relay. Our junior boys took out the silver medal in the sprint, and our junior girls claimed bronze in the long distance.

Aston and Torren Arthur were rewarded for their consistent great runs by being named in the Honour Team at the

presentation ceremony at the Adelaide Sailing Club. Aston's clean navigation and speed saw him win both the sprint and long races - an exceptional effort.

Over the week it was encouraging to see everyone in the team have it come together for a great run at least once. A feature of the Victorian team meetings was celebrating the successes from a range of team members - not just those on the podium, but also those who had had a particularly good run that day, or a personal best placing. The meetings also saw rehearsals of the new team song, which was unleashed on the relay day. [lyrics at end of article] The Victorian team definitely won the prize for best mascot with young Ohto Karjalainen proving a vocal and enthusiastic

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supporter. We'll be sorry to farewell the Karjalainen family when they return to Finland in the middle of this year.

nominate for what is a challenging, fun and rewarding week away.

With nine events in 10 days, it was a hectic week. The single rest day towards the end of the trip was appreciated, and a quiet day at Glenelg beach with some of the team members' parents and siblings and ticking off the final scavenger hunt clues was enough activity.

Orienteering Victoria Schools Team Song (sung to the tune of Jemima Bradfield Smith

As well as losing Linnea back to Finland, the 2019 team will also be without Aston and Michael Loughnan, who have graduated from school. Thank you all for your contribution to the team over the years.

Thanks also to Don Cherry and Ian Davies, who coordinated the fundraising efforts for the team with the toasties and cake at state series events. Any support next time you're feeling peckish at an event is much appreciated!

The 2018 schools trip also marked Steve Bird's 12th and final trip as coach. This is a huge contribution to the junior orienteers of Victoria - the team has benefited enormously from Steve's coaching over the years with his easygoing attitude, support and coaching tips, as well as the continuity in team management. An enormous thank you to Steve!

The 2019 Australian Championships will be combined with the Oceania Championships, leading to a similar busy schedule.

Archie Neylon

the North Melbourne football club song):

Hearts to hearts and hands to hands, Beneath the blue and white we stand, We navigate our native land, Victoria, Victoria.

Out we come, out we come, out we come to play, Through the vegetation with the fastest time today, Lots of fun, heaps of fun, enjoy yourself today, Victoria are hard to beat when they come out to play.

So join in the chorus, and sing it one and all, The 2019 carnival will begin in NSW before moving to Victoria for the final weekend. We look forward to travelling with the team again and encourage any high school-age students to

Join in the chorus, Victoria's on the knoll, Good old Victoria, they're awesome you'll agree, Victoria will be champions, just you wait and see.

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Park and street Saturday Series introduced, new co-ordinators, trial of MapRun and the Millennium Club continues to grow.

WOR DS & PH OTO DEBBIE DODD AND M ARGI FREEM ANTLE, CO -C HAIRS, PARK STR EET COM MITTEE

Saturday Park Series

Summer Series (October 2018-March 2019)

The highlight of 2018 was the success of the Saturday Park Series, designed to attract newcomers and families, and crosspromote via MelbushO. Grant funding allowed production of colour maps of some of Melbourne’s best parkland venues, along with carefully targeted online promotion. We were overwhelmed with instant success when over 100 newcomers turned up at Darebin Parklands, doubling the usual number of Saturday afternoon participants! The Saturday Park Series is part of the regular Saturday series, but participants receive a full colour map, and the majority of controls are placed in parks. In 2019, the number of Park events will increase from 6 to 9, with further expansion to come as map funding permits.

The busy Summer program of four nights per week in Melbourne puts a strain on maps and makes fixturing a challenge, especially with the program extended by four weeks. To help alleviate this, we “loosened” the geographic boundaries between the northern, eastern and southern series, bringing some under-used north-eastern maps such as Ruffey Lake and Westerfolds into the Wednesday series, and giving the Monday participants a chance to use maps such as Camelot Rise and Abbey Walk. There was a proposal to shorten or remove the Thursday series after a fall in attendance, but its continuation was championed by the clubs most heavily involved, and Lauris Stirling worked particularly hard to ensure its survival.

Winter Series (April-October 2018)

The winter night series was shortened, as we aligned our seasons with daylight savings; we had 29 Monday events, 29 Wednesday events, 10 Tuesday events, and 6 Geelong events.

As expected, numbers fell as the weather became colder and some regulars sought warmer climates mid year. Monday continued its Target and Score formats, under the eye of new coordinator Michael Stillwell. The Tuesday and Geelong series both trialled the Maprun app, while Wednesday stayed with its classic formula, overseen by David Prentice.

Participation:

The Monday series seemed to hit its straps after Christmas with a pleasing increase in numbers which held right through until the end of March. The Tuesday series continued using Maprun; the fall in numbers in the series is something the Committee needs to review and address. Wednesdays continue to be the biggest series, with numbers boosted by strong attendances

by Scotch College, Camberwell Grammar, and Trinity College, for the annual Schools competition. Strong promotion of the Thursday series produced an increase in numbers. Our three shorter regional series – Macedon Ranges, Geelong and the Surf Coast, all performed very well indeed, and continue to be an important part of the program.

