GO AT WAGGA 2017

Wagga Wagga, June 2017 - 

Garingal took a team of 35 to the Australian 3-Days carnival in Wagga over the June long weekend and returned with eight badges.

The terrain was a mixture of intense granite and spur-gully eucalypt forest, making for testing navigation on all three days.

The weather and courses were wonderful and the three assembly arenas afforded scenic views of both the finish and the surrounding landscapes.

Day 1 Connorton - Middle distance

1^st: Mark Brindley M35AS, Neil Schafer M90A

2^nd: Clare Jessup W20A

3^rd: Tania Kennedy W50A, Ross Barr M70A, Christa Schafer W75A,

     Justine Brindley MWOpenEasy

Day 2 Burngoogee - Long

1^st: Mark Brindley M35AS, Clare Jessup W20A

2^nd: Tania Kennedy W50A, Ross Barr M70A

3^rd: Christa Schafer W75A, Justine Brindley MWOpenEasy

   Day 3 CSU - Sprint

  1^st: Peter Annetts M50A, Ross Barr M70A, Clare Jessup W20A

  2^nd: Mark Brindley M35AS, Ellen Currie W16A, Greg Dominish M45A,  Justine Brindley MWOpenEasy

  3^rd: Christa Schafer W75A

Great to see so many Garingal colours on the courses.

 Garingal NOL results were

Junior Men: Duncan Currie 8^th and Michael Clayden 13^th

Junior Women: Melissa Annetts 6^th

Senior Women: Lisa Grant 13^th

Overall Standings for the carnival

1^st: Clare Jessup W20A, Mark Brindley M35AS

2^nd: Ross Barr M70A, Justine Brindley MWOpenEasy

3^rd: Ian Jessup M45AS, Tania Kennedy W50A, Ron Junghans M70A, Christa Schafer W75A

Equipment report

Duffys Forest, May 2017 -

A lovely Saturday afternoon (22nd May) saw 8 Garingal members gather at the Christmas Tree Farm big shed to spend the afternoon working on checking and preparing our club's equipment for the forthcoming Australian Orienteering Carnival (23rd Sept to 1st Oct).  

We completed the task of renewing all the club’s control stands thanks to the great work done by Carol and Ken Jacobson, Karin Hefftner, Ross Duker, Colin Burnett and Di, and Jim Forbes.  Time did not allow to do more.  As darkness fell we retired to drinks and a BBQ meal.    Another working bee will be required before the Carnival.

 Ron J.

Going Places

Sydney, May 2017 -

  Club member Toby Wilson has had a smile on his face for the past week after learning he was selected to represent Australia at the Junior World Orienteering Championships.  The Team is made up of 6 males and 6 females.  JWOC is in Tampere, Finland 9-16th July run in conjunction with Fin5 orienteering carnival.  Toby is following in the foot steps of fellow Garingal members Michele and Aidan Dawson who competed at JWOC in recent years.

Toby will be heading to Finland at the end of May to gain some experience of the Finnish forests before the races.

Garingal congratulates Toby on his selection and wishes him every success in the upcoming races.  Here is the link to follow the event.