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THE AUCKLAND
BLABBERMOUTH SEPTEMBER 1998
The Monthly Newsletter for the Auckland area orienteering clubs: Waikato and Auckland Campus Orienteers Auckland Orienteering Club NorthWest Orienteering Club Counties Manukau Orienteering Club
SHAUN'S SAY
Welcome, to the Blabbermouth. When I saw in the last Auckland Orienteer magazine that Stan was looking to give up doing the magazine, I jumped at the chance to revive the magazine. Full credit should go to Stan for taking over as editor from Mark Roberts, both of whom did a good job, but the magazine was slowly diminishing in content and interest. After discussing this with Stan, I got the idea that he might have underestimated the time it would take when he first took the job on. Well now I have control and I aim to make this 'beast' a pleasure to read and full of good stuff that will keep you all entertained. You will notice quite a few changes to this issue, as I believe it is time for a fresh start, new format, new approach and new features. I have introduced a few items that will feature regularly in the mag and I welcome any suggestions for anything that I might have missed that you would like to see in the magazine. You can email me suggestions on ([email protected]) or phone in the evenings on 631-0204.
You will also notice that WACO has been included in this publication now. After the demise of the AOA, WACO has being included in the new five presidents thingy which replaces the AOA. Hopefully in the next issue of The Auckland Blabbermouth, I will have some more details on what is happening with the new organisation that looks after our clubs. Anyway, I welcome WACO (funny that) and I think that the other clubs have accepted that WACO is around and has something exciting to offer and can benefit clubs through coaching. WACO continue to offer their expertise in this area to any club that wants some coaching, be it out in the forest or an indoor session.
At a recent event I was talking with some people about a new technological advance in the NZOF WebPage. I am pretty new to this type of stuff, but there is now a chat room where you can go online and enter a "room" and talk to other people who are online. This happens in real-time, so you can have a discussion with many people at once. While talking to about this new fan dangle whatzit, someone joked that maybe the NZOF could use this instead of flying each other around for meetings. At the time everybody burst into ruckus laughter and said "naaah!" that would never happen as it would be too cheap. Then more laughter. This was then passed over with no further comment. But this light up a wee button in my mind...Does everybody think the same thing? I have had many conversations with people in orienteering who think that it is the pits that NZOF money is wasted away by flying executive members around the country from meetings, when a simple conference call or email could suffice. Is this in fact the truth or simply a rumour mill working overtime. One example that I have heard about is a member of the executive being flown to the North Island for a meeting that lasted a Saturday morning. They then relaxed for the afternoon and on Sunday went orienteering, before flying home again. I don't know the costs per year for this sort of travel, but I question the necessity for this travel. Could the funds not be used for more beneficial things like helping overseas teams or publicity?
See you at the next event
SHAUN COLLINS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Please call Club Secretaries for final confirmation of these details: (A) Auckland: Terry Nuthall 09 412 9012 (CM) Counties-Manukau: John Briffett 09 294 7613 (E) Egmont: Suzanne Scott 06 758 4739 (H) Hamilton: Linda Flynn 07 889 6751 (NW) NorthWest: Ann Fettes 09 827 5358 (P) Pinelands: Chris Jackson 07 886 5313 (R) Rotorua: Peter Fitchett (07) 345 6786 (T) Taupo: Alison Mensen 07 378 0577 (WACO) Waikato and Auckland Campus: Madeleine Barr 09 631 0204 (Wh) Whangarei: Dick Rankin 09 434 6499.
September
6 Wh Spring Series - Phoebes Lake, South of Dargaville R Pouturu, off State Highway 30 to Whakatane
13 A Park Event, Self's Farm NOS National Orienteering Squad Training Day - Details in this mag P CDOA OY6 - Waihou
20 WACO Spring Series - Sixteen Mile. Signposted from Waimaiku, from here keep travelling up SH 16. Just before Helensville, turn left down Rimmers Road. Continue to follow the signs from here.
27 H Mt Eliza - Just south of Te Aroha, signposted from Manawaru
October
4 R Crater Block CM Spring Series - Waiuku. Signposted from Waiuku. If travelling from Auckland take
the Drury exit and follow the AA signs to Waiuku. 11 E CDOA OY - Hurworth
WACO Training Day 17-18 A AUCKLAND CHAMPS & SHORT O - Entry form in this mag 24-26 LABOUR 3 DAY, WELLINGTON CHAMPS - Get entry forms from club sec's. 31 NW Ralph King Score Event - Muriwai, details in this mag November
1 NW Auckland Relays - Beautiful Hills, details in this mag H Sanatorium Hill
3 NW Primary Schools Champs, Ambury Park 7-8 R CDOA CHAMPIONSHIPS - Entry form in this mag
December
6 R Tui Ridge 9 Ham Waikato University
NORTHWEST NEWS
What a great orienteering year we are having. The OY series has provided an excellent set of quality events and close competition. Now Spring is here and with it the Spring series of handicap events. Matthew and Les set enjoyable courses on Otakanini Topu for the first event. Then with the results Keith Stone again providing some innovative ideas to handicap and baffle us with numbers, with the handicaps being revised after each event. It is tempting to post several very poor results (I can sometimes do this without trying) to get a more beneficial handicap.
Club member Bert Chapman has risen to international fame while on an orienteering holiday in the States and Canada. A Herald article on results from the USA champs mentioning Bert's name in the same paragraph as Peter Snell and a winning relay team. Could this really be the same Bert that we know?
For some of those whose orienteering is closer to home there was an encounter with a gorilla at the Mid Winter Madness event. The gorilla was last seen running off with a control, being hotly pursued by a pack of orienteeers. I am not kidding, Gay Ambler has the photographic proof.
The club's planning for the 1999 Nationals at Labour Weekend is moving along. A sub committee is finalising details of maps, events and event centres. Club Champs
The club champs this year are based on the results of the Auckland Champs, classic distant event, being held on Saturday 17 October. This is a pre entry event being organized by the AOC, on a new map. Club AGM This is being held on the afternoon / evening of Sunday 22 November. First activity planned is a O event at Shakespeare Reserve (Whangaparaoa) at about 3 PM, then a swim in the tide, AGM 5 PM at the Stones residence (14A Melandra Rd Whangaparaoa) followed by a pot luck tea at the Stones's. More details next month. The committee needs some new blood, with several people standing down this year, so please think about volunteering or nominating someone.
Club Dinner The annual club dinner, a not to be missed evening of fine dining, good company, award presentation and orienteering chat is being held on the evening of Sunday 6 December. So pencil this date into your diary.
Next committee meeting. You can see from the above how well organised your committee is and they have decided that they don't need a September meeting. The next meeting will be Thursday 8 October, 7.30 PM at the Middleton's residence (24 Shanaway Rise Glenfield).
LISA MEAD 445 4555
AUCKLAND ABROAD
This commentary was written, too late, for the previous newsletter so some of the comments may seem a bit dated. Sorry. A club training evening for the juniors of the club was held at the Stewart's house on the 29th June. Although this did highlight the lack of juniors in the club, a fun evening was had by all. Rob J led a session on course setting, with an aim to have most of our juniors assisting in the setting of Summer Series events. honorary juniors for the night were the adult Stewart's, Grant Beaumont, and Cindy the dog who participated fully in all events. We hope we can get as good a turnout at future events, which will hopefully be regular fixtures. If for any reason you were not contacted about this night, and would be interested in future evenings, contact Mark Stewart on 5755-695.
At the last meeting it became apparent just how committed our committee was, with the Clendons, Brewises and the Nuthalls all away sunning themselves on the other side of the world. Obviously, they don't give as much importance to the meetings as some of us ...