Participation:

Monday (29)

Tuesday (10)

Wed (29)

Geelon g (6)

Saturday (22)

Total (96)

1210

597

2021

176

1419

5423

Monda y (26)

Tuesda y (24)

Wed (26)

Thursday (26)

Regiona l (21)

1818

1651

2795

1404

904

Total (123 ) 8572

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Park Street Championships

The Championships were held at St Helena in February, on a fantastic course set by Lyn Green (YVV). It proved to be a tough physical challenge due to the high temperatures as well as the contours, but it was also a great test of decision making, with the winners ultimately those who got their route choice right, rather than being simply the fastest. The Qualifying events provided an exciting leadup and were hotly contested in all series, including Macedon Ranges and Geelong.

Our Champions are acknowledged below:

Mens Open

Luke Haines (BKV)

Mens Senior

Paul Monks (YVV)

Mens Veteran

Tim Hatley (BKV)

Mens Supervet

Ian Dodd (DRV)

Mens Ultravet

Hugh Wilson (BKV)

Womens Open

Victoria Greenhan (NEV)

Womens Veteran

Carolyn Jackson (BKV)

Womens Supervet

Denise Pike (DRV)

Womens Ultravet

Libby Meeking (YVV)

Junior Boy

James Love (DRV)

Junior Girl

Sophie Taverna (CHV)

Mens PW Open

Dave Stillwell (NEV)

Mens PW Supervet

Ian Greenwood (DRV)

Mens PW Ultravet

Dennis Mews (BKV)

Womens PW Open

Rosalind King (DRV)

Womens PW Supervet

Jo Torr (BKV)

Womens PW Ultravet

Rosie Salvaris (BKV)

Awards

The Millennium Club continued to grow, and as of March 31 2019, boasted four Vintage members (2000 events); 46 Legend members (1000 events); 29 Companion members (750 events); and 44 Associate members (500 events). Henk de Jong and Keith Anker were added to the Legends list, and received their certificates at the annual Awards Night.

Stuart McWilliam & Ian Davies

sure they get to as many events as they can. A fierce rivalry has sprung up between DROC’s Stuart McWilliam, and Bayside’s Steven O’Connell. In 2018, the honour went to Stuart with 180 events, a new record; but Steven was hot on his heels, and we await the 2019 outcome with great interest!

Stuart reports that during the last Summer Series, he attended 109 of a possible 112 events; of these, he used public transport and/or his bike to get to 72 of them! He covered 635 kms orienteering, plus 5966 kms in travel; and read three books. His favourite map? Springthorpe.

The prestigious Course Setter of the Year award went to Graham Wallis (DRV) for his course set on the Kingsclere map, in the Monday Summer Series. Graham presented competitors with so many options, with the best routes being highly debated long after the event finished. Runners-up were Tim Hatley (BKV) for Mentone Racecourse, a new map which was quite challenging to set on; and Fiona Fell (NEV) for Skeleton Creek, which despite a number of constraints, offered plenty for everyone to think about. Our thanks to adjudicator Peter Hobbs, who spent a considerable amount of time analysing the shortlisted maps.

The MEFTY (most events for the year) has become an incredibly sought after award, and contenders travel far and wide to make

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Denise Pike, Peter Dalwood and Peter Grover

Committee

Thanks

The Park Street Committee is made up of representatives from each participating club, as well as series coordinators, the treasurer, and the co-Chairs. It meets twice yearly to make strategic and operational decisions, and oversees the complex job of fixturing over 200 events. Our focus recently has been on financial operations, resulting in the introduction over summer of the “smiley stamp”, to ensure that all competitors pay the correct entry fee. Not only has this resulted in an increase in revenue for OV and clubs, but participants really enjoy seeing a “friendly face” stamped on the back of their cards! Sometimes a simple innovation can make a big difference.

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

Looking forward, we continue to work on increasing participation, reviewing ways to make volunteering easier, promoting our sport to newcomers, focusing on safety, and making sure we provide a program of fun, enjoyable, and accessible orienteering events.

Fixtures: Andrew Hunter, Lauris Stirling, Margi Freemantle, Debbie Dodd, Ian Stirling, Rachael Johnson, Katherine Dent

Series Coordinators: Michael Stillwell, John and Jenny Sheahan, David Prentice, Alan Cooke, Peter Yeates, Robert Hudson, Ken Moore, Debbie Dodd, Ewen Templeton, Geoff Hudson, John Ewels Results: Ian Davies, Edward Bucknall, Mark Besley, Derek Green, Andrew and Gwennyth Baker, Noel McVey, Warwick Davis, Alan Cooke, Finlay Stuart

Catering: Lauris Stirling, Phil Torode and Ros King, Ilze Yeates, Jenny Sheahan, Phil Giddings, Rosie Salvaris Treasurer: Vic Sedunary Statistician: Ray Howe

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JWOC 2018 Three brave Victorian juniors entered the maze of impenetrable bushes that was the 2018 JWOC terrain in Hungary WOR DS & PHOTOS PATRIC K JA FFE

Asha Steer, Aston Key and Patrick Jaffe all eventually emerged from the Kecskemét maze of death, with a mixed set of results but also plenty of great memories from an exciting international event in challenging terrain, with a fantastic group of teammates.

