Hi allJust a quick note to thank the EU team at Dunnolly today – and really all events from Friday (Jack Pascoe Reserve), MEC (Saturday morning), and Tullaroop Forest (Sat pm). It was great to have an organised team pack up today at Dunolly –
- control collection by Warwick, Keith (and Lorraine Wade), Andrew (and Rose Campbell), Monica, and Rick A and Leigh P (Albury Wodonga)
- pack up of all the electronic gear by Ian, Toby, Gary and Dale and Blake
- return of van’s contents to EU ELC store by Ian and Gary
- final liaison with Bayside and Yarra Valley by Ian and Blake (coughing a bit less tonight after a long shower)
I am really proud of how all the movement of finish equipment – the set up-take down – was managed so smoothly – in plenty of time for each of the 4 competitions in 3 days. The weather let us off the hook today, but we battled hail, wind, rain and thunder/lightning on Saturday afternoon. Through it all we kept a cheerful image to our guests from NZL, IRE, GBR and Hungary – as well as all the states and ACT. We didn’t make problems – just solved them with some unique Ian Chennell brilliance.Keith Wade wanted me to pass on his particular sincere thanks to Warwick who saved our skins several times and used his controller knowledge to get a great map / courses result today at Dunolly Forest. They loved it.I’d like to highlight the good rides of three of our juniors – Patrick Cooper (Toby’s son), Eleanor Williams, and Geordie Dickson, who had good results over the four events and really seemed to gain confidence with each ride. It is great to see smiling Eureka kids get rewards for their efforts!There will be plenty of stories – just ask Gary for his compendium of near disasters – and the results speak for themselves on Eventor. And to put icing on the cake: AUS 18 – NZL 14 – so we won back the ANZ banner after several years of it residing across the ditch.Cheers, thanks – and less stress to you all after a very full long weekendBlake
[EurekaO] Thanks for your terrific support at the Super Successful 2019 Aus MTBO Champs!
- control collection by Warwick, Keith (and Lorraine Wade), Andrew (and Rose Campbell), Monica, and Rick A and Leigh P (Albury Wodonga)
- pack up of all the electronic gear by Ian, Toby, Gary and Dale and Blake
- return of van’s contents to EU ELC store by Ian and Gary
- final liaison with Bayside and Yarra Valley by Ian and Blake (coughing a bit less tonight after a long shower)
[EurekaO] Minutes of the EU meeting14 October 2019
Hi all
> At our meeting on last Monday night (14 October) it was decided…
>
> * stage a Eureka Challenge in late August or early Sept (Roch P organiser)
> * run a Winter series of up to 4 events in July / August (Gary Buchan organiser)
> * run a Summer series in Ballarat with MapRun or EOD BUNS format – 3 courses/ scatter (Gary B organiser)
> * stage part of 2020 Victorian MTBO Champs – probably Sprint at Bristol Hill or Mosquito Flat – Mark Valentine organiser
> * stage aMAZEing Ballarat on 1st Sat in December – Monica Dickson organiser
> * stage Victorian Teachers Games aMAZEing Geelong in late Sept – 1st Sat of School Holidays? – Sam Valentine organiser
>
> No EU commitment for the Autumn Series as we helped organise Nerrina and Petticoat/Cotty Creek in 2019.Now it is up to YOU to fill in the blanks over the 3 weeks – course planners, organisers, venues – so that it is clear who is doing what. Please respond to the organiser (as listed above) and copy to Blake so we can confirm our proposed 2020 commitments by mid-November. We really need EU people to help the EU committee make a good program. The "same old” people can’t continue to carry the load of organising and setting courses – both in foot-o and mtbo.
>
> Cheers
> Blake Gordon
> Secretary, Eureka Orienteers_______________________________________________
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[EurekaO] Minutes of the EU meeting14 October 2019
Hi all
> At our meeting on last Monday night (14 October) it was decided… > > * stage a Eureka Challenge in late August or early Sept (Roch P organiser) > * run a Winter series of up to 4 events in July / August (Gary Buchan organiser) > * run a Summer series in Ballarat with MapRun or EOD BUNS format – 3 courses/ scatter (Gary B organiser) > * stage part of 2020 Victorian MTBO Champs – probably Sprint at Bristol Hill or Mosquito Flat – Mark Valentine organiser > * stage aMAZEing Ballarat on 1st Sat in December – Monica Dickson organiser > * stage Victorian Teachers Games aMAZEing Geelong in late Sept – 1st Sat of School Holidays? – Sam Valentine organiser > > No EU commitment for the Autumn Series as we helped organise Nerrina and Petticoat/Cotty Creek in 2019.
