MEET YOUR TEAM – Victoria Nuggets

Jim Russell #7

Debut 1993 (TT) 03 Champion Team 1st 1994 NOL 138 NOL races 1088 pts

Blair Trewin #11

Debut 1993 (CC) 03 Champion Team 3rd 1995 NOL 144 NOL races 1324.5 pts

Photo: Peter Preston

Natasha Key #1

Debut 1994 03 Champion Team 1st ‘97, 99, 01, SC03, 04 79 NOL races1384 pts

Meet Your Team VICTORIAN NUGGETS

Warren Key #2 (above) Debut 1993 (SL) 03 Champion Team 1st 1993 NOL 105 NOL races 1295.5 pts

Kathryn Ewels #23

Debut 1998 03 Champion Team 4th 2003 NOL 73 NOL races 1100 pts

Clare Hawthorne #19

Debut 1995 (TAS) 03 Champion Team 5th 2005, 1999 87 NOL races 942.5pts

Bruce Arthur #37

Debut 1995 (SA) 03 Champion Team 4th 2003 Spring Cup 125 NOL races 1282 pts

Experience and Excitement

The Victoria Nuggets have always fielded strong teams in NOL competitions with the luxury of being close to many major competitions, and a good supply of experienced national team members over the last 15 years. With some of these big names now slowing down, there is an exciting group of juniors beginning their elite careers.

Team Highlight

Always in the top three contenders for the NOL teams competition, the Nuggets’ highlight was in 2003 when it stole the title from the Canberra Cockatoos in the final race at Beechworth. Significantly, this was the only time that a team other than Canberra had won the NOL title since state teams were created in 1994.

Adrian Jackson #30

Debut 2002 03 Champion Team 7th 2003 NOL 46 NOL races 576 pts

Athletes and Administrators

Bruce Arthur manages the team and co-ordinates training activities in Melbourne with the resources of the Melbourne Forest Racers club. Jim Russell is team coach, and runs his own orienteering ‘academy’ in Bendigo that successfully guides a number of talented juniors towards NOL competition. Orienteering Victoria provides some financial support to help with travel to remote NOL competitions and subsidy of team uniforms.

Recognition and Milestones

Upon scoring their first NOL point, team members are allocated a Nuggets number. Natasha Key scored the first number in 1994, and Julie Lawford is latest addition at #56. Nuggets members are now recognised for significant milestones for NOL races and points accumulated.

Kirsten Fairfax #26

Debut 1996 (TAS) 4th 1998 NOL 44 NOL races 396.5 pts

THE FUTURE

Jasmine Neve #32

Debut 2002 03 Champion Team 35 NOL races 427 pts

Ilka Barr #28 (left) Debut 2001 03 Champion Team 27 NOL races175 pts

Chris Naunton #40

(bottom right) Debut 2003 22 NOL races 118 pts

Evan Barr #51

(bottom middle) Debut 2006 8 NOL races 6 pts

Bryan Keely #52

Debut 2006 9 NOL races 26 pts

Clare Brownridge #49

Debut 2005 8 NOL races 42 pts

David Brownridge #46

Debut 2005 14 NOL races 8 pts

Torgeir Watne #50

Debut 2004 (QLD) 16 NOL races 69 pts

Rob Fell #48

Debut 2005 7 NOL races 5 pts