We descended on Kecskemét, about an hour’s drive from Budapest, a couple of weeks out from the competitions to start our preparations. We were glad that did invest the time in getting used to the terrain because it was pretty remarkable – a reasonably flat sand-dune landscape covered in a labyrinth of dense juniper bushes. To master this terrain, you had to pay close attention to the vegetation detail and constantly make adjustments to your micro-route choices, skills that we very rarely need to use in our lovely open Vic spur-gully bush!

Our official team training camp in the final week before JWOC delivered both high quality training sessions (including some race simulations exercises with the NZ team) and plenty of opportunities to enjoy being in the fascinating (and sometimes confusing) part of the world that is Eastern Europe.

Horrifying overtaking manoeuvrers to get around the thousands of ancient tractors on the main roads, fields of beautiful sunflowers, extremely loud dogs in every front yard, ridiculously cheap gelato, a fenced off area containing albino wallabies in the middle of the forest, classic ‘slav’ style tracksuits available in the op-shops, awesome water parks, apocalyptic wastelands of abandoned communist buildings but also some stunning architecture- this part of Hungary has it all! One of our finest achievements from the training week was making a spoof video tour of the village we stayed in, imitating our coach Brodie’s attempts at being a travel blogger.

Please feel free to check out ‘Aus JWOC Team- Time Pressed

Traveller’ on YouTube (but maybe check out Brodie’s blog first so that at least a couple of the in jokes will make sense).

The competition week finally arrived, beginning with a flat and fast long distance (15km for M20E and 11km for W20E) on terrain that had a mix of more open sandy dunes, lush pine plantation and juniper maze. Patrick had a solid run although a few mistakes late on in the course dropped him down the results a little to 47th while Asha had a similar run placing 86th, their best JWOC long distance results in four years of competing. After a few injury disruptions earlier in the year, Aston made the call to focus on shorter distances this year so sat out the first race.

The sprint event in the old town of Kecskemét the next day was a highlight for the Vics. We prepared extremely well for the sprint this year, with Aston drawing his own incredibly accurate map of the area from Google street view (he went above and beyond, even tracking down photos from a review of a restaurant that gave away some details of the multi-level section of the map). We still had to be on top of our game

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though because the organisers set fantastic courses, with plenty of impassable barriers, extra courtyards opened up and clever use of multi-level sections.

a brutal long-distance race but somehow he pulled up well enough to start the next day and his 30th place was a decent effort given that.

Aston’s hard work paid off with a sensational result of 9th place,

After a much welcome rest day, we were treated to the middle distance qualifier and final in the incredible Bocsa labyrinth of green. Aston showed that he was well and truly up for the challenge, qualifying in 2nd place in his heat (prompting the commentators to say “oh…maybe he’s not just a sprint specialist after all!) while unfortunately Asha and Patrick didn’t quite make the cut, ending up in the B final instead. The middle final stayed entirely in the maze of junipers, leading to many mistakes across the board and longer than expected winning times. Aston couldn’t quite back up his run from the day before but 25th in a quality field in the A-final is still one of Australia’s best middle distance results at this level over recent years.

just 34 seconds down on the surprise winner, Colin Kolbe of Germany. Given that Aston didn’t even have a completely clean run and still has two years left in M20, we can’t wait to see how he improves on this over the next couple of years! Asha had a great start to the race but the fierce competition in W20 meant she ended up in 69th, capping off some very consistent years of JWOC sprinting. Unfortunately, Patrick’s body did not respond very well to the long distance the day before and he

JWOC closed with the relay which featured some more open areas and faster running, a welcome relief after two days of bashing through dense, spiky junipers. Our girls started well, with Tara Melhuish back just a few minutes behind the leaders and Zoe Dowling picking up some more places on the middle leg. This put Asha out in a great position and she absolutely delivered in her last ever JWOC race, lifting the team up another seven places to finish in 15th, again one of Australia’s best recent JWOC results! In the boys race, it was a slightly more disappointing day with a few mistakes across all three legs but still a very enjoyable race to cap off the week.

Overall, it was an incredible experience competing in a fascinating new country on quality maps. We’d like to extend our thanks to OV and the entire Victorian orienteering community for their support in coaching, fundraising and cheering for us this year!

threw up constantly for 4 hours after the race, only being able to keep down any food or water for the first time 6 hours after he finished. This isn’t exactly an optimal recovery strategy after

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Project Coordination Report New "Change our game" funding and continued support from Supporting Victorian Sport and Recreation (SVSR).

CO MPILED BY KATE M ORR IS

PROJECTS COORDINATOR, ORIENTEERING VICTORIA

•Leisure Networks, resulting in two Totally Sport events for juniors and juniors with a disability in the Geelong area. There was fantastic feedback, with orienteering being the number 1 choice for juniors participating. Further project invites for 2019.

•Festival of Sport and invite to the 2019 Festival of Sport Many orienteering projects were successfully implemented in 2018. Thank you to everyone involved for your time, efforts and enthusiasm this year towards SRV funded projects.

Your input is much appreciated by me and all those who participated. I received such great feedback from the organisations we have worked with - on your events and how much participants love orienteering.