Congratulations must go to Darren Ashmore, for becoming only the 4th NZ'er to make an A-grade final at World Champs. Interestingly enough, now 3 of the first 4 have come from our Club. Rob J is just away for his World Cup campaign - very best wishes Rob and to Darren and Alistair (Landels) for the rest of the events.
Congratulations to Rob J on his selection to the Auckland cross-country team to compete in Dunedin. The Auckland race that was the selection trial was on Rob's home territory, the Domain, it was quite hilly and most especially was very, very wet and muddy - an orienteers dream. Rob ran wonderfully for his 13th place. Dunedin supplied a flat, very flat, dry track like course and so Rob struggled a bit but finished with a most creditable performance. Congratulations also to David Stewart, for winning the Senior grade of the Auckland Secondary School Champs for the 2nd year running. We will have to wait and see whether he can make it 3-in-a-
row next year. At the National SS Champs in New Plymouth David finished a close 2nd just behind Ross Morrison with a good run and then combined the next day with David Barr and Lauri Ylonin to win the senior relay but being a combined (different schools) team they don't take the title. David has also just been selected for the D-Squad - a fitting recognition of his achievements.
Our thanks to Scott Vennell and Mark Roberts for their sterling work on OY7. Also to Alistair Cory-Wright, Tom Davies and Janice Cyprian for their efforts on Beautiful Hills for the 2nd of the spring series events.
Auckland Championships are looming on the horizon, so wait with baited breath to be contacted about what role you can play in them. For the moment, make certain you keep that weekend free - 17th & 18th October.
The Club has its own Web page. Have a look at http://members.tripod.com/~auckoc/ NB. It is imperative that you use lower-case for the address, or else you won't find it. There are some photos, a bit of news, the events for the next few months, the Auckland O champs entry form plus a form for entering the event on-line. It's a free site so you will have to put up with the advertisement that appears, just click on the X in the top right corner to get rid of it. Those who have ordered the Club O-suits and have not collected them should do so quickly, as next time, YOU WILL BE NAMED!!! Call Rob J on 828-4907.
THE INAUGURAL RALPH KING SCORE EVENT Saturday 31 October
The map used for this event will be Muriwai, Woodhill forest. Registration from 10.30 AM, mass starts each 15 mins from 11 AM to noon. Adults $7, Juniors $5, family max $20 (includes forest access fee). The NWOC is instituting this event to mark Ralph's entry into the M75 grade and his contributions to NZ orienteering over the decades. The plan is to hold it annually, trophies will be presented for 4 categories. Male and female for juniors (18 & under) and male/ female for seniors (19 and over). The event format will be based on 20 controls spread over an area of about 3 sq. km. Competitors have 60 mins to visit as many controls as possible (any order), more challenging controls have higher points than less challenging controls, a severe points penalty for any time over 60 mins. The person with the most points wins. The event is suitable for all grades of orienteers, as the control sites will range from white to red standards. The master himself (Ralph) will be setting the event himself, with his son David Melrose controlling.
NATIONAL SQUAD TRAINING DAY
RE-RUN OF THE 1994 WORLD CUP WOMENS COURSE
The National Orienteering Squad invites fit and experienced A grade male and female orienteers who consider themselves good enough, to complete the women's world cup course in under 100 minutes. Remember that the winning woman ran 85.47 and the fastest 3 splits combined time was 78.02. Of the 54 starters, 22 ran under 100 minutes, the longest being 159 mins. There will be premarked maps and a $10 starting fee, which will go to squad funds. Starters will assemble at the first crossroads past the headquarters before 10.30am and mass walk for 30 minutes to the start area. There will be 2-minute start intervals. A maximum of 20 will be accepted on the basis of first in first served. This is not a race for bunnies.
For further inquiries and bookings phone Rob or Marquita on (09) 420 9210 in the evenings only.
WEIRD AND WACO
What an honour to be included in this newsletter - and what a relief for me to not have to compile an entire magazine every six weeks. The committee has been on to a few things lately, one of them being a new fan-dangle T-shirt available for club members. It will be ready in a few weeks time so speak to Phil or Stu for information or orders.
We have a Spring Series event on September 20. The organisation for this is underway. Shaun is setting, Melissa controlling. Just as for the OY earlier in the year we need everyone to join together to help the day to run smoothly. I will do a ring-around-and-ring-you-back like last time to confirm your attendance. It will be at Sixteen Mile - the last time for a long while. It will be fun and fast and even more interesting due to some random felling in the area. Look forward to it. There is also a WACO training day on October 11. We are looking for someone or some people to organise this. Like usual you will be paid for your services. The map is not confirmed yet so there is still a wide scope for ideas. Call Mad Barr if you are interested.
Matt Tuck left for Europe last Monday. Rachel and Phil left on Thursday. They're going to show those foreigners what an awesome club WACO is (and how awesome New Zealanders are!). They will compete in 8 World Cup races in the western block of Europe and Finland. Good luck and skill to them and hope they have a wild time. Also well done to Fraser, Brent, Jonine, Michelle, Michal and Ben for many awesome results at JWOC last Month. Other news:
* Phil's series of Lactic Turkey events have been successful and have earned him enough money to get to Europe. He would like to thank all those WACO members that have helped out each day.
* Neil has been studying hard and was reported to turn down a night on the town because he had to go to the library. He is also reported to be playing around with his flatmate.....oh er.
* WACO's travelling member Rob Crawford is due back in the country this week, after a good 6 months away in various parts of the world. A big wacky welcome home to Rob.
* A casual nearly-member who has moved up to Auckland from the South Island had some car troubles last weekend. On filling up at the garage he decided to top up the oil. The young hard man of junior orienteering then proceeded to fill up the oil until he could see the oil level at the hole where you put the oil. Whoopsee. He put in 4 litres and wondered why the car was needing so much.
* Several WACO members are taking cross training to heart and have taken up golf. They seem to be playing weekly and doing quite well. Stu's best score is 87. Not bad for a beginner. Maybe we should challenge the other clubs in golf on a spare weekend.
* Plans are under way for our mid year party. We are planning to have a pub-crawl down to Taupo, where we will stay the night and then do a group climb up Tawerewa.
MADELEINE BARR & SHAUN COLLINS
COUNTIES-MANUKAU NEWS
Honourable mention this month goes to our more junior members for their performances at the New Zealand Secondary School Champs held at New Plymouth on the 17-18th of July.
Congratulations to:
* Emma Nelson who won the intermediate Girls Championship Title * Marijke Currie second in the Junior Girls Championship * In the junior boys - David Jansssn (4th) and Keiran Nelson (6th) * Onewhero Area School 2nd in the Junior Girls Relay * Tuakau College 5th in the Intermediate Boys Relay
Two of the members of the intermediate boys team are juniors, so a very good result. On the first individual day one of the junior girls sprained her ankle half way round the course. Some of the girls from the same girl responded to the whistle and these girls should be commended for their sportsmanship in assisting someone in distress. The senior boys championship race was disqualified a f t e r a protest about a misplaced control was upheld.
A thought for the next years OY's: At present setters and vetters receive no points for their event and the way the system works you can only drop one bad run throughout the OY's. So straight away they are handicapped. To make it fair for all, setters and vetters should either receive maximum points or points based on their average for the OY year. Feedback is welcome.
Lastly we would like to thank Stan and Partner for their efforts in doing this newsletter for the last few months. Especially as they had to type out all of my articles, as I do not have access to a computer.
Next Club meeting will be held at John & Margaret Briffets residence at 7.30 on Wednesday 2nd
September. All CMOC members welcome.