Now it is up to YOU to fill in the blanks over the 3 weeks – course planners, organisers, venues – so that it is clear who is doing what. Please respond to the organiser (as listed above) and copy to Blake so we can confirm our proposed 2020 commitments by mid-November. We really need EU people to help the EU committee make a good program. The “same old” people can’t continue to carry the load of organising and setting courses – both in foot-o and mtbo. > > Cheers > Blake Gordon > Secretary, Eureka Orienteers
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[EurekaO] Moved to Melbourne
Hi allJust a reminder to EU club members that entries close on this Sunday night (13 October) for the Australian MTBO Championships in Maryborough – Friday thru Sunday 25-27 October.All the information is up on Eventor – so please consider entering or helping out in the Finish on some of days.Ian Chennell has purchased much top-of-the-line equipment to make the finish run efficiently and show results up on the big tv screens.We need helpers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Finish so please contact blakegordon1@bigpond.com with your details.Entries from Eureka are a bit disappointing at this point – so dust off the old bike, get out the new EU top and have a go at mtbo. The terrain is relatively flat in Maryborough and the maps (3 new ones made by Andrew Slattery) should be “collector’s items” . So please get on Eventor now and send Blake an email.A draft roster for the 3 days will be sent to all volunteers early next week.CheersBlake_______________________________________________
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[EurekaO] Entries close soon for 2019 Australian MTBO Champs in Maryborough
[EurekaO] Yes, I’m back
Hi all,
Doesn’t time fly!!
I had initially thought that I hadn’t orienteered for 5 or 6 years but going through old emails it appears that it was 10 years ago (I helped in the finish tent at Bryces Flat in early 2010 but didn’t compete).
I had my left knee “metalised” in June 2016 and right knee in April 2018. I started power walking 5+ km daily in early June this year whilst on holidays in NZ North Island for a month and have continued since I returned. As I started dreaming that I was orienteering I thought it was time to try the real thing so went to Wangaratta last weekend.
It was great – a lot of new faces, some “old” faces still around (names took a while to associate); it was great to catch up with Blake, Dale, Andrew and Rose Campbell, Roch and Judy; finish/result handling has gone more “techo”; my original SI stick no longer works; the Eldorado and Beechworth maps are still technically challenging – I need to wear glasses to read those detailed maps; time for new “O” shoes (I only wore them on the Sunday event – lasted until last 3 (short) controls to go before the sole started flapping then came off).
We have four grand daughters (Greg has two and Michelle the other two), I retired in July last year (prepared for the change in life style during the surgery recovery and rehabilitation) and we are in the process of selling our house to downsize into something that is easier to maintain whilst we “Grey Nomad” in our caravan.
Rgds,
Terry and Helen Haebich
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Subject: [EurekaO] Oceania Carnival Results over the last two weekends
Hi everyone
If you aren’t a ‘orienteering tragic’ you can catch up with how our Eureka team faired over the last two weekends in the tables at Cootamundra, Wagga, Eldorado and Beechworth. These results were easy to get off the internet – but if you want more, more go to the Oceania webpage to see how Belinda (W21E), Aislinn (W21E), Karen (Staudte), Susannah (King), Andrew and Rose (Campbell), and Terry (Haebich) did at the events. It was great to see so many old friends around the big screen as Warren (Key) and others kept us up to date with what was happening in the forest from a large bunch of remote cameras!
Watch this space this week as we count down to the big Australian MTBO Champs in Maryborough 25-27 October. Please save a day (or two) to help In out in the finish and results area – Eureka is doing ALL DAYS of the Finish for the 4 main events.
