Australian Bushrangers team for June Test Match to New Zealand

The Australian Bushrangers team has been selected for the upcoming home and away challenge against the New Zealand Pinestars. The team will see a combination of experienced athletes and developing athletes who will have the opportunity to gain extra international experience. The home first series will take place over the SILVA National League races 11-13 in the NSW Southern Highlands 15-16th May, also the final WOC team selection trials. The new Bushrangers coach Wendy Read will accompany the team to New Zealand for the Queens Birthday Long weekend competition including SILVA Super Series.

WOMEN

Kathryn Ewels (VIC)
Shannon Jones (ACT)
Laurina Neumann (QLD)
Mace Neve (ACT)
Aislinn Prendergast (VIC)
Anna Sheldon (QLD)

MEN

Bryan Keely (VIC)
Ian Meyer (NSW)
Chris Naunton (VIC)
Murray Scown (ACT)
David Shepherd (ACT)
Simon Uppill (SA)

RESERVE: Oliver Mitchell (QLD)

Congratulations to the team and Orienteering Australia wishes you success in the upcoming races.

SILVA National Orienteering League round 6 video report

Catch-up on what happened on Day 2 of the Easter twenty10 and rounds 6 of the SILVA National Orienteering League through this video report.

SiLVA National Orienteering League rounds 4 and 5 video reports

Catch-up on what happened at Easter twenty10 and rounds 4 and 5 of the SILVA National Orienteering League through these video reports.

Dent makes it 10 from 10

Julian Dent made it 10 SILVA National League victories in a row at the ACT Long distance Championships today. The venue, Glenbrook, consists of two working farms providing fast, open granite terrain. Dent managed to clock just under 5 minutes per kilometre to take 74.38 for the 15.7km course. David Shepherd got his revenge from yesterday’s disappointing result to take silver only 11 seconds ahead of Simon Uppill. The three Men’s Senior Elite placegetters demolished the rest of the field, with 4th placed Chris Naunton a further 6 minutes back.

Kathryn Ewels from Victoria took another long distance victory in the Women’s Senior Elite with a three and a half minute victory over Shannon Jones of ACT. Ewel’s team mate Jasmine Neve rounded out the placings.

Once again it was ACT’s brother and sister duo – the Lawfords – who took out the Men’s and Women’s Junior Elite classes. Belinda Lawford scored a 47 second victory over Tasmania’s Sarah Buckerfield with Georgia Parsons in third. Ian Lawford had a ripper run to take two minutes out of second placed Josh Blatchford from NSW. Kurt Neumann from QLD was a further two minutes back in third place.

The SILVA National League will continue in NSW on 16-17 May.

The easter twenty10 and snowytreble twenty10 organising committee would like to sincerely thank all the volunteers who helped make the carnival a success. Special thank you go to all course setters, controllers, team leaders and team members. Thank you also to all competitors who made the trip to participate positively and enjoy the seven-event carnival. See you at the Australian Championships in 2011!

RESULTS

SPLITS

WINSPLITS

Middle-distance Meyer cracks the top three

julianmiddleIan “Ezy” Meyer has broken into the placings of the SILVA National League round today at Buckenderra. It has been the same three places in the Men’s Senior Elite over the past 6 races and finally Meyer bumped David Shepherd off the podium. However, it was business as usual at the top end with Julian Dent continuing his clean sweep of races with a commanding three minute victory over Simon Uppill. The granite terrain and steep hillsides suited Dent and no one could match his pace out in the forest today. Dent will be looking to make it 10 wins from 10 starts in 2010 tomorrow with the ACT Long Distance Championships to be held at Glenbrook.

Vanessa middleThe roles reversed in the Women’s Elite today with South Australia’s Vanessa Round taking the victory two minutes clear of Shannon Jones. It was a tight fight for the minor placings with Jones narrowly beating Victoria’s Kathryn Ewels by 8 seconds and Ewels in turn beating ACT’s Jo Allison by 4 seconds. Jo Allison has recently returned from a maternity break and her result today shows that she will soon be back to her form of old.

Ian and Belinda Lawford both had victories in their respective Junior Elite classes. It was Ian’s first SILVA National League win while sister Belinda made it three wins in a row. In the Men’s Junior Elite Lachlan Dow was absent from today’s race as he was the course setter along with fellow junior Luke Poland. Kurt Neumann from QLD and 2009 Australian Champion Max Neve placed second and third respectively.

Belinda’s performance in the Junior Women’s Elite was 4 minutes clear of second placed Jacqui Doyle of Queensland. Doyle is still eligible for the Women’s 16 class but has decided to take the challenge of the Junior Elite and succeeded with her first SILVA National League podium place. Sarah Buckerfield placed third.

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Australian Team for 2010 World University Orienteering Championships

The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) will be held in 2010 in Borlange,Sweden, from 18 to 24 July. Following the Easter 2010 Carnival the Australian team has been selected. The standard of the team is the highest in many years and we anticipate the championships will be a great experience for some of Australia’s best up and coming orienteers. Congratulations to the team and best of luck with your preparation for the championships.

Men

Evan Barr La Trobe University
Bryan Keely Latrobe Bendigo
Oliver Mitchell University Of Queensland
Matthew Parton Australian National University (ANU)
Murray Scown University of New England
Simon Uppill The University of Adelaide
Women
Rachel Effeney University of Queensland
Laurina Neumann La Trobe University
Aislinn Prendergast Melbourne University
Vanessa Round University of Melbourne

Snowy Treble begins with a sprint @ Buckenderra

Julian Dent continued his unbeaten run in the 2010 SILVA National League at today’s ACT Sprint Championships at Buckenderra. Dent was very pleased with his run through the mixture of the village setting and granite scrub. He outclassed his rivals to win the Men’s Senior Elite title and finished one minute ahead of Simon Uppill from South Australia. Dave Shepherd was only seconds behind Uppill but again finished in third position – both Uppill and Shepherd have shared the minor placings behind Dent in the past 5 National League races. This is Dent’s last weekend of races in Australia before heading overseas to train and race in Sweden.