ROB HATTIE 299 6394
A REPORT ON A TRIP TO EUROPE
During June and July four junior WACO members ventured off to Europe to do some orienteering. They were Fraser, Brent, Michal and Ben. They met another WACO member, Rob Crawford, and some other New Zealand orienteers in Norway. The first event they went to was the O festival in Oslo. This was a three-day event with the last day being the final event of the Nordic Relay League. This
is a series of relays held throughout Scandinavia each year to find the best club. With five people in each team and over 100 teams it was a true relay, not like any feeble New Zealand attempt at a relay. Everybody had solid runs and we placed well over all. The team placing was unimportant however, and the thrill of taking part was much greater. On the Friday prior to the relay there was a 'Super Sprint'. This was a course of about two kilometres that started and finished at the main assembly area. It was limited entry for invited runners only. The course included two spectator controls and very close times. World Champion Petter Thoreson placed second with Tore Sandvik (in New Zealand last summer) third place, 17 seconds behind.
We then had a week to kill before our next competition and so we headed west to Modem O camp. This is a permanent camp set up for training. There are about twenty maps that are pre-marked with controls put out. It was a really great place for training with so many maps to choose from and such awesome terrain. We also caught up with New Zealand elite Antonia Wood and orienteering legend Jorgen Martenson.
After training for a week we were ready to race. We headed South to Grimstad, the town of the 1997 World Champs. The competition was a six-day event called Sorlandsgalopen. There were about one thousand people at the event. Each day was a new challenging map and a bit of an adventure. Sometimes the adventure would go on a bit too long but we always found our way back home. It was great to run on the world champs maps to see what they were like and imagine how it must have been for the competitors.
Then it was time to leave Norway. It was time to go to France for the Junior World Champs. We were all sad to go. The weather had not been great but the scenery, people, orienteering competitions and food had all been awesome. Using electronic punching was a great highlight too. It makes you feel so much faster going through controls and at the end of the race you can immediately get a print out of your split times. Say goodbye to messing around with split watches and missing split times. It also means all those finish shoot races can finally be accurately measured with no arguments about splitting your watch half way up the finish shoot. I hope New Zealand can soon get an electronic punching set it would be great for everybody.
FRASER MILLS, OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENT.
BACKSIDE MAGAZINE
Magazine Review by Shaun Collins
A new magazine is available and it rocks! Matt Tuck from the WACO club owns and managers a sports nutrition company called Leppin Sport International. Sick of paying huge rates for adverts in sports magazines he decided to publish his own magazine. From left stage enter Backside Magazine. This magazine is label as "The outdoor sport commentary". It sells in sports shops, bike stores and gyms and costs only $3. It is in black and white and is A4 size. Inside there are pages on all Sorts of outdoorsy type sports. Mountain Biking, Triathlons, Duathalons, Mountain running, and best of all orienteering. Each sport has a regular page in the mag written by someone well known in his or her sport. The orienteering page is written by your truly. As well as
these pages there are event write-ups, nutritional guidance (can't see where this fits in?) and a comprehensive calendar. The magazine took about 1/2-3/4 of an hour to read from cover to cover and was very entertaining. The tone of the magazine is a in your face casual type affair, with heaps of true life stories and fun stuff. This is some awesome exposure for orienteering, with this magazine going out to the type of people that would be interested in this sport. The calendar of events is more than 1/2 full of orienteering events. Matt has done a great job, with an easy to read, well put together magazine with lots of cool photos. Look out for the first issue (September/October) out now. This issue features a profile on Our WACO orienteering legend Phil Wood. Read it and you will know things about him that even his parents don't know. If you are interested in a subscription of this mag, send $20 to Backside Magazine, PO Box 97360, Manukau City, Auckland. This will entitle you to a year's worth of magazines (6 issues).
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor,
As a competitive junior and a person hoping to soon become a fully-fledged elite, I am distressed by the treatment of our nation's elite. They are slandered, mocked and disregarded by many New Zealand orienteers and I think something must be done. Our Elite are very valuable to orienteering and I believe are the essential element that will lead to the growth of our sport.
Having been an orienteer for many years now, I have participated in many types of valuable, formal and informal, coaching. Of course from the beginning my father was the main source of help and source of coaching expertise, but as I moved up within the ranks of orienteering the help changed. I have to thank Rob Garden who has been a mentor to myself and many other juniors, also Michael Wood seems to always be at the camps (be it at a cost). But aside from these two fine orienteers, all my coaching has come from only one source.... Our elite. From Shaun Collins and Phil Wood as my development squad coaches to Alistair and Jean Cory-Wright as my national squad coaches, it seems clear where the best source of coaching is in the country.
The national elite are also a quintessential part of the public knowledge and interest in our sport. Think of any other sport our country strives to achieve in. The persons in the publics eye are always the elite. No Joe Average wants to hear about how Sue Nobody did on the M13-16B course. I am not saying that this course is not an important part of orienteering, as I was once there too. But it is much more exciting to hear about our top elite jostling for places in the events we hold. As a past media correspondent for the Hamilton orienteering club, I know they are more than willing to print stories weekly about our top competition.
The other value of an elite I would like to mention is the organisational side, which is mostly unseen. I realise that organisation is something that is done by orienteers of all ages, but some people seem
to think they have an extra right to complain about the events the elite organise. I recently attended an Auckland Spring Series event that was set by one of our finest elite. As I stood at the start line waiting for the clock to tick over, I heard a conversation between the starter and a competitor. The competitor had obviously talked to some other orienteers who had completed the course and found it difficult. He proceeded to state that, the elite course setter probably couldn't remember what it's like to do a short red or orange, and obviously had no idea when he was setting the courses. This ran over and over through my brain as I struggled through the course, but to my astonishment it was not the only comment of its type that day. At the finish area I heard more derogatory comments at the expense of the setter and other elite. I was stunned.
In conclusion I would like to draw to your attention some past comments about our elite. Matthew Tuck wrote, approximately eighteen months ago, that within two years all of New Zealand's elite would be living overseas, or out of orienteering, if the sport did not change within New Zealand. Sadly this is the case. I would like to believe that our elite are given the respect they deserve but they are not. Haven't they earnt it.
A final quote to those of you who put down our elite, Blowing out someone else's candle....
Will not make your own shine brighter. Stuart Barr (WACO)
Whose at the start line with Shaun?
This month I talked to Alistair Stewart.
The Stewart family belongs to the Auckland O Club and lives in Glendowie, which is in the Eastern Suburbs. Alistair is a 49 year old Biostatistician. His wife Joanna is also a Biostatistician and I think they both work up at the Hospital. The Stewarts have two young uns...well not so young. Mark is 19 and goes to Auckland University majoring in Italian and Theatre (directing, producing, and acting). I can vouch for the theatre bit as I often see mark at the movies (working) in Newmarket. The youngest son is David who is 16 and goes to school.
Both mum and dad are into sailing dinghies and race with the Glendowie Boating Club. They also rate themselves as out of practice bridge players. David is into Soccer, cricket, fencing, sailing, harriers and golf.
The family started orienteering in the early 80's with David in a backpack and Mark trailing along. The sport involved the whole family and took us to places we really enjoyed going to. The picnic that followed the event was the highlight. We have continued for these reasons (the hot bread shops on route always do good business) and because we can all be competitive at our own levels.
I asked Alistair what he thought his biggest challenge was in orienteering. He said that his biggest problem is picking where trouble is most likely to occur and taking the appropriate action. Avoiding the major muckups is most important.
Shaun: What is the biggest problem that you think orienteering faces at the moment and what do we need to do to increase the profile, strengthen the sport? Alistair: The number of orienteers, in particular the number of youngsters joining the sport. If we don't get more juniors in, the sport will fade away. The media profile of the sport is built around excellence at the elite level and we need lots of juniors developing in the sport so that some will make it to the big time.
