TOP EVENTS 2008
2009 March 21-24 Australian 3-Days Dubbo, NSW aus3days2008.orienteering.asn.au
June 28 WMOC 2008 -July 5 Marinha Grande, Portugal www.wmoc2008.fpo.pt
June 30- JWOC 2008 July 6 Gothenberg, Sweden www.gmok.nu/jwoc2008
July 10-20 WOC 2008 Olomouc, Czech Republic www.woc2008.cz
July 21-25 O-Ringen 2008 Dalarna, Sweden www.oringen.com/dalarna2008
July 25-30 APOC 2008 South Korea www.apoc2008.kr
July 30- Aug 8
Aug 3-9
Nordvestgallopen 2008 Voss/Bergen, Norway Creoso 6 Day South East Wales
Aug 24-31 MTB-WOC 2008 and MTB-JWOC 2008 Ostróda, Poland www.mtbo.pl/woc2008/
April 10-13 Australian 3-Days The Royal Easter O, Launceston, Tasmania www.tasorienteering.asn.au
July 5-12 JWOC 2009 Trentino, Italy www.jwoc2009.it
July 19-24 O-Ringen 2009 Smaland, Sweden www.oringen.com/smaland2009
Aug 2-8 Scottish 6-Days Tayside, Scotland www.scottish6days.com/2009/ Aug 2-8
Swiss O Week Muotatal, Switzerland www.swiss-o-week.ch
Aug 18-23 WOC 2008 Miskolc, Hungary www.woc2009.hu
tba MTB-WOC 2008 and MTB-JWOC 2008 Israel
Oct 10-17 WMOC 2009 Lithgow NSW www.nsw.orienteering.asn.au
Sept 20-28 Australian Championships Carnival Maryborough, QLD www.oq.asn.au/2008austchamps Sept 30 Australian MTB-O Championships -Oct 1 Maryborough, QLD www.oq.asn.au/2008austchamps
Orienteering Australia – National Training Centre
CLASSIC INJURIES Kay Haarsma reported that Carolyn Strong (TT-SA), a 40-something relatively new orienteer (came in via MTBO) was negotiating a high fence at a recent event. She fell and got hung upside down with an ankle strangled between two wire strands. Unable to reach back to her ankle she was stuck there for some time yelling for help. Eventually a group of newcomers (a great introduction to O) discovered Carolyn and disentangled her. She suffered nerve damage and a nasty cut but it should come good in time. Carolyn takes up the story:
Saturday Afternoon - Suburban foothills of Adelaide: I decided to do a short course as I had already done a 50km training bike ride that morning and I was feeling a little tired. Set off and I had to cross a style to reach the first control which was in view on a parallel fence. The style crossed a metre-high wire fence (with square sections) with two single loose wires on top. I suddenly found myself doing a press-up on the plank of wood on the far side of the fence, my left ankle had the two strands of wire wrapped tightly around my bare flesh and to make matters worse my right foot was locked in the square portion of the fence around my toes. The strands of wire were really tight around my ankle but I couldn’t reach them as they were behind me, and I was supporting my weight. I cried for help three times as my whistle was in my back pocket, which I couldn’t reach either. I thought help would come but no-one came. I realised I must have put my left foot in between the top two strands not over then tripped over the fence tightening the wire. I then decided to try and get my body back over the fence (which would release the wires). Unfortunately with my blood rushing to my head all I managed to do was to pass out. I came around and found I had fallen off the wooden plank. My head and shoulders were on the ground but my feet were still trapped in the top strands of the fence, and the wire was tighter making a groove in my flesh. It was at this point that the next orienteers arrived on the scene, a family with two young boys, trying orienteering for the first time, on a come-and-try-it basis, they were surprised to find me strung up on the fence like a christmas chook. They were soon able to release my feet and I went back to the start to receive first aid. Luckily, although it had been five minutes, I only suffered some peripheral (sensory) nerve damage, which is improving. Ed: Our thanks to Carolyn for this graphic description. DECEMBER 2007 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 29
