The Tasmanian sprint distance championships were held on a new Mike Morffew map in the Meehan Range recreation area, east of Hobart. At first glance, the area looks too steep for enjoyable orienteering, but a disused quarry proved ideal for the sprint format, with plenty of detail in the valley floor providing challenging courses with relatively little climb.

Ryan Smyth was a clear winner in M21, almost 4 minutes ahead of Jon McComb, with Nick Andrewartha third, just in front of Paul Pacque. In a close W21 race, Christine Marshall was a close winner from Christine Brown and Sue Hancock.

At the relay championships at Five Mile Beach the following day, course setter Lee Andrewartha made excellent use of a small area with a combination of standard relay course-forking and butterfly loops. At the race briefing, controller Wendy Andrewartha pointed this out to competitors, but at least half of those on the open course ignored the words of wisdom, and all teams were disqualified. Among those who should have known better were Mike Dowling and Paul Pacque (mis-punch), and Jon McComb (completely missed one of the loops on his course).

Australopers was the dominant club on the day, winning all the remaining courses.