Shaun: What is the one thing about the orienteering scene that really gets up your nose? Alistair: The negativity. The positive comments are out done by the quantity and volume of the negative statements; especially criticisms of course setters and controllers. Also arguments over the season - lets O all year round!!
Shaun: What is the one thing about orienteering/the orienteering scene that you really love? Alistair: If I don't get it right one week than I can come back and try again the next. Mark: Friendly people in a friendly environment. Don't have to be competitive.
Shaun: If you had won $1m in lotto, what would you spend it on? Alistair: A nice bit of sand dune pine forest. Would I get a bit big enough to orienteer on?
Shaun: If you were to start your own orienteering club, what features would your club have? What would it be called? Alistair: The Enthusiastic O Club. It would feature a lot of enthusiasm and a good social/training side.
Shaun: What is the funniest thing that has happened to you and your family on the way to an event, leaving an event, or at an event? Alistair: We'd heard that Mamaku was an awesome map, and very difficult but it was even worse than we'd imagined - we drove down from Auckland and couldn't find the event. We had to find it funny at the time otherwise!!! Many years ago, at Huriwai, after a rather muddy run, a very young David was cleaning his socks in a ditch beside the road. The dirty socks were being dunked and rung out repeatedly when suddenly, from below, one sock was grabbed and disappeared. An eel with strange tastes was satisfied and a startled junior was left an odd sock.
Shaun: What is one thing about you and your family that no one in orienteering would know about...eg...on weekends without orienteering you go rally driving in the mountains or diving off great barrier island. Alistair: When we aren't orienteering we try and spend as much time as we can at our bach at Whitianga on the Coromandel Peninsula enjoying various water activities and golf.
Thanks to Alistair for divulging his inner most secrets with me. Who will be next?
TRAFFIC LIGHTING
THE WACO CAOCHING PAGE - this month presented by Shaun Collins
This month we will concentrate on the art of traffic lighting. Having moved up to Auckland from Hamilton about 4 years ago, I am still to conquer the art of traffic lighting. That is, the art of running the lights when they have just turned red. Aucklanders seem very keen to green light it the whole time and this is more than likely the case in orienteering too. I know when I first started, I was running too fast for my orienteering skills and was therefore getting horrendously lost.
To combat this you should employ the skill of traffic lighting. Basically this means that different situations during a course require different speeds, and when I talk about speeds I am not just talking about running speed, but thinking speed as well. If you look at a leg, you should be able to identify where on the leg you can go fast (green light), slower (orange light) and very slow or stop (red light). For some legs you may not have any green light at all, or if the leg is really easy you may have all green light with a little orange at the end.
When do you use each of the different speeds?
Red Light • When lost - the best thing to do when lost is to stop, take 3 deep breaths and have a good look
around to try and relocate • When entering the control circle - this is where you can save lots of time by stopping or really
slowing down and reading the finer detail, to lead you into the control • On short legs in detailed terrain - when we see a short leg we usually think "neato!" this will be
easy, lets race in to the control. And then find that we have stuffed it up. These types of legs are usually some of the trickiest.
• When you cross a track - you should stop and look both ways to ensure you know exactly where you are crossing the track.
Orange Light • When approaching the control circle from final attack point • When exiting a control - this is important, because you should be looking at the next leg and
planning what you are doing. If you just run out from the control in a rush you are bound to botch up the next control.
• In low visibility - because the visibility is low and therefore you can't see as much, you need to slow down and read all of the features.
Green Light • When running to a point in the distance that can see. • Running on a track - if you know you are going the right way. • To the finish line - if the route is taped to the finish. • When running on a compass bearing to a large catching feature
The above is a guideline only and the speed you take will depend on the terrain, you skill level and the difficulty of the course. The most important point to get out of this is that you should recognise when you need to slow down and when you can go hard. To prove this, take a look at the last course you did. Go through each leg and draw on the map, which colour light you should have used? Then look at the errors you made on the course. Would the speed you used have contributed to the mistake?
For some armchair training you can practice building this skill by looking at courses that you have run or someone else's course and mark on the map the different stages of speed you would use. After doing this for a while you will find that when you are racing you will automatically work out where you will need to slow down and where you can go balls out. I hope this helps and if I see people sprinting on sand dunes or through low visibility I will place you under citizens arrest for red light running.
AUCKLAND RELAYS
Sunday 1 November, Beautiful Hills map, Woodhill forest, entry via Forest HQ. Entry confirmation by 10.30 AM, team draw 10.45 AM, start 11 AM. Adults $7, Juniors $5, family max $20 (includes forest access fee). Setter / controllers Alistair Smithies / Stan Foster. The Auckland 'relays' is based on club teams of 4 members selected at random from a ranked list so there are no stacked teams. Each team has to visit between them all the controls; who visits which control is up to the team. All competitors start at the start at the same time, first club with three teams back (and the teams have visited all the controls) wins the trophy. This event is not to be missed: - you get to meet your fellow team members; the non stacked nature of the teams always makes for close results; you don't have to wait for three hours to run your "leg" and it is fun. Control difficulty will range from yellow to red standard, so the relays are suitable for all grades of orienteers. Please register your intention to run in the relays with the following club contacts: Auckland O Club: Joanna Stewart phone 575 5695, Counties Manukau: John Briffett phone 09 2947613, North West: Lisa Mead phone 445 4555, WACO: Madeleine Barr phone 631 0204 Club contacts must supply entries to Lisa Mead by 23 October 1998.
AOA Statistician's Report
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition After a drop in the number of competitors last year it was good to see an increase this year to the highest total in the last five years (see separate schedule for details). Many people do not compete in all events, of course, and only a quarter travelled to the events organised by Whangarei and Hamilton clubs. The following percentages show the proportion of total numbers at each event -
Harkers Reserve 52% Kaipara Knolls 47% Muriwai North 44% Otakanini Topu 51% Turkey Ridge 51% Tangiteroria 26% Wilson Road 49% Kallarney Lake 26%
An analysis of the winner's kilometre rates for each event is attached. The course combinations have again worked well although I understand there is some support for a move of the W40AS grade from course 5 to course 4 to give those competitors a red course. While their times would no doubt be slightly longer than at present I do not see any problems with this suggestion. It would mean both W21AS and W40AS grades were on the same course but this is also not a problem.
The kilometre rate analysis ignores the results from OY8 at Kallarney Lake organised by Hamilton club. This is because they used the Central Districts grade / course combinations which are different from those used in Auckland. I am unaware of the background to using a CDOA event as an Auckland OY but I do not believe it should be repeated unless the Auckland grade / course combinations are used. As only half of the usual competitors travel to OY events outside Auckland, consideration must also be given to the possibility that using a CDOA event penalises those who are not in a position to travel so far.
