The Australian Orienteer - June 2015 by Orienteering Australia

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Sporting Schools

2015

Round

Date

Event

Location

Sat 7th March

Mixed Sprint Relay

Sydney

Sat 7th March

Sprint Qualification

Sydney

Sun 8th March

Sprint Final

Sydney

Fri 3rd April

Elite Prologue

Jamestown SA

Sat 4th April

Easter Day 1 Middle Distance

Southern Bri Glen Jamestown SA

Sun 5th April

Easter Day 2 Long Distance

Bri Glen-Tunderri Jamestown SA

Mon 6th April

Easter Day 3 Relay

Mulga Valley Jamestown SA

Sat 23rd May

Middle Distance AUS v NZ

Canberra

Sun 24th May

Long Distance AUS v NZ

Canberra

Sun 28th Aug

Ultra Long Distance

Ballarat

Sun 27th Sept

AUS Champs - Middle Distance

Victoria

Fri 2nd Oct

AUS Champs - Sprint

Victoria

Sat 3rd Oct

AUS Champs - Long Distance

Victoria

Sun 4th Oct

AUS Champs - Relay

Victoria

All race details can be found at www.orienteering.asn.au

ORIENTEERING australia

The President’s Page Blair Trewin

he last couple of months have been a reminder of just how diverse a range of forms the sport of Orienteering takes these days. Since the start of March, the range of events I’ve run in extends from the Easter 3-Days in the South Australian Mallee, to Sprints on complicated university campuses, to another Sprint inside an old fort on the Sydney Harbour shoreline (including some underground bits), to a well-attended metropolitan event in Melbourne’s Brimbank Park, to various Park & Street events. Only the first of these was an event which matched Orienteering as it would have been understood in Australia, say, a quarter of a century ago. There’s still more than enough old-school in me to appreciate finding gullies and boulders in an empty, largely trackless forest as being a particularly pure form of the sport, but a large part of our participation base now comes in other forms. I don’t see it as being a case of being one or the other, rather one of ensuring that our traditional base still has the chance to enjoy Orienteering as it’s been happening for many years, whilst maximising the chances for everyone – regardless of their background in the sport – to get involved somewhere not too far from where they live. More than is usually the case, the year ahead is one of great opportunity for us, whilst also being one of potentially great challenges. Much of the opportunity comes with the rollout of the Sporting Schools program which, if we play our cards right, presents the chance to bring a whole new generation into Orienteering (and, unlike many other sports, we can offer schools the chance to teach students things which will serve them well in their studies too – despite the best efforts of GPS, I can’t see the ability to read a map ever becoming a redundant skill). The challenges, as is often the case, may well be financial. We’re in a good position with respect to the participation projects, where the support of the Australian Sports Commission continues to be invaluable. By the time you read this we’ll know the outcome of the federal Budget, but the signals we are getting ahead of time suggest that we’ll potentially have to do a significant recasting of our high performance budget. We’re already starting to think about what alternative options we might have for supporting our national Teams into the future. I’m excited by the prospects that our national Teams offer over the next few months. The extent to which Hanny Allston dominated a decent field at Easter gives us a lot of optimism that she can improve further on the already good international results that she’s achieved over the last couple of years, whilst people like Julian Dent and Vanessa Round, less visibly to those of you at home, had some excellent runs against very strong fields in the UK over Easter. I’m also excited by how well some of last year’s Junior Team have transitioned to the senior ranks in their first year – something we’ve struggled with a bit in the

The Pres commentating at Easter.

last decade, especially amongst the men – and look forward to great things in the years ahead from people like Oscar McNulty and Brodie Nankervis. The Junior Team also offers a lot as they go to Norway in July, with a mix of those wanting to build on their performances from last year, and exciting newcomers – both of the overall junior winners at Easter, Winnie Oakhill and Patrick Jaffe, are first-time JWOC team members. Not to be forgotten are the national Team in Mountain Bike Orienteering, a form of the sport which has provided us with numerous World Championship medals in the past, who will be competing in the Czech Republic in August. South Australia did an excellent job of bringing Easter to us, and the thanks of the Australian orienteering community go to Rob Tucker and his team. Even if it isn’t the world’s most technical terrain, I’ve always found the South Australian mallee to be a very enjoyable orienteering experience (although, in the first year of my Long Distance elite quasi-retirement, I wasn’t that upset not to have another 7.5km of it to do at the end of the course on Sunday), and the comments being heard over the weekend suggest that the rest of you were enjoying it too. It’s probably as well that we weren’t trying to run the event a week and a half later, when 50-100 millimetres of rain fell on the area overnight and the creeks would have turned into raging torrents (a far cry from the possibly-visible-from-outer-space dust clouds we were throwing up at Easter). While many contributed to making Easter what it was, I would like to give special mention to Simon Uppill, who sacrificed a likely overall win of his own to set the courses for Saturday. It’s something that says a lot about our sport’s culture; I’m struggling to imagine a star AFL or NRL player sitting out the first week of the finals to be a boundary umpire instead ……. Our next stop in the national carnival department is Victoria at the end of September, although there is still a great deal of orienteering to be done between now and then. Those of you who are reading this now will no doubt be doing plenty of it, in this country and (for some of you) further afield. It’s my hope that by the time we reach that end of the year, there will be many more people who have discovered what you already know – how wonderful a sport we are in. MARCH 2015 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 3

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The Australian Sports Commission proudly supports Orienteering Australia The Australian Sports Commission is the Australian Government agency that develops, manages and invests in sport at all levels in Australia. Orienteering Australia has worked closely with the Australian Sports Commission to develop orienteering from community participation to high-level performance.

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Orienteering Australia is one of many national sporting organisations that has formed a winning partnership with the Australian Sports Commission to develop its sport in Australia.

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STATE ASSOCIATIONS Orienteering Queensland: PO Box 114 Spring Hill QLD 4004. Admin Officer: Tim McIntyre admin@oq.asn.au Orienteering NSW: PO Box 3379 North Strathfield NSW 2137. Admin Officer: John Murray, Ph. (02) 8736 1252 admin@onsw.asn.au Orienteering ACT: PO Box 402 Jamison Centre ACT 2614. Secretary: John Scown, Ph. (02) 6162 3422 orienteering.act@webone.com.au Orienteering Victoria: PO Box 1010 Templestowe VIC 3106. Secretary: Carl Dalheim, voa@netspace.net.au Orienteering SA: State Association House 105 King William St Kent Town SA 5067. Sec: Erica Diment (08) 8379 2914 secretary@sa.orienteering.asn.au Orienteering Western Australia: PO Box 234 Subiaco WA 6094. Secretary: Peter Komyshan o_map@iinet.net.au Orienteering Tasmania: PO Box 339 Sandy Bay TAS 7005. Secretary: Peter Cusick secretary@tasorienteering.asn.au Top End Orienteers (Northern Territory): PO Box 39152 Winnellie NT 0821. Secretary: Susanne Casanova topendorienteersNT@gmail.com

NEXT issue deadline

July 17. Time-sensitive: August 14

ISSN 0818-6510 Issue 2/15 (no. 178) JUNE 2015

The national magazine of Orienteering Australia Inc. ABN 77 406 995 497 Published four times a year: First day of March, June, September, December. Print Post Approved PP 236080/00011 Editor: Michael Hubbert, P.O. Box 165, Warrandyte, Victoria 3113 mikehubbert@ozemail.com.au Phone (03) 9844 4878 Magazine Design & Assembly: Peter Cusworth, Ph. 0409 797 023 pcusworth53@gmail.com Magazine Treasurer: Bruce Bowen Printer: Ferntree Print Centre, 1154 Burwood Hwy Upper Ferntree Gully. Contribution deadline: July 17; Time-sensitive - August 14. Deadline dates for contributions are the latest we can accept copy. Publication is normally planned for the 1st of March, June, September & December. Copies are dispatched in bulk to State associations in the week prior to that date. Regular Contributors: Competition - Blair Trewin; High Performance - Lance Read; MTBO - Kay Haarsma; Official News - John Harding; Nutrition - Gillian Woodward; Training - Steve Bird; Coaching – Hanny Allston. Contributions are welcome, either directly or via State editorial contacts. Prior consultation is suggested before preparing major contributions. Guidelines for Contributors are available from the editor or from state contacts. State Editorial Contacts Qld: Liz Bourne – batmaps.liz@gmail.com NSW: Ian Jessup – marketing@onsw.asn.au ACT: John Scown – scown@light.net.au SA: Erica Diment – diment@adam.com.au – tel (ah) 8379 2914 Vic, WA and Tas – vacant Subscriptions: State Association members via State Associations. Contact relevant Association Secretary for details. Other subscribers: Write to The Australian Orienteer, PO‑Box 165, Warrandyte, Vic. 3113. Within Australia: $40 pa. Overseas: Asia/Pacific (inc. NZ) $A49, Rest of World $A58 pa. Delivery is airmail, there is no seamail option. Please send payment in Australian dollars by bank draft or international postal order, or pay direct by Visa or Mastercard. Quote full card number and expiry date. Subscription renewals (direct subscriptions only). The number in the top right-hand corner of the address label indicates the final issue in your current subscription. Opinions expressed in The Australian Orienteer are not necessarily those of Orienteering Australia.

September magazine – publication date changed

our Editor will be in Scotland at WOC 2015 in early August, just when we would be putting the next magazine together. So we will delay publication until midSeptember, allowing us to include coverage of JWOC, WOC and WMTBOC. We hope to get your copy of the magazine to you before you leave for the AUS Championships in Ballarat.

contents easter carnival................................... 6 N O L u p d a t e .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 profile.............................................. 16 c o a c h i n g s c h o l a r s h i p s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 counting cones.................................. 20 s p o r t i n g s c h oo l s p r o g r a m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 coaching – Orienteering is Discipline...... 26 sportident air+................................. 28 bendigo sprint................................... 30 d a n i s h c o a c h i n g.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 i n d oo r o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 m oo n l i g h t m a d n e s s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 m t b o n e w s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 o - s p y .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 L e t t e r s .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 s p o t t h e d i f f e r e n c e .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 top events......................................... 47 Cover photo: Running in to the finish at Easter. Photo: Tony Hill

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Easter Carnival The Trewin Report Blair Trewin

