Tristram Miller marked his return to orienteering with a win at Ballinafad Creek on Sunday. Miller ran 86.30 for the hilly 11.9Km race to narrowly beat former Cockatoos team-mate Andy Hogg, who was just 38 seconds behind. Tony Woolford finished off the placings a further 2.20 behind Hogg. Miller, a former ACTAS scholarship holder, Canberra Cockatoo and Bushranger, has been having some time away from training and racing but a move back to Canberra later in the year is scheduled and may mean a return to elite level competition. “I’ve been doing a lot of running – nothing as fast as I ran today, but I really enjoyed it”, said Miller, whose presence in the Canberra Cockatoos would strengthen an already strong team.

Anna Quayle won the women’s race but was not entirely happy with her performance, losing some time on the broad hillsides in the typically Australia spur-gully terrain.