Shannon Jones continued her from the last day of easter twenty10 to win the Senior Women’s Elite class. Vanessa Round showed once again her consistency and solid form to place second, only 20 seconds down on Jones. A further minute back was Queenslander Anna Sheldon to round out the placings.

The Junior Men’s Elite class was the closest race of the day with one second separating the first three places. Joshua Neumann, one of the lesser known of the strong Queensland Neumann clan, outshone his more fancied rivals to take out his first National League victory. ACT duo Lachlan Dow and Ian Lawford tied for second only one second behind Neumann.

ACT’s Belinda Lawford produced a solid run to claim first place, backing up from her victory in Monday’s SILVA National League race. Sarah Buckerfield, a new resident to Canberra, finished in second with Queenslander Lillian Burrill in third. All three girls will be representing Australia at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark in July.

In the competitive Men’s 50 class, Newcastle’s Russell Blatchford won the grudge match against Canberran Grant McDonald. McDonald will be looking to turn the table tomorrow in the ACT Middle Championships at Buckenderra. The Women’s 50 class was a tight affair with Anthea Feaver claiming victory over Jenny Bourne by some seconds. Both Feaver and Bourne represented Australia at the World Orienteering Championships back in the eighties and early nineties.

RESULTS

Splits

Results

Winsplits

Australian JWOC team announced

The Australian team to contest the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark has been announced, following the Australian 3-Days over the Easter weekend.

Six of the twelve team members will be making their first JWOC appearance, with Oliver Poland, still eligible for M16, becoming the youngest male member of an Australian JWOC team. At the other end of the scale, Belinda Lawford will be making her fourth appearance. The men’s team was particularly deep with all six members of last year’s team available for selection.

Five of the twelve team members come from the ACT (including three from the Bushflyers club), and four from Tasmania.

The team is:

Men: Lachlan Dow (ACT), Oliver Poland (ACT), Kurt Neumann (Qld), Ian Lawford (ACT), Joshua Blatchford (NSW), Oscar Phillips (Tas). Reserves Max Neve (Vic), Leon Keely (Vic).

Women: Sarah Buckerfield (Tas), Claire Butler (Tas), Lilian Burrill (Qld), Brea Pearce (Tas), Belinda Lawford (ACT), Georgia Parsons (ACT). Reserves Emily Prudhoe (NSW), Michele Dawson (NSW).

ABC TV coverage of Easter Twenty10

ABC TV news on Sunday ran an excellent segment covering the Easter Twenty10 carnival. Seehttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/05/2864232.htm
Both Darryl Erbacher and Sarah Buckerfield played starring roles in the TV footage.

Many thanks to Bob Mouatt, who did a pre-carnival media blitz which also saw TV coverage by WIN news, and to the Easter Twenty10 organising team for an outstanding job.

Dent and Round claim easter twenty10 victories

14032009136NSW’s Julian Dent and South Australia’s Vanessa Round are easter twenty10 champions – after 4 days of competition the pair have come out on top in the Men’s and Women’s Elite classes at the national event which wrapped up in Collector today.

IMG_0172Julian Dent made it look easy on the day having started with a 10 minute lead over his closest rivals Simon Uppill and Dave Shepherd. Dent was relentless in his pursuit of Easter glory and stated that he had a smooth run on Ben Rattray’s course. Dent’s plan to change his speed accordingly in the low-visibility areas of Collector Hill paid off as he emerged from the forest in a class of his own. Dent is looking forward to next weekend’s set of races in the Snowy Mountains before heading overseas to compete on the world stage in Sweden. Simon Uppill (SA) and Dave Shepherd (ACT) produced solid runs to finish 2nd and 3rd in the Men’s Elite.

VanessaIt was a closer affair in the Women’s Elite with Vanessa Round causing a minor upset by starting in 3rd position, over 5 minutes down on Victoria’s Jasmine Neve, and crossing the line in first. Round passed team mate Susanne Casanova out in the forest as well as Neve who said she had some difficulties out in the forest today. Neve could not match the pace of Round, who is known for her strength in tough terrain. Neve held on to silver spot and Casanova the bronze.

IMG_1629The Men’s Junior Elite title was claimed by ACT’s Lachlan Dow with fellow team mate Oliver Poland starting and finishing in 2nd place. Queensland’s Kurt Neumann snatched third place from Ian Lawford. Neumann set a blistering pace early on and his time ended up being the fastest of the day.

IMG_1631Sarah Buckerfield and her Tasmanian comrade Claire Butler (pictured) made it one-two in the Women’s Junior Elite, although Queensland’s Lillian Burrill spoiled the Tassie trifecta by overtaking Brea Pearce in the forest. The fastest time of the day came from local favourite Belinda Lawford who started well after the main group due to a disqualification in the prologue on Friday. The Junior World Orienteering Championship (JWOC) selectors will have a tough job in picking the Australian team to compete at JWOC in Denmark later this year. The selectors should make their decision public later this week.

The easter twenty10 competition finished today but the focus moves to next weekend’s set of races at Buckenderra and Glenbrook. The easter twenty10 organising committee would like to thank our amazing 100+ volunteers for helping make the carnival a success and to over 900 competitors for coming! See you at the Snowy Treble next week!

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Results

Winsplits for all classes

Day 3 Results  –  Day 3 splits  –  All Stages Results

Family Teams  –  Outright  –  Handicap

Champion Club Scores