Photos: Tony Hill and John Harding

Easter in South Australia saw Hanny Allston at her dominant best. She won all four days in the Elite Women’s competition, all by substantial margins, and suggested that she will be a force to be reckoned with when she takes the step up to international level later in the season. Hanny Allston (TAS)

llston’s triumphant weekend started in the parks and streets of Jamestown, where a superficially easy start to the Sprint Prologue turned into quite a technical course as it went on, especially the final section in the local school. She finished nearly a minute and a half clear of Rachel Effeney, who is no slouch herself in the Sprint game (as she demonstrated at the World Cup in Tasmania). It didn’t get any closer once everyone moved into the South Australian mallee and its erosion features (and dust clouds) for the three bush days. Allston won by four minutes on the Middle Distance day and ten on the Long Distance day, then extended her lead by another six on the final day. The close racing was happening behind her and featured some expected names and some unexpected ones, as only six minutes covered second through sixth. The word from those who had seen her in action in Victoria in the preceding month was that Natasha Key was in her best form for a long time, but it was still well beyond anyone’s expectations when she moved into second place after two days. Counter to expectations (especially her own), the Long Distance day did not put much of a dent in her position and she finished off well to confirm a surprising second. Aislinn Prendergast showed a return to good orienteering form with four consistent days to take third ahead of Effeney, while just behind them, Laurina Neumann held off her sister Krystal to prevail by three seconds in the battle for fifth. The Elite Men’s race also superficially looked like an uneven contest at first glance, but played out very differently. Matt Crane’s eight-minute margin looked comfortable enough, but he won only one of the four days; Simon Uppill, winner of the last two, 6 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER MARCH 2015

was also Saturday’s course-setter and thus absent from the overall results. Oscar McNulty got things off to a good start by adding a Prologue win to his win in the National League Sprint in Sydney, and remained Crane’s closest overall challenger throughout the weekend, but Crane had got to the front by the end of the second day and stretched his lead by another three minutes on each of the next two days. It was a close battle for the minor placings between McNulty, Lachlan Dow and Brodie Nankervis, with the last two making some ground on the last day, but in the end McNulty hung on for second over Dow. A particularly pleasing aspect of the results were that they indicated that a substantial group of younger orienteers are making a successful transition to the senior ranks; Crane was the only top-six finisher over 25, with McNulty and Nankervis both in their first year as seniors. Against such a backdrop of good performances by the last generation of juniors, the race for the current generation of juniors was thrown upside down when two of the favourites, Matt Doyle and Lanita Steer, both mispunched in the Prologue. With both thus eliminated from overall contention (although Doyle won the last three days, and Steer two of the three), the field was open for others to make an impact, and both overall wins were ultimately taken out by competitors who made the team for the Junior World Championships for the first time. (Over the competition as a whole, there were five classes – W50

Overall winner Matt Crane (ACT)

Stephen Melhuish (ACT)

Lynn Dabbs (NSW) leaves a dust cloud.

Day 1 – W55A – Wonna Creek

and M65 were the other two – where people who won two or more days missed out on an overall result through organising or misadventure). Patrick Jaffe set up his win on the first two days, when he won the Prologue and then was second to Doyle on the next day. That gave him a four-minute buffer over the field. It was whittled away over the rest of the weekend, first with Aidan Dawson’s fine run in the Long Distance, and then when Simeon Burrill got the early jump on the Victorian in the first part of the final day, but Burrill was never quite able to get to the front and Jaffe held on by 33 seconds, with Dawson completing the placings. Like Jaffe, Winnie Oakhill won the Prologue – just. Over the next two days, Nicola Blatchford, the form junior of the season to date, looked to be putting herself in the box seat, but Oakhill remained there or thereabouts and was two minutes down going into the last day. That meant she was close enough to be within range if she went for it, and her more attacking approach was enough for her to overrun Blatchford in the final stages. Anna Dowling had a poor start to the weekend in the Prologue, but was consistent over the rest of the event and finished a solid third. The closest race of the weekend came from some of its youngest competitors, Emily Sorensen prevailing by five seconds over Joanna George in W14A after three days of fluctuating fortunes, despite not winning any of the days, in a race which was ultimately settled at the last control. Only nine minutes covered the top six, with Abigail George completing a South Australian trifecta. W12A was also close, with Mikayla Enderby only 45 seconds ahead of Jessica Madden. MARCH 2015 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 7

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Emma Cates (VIC)

Two women’s classes further up the age scale also provided memorable contests with multiple players. A group forming the core of Australian World Championships teams through the 1980s and early 1990s have continued to have great races over the years as they have moved up through the age groups (with the exact composition of those at the front end sometimes depending on who isn’t currently injured). This year it was W55 which brought together Jenny Bourne, Carolyn Jackson and Anthea Feaver at the sharp end. Only 38 seconds covered the three of them on the first day, and 32 seconds on the last; Bourne’s win on the Middle Distance day proved decisive as she finished the weekend 49 seconds ahead of Jackson. In W65, Judy Allison held a narrow lead entering the final day, then lost it to Val Hodsdon early in the course. The door was opened again when Hodsdon lost time on the second last-control, but Allison was unable to take full advantage and fell just short. Kerryne Jones won the last two days to achieve one of her best results in third place. A small but high-standard W35 field brought together Tracy Marsh, Cassie Trewin (back visiting from her current Norwegian base) and Marina Iskhakova. Trewin held a narrow lead over the 8 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER MARCH 2015

Ellen Currie (NSW) chases Philippa Lohmeyer-Collins (VIC)

Day 2 – M21E – Tundarri

others for the first two days, but it was Iskhavova who found the speed when it mattered, making the decisive move over the last half of the final day; she put four minutes between herself and the other two over the last two kilometres of the course. W50A was a class which looked like it could be similarly close when Su Yan Tay was only 19 seconds ahead of Christine Brown after two days, but the Queenslander stretched that lead considerably on

Mark Hennessy (VIC) and Eric Morris (NSW)

Monday, while Ruth Goddard in W70A – who recovered from a six-minute opening day deficit – was another to turn a small lead on Sunday night into a much bigger one come Monday afternoon. The women had the pick of the close races this year. Outside the elite grades, nine of the thirteen contested Men’s A classes had the same winner on all three days, and only in M80A, where Pauli Piiroinen pulled away from Barry Hanlon over the closing stages of the final day’s course, did the lead change hands on the last day. The vagaries of the course structure did bring two of the nine clean-sweepers together in memorable fashion. Aston Key (at least five minutes clear on every day) was an overwhelming winner in M16A; Warren Key was made to work harder by Geoff Lawford in M55A but still finished six minutes clear; but father and son battled it out on the same course for three days, with old heads prevailing over young legs by just nine seconds. Along with Aston Key, two other juniors who won by large to overwhelming margins against reasonable opposition were Dante Afnan (M14) and Rachel Allen (W16), both of whom are people we will probably hear more of over the coming years. The margins of Eric Morris (M45), Alex Tarr (M70) and Jennifer Enderby (W45) also exceeded the 15-minute mark. Greg Barbour (M50) and Ted van Geldermalsen (M60) had to work harder for their wins; both won all three days, but both had one or more opponents pushing them reasonably hard on at least two of those days. In M60 the closest challengers were two regulars of the scene, the Tasmanian duo of Paul Pacque and David Marshall. In M50, Tony Woolford, not often sighted over the last decade but making more regular appearances in the last year or so, had a good weekend and was a clear second behind Barbour. Whatever people’s results, this carnival was an event which was well received across the board. The South Australian mallee, while it is not the most technical Orienteering terrain in Australia, provides an enjoyable orienteering experience and it was widely enjoyed, if not by quite as large a crowd as might have been hoped (a consequence of having three major carnivals in a year). The final day’s area, with its mix of subtle gully-spur and erosion detail, seemed to go down particularly well. Nearly everything appeared to work smoothly and the South Australians deserve a lot of credit for making it so. Next stop for major national events is the Australian Championships week in Ballarat, commencing in late September.

his sign was displayed on the results board during the recent Easter Carnival. It referred to our well known Terry Bluett...’Terry of the 65s’. It indeed was good to see him back after 12 months of treatment and recovery and uncertainty (the old prostate has now laid low a few of our number …... it seems it’s not so much if but when we all fall to the inevitable). It was obvious that Terry has lost none of his navigation skills with clean runs throughout and once he’s back to his prior fitness he’s going to be the old threat he has been over all these years. We’d all best look out at the AUS Champs. And what about the rest of we 65s? The age old story of miss a beat and you drop 5 places, if not more. A quick look at the placings each day confirms the depth of competitor quality …. Oh, to be away from such skilful artisans! Out of the 34 starters Paul Hoopman won both Day 1 and Day 2 but didn’t run on Day 3, as he set the courses, so looking at those that finished all 3 days the story goes like this …. 2nd to 10th placings on Day 1 placed 3rd, 18th, 17th, 2nd, 8th, 27th, 14th, 13th and 9th respectively on Day 2 and on Day 3 they finished 2nd, 7th, 25th, 8th, 6th, 11th, 5th, 4th and 22nd respectively with final overall placings of 1st, 7th, 15th, 2nd, 3rd, 17th, 6th, 5th, 13th respectively .... phew, talk about cut throat! We have a great sport but one where we can’t escape our peers. Greg Chatfield. Ugly Gully (QLD). MARCH 2015 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER 9

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Day 3 – M65A – Mulga Valley

Olivia Sprod (SA)

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Charles Brownridge (VIC)

Cathy Hogg (ACT)

Day 3 – Mulga Valley – all controls

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Something for everyone in Ballarat this Spring “An enjoyable and satisfying integrated 9 day carnival which attracts a large number of participants of a wide range of ages and abilities from Victoria and interstate, and sends them home happy and enthused about urban and bush orienteering.” (Orienteering Victoria’s vision for the 2015 Australian Championships Carnival.)

A Carnival for All – Responding to your feedback, Orienteering Victoria brings a feast of competitive and social events to satisfy urban and bush regulars and their partners, as well as elites and emerging juniors. This year’s National Championships Carnival builds on the best of previous carnivals while adding new features, especially for non-elite orienteers and their partners. We have planned the Carnival so that everyone can have fun and challenge in equal measures.

Urban orienteers are warmly welcomed to be part of the national Carnival for the first time. In addition to Friday’s Australian Sprint Championship, urban orienteers can enjoy the Street Orienteering Challenge on Thursday afternoon, and Monday afternoon’s (non-competitive) gallop on the Schools Sprint courses at Mount Helen Campus of Federation University. And if you are game, have a crack at an easy bush course at the Relays on Sunday.

Elite orienteers will get three World Ranking Events and five National Orienteering League Events, all within about 1.5 hours drive of Melbourne International Airport. We have deployed our best course setters – Russell Bulman, Geoff and Ian Lawford, Ian Dodd, Rob Plowright and Judi Herkes – to make the best of our best terrain. They are overseen by the dream team of Barry McCrae, Warwick Williams, Ted van Geldermalsen, Blair Trewin, Chris Norwood and Kathy Liley. The Middle Distance NOL double-header on the first weekend allows recovery for the following week.

Club orienteers can choose from 9 events in 9 days. You (and your partner) can walk or jog Thursday’s Street O Challenge while enjoying the Dr Blake scenery of old Ballarat, to give your legs a rest before the final weekend.

