GO for Hockey medals:
Garingal members were among the awards at Macquarie Uni Hockey Club's annual presentation night on Saturday.
Lisa Grant (R) won the 3rd grade women's players player, Claire Winnick (recently of GO but now a member of CC having moved north) took out the 2nd grade women's players player, and Ian Jessup was awarded a 600-game milestone medal.
Australian Championships 2018:
Garingal won five events at the Australian Champs in South Australia and achieved 10 second placings and 6 thirds.
We had 26 members competing in the Australian Middle (M), Relay (R), Sprint (S) and Long (L) champs and the South Australian Middle (SAM) champs over two weekends.
The following people earned podium places in the main championship events:
Ross Barr (M70): 2nd M, 1st R ; Duncan Currie (M20E): 3rd R ; Michael Hanratty (MOpenB): 3rd SAM ; Robert Herkes (M21AS): 2nd S, 2nd SAM ; Barbara Hill (W50): 2nd S, 1st L ; Tony Hill (M45): 3rd R, 3rd SAM ; Barbara Junghans (W65AS): 2nd M ; Ron Junghans (M75): 2nd M, 2nd SAM ; Iida Lehtonen (W14): 1st M, 1st R, 3rd S ; Angus Leung (M20A): 3rd S ; Wendy McConaghy (WOpenB): 1st S ; Jim Merchant (M70): 2nd R ; Dennis Sparling (M65AS): 2nd R ; Toby Wilson (M21E): 2nd R
Midweek was the Australian Schools Champs. Garingal were represented by Duncan Currie (Senior Boys), Ellen Currie (Senior Girls), Iida Lehtonen (Junior Girls) and Angus Leung who competed in the Senior Boys Reserve races.
Duncan Currie 2nd S, 10th L, absent ill for Relays ; Ellen Currie 20th S, 13th L, 6th R ; Iida Lehtonen 19th S, 3rd L, 5th R ; Angus Leung 5th S, 7th L, 10th R
Congratulations to everyone.
NSW Schools Championships, 1-2 September:
On SaturdayGaringal hosted the two-race Sprint champs at Hills Grammar and Cherrybrook HS, with many hands on deck to ensure a smooth day. The majority of competitors are not regular orienteers, so ensuring they had an enjoyable day was paramount.
Times from the two sprints were added to decide the placings.
GO winners were: Nicola McConaghy W9A ; Ben McConaghy M10A ; Tim McConaghy M12A ; Iida Lehtonen W14A and Ellen Currie W16A. GO also recorded three seconds and a third.
Sunday was the Middle Distance schools champs, hosted by WHO at Wianamatta.
GO winners were: Ben McConaghy M10A ; Tim McConaghy M12A and Iida Lehtonen W14A. GO also recorded four seconds and two thirds.
Big thanks to our GO Organisers and Course Setters as well as the ever present SportIdent Team.