OV won new Change our Game (CoG) Workforce Development Funding to support females in orienteering.

This represented $16000 in funding for the year.

Orienteering Australia (OA) funding continued for the Bendigo Park and Street Challenge. This represented $2206 in funding for the year.

Supporting Victorian Sports and Recreation (SVSR) Funding continued with multiple projects. This represented $45000 in funding for the year.

OV enjoyed new relationships with:

•Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corp, resulting in a Barmah / Dharnya Permanent Course in the Barmah Forest National Park for the Dharnya centre. This course is used to expose indigenous youth and visiting school groups to sites of cultural significance to indigenous culture and heritage; and to increase use of the isolated Dharnya centre. The course is operated by YYNAC local guides, trained by OV. Projects to be extended in 2019.

Looking Ahead

Funding ($26500) for SVSR and CoG projects is available till June 2019, for new or continuing projects. Further funding can be sought for 2019-2023 as part of the new SRV funding initiative: Together More Active. This represents between $20000-60000 per annum.

Highlighting Orienteering to the Minister for Sport Victoria The following is the case study presented in the 2018 SVSR funding report.

Orienteering Victoria (OV) have invested funding from Supporting Victorian Sport and Recreation (SVSR) towards

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increasing support and engagement with females in orienteering.

With verbal feedback from women and girls in orienteering for more training to be provided, OV recognised a need to find out more and provide specific training for females in orienteering.

Did women want more skills, better times to train and learn, improved support, more opportunities to be involved? An opportunity to run a Women’s Training Weekend where participants could improve orienteering skills and provide insight to these questions, could provide the setting to discover these ‘secrets’.

With SVSR funding, Orienteering Victoria could make this idea become a reality – we were able to coordinate our first Women’s Training Weekend in September 2018.

Catering to all abilities, with experienced and emerging female coaches, the weekend aimed to provide a range of activities to improve skills in orienteering, navigation, teamwork; and to gain more information about what activities and training females wanted and how they wanted to engage with orienteering.

The Executive Officer organised the event and provided maps for the Daylesford area. Five female orienteers provided course setting, coaching, and activities. Fifteen females attended on the Saturday, aged between 12-60 with a wide range of experience from beginner to advanced. The group participated in orienteering activities and a lunchtime discussion with the Projects Coordinator to talk about SVSR and the opportunities available to them. A written survey was also used to provide further valuable feedback. The Projects Coordinator collected and analysed this feedback to determine the next steps for projects in 2019.

The feedback at the event was extremely positive. Participants gained benefit from the activities and enjoyed the structure of the day. Despite rain and mud, everyone joined the activities and spoke clearly about what they needed to participate and what they were interested in. These females wanted more events closer to home, one weekend day, regularly in the year (3-4 times). They were interested in improving their orienteering skills, in providing coaching, in learning how to map and set courses. Some needed opportunities to be low cost.

This was quite different from the viewpoint of orienteers in influential positions. The women’s training weekend has provided OV with valuable, real information about what female orienteers are looking for to increase their participation in a range of activities and positions of responsibility within OV. Women’s desire to be more involved and to say what works is a valuable resource to OV: in developing projects, increasing its workforce, and providing the appropriate support for females in orienteering.

OV hope to continue this solid start to a new relationship and engagement with females in orienteering with the support of SVSR in 2019.

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018

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 2018.

Committee Members The names of committee members throughout the year and at the date of this report are: Carl Dalheim (President) Chelsea Mullvaney (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 $36,965 (last year deficit $45,759).

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

Carl Dalheim President

Stephen Collins Treasurer Dated this 10th Day of May 2019

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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 2018 $

2017 $

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

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

14,538 17,567 4,182 65,187 51,869 1,320 63,850 6,981 5,669 231,163

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

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

649 21,872 26,029 200 48,750 182,413

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)

2,700 465 3,461 3,548 148 2,843 3,523 3,366 3,786 39,801 596 626 8,190 1,589 4,593 5,384 1,629 23,924 977 11,166 15,220 73,545 15,842 1,250 228,172 (45,759)

Expenditure Audit Fees Bank/Merchant Fees & Charges Control Card Printing Depreciation of Equipment Equipment Maintenance - Non SI 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 2018

Note Current Assets Cash Term Deposits Inventories Short term loan to employees Total Current Assets

69,453 223,174 2,050 294,677

2

2,753 2,753 261,147

3,843 3,843 298,520

3

17,177 17,177

17,585 17,585

Total Liabilities Net Assets

17,177 243,970

17,585 280,935

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

6,271 237,699 243,970

6,271 274,664 280,935

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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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018

VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018

$

Retained Surplus: Balance at 1 January 2018 Adjustment During the Year Balance at 31 December 2018

2017 $

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

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Development Fund Reserve: Balance at 1 January 2018 Adjustment During the Year Balance at 31 December 2018

2018 $

6,271 6,271

274,664 (36,965) 237,699

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

2018 $

2017 $

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

224,182 (290,562) 6,981 (59,399)

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

-

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

-

(3,156) 745 (2,411)

-

Net increase (decrease) in cash held

(36,469)

(61,810)

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

292,627 256,158

354,437 292,627

140,864 115,294 256,158

69,453 223,174 292,627

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

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 CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018

2018 $

VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 2017 $

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.