Keith Stone
Numbers of OY Competitors
Course 1
M21E
Course 2
W21E M21A M40A
1994
6
6 14 23 43
1995
8
4 9
18
31
1996
13
4 14 26 44
1997
15
6 9
20 35
1998
12
7 10 23 40
Numbers of OY Competitors
Course 3
M18A
M21AS
M50A W21A
W40A
Course 4
M40AS
M60A
M70A
W18A
W21AS
W50A
W60A
Course 5
M16A
M21B
W16A
W21B
W40AS
Course 6
M14A
M21C
W14A
W21C
Course 7
M12A
W12A
1994
3
20
16
6
14
59
8
8
2 7
4
7
36
7
6
7
7
8
35
7
0
8
1
16
5
6
11
206
1995
7
11
12 4
11
45
8
7
4
7
5
7
38
8
5
9
4
12
38
9
0
4
2
15
2
3
5
180
1996
6
15
13
9 14
57
9 7
2
7
8
13
46
5
8
9
3
9
34
5
2 3
0
10
4
5
9
213
1997
5
13
11
9
12
50
13
8
3
8
5
13
50
4
6
6
1
9
26
0
1
2
0
3
4
4
8
187
1998
8
18
13
9
9
57
16 9
3
4
11
10
6
59
7
6
10
2
6
31
9
0
12
4
25
5
5
10
234
OY RESULTS 1998 - Kilometre Rates
Course 1
M21E
Course 2
W21E
M21A
M40A
Course 3
M18A
M21AS
M50A
W21A
W40A
Course 4
M40AS
M60A
M70A
W18A
W21AS
W50A
W60A
Course 5
M16A
M21B
W16A
W21B
W40AS
Course 6
M14A
M21C
W14A
W21C
Course 7
M12A
W12A
OY1
Harkers Reserve
6.5 km
9.08
4.7 km
12.01
10.47
11.20
3.7 km
13.80
12.04
13.81
13.37
13.56
2.5 km
13.47
14.78
18.32
14.93
20.10
16.71
23.87
2.2 km
9.41
12.70
11.70
15.12
14.06
2.2 km
11.82
21.88
9.20
9.09
1.3 km
11.12
11.42
OY2
Kaipara Knolls
9.9 km
6.44
6.6 km
8.73
9.80
8.49
4.5 km
10.96
10.92
10.51
13.57
12.09
3.9 km
9.32
12.91
16.72
12.50
13.44
14.69
19.89
3.9 km
13.06
16.42
12.50
0.00
17.36
2.8 km
10.02
0.00
11.95
10.67
2.2 km
8.73
9.04
OY3
Muriwai North
7.4 km
9.84
6.2 km
12.82
13.45
10.92
5.3 km
12.64
11.89
11.79
12.75
14.19
4.1 km
14.32
19.75
18.22
15.46
18.19
21.18
21.60
3.6 km
0.00
16.72
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.7 km
0.00
0.00
16.44
28.48
2.7 km
9.78
9.64
OY4
Otaka. Topu
10.0 km
5.52
7.1 km
7.90
8.23
7.03
4.9 km
8.40
8.26
8.69
8.52
8.77
3.8 km
6.52
8.19
10.43
8.29
9.30
9.33
13.96
3.0 km
17.61
10.76
10.44
12.01
14.09
2.6 km
12.83
11.27
9.68
7.59
2.2 km
7.38
9.48
OY5
Turkey Ridge
9.8 km
6.33
7.1 km
7.24
6.71
6.52
4.8 km
7.75
7.04
8.38
8.90
9.35
3.9 km
9.44
10.29
16.81
10.70
12.64
12.35
18.75
3.8 km
13.18
10.24
13.15
19.95
14.05
2.3 km
10.21
0.00
9.61
10.59
2.1 km
9.08
0.00
OY6
Tangiteroria
6.0 km
10.68
4.5 km
17.58
19.19
16.57
3.7 km
22.14
16.98
20.16
15.19
16.21
3.0 km
10.43
15.38
19.75
13.05
20.38
16.11
24.46
2.5 km
17.94
23.50
0.00
0.00
41.09
2.0 km
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.5 km
19.06
0.00
OY7
Wilson Road
6.2 km
8.73
5.4 km
10.10
10.44
10.44
3.7 km
10.23
10.18
9.86
10.79
12.59
3.3 km
12.41
15.46
19.88
15.99
14.41
18.97
24.12
3.1 km
18.54
14.35
23.32
24.43
24.35
2.4 km
13.66
0.00
10.88
16.29
1.9 km
10.20
14.37
Average
KM Rates
8.09
10.91
11.19
10.17
12.28
11.05
11.89
11.87
12.39
10.85
13.82
17.16
12.99
15.49
15.62
20.95
14.96
14.96
14.22
17.88
20.84
11.71
16.57
11.29
13.78
10.76
10.79
Avge
Length
7.96
5.94
5.94
5.94
4.37
4.37
4.37
4.37
4.37
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.08
3.15
3.19
3.01
3.08
2.45
2.40
2.49
2.49
1.99
2.06
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition Results
W12A
Hilary Smale Alice King Elizabeth Adams Louise Wilson Paige Bakalich
W14A
Jessica Cathro Laura Mitchell Lydia Jenkin Stephanie Pretovich Marijke Currie Rosalie Adams
Lara Munn Jayne Shuker Ellen Deverall Sarah Bouchier Tarryn Bakalich Daniella Lahav
W16A
Emma Nelson Bridie Stanton Hannah Thompson Sarah Beaumont Amber McEwen Katherine Bolt Kelly Fraser M Mitchell Lindsay Smale Lesley Hodder
W18A
Lise Moen Kristin Lundgren Sarah Phelps Nicky Smithies
W21E
Melissa Edwards Charlotte Marra Rachel Smith Rebecca Smith Madeline Barr
Tania Robinson
Charlotte Hood
NW AK NW AK WH
NW BC BC BC CM BC BC CM BC BC
WH BC
CM BC BC
AK BC
AK BC BC NW AK
NW HM CM NW
WC NW WC WC WC
CM
WC
OY1
20.0
20.0
17.3
20.0
20.0
17.8
20.0 13.3 18.4 19.1 0.0
0.0
0.0
OY2
19.0 20.0
14.2
20.0 18.5
0.0
0.0
15.4
20.0
14.4 12.6 10.4
20.0
18.0
20.0 15.5 19.2 18.2 0.0
0.0
10.1
OY3
0.0 20.0
0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0 0.0
20.0
0.0
20.0 16.9 0.0
13.1
19.1
0.0
OY4
20.0 0.0
0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
9.5
20.0
16.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0
0.0
20.0 15.5 18.6
16.9
0.0
0.0
OY5
0.0 0.0
0.0
15.6 10.7 13.1 20.0 17.9 19.1
0.0 16.2 0.0 0.0
20.0
18.0
0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 19.1 0.0
13.5
19.3 0.0
20.0 18.3 0.0
0.0
0.0
OY6
0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
OY7
0.0 0.0
20.0 18.6 0.0
11.2 16.3 8.8
20.0 0.0
17.4
18.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 7.0
20.0 19.1 18.3 0.0
17.6 0.0
16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 16.2 0.0 0.0
15.1
0.0
0.0
OY8
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
18.4 20.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
Best 7
59.0 40.0 20.0 18.6 14.2
66.8 47.0 40.4 40.0 37.9 36.5
18.7 17.3 16.2 15.4 9.5 7.0
120.0 19.1 18.3 18.0 17.6 16.3 16.3 14.4 12.6 10.4
140.0 39.1 35.8 13.5
139.3 77.4 76.2 55.6
45.1
19.1
10.1
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition Results
W21A
Michelle Nash Marquita Gelderman Jonine Nash Jill Mains Fiona Monks Christine Rowe Jean Cory-Wright Angela Levet Claire Rankin
W21AS
Alison Carswell Jill Smithies Heather King Erica Smale Fiona Humphrey Sheryl Collins Phillippa Poole Margaret Briffett Janet Downs Jane Milne Clare Codling
W21B
Lisa Brooks Jane Counsell
W21C
Bereneice Cathro Linda Flynn Susan Radford Karen Blakemore
W40A
Patricia Aspin Lisa Mead Lorri O'Brien Joanna Stewart Rosemary Gatland Penny Brothers Jill Dalton Doesjka Currie Anne Humphrey
NW NW NW AK NW CM AK NW WC
NW NW AK NW HM HM NW CM HM AK AK
AK AK
NW HM HM CM
CM NW NW AK CM NW AK CM HM
OY1
20.0 16.3 18.2
13.4 15.0
9.9
0.0 20.0
0.0 13.5
17.2
0.0 20.0
20.0 16.2 14.4
20.0 18.7 16.2 9.9
10.9 0.0
15.0 7.0 6.5
OY2
20.0 0.0
15.2
19.1 0.0
0.0
20.0 0.0
13.7 9.0
0.0
0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 17.8 15.3 13.3 16.8 16.0
0.0 0.0
OY3
20.0 17.9 13.7 16.5 12.7 14.8 19.3
0.0
17.0 15.1 14.4 0.0
9.6 20.0
0.0
12.7
