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So there are only a few days to enter Easter twenty10. If you don’t enter, you won’t get to hear the last episode of Captain Compass. Now you don’t want that do you?

Episode 4 of

A radio serial retelling the adventures of the most cartographically correct superhero.

Synopsis: Con Tourin, world famous American orienteer, receives correspondence from Count Pacecount. CC seeks to determine the value of X.

Two episodes will be released each week, leaving the grand final release for the Easter twenty10 event. You can catch up on all the latest by clicking the Captain Compass menu item on the Easter twenty10 homepage – http://aus3days2010.orienteering.asn.au/

So if you don’t enter, you won’t hear it. Don’t miss out! Enter now.
And stay tuned.

Orienteering Australia now has a YouTube channel.

You can check out the Youtube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/OrienteeringAUS.

Subscribe or take an RSS feed from the OA Channel to keep up to date on videos about orienteering. Playlists include information for beginners, event previews, SILVA National Orienteering League reports, Australia’s elite and more!

So now you’ve come across the plot, find out some details.

Episode 3 of

A radio serial retelling the adventures of the most cartographically correct superhero.

Synopsis: Social media reveals details of Count Pacecount’s plot. Is each episode getting longer?

Two episodes will be released each week, leaving the grand final release for the Easter twenty10 event.

So if you don’t enter, you won’t hear it. Don’t miss out! Enter now.
And stay tuned.

So now you’ve come across the main character, now start immersing in the plot.

Episode 2 of

A radio serial retelling the adventures of the most cartographically correct superhero.

Synopsis: Count Pacecount works on his plot whilst Captain Compass prepares to foil the scheme.

Two episodes will be released each week, leaving the grand final release for the Easter twenty10 event.

So if you don’t enter, you won’t hear it. Don’t miss out! Enter now.
And stay tuned.

Orienteering Australia will be sending a team of up to 6 men and 6 women to participate in the 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark.

Any eligible orienteers who wish to be considered for selection in the team are required to nominate by 28 March. Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the Junior Selection Panel, Blair Trewin, at b.trewin@bom.gov.au or 2/53 Darebin St, Heidelberg VIC 3084. Verbal nominations will not be accepted.

Full details of selection criteria and procedures are available in a separate document.

The 2010 SILVA National Orienteering League kicked off in Victoria with 3 races over the weekend.

Race 1 – Multi-loop Mass Start format

Race 1 was a mass start multi-loop race in the complex gold mining terrain at Chewton Diggings.  A well planned event arena enabled spectators to see competitors at seven times during the race. Organiser, Darren Meeking from Melbourne Forest Racers, succeeded in bringing the action of the forest to the public, while Rob Lewis and course setter Simon Goddard provided expert commentary.

There were few surprises in the senior divisions, with the favourites proving too strong.  Julian Dent won by a clear margin from Simon Uppill and David Shepherd who fought it out all the way to the line.

It was closer in the women’s race, but the results still finished as expected, with Kathryn Ewels just ahead of Shannon Jones and Vanessa Round.

Leon Keely had a comfortable victory in the Junior Elite Men class, while Georgia Parsons (Cockatoos) surprised some with a breakthrough win in Junior Elite Women.

Results

Splits, Winsplits

Route Gadget

Public Race Results, Splits, Route Gadget, Winsplits

Race 2 – Sprint Distance

Despite the overnight rain and hail in Daylesford, the 18th Eureka Challenge, NOL #2 and the 2-Person NOL Mixed Relay have been run and won in the challenging goldmining terrain at Bryce’s Gully, west of Hepburn Springs. Roch Prendergast’s tough NOL Sprint course was made just that much more difficult with slippery conditions in the rocky ground in the gullies. Back from injury Julian Dent (NSW) scored a clear 3-minute win over Nugget’s Bryan Keely and Canberra’s evergreen Rob Walter. Vanessa Round showed a welcome return to form to win the Women 21- Elite.  Laurina Neumann (Qld) showed her Bendigo goldfield terrain practice counted with Canberra’s Shannon Jones third. Tasmania’s Oscar Phillips (M-20E) and NSW’s Emily Prudhoe (W-20E) were both well pleased with their victories in Junior Elite race.