(36,965)

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 Increase/(Decrease) in Development Fund Reserve Cash flow from operating activities

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.

(45,759)

1,090 -

3,548 (745)

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

(398) (9,104) (6,941) (59,399)

(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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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 2018

VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Employee Benefits

(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.

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.

Key judgments - Doubtful debts provision: No doubtful dept provision has been made at 31 December 2018, as there are no accounts receivable as at 31 December 2018.

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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VICTORIAN ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION ABN 85 554 483 914 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2018 2018 $ Note 2: Plant and Equipment Office Equipment Less: Accumulated depreciation

2017 $

2,910 (2,910) -

4,111 (4,035) 76

SI Equipment Less: Accumulated depreciation

28,718 (25,965) 2,753

28,327 (24,592) 3,735

Training Equipment Less: Accumulated depreciation

2,424 (2,424) -

2,424 (2,424) -

Photographic Equipment Less: Accumulated depreciation

1,435 (1,435) 2,753

1,435 (1,403) 32 3,843

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

286 6,343 1,441 9,282 234 17,586

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

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 2018 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 2018 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 10th Day of May 2019

Y E A R B O O K O R I E NT E E RI NG V ICTO R IA 20 18 / 44

VICTORIAN HONOUR ROLL Course Setter of the Year 2018 Long Distance

NOL 10 & Victorian Autumn Series 4, Tipperary, Hepburn Springs - David Brownridge and Stephen Collins Nominees: Victorian Spring Series 2 - Tarilta Creek – Patrick Jaffe Course Setter of the Year 2018 Middle Distance

Vic Middle Champs - Yorkshire Hill, Bendigo - Jim Russell

Course Setter of the Year 2018 Sprint Distance

Melbourne Sprint Weekend Race 2, Caulfield Grammar - Dion Keech

Nominees: Vic Sprint Champs at SMB (School of Mines Ballarat) - Roch Prendergast Melbourne Sprint Weekend Race 3, Yarra Valley Grammar - Bruce Arthur

Event Management of the Year

NOL 9 & Vic Middle Champs - Yorkshire Hill, Bendigo - Andrew Wallace

Nominees: Vic Sprint Champs at Ballarat School of Mines - Warwick Williams Melbourne Sprint Weekend Race 2, Caulfield Grammar - Anne Arthur Victorian Spring Series 2, Tarilta Creek - James Robertson

Rockhopper Junior Award

Asha Steer and Aston Key

Services to Orienteering

Stephen Bird

Y E A R B O O K O R I E NT E E RI NG V ICTO R IA 20 18 / 45

VICTORIAN MEMBERSHIP There was a 4.6% drop in individual membership in 2018.

Membership fees remained the same as for 2017; $35 adults and $6 for juniors.

Yarra Valley was the only club to increase their membership over the previous year. The online magazine has become an increasingly more popular option.

OV Memberships Adults Juniors <21 Total

529 111 640

Masters 35+ Seniors 21-34 Juniors <21

468 61 111

Males Females

386

254

Primary Club Memberships Nuggets Squad Associate

Individual Memberships Hard copy Magazine * Online Mag Households New members ** Non-renewals Non renewing OV Households Associate Schools Assocate Organisations Total OV Memberships

Club Memberships OV Club OV OV Members Adult Junior 11 9 0 160 132 21 107 74 28 11 8 3 101 83 18 49 36 8 49 27 18 61 56 4 21 20 0 14 7 0 86 70 11 522 111 52

34

13

OV 2nd Club 2 7 5 0 0 5 4 1 1 7 5

Club Albury/Wodonga Bayside Kangaroos Bendigo Central Highlands Dandenong Ranges Eureka Melb Forest Racers Nillumbik Emus Tuckonie VARDF Yarra Valley

overseas

casual

3

2

20 2018

2017

640 227 229 104 135 2 435 19 1 660

671 255 218 101 142 2 444 24 1 696

* includes associate memberships ** 80 first time OV members Robert Edmonds Orienteering Victoria Membership Secretary

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VICTORIAN TEAM PERFORMANCES COMPILED BY BLAIR TREWIN

Victorian teams or clubs achieved the following results in national team competitions in 2018: National Orienteering League

Senior Men

2nd

Senior Women

1st

Junior Men

1st

Junior Women

5th

Orienteering Australia Shield: 1st Xanthorrhoea Trophy: 3rd (=) Australian Schools Championships: 5th Champion Club Trophy

Melbourne Forest Racers: 2nd Yarra Valley: 5th The following Victorians achieved top-ten individual performances in the 2018 National Orienteering League: Senior men: Bruce Arthur (6th), Nathan Lawson (7th), Matthew Schepisi (10th) Senior women: Natasha Key (1st), Lanita Steer (5th), Clare Brownridge (10th) Junior men: Aston Key (1st), Patrick Jaffe (2nd) Junior women: Asha Steer (2nd) The following Victorians achieved top-ten individual performances at the 2018 Australian Schools Championships: Senior boys: Aston Key (1st long, 1st sprint); Mason Arthur (6th sprint), Brody McCarthy (10th sprint) Senior girls: Venla-Linnea Karjalainen (4th long) Junior boys: Torren Arthur (5th sprint, 7th long), Hadyn Tang (8th sprint) Junior girls: Sophie Taverna(9th)