0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
19.0 20.0 15.4 11.6 0.0
16.3
0.0 0.0
OY4
20.0 18.5 17.6 15.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
20.0 11.5 0.0 9.7
14.2 0.0 0.0
0.0 8.0
20.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 14.5 15.9 11.8 16.8 9.8
17.9 0.0 0.0
OY5
20.0 18.8 18.1 13.6 12.7 0.0 0.0
14.4 0.0
18.4 17.5 19.1 12.8 20.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 20.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 17.3 14.2 12.6 16.8 0.0 0.0
13.5 11.1
OY6
0.0 20.0
0.0 14.1 0.0
11.1 19.2 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0
14.1 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OY7
0.0 19.1 0.0
13.6 14.2 0.0
20.0 12.3 14.9
20.0 17.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 17.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
15.3 18.6 0.0 0.0
OY8
18.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
18.9 14.7 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16.6 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 18.1 10.7 12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Best 7
118.4 110.6 82.8 73.1 72.1 60.9 58.5 26.7 24.8
134.3 96.1 47.2 45.0 40.0 23.8 20.0 17.2 16.6 12.7 8.0
40.0 40.0
60.0 20.0 16.2 14.4
140.0 123.6 101.8 84.2 61.3 57.4 51.5 20.5 17.6
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition Results
W40AS
Debbie Beveridge Lynn Ashmore Gay Ambler Helen Bolt Linda Brighouse Bev Shuker
W50A
Val Robinson Mary Moen Lesley Stone Glen Middleton Janice Cyprian Asta Wistrand Christine Crate Rae Powell Unni Lewis Barbara Rankin
W60A
Ann Fettes Jill Brewis Vivienne Leigh Heather Clendon Hilary Weeks Judy Martin
M12A
Samuel Murphy Samuel Cathro Nicholas Mead Robert King Gene Beveridge
M14A
Kerin Nelson Oliver Thorpe Kevin Park Steven Drury Josh Bullen Manuel Seidel Isaac Rankin Alex Henriques Steven Green
NW AK NW AK CM CM
CM NW NW NW AK NW NW AK CM WH
NW AK AK AK AK NW
NW NW NW AK NW
CM NW BC BC BC BC BC BC CM
OY1
15.6 17.4 9.9
13.8 0.0
20.0
19.3 17.8
16.1 15.4 10.4 20.0
20.0 19.3 16.6 14.0
20.0
20.0 18.2
9.9
OY2
20.0 14.9 0.0
18.7
0.0
18.7 0.0
20.0
17.6 0.0
11.6 8.6
16.1 9.9
20.0 15.9 12.9 0.0
20.0
0.0 20.0
0.0
OY3
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
20.0 17.9 0.0
16.2 15.4 0.0 0.0
13.2 18.5 0.0
18.1 14.1 0.0 0.0
20.0
18.1 15.5
20.0
0.0 0.0
0.0
OY4
20.0 0.0
19.0 0.0
0.0
20.0 17.4 16.2 9.8
18.6 12.9 11.8 14.5 15.1 0.0
20.0 18.2 13.0 17.2 0.0
18.6 20.0 13.0 0.0
20.0 0.0
0.0
OY5
0.0 16.5 13.6 0.0
20.0 0.0
15.9 18.2 17.5 18.7 20.0 14.7 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
19.4 16.9 12.1 20.0
0.0
20.0 15.8 13.8 0.0 8.5
20.0 0.0
17.8
0.0
OY6
0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19.4 20.0 15.1 12.8 7.5
17.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
OY7
20.0 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19.0 17.2 13.7 20.0 14.3 17.2 16.0 17.8 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0
19.2 0.0 0.0
0.0 20.0 12.7 0.0 0.0
13.0 0.0
19.3 20.0 18.3 17.3 16.6 14.4 0.0
OY8
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17.2 18.0 20.0 18.9 0.0
13.7 16.4 14.8 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Best 7
95.6 65.5 62.5 32.5 20.0 20.0
133.6 126.5 102.5 96.4 93.4 92.2 85.0 79.3 69.7
9.9
137.5 84.4 73.8 51.2 20.0 20.0
136.7 71.3 39.5 20.0
8.5
73.0 38.2 37.1 20.0 18.3 17.3 16.6 14.4 9.9
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition Results
M16A Alexander Slooten Phillip Barber Douglas Green Daniel Blakemore C Johnson Jonathon Murray J Taylor
M18A David Stewart Graeme Hattie Adam Thorpe Greg Flynn Craig Wilson Philip Murray James Currie Stuart Wilson
M21E Mark Lawson Phil Wood Bryan Teahan Alistair Cory-Wright Robert Jessop Shaun Collins Bill Teahan Darren Ashmore Stuart Barr Fraser Mills Neil Kerrison Michael Hood
M21A Phil Collins Stuart Middleton Jonathan Counsell Simon Thorpe John Macdonald Douglas Kwan Richard Bolt Robert Crawford Bryan Bakalich Tim Hunt
M21AS Andrew Bell Patrick Murphy Shaun Bowler Mark Stewart
BC CM CM CM BC BC BC
AK CM NW HM AK HM CM AK
NW WC NW AK AK WC HM AK WC WC HM WC
WH WH AK NW HM AK AK WC WH HM
NW NW NW AK
OY1
9.5 20.0
20.0 8.0 0.0
19.5
13.2 15.8
17.5 0.0
14.5 16.7
0.0
20.0 0.0
12.2 0.0
14.8
13.3
12.1
20.0 0.0 9.4
20.0 16.7 13.3 10.5
OY2
16.8
0.0 0.0
20.0
9.6
20.0 17.6 9.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
12.9 18.6 12.3 14.6 0.0
17.9 0.0
20.0 16.8 0.0 0.0 6.5
20.0
16.9
13.3
0.0 14.9 0.0
15.0 19.3 20.0 15.8
OY3
0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
20.0 18.1 0.0 0.0
16.8 0.0 0.0
16.4 19.3 17.5 15.4 20.0 18.8 13.5 0.0
18.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
18.0 20.0 16.4 0.0
0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 14.0 17.6 0.0
OY4
0.0 20.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
20.0 16.1 18.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15.8 15.1 14.1 0.0
20.0 17.9 11.4 0.0 0.0
13.1 16.8 0.0
16.4 18.9 15.7 12.3 20.0
0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 19.3 15.2 16.8
OY5
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
20.0 18.7 13.4 0.0 0.0
15.9 0.0
0.0 20.0
0.0 17.7 18.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17.1 0.0 0.0
16.2 19.1 14.9 8.2 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15.8 17.4 0.0
18.1
OY6
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
18.7 20.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16.2 16.9 0.0
18.7 20.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17.9 20.0 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15.4 13.5 17.1 20.0
OY7
20.0 12.9 18.8 0.0 0.0
17.7 0.0
0.0 20.0 17.0 0.0
15.1 0.0 0.0 8.7
18.1 20.0 16.0 0.0 0.0
19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15.1 20.0
0.0 10.8 0.0
12.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 18.5 17.6 16.4
OY8
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
17.5 16.8 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19.2 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