Partners’ program – the non-orienteer in your life need not fear boredom, with the rich cultural and social opportunities that Ballarat offers. Dr Blake Walks and the Dr Blake Tribute Dinner can be pre-booked on Eventor, and are expected to sell out early. Then there are the famous Ballarat tourist attractions. Sovereign Hill immerses you in the 1850s, such that it is a shock afterwards to walk out into the car park and awake from the reverie. It is historically authentic – no tacky theme park, this one.

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Event details Date Saturday 26 September, pm Sunday 27 September Monday 28 September Tuesday 29 September Wednesday 30 September Thursday 1 October, pm Friday 2 October, pm Saturday 3 October Sunday 4 October

Events Victorian Middle Distance Championship Australian Middle Distance Championship Australian Schools Sprint Championship Australian Schools Long Distance Championship Midweek public race #1 Australian Schools Relay Championship Midweek public race #2 Ballarat Street-O Challenge Australian Sprint Championship Australian Long Distance Championship Australian Relay Championship

Status NOL WRE + NOL ASSOC ASSOC Public event ASSOC Public event Public event WRE + NOL WRE + NOL NOL

Location Creswick Forest Creswick Forest Mt Helen Campus Sandon Sandon Sandon Sandon Eastwood Street St Patrick’s College Creswick Forest Borhoney Ghurk

Travel time 20 mins 20 mins 10 min 40 mins 40 mins 40 mins 40 mins 5 min 5 mins 20 mins 30 mins

Dr Blake Mysteries

The popular ABC television series set in Ballarat have kindly allowed us to use images from the show. Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of Ballarat this Spring.

Further information:

www.eventor.orienteering.asn.au www.ozchamps2015.com.au www.visitballarat.com.au Throw in the new Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka, the Gold Museum, the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, the Botanic Gardens and Lake Wendouree, among others. All of these are within a km or two walk from central Ballarat. And if you take the Carnival bus to events, your partner can use the car to explore further afield. On your chosen rest days you could visit the Great Ocean Road or the Grampians. In the meantime, enjoy gourmet food and fine coffee in sophisticated Ballarat.

Eastwood Leisure Complex

Permanent home of Eureka Orienteers and heart of the 2015 Carnival – is the starting point for Thursday’s World Series Street-O Challenge.

Travel

All events are an easy half-hour or so drive on good roads from central Ballarat, and under 2 hours from Melbourne and Bendigo. Ballarat trains leave Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station (in Spencer Street) every hour or so from about 7am; allow about 85 minutes travel. Carnival buses (from central Ballarat) can be booked and pre-paid to all events which are not served by local public transport.

Accommodation

Will be at a premium, especially with the AFL finals and Ballarat’s Royal South Street Eisteddfod happening – book early. Creswick, Daylesford and Hepburn Springs are options.

Entries

Early bird entries close soon (until 30 June). Read the instructions in Eventor before choosing your events and services. You can add extra events or services at standard prices until 31 August. No entries are available after that date.

2015 Australian Orienteering Championships Carnival Sat 26 September to Sun 4 October Entries close 30th August 2015 Discounted Early Bird entries close 30th June Base yourselves in chic Ballarat for a feast of: Bush and urban Orienteering, close to town; Timeless elegance of Dr Blake’s Ballarat; Arts and living history on display; Gourmet food and coffee; Gateway to the goldfields and spa country.

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fter the first two rounds and seven events of the 2015 season, the Canberra Cockatoos are looking good to take another men’s National Orienteering League title, while the women’s competition looks to be a race in two between last year’s frontrunners, the Queensland Cyclones, and the Victorian Nuggets. The Cockatoos got off to a bad start when they took no points out of the first event, the Mixed Sprint Relay at Sydney University, after both of their teams mispunched. However, their men have taken maximum points in every event since and have now overhauled the NSW Stingers, who are four points behind with the Nuggets five points further back in third place. They have three of the top four individuals, Matt Crane, Ian Lawford and Lachlan Dow, with Andrew Barnett between fifth and eighth in every event, providing good support, and will be very hard to beat if their team remains intact through the season.

National Orienteering League - update

The Cyclones’ win in the Mixed Sprint Relay gave their women a flying start. The Nuggets whittled the gap back over the four days of Easter, but Queensland are still three points ahead and are well placed to Blair Trewin challenge seriously for their first title. Krystal Neumann – who took her first individual Oscar McNulty and Chris Naunton during the Mixed race win at the Sprint in Sydney – Rachel Sprint Relay at Sydney Uni. Photo: Tony Hill Effeney and Anna Sheldon form the core of the team, with Heather Muir and Katelyn Effeney providing support. An unexpected bonus for the Nuggets was the outstanding form of Natasha Key at Easter, with Aislinn Prendergast also in good touch. No other team looks to be in with a shot, although the Tassie Foresters should move up the Sunday 30th August 2015; Ballarat, in conjunction with Sprint standings once Grace Crane returns to competition. Distance races at Ballarat Grammar (29th August); NOL Round 4 Oscar McNulty leads the men’s individual standings by three points from Crane, after taking out both of the Sprint events of the season to date, in Sydney and at the Easter Prologue. Simon Uppill will be another one to watch; recovering from injury, he missed the Sprint final in Sydney, and also missed one of the days of Easter as course-setter, but will move up the standings once he can drop those events from his score. Hanny Allston missed the Sydney events, but swept the four days of Easter to take a fivepoint lead over Krystal Neumann, with Prendergast two points further back. One of the big surprises in the women’s season came in the Sprint in Sydney, where the two favourites, Lizzie Ingham (now returned to New Zealand) and Rachel Effeney, both mispunched in the heats and missed out on the final. The Tassie Foresters lead both junior team competitions so far. Their girls already look hard to beat but the boys are in a tight contest with the Victorian Nuggets, who are only one point behind. Matt Doyle looks clearly the best of the boys; with three straight wins at Easter, he is in the lead despite his Prologue mispunch. Aidan Dawson, who had his first win at this level in Sydney, is two points behind. Although she has only won two events, Nicola Blatchford’s consistency sees her with a big lead over Olivia Sprod amongst the girls; Winnie Oakhill and Lanita Steer, who have got good points from the races they have run, are amongst those likely to emerge as the season goes on. The remaining rounds will be contested at the World Championships trials weekend in Canberra in late May, the ultra-long weekend in Ballarat at the end of August, and the Australian Championships weekend, also in Ballarat, at the end of September. 14 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER MARCH 2015

Format: Multi-loop Organiser: Eureka Orienteers Terrain: Nerrina, complex gold mining, 1994 World Cup terrain! same as terrain for the OzChamps Carnival 2015 Winning times: M21E 2hrs30, W21E 1hr50, M20E 1hr50, W20E 1hr35, PLUS Courses for non-elites and all ages: choose a course to suit yourself

Major Prize for elites: return flight to Europe in 2015/16 + entry to European event of choice (e.g. Oringen), total value $2500 Winner of major prize will be decided between elite class winners by a handicapped adjustment of elite class km rates, based on Scandinavian ultralong km rates

Other Prizes (not just for elites): Over $1500s other prizes (many random draw) sponsored by:

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Early Bird Prize: enter the Wildfire Sports Australian Ultra Long before August 1st for

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Australian Three Days Orienteering Carnival

Canberra 25th - 28th March 2016 Mark your calendars, Easter is early in 2016!

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PROFILE

Meet June & Bruce Stanley Are they The World’s Oldest Orienteering Debutants? Ian Jessup, Orienteering NSW

A lot of children get into sport via their parents. Sometimes, parents take up a sport because their children participate. But have you ever heard of “very senior” citizens taking up a sport because their adult children (and grandchildren) have done so? Meet the Stanleys, from Killara in Sydney’s north shore, and members of the Garingal club.

et’s start with son Dave, 45, who this summer finished third in the very competitive Veteran Men’s (ages 45-54) section of the popular Sydney Summer Series. His wife, Stephanie, did some orienteering as a kid in South Australia and, with their children, Nick (8) and Holly (10), is often at local club events. “In 2009, in a conversation with Martin Cousins (we worked together back then) we both agreed that we weren’t getting enough exercise and mentioned that we’d run in Sydney Summer Series previously. So we decided to do some running and commenced Summer Series together; I remember what I think was our first event, over in Lavender Bay; we ran together and basically spent the night getting lost and making mistakes, and had a great time!” The Stanleys at the presentations.

“It was during this first season that Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer (his operation was successful and he has since been declared healthy). However, his doctor told him that he needed to get a little fitter and eat a little better. In December 2009 there was an event in Killara, near their place, and I talked Dad into running it.” “I think the actual experience of “running” was a bit of a surprise for him (I had never seen him run), needless to say he decided it was a good challenge and literally what the doctor ordered. Due to Orienteering event participation, he has dropped a few kg and increased his fitness considerably. I’m sure his doctor would be delighted!” “Mum, who has always been sporty, was talked into it easily. She has always been very active (again Orienteering is significant here), and I’m sure she is one of the fittest 80-year-olds in Sydney.”

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So – at an age when many people have already retreated into sedate activities such as bridge or bingo - let’s hear from our intrepid explorers and Sydney Summer Series addicts Bruce and June ……

BRUCE STANLEY, 78, finished eighth in the men’s Immortals age class (>70), running 22/26 weeks. “Dave’s recollection of our introduction into Orienteering is correct, and immediately we found ourselves in a challenging activity with a committed group of sporting, healthy and helpful Sydneysiders,” said the former Canadian, who moved to Australia in 1962. “We also were amazed at the quality of the organisation, the maps and the spectacular range of Sydney locations.” “Pork Pie’s creative reports [SSS organiser Ross Barr posts a 2,000-word blog the next day] are always a must-read … offering the good, the bad and otherwise of the event and a promising description for the following Wednesday. PP is right; we can hardly wait for it.” “My ‘finest’ Orienteering moments were at Birchgrove and Macquarie this past season. In both cases my plan was near perfect (for me) and the results were the best I could hope for.” “My ‘most embarrassing’ moment? Regularly there are some events where my plan and navigation get really screwed up. A 160-point penalty (for being 16 minutes late back) in 2013 was my worst. But my response to my disasters is “at least I competed”. That quietens any negative thoughts and hopefully focuses me better for the following week. The Sydney Summer Series is a must-do positive and fun weekly sporting event. It is addictive in a most positive way. We very much look forward to the challenge and warm fellowship .… even more so when our daughter-in law and two grandchildren compete.” JUNE, 80, finished third in the women’s Immortals class and won three of the 14 weeks she competed. And at March’s finale she was even ‘sledged’ by some students as she ran through one of the Macquarie Uni housing precincts. “You have plenty of time; it doesn’t close for a couple of weeks,” they called out cheekily. That didn’t faze her: she seems to have a permanent smile on her face – and Orienteering is part of the reason. “I got involved because Bruce had one run and enjoyed it. The following Christmas when the in-laws were visiting Sydney (they were experienced orienteers – Meg and Peter Nicholls from Adelaide), our son David stated that ‘we are all running