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FOOT-O Results COMPILED BY BLAIR TREWIN

VICS AT THE Australian Relay Championships (RENMARK, SA) 1st

2nd

3rd

W21E

Lanita Steer, Aislinn Prendergast, Natasha Key

M17-20E

Patrick Jaffe, Brody McCarthy, Aston Key

M45A

Fredrik Johansson, Dion Keech, Blair Trewin

M55A

Tim Hatley, Geoff Lawford, Warren Key

W55A

Carolyn Jackson, Julie Flynn, Jenny Bourne

Women Open B

Amber Louw, Sophie Taverna, Jemima Bradfield Smith

M14A

Callum White, John Steer, Torren Arthur

W55AS

Kathy Liley, Judy Prendergast, Suzanne O'Callaghan

Women Open B

Heather O'Donnell, Elizabeth Hatley, Wendy Taverna

M16A

Archie Neylon, Mason Arthur, Jensen Key

VICS AT THE Australian Middle Distance Championships (RENMARK, SA) 1st

2nd

3rd

Natasha Key (W21E)

Torren Arthur (M14A)

Martin Steer (M50A)

Craig Feuerherdt (M40A)

Simon Rouse (M40A)

Rod Gray (M60A)

Geoff Lawford (M55A)

Carolyn Jackson (W60A)

Peter Searle (M75A)

Milla Key (W12A)

Helen Alexander (W80A)

Sophie Arthur (W12A)

Jenny Bourne (W60A)

Darren Eenjes (M45AS)

Libby Meeking (W70A)

Raelee Eenjes (W45B)

Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins (W45AS)

Greg Cates (M45AS) Jenelle Templeton (W65AS)

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VICS AT THE Australian Long Distance Championships (Mt Crawford, SA) 1st

2nd

3rd

Natasha Key

W21E

Aston Key

M17-20E

Teemu Karjalainen

M40A

Patrick Jaffe

M17-20E

Torren Arthur

M14A

Tony Radford

M70A

Max Dalheim

M20A

Craig Feuerherdt

M40A

Dale Ann Gordon

W75A

Bruce Arthur

M40A

Alex Tarr

M75A

Carol Morgans

WE

Warren Key

M55A

Milla Key

W12A

Ted van Geldermalsen

M60A

Carolyn Jackson

W60A

Sophie Arthur

W12A

Philippa LohmeyerCollins

W45AS

Jenny Bourne

W60A

Raelee Eenjes

W45B

Libby Meeking

W70A

Helen Alexander

W80A

Darren Eenjes

M45AS

Bill Vandendool

M55AS

Heather O'Donnell

W35AS

Elizabeth Hatley

W55AS

Alison Radford

W65AS

Wendy Taverna

W Open B

VICS AT THE Australian Sprint Championships (RENMARK, SA) 1st

2nd

3rd

Nathan Lawson

M21E

Asha Steer

W17-20E

Aston Key

M17-20E

Patrick Jaffe

M17-20E

Torren Arthur

M14A

Tim Hatley

M55A

Luke Feuerherdt

M12A

Warren Key

M55A

Wayne Love

M45B

Craig Feuerherdt

M40A

Ted van Geldermalsen

M60A

Raelee Eenjes

W45B

Tony Radford

M70A

Carolyn Jackson

W60A

Sophie Arthur

W12A

Judi Herkes

W70A

Jenny Bourne

W60A

Darren Eenjes

M45B

Helen Alexander

W80A

Carol Morgans

W Easy

Sarah Love

W45B

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VICS AT THE Australian 3-Days (HOBART, TASMANIA) 1st

2nd

3rd

Aston Key

M17-20E

Natasha Key

W21E

Blair Trewin

M45A

Bruce Arthur

M40A

Torren Arthur

M14A

Rod Gray

M60A

Warren Key

M55A

Jensen Key

M16A

Tony Radford

M70A

Melissa Gangemi

W35A

Jim Russell

M55A

Venla-Linnea Karjalainen

W16A

Jenny Bourne

W60A

Sophie Arthur

W12A

Moira Kuffer

W21A

Helen Alexander

W80A

Serryn Eenjes

W16A

Helen Walpole

W35A

Cormac McCarthy

M55AS

Nicola Dalheim

W50A

Ruth Goddard

W70A

Dennis Trewin

M65AS

Carolyn Jackson

W60A

Sandra Tarr

W45AS

Sonia Ali

W21AS

Alison Radford

W65A

Sheila Colls

W55AS

W55AS

Libby Meeking

W70A

Belinda Dale

W65AS

M/W Easy

Greg Cates

M45AS

Osama Ali

M Open B

Bill Vandendool

M55AS

Ian Dias

M Open B

Wendy Taverna

W Open B

Carol Morgans

M/W Easy

Philippa LohmeyerCollins Suzanne O'Callaghan

Vic Sprint Championships (School of Mines, Ballarat) M21A

Patrick Jaffe

W21A

Natasha Key

M10A

Joshua Feuerherdt

W10A

Mia Gavens

M12A

Luke Feuerherdt

W12A

Sophie Arthur

M14A

Torren Arthur

W14A

Amber Louw

M16A

Mason Arthur

W16A

Caitlyn Steer

M17-20A

Aston Key

W17-20A

Sarah Davies

M35A

Gavin Bennette

W35A

Kate Gavens

M45A

Jim Russell

W45A

Sarah Love

M55A

Tim Hatley

W55A

Carolyn Jackson

M60A

Chris Norwood

W60A

Sue Key

M65A

Geoff Armstrong

W65A

Alison Radford

M70A

Tony Radford

W70A

Judi Herkes

M75A

Blake Gordon

W75A

Helen Alexander

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Victorian Long Distance Championships (Evenmoore, Fryerstown) M21E

Patrick Jaffe

M/W10

Joshua Layton

W21E

Natasha Key

W12A

Sophie Arthur

M14A

Callum White

W14A

Sophie Taverna

M16A

Jensen Key

W16A

Venla-Linnea Karjalainen

M17-20A

Lachlan Cherry

W17-20A

Sarah Davies

W21A

Moira Kuffer

M35A

Geoff Lawford

W35A

Liliia Glushchecnko

M40A

Bruce Arthur

W40A

Carolyn Layton

M45A

Fredrik Johansson

W45A

Julie Flynn

M50A

Jim Russell

W50A

Nicola Dalheim

M55A

Warren Key

W55A

Jenny Bourne

M60A

Ted van Geldermalsen

W60A

Carolyn Jackson

M65A

Vic Sedunary

W65A

Sheila Colls

M70A

Derek Morris

W70A

Ruth Goddard

M75A

Peter Prime

W75A

Dale Ann Gordon

M80A

Barry Sampson

W80A

Helen Alexander

W21AS

Victoria Greenham

M35AS

Andrew Hunter

W35AS

Heather O'Donnell

M45AS

Darren Eenjes

W45AS

Raelee Eenjes

M55AS

Geoff Armstrong

W55AS

Elizabeth Hatley

Long Open B

Jeff Hughes

Junior Open B

Alexander Rowlands

Short Open B

Sarah Love

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Victorian Middle Distance Championships (YORKSHIRE HILL) M21E

Aston Key

W21A

Natasha Key

M12A

Ashley White

M14A

Torren Arthur

W14A

Sophie Taverna

M16A

Jensen Key

W16A

Venla-Linnea Karjalainen

M17-20E

Patrick Jaffe

W17-20E

Asha Steer

M35A

Alan Kuffer

W35A

Helen Walpole

M40A

Andrew Cameron

W40A

Heather O'Donnell

M45A

Dion Keech

W45A

M50A

Don Cherry

W50A

Nicola Dalheim

M55A

Warren Key

W55A

Jenny Bourne

M60A

Chris Norwood

W60A

Sue Key

M65A

Charles Brownridge

W65A

Pamela King

M70A

Paul Elam

W70A

Libby Meeking

M75A

Peter Searle

W75A

Dale Ann Gordon

W80A

Helen Alexander

Long Open B

Wendy Taverna

M85A

Graeme Cadman

Y E A R B O O K O R I E NT E E RI NG V ICTO R IA 20 18 / 52

MTBO Results COMPILED BY PETER CUSWORTH 2018 World Masters MTBO Championships – Budapest, Hungary Mass Start: 1st W60 – Carolyn Jackson (Australia) Sprint Distance: 1st W60 – Carolyn Jackson (Australia) Long Distance: 1st W60 – Carolyn Jackson (Australia) Middle Distance: 1st W60 – Carolyn Jackson (Australia) 2018 Australian MTBO Championships – Queensland Victorian podium placings were:

SPRINT Distance: St Pauls High School, Bald Hills

1st – Carolyn Jackson W21 (BK), Heather Leslie W60 (BK), Kathy Liley W70 (YV), Rick Armstrong M70 (AW) 2nd – Jayne Sales W21 (MF), Scott Gavens M21 (BK), Leigh Privett M70 (AW) 3rd – Peter Cusworth M60 (BK)

MIDDLE Distance: “Slickers” Kurwongbah

1st – Carolyn Jackson W21 (BK), Leigh Privett M70 (AW) 2nd – Jayne Sales W21 (MF), Kathy Liley W70 (YV), Scott Gavens M21 (BK), Rick Armstrong M70 (AW) 3rd – Andrew Campbell M70 (AW)

LONG Distance: Beerburrum West State Forest

1st – Carolyn Jackson W21 (BK), Peter Cusworth M60 (BK), Leigh Privett M70 (AW) 2nd – Kathy Liley W70 (YV), Scott Gavens M21 (BK), Rick Armstrong M70 (AW) 3rd – Andrew Campbell M70 (AW) 2018 Australian MTBO State Champion Plaque

1st QLD 114 points, 2nd Victoria 77 points, 3rd NSW 72 points.

2018 National MTBO Series

1st – W21 Carolyn Jackson (BK), W60 Heather Leslie (BK), W70 Peta Whitford (YV), W80 Helen Alexander (BK), M60 Peter Cusworth (BK), M70 Rick Armstrong (AW), M80 Graeme Cadman (YV).

2nd – W21 Jayne Sales (MF), W70 Kathy Liley (YV), M21 Scott Gavens (BK), M40 Ed Steenbergen (CH), M70 Leigh Privett (AW) 3rd – W70 Dale Ann Gordon (EU), M60 Bill Vanderdool (BK), M70 Andrew Campbell (AW)

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2018 Victorian MTBO Championships – Creswick

SPRINT Distance – RACV Goldfields Resort, Creswick

1st – Sofie Van Gunsteren W40 (BK), Heather Leslie W60 (BK), Peta Whitford W70 (YV), Helen Alexander W80 (BK), Cooper Northey M12 (EU), Adrian Jäggi M21 (BK), Ed Steenbergen M40 (CH), Leigh Privett M70 (AW), Graeme Cadman M80 (YV) 2nd – Melissa Biviano W40 (BK), Alison Radford W60 (BG), Sam Northey M12 (EU), Rick Armstrong M70 (AW) 3rd – Monica Dickson W50 (EU), Kathy Liley W70 (YV), Chris Taylor M40 (BK), Stephen Hanlon M50 (CH), Bill Vanderdool M60 (BK) MIDDLE Distance – Creswick Diggings

1st – Carolyn Jackson W21 (BK), Sofie Van Gunsteren W40 (BK), Monica Dickson W50 (EU), Heather Leslie W60 (BK), Peta Whitford W70 (YV), Helen Alexander W80 (BK), Ed Steenbergen M40 (CH), Peter Cusworth M60 (BK), Rick Armstrong M70 (AW), Graeme Cadman M80 (YV) 2nd – Kate Gavens W21 (BK), Jenny Mitchell W40 (DR), Prue Dobbin W50 (BK), Helen Edmonds W60 (NE), Kathy Liley W70 (YV), Scott Gavens M21 (BK), Bill Vanderdool M60 (BK), Leigh Privett M70 (AW) 3rd – Jayne Sales W21 (MF), Carolyn Cusworth W60 (BK), Dale Ann Gordon W70 (EU), Gary Buchan M40 (EU), Steven Law M50 (BK), Ian Mack M60 (BK), Ralph Koch (YV) LONG Distance – Creswick Forest

1st – Carolyn Jackson W21 (BK), Monica Dickson W50 (EU), Heather Leslie W60 (BK), Peta Whitford W70 (YV), Helen Alexander W80 (BK), Alex Randall M21 (YV), Ed Steenbergen M40 (CH), Peter Cusworth M60 (BK), Rick Armstrong M70 (AW) 2nd – Jayne Sales W21 (MF), Prue Dobbin W50 (BK), Ronice Goebel W60 (AW), Dale Ann Gordon W70 (EU), Anthony Jones M40 (BK), Stephen Hanlon M50 (CH), Bill Vanderdool M60 (BK), Keith Wade M70 (TK) 3rd – Kate Gavens W21 (BK), Helen Edmonds W60 (NE), Scott Gavens M21 (BK), Andrew Campbell M70 (AW) 2018 Vic MTBO Series Standings Course 1: Male – Scott Gavens (BK); Female – Carolyn Jackson (BK) Course 2: Male – Ed Steenbergen (CH); Female – Jayne Sales (MF) Course 3: Male – John Gavens (BK); Female – Heather Leslie (BK) Course 4: Male – Ralph Koch (YV); Female – Kathy Liley (YV) Scatter: = 1st Tania Elderkin & Stuart Lloyd (BK)

Y E A R B O O K O R I E NT E E RI NG V ICTO R IA 20 18 / 54

Officers for 2018 The Board President Vice-President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer

Carl Dalheim Margi Freemantle David Jaffe Chelsea Mullavey Stephen Collins

Staff Executive Officer Media and Publicity Project Coordinator

Rob Fell Patrick Jaffe Kate Morris

Other Officers Support to Treasurer Bush Program & Permits Chair Urban sub-committee MTBO Coordinator Sprint Coordinators MelBushO Coordinator Coaching Coordinator Junior Squad Coordinator Membership Protection Officer Statistician Vic National League Manager Vic Relay Selector Yearbook Editor Sport ident and Timing Systems Coordinator Website Editors Park & Street Results Webpages School Team Manager School Team Coaches School Team Selection Panel Auditor

Ruth Goddard Laurie Niven Debbie Dodd, Margi Freemantle Peter Cusworth Margi Freemantle, Ted van Geldermalsen Ruth Goddard Jim Russell Bruce Arthur Laurie Niven Kathy Liley Matt Schepisi & Lanita Steer Ted van Geldermalsen Dion Keech Ian Dodd Margi Freemantle, Debbie Dodd Finlay Stuart Bruce Arthur Stephen Bird, Clare Brownridge Stephen Bird, Bruce Arthur, Clare Brownridge Ryan Mizael of Factels Accounting

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Bush Orienteering 2018

Main: Heather O’Donnell Top: Callum White Middle: the Junior’s cake stall Bottom: the relays start line up (photos Susan Guinane et al.)

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

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