18.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 18.3 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19.5 18.4 20.0 0.0
Best 7
56.8 32.9 28.3 20.0 20.0 17.7 9.6
136.2 127.3 57.8 39.5 31.9 29.1 15.8 8.7
116.1 109.9 94.4 83.1 78.3 73.6 43.4 40.0 34.8 30.2 29.0 12.5
118.4 116.3 63.4 61.5 40.0 37.9 20.0 20.0 14.9 9.4
130.7 123.6 120.8 97.6
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition Results
M21AS Continued Matthew Crozier Paul Smale Robert Hattie Allan Janes Ian Hunter Trevor Murray Grant Unkovich Paul Gilkison Scott Vennell Steve Oram Rob Brewis Edward Main M21AS (continued) Martin Barber Duncan Milne
M21B
Rob Scott Gordon Mains Graeme Green Grant Beaumont Surinder Brrar Keith Adams
M40A Geoff Mead Wayne Aspin Dave Middleton Terje Moen Alistair Stewart David Godfrey Rob Garden Ross Brighouse Les Warren David Nevin Peter King Stan Foster Bruce Collins Mike Marra Aiden Nelson Phil Johansen Mike Ashmore Bruce Horide Brian Long Arthur Giffney
Selwyn Palmer Tony Cooper Alastair Smithies
NW NW CM NW CM HM WC NW AK AK AK AK
CM AK
AK AK CM AK NW NW
NW CM NW NW AK NW NW CM HM WH AK NW HM NW CM NW AK AK AK HM AK AK NW
OY1
11.6 12.2 0.0 5.5
14.3 0.0 9.5 0.0
0.0
5.0
7.4 0.0
20.0
9.5
17.4 19.3 18.7 12.8 9.0
11.0 20.0
14.9 11.6 0.0
13.8 16.1 16.7 0.0 9.8 7.9 0.0
10.5
7.0
5.0
OY2
11.3 9.8
6.5 0.0
0.0
16.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
20.0 19.1 14.4 16.8 11.9 10.3 17.6
15.6 9.4
13.4 10.9 0.0 0.0 8.9 4.3 7.8 5.4
12.4
0.0
0.0
OY3
12.5 0.0
16.9 6.2 8.2
13.2 10.6 15.5
14.6
0.0
0.0 9.3
17.7 20.0
0.0
18.4 19.1 17.5 15.1 9.1 9.8
14.5 20.0
0.0 11.6 16.4 7.9
13.3 10.9 0.0 7.3 0.0
12.7 0.0
0.0
0.0
OY4
0.0 14.3 13.8 12.7 0.0 0.0
12.0 11.4 17.5 0.0
6.8
0.0 4.5
20.0 0.0 0.0
18.7 15.2 17.6 14.5 13.1 20.0 16.8 19.2 12.4 10.7 0.0
13.9 8.2 9.9 7.2
11.8 0.0 9.2 0.0
0.0 2.0 0.0
OY5
16.4 16.9 0.0
13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
12.1 18.7 0.0
20.0 5.5
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 16.3 9.0
18.9 16.4 18.3 0.0
16.9 15.9 15.2 20.0 13.8 11.8 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2 0.0
12.5 0.0 0.0
0.0 4.0 0.0
OY6
7.7 14.3 10.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
20.0 17.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 19.2 18.5 14.9 17.3 20.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
OY7
15.7 11.8 13.2 9.2
11.1 14.2 7.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8.5 0.0
20.0 17.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 19.2 15.8 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
17.3 14.2 12.4 18.4 15.2 0.0
10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
OY8
14.8 0.0
17.9 0.0
11.9 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 18.0 15.7 16.4 18.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Best 7
90.0 79.3 71.8 53.3 52.4 43.7 40.0 39.0 36.2 31.4 20.0 17.3
15.9 13.8
97.7 54.7 20.1 20.0 16.3 9.0
133.4 130.3 122.1 103.9 96.1 87.0 84.1 76.5 70.9 67.5 62.6 61.7 52.3 48.2 39.3 33.2 28.2 27.3 22.9 19.5 7.0 6.0 5.0
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition Results
M40AS Mike Beveridge Keith Stone Rolf Wagner Russell Howard Clive Bolt
David Thorpe Mark Roberts Bas Cuthbert Mike Baldwin Leon McGivern Neil Lewis Glenn Clark Kevin Williams Keith Hawkins Chris Grove M40AS (continued) Kim Pickering
M50A Terry Nuthall
Robin Ambler John Robinson Malcolm Mack Les Paver
John Powell Graham Still Richard Rankin Lyndsay Shuker Mike Williams John Briffett Eddie Reddish Paul Potter
M60A Graham Peters Maurice Penney Peter Godfrey Phil Mellsop Rhys Thompson Bert Chapman
Andrew Brewis Tom Clendon George Manning
M70A
Ralph King Ken Green Laurie Baxter
NW NW NW AK AK
NW AK NW HM AK CM CM NW WH AK
HM
AK NW CM WH NW
AK WH WH CM WH CM AK WH
NW NW NW NW WH NW
AK AK WH
NW CM NW
OY1
20.0
17.5 14.4 8.5
13.2
16.5 16.0 10.4
7.5
18.3 20.0
0.0 14.2 13.7
15.4
0.0 18.9 0.0 7.0
0.0
20.0 19.2 10.3 16.4
7.0
12.6 9.4
20.0 11.4
OY2
18.6 20.0
0.0 13.7 7.0
0.0
14.5 8.0 9.9
0.0
20.0 15.9 17.1 13.0 10.5
14.4
9.5 0.0
6.9 0.0
8.1
20.0 15.7 17.0 0.0
14.8
9.6 13.6
20.0 0.0
OY3
19.2 0.0
18.1 0.0
16.4 0.0
20.0
8.9 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9.7
0.0
20.0 18.4 17.5 10.6 0.0
11.7 13.2 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
14.3 13.3 16.4 9.8
20.0 15.4
17.3 0.0
20.0 0.0
OY4
16.0 20.0 17.5 15.2 13.7 8.4 0.0
0.0 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
18.8 20.0 19.5 12.2 8.3
14.7 12.8 0.0 0.0 8.9 0.0
10.2 0.0
20.0 11.9 10.8 16.2 15.3 9.0
17.7 9.9
20.0 9.5
OY5
20.0 18.6 17.8 16.2 0.0
9.8 0.0
12.4 6.5
10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
20.0 18.4 19.1 13.9 12.6 0.0
12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 15.8 17.7 16.3 18.7 8.1
14.9 8.7
17.8 20.0
OY6
0.0 20.0 17.8 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14.5 0.0
0.0
19.2 20.0 15.6 15.1 13.9 0.0
17.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11.0 0.0 9.1
11.6 20.0 17.2
15.4 0.0 7.0
20.0 0.0
OY7
20.0 18.6 16.7 11.0 0.0
8.9 0.0
13.2 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0 0.0
20.0 14.5 11.2 12.7
12.2 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14.6 17.8 19.0 15.4 20.0 16.8
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 12.1
OY8
18.8 15.5 16.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
19.2 20.0 18.6 0.0
15.5 14.8
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 18.6 19.2 15.3 0.0 0.0
0.0 11.7
0.0
20.0 0.0
17.2
Best 7
132.6 112.7 104.5 59.9 58.2 42.6 40.0 37.2 37.0 35.6 31.0 24.0 20.3 14.5 9.7
7.5
135.5 132.7 127.4 93.5 85.7
83.7 67.7 40.6 18.9 15.8 14.0 10.2 8.1
128.9 112.3 110.4 101.0 94.0 88.3
87.5 53.3
7.0
140.0 53.0 17.2
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition Results
M21AS Continued Matthew Crozier Paul Smale Robert Hattie Allan Janes Ian Hunter Trevor Murray Grant Unkovich Paul Gilkison Scott Vennell Steve Oram Rob Brewis Edward Main