Results (including Victorian State Series #1)

Splits

Route Gadget

Race 3 – Mixed Relay

The Mixed Relay was a race where the lead changed with each of the 4 legs but the Stingers dynamic duo of Tracy Marsh and Julian Dent edged ahead on the last 1.8 leg to win narrowly from Shannon Jones/Grant Bluett with Susanne Casanova/Simon Uppill third. Rob Plowright’s input certainly made the courses challenging with a good mix of route choice and technical navigation.

Mixed Relay Team Results

Individual Results

Splits, Winsplits

Route Gadget

All photos by Elise Gueyne

Expression Of Interest

Production of Orienteering Maps to International Sprint Map Standards in Tasmania

Background

Orienteering Tasmania is committed to building map infrastructure in 2010 within Tasmania of maps that meet the international standard for “sprint” based orienteering. Orienteering Tasmania has plans to produce at least 10 sprint maps through 2010; including three maps on the North West Coast.

Details

Interested persons should submit an expression of interest for this project, in total or in part to the Orienteering Tasmania Mapping Officer, Greg Hawthorne (mapping@tasorienteering.asn.au) by March 15 2010.

Applicants should detail their level of experience, availability and remuneration required.

Further details can be obtained from Greg via email or by phoning 0417 544 501

SILVA National Orienteering League turns 18.

The format and team names may have changed over time, but the National Orienteering League- Sponsored by compass maker SILVA, continues to grow each year. The first round of the season is in Victoria, opening with the famous Eureka Challenge massed start race. The following day consists of a Sprint Distance race and a mixed relay, where state teams match their best men and women athletes together. This race is likely to be one of the highlights of the season.

The 2^nd round includes Easter Twenty10 carnival based around Canberra, and Cooma. The seven race carnival will provide plenty of challenges and a variety of terrains and race formats. The 3^rdround is hosted by NSW, with a sprint race in the complex Macquarie University campus before  moving to the NSW Southern Highlands region. The 4^th and final round of the series incorporates the Australian Championships Carnival near Adelaide, South Australia.

In the women’s competition, Kathryn Ewels (VIC) is looking to improve on 2^nd place for the previous 3 series to win her first Individual title. Her main competition is likely to come from fellow Australian team members Shannon Jones (ACT), Vanessa Round (SA) and youngsters Aislinn Prendergast (VIC) and Bridget Anderson (QLD) will be looking to make an impact in their first year in Senior Elite class.

Julian Dent (NSW) was unbeatable for the start of 2009 until injury prevented him from competing in the national championships. However he looks to be back at his best and will be looking to win his 2^nd National Series title. Simon Uppill (SA) is likely to be his closest rival, and Dave Shepherd (ACT) has had some good results since returning from a long injury forced break. A large group of younger orienteers from Victoria including Bryan Keely and Chris Naunton, Matt Parton (NSW) and Murray Scown (ACT) will be looking to knock some of the more experienced runners off the podium on the right day.

Keep in touch with all SILVA National Orienteering League news at www.orienteering.asn.au

Woohoo, here it is, what you have been waiting for, whether you realised it or not.

Episode 1 of

A radio serial retelling the adventures of the most cartographically correct superhero.

Synopsis: The Event Controller reveals a plot to…

Two episodes will be released each week, leaving the grand final release for the Easter twenty10 event.

So if you don’t enter, you won’t hear it. Don’t miss out! Enter now.
And stay tuned.

ENTRIES are now open for the MTBO World Championship team trials to be held near Oberon on March 20-21st at:
http://mountaindevils.nsw.orienteering.socialfx.net/

Double world mtbo champion from 2009, Adrian Jackson displayed his excellent endurance and crosscountry skills recently in winning the prestigious Otway Odyssey 100Km race. The race goes from Apollo Bay (Victoria) up to Forrest, covering some 3000 metres of climb and there were 1000 riders including all the best elite riders currently racing. AJ had previously finished 4th and 5th in this race.

His comments were:
“I think I just rode a smart race and was lucky some others had problems.

I was a minute or so down on the lead group over the road section at about 25Km, but by the 40Km point had caught back up after riding on my own for 10-15Km or so.

I was feeling really good on the climbs and also on the singletrack loops. I was on the front most of the time, which was a perfect strategy as I was putting little gaps into the others all the time without any effort by just being faster and smoother through the tight sections.

At about 75Km I actually put in an acceleration and got a good gap quite quickly.  I could still see Lachlan Norris behind me starting the last 13Km loop and was expecting him to catch me on the open road climb, but I actually pulled away from him to finish about 2 min up by the end.”