Holly & Nick Stanley at Prymont during 2014 Xmas 5 Days.

next Wednesday’ and I did. I enjoyed the whole atmosphere and I continued. I really enjoy it because I can get good exercise at my own achievable ability and this makes me feel good and healthier.” “The wonderful thing about SSS is everyone can compete and enjoy at their own level. That is: age, gender and ability do not limit us. We are competing in various categories. I have even become friends with people who by age, could be my grandchildren, and we are friends! I like it.” “When Ian asked about my most embarrassing’ moment I replied ‘no, not embarrassed’. However, ‘amused’ would be a better description, and I still regularly laugh at this occasion ..… It was when I had just started and we were in a suburb where all the streets looked the same. There were rows of houses that looked the same - go around the corner and more houses all looking the same. I had no idea where to go.” “Eventually, the 45 minutes were over, I knew I could not finish with any score, and it was starting to rain, so I asked a young person, who was walking home, directions to the tennis courts. Then the rain became very heavy, she said ‘Let’s sit in the car’, so we did, and looked at the map. This was no help for me to get back to an unknown destination. She then rang her aunt who had lived in the area all her life. This is what she told her aunt, ’There is an old lady here who is running around in the rain and who does not know where she is’. Oops!” “Auntie told us how to get to two lots of tennis courts. En route we passed many other runners and the rain became very heavy. My young driver then said in a surprised voice, ‘There are other people doing this?!’. I don’t actually think she believed me when I said ‘This is fun!’ Since then I have recommended SSS to many friends.” So do we. And while this story is appearing in the winter edition of the magazine, by the time the September edition comes out the next Sydney Summer Series will have already been set in stone, and the Stanleys will have pencilled into their diaries all the dates and venues.

June finishing.

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DEVELOPMENT

Coaching Scholarships Downunder In the past couple of years Orienteering ACT has offered a coaching scholarship to young European orienteers who would like to practice their coaching skills in Australia. This year, the scholarship is being offered again with applications being invited from young coaches anywhere in the world, including Australia and New Zealand.

n past years there has been a large number of applicants and those who were not chosen by Orienteering ACT were referred to other State Associations and clubs. Several found positions in other States and have provided valuable assistance to coaching and schools development programs around the country.

Stop Press: At the time of publication David Poland from Orienteering ACT reports: “Orienteering ACT has been so pleased with the success of our two visiting coaches (Lukas Funk in 2013 and Lukas Frei in 2014) that we have decided to offer two scholarships in 2015, rather than just one. Currently interviews are taking place and we have received some ten excellent applicants. Victoria and Tasmania have approached us to ask for names and other States / Clubs are welcome to email the ACT office as well. All the applicants are keen and would love to spend a few months in Australia sharing their passion of Orienteering Down Under. I wonder whether in the years ahead this programme might be extended to a world-wide exchange of enthusiastic young orienteers. Perhaps it is something the IOF would like to sponsor. With World School Orienteering Day being planned by the IOF for some time in May 2016 I can see countries like Turkey, India and Brazil being involved. These young orienteers bring such inspiration to the sport.”

The call for applications by Orienteering ACT went something like this:

Teach Orienteering and enjoy beautiful beaches! In 2015 Orienteering ACT is offe ring a $2500 scholarship to a talented, enthusia stic individual to enjoy orienteering and coaching in our Nation’s Capital. The opportunity is to stay with a welcoming host family and teach Orienteering to club members and school students alike, while being able to enjoy everything Australia has to offer – Orienteering included! This will be the third succ essful year of the scholarship program. In 201 4 there were eleven applicants, nine of whom found an opportunity somewhere in Australia if Canberr a was unsuitable. With the expected increase in Aus tralian Government funding throughout 2015 to teac h Orienteering in schools, a variety of paid opportu nities can be expected. Australians can also app ly. Applications are available for a thre e, six or twelve month period at any time of the year suitable for the individual. Work commitm ents will be primarily throughout the ACT scho ol term, however conditions are flexible to allow for travel and/or study commitments. For full details,see the Orienteering ACT website. Other clubs wishing to host any applican ts are encouraged to contact David Poland; +61 407 011 737

Some past Scholarship applicants have recounted their experiences in recent months: Henrik Rindom (Denmark), who assisted Orienteering Tasmania: I arrived in Perth in September and stayed there for the Australian championships. Afterwards I had a few days in Bunbury. On my way to Tasmania I visited Melbourne for a short week. Rest of my time in Australia was spent in Tasmania except a week in Sydney during Christmas/New Year. It was Australopers club which hosted me and I helped them from about start October to mid-January. My entire stay was from midSeptember to late January. During my stay in Tasmania I helped at a Spring series each Wednesday with introduction and collecting controls. I also did some teaching at Taroona Primary and High School. I taught twice a week in a period of about one and a half month. We had each class three times so we made a progressive development starting with some really basic stuff and ending up with running an actual course. I also did some teaching for some Scout groups. For the teaching I updated the map of the school. For the members in the club I organized a weekly training, which attracted about 25 runners each time. And during Oceania I was on the logistic team helping setting up tents etc. for all the events. I also helped with smaller stuff but mentioned above was the main things. I really enjoyed my time in Tasmania because people were so friendly and just made me a part of the community. I was especially lucky with my two host families which both were extraordinary kind. The photo (above) shows me introducing Orienteering for the kids at Taroona Primary School.

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Lukas Funk.

Richard Parkin.

Richard Parkin (UK), also spent time in Tasmania. At the completion of his stay the Orienteering Tasmania E-News carried this tribute:

Farewell to Richard from the Orienteering Tasmania Community.

GB Junior squad (winning the British Champs [M13] and the Continental Cup in Fontainbleau Forest). I have been involved in most aspects of the sport: training, competing, planning, coaching, mapping, even promoting - I made a video at JK2011 for NIOC. I have always been focused on improving performance. I believe we can all improve - we so rarely have a perfect run; the great thing about Orienteering is that we get a new chance every time we stand on the start line. As a coach, I have helped established a satellite club in my hometown (Matlock, Derbyshire), offering weekly coaching sessions, mostly for juniors and adult newcomers. I am currently leading a series of linked sessions on map reading, as part of the UK Level 2 Coaching certificate. I am on schedule to be qualified in May. After that, in the summer term, I shall be leading some in-school sessions in the Derbyshire area and, hopefully, embarking on several mapping assignments.

It would be a rare and exciting opportunity to orienteer on another continent, as well as an excellent situation in which to fully develop my skills as an Orienteering coach. I am passionate about Orienteering in all forms and all terrains. I began as an 8-year-old and went on to become a member of the

We did some coaching for the Queensland orienteers; had a few trainingcamps, had a talk about O-techniques, a few school talks about Orienteering, organized a lot of single training events and I did some mapping as well. We were very pleased with the whole trip Down Under; meeting so many accommodating and friendly orienteers, seeing a lot of nice places and terrains and enjoying the warm climate. The coaching part really inspired me, so therefore I decided to start study Sports Coaching back in Sweden. Thanks to you all who helped me find that great interest! Sending you a photo of us (Annika and Ludwig) from when we both won the NOL at Kangaroo Crossing. Ludvig

and Orienteering), Mt. Kooyoora, Tasmania (World Cups), Sydney (New Year at the Harbour Bridge), New Zealand (road trip), Bright, Perth (for the Karrak Karnival), the Blue Mountains and many more! It has been mostly Orienteering trips to all these cool places but we also had time for some non Orienteering trips. If I had to name one in particular it would be the trip to Bright for the “Bright Alpine Climb”. Four mountain runs for an incredibly low price! While I was in Melbourne I ran for Melbourne Forest Racers which I really enjoyed. A small but active club. We’ve had some really nice Thursday trainings with dinner afterwards. To get a bit of extra money we’ve been doing a bit of mapping and updating maps. This has as well been a great experience. One thing is for sure; I’ve really enjoyed my stay and I’m definitely coming back!” Eskil Schøning.

Richard Parkin

Our coach-in-residence, Richard, leaves us on March 28. He has done a heap of work; helping at Oceania, in schools and providing wellprepared training sessions for us. We will farewell him at a BBQ straight after the event at Sandstone Valleys on March 22. In his initial application, Richard wrote:

and Range Runners. We stayed for 2.5 months mid-January to the end of March.

Jacob Edsen

Three Danes in Victoria Annika Carlberg & Ludwig Ahlund.

Ludvig Åhlund (Sweden), and Annika Carlberg, spent time in Queensland in early 2014: We visited Sydney, Queensland (Stanthorpe, Noosa, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Crows Nest), Newcastle and Canberra. Clubs: Bullecourt Boulder Bounders, Ugly Gully

Three young Danish orienteers, Thor Nørskov, Jakob Edsen and Eskil Schøning came to Australia back in the middle of September 2014. Thor says: “While I’ve been in Australia I’ve visited numerous places with Melbourne as my base where my host family lives. I’ve been to El Dorado (for Christmas

Lukas Frei

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Counting Cones Ian Jessup Orienteering NSW

Counting Cones is one of the activities ONSW included in the OK-GO kit developed for use in the AASC program (now replaced by Sporting Schools). I spotted it on the BOF (British Orienteering Federation) website and modified it. It can be conducted indoors or outdoors, in a small space (5m x 5m) or over a much larger area (say 30m x 30m) if you want to turn it into a fitness exercise as well for older students or club training.

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Suitable for: all beginners, especially school students. Teaching point: correct map orientation.

Equipment 9 marker cones (optional) 9 coloured and laminated Counting Cones cards 12 A5 Counting Cones maps (1 set) 1 Counting Cones Answer sheet The activity involves constant direction changes, requiring correct map orientation, and as such is easily modified for Sprint O training on any kind of map.

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Procedure •L ay out in a 3x3 grid (as per the coach’s answer sheet) the nine laminated cards, each with a letter and number on them. (The marker cones in the equipment list are for holding them down in case of wind.) •T he coach stands at the double circle Finish and hands each participant a mini map. They have to locate the Start triangle, make their way towards that cone and make a mental note of the letter on the card. 20 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER MARCH 2015

•K eeping the map facing North (as indicated by the blue arrow in the bottom right hand corner), they follow the marked route to the next cone and note the letter on that card. •R epeat this process – placing an emphasis on the map facing North until they are at the last cone marked on their route. The letters on the card spell, in order, a word. •P articipants go to the coach and reveal the word (eg Map 1 – Sprain; Map 2 – Trains). The coach checks

this against the Answer sheet. If they get the word right, they repeat the process but add up the numbers on each of the cards and tell the coach the sum (eg Map 1 – 12). If they get it wrong they do it one more time. If they continue to struggle, the coach should walk them through it. •W hen participants have finished they hand the mini map to the coach and take another one.