M21AS (continued) Martin Barber Duncan Milne
M21B Rob Scott Gordon Mains Graeme Green Grant Beaumont Surinder Brrar Keith Adams
M40A Geoff Mead Wayne Aspin Dave Middleton Terje Moen Alistair Stewart David Godfrey Rob Garden Ross Brighouse Les Warren David Nevin Peter King Stan Foster Bruce Collins
Mike Marra Aiden Nelson Phil Johansen Mike Ashmore Bruce Horide Brian Long Arthur Giffney Selwyn Palmer Tony Cooper Alastair Smithies
NW NW CM NW CM HM WC NW AK AK AK AK
CM AK
AK AK CM AK NW NW
NW CM NW NW AK NW
NW CM HM WH AK NW HM
NW CM NW AK AK AK HM AK AK NW
OY1
11.6 12.2 0.0 5.5
14.3 0.0
9.5 0.0
0.0
5.0
7.4 0.0
20.0
9.5
17.4 19.3 18.7 12.8 9.0
11.0 20.0
14.9 11.6 0.0
13.8 16.1
16.7 0.0 9.8 7.9 0.0
10.5
7.0
5.0
OY2
11.3 9.8
6.5 0.0
0.0
16.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
20.0 19.1 14.4 16.8 11.9 10.3 17.6
15.6 9.4
13.4 10.9 0.0 0.0 8.9 4.3 7.8 5.4
12.4
0.0
0.0
OY3
12.5 0.0
16.9 6.2 8.2
13.2 10.6 15.5
14.6
0.0
0.0 9.3
17.7 20.0 0.0
18.4 19.1 17.5 15.1 9.1 9.8
14.5 20.0
0.0 11.6 16.4 7.9
13.3 10.9 0.0 7.3 0.0
12.7 0.0
0.0
0.0
OY4
0.0 14.3 13.8 12.7 0.0 0.0
12.0 11.4 17.5 0.0
6.8
0.0 4.5
20.0 0.0 0.0
18.7 15.2 17.6 14.5 13.1 20.0
16.8 19.2 12.4 10.7 0.0
13.9 8.2
9.9 7.2
11.8 0.0 9.2 0.0
0.0 2.0 0.0
OY5
16.4 16.9 0.0
13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
12.1 18.7 0.0
20.0 5.5
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 16.3 9.0
18.9 16.4 18.3 0.0
16.9 15.9 15.2 20.0 13.8 11.8 14.4 0.0 0.0
0.0 9.2 0.0
12.5 0.0 0.0
0.0 4.0 0.0
OY6
7.7 14.3 10.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
20.0 17.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 19.2 18.5 14.9 17.3 20.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 14.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
OY7
15.7 11.8 13.2 9.2
11.1 14.2 7.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8.5 0.0
20.0 17.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 19.2 15.8 13.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
17.3 14.2 12.4 18.4 15.2 0.0
10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
OY8
14.8 0.0
17.9 0.0
11.9 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 18.0 15.7 16.4 18.8 0.0
0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14.7
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
19.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Best 7
90.0 79.3 71.8 53.3 52.4 43.7 40.0 39.0 36.2 31.4 20.0 17.3
15.9 13.8
97.7 54.7 20.1 20.0 16.3 9.0
133.4 130.3 122.1 103.9 96.1 87.0 84.1 76.5 70.9 67.5 62.6 61.7 52.3
48.2 39.3 33.2 28.2 27.3 22.9 19.5 7.0 6.0 5.0
1998 Orienteer of the Year Competition Results
M40AS
Mike Beveridge Keith Stone Rolf Wagner Russell Howard Clive Bolt David Thorpe Mark Roberts Bas Cuthbert Mike Baldwin Leon McGivern Neil Lewis Glenn Clark Kevin Williams Keith Hawkins Chris Grove M40AS (continued)
Kim Pickering
M50A
Terry Nuthall Robin Ambler John Robinson Malcolm Mack Les Paver
John Powell Graham Still Richard Rankin Lyndsay Shuker Mike Williams John Briffett Eddie Reddish Paul Potter
M60A
Graham Peters Maurice Penney Peter Godfrey Phil Mellsop Rhys Thompson Bert Chapman Andrew Brewis Tom Clendon George Manning
M70A Ralph King Ken Green Laurie Baxter
NW NW NW AK AK NW AK NW HM AK CM CM NW WH AK
HM
AK NW CM WH NW AK WH WH CM WH CM AK WH
NW NW NW
NW WH NW AK AK WH
NW CM NW
OY1
20.0
17.5 14.4 8.5
13.2
16.5 16.0 10.4
7.5
18.3 20.0 0.0
14.2 13.7 15.4
0.0 18.9 0.0 7.0
0.0
20.0 19.2 10.3 16.4
7.0 12.6 9.4
20.0 11.4
OY2
18.6 20.0
0.0 13.7 7.0
0.0
14.5 8.0 9.9
0.0
20.0 15.9 17.1 13.0 10.5 14.4
9.5 0.0 6.9 0.0
8.1
20.0 15.7 17.0 0.0
14.8 9.6
13.6
20.0 0.0
OY3
19.2 0.0
18.1 0.0
16.4 0.0
20.0
8.9 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9.7
0.0
20.0 18.4 17.5 10.6 0.0
11.7 13.2 15.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
14.3 13.3 16.4 9.8
20.0 15.4 17.3 0.0
20.0 0.0
OY4
16.0 20.0 17.5 15.2 13.7 8.4 0.0
0.0 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
18.8 20.0 19.5 12.2 8.3
14.7 12.8 0.0 0.0 8.9 0.0
10.2 0.0
20.0 11.9 10.8
16.2 15.3 9.0
17.7
9.9
20.0 9.5
OY5
20.0 18.6 17.8 16.2 0.0 9.8
0.0 12.4 6.5
10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0
20.0 18.4 19.1 13.9 12.6 0.0
12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 15.8 17.7 16.3 18.7 8.1
14.9
8.7
17.8 20.0
OY6
0.0 20.0 17.8 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0
11.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14.5 0.0
0.0
19.2 20.0 15.6 15.1 13.9 0.0
17.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11.0 0.0 9.1
11.6
20.0 17.2 15.4 0.0
7.0
20.0 0.0
OY7
20.0 18.6 16.7 11.0 0.0 8.9 0.0
13.2 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
0.0 0.0
20.0 14.5 11.2 12.7 12.2 15.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14.6 17.8 19.0 15.4 20.0 16.8 0.0
0.0 0.0
20.0 12.1
OY8
18.8 15.5 16.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 0.0 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0
19.2 20.0 18.6 0.0
15.5 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
20.0 18.6 19.2 15.3
0.0 0.0 0.0
11.7 0.0
20.0 0.0
17.2
Best 7
132.6 112.7 104.5 59.9 58.2 42.6 40.0 37.2 37.0 35.6 31.0 24.0 20.3 14.5 9.7
7.5
135.5 132.7 127.4 93.5 85.7 83.7 67.7 40.6 18.9 15.8 14.0 10.2 8.1
128.9 112.3 110.4 101.0 94.0 88.3 87.5 53.3
7.0
140.0 53.0 17.2
THE AUCKLAND BLABBERMOUTH
...Is the monthly newsletter of the Auckland Area Orienteering Clubs, combining the Auckland, Counties-Manukau, Waikato and Auckland Campus Orienteers and NorthWest Orienteering Clubs. It is edited by Shaun Collins, WACO (631 0204) and distributed by Lisa Mead, NWOC (445 4555) and published at the beginning of every month except January.
Next Issue: October 1998 Mail your contributions to 1/10 Inverary Ave, Epsom, Auckland, or call me at home on 631 0204, or call me at work on (025) 291 0005, or email [email protected] The deadline for contributions for the October AUCKLAND BLABBERMOUTH is Friday 20th
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