Cheers
Blake
EU V
11 starting competitors Oceania Middle Distance BEECHWORTH
Plac |
Name |
Class |
Time |
Diff |
Km time |
R |
1 |
Jenny Bourne |
Women 60A (25) |
26:31 |
10:14 |
||
3 |
Geoff Lawford |
Men 55A (39) |
33:28 |
+2:38 |
9:55 |
|
5 |
Blake Gordon |
Men 75A (27) |
37:14 |
+6:09 |
15:50 |
|
7 |
Roch Prendergast |
Men 65A (31) |
42:05 |
+8:18 |
13:37 |
|
9 |
Dale Ann Gordon |
Women 75A (14) |
52:13 |
+19:21 |
23:12 |
|
12 |
Margaret Kertesz |
Women 55AS (12) |
1:05:26 |
+30:55 |
29:04 |
|
13 |
Toby Cooper |
Men 40A (17) |
1:05:06 |
+35:03 |
16:16 |
|
22 |
Warwick Williams |
Men 50A (35) |
54:53 |
+22:24 |
14:28 |
|
23 |
Judy Prendergast |
Women 60A (25) |
1:09:46 |
+43:15 |
26:56 |
|
28 |
Gary Buchan |
Men 45A (33) |
1:06:06 |
+35:58 |
16:51 |
|
29 |
Eleanor Williams |
Women 14A (29) |
45:49 |
+29:37 |
22:14 |
|
Rod Gray |
Men 60A (39) |
did not start |
EU V
11 starting competitors Oceania LONG Distance ELDORADO
Plac |
Name |
Class |
Time |
Diff |
Km time |
R |
3 |
Jenny Bourne |
Women 60A (24) |
1:02:42 |
+6:09 |
14:55 |
|
3 |
Roch Prendergast |
Men 65A (30) |
1:05:11 |
+10:37 |
14:05 |
|
4 |
Dale Ann Gordon |
Women 75A (13) |
1:10:26 |
+23:11 |
21:50 |
|
4 |
Blake Gordon |
Men 75A (25) |
1:23:08 |
+21:11 |
20:47 |
|
5 |
Toby Cooper |
Men 35AS (5) |
2:10:05 |
+44:02 |
21:57 |
|
5 |
Geoff Lawford |
Men 55A (38) |
1:12:08 |
+13:00 |
12:04 |
|
14 |
Eleanor Williams |
Women 12A (16) |
1:40:24 |
+1:09:12 |
33:28 |
|
15 |
Warwick Williams |
Men 50A (33) |
1:38:30 |
+37:16 |
14:35 |
|
26 |
Gary Buchan |
Men 45A (29) |
2:38:09 |
+1:28:02 |
20:20 |
|
Judy Prendergast |
Women 55AS (14) |
mispunched |
||||
Margaret Kertesz |
Women 55AS (14) |
mispunched |
||||
Rod Gray |
Men 60A (34) |
did not start |
EU V
10 starting competitors Australian SPRINT Distance WAGGA WAGGA
Plac |
Name |
Class |
Time |
Diff |
Km time |
1 |
Jenny Bourne |
Women 60 (32) |
13:48 |
6:51 |
|
3 |
Geoff Lawford |
Men 55 (48) |
15:21 |
+0:36 |
6:56 |
4 |
Dale Ann Gordon |
Women 75 (10) |
19:38 |
+2:48 |
13:00 |
7 |
Blake Gordon |
Men 75 (23) |
19:05 |
+4:40 |
10:29 |
12 |
Warwick Williams |
Men 50 (30) |
22:11 |
+6:02 |
8:33 |
15 |
Roch Prendergast |
Men 65 (32) |
19:22 |
+4:13 |
8:43 |
17 |
Rod Gray |
Men 60 (35) |
18:31 |
+5:01 |
7:40 |
27 |
Eleanor Williams |
Women 14 (31) |
27:38 |
+14:39 |
12:47 |
29 |
Judy Prendergast |
Women 60 (32) |
32:49 |
+19:01 |
16:19 |
32 |
Gary Buchan |
Men 21E (37) |
45:44 |
+30:12 |
14:33 |
EU V
10 starting competitors Australian LONG Distance Split Rock COOTAMUNDRA
Plac |
Name |
Class |
Time |
Diff |
Km time |
1 |
Jenny Bourne |
Women 60A (24) |
39:34 |
9:15 |
|
6 |
Rod Gray |
Men 60A (37) |
1:01:17 |
+15:29 |
10:45 |
7 |
Blake Gordon |
Men 75A (24) |
54:05 |
+21:20 |
16:32 |
10 |
Dale Ann Gordon |
Women 75A (12) |
57:51 |
+22:29 |
20:57 |
12 |
Eleanor Williams |
Women 12A (14) |
28:23 |
+15:29 |
12:54 |
12 |
Warwick Williams |
Men 50A (31) |
1:18:55 |
+28:12 |
11:46 |
12 |
Judy Prendergast |
Women 55AS (17) |
58:37 |
+22:12 |
21:14 |
13 |
Geoff Lawford |
Men 55A (43) |
1:00:46 |
+12:04 |
10:06 |
22 |
Roch Prendergast |
Men 65A (33) |
1:00:58 |
+21:43 |
13:06 |
25 |
Gary Buchan |
Men 45A (33) |
2:05:49 |
+1:13:29 |
17:59 |
[EurekaO] Oceania Carnival Results over the last two weekends
EU V
11 starting competitors Oceania Middle Distance BEECHWORTH