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After describing the activity, we recommend each group spends 5-7 minutes on each grid. Students who struggled on the first grid usually pick it up quickly upon swapping groups. For an added challenge, get the participants to work out both answers (word and number total) at the same time. We all know kids can be a bit excitable and easily distracted, but of all the activities I conducted in the AASC program this one surprised me by being the quietest by far. Every kid was silent, concentrating on navigating correctly and trying to remember the letters/numbers. The OK-GO kit has two sets of this so that we can cater for 20 students at a time. Ma p 1 Map 1 1 Ma p

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Some of the routes are simple (4 or 5-letter words), some are of medium difficulty (6 or 7-letter words) and some are hard (8-letter words). They are designed for Years 3-6. Make your own routes up and test it out. Instead of using the cards, you can just write the letters and numbers on the marker cones, or on stickers that can then be put on the marker cones.

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Sporting Schools Program John Harding – Orienteering Australia

In May 2014 the Australian Government announced a new $100 million funding project over two and a half years called Sporting Schools (SS) to replace the Active After Schools Care (AASC) program which ceased in December 2014. Sporting Schools is to commence in July 2015 and Orienteering is included among the 32 sports to be offered to 8,000 primary schools in Australia.

ach school registering with the ASC as a Sporting School will receive funding of, on average, $1,700 per school term to have 4 to 7 lessons per sport for, on average, two sports for three school terms each year. In other words, about $850 to get a map done, pay for the lessons and pay for resources such as flags, punch cards and copies of the map. See sportingschools.gov.au

What’s in it for Orienteering to be involved? Quite a bit.

The Australian Sports Commission is providing Orienteering Australia with a grant of $80,000 in 2015 for capacity building to implement Sporting Schools orienteering nationally and in each State and Territory. Most of this funding is being provided to State Associations for implementation tasks including training many more coaches and mappers, running professional development coach training for teachers, teaching Orienteering lesson plans, and responding to requests from schools for mapping and a series of lessons. However, there is also a substantial workload at the national level in ongoing liaison with the ASC and State Associations, providing national website resources, issuing coach certificates, maintaining new coach databases and validating to the ASC the credentials of persons registering as SS Orienteering coaches, and progress and accountability reporting to the ASC.

Profile – each of the 32 sports has a page on the ASC Sporting Schools website and the Orienteering page has links to the OA and State Association webpages. This will give schools, teachers, children and parents access to information on Orienteering they have never had before. Furthermore, the roll out to primary schools is just the first stage of a longer term ASC goal from 2018 to expand to high schools. In fact about 200 high schools are involved during the next two years in pilot projects with other sports to develop a Sporting Schools program at the secondary level and prepare a business case for funding from the government.

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Financial – in addition to the $80,000 to build capacity to implement Sporting Schools, the $44,000 provided in 2014 for Active After Schools Orienteering is likely to increase to well over $200,000 in expenditure by primary schools on maps, other orienteering resources and lessons.

Organisation – each State and Territory Association and Orienteering Australia has an implementation plan for Sporting Schools using both the $80,000 capacity building funding and the funds schools will have to purchase orienteering Sporting Schools services. The goals of this implementation process are not just to have more schools involved in Orienteering, more school maps, more coaches and more mappers, but also that there will be a significant transition of children and parents into club Orienteering and that the extra maps and coaches will be a valuable resource for club Orienteering. This is a goal of the ASC for Sporting Schools and a goal of OA’s High Performance Development Pathway at the bottom level of the Pathway.

Orienteering coaches (including teachers who have done the requisite Professional Development course at Level 0/Level 1) can deliver Sporting Schools Orienteering lessons.

More coaches – the number of accredited coaches in Orienteering is low and has been falling in recent years. Factors include not enough orienteers and teachers doing courses to become accredited Level 0 and Level 1 coaches, those that do not do the ASC online component required for accreditation, many accredited coaches not re-accrediting when their accreditation lapses, and no real financial incentive to become a coach. Sporting Schools can only be implemented successfully for Orienteering if we train many more coaches as only accredited

More maps and more mappers – the most optimistic estimate is that currently only about 700 of the 8,000 primary schools in Australia would have been mapped for Orienteering and quite a few of these would need updating. So there will be a big demand from many schools for mapping as the starting point before Orienteering lessons can be provided. ASC funding will include purchases of sets of entry level OCAD licences for school mapping and a contribution towards training additional mappers.

This is a great opportunity for our younger orienteers attending university to train as schools mappers and coaches and earn a significant amount of part-time money. We have seen how skilled our visiting Danish and Swiss scholarship holders in their early 20s are in mapping and coaching; it will be wonderful if we can get a large group of Australian orienteers trained similarly, particularly when, in the past, we have had a high dropout rate from the sport when juniors leave school and go to university and have to find part-time employment outside Orienteering.

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What will be needed to make all of this happen? Firstly, the information resources on the ASC Sporting Schools website, OA website and State Association websites have to be expanded and strengthened. Secondly, training courses in Level 0 and Level 1 coaching, in Sporting Schools Orienteering lesson plans, and in mapping of schools have to be organized around Australia and we need experienced orienteers from the ages of the older juniors through to retirees to do those courses and be prepared to be involved in mapping of schools and/or providing Orienteering lessons in schools. Coaches and mappers will be paid for their work – about $25 per hour. This can only happen if there are experienced qualified orienteers willing to run coaching and mapping courses for orienteers and Professional Development courses for teachers, and there are administrators to process requests from schools, maintain databases of school maps and coaches, and coordinate the various aspects of Sporting Schools Orienteering. For more information, contact your State or Territory Association, or John Harding at Orienteering Australia. (Footnote: The promotion of the Sporting Schools program has already started. A news item in Melbourne’s “Manningham Leader”, dated 13 April, reported: “Schools, clubs and coaches can sign up to be involved with Sporting Schools, a Federal Government initiative to get more children active and healthy. The school-based online platform is set to be rolled out in July. Details: sportingschools.gov.au” )

The Australian WOC JWOC and MTBO teams outfitted by Trimtex

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2015 JWOC

Junior World Orienteering Championships to be held in Rauland, Norway, 5 –10 July

The Team will compete in Sprint, Middle Distance Qualification & Final, Long Distance and Relay events during six days of competition. Women:

Men:

Nicola Blatchford NSW

Simeon Burrill QLD

Anna Dowling TAS

Aidan Dawson NSW

Hannah Goddard TAS

Jarrah Day TAS

Winnie Oakhill QLD

Matt Doyle VIC

Olivia Sprod SA

Patrick Jaffe VIC

Lanita Steer VIC

Henry McNulty WA

Henry McNulty.

Nicola Blatchford.

Olivia Sprod.

Matt Doyle.

Coach: Hanny Allston TAS. Manager: Karen Blatchford NSW The Team members will race through terrain described as mountain forest 700 - 1100m above sea level, mainly open pine and birch forest with a lot of small and bigger marshes. Lower areas and hillsides also with spruce. In general, very good runnability and visibility. Some smaller areas with reduced runnability and visibility due to undergrowth, thicker forest and rocks. Varying technical challenges from areas with smooth contours and few details to areas with complex contours and many map details. A few smaller areas with a lot of newer mountain cabins and gravel roads. Part of the terrain has cross-country ski tracks and alpine ski slopes. Henry McNulty from WA has been selected for his second JWOC. Henry has moved to Uppsala, Sweden, to train and compete. The experience gained in the Swedish terrain (somewhat similar to Norway) will make Henry one of the best prepared for the technical challenges of tough Norwegian terrain. His experience will be an asset to the Team and their preparations.

Old map of JWOC Terrain

Winnie Oakhill.

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Orienteering is Discipline Hanny Allston

I can shamefully say that between the World Cup Long Distance race and the first day of the Easter 3 Days carnival I picked up only one Orienteering map. It was the Knocklofty local map in Hobart and whilst I paid the small sum for the map, I didn’t enter the race. I knew it would be a disaster. I bumbled around the first few controls, made a few ‘whoopsies’ by racing some twelve-year old boys in school uniforms, then was cut short by supporting a young runner who had sprained her ankle. But this one run was everything that I needed – a reminder that Orienteering is discipline.

f we sit back for a moment and consider the distinguishing factor between Orienteering and other running sports, two defining features come to mind: • We run through the forest rather than on the trails; • We have to navigate.

Hanny at Easter 2015.

When we even look at the marketing of running events, the media love to call them races. And if you overhear a group of runners talking about their running, you will frequently here, ‘oh yeah, I did that race too!’ Therefore, running events are races in their marketing, structure and social elements. In the dust-blown carpark of Easter or standing in the long lines for the portaloos there are always multiple conversations at play. That couple over there are discussing recent events. The group of juniors over there are discussing the route choices of the long leg. This person is studying their map in frustration. That organizer is asking his mate which control tripped him up. There is NEVER any talk about how they didn’t run fast enough. That is, postorienteering we NEVER talk about racing. So why do we get caught up in the racing thoughts prior to an event? Surely we have all run at enough Orienteering events to learn that navigational prowess or errors are always at the forefront of our mind when we cross the line and stand clustered around the results board. If we are clever enough to navigate around most of our controls successfully, how come we aren’t connecting the dots and realizing that Orienteering is not a race? Rather, it is a technical challenge against ourselves with the only goal being this: What is the minimum amount of time I can lose today? My wakeup call at the Knocklofty Local Event one week out from Easter reminded me of this. I crawled home and put my map in the recycle bin as a sign of how poorly I had executed this run. That is, it was rubbish. After a brief discussion on the phone with WOC Coach, Wendy Reid, I came to recognize that I had two choices: • I run Easter like a rabbit stuck in the spotlights; • I orienteer like an echidna, low & steady, burying my head in the sand when the focus became too strong. I chose option number two – to focus on the navigation rather than worry about what my results would look like. I can proudly say that I have never navigated as well as I did at Easter 2015. Over the four-day carnival I made one small oneminute mistake. I wasn’t fast and at times I was crawling along on vague compass bearings across never-never land, almost praying to someone that I would topple on my control. But that was to be expected. After all, I was not racing. Instead I was executing the orienteering techniques that I know with discipline. I think this is the first time ever I have woken up to the reality that, Orienteering is NOT a race.

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Day 1 W21E course, Wonna Creek. I cannot write exactly how to navigate cleanly, or exactly which technique to use and when. Different orienteering circumstances have different requirements. But I can say that all of us have learnt and been taught skills over the years that sit in a toolbox which we carry to every Orienteering event. We subconsciously seem to pull out individual tools when they are required. For instance, a long leg across vague country asks for careful compass work. A technical leg amongst rock requires attack point recognition. A leg in low visibility vegetation requires careful scanning. These are our tools and I am sure most of us have them. However, what I can conclude with is this – if you wish to take your orienteering to the next level then recognize that it is not a race. It is a test of discipline. I challenge you all to see how cleanly you can execute your next event. Forget speed and endurance; just be the slow, shy echidna that buries his or her head in the sand.

