N AT I O N A L O R I E N T E E R I N G L E A G U E
Meet Your Team Seven state teams compete each year in a series of major events staged around Australia called the Australian National Orienteering League (NOL). This is the first in a series of articles introducing the teams that compete against each other for the individual and team National League titles. In 2006 the NOL consists of 13 individual races and two relay races. Runners from each state gain points towards the team title and individual categories which are Men’s Elite, Women’s Elite, Men’s Junior Elite and Women’s Junior Elite. The teams are: NSW Ultimax Stingers, Southern Arrows (SA), Victorian Nuggets, Western Nomads (WA), Queensland Cyclones, Tasmanian Foresters, SmokeFree Canberra Cockatoos (ACT) In this edition Julian Dent introduces the NSW Ultimax Stingers. Team Name: NSW Ultimax Stingers State: NSW Sponsor: Ultimax Socks Highest Ranked: Male – Julian Dent Female – Tracey Bluett NOL 2005: 2nd Team Website: www.nswstingers.com Briohny Davey David Meyer Felicity Brown
Catherine Murphy
12 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER JUNE 2006