Plac | Name | Class | Time | Diff | Km time | R |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jenny Bourne | Women 60A (25) | 26:31 | 10:14 | ||
3 | Geoff Lawford | Men 55A (39) | 33:28 | +2:38 | 9:55 | |
5 | Blake Gordon | Men 75A (27) | 37:14 | +6:09 | 15:50 | |
7 | Roch Prendergast | Men 65A (31) | 42:05 | +8:18 | 13:37 | |
9 | Dale Ann Gordon | Women 75A (14) | 52:13 | +19:21 | 23:12 | |
12 | Margaret Kertesz | Women 55AS (12) | 1:05:26 | +30:55 | 29:04 | |
13 | Toby Cooper | Men 40A (17) | 1:05:06 | +35:03 | 16:16 | |
22 | Warwick Williams | Men 50A (35) | 54:53 | +22:24 | 14:28 | ![]() |
23 | Judy Prendergast | Women 60A (25) | 1:09:46 | +43:15 | 26:56 | |
28 | Gary Buchan | Men 45A (33) | 1:06:06 | +35:58 | 16:51 | |
29 | Eleanor Williams | Women 14A (29) | 45:49 | +29:37 | 22:14 | |
Rod Gray | Men 60A (39) | did not start |
EU V
11 starting competitors Oceania LONG Distance ELDORADO
Plac | Name | Class | Time | Diff | Km time | R |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Jenny Bourne | Women 60A (24) | 1:02:42 | +6:09 | 14:55 | |
3 | Roch Prendergast | Men 65A (30) | 1:05:11 | +10:37 | 14:05 | |
4 | Dale Ann Gordon | Women 75A (13) | 1:10:26 | +23:11 | 21:50 | |
4 | Blake Gordon | Men 75A (25) | 1:23:08 | +21:11 | 20:47 | |
5 | Toby Cooper | Men 35AS (5) | 2:10:05 | +44:02 | 21:57 | |
5 | Geoff Lawford | Men 55A (38) | 1:12:08 | +13:00 | 12:04 | |
14 | Eleanor Williams | Women 12A (16) | 1:40:24 | +1:09:12 | 33:28 | ![]() |
15 | Warwick Williams | Men 50A (33) | 1:38:30 | +37:16 | 14:35 | ![]() |
26 | Gary Buchan | Men 45A (29) | 2:38:09 | +1:28:02 | 20:20 | |
Judy Prendergast | Women 55AS (14) | mispunched | ||||
Margaret Kertesz | Women 55AS (14) | mispunched | ||||
Rod Gray | Men 60A (34) | did not start |
EU V
10 starting competitors Australian SPRINT Distance WAGGA WAGGA
Plac | Name | Class | Time | Diff | Km time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jenny Bourne | Women 60 (32) | 13:48 | 6:51 | |
3 | Geoff Lawford | Men 55 (48) | 15:21 | +0:36 | 6:56 |
4 | Dale Ann Gordon | Women 75 (10) | 19:38 | +2:48 | 13:00 |
7 | Blake Gordon | Men 75 (23) | 19:05 | +4:40 | 10:29 |
12 | Warwick Williams | Men 50 (30) | 22:11 | +6:02 | 8:33 |
15 | Roch Prendergast | Men 65 (32) | 19:22 | +4:13 | 8:43 |
17 | Rod Gray | Men 60 (35) | 18:31 | +5:01 | 7:40 |
27 | Eleanor Williams | Women 14 (31) | 27:38 | +14:39 | 12:47 |
29 | Judy Prendergast | Women 60 (32) | 32:49 | +19:01 | 16:19 |
32 | Gary Buchan | Men 21E (37) | 45:44 | +30:12 | 14:33 |
EU V
10 starting competitors Australian LONG Distance Split Rock COOTAMUNDRA
Plac | Name | Class | Time | Diff | Km time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jenny Bourne | Women 60A (24) | 39:34 | 9:15 | |
6 | Rod Gray | Men 60A (37) | 1:01:17 | +15:29 | 10:45 |
7 | Blake Gordon | Men 75A (24) | 54:05 | +21:20 | 16:32 |
10 | Dale Ann Gordon | Women 75A (12) | 57:51 | +22:29 | 20:57 |
12 | Eleanor Williams | Women 12A (14) | 28:23 | +15:29 | 12:54 |
12 | Warwick Williams | Men 50A (31) | 1:18:55 | +28:12 | 11:46 |
12 | Judy Prendergast | Women 55AS (17) | 58:37 | +22:12 | 21:14 |
13 | Geoff Lawford | Men 55A (43) | 1:00:46 | +12:04 | 10:06 |
22 | Roch Prendergast | Men 65A (33) | 1:00:58 | +21:43 | 13:06 |
25 | Gary Buchan | Men 45A (33) | 2:05:49 | +1:13:29 | 17:59 |