Hanny Allston now owns a independent outdoor store with her partner, Graham Hammond. The physical premises is located at 74a Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania, but they have a comprehensive online store. Online orders over $100 will receive free domestic express shipping. Check out their wide array of gear, apparel, Orienteering & running shoes at www.findyourfeet.com.au (Editor’s note: Yes – Hanny took the disciplined approach to her courses, winning all four events in W21E and the Carnival by 22:30 overall.)

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TECHNOLOGY

SPORTident Air+ Christopher (“Toph”) Naunton

For those organising events it can sometimes be all too much to keep up with the new technologies that are out there for sports. But it is something that is important to think about because modern technology used in sport has the ability to enhance the competitor and spectator experiences. Whether that be through the use of live GPS tracking, video production, the use of O-lynx radio controls and results displays or the latest touch-free timing system from SPORTident – the SPORTident AIR+. SPORTident AIR+ is a touch-free punching system that has been around Europe for a couple of years now. Its use has been extensive in MTB racing, in particular a discipline that is known as Enduro, a cross between crosscountry and downhill mountain biking. The use of SPORTident AIR+ in Orienteering has been limited up until mid last year when the system was used during the World Championships Mixed Sprint Relay in Italy. Personally I do believe that the use of touch-free punching systems is going to increase in the near future and we could expect to see the SPORTident AIR+ touch-free punching at every Sprint Orienteering race. Here are the reasons why: • IOF has officially approved the SPORTident AIR+ timing system after a couple of years of testing in events; • SPORTident have released a new firmware update that allows normal BSF7/8 units to be programmed as a ‘beacon control’; • The operation of a SI unit in ‘beacon’ mode is very similar to what we are used to; • There is a supply of 300 SIAC (SPORTident Active Cards) in Australia ready for hire from Aussie O Gear; • It has advantages of increasing competitors’ flow/speed and being able to process high volumes of competitors in a short amount of time. This was seen at the start of the Mixed Sprint Relay in Italy with all 30 teams through the control in a matter of seconds and only 1 unit on the stand. So what is required for you to use the SPORTident AIR+ system at your next Sprint event? I will break this down into two categories - the hardware and operation differences. 28 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER MARCH 2015

Hardware Controls: SPORTident have released two official controls that are made for use with AIR+. • BS11 - BS Blue - 120cm proximity punching radius range. Same similar form factor as the BSF7 units. Used a lot for the start line unit of an Enduro MTB stage. • BS11 - BL - a large panel format control with a proximity punching range of 3m that is ideal for Finish lines. • And I mentioned before that the new firmware update allows for a BSF7/8 unit to be used as a ‘beacon control’. I have done some testing of this. In this mode the units have a range of 30-50cm which is ideal for an Orienteering control. SIAC: To use the proximity punching feature of any SI unit you must be using a SIAC stick. These sticks are actively powered by a battery inside. The batteries are predicted to last at least 4 years.

Operation differences The main difference when using the SPORTident AIR+ system is that both the beacon control and the SIAC stick needs to be turned on for it to be able to function. For the SI units this is done by using a magnet near the on/off switch area on the control. For the SIAC stick it is done by using a ‘check’ punch to turn it on. If the stick passes by a Finish unit the stick will automatically be turned off. Alternatively, you can use another normal SI unit that is programmed as ‘SIAC off’ if you are not using a Finish punch. The units are programmed through the normal SI Config application and by default are programmed with a 12hr operating time.

Verdict – is the system practical? In the past month my company, Living it Live, has had the opportunity to use the equipment in events. I have been hired to operate the timing system for the Enduro MTB series in Victoria. In these events I found that the SPORTident

AIR+ system was simple to use, had a very small learning curve due to it being similar to all other SI equipment and the event timing has gone all to plan. So that was MTB riding and you may ask about Orienteering. My belief is that for Sprint Orienteering the practicality is still there – yes, you need to turn the units on, but this is usually done for Sprint Orienteering anyway. On top of that you give the competitor a better experience and more time to focus on the navigation and running.

From the International Orienteering Federation (IOF): The IOF Council has granted final approval for the SPORTident Air+ touch-free punching system. This means the system can now be used in IOF major events. An updated list of IOF approved electronic punching systems is available on the IOF website at http://orienteering.org/electronic-punching/, and organizer and athlete instructions for touch-free punching systems have been made available at http://orienteering.org/instructionsfrom-vendors/.

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Bendigo Sprint 2015 Neil Barr’s course setting comments: The constraints: Some sensitive landscape features, occupied residences, and a few issues of concern for the land manager that arose after the 2013 Easter Prologue. The solution: Created additional olive green areas on the map, placed controls on the edges of the built up area in preference to in the built up area and used discrete plates rather than stands. What was well done: The emphasis had to be even more upon route choice given the constraints. Twelve of the nineteen legs forced the orienteer to choose between routes. One leg had four options, and on another the best choice was to run backwards out of the control site. What went wrong 1: Two controls occupied parts of the map that attempted to represent two levels at different heights. Both control descriptions confused some competitors. Such control sites require more thought than I gave them. What went wrong 2: Many orienteers still do not understand the compulsory nature of impassable mapped features. These rules were highlighted on the map. It wasn’t enough. Whilst a local event like this might not cause too much worry over issues of fairness, the land manager disappointment at a local event is just as important as at a national event.

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Danish Elite Coaching

Roles and responsibilities National Teams: Working for World Class results at WOC/ EOC; long term focus on development in the U16/U18/U20/ U23 groups, with a step-wise introduction to performance. Elite centre (EC): (based in Aarhus) - training group and support for the National Team. All kinds of expertise gathered at one place. Talent Centre (TC): 5 TCs all over Denmark; regional training groups that motivate youth runners for training as an athlete. Clubs: Recruiting kids and young people to do Orienteering; teach kids and youth basic skills, with focus on understanding maps and effective running technique in terrain and on road/ track. The role of the Coach

Lars Lindstrøm Danish National Coach, at Coaching Seminar, Tasmania, January 2015 • National Coach and High Performance manager 2011 • National Coach – Talent development/Junior Team 2009- 2010 • National Coach – Junior Team 2005 – 2008 • Club coach FIF Hillerød 2002- 2004 • Talent coach – 2000-2001 The context of Danish Orienteering Challenges: Relatively low number of members compared to Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, etc. (6147 members today, with approx. 2000 actively orienteering); Danish clubs are relatively weak compared to Nordic clubs, with limited financial resources (both within the Federation and in clubs); and few demanding terrains in Denmark. Strengths: We coaches know all talented orienteers in Denmark; we are good at cooperating between clubs; we have learned to prioritize resources; and we have a high degree of mobility. Training: Most training is done in a training group; all training is planned and evaluated by a coach in dialogue with the athlete; we have access to sports medicine – physiotherapy, etc; we target just a few important competitions each year. Non-sport activities: Flexible university studies at 33-66% pace, or full-time orienteer.

Close relationship is essential to achieve success, especially in the event of a crisis. Know your athletes, and they must know you. The runner is the focus - setting new standards of what’s possible; development oriented. The coach is responsible for all training; high level of knowledge is necessary; pattern breaker; key track of long term perspective. If no coach is present, the risk of losing a talent is high. 24x7x52 => it is a way of living. Talent Centres – regional training groups Goal: Training groups that motivate and inspire young talents to do elite training; weekly technical training; coaching by qualified coach. Recommendations for young talents: High School in 4 years instead of the normal 3 years; to stay in their regional training centre for the first couple of years, then a move to Aarhus can be considered. Why in Aarhus? All educations are available in Aarhus; flexible studies available at University of Aarhus; short distance between training, education and accommodation, all within 3-5km, mostly less; short distance to Team Danmark with physiotherapy, sports doctor, chiropractor, masseur, dietician, physical testing, sports psychology, etc; many terrains within 60min drive from Aarhus. Recommendations for Danish athletes: Study in Aarhus; stays in Nordic countries for shorter (2-6 weeks) or longer (3-6 month) periods can be good for developing o-technical skills, but must be coordinated with the responsible coach; move to Aarhus at latest when becoming a senior (requirement to be in the National Team).

Pathway from talent to World Class U16: Focus is on motivating and inspiring talents to do elite training; no focus on results – long term perspective; focus on training continuously; training for all disciplines. U18: Focus on structured training and motivation for training; no focus on results - long term perspective; training for all disciplines. U20: Focus on performance – not results; introduce championship preparation - long term perspective; training for all disciplines. U23: Focus on making the last step towards World Class by optimizing performance; focus on future championships; focus on 1-2 distances. World Class: Focus on results at WOC/EOC; fine tuning all aspects of performance; focus on 1-2 distances. 32 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER MARCH 2015

•M ost important partner of the National Team; Danish Orienteering is in the highest category of support (the only non-Olympic sport) – Team Danmark supports 28 sports, only 8 in the highest category. •T eam Danmark gives us both financial and other support; financial support in 2015 - ca. 2,4 mio kr ($470,000); and all sports medicine support. • Scholarships for runners.

geology

Kingaroy Rocks Stuart Watt

n the Kingaroy map area for the 2015 Queensland State Championships, three main rocks outcrop. The earliest (about 240 Million years ago), a fresh granodiorite with a salt-andpepper appearance, is mainly in the centre of the map. Quite a bit, including some large tors, can be seen while running. Next (about 212 Mya) came a biotite-rich granite (looks pinkish, but there are only small outcrops) scattered over the central area. Both of these rocks are deeply weathered to coarse sand with some significant gullies and both come from the same magma chamber. The most recent (between 20 and 3 Mya) covers the tops of the ridges. This is a laterite – a red and yellow weathering layer rich in iron and aluminium oxides. In fact, the area was investigated for an aluminium mine in the early 1950’s.

2015 Queensland Championships 12 & 13 September K I N G A R O Y The 2015 two day Queensland Long Championships will be held in a completely new and exciting area outside Kingaroy, in the Burnett Valley, 214km from Brisbane.

The area is predominantly open and very runnable eucalypt forest in undulating gully/spur with scattered to complex granite. The maps have been made by Eric Andrews. Kingaroy is a 3 hour drive from Brisbane but only 2 hours from the newly opened Brisbane West Wellcamp airport in Toowoomba.

There are direct flights from Sydney to this airport with other connections planned for the future. There is a range of accommodation options in and around Kingaroy, including camping available at the showgrounds. Start times on the Saturday will be from 12.30pm and from 9am on the Sunday.

Further information and online entries will be available from www.oq.asn.au/qldchamps

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Stockholm Indoor Cup 2015

weden in winter is great for Ski-O but not so great for orienteers in light O gear â&#x20AC;&#x201C; welcome to Indoor-O and the Stockholm Indoor Cup. Held over two days in multilevel sports schools this event has become a popular fixture in the Swedish winter program. Last year (The Australian Orienteer, June 2014, pp34 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 36) we showed one of the 2014 courses. Here, we reproduce, from Skogssport 2/2015, the M16 course from Day 2 at Nacka Gymnasium. Again set by David Hector over five levels with stairways being the only access between levels. Stairs between successive levels are marked on the map with letters, but try finding a route (at speed) from control #2 to #3, then to #4, #5 and #6, and onward. Good luck !

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NIGHT ORIENTEERING

Moonlight Madness Ian Jessup, Orienteering NSW

What’s the Australian equivalent of mad dogs and Englishmen going out in the midday sun? How about mad orienteers going out under a full moon in winter?

nter Moonlight Madness, a Sydney Wednesday night retr-O score event held monthly under a full moon, mainly in the northern suburbs. This friendly series co-ordinated by Garingal Orienteers regularly pulls 50-80 participants each time in a non-competitive environment. Not everyone can make weekend events, and not everyone wants to go bush, so Moonlight Madness helps fill the gap. Course setters should put on an event with the intention that it is fun and enjoyable for anyone lunar-tic enough to don a headlamp or carry a torch and jog around somewhere in Sydney finding moonlit control features in the dark! For safety purposes, controls in bushland should be on tracks. Controls can be easily seen with a torch as they have reflective tape on them. Maps are 1:7500 on A4 for ease of readability at night. The best orienteers should get all 30 controls inside 45 minutes just about every time, while summer series regulars should score on or just above their average despite the slower conditions. Starts are between 5.30pm and 7pm with courses closing at 7.45pm. SPORTident is not used, just cards and pencils to make things easier.

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Okay, so what’s so great about Moonlight Madness? Firstly, it is a great way to introduce novice setters to the ’dark arts’. We’ve all had a grumble about ‘that in-out to #25’, or ‘#17 was in the wrong place’ etc. The more people who take turns at setting, even what should be straightforward score courses, the better. Secondly, it is an excellent way to bring more mappers on board. An experienced club mapper will usually provide the base map and contours, leaving the rookie to scout the area and add features. Thirdly, orienteering at night – even around streets and parks – can improve your general technique… as Australia’s top-ranked male Julian Dent posted recently. In a night orienteering training session near Stockholm in April, Julian completed a 16.5km course averaging around 6.5 minutes per km! Fourthly, why not? We also note that ACT this autumn brought back its night Orienteering With Lights Series (OWLS) after a 15-year break. They are lucky enough to have bush terrain suited to Night O.

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NSW MTBO Champs & National Series #1 NEWCASTLE, 21/22 March 2015 Greg Bacon

he events were held in the Newcastle area with the Long Distance and Sprint courses at Holmesville/Killingworth and the Middle Distance at Pelaw Main near Kurri Kurri. The maps for all the courses used Foot-O standard with only the tracks and trails changed to MTBO. There was positive feedback from the competitors due to the amount of detail on the map. This came in handy when reading the map detail amongst the dense network of tracks in some areas. In conjunction with the Long Distance event on the Saturday there was a MTB skills clinic followed up by a MTBO skills lesson and practice course. Both courses were free and included free entry into the Recreational class of the Long Distance event. The MTBO skills course had 16 entrants with varying levels of skills, however everyone enjoyed the course and found it very beneficial. Steve Todkill held the MTBO lesson and was surprised to find around 30 people taking in his valuable knowledge on MTBO. There were a few disappointed participants in the Championship event after being told they could not undertake the practice course.

LONG DISTANCE – 21st March – Holmesville Organiser Greg Bacon

his was going to be a challenge due to the technical nature of many of the trails and the numerous number of tracks.

There was a large number of competitors taking off down the wrong track at the S)tart only to find that they ran out of map. This was probably due to running out of time folding the A3 map and getting set with the one minute available to read the map. There were several route selections on most legs as the competitors worked their way south and through the town of Killingworth. Most of the tracks were along MTB/motor bike tracks with the odd 4x4 track with deep ruts and water to negotiate. Most of the courses were around the 20k mark with Course 1 around 25k. The advertised winning times in the Men’s classes were very close, however the times blew out in the Women’s divisions due to the terrain and a sudden deluge on the course. The organisers used a fair amount of pink tape at track entrances and across some of the open areas due to the recent rain and regrowth in the area. This made competitors happy as it avoided missing the indistinct tracks and trails. There was one potentially serious accident on the course with one competitor going over the handle bars on a rocky descent and suffering concussion and

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Jennifer Enderby (NSW) third in W21 in the Long and Sprint Champs.

loss of memory. The situation could have been worse, however several competitors stopped to give assistance with Matt Bacon withdrawing from the course to take the injured competitor back to the Start. The injured competitor spent several hours in hospital and eventually recovered. All of the courses finished with a short run around the local BMX track. The bunting taking competitors onto the track was a little short which caused some competitors to take a short cut at the Finish. From all reports the courses were tough but enjoyable. The competitors were greeted with a sausage and bacon BBQ and a lucky draw for prizes during the presentation.

SPRINT – 22nd March – Holmesville Organiser Greg Bacon

he Start locations for both events were close together and both the Long Distance and Sprint courses covered the same area. Different track options were used and many of the tracks that were bypassed in the Long Distance event formed the new route options. The tracks were mainly hand-made MTB trails and were on the slow side due to the number of tight twists and turns.

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In conjunction with the Long Distance event on the Saturday there was a MTB skills clinic followed up by a MTBO skills lesson and practice course with over 30 participants.

One section of dense bush had a maze of tracks which proved very popular with the competitors as they were fun to ride as well as to navigate through. Rain was hanging around the area but held off and only caught a few competitors at the end of the course. The winning times were again close to the anticipated time with most courses taking around 30 minutes to complete. This was a little longer than normal but to make the courses shorter would have spoiled the fun. Once again the Sprint finished with a lap of the BMX track but this time most picked up the track quickly. Most of the competitors finished with a smile on their face even after having a few navigation errors. The Sprint events were finished by 10.30am and this gave the competitors and organisers plenty of time to travel to Pelaw Main, around 20 minutes away. With both the Long Distance and Sprint events going off without too many issues the competitors were now ready to take on the flat and fast trails at Pelaw Main.

plenty of discussion on route choices. The organisers had been out mowing overgrown tracks and there was pink tape marking indistinct tracks as well. In summary, all the events were well attended with close to 100 competitors at the Long Distance and near 75 at the Sprint and Middle Distance events. The skills clinic proved a hit with all that attended and hopefully we will get a few more attending MTBO events. Seven riders took out the hat-trick of all three titles in their age class: Rhiannon Prentice (NSW) W14A, Angus Robinson (Vic) M-20, Carolyn Jackson (Vic) W21, Nicole Haigh (NSW) W40A, Heather Leslie (Vic) W50, Robert Prentice (NSW) M60 and Kathy Liley (Vic) W60. The maps received good reviews and the courses had plenty of challenges both riding and navigating. Congratulations to the place getters and thanks to all who made the effort to attend from interstate.

Organiser Malcolm Roberts

s competitors arrived at Pelaw Main they were greeted with some fine sunny weather and a great starting area around the Railway Museum. This area has been used for MTBO in the past however the organiser worked out some interesting route options and avoided placing controls amongst the maze of motorcycle tracks. The tracks were in perfect condition and in most cases very fast. As well as navigating you had to be on your toes picking your way around the ruts.

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This will be Chris’s third World Champs as a Senior, following on from three years as a Junior. Angus is in his third year as a junior and is aiming for even better results than his excellent races in Poland last year where he scored one top 10 and two top 20 results. Angus Robinson

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hile our elite team is getting smaller, the number of Aussies heading to the World Masters MTBO Champs is getting more each year. For the second time in three years, the championships will be held in Portugal and so far there are 9 Aussies entered. With 5 year age groups coming in this year, Carolyn Jackson has decided to remain in W50 to defend her triple titles at the last two World Masters. Other Aussie entries are: Tony Keeble M45; Tamsin Barnes W45; Ben Coetzer M50; Kay Haarsma W60; Bill Vandendool and Richard Robinson M60; Tim Hackney and Leigh Privett in M70.

MIDDLE DISTANCE – 22nd March – Pelaw Main

There were several trees across the tracks which proved a little difficult to ride around and scratched arms and legs in the process. Again course times were very accurate and with a mixture of long and short legs and fast navigation there was

ollowing the NSW Championships selection races, a team of just two was selected to represent Australia at this year’s World Championships in the Czech Republic in August. Chris Firman (Qld) will be our sole representative in the Elite competition and Angus Robinson (Vic) will be our only rep in the Junior Champs. Kay Haarsma (SA) will perform the role of Coach/Manager.

Added to this are four entries from New Zealand: Chris Gelderman M70, Yett Gelderman W70, Joe Sherriff M60 and Jo Wilson W55.

World Cup MASS Start event

Heather Leslie (Vic) won the Sprint, Middle and Long races in W50. Heather is one of the key organisers for this year’s Aus MTBO Champs.

he recent World Cup round in Hungary featured the new Mass Start format. Expected winning times were 80-85 minutes. There was a common long first leg that took riders well into the map before clover leaf loops of controls further split the field. The Women’s field started 30 mins after the men and then later start times for age groups. A link to a video of the start http://youtu.be/xB9HAUeiSRg

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from Anglesea. The map is again mostly native coastal forest but with some small pockets of pine. There is a good network of vehicle tracks, wide paths and some single tracks through the forest and is well suited for the long event. Well used tracks can get sandy. We have access to a fantastic section of private land with lakes, minor tracks and lots of open land with erosion gullies, cliffs and other features usually encountered on a foot O map. This will be an exciting and crucial part of each course.

6-8 November, Anglesea, VIC

his year’s Australian MTBO Champs, to be held in Victoria’s Surf Coast, includes the usual extra events within events with the carnival also being a round of the National Series, a World Ranking Event for Elites in the Middle and Long races, and again this year will also be an Australia New Zealand MTBO Challenge. And for Victorian competitors, this year’s champs will also be the State Championship in each class. The map areas are completely new for MTBO and there are no previous orienteering maps either. Both the Middle and Long areas will include some fantastic and fun new riding areas and are sure to test competitors’ navigation and riding skills. The three championship maps will be drawn by Jon Sutcliffe.

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be sandy and others rocky. Substantial time losses will occur if you spend too much time at checkpoints with magnificent views out to Aireys Inlet! This course will suit the ‘all- rounder’.

On the Saturday evening there will be a Presentation dinner at the Anglesea Hotel with a buffet dinner to be booked and paid for when entering on Eventor.

The Long Champs

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The Long will be held on Sunday morning near Bambra, about 30 minutes drive

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Anglesea, VIC

A warm-up event at the You Yangs on Friday afternoon will give competitors a taste of the terrain to be experienced during the weekend while on their way to the Surf Coast.

The Sprint Champs The Sprint is on Saturday morning right in the beach-side town of Torquay. Courses will include coastal foreshore, paths, streets, creek and bush reserves. It is recommended that competitors stay overnight in the area on Friday as the Sprint starts are from 9am.

The Middle Champs Competitors will then head up the road a short way to Anglesea for the Middle on Saturday afternoon. Eurmeralla is an awesome place for mountain biking with a good network of single tracks, vehicle tracks, plus open ground. It is undulating and mostly coastal forest. Some tracks will

2015 AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN BIKE ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS NATIONAL MTBO SERIES #3 IOF WORLD RANKING EVENT AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND MTBO CHALLENGE On Victoria’s Surf Coast at Anglesea and Torquay

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November 2015 plus warm-up event at the You Yangs, Friday 6th.

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A Novel by Sture Lantz

o-spy Land Embargoes in Queensland 2016 AUS Championships 2016

he following areas of land are embargoed to orienteers from 1 May 2015 until 8 October 2016. 1. The pine forest in the south of the Passchendaele State Forest, used previously as the ‘Amiens’ Orienteering map. 2. The eucalypt area south of Forestry Road, Amiens. 3. The area bounded between Gellibrand Road, Sugarloaf Road and the Queensland/New South Wales border. 4. The Orienteering map area known as ‘Cotswold’. 5. The Orienteering map area known as ‘Mundoolan’. 6. The campus of Griffith University – Gold Coast.

OA Badge Results

iven that Eventor does not show calculated Badge cut-offs in results, Michelle Chamalaun & Ken Thompson, of Orienteering South Australia, have written a code for calculating Badge cut-offs. See: http://sa.orienteering. asn.au/gfolder/results/2015Results/ PewseyValeBadgeSplits12thApril2015. pdf Both multi-day and single day results have now been tested with real events such as the recent Badge event at Pewsey Vale, as well as Easter results. Ken Thompson said: “The Badge Scheme is a great scheme, that’s why I was keen to get something done. Every year our club allocates badges to its members. It was with great delight when a couple of relatively new older members were thrilled to receive their badges for 2014 and then wanted to know more about the scheme and its purpose, and where they could view the badge cut-offs. It needs more publicity.” 42 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER MARCH 2015

ld hands would probably remember Sture Lantz as the member of the Tuckonie, VIC, club and of the founding triumvirate, who actually gave the club its name. Sture has written a novel that was set in Australia. A quick Google search came up with this link: www.adlibris. com/se/bok/tuckonie-9789187119392 For those who don’t read Swedish Google Translate does a passable job of translating the blurb into English.

punching. It’s likely that a few runners will rush past so far from the control that their attempted punching won’t register, but a bigger concern is that proximity punching will lead to even less control number checking unless those guilty of this bad habit don’t change their ways. Just like map reading, more attention to detail in the control descriptions is always a good thing.

“Tuckonie” was a black kid (played by actor John Meillon) in the radio serial “The Search for the Golden Boomerang” which ran for 1,444 episodes during the early 1940s. Legend has it that Sture found the name in a koori dictionary, said to mean “little man lost in the bush”. Lindsay Thomas (Tuckonie, VIC)

Mispunching

s we know, there are several reasons for mispunching – wrong control, SI unit malfunction, misreading the map, misreading the terrain, etc. But most mispunching seems to be simply a matter of not checking the control number with the number shown in the control description. Why some people don’t check every control number on their course is an enduring mystery. The 2014 World Championships Mixed Sprint Relay held in Italy was the first time proximity punching was used in a world championship event. Recently, watching the Relay on YouTube, it was clear that some runners were very approximate in their proximity

Wise advice Advice from Karolinn Ohlsson of Sweden for success in Orienteering: “Be calm in head and fast in legs !”

There’s no ‘r’ in NSW

ave you noticed the trend by some TV and radio presenters to pronounce NSW as “New South Warles”? Don’t know where they got it from but it’s a trend we could do without.

How to remove a tick correctly

any parts of Europe and elsewhere are infested with ticks, but it is only in some areas where the ticks carry TBE (tick borne encephalitis). A recent advertisement in Sweden’s “Skogssport” carried a map showing areas in Scandinavia where TBE is a problem. The advertisement was by Baxter Medical AB and was promoting vaccination against TBE. And, for anyone going regularly into the bush, and especially for those going to tick-infested areas of Europe:

Look at http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/ stories/4177191.htm , and particularly the video “How to remove a tick

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Letters

The Australian Orienteer welcomes letters. Preference will be given to letters which are concise and which make positive points. The editor reserves the right to edit letters, particularly ones which are longer than 300 words.

2015 Easter Carnival

he Easter events were superbly run and highly enjoyable.

The maps too were excellent, but I would make a few cartographic points (not all applying to all maps). These points were made by UK map guru Robin Harvey decades ago. Firstly, it is disconcerting when watercourses are shown with only a nick in the contours (the impression being that they are a “scratch in the ground” that you could run across or jump), but turn out to be deeply incised and two metres deep. In such cases the contours should be pulled well up the blue lines to give a realistic impression of depth. Grid lines should always be black unless the map is predominantly black. Using blue lines on a predominantly blue map is a recipe for confusion. Windmills (and high water tanks) are not blue features and should be shown in black. Finally, while a small point, it is longstanding cartographic tradition for legends to have the symbols on the left and description on the right. This arrangement is both logical and easier to read. That aside, I would repeat that the Easter events were top class and a credit to all concerned. Trevor Sauer, Sunshine Orienteers, QLD

Magazine Contributions Needed

n respect to Ian Crellin’s letter in the March 2015 issue, and to his reference about the large amount of content on the elites, I agree with reservation. I feel privileged to have aged and competed alongside those that make up the largest age group, M65. Over the 30 years and more that most have been involved in the sport we have always had the greatest number of entrants in our age group at the time and we have had the closest of results. If one is looking for excitement you need not look only at the elites but also M65. I am quick to accept though, compared to the elites, we have slowed somewhat and don’t look half as athletic, but we do compare favourably well with our keenness in competition, when you consider that any one of up to 10 can win on the day (this is evidenced with the uncertainty of placings until the last starter is in). Additional to the keen competitive spirit my compatriots display is an equally keen camaraderie and respect for each other. Gentlemen to the last. So do we swap magazine content from elites and concentrate on M65 or another class who have shown similar attributes? .…. I don’t think so. We M65’s, for example, have always done 44 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER MARCH 2015

our bit without fanfare, whether as an athlete or involved in administration it seems to suit us that way. There is no reason though that we shouldn’t expect more articles about a variety of ages and genders. I’ve no doubt we all have considered this and raised this issue before in various forums over the years and have come to the same conclusion .…. unless we competitors write articles ourselves none will be published. But therein lies the problem, doesn’t it. We are of a personality that would rather run than write. In closing, I’m sure you all agree it isn’t the elites’ fault that they attract the attention they do, as the magazine does need content and the articles submitted are about them. The only chance of balancing content, I feel, is if each age group/ class could unearth a keen scribe to write a short article and send some photos of the highlights of their latest national event. M65’s could set the pace!, whom could we unearth?, who is hiding their talents under a bushel? I’d like to nominate Ross Barr ... a top orienteer, and a good bloke with a gift of the gab. I reckon he’s someone that could handle the role well. Over to you Ross! Greg Chatfield, Ugly Gully, QLD.

EVENTOR is terrific Congratulations on the magazine, I enjoy reading it, and find the balance excellent. I am writing to provide comments on Eventor. My first reaction a couple of years ago, was “I can’t work out this or that” or “how would a newcomer cope with it?” However, now I am used to it, I think it is wonderful. I recently travelled to both Ireland and the USA and, without Eventor, there was no system of providing information on where I could orienteer around the countries I was visiting. With Eventor, a visitor to Australia could plan an Orienteering trip easily. I do have a small issue with the need to pre-enter and pre-pay. I have been ill or injured a couple of times and lost my entry fee. We run 40 events a year in Bendigo with pre-printed maps and without pre-entry and it isn’t a problem. Why not pre-enter to get a map, and pay on the day for Orienteering Victoria members. This would provide a benefit to members. We now have to take this terrific system and gradually improve it. The idea of throwing it out is ridiculous. Well done to OA for introducing something new. Nigel McGuckian, Bendigo Orienteers (VIC).

EVENTOR in Norway As age increases, fitness increasingly becomes the occasional interruption between injuries. So it pays to look on the bright side on your 60th birthday. I started counting my blessings. First, I change age groups and avoid the need to run in the same class as Warren Key (although I do rejoin Ted Van G). Another blessing is that I now feel qualified to write a letter to The Australian Orienteer about Eventor. Let me share a story. I am sitting in a motel room in Bergen, Norway, on a Friday evening. Unexpectedly I have a spare weekend in front of me. Perhaps I can go orienteering? A quick google search lands me on the Norwegian Eventor site. Despite being in Norwegian, I quickly explored all the available options in the region. The map link showed me where they were. And then I thought - “How hard would it have been to do this if each region had their own web site and I had to search each?” That was how the system worked in Australia until recently. In Victoria you had to visit the OV site, the Street-O web site and the Bendigo site to check the options. The directions were generally text based, so you needed to speak English to explore them, or trust Google translate. OK, so most orienteers who visit Australia speak English. But sitting in my Bergen room I was grateful I didn’t need to speak Norwegian. So I am bemused by the claims in previous letters that Eventor has made Australian orienteering less accessible. Complaints about pre-entry were just as valid before the introduction of Eventor. Results are becoming easier to find and more accessible as well. Big Pink Rankings might just be a smart piece of unofficial fun, but they would probably not exist without Eventor. I am left with the conclusion that Eventor angst may be driven by a dislike of the technology behind it. Let me break it to you. The rest of the world is abandoning analog communication. Just ask Australia Post. The Eventor move is not a radical leap forward into the unknown. It is our sport catching up with the world. If there are teething problems, work to get them fixed. Please don’t argue for a return to quarterly newsletters stuffed with event flyers. Now that would be a step backwards to inaccessibility. Likewise for any arguments for a return to a plethora of uncoordinated web sites. For me Eventor is a product whose need I didn’t understand until I started using it as a competitor and more importantly as an organiser. Please support its improvement constructively. PS After the Norwegian Eventor search I checked the weather forecast and decided I didn’t really feel like a genuine Norwegian Fjords orienteering experience. I got wet walking into Trollstunga instead.

Victorinox award This issue’s Victorinox Award goes to Greg Chatfield (Ugly Gully OC, QLD) for his inspirational letters in this edition of the magazine. Greg will receive a Victorinox Handyman which includes 24 tools and features – retail value $119.

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Spot the Difference

This time we bring you a world class Mountain Bike Orienteering map with a very detailed track system through complex contour terrain. Here, in two otherwise identical map sections, we have created 25 differences. CAN YOU FIND ALL 25 ???

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