AUSTRALIAN 3-DAYS 2005 PREVIEW

SnowE2005

The 2005 Australian 3-Days Jindabyne NSW

THE organisers of SnowE2005, the 2005 Australian 3-Days, are aiming to provide a complete Orienteering experience. The decision to stage the carnival outside of Canberra was based on a survey conducted during Easter 2002 that confirmed most inter-State visitors would prefer a change from Canberra and a positive attitude towards Jindabyne. Jindabyne Sport & Recreation Centre will be the Event Centre and the venue for all events on Day Zero, Good Friday. While there will not be a warm up event as such, organisers are confident all orienteers will find something in one of the four events to suit their needs, starting with the Elite Prologue, the Slologue, the Family and Open Medley Relays or the Open MiddleDistance Relay, which will be a mass start event based on the middledistance course of the medley relay. The organisers will assist with forming teams for either of the Open relays. All Day Zero competitors will go into a barrel draw for ten prizes. They do not have to be present at the draw. Results with splits and maps with winners’ routes will be on display each evening at the Event Centre. Alex Tarr is preparing all maps so competitors on Day Zero will get a feel for his mapping, as most courses will take in the variety of granite that will be a feature of the whole weekend. Alex Tarr has said that the venues for SnowE2005 will be the most technically difficult since Big Badja in 1989, but there will still be plenty of options for easier courses. Day 1 will be north of Berridale, less than 60 kms from Jindabyne and about 30 kms from Cooma, for those who will not arrive on Good Friday. Days 2 and 3 will be at the Buckenderra Holiday Village, 60 kms from Jindabyne.

Sophie Barker (ACT) competing in